3 Stocks Pushing The Consumer Non-Durables Industry Lower

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All three major indices are trading down today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 23 points (-0.2%) at 13,146 as of Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, 11:50 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,344 issues advancing vs. 1,517 declining with 152 unchanged.

The Consumer Non-Durables industry currently sits down 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.3%. A company within the industry that increased today was Coach (COH), up 1.1%.

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

3. Quiksilver (ZQK) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Non-Durables industry lower today. As of noon trading, Quiksilver is down $0.63 (-15.5%) to $3.44 on heavy volume Thus far, 1.8 million shares of Quiksilver exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $3.32-$3.57 after having opened the day at $3.36 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $4.07.

Quiksilver, Inc. designs, develops, produces, and distributes apparel, footwear, accessories, and related products. Quiksilver has a market cap of $665.4 million and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.2, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 12.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate Quiksilver a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Quiksilver as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income and revenue growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company has favored debt over equity in the management of its balance sheet. Get the full Quiksilver Ratings Report now.

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