ABB Ltd. (ABB): Today's Featured Industrial Winner
Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model
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(
) pushed the Industrial industry higher today making it today's featured industrial winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.4%. By the end of trading, ABB rose 21 cents (1.1%) to $19.39 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.8 million shares of ABB exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.1 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $19.24-$19.47 after having opened the day at $19.39 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $19.18. Other companies within the Industrial industry that increased today were:
(
), up 15.8%,
Renewable Energy Trade Board
(
EBOD
), up 15.6%,
(
), up 14.3%, and
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), up 7.3%.
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ABB Ltd provides power and automation technologies for utility and industrial customers worldwide. ABB has a market cap of $43.26 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.7, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 0.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are four analysts that rate ABB a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates ABB as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, increase in stock price during the past year and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full ABB Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
(
), down 5.6%,
(
), down 3.6%,
Bonso Electronics International
(
), down 3.5%, and
(
), down 3.5%, were all laggards within the industrial industry with
(
) being today's industrial industry laggard.
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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the industrial industry could consider
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
) while those bearish on the industrial industry could consider
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
(
).
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