Polaris Industries Inc. (PII): Today's Featured Automotive Laggard
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) pushed the Automotive industry lower today making it today's featured Automotive laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.6%. By the end of trading, Polaris Industries fell 97 cents (-1.1%) to $85.84 on average volume. Throughout the day, 621,933 shares of Polaris Industries exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 740,900 shares. The stock ranged in price between $85.79-$87.32 after having opened the day at $87.08 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $86.81. Other companies within the Automotive industry that declined today were:
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), down 5.5%,
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), down 4.3%, and
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), down 3.6%.
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Polaris Industries Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in designing, engineering, manufacturing, and marketing off-road vehicles, snowmobiles, and on-road vehicles primarily in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Polaris Industries has a market cap of $5.79 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 20.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 50.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Polaris Industries a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Polaris Industries as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, 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 is trading at a premium valuation based on our review of its current price compared to such things as earnings and book value.
- You can view the full Polaris Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide
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), up 14.7%,
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), up 4.1%,
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), up 4%, and
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), up 3.1%, were all gainers within the automotive industry with
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) being today's featured automotive industry leader.
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