Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI): Today's Featured Industrial Winner

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Allegheny Technologies (ATI) pushed the Industrial industry higher today making it today's featured industrial winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.6%. By the end of trading, Allegheny Technologies rose 56 cents (1.8%) to $31.64 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.1 million shares of Allegheny Technologies exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.6 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $30.61-$31.76 after having opened the day at $30.70 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $31.08. Other companies within the Industrial industry that increased today were: China Valves Technology (CVVT), up 8.3%, Omega Flex (OFLX), up 6.7%, GrafTech International (GTI), up 5.8%, and Altair Nanotechnologies (ALTI), up 3.9%.

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Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) engages in the production of specialty metals worldwide. It operates in three segments: High Performance Metals, Flat-Rolled Products, and Engineered Products. Allegheny Technologies has a market cap of $3.33 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.9, above the average industrial industry P/E ratio of 16.8 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 34.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate Allegheny Technologies a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Allegheny Technologies as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including poor profit margins, a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share.

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On the negative front, Edwards Group (EVAC), down 10.8%, Hallwood Group (HWG), down 8.8%, Intellicheck Mobilisa (IDN), down 8.4%, and Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corp (APWC), down 5%, were all laggards within the industrial industry with Dover Corporation (DOV) being today's industrial industry laggard.

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