4 Stocks Pushing The Real Estate Industry Higher

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One out of the three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 9 points (-0.1%) at 12,786 as of Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,471 issues advancing vs. 1,424 declining with 128 unchanged.

The Real Estate industry currently sits up 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.0%. Top gainers within the industry include Realty Income Corporation (O), up 1.1%, Weyerhaeuser (WY), up 0.8%, Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), up 0.7%, Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), up 0.6% and HCP (HCP), up 0.5%. A company within the industry that fell today was Public Storage (PSA), up 0.7%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 4 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

4. Douglas Emmett (DEI) is one of the companies pushing the Real Estate industry higher today. As of noon trading, Douglas Emmett is up $0.48 (2.2%) to $22.58 on average volume Thus far, 554,320 shares of Douglas Emmett exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $21.90-$22.60 after having opened the day at $22.12 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $22.10.

Douglas Emmett, Inc., a real estate investment trust, owns and operates office and multifamily properties in California and Hawaii. As of December 31, 2007, the company's office portfolio consisted of 48 properties and multifamily portfolio consisted of 9 properties. Douglas Emmett has a market cap of $3.1 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 144.9, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 21.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate Douglas Emmett a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Douglas Emmett as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and revenue growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's profit margins have been poor overall. Get the full Douglas Emmett Ratings Report now.

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