Dow Today: JPMorgan Chase (JPM) Leads The Day Higher, Coca-Cola (KO) Lags

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) is trading up 19 points (+0.2%) at 12,521 as of Tuesday, Jun 26, 2012, 9:35 a.m. ET. During this time, 25.2 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 704.1 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,901 issues advancing vs. 740 declining with 171 unchanged.

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The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), which is sporting a 62-cent gain (+1.8%) bringing the stock to $35.94. This single gain is lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 4.69 points or roughly accounting for 24.7% of the Dow's overall gain. Volume for JPMorgan Chase currently sits at 2.1 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 45.5 million shares.

JPMorgan Chase has a market cap of $137 billion and is part of the financial sector and banking industry. Shares are up 8.2% year to date as of Monday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.3%.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., a financial holding company, provides various financial services worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 7.9, 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 Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a 46-cent decline (-0.6%) bringing the stock to $74.31. Volume for Coca-Cola currently sits at 211,221 shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 7.6 million shares.

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Coca-Cola has a market cap of $169.06 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector and food & beverage industry. Shares are up 7.1% year to date as of Monday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 2.7%.

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company primarily offers sparkling beverages and still beverages. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.9, equal to the average food & beverage industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Coca-Cola as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, increase in net income, good cash flow from operations and growth in earnings per share. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook.

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