3 Consumer Non-Durables Stocks Dragging The Industry Down

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the consumer non-durables industry lower today.
By TheStreet Wire ,

All three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 123 points (0.7%) at 18,349 as of Tuesday, July 12, 2016, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,303 issues advancing vs. 681 declining with 114 unchanged.

The Consumer Non-Durables industry currently sits up 1.6% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.8%.

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

3.

Church & Dwight

(

CHD

) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Non-Durables industry lower today. As of noon trading, Church & Dwight is down $1.81 (-1.8%) to $99.88 on average volume. Thus far, 318,563 shares of Church & Dwight exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 800,100 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $99.69-$101.94 after having opened the day at $101.59 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $101.69.

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Church & Dwight Co., Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets household, personal care, and specialty products in the United States. It operates through three segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International, and Specialty Products Division (SPD). Church & Dwight has a market cap of $13.0 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are up 19.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate Church & Dwight a buy, 3 analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Church & Dwight

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. Get the full

Church & Dwight Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Colgate-Palmolive

(

CL

) is down $0.49 (-0.7%) to $74.00 on average volume. Thus far, 1.8 million shares of Colgate-Palmolive exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $73.72-$74.40 after having opened the day at $74.26 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $74.49.

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Colgate-Palmolive Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells consumer products worldwide. It operates through two segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care; and Pet Nutrition. Colgate-Palmolive has a market cap of $66.3 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are up 11.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Colgate-Palmolive a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 14 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Colgate-Palmolive

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income and weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Colgate-Palmolive Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Kimberly-Clark

(

KMB

) is down $0.77 (-0.6%) to $135.37 on light volume. Thus far, 651,839 shares of Kimberly-Clark exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.8 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $134.34-$135.93 after having opened the day at $135.93 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $136.14.

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Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care, consumer tissue, and professional products worldwide. Kimberly-Clark has a market cap of $49.0 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are up 6.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Kimberly-Clark a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Kimberly-Clark

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full

Kimberly-Clark Ratings Report

now.

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If you are interested in one of these 3 stocks, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the consumer non-durables industry could consider

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR

(

XLP

) while those bearish on the consumer non-durables industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods

(

SZK

).

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