Cummins Inc (CMI): Today's Featured Industrial Goods Winner
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Cummins Inc. designs, manufactures, distributes, and services diesel and natural gas engines, and engine-related component products worldwide. It operates in four segments: Engine, Components, Power Generation, and Distribution. Cummins has a market cap of $18.35 billion and is part of the industrial industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.1, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 9.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate Cummins a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Cummins as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Cummins Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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