3 Stocks Pushing The Consumer Non-Durables Industry Lower

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All three major indices are trading down today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 53 points (-0.4%) at 13,873 as of Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, 11:50 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 851 issues advancing vs. 2,047 declining with 117 unchanged.

The Consumer Non-Durables industry currently sits down 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.6%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include Coach (COH), down 1.7%, Ralph Lauren (RL), down 0.8% and Estee Lauder Cos (EL), down 0.8%.

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

3. Fibria Celulose (FBR) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Non-Durables industry lower today. As of noon trading, Fibria Celulose is down $0.30 (-2.7%) to $10.93 on average volume Thus far, 773,379 shares of Fibria Celulose exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $10.92-$11.18 after having opened the day at $11.13 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $11.23.

Fibria Celulose S.A. engages in the production, sale, and export of short fiber pulp. The company primarily offers bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp used in the manufacture of toilet paper; uncoated and coated paper for printing and writing; and coated cardboard for packaging. Fibria Celulose has a market cap of $6.4 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 26.7, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 1.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are no analysts that rate Fibria Celulose a buy, 3 analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Fibria Celulose as a hold. 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 and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's return on equity has been disappointing. Get the full Fibria Celulose Ratings Report now.

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