4 Stocks Pushing The Materials & Construction Industry Lower

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All three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 135 points (1.0%) at 13,995 as of Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, 11:44 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,283 issues advancing vs. 634 declining with 96 unchanged.

The Materials & Construction industry currently sits up 0.6% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.9%. A company within the industry that fell today was James Hardie Industries (JHX), up 1.7%. Top gainers within the industry include Fluor Corporation (FLR), up 1.8%, Masco Corporation (MAS), up 1.4%, Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW), up 1.2%, Cemex S.A.B. de C.V (CX), up 1.3% and DR Horton (DHI), up 1.4%.

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

4. M/I Homes (MHO) is one of the companies pushing the Materials & Construction industry lower today. As of noon trading, M/I Homes is down $1.24 (-4.5%) to $26.00 on average volume Thus far, 269,666 shares of M/I Homes exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 399,600 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $25.83-$27.57 after having opened the day at $27.12 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $27.24.

M/I Homes, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, primarily operates as a builder of single-family homes in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Homebuilding and Financial Services. M/I Homes has a market cap of $594.0 million and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 102.6, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 4.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are no analysts that rate M/I Homes a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates M/I Homes as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, compelling growth in net income and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk and poor profit margins. Get the full M/I Homes Ratings Report now.

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