Textron (TXT) Stock Storming The Castle Today
Trade-Ideas LLC identified
(
) as a "storm the castle" (crossing above the 200-day simple moving average on higher than normal relative volume) candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Textron as such a stock due to the following factors:
- TXT has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $91.0 million.
- TXT has traded 1.9 million shares today.
- TXT is trading at 2.59 times the normal volume for the stock at this time of day.
- TXT crossed above its 200-day simple moving average.
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More details on TXT:
Textron Inc. operates in the aircraft, defense, industrial, and finance businesses worldwide. It operates through five segments: Textron Aviation, Bell, Textron Systems, Industrial, and Finance. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 0.2%. TXT has a PE ratio of 14. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Textron a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
The average volume for Textron has been 1.8 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Textron has a market cap of $9.6 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector and aerospace/defense industry. The stock has a beta of 1.53 and a short float of 1.7% with 1.68 days to cover. Shares are down 11.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday.
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Analysis:
rates Textron as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- TXT's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 0.6%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 4.2%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
- The debt-to-equity ratio is somewhat low, currently at 0.80, and is less than that of the industry average, implying that there has been a relatively successful effort in the management of debt levels.
- TEXTRON INC has improved earnings per share by 19.6% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, TEXTRON INC increased its bottom line by earning $2.50 versus $2.15 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($2.75 versus $2.50).
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Aerospace & Defense industry. The net income increased by 17.2% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, going from $128.00 million to $150.00 million.
- You can view the full Textron Ratings Report.
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