Reynolds American Inc (RAI): Today's Featured Tobacco Winner

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Reynolds American (RAI) pushed the Tobacco industry higher today making it today's featured tobacco winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Reynolds American rose 44 cents (1%) to $43.13 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.5 million shares of Reynolds American exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.2 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $42.67-$43.18 after having opened the day at $42.67 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $42.69.

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Reynolds American Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cigarette and other tobacco products in the United States. Reynolds American has a market cap of $23.99 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.5, above the average tobacco industry P/E ratio of 16.8 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 3.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there is one analyst that rates Reynolds American a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and nine rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Reynolds American as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

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