4 Stocks Pushing The Electronics Industry Lower

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All three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 42 points (0.3%) at 14,338 as of Thursday, March 7, 2013, 11:50 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,674 issues advancing vs. 1,197 declining with 153 unchanged.

The Electronics industry currently sits up 0.3% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), down 2.0%, and ASML (ASML), down 1.1%. Top gainers within the industry include Himax Technologies (HIMX), up 19.5%, Semtech Corporation (SMTC), up 7.2%, IPG Photonics Corporation (IPGP), up 2.8%, Freescale Semiconductor (FSL), up 2.5% and NXP Semiconductor (NXPI), up 1.9%.

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

4. STMicroelectronics (STM) is one of the companies pushing the Electronics industry lower today. As of noon trading, STMicroelectronics is down $0.10 (-1.2%) to $7.92 on light volume Thus far, 471,931 shares of STMicroelectronics exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $7.91-$7.98 after having opened the day at $7.93 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $8.02.

STMicroelectronics N.V., an independent semiconductor company, engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of a range of semiconductor integrated circuits and discrete devices. STMicroelectronics has a market cap of $7.2 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 10.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate STMicroelectronics a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates STMicroelectronics as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in stock price during the past year, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity. Get the full STMicroelectronics Ratings Report now.

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