5 Stocks Pushing The Consumer Goods Sector Higher

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All three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 75 points (0.6%) at 13,310 as of Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,037 issues advancing vs. 917 declining with 107 unchanged.

The Consumer Goods sector currently sits up 0.8% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.8%. Top gainers within the sector include Coach (COH), up 2.2%, General Motors (GM), up 2.1% and Ford Motor (F), up 2.1%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the sector higher today:

5. Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V (KOF) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Goods sector higher today. As of noon trading, Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V is up $3.14 (2.1%) to $148.98 on average volume Thus far, 44,847 shares of Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 93,400 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $146.56-$149.29 after having opened the day at $147.12 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $145.84.

Coca Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V., a franchise bottler, produces, markets, and distributes Coca-Cola trademark beverages. Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V has a market cap of $28.1 billion and is part of the food & beverage industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 36.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 54.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are no analysts that rate Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, compelling growth in net income, expanding profit margins, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. Get the full Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V Ratings Report now.

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