Dean Foods Company (DF): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Laggard
(
) pushed the Consumer Goods sector lower today making it today's featured Consumer Goods laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, Dean Foods Company fell $0.21 (-2.0%) to $10.37 on light volume. Throughout the day, 3,294,825 shares of Dean Foods Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7,931,800 shares. The stock ranged in price between $10.34-$10.68 after having opened the day at $10.58 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $10.58. Other companies within the Consumer Goods sector that declined today were:
(
), down 9.9%,
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), down 6.9%,
(
), down 5.0% and
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), down 4.9%.
Dean Foods Company, a food and beverage company, processes and distributes milk, other fluid dairy products, and plant-based beverages. The company operates in two segments, Fresh Dairy Direct and WhiteWave. Dean Foods Company has a market cap of $2.0 billion and is part of the food & beverage industry. Shares are down 35.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate Dean Foods Company a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Dean Foods Company
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, generally higher debt management risk and weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Dean Foods Company Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 9.7%,
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), up 9.6%,
Ever-Glory International Group
(
), up 9.1% and
(
), up 7.9% , were all gainers within the consumer goods sector with
(
) being today's featured consumer goods sector leader.
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iShares Dow Jones US Cons Goods
(
) while those bearish on the consumer goods sector could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
(
).
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