3 Stocks Pushing The Transportation Industry Lower

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One out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 1 points (-0.0%) at 13,971 as of Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,429 issues advancing vs. 1,408 declining with 163 unchanged.

The Transportation industry currently sits up 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is unchanged. Top gainers within the industry include Pacific Airport Group (PAC), up 2.7%, United Continental Holdings (UAL), up 0.9% and Delta Air Lines (DAL), up 0.7%.

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

3. LATAM Airlines Group S.A (LFL) is one of the companies pushing the Transportation industry lower today. As of noon trading, LATAM Airlines Group S.A is down $0.14 (-0.6%) to $24.50 on light volume Thus far, 57,026 shares of LATAM Airlines Group S.A exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 443,800 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $24.50-$24.71 after having opened the day at $24.59 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $24.64.

LATAM Airlines Group S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides passenger and cargo air transportation services primarily in South America. As of June 22, 2012, the company operated a fleet of 310 aircrafts. LATAM Airlines Group S.A has a market cap of $11.7 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 26.0, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 3.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are no analysts that rate LATAM Airlines Group S.A a buy, 4 analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates LATAM Airlines Group S.A as a hold. Among the primary strengths of the company is its robust revenue growth -- not just in the most recent periods but in previous quarters as well. At the same time, however, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, feeble growth in the company's earnings per share and deteriorating net income. Get the full LATAM Airlines Group S.A Ratings Report now.

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