3 Stocks Driving The Consumer Non-Durables Industry Higher

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

All three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 86 points (0.5%) at 17,915 as of Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,603 issues advancing vs. 1,362 declining with 155 unchanged.

The Consumer Non-Durables industry currently sits up 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. A company within the industry that increased today was

Ecolab

(

ECL

), up 3.1%. A company within the industry that fell today was

Kimberly-Clark

(

KMB

), up 0.6%.

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

3.

Ralph Lauren

(

RL

) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Non-Durables industry higher today. As of noon trading, Ralph Lauren is up $3.38 (3.0%) to $114.23 on average volume. Thus far, 427,403 shares of Ralph Lauren exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $110.46-$114.25 after having opened the day at $111.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $110.85.

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Ralph Lauren Corporation designs, markets, and distributes lifestyle products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Wholesale, Retail, and Licensing. Ralph Lauren has a market cap of $6.6 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are down 40.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there is 1 analyst who rates Ralph Lauren a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 11 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Ralph Lauren

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, reasonable valuation levels 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 weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Ralph Lauren Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Coach

(

COH

) is up $1.00 (3.1%) to $32.74 on average volume. Thus far, 1.8 million shares of Coach exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $31.81-$32.77 after having opened the day at $31.81 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $31.74.

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Coach, Inc. provides luxury accessories and lifestyle collections in the United States. Coach has a market cap of $8.7 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are down 15.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 10 analysts who rate Coach a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 11 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Coach

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its reasonable valuation levels, 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 deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Coach Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

VF

(

VFC

) is up $0.63 (0.9%) to $68.44 on light volume. Thus far, 764,026 shares of VF exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $67.65-$68.49 after having opened the day at $67.68 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $67.81.

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V.F. Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes branded lifestyle apparel, footwear, and accessories in the United States and Europe. VF has a market cap of $28.7 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are down 9.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 19 analysts who rate VF a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

VF

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels, increase in stock price during the past year, expanding profit margins and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

VF 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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