Clorox Company (CLX): Today's Featured Consumer Durables Laggard
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) pushed the Consumer Durables industry lower today making it today's featured Consumer Durables laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, Clorox Company fell $1.21 (-1.4%) to $83.08 on average volume. Throughout the day, 888,505 shares of Clorox Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 914,200 shares. The stock ranged in price between $83.03-$84.42 after having opened the day at $84.33 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $84.29. Other companies within the Consumer Durables industry that declined today were:
Furniture Brands International
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), down 18.3%,
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), down 5.9%,
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), down 4.5% and
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), down 4.1%.
The Clorox Company manufactures and markets consumer and professional products worldwide. Clorox Company has a market cap of $11.0 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are up 15.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Clorox Company a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Clorox Company
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity, expanding profit margins, increase in stock price during the past year, increase in net income and revenue growth. 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 Clorox Company Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 4.6%,
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), up 3.3%,
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), up 2.8% and
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), up 1.9% , were all gainers within the consumer durables industry with
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) being today's featured consumer durables industry leader.
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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the consumer durables industry could consider
Consumer Discretionary Sel Sec SPDR
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) while those bearish on the consumer durables industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
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).
- Find other investment ideas from our top rated ETFs lists.
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