Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. (NUS): Today's Featured Consumer Non-Durables Winner

Nu Skin was a winner within the consumer non-durables industry, rising $0.96 (1.2%) to $82.80 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Nu Skin

(

NUS

) pushed the Consumer Non-Durables industry higher today making it today's featured consumer non-durables winner. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Nu Skin rose $0.96 (1.2%) to $82.80 on average volume. Throughout the day, 797,514 shares of Nu Skin exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,005,600 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $81.73-$83.47 after having opened the day at $82.84 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $81.84. Other companies within the Consumer Non-Durables industry that increased today were:

Goodyear Tire & Rubber

(

GT

), up 8.9%,

Mannatech

(

MTEX

), up 7.4%,

Orient Paper

(

ONP

), up 7.2% and

Myers Industries

(

MYE

), up 6.5%.

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. develops and distributes anti-aging personal care products and nutritional supplements under the Nu Skin and Pharmanex brands worldwide. Nu Skin has a market cap of $4.8 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are up 120.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Nu Skin a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Nu Skin

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and good cash flow from operations. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook.

On the negative front,

Swisher Hygiene

(

SWSH

), down 8.0%,

Coach

(

COH

), down 7.9%,

China Shengda Packaging Group

(

CPGI

), down 6.6% and

Tandy Brands Accessories

(

TBAC

), down 4.3%.

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

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR

(

XLP

) while those bearish on the consumer non-durables industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods

(

SZK

).

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