Dow Today: JPMorgan Chase (JPM) Leads The Day Higher, Procter & Gamble (PG) Lags

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) is trading down 22.0 points (-0.2%) at 12,815 as of Wednesday, Jun 20, 2012, 9:35 a.m. ET. During this time, 37.8 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 699.9 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,082 issues advancing vs. 1,522 declining with 208 unchanged.

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The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), which is sporting a 70-cent gain (+2%) bringing the stock to $36.08. Volume for JPMorgan Chase currently sits at 4.6 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 44.7 million shares.

JPMorgan Chase has a market cap of $131.79 billion and is part of the financial sector and banking industry. Shares are up 6.4% year to date as of Tuesday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.5%.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., a financial holding company, provides various financial services worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 7.6, equal to the average banking industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates JPMorgan Chase as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.

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Holding back the Dow today is Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a $1.82 decline (-2.9%) bringing the stock to $60.39. This single loss is lowering the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 13.77 points or roughly accounting for 62.6% of the Dow's overall loss. Volume for Procter & Gamble currently sits at 2.9 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 10.9 million shares.

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Procter & Gamble has a market cap of $170.68 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector and consumer non-durables industry. Shares are down 6.7% year to date as of Tuesday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.6%.

The Procter & Gamble Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides consumer packaged goods and improves the lives of consumers worldwide. The company operates through six segments: Beauty, Grooming, Health Care, Pet Care, Fabric Care and Home Care, and Baby Care and Family Care. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.1, equal to the average consumer non-durables industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Procter & Gamble as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins and reasonable valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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