Anadarko Petroleum Corp (APC): Today's Featured Basic Materials Winner

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Anadarko Petroleum (APC) pushed the Basic Materials sector higher today making it today's featured basic materials winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 3.2%. By the end of trading, Anadarko Petroleum rose $2.03 (2.9%) to $72.12 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3.1 million shares of Anadarko Petroleum exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $71.04-$72.15 after having opened the day at $71.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $70.09. Other companies within the Basic Materials sector that increased today were: Emerald Oil (EOX), up 276.6%, Energy Services of America Corporation (ESA), up 28.6%, Camac Energy (CAK), up 23.1%, and Cereplast (CERP), up 18.8%.

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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation engages in the exploration, development, production, and marketing of natural gas, crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids(NGLs) in the United States, Algeria, and internationally. Anadarko Petroleum has a market cap of $35.17 billion and is part of the energy industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.4, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 8.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 21 analysts that rate Anadarko Petroleum a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Anadarko Petroleum as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the stock has had a generally disappointing performance in the past year.

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