Avon Products Inc (AVP): Today's Featured Consumer Non-Durables Laggard
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) pushed the Consumer Non-Durables industry lower today making it today's featured Consumer Non-Durables laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Avon Products fell 36 cents (-2.5%) to $13.92 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.2 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 $13.78-$14.30 after having opened the day at $14.25 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $14.28. Other companies within the Consumer Non-Durables industry that declined today were:
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), down 5.5%,
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), down 5%,
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), down 4.9%, and
Northern Technologies International
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), down 4.3%.
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Avon Products, Inc. manufactures and markets beauty and related products worldwide. Avon Products has a market cap of $6.09 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 52.2, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 19.3% 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
. 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.
- You can view the full Avon Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 8.9%,
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), up 7.6%,
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), up 7%, and
Frederick's of Hollywood Group
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), up 3.8%, were all gainers within the consumer non-durables industry with
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) being today's featured consumer non-durables industry leader.
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Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR
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) while those bearish on the consumer non-durables industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
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