4 Stocks Pushing The Industrial Goods Sector Lower

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Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 10 points (-0.1%) at 13,082 as of Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, 1:34 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,351 issues advancing vs. 1,574 declining with 129 unchanged.

The Industrial Goods sector currently sits up 0.6% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.1%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include Pall Corporation (PLL), down 6.2%, Fastenal Company (FAST), down 1.2%, Cemex S.A.B. de C.V (CX), down 0.7%, Kubota Corporation (KUB), down 1.1% and CNH Global (CNH), down 1.5%. Top gainers within the sector include Generac Holdings (GNRC), up 7.5%, Rockwell Automation Incorporated (ROK), up 3.3%, Dover Corporation (DOV), up 3.5%, Lennar Corporation (LEN), up 2.6% and PulteGroup (PHM), up 2.7%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 4 stocks pushing the sector lower today:

4. Raytheon Company (RTN) is one of the companies pushing the Industrial Goods sector lower today. As of noon trading, Raytheon Company is down $0.53 (-0.9%) to $56.50 on light volume Thus far, 789,565 shares of Raytheon Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.7 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $56.39-$56.92 after having opened the day at $56.83 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $57.03.

Raytheon Company designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, and supports technological products, services, and solutions for governmental and commercial customers in the United States and internationally. Raytheon Company has a market cap of $18.9 billion and is part of the aerospace/defense industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 9.8, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 17.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Raytheon Company a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 11 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Raytheon Company as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full Raytheon Company Ratings Report now.

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