3 Stocks Pushing The Media Industry Lower

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Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 19 points (-0.1%) at 13,006 as of Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, 11:50 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,239 issues advancing vs. 1,655 declining with 129 unchanged.

The Media industry currently sits down 0.4% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.1%. A company within the industry that fell today was Shaw Communications (SJR), up 1.0%.

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

3. Madison Square Garden (MSG) is one of the companies pushing the Media industry lower today. As of noon trading, Madison Square Garden is down $1.34 (-3.1%) to $42.46 on average volume Thus far, 103,522 shares of Madison Square Garden exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 253,200 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $42.25-$43.68 after having opened the day at $43.68 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $43.80.

The Madison Square Garden Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the sports, entertainment, and media businesses primarily in the United States. The company operates in three segments: MSG Media, MSG Entertainment, and MSG Sports. Madison Square Garden has a market cap of $2.7 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 32.2, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 53.0% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate Madison Square Garden a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Madison Square Garden as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, increase in net income and growth in earnings per share. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's revenue growth has not been good. Get the full Madison Square Garden Ratings Report now.

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