NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- Shares of

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

(Nasdaq:

GMCR

) were gapping up Thursday morning with an open price 21.3% higher than Wednesday's closing price. The stock closed at $53.63 Wednesday and opened today's trading at $65.05.

The average volume for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has been 7.5 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has a market cap of $7.84 billion and is part of the

consumer goods

sector and

food & beverage

industry. Shares are up 19.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. engages in the specialty coffee and coffee maker business. The company has a P/E ratio of 40.7, above the average food & beverage industry P/E ratio of 38.6 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Green Mountain Coffee Roasters as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including premium valuation, weak operating cash flow and disappointing return on equity. You can view the full

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Ratings Report

.

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