TE Connectivity Ltd (TEL): Today's Featured Electronics Laggard
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), down 23.3%,
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), down 9.8%,
Vimicro International Corporation
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), down 7%, and
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), down 6.7%.
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TE Connectivity Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures products that connect and protect the flow of power and data inside the products used by consumers and industries. TE Connectivity has a market cap of $14.72 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.9, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 13.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate TE Connectivity a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates TE Connectivity as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations, increase in stock price during the past year and growth in earnings per share. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook.
- You can view the full TE Connectivity Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 25.6%,
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), up 20.9%,
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), up 19.4%, and
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), up 19.4%, were all gainers within the electronics industry with
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) being today's featured electronics industry leader.
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