Owens Corning Incorporated (OC): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Laggard
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) pushed the Materials & Construction industry lower today making it today's featured Materials & Construction laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.4%. By the end of trading, Owens Corning Incorporated fell 41 cents (-1.3%) to $31.73 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2.1 million shares of Owens Corning Incorporated exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.2 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $31.22-$32.50 after having opened the day at $32.03 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $32.14. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that declined today were:
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), down 39.4%,
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), down 9.8%, and
Jewett-Cameron Trading Company
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), down 7.3%.
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Owens Corning engages in the provision of composite and building materials systems worldwide. It operates in two segments, Composites and Building Materials. Owens Corning Incorporated has a market cap of $3.9 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 45.9, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 15% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate Owens Corning Incorporated a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and five rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Owens Corning Incorporated as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its reasonable valuation levels, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat weak growth in earnings per share.
- You can view the full Owens Corning Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
China Advanced Construction Materials Group
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), up 6.6%,
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), up 5.4%,
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), up 4.3%, and
Perma-Fix Environmental Services
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), up 2.6%, were all gainers within the materials & construction industry with
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) being today's featured materials & construction industry leader.
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