Avon Products Inc (AVP): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Laggard
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) pushed the Consumer Goods sector lower today making it today's featured Consumer Goods laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.5%. By the end of trading, Avon Products fell $0.26 (-1.1%) to $22.89 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1,725,894 shares of Avon Products exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,670,000 shares. The stock ranged in price between $22.87-$23.20 after having opened the day at $23.08 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $23.15. Other companies within the Consumer Goods sector that declined today were:
Furniture Brands International
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), down 10.0%,
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), down 7.5%,
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), down 7.2% and
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), down 6.6%.
Avon Products, Inc. manufactures and markets beauty and related products. Avon Products has a market cap of $10.0 billion and is part of the consumer non-durables industry. Shares are up 60.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate Avon Products a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Avon Products
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, generally higher debt management risk and disappointing return on equity.
- You can view the full Avon Products Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 7.2%,
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), up 7.2%,
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), up 4.6% and
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), up 4.0% , were all gainers within the consumer goods sector with
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) being today's featured consumer goods sector leader.
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iShares Dow Jones US Cons Goods
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) while those bearish on the consumer goods sector could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
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).
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