3 Stocks Pushing The Wholesale Industry Higher

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All three major indices are trading down today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 18 points (-0.1%) at 13,964 as of Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,305 issues advancing vs. 1,524 declining with 153 unchanged.

The Wholesale industry currently sits up 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.1%.

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

3. Ingram Micro (IM) is one of the companies pushing the Wholesale industry higher today. As of noon trading, Ingram Micro is up $1.53 (8.3%) to $20.00 on heavy volume Thus far, 1.3 million shares of Ingram Micro exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 750,800 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $19.23-$20.21 after having opened the day at $19.41 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $18.47.

Ingram Micro Inc. distributes information technology (IT) products and supply chain solutions worldwide. Ingram Micro has a market cap of $2.8 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 9.3, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 9.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Ingram Micro a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Ingram Micro as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, compelling growth in net income, attractive valuation levels, impressive record of earnings per share growth and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full Ingram Micro Ratings Report now.

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