Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CBI): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Winner

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company was a winner within the materials & construction industry, rising $0.79 (1.3%) to $62.09 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company

(

CBI

) pushed the Materials & Construction industry higher today making it today's featured materials & construction winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.2%. By the end of trading, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company rose $0.79 (1.3%) to $62.09 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1,281,136 shares of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,617,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $61.50-$62.50 after having opened the day at $62.42 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $61.30. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that increased today were:

Real Goods Solar

(

RSOL

), up 13.7%,

Nuverra Environmental Solutions

(

NES

), up 5.8%,

Xinyuan Real Estate

(

XIN

), up 5.8% and

Gafisa

(

GFA

), up 5.0%.

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V., an energy infrastructure focused company, provides conceptual design, technology, engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and commissioning services to customers in the energy, petrochemical, and natural resource industries worldwide. Chicago Bridge & Iron Company has a market cap of $6.6 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 32.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Chicago Bridge & Iron Company a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

On the negative front,

MagneGas Corporation

(

MNGA

), down 9.5%,

Jewett-Cameron Trading Company

(

JCTCF

), down 6.3%,

DR Horton

(

DHI

), down 4.6% and

Comstock

(

CHCI

), down 3.8% , were all laggards within the materials & construction industry with

Lennar Corporation

(

LEN

) being today's materials & construction industry laggard.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the materials & construction industry could consider

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF

(

XHB

) while those bearish on the materials & construction industry could consider

ProShares Short Basic Materials Fd

(

SBM

).

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