Gardner Denver Inc. (GDI): Today's Featured Industrial Laggard
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), down 10%,
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), down 7.6%,
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), down 6.7%, and
Cleantech Solutions International
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), down 6.2%.
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Gardner Denver, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets engineered industrial machinery and related parts and services primarily in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and Australia. The company operates in two segments, Industrial Products Group and Engineered Products Group. Gardner Denver has a market cap of $3.38 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.8, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 10.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are two analysts that rate Gardner Denver a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and five rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Gardner Denver 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 expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Gardner Denver Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 16.8%,
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), up 14.5%, and
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), up 6.9%, were all gainers within the industrial industry with
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) being today's featured industrial industry leader.
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