3 Stocks Pushing The Electronics Industry Lower

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Two out of the three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 35 points (0.3%) at 14,006 as of Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, 12:05 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,786 issues advancing vs. 1,060 declining with 154 unchanged.

The Electronics industry currently sits up 0.6% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.1%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include Cubic Corporation (CUB), down 7.6%, and Advantest (ATE), down 1.8%. Top gainers within the industry include Cognex Corporation (CGNX), up 3.7%, Trimble Navigation (TRMB), up 2.4%, STMicroelectronics (STM), up 1.4%, Roper Industries (ROP), up 0.8% and LG.Display Company (LPL), up 0.5%.

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

3. Garmin (GRMN) is one of the companies pushing the Electronics industry lower today. As of noon trading, Garmin is down $0.16 (-0.4%) to $37.72 on average volume Thus far, 673,290 shares of Garmin exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.7 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $37.18-$37.83 after having opened the day at $37.69 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $37.87.

Garmin Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets global positioning system (GPS) enabled products and other navigation, communication, and information products for the automotive/mobile, outdoor, fitness, marine, and general aviation markets worldwide. Garmin has a market cap of $7.9 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.9, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 6.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate Garmin a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Garmin 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, notable return on equity and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full Garmin Ratings Report now.

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