Dow Today: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Lower

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) is trading up 22 points (+0.2%) at 12,905 as of Thursday, Feb 9, 2012, 12:39 p.m. ET. During this time, 567.9 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 sits at 1,350 issues advancing vs. 1,584 declining with 122 unchanged.

Holding back the Dow today is Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a 24-cent decline (-0.4%) bringing the stock to $65. Volume for Johnson & Johnson currently sits at 6.5 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 10.7 million shares.

Johnson & Johnson has a market cap of $177.51 billion and is part of the health care sector and drugs industry. Shares are down 0.5% year to date as of Wednesday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.5%.

Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of various products in the health care field worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.1, below the average drugs industry P/E ratio of 15.9 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Johnson & Johnson as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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