Avon Products Inc (AVP): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Laggard

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Avon Products (AVP) pushed the Consumer Goods sector lower today making it today's featured Consumer Goods laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Avon Products fell 23 cents (-1.6%) to $14.07 on light volume. Throughout the day, three million shares of Avon Products exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.3 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $14.05-$14.33 after having opened the day at $14.29 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $14.30. Other companies within the Consumer Goods sector that declined today were: Thor Industries (THO), down 11.5%, Synutra International (SYUT), down 11.3%, Cereplast (CERP), down 9.9%, and Verso Paper (VRS), down 9.2%.

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Avon Products, Inc. manufactures and markets beauty and related products worldwide. Avon Products has a market cap of $6.16 billion and is part of the consumer non-durables industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 52.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 18.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are two analysts that rate Avon Products a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and 11 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Avon Products as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, feeble growth in the company's earnings per share and deteriorating net income.

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On the positive front, Ralcorp Holdings Incorporated (RAH), up 26.4%, Tandy Brands Accessories (TBAC), up 14.7%, Monster Beverage (MNST), up 13.3%, and Ever-Glory International Group (EVK), up 12.8%, were all gainers within the consumer goods sector with Hain Celestial Group (HAIN) being today's featured consumer goods sector leader.

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