3 Stocks Pushing The Retail Industry Lower

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One out of the three major indices are trading lower 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 Retail industry currently sits down 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.0%.

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

3. Best Buy (BBY) is one of the companies pushing the Retail industry lower today. As of noon trading, Best Buy is down $1.70 (-12.3%) to $12.06 on heavy volume Thus far, 21.8 million shares of Best Buy exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $11.74-$12.86 after having opened the day at $12.82 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $13.75.

Best Buy Co., Inc. operates as a retailer of consumer electronics, computing and mobile phone products, entertainment products, appliances, and related services primarily in the United States, Europe, Canada, and China. Best Buy has a market cap of $4.6 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of -4.8, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 41.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Best Buy a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 17 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Best Buy as a hold. The company's strongest point has been its a solid financial position based on a variety of debt and liquidity measures that we have looked at. At the same time, however, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins. Get the full Best Buy Ratings Report now.

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