Apple Inc (AAPL): Today's Featured Computer Hardware Laggard
Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model
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) pushed the Computer Hardware industry lower today making it today's featured Computer Hardware laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.7%. By the end of trading, Apple fell $7.29 (-1.2%) to $609.54 on average volume. Throughout the day, 19.7 million shares of Apple exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 16.2 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $605.55-$622 after having opened the day at $620 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $616.83. Other companies within the Computer Hardware industry that declined today were:
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), down 18.5%,
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), down 15.3%,
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), down 10.9%, and
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), down 6%.
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Apple Inc., together with subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication devices, and portable digital music and video players, as well as sells various related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions. Apple has a market cap of $574.96 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.4, equal to the average computer hardware industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 52.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 38 analysts that rate Apple a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Apple as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, robust revenue growth and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Apple Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 5.4%,
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), up 4.3%,
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), up 3.8%, and
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), up 3.8%, were all gainers within the computer hardware industry with
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) being today's featured computer hardware industry leader.
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iShares Dow Jones US Technology
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) while those bearish on the computer hardware industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Semiconductor
(
).
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