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4 Stocks Pushing The Materials & Construction Industry Higher

By TheStreet Wire 03/01/13 - 12:03 PM EST

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Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model

Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 24 points (-0.2%) at 14,029 as of Friday, March 1, 2013, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,249 issues advancing vs. 1,609 declining with 131 unchanged.

The Materials & Construction industry currently sits down 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is unchanged. Top gainers within the industry include Cemex S.A.B. de C.V (CX), up 0.6%, and Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW), up 0.4%. A company within the industry that fell today was Fluor Corporation (FLR), up 2.2%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 4 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

4. Texas Industries (TXI) is one of the companies pushing the Materials & Construction industry higher today. As of noon trading, Texas Industries is up $2.19 (3.8%) to $60.24 on average volume Thus far, 162,437 shares of Texas Industries exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 330,000 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $57.34-$60.98 after having opened the day at $57.72 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $58.05.

Texas Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of heavy construction materials in the southwestern United States. It operates in three segments: Cement, Aggregates, and Consumer Products. Texas Industries has a market cap of $1.6 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 80.6, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 13.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Texas Industries a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Texas Industries as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, compelling growth in net income and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's profit margins have been poor overall. Get the full Texas Industries Ratings Report now.

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