Ford Motor Co (F): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Winner
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(
) pushed the Consumer Goods sector higher today making it today's featured consumer goods winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, Ford Motor rose $0.28 (1.7%) to $17.04 on light volume. Throughout the day, 28,650,269 shares of Ford Motor exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 41,787,900 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $16.83-$17.04 after having opened the day at $16.87 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $16.76. Other companies within the Consumer Goods sector that increased today were:
(
), up 30.6%,
(
), up 12.1%,
Appliance Recycling Centers Of America
(
), up 6.8% and
(
), up 6.4%.
Ford Motor Company engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and service of vehicles, parts, and accessories worldwide. The company operates through two sectors, Automotive and Financial Services. Ford Motor has a market cap of $65.4 billion and is part of the automotive industry. Shares are up 29.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate Ford Motor a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Ford Motor
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, attractive valuation levels, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated.
- You can view the full Ford Motor Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
Furniture Brands International
(
), down 10.1%,
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), down 8.6%,
(
), down 5.9% and
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide
(
), down 5.4% , were all laggards within the consumer goods sector with
(
) being today's consumer goods sector laggard.
- Use our consumer goods section to find sector-relevant news.
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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the consumer goods sector could consider
iShares Dow Jones US Cons Goods
(
) while those bearish on the consumer goods sector could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
(
).
- Find other investment ideas from our top rated ETFs lists.
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