3 Stocks Pushing The Consumer Non-Durables Industry Higher

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All three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 0 points (0.0%) at 12,985 as of Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, 11:50 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,816 issues advancing vs. 1,058 declining with 142 unchanged.

The Consumer Non-Durables industry currently sits up 0.8% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.0%. A company within the industry that increased today was Wacoal Holdings Corporatiom (WACLY), up 5.2%. A company within the industry that fell today was Under Armour (UA), up 2.1%.

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

3. Gildan Activewear Inc. Class A (GIL) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Non-Durables industry higher today. As of noon trading, Gildan Activewear Inc. Class A is up $0.99 (3.0%) to $34.35 on heavy volume Thus far, 813,224 shares of Gildan Activewear Inc. Class A exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 298,800 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $33.95-$35.05 after having opened the day at $34.80 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $33.36.

Gildan Activewear Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of apparel products primarily in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It sells T-shirts, fleece, and sport shirts to wholesale distributors under the Gildan brand name. Gildan Activewear Inc. Class A has a market cap of $4.1 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 35.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 77.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate Gildan Activewear Inc. Class A a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Gildan Activewear Inc. Class A 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, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full Gildan Activewear Inc. Class A Ratings Report now.

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