Xerox Corporation (XRX): Today's Featured Consumer Durables Laggard

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Xerox Corporation ( XRX) pushed the Consumer Durables industry lower today making it today's featured Consumer Durables laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.7%. By the end of trading, Xerox Corporation fell 8 cents (-1%) to $7.94 on average volume. Throughout the day, 9.7 million shares of Xerox Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 11.2 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $7.94-$8.05 after having opened the day at $7.99 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $8.02. Other companies within the Consumer Durables industry that declined today were: Elecsys Corporation ( ESYS), down 8.9%, Furniture Brands International ( FBN), down 6.7%, Brunswick Corporation ( BC), down 4.3%, and Appliance Recycling Centers ( ARCI), down 3.9%.

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Xerox Corporation provides business process and information technology (IT) outsourcing, and document management services worldwide. Xerox Corporation has a market cap of $10.19 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 7.8, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 17.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are four analysts that rate Xerox Corporation a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Xerox Corporation as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself and disappointing return on equity.

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On the positive front, Panasonic Corporation ( PC), up 12.2%, Cobra Electronics Corporation ( COBR), up 8.4%, Global-Tech Advanced Innovations ( GAI), up 8.2%, and American Woodmark Corporation ( AMWD), up 5.4%, were all gainers within the consumer durables industry with Sony Corporation ( SNE) being today's featured consumer durables industry leader.

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