Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co (GT): Today's Featured Consumer Non-Durables Laggard

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Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT) pushed the Consumer Non-Durables industry lower today making it today's featured Consumer Non-Durables laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.2%. By the end of trading, Goodyear Tire & Rubber fell 35 cents (-2.6%) to $13.16 on light volume. Throughout the day, 2.7 million shares of Goodyear Tire & Rubber exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.4 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $13.12-$13.50 after having opened the day at $13.50 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $13.51. Other companies within the Consumer Non-Durables industry that declined today were: MOD-PAC Corporation (MPAC), down 8.9%, KapStone Paper And Packaging Corporation (KS), down 7.8%, Tandy Brands Accessories (TBAC), down 6%, and Rock-Tenn (RKT), down 6%.

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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells tires, and related products and services worldwide. Goodyear Tire & Rubber has a market cap of $3.25 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.4, below the average consumer non-durables industry P/E ratio of 14 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 4.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are four analysts that rate Goodyear Tire & Rubber a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Goodyear Tire & Rubber as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk and poor profit margins.

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On the positive front, K-Swiss (KSWS), up 8%, Fuwei Films Company (FFHL), up 4.7%, Cereplast (CERP), up 4.4%, and Inter Parfums (IPAR), up 4.1%, were all gainers within the consumer non-durables industry with Nike (NKE) being today's featured consumer non-durables industry leader.

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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the consumer non-durables industry could consider Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR (XLP) while those bearish on the consumer non-durables industry could consider ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods (SZK).

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