Lorillard Inc. (LO): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Laggard
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) pushed the Consumer Goods sector lower today making it today's featured Consumer Goods laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Lorillard fell $2.07 (-4.5%) to $44.08 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 7,158,442 shares of Lorillard exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,226,200 shares. The stock ranged in price between $43.77-$45.27 after having opened the day at $45.20 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $46.15. Other companies within the Consumer Goods sector that declined today were:
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), down 8.5%,
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), down 7.1%,
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), down 4.8% and
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), down 3.9%.
Lorillard, Inc. manufactures and sells cigarettes in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Cigarettes and Electronic Cigarettes. The Cigarettes segment manufactures and sells cigarettes. Lorillard has a market cap of $17.6 billion and is part of the tobacco industry. Shares are up 19.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Lorillard a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Lorillard
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations, impressive record of earnings per share growth and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.
- You can view the full Lorillard Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 28.9%,
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), up 26.9%,
Global-Tech Advanced Innovations
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), up 9.9% and
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), up 7.3% , were all gainers within the consumer goods sector with
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) being today's featured consumer goods sector leader.
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) while those bearish on the consumer goods sector could consider
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).
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