Hasbro Inc. (HAS): Today's Featured Consumer Durables Winner

Hasbro was a winner within the consumer durables industry, rising $0.96 (2.0%) to $47.83 on heavy volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Hasbro

(

HAS

) pushed the Consumer Durables industry higher today making it today's featured consumer durables winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.6%. By the end of trading, Hasbro rose $0.96 (2.0%) to $47.83 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 3,345,878 shares of Hasbro exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,332,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $47.63-$48.35 after having opened the day at $47.98 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $46.87. Other companies within the Consumer Durables industry that increased today were:

SGOCO Group

(

SGOC

), up 26.9%,

Global-Tech Advanced Innovations

(

GAI

), up 9.9%,

Virco Manufacturing Corporation

(

VIRC

), up 5.5% and

Nautilus Group

(

NLS

), up 5.1%.

Hasbro, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides children's and family leisure time products and services worldwide. Hasbro has a market cap of $5.9 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are up 26.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Hasbro a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Hasbro

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, revenue growth, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

On the negative front,

Marine Products Corporation

(

MPX

), down 3.3%,

American Woodmark Corporation

(

AMWD

), down 3.2%,

Bassett Furniture Industries

(

BSET

), down 2.5% and

Manchester United PLC Class A

(

MANU

), down 2.3% , were all laggards within the consumer durables industry with

Sensata Technologies Holding N.V

(

ST

) being today's consumer durables industry laggard.

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

Consumer Discretionary Sel Sec SPDR

(

XLY

) while those bearish on the consumer durables industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods

(

SZK

).

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