3 Stocks Advancing The Electronics Industry

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the electronics industry higher today.
By TheStreet Wire ,

Two out of the three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 13 points (0.1%) at 17,825 as of Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,660 issues advancing vs. 1,252 declining with 187 unchanged.

The Electronics industry currently sits up 0.5% versus the S&P 500, which is unchanged. Top gainers within the industry include

LG Display

(

LPL

), up 6.4%,

Microsemi

(

MSCC

), up 4.5%,

Qorvo

(

QRVO

), up 3.6%,

Freescale Semiconductor

(

FSL

), up 1.5% and

Roper Technologies

(

ROP

), up 0.8%.

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

3.

ASML

(

ASML

) is one of the companies pushing the Electronics industry higher today. As of noon trading, ASML is up $0.85 (0.9%) to $91.18 on light volume. Thus far, 253,109 shares of ASML exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $90.46-$91.35 after having opened the day at $90.55 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $90.33.

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ASML Holding N.V. engages in the development, production, marketing, sale, and servicing of advanced semiconductor equipment systems with a focus on lithography related systems worldwide. ASML has a market cap of $38.9 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are down 16.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 5 analysts who rate ASML a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

ASML

as a

buy

. 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, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full

ASML Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Applied Materials

(

AMAT

) is up $0.22 (1.2%) to $18.60 on light volume. Thus far, 3.5 million shares of Applied Materials exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 15.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $18.30-$18.63 after having opened the day at $18.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $18.38.

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Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, flat panel display, solar photovoltaic (PV), and related industries worldwide. Applied Materials has a market cap of $21.8 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are down 26.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 8 analysts who rate Applied Materials a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Applied Materials

as a

buy

. 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, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and attractive valuation levels. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Applied Materials Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

NXP Semiconductors

(

NXPI

) is up $1.66 (2.0%) to $85.00 on light volume. Thus far, 1.3 million shares of NXP Semiconductors exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $82.79-$85.00 after having opened the day at $83.43 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $83.34.

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NXP Semiconductors N.V., a semiconductor company, provides high performance mixed signal and standard product solutions for radio frequency (RF), analog, power management, interface, security, and digital processing products worldwide. NXP Semiconductors has a market cap of $18.3 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 9.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 13 analysts who rate NXP Semiconductors a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

NXP Semiconductors

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, 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

NXP Semiconductors 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 electronics industry could consider

iShares Dow Jones US Technology

(

IYW

) while those bearish on the electronics industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Semiconductor

(

SSG

).

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