BE Aerospace Inc (BEAV): Today's Featured Aerospace/Defense Winner
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) pushed the Aerospace/Defense industry higher today making it today's featured aerospace/defense winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.8%. By the end of trading, BE Aerospace rose 42 cents (1%) to $43.01 on average volume. Throughout the day, 976,333 shares of BE Aerospace exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 837,700 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $42.61-$43.27 after having opened the day at $42.73 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $42.59. Another company within the Aerospace/Defense industry that increased today was
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), up 2.8%.
BE Aerospace, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells, and services commercial aircraft and business jet cabin interior products worldwide. BE Aerospace has a market cap of $4.37 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.4, equal to the average aerospace/defense industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 10% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate BE Aerospace a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates BE Aerospace 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 solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full BE Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 6.2%,
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), down 2.3%,
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), down 2.2%, and
(
), down 2.1%, were all losers within the aerospace/defense industry with
(
) being today's aerospace/defense industry loser.
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) while those bearish on the aerospace/defense industry could consider
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).
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