Trimble Navigation Limited (TRMB): Today's Featured Electronics Winner
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Trimble Navigation Limited provides positioning, wireless, and software technology solutions. Trimble Navigation has a market cap of $6.68 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 36, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 21.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate Trimble Navigation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Trimble Navigation as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company is trading at a premium valuation based on our review of its current price compared to such things as earnings and book value.
- You can view the full Trimble Navigation Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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