Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP): Today's Featured Food & Beverage Laggard

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Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP) pushed the Food & Beverage industry lower today making it today's featured Food & Beverage laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.8%. By the end of trading, Molson Coors Brewing Company fell $1.23 (-2.7%) to $44.14 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.4 million shares of Molson Coors Brewing Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.3 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $44.11-$45.08 after having opened the day at $45.04 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $45.37. Other companies within the Food & Beverage industry that declined today were: Limoneira (LMNR), down 7.7%, MGP Ingredients (MGPI), down 5.5%, Tianli Agritech (OINK), down 5.3%, and Anheuser-Busch Inbev (BUD), down 5%.

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Molson Coors Brewing Company manufactures and sells beer and other beverage products. Molson Coors Brewing Company has a market cap of $7.07 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.8, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 5.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are no analysts that rate Molson Coors Brewing Company a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Molson Coors Brewing Company as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations, growth in earnings per share and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

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On the positive front, Castle Brands Incorporated (ROX), up 7.7%, China Marine Food Group (CMFO), up 6.6%, G. Willi-Food International (WILC), up 4%, and Crumbs Bake Shop (CRMB), up 3.8%, were all gainers within the food & beverage industry with Dean Foods Company (DF) being today's featured food & beverage industry leader.

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