3 Stocks Pushing The Real Estate Industry Higher

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All three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 163 points (1.2%) at 13,275 as of Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, 12:34 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,126 issues advancing vs. 762 declining with 145 unchanged.

The Real Estate industry currently sits down 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is up 1.1%. A company within the industry that increased today was American Express (AXP), up 1.6%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include Nationstar Mortgage Holdings (NSM), down 6.1%, Icahn (IEP), down 1.0%, Hospitality Properties (HPT), down 2.6% and Federal Realty Investment (FRT), down 0.8%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

3. CBRE Group (CBG) is one of the companies pushing the Real Estate industry higher today. As of noon trading, CBRE Group is up $0.28 (1.6%) to $18.00 on light volume Thus far, 783,724 shares of CBRE Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $17.70-$18.03 after having opened the day at $17.81 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $17.72.

CBRE Group, Inc. operates as a commercial real estate services company worldwide. CBRE Group has a market cap of $5.8 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 21.4, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 15.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate CBRE Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates CBRE Group as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full CBRE Group Ratings Report now.

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