Today's Pre-Market Mover With Heavy Volume: Autoliv (ALV)
Trade-Ideas LLC identified
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) as a pre-market mover with heavy volume candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Autoliv as such a stock due to the following factors:
- ALV has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $40.1 million.
- ALV traded 42,312 shares today in the pre-market hours as of 8:49 AM, representing 11.1% of its average daily volume.
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More details on ALV:
Autoliv, Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and supplies automotive safety systems to the automotive industry worldwide. It operates through two segments, Passive Safety and Electronics. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 2.1%. ALV has a PE ratio of 18. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Autoliv a buy, 4 analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.
The average volume for Autoliv has been 495,400 shares per day over the past 30 days. Autoliv has a market cap of $9.8 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector and automotive industry. The stock has a beta of 1.18 and a short float of 6.4% with 13.83 days to cover. Shares are down 10.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.
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Analysis:
rates Autoliv 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, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and reasonable valuation levels. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 0.0%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 11.8%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- The current debt-to-equity ratio, 0.42, is low and is below the industry average, implying that there has been successful management of debt levels. Along with the favorable debt-to-equity ratio, the company maintains an adequate quick ratio of 1.31, which illustrates the ability to avoid short-term cash problems.
- AUTOLIV INC reported significant earnings per share improvement 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, AUTOLIV INC increased its bottom line by earning $5.17 versus $5.08 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($7.05 versus $5.17).
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Auto Components industry. The net income increased by 273.1% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $35.70 million to $133.20 million.
- You can view the full Autoliv Ratings Report.
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