3 Materials & Construction Stocks On The Rise
Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading down 6 points (0.0%) at 17,753 as of Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,244 issues advancing vs. 1,682 declining with 165 unchanged.
The Materials & Construction industry currently sits up 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.1%. Top gainers within the industry include
(
), up 2.6%,
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), up 1.9% and
(
), up 1.5%. A company within the industry that fell today was
(
), up 1.0%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:
3.
(
) is one of the companies pushing the Materials & Construction industry higher today. As of noon trading, Waste Management is up $0.34 (0.6%) to $53.99 on light volume. Thus far, 432,860 shares of Waste Management exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.5 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $53.72-$54.08 after having opened the day at $53.74 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $53.65.
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Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various waste management environmental services to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in North America. Waste Management has a market cap of $24.0 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 4.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 4 analysts who rate Waste Management a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Waste Management
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and impressive record of earnings per share growth. 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
Waste Management Ratings Report
now.
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2. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $1.42 (1.4%) to $101.51 on light volume. Thus far, 269,289 shares of Vulcan Materials exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.5 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $100.56-$102.20 after having opened the day at $100.76 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $100.09.
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Vulcan Materials Company produces and sells construction aggregates, asphalt mix, and ready-mixed concrete primarily in the United States. It operates through four segments: Aggregates, Asphalt Mix, Concrete, and Calcium. Vulcan Materials has a market cap of $13.4 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 52.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 7 analysts who rate Vulcan Materials a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Vulcan Materials
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. Get the full
Vulcan Materials Ratings Report
now.
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $1.04 (0.7%) to $154.60 on light volume. Thus far, 240,815 shares of Martin Marietta Materials exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $153.28-$156.37 after having opened the day at $154.73 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $153.56.
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Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, supplies aggregates products and heavy building materials for the construction industry in the United States and internationally. Martin Marietta Materials has a market cap of $10.1 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 39.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 5 analysts who rate Martin Marietta Materials a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Martin Marietta Materials
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income, impressive record of earnings per share growth and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. Get the full
Martin Marietta Materials 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 materials & construction industry could consider
(
) while those bearish on the materials & construction industry could consider
ProShares Short Basic Materials Fd
(
).