Dow Today: Chevron (CVX) Leads The Day Higher, Coca-Cola (KO) Lags

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) closed up 42 points (+0.3%) at 13,207. During the day, 375 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 665.8 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio closed at 1,613 issues advancing vs. 1,368 declining with 126 unchanged.

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The Dow component that led the way higher today was Chevron (NYSE:CVX), which sported a 92-cent gain (+0.8%) bringing the stock to $113.55. This single gain lifted the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 6.96 points or roughly accounting for 16.6% of the Dow's overall gain. Volume for Chevron ended the day at 5.1 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 6.9 million shares.

Chevron has a market cap of $220.03 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and energy industry. Shares are up 5.4% year to date as of Thursday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.2%.

Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in petroleum, chemicals, mining, power generation, and energy operations worldwide. It operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The company has a P/E ratio of 8.3, equal to the average energy industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Chevron as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels, notable return on equity and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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Holding the Dow back today was Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), which lagged the broader Dow index with a 45-cent decline (-0.6%) bringing the stock to $78.79. Volume for Coca-Cola ended the day at 10 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of seven million shares.

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Coca-Cola has a market cap of $179.09 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector and food & beverage industry. Shares are up 13.7% year to date as of Thursday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 2.6%.

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 21, 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, good cash flow from operations, expanding profit margins 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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