5 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 45 points (0.3%) at 14,027 as of Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, 12:05 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,918 issues advancing vs. 965 declining with 159 unchanged.

The Materials & Construction industry currently sits up 0.6% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.5%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include Armstrong World Industries (AWI), down 3.2%, Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW), down 2.0% and Waste Connections (WCN), down 1.5%. A company within the industry that increased today was James Hardie Industries (JHX), up 1.7%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the industry lower today:

5. NVR (NVR) is one of the companies pushing the Materials & Construction industry lower today. As of noon trading, NVR is down $10.60 (-1.0%) to $1,029.10 on light volume Thus far, 5,911 shares of NVR exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 34,600 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $1,028.26-$1,046.00 after having opened the day at $1,038.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $1,039.70.

NVR, Inc. operates as a homebuilder in the United States. NVR has a market cap of $5.1 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 29.6, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 13.0% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates NVR a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates NVR as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, impressive record of earnings per share growth, solid stock price performance and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. Get the full NVR Ratings Report now.

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