Textron Inc (TXT): Today's Featured Aerospace/Defense Winner

Textron was a winner within the aerospace/defense industry, rising $0.53 (1.9%) to $28.27 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Textron

(

TXT

) pushed the Aerospace/Defense industry higher today making it today's featured aerospace/defense winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, Textron rose $0.53 (1.9%) to $28.27 on average volume. Throughout the day, 4,091,433 shares of Textron exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2,770,000 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $27.72-$28.44 after having opened the day at $27.77 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $27.74. Other companies within the Aerospace/Defense industry that increased today were:

Astrotech Corporation

(

ASTC

), up 4.2%,

Frontline

(

FRO

), up 3.7%,

Boeing

(

BA

), up 2.7% and

Ducommun

(

DCO

), up 2.6%.

Textron Inc. operates in the aircraft, defense, industrial, and finance businesses worldwide. It operates in five segments: Cessna, Bell, Textron Systems, Industrial, and Finance. Textron has a market cap of $7.7 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 11.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Textron a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Textron

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its reasonable valuation levels, increase in stock price during the past year, notable return on equity, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

On the negative front,

Erickson Air-Crane

(

EAC

), down 2.8%,

Aerovironment Incorporated

(

AVAV

), down 2.7% and

Breeze-Eastern Corporation

(

BZC

), down 1.9%.

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iShares DJ US Aerospace & Def Idx

(

ITA

) while those bearish on the aerospace/defense industry could consider

ProShares Short Dow 30

(

DOG

).

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