Cavium Inc (CAVM): Today's Featured Electronics Laggard

Cavium (CAVM) pushed the Electronics industry lower today making it today's featured Electronics laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, Cavium fell 54 cents (-1.7%) to $31.04 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.4 million shares of Cavium exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.3 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $30.98-$31.88 after having opened the day at $31.78 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $31.58. Other companies within the Electronics industry that declined today were: Netlist (NLST), down 17.4%, Canadian Solar (CSIQ), down 11%, Plug Power (PLUG), down 9.3%, and eMagin Corporation (EMAN), down 8.2%.

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Cavium, Inc. designs, develops, and markets semiconductor processors for intelligent and secure networks. Its semiconductor products enable customers to develop networking, wireless, storage, and electronic equipment. Cavium has a market cap of $1.61 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 29.2, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 33% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Cavium a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Cavium as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.

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On the positive front, Alpha & Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), up 18.7%, Dynasil Corporation of America (DYSL), up 18.3%, Digital Power Corporation (DPW), up 13%, and Photronics (PLAB), up 10.7%, were all gainers within the electronics industry with Texas Instruments (TXN) being today's featured electronics industry leader.

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