Dow Today: Chevron (CVX) Leads The Day Higher, Boeing (BA) Lags
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) closed down 17 points (-0.1%) at 12,845. During the day, 611.6 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 818.6 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio closed at 1,237 issues advancing vs. 1,769 declining with 98 unchanged.
The Dow component that led the way higher today was
(NYSE:
), which sported a $1.17 gain (+1.1%) bringing the stock to $106.67. Volume for Chevron ended the day at 6.3 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 8.8 million shares.
Chevron has a market cap of $212.53 billion and is part of the
sector and
industry. Shares are down 0.8% year to date as of Friday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.1%.
Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in petroleum, chemicals, mining, power generation, and energy operations worldwide. It operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The company has a P/E ratio of 7.7, below the average energy industry P/E ratio of 7.9 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.
TheStreet Ratings rates Chevron as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, notable return on equity and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Chevron Ratings Report.
Holding the Dow back today was
(NYSE:
), which lagged the broader Dow index with an 88-cent decline (-1.1%) bringing the stock to $75.46. This single loss lowered the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 6.66 points or roughly accounting for 39.2% of the Dow's overall loss. Volume for Boeing ended the day at 4.2 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 5.3 million shares.
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Boeing has a market cap of $56.01 billion and is part of the
sector and
industry. Shares are up 4.1% year to date as of Friday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 2.3%.
The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, sale, and support of commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.1, below the average aerospace/defense industry P/E ratio of 14.9 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.
TheStreet Ratings rates Boeing as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income, good cash flow from operations and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.
- You can view the full Boeing Ratings Report.
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