Toll Brothers Inc (TOL): Today's Featured Industrial Goods Laggard

Toll Brothers was a leading decliner within the industrial goods sector, falling $0.97 (-3.0%) to $31.52 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Toll Brothers

(

TOL

) pushed the Industrial Goods sector lower today making it today's featured Industrial Goods laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 1.0%. By the end of trading, Toll Brothers fell $0.97 (-3.0%) to $31.52 on average volume. Throughout the day, 4,380,964 shares of Toll Brothers exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4,743,700 shares. The stock ranged in price between $30.98-$32.60 after having opened the day at $32.60 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $32.49. Other companies within the Industrial Goods sector that declined today were:

Arotech Corporation

(

ARTX

), down 11.6%,

China Valves Technology

(

CVVT

), down 7.1%,

Integrated Electrical Services

(

IESC

), down 6.7% and

M.D.C. Holdings

(

MDC

), down 6.7%.

Toll Brothers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, builds, markets, and arranges finance for detached and attached homes in luxury residential communities. It is also involved in building or converting existing rental apartment buildings into high-, mid-, and low-rise luxury homes. Toll Brothers has a market cap of $5.4 billion and is part of the materials & construction industry. Shares are up 0.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate Toll Brothers a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Toll Brothers

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, increase in stock price during the past year, notable return on equity and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

On the positive front,

JinkoSolar

(

JKS

), up 14.8%,

China BAK Battery

(

CBAK

), up 14.3%,

China Recycling Energy Corporation

(

CREG

), up 14.0% and

China Ming Yang Wind Power Group

(

MY

), up 9.6% , were all gainers within the industrial goods sector with

United Technologies

(

UTX

) being today's featured industrial goods sector leader.

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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