Apple Inc (AAPL): Today's Featured Computer Hardware Winner
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(
) pushed the Computer Hardware industry higher today making it today's featured computer hardware winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.2%. By the end of trading, Apple rose $21.52 (5.1%) to $440.51 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 21,002,021 shares of Apple exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 13,356,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $435.26-$444.59 after having opened the day at $438.93 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $418.99. Other companies within the Computer Hardware industry that increased today were:
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), up 7.6%,
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), up 6.2%,
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), up 5.7% and
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), up 5.7%.
Apple Inc., together with subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication devices, and portable digital music and video players, as well as sells various related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions. Apple has a market cap of $400.2 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are down 19.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 28 analysts that rate Apple a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Apple
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, expanding profit margins and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.
- You can view the full Apple Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 9.8%,
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), down 8.7%,
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), down 6.8% and
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), down 5.1% , were all laggards within the computer hardware industry with
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) being today's computer hardware industry laggard.
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iShares Dow Jones US Technology
(
) while those bearish on the computer hardware industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Semiconductor
(
).
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