4 Stocks Pushing The Consumer Goods Sector Higher

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All three major indices are trading down today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 89 points (-0.7%) at 12,919 as of Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 886 issues advancing vs. 2,023 declining with 120 unchanged.

The Consumer Goods sector currently sits down 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.7%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include Coach (COH), down 3.4%, HJ Heinz Company (HNZ), down 1.4%, Canon (CAJ), down 1.6%, VF Corporation (VFC), down 1.4% and Ecolab (ECL), down 1.2%.

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

4. Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V (KOF) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Goods sector higher today. As of noon trading, Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V is up $1.22 (0.9%) to $135.07 on average volume Thus far, 37,942 shares of Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 84,200 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $132.84-$135.84 after having opened the day at $133.64 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $133.85.

Coca Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V., a franchise bottler, produces, markets, and distributes Coca-Cola trademark beverages. Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V has a market cap of $25.4 billion and is part of the food & beverage industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 33.2, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 39.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are no analysts that rate Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, compelling growth in net income, expanding profit margins, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. Get the full Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V Ratings Report now.

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