Pitney Bowes Inc (PBI): Today's Featured Consumer Durables Laggard
(
) pushed the Consumer Durables industry lower today making it today's featured Consumer Durables laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.2%. By the end of trading, Pitney Bowes fell $0.17 (-1.2%) to $14.12 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 6,938,472 shares of Pitney Bowes exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4,282,500 shares. The stock ranged in price between $14.00-$14.53 after having opened the day at $14.42 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $14.29. Other companies within the Consumer Durables industry that declined today were:
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), down 2.8%,
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), down 2.2%,
(
), down 1.8% and
(
), down 1.7%.
Pitney Bowes Inc. provides software, hardware, and services to enable physical and digital communications in the United States and internationally. Pitney Bowes has a market cap of $2.9 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are up 34.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Pitney Bowes a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Pitney Bowes
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, generally higher debt management risk and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.
- You can view the full Pitney Bowes Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
Furniture Brands International
(
), up 5.9%,
Fortune Brands Home & Security
(
), up 5.2%,
Global-Tech Advanced Innovations
(
), up 4.1% and
(
), up 3.4% , were all gainers within the consumer durables industry with
(
) being today's featured consumer durables industry leader.
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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
(
) while those bearish on the consumer durables industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
(
).
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