4 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 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 Materials & Construction industry currently is unchanged today versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. A company within the industry that fell today was James Hardie Industries (JHX), up 1.7%. A company within the industry that increased today was Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW), up 0.6%.

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

4. Quanex Building Products (NX) is one of the companies pushing the Materials & Construction industry lower today. As of noon trading, Quanex Building Products is down $1.56 (-7.6%) to $19.04 on heavy volume Thus far, 763,749 shares of Quanex Building Products exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 313,300 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $18.00-$20.37 after having opened the day at $20.25 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $20.61.

Quanex Building Products Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides engineered and aluminum sheet products worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Engineered Products and Aluminum Sheet Products. Quanex Building Products has a market cap of $749.6 million and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 1.0% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are no analysts that rate Quanex Building Products a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Quanex Building Products 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 also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, poor profit margins and weak operating cash flow. Get the full Quanex Building Products Ratings Report now.

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