Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. B/E Aerospace ( BEAV) pushed the Aerospace/Defense industry higher today making it today's featured aerospace/defense winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.8%. By the end of trading, B/E Aerospace rose $1.39 (1.9%) to $72.62 on average volume. Throughout the day, 983,699 shares of B/E Aerospace exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 856,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $70.86-$72.93 after having opened the day at $71.44 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $71.23. Other companies within the Aerospace/Defense industry that increased today were: Elbit Systems ( ESLT), up 5.0%, Triumph Group ( TGI), up 3.5%, Innovative Solutions and Support ( ISSC), up 2.8% and Breeze-Eastern Corporation ( BZC), up 2.6%. B/E Aerospace, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells, and services cabin interior products for commercial aircraft and business jets worldwide. It operates in three segments: Commercial Aircraft, Consumables Management, and Business Jet. B/E Aerospace has a market cap of $7.7 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 49.0% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 14 analysts that rate B/E Aerospace a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates B/E Aerospace as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, expanding profit margins, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.
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