Dresser-Rand Group Inc. (DRC): Today's Featured Industrial Laggard

Dresser-Rand Group was a leading decliner within the industrial industry, falling $3.43 (-5.3%) to $60.74 on heavy volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Dresser-Rand Group

(

DRC

) pushed the Industrial industry lower today making it today's featured Industrial laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.8%. By the end of trading, Dresser-Rand Group fell $3.43 (-5.3%) to $60.74 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 2,510,984 shares of Dresser-Rand Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 591,300 shares. The stock ranged in price between $60.00-$62.74 after having opened the day at $62.60 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $64.17. Other companies within the Industrial industry that declined today were:

Global-Tech Advanced Innovations

(

GAI

), down 15.5%,

Altra Holdings

(

AIMC

), down 15.0%,

Clean Diesel Technologies

(

CDTI

), down 11.6% and

Columbus McKinnon Corporation

(

CMCO

), down 9.9%.

Dresser-Rand Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, sale, and service of engineered rotating equipment solutions to the oil, gas, chemical, petrochemical, process, power generation, military, and other industries worldwide. Dresser-Rand Group has a market cap of $4.9 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 14.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Dresser-Rand Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Dresser-Rand Group

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, notable return on equity and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated.

On the positive front,

China Recycling Energy Corporation

(

CREG

), up 13.6%,

Compx International

(

CIX

), up 8.1%,

Intellicheck Mobilisa

(

IDN

), up 5.8% and

Simpson Manufacturing

(

SSD

), up 4.7% , were all gainers within the industrial industry with

Stanley Black & Decker

(

SWK

) being today's featured industrial industry leader.

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

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

DIA

) while those bearish on the industrial industry could consider

ProShares UltraShort Industrials

(

SIJ

).

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