Precision Castparts Corp. (PCP): Today's Featured Industrial Goods Winner

Precision Castparts was a winner within the industrial goods sector, rising $4.00 (1.8%) to $230.01 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Precision Castparts

(

PCP

) pushed the Industrial Goods sector higher today making it today's featured industrial goods winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 1.4%. By the end of trading, Precision Castparts rose $4.00 (1.8%) to $230.01 on average volume. Throughout the day, 718,132 shares of Precision Castparts exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 664,300 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $226.34-$231.23 after having opened the day at $226.95 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $226.01. Other companies within the Industrial Goods sector that increased today were:

China Valves Technology

(

CVVT

), up 44.0%,

Perma-Fix Environmental Services

(

PESI

), up 25.0%,

UQM Technologies

(

UQM

), up 20.8% and

TRC Companies

(

TRR

), up 10.6%.

Precision Castparts Corp. manufactures metal components and products worldwide. Precision Castparts has a market cap of $33.0 billion and is part of the industrial industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.6, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 19.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate Precision Castparts a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Precision Castparts

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, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

On the negative front,

Vertex Energy

(

VTNR

), down 6.0%,

Industrial Services of America

(

IDSA

), down 5.9%,

Manitex International

(

MNTX

), down 4.8% and

AZZ

(

AZZ

), down 4.4% , were all laggards within the industrial goods sector with

KB Home

(

KBH

) being today's industrial goods sector laggard.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the industrial goods sector could consider

Industrial Select Sector SPDR

(

XLI

) while those bearish on the industrial goods sector could consider

ProShares Short Dow 30

(

DOG

).

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