Trinity Industries Inc. (TRN): Today's Featured Transportation Winner
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) pushed the Transportation industry higher today making it today's featured transportation winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.7%. By the end of trading, Trinity Industries rose $0.58 (1.6%) to $37.95 on average volume. Throughout the day, 989,047 shares of Trinity Industries exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,290,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $37.36-$38.07 after having opened the day at $37.36 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $37.37. Other companies within the Transportation industry that increased today were:
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), up 8.0%,
Providence & Worcester Railroad Company
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), up 7.5%,
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), up 6.9% and
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), up 6.8%.
Trinity Industries, Inc. provides products and services to the industrial, energy, transportation, and construction sectors primarily in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Sweden. Trinity Industries has a market cap of $2.9 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 4.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate Trinity Industries a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Trinity Industries
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and attractive valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated.
- You can view the full Trinity Industries Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 9.5%,
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), down 9.4%,
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), down 5.4% and
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), down 5.0% , were all laggards within the transportation industry with
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) being today's transportation industry laggard.
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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the transportation industry could consider
iShares Dow Jones Transportation
(
) while those bearish on the transportation industry could consider
ProShares UltraShort Industrials
(
).
- Find other investment ideas from our top rated ETFs lists.
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