5 Stocks Pushing The Materials & Construction Industry Higher

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All three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 10 points (0.1%) at 14,085 as of Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, 12:04 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,607 issues advancing vs. 1,243 declining with 160 unchanged.

The Materials & Construction industry currently sits up 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. Top gainers within the industry include Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), up 1.0%, and MDU Resources Group (MDU), up 1.1%.

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

5. Rayonier (RYN) is one of the companies pushing the Materials & Construction industry higher today. As of noon trading, Rayonier is up $0.36 (0.6%) to $55.87 on light volume Thus far, 203,065 shares of Rayonier exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 694,200 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $55.44-$56.02 after having opened the day at $55.55 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $55.51.

Rayonier, Inc. engages in the sale and development of real estate and timberland management, as well as in the production and sale of cellulose fibers in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. Rayonier has a market cap of $6.7 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 25.2, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 7.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Rayonier a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Rayonier as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, increase in net income, revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full Rayonier Ratings Report now.

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