4 Stocks Pushing The Industrial Industry Higher

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Two out of the three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 17 points (-0.1%) at 12,949 as of Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,707 issues advancing vs. 1,183 declining with 148 unchanged.

The Industrial industry currently sits up 0.3% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.0%. A company within the industry that increased today was Generac Holdings (GNRC), up 7.0%. A company within the industry that fell today was Nidec Corporation (NJ), up 3.5%.

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

4. Precision Castparts (PCP) is one of the companies pushing the Industrial industry higher today. As of noon trading, Precision Castparts is up $1.69 (0.9%) to $180.14 on light volume Thus far, 194,152 shares of Precision Castparts exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 695,600 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $178.10-$180.35 after having opened the day at $178.27 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $178.45.

Precision Castparts Corp. manufactures and sells metal components and products worldwide. Precision Castparts has a market cap of $26.1 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 8.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Precision Castparts a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Precision Castparts as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. Get the full Precision Castparts Ratings Report now.

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