5 Stocks Pushing The Consumer Goods Sector Lower

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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 5 stocks pushing the sector lower today:

5. Altria Group (MO) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Goods sector lower today. As of noon trading, Altria Group is down $0.29 (-0.9%) to $33.19 on light volume Thus far, 2.5 million shares of Altria Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 12.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $33.15-$33.36 after having opened the day at $33.22 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $33.48.

Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes, smokeless products, and wine in the United States and internationally. Altria Group has a market cap of $66.5 billion and is part of the tobacco industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.1, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 10.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Altria Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Altria Group as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full Altria Group Ratings Report now.

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