3 Stocks Moving The Chemicals Industry Upward

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

One out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 35 points (-0.2%) at 18,458 as of Tuesday, July 26, 2016, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,840 issues advancing vs. 1,054 declining with 156 unchanged.

The Chemicals industry currently sits up 0.8% versus the S&P 500, which is unchanged. Top gainers within the industry include

Agrium

(

AGU

), up 1.2%, and

Air Products & Chemicals

(

APD

), up 1.0%.

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

3.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours

(

DD

) is one of the companies pushing the Chemicals industry higher today. As of noon trading, E.I. du Pont de Nemours is up $0.53 (0.8%) to $69.41 on average volume. Thus far, 2.2 million shares of E.I. du Pont de Nemours exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $69.18-$69.87 after having opened the day at $69.26 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $68.88.

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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company operates as a science and technology based company. E.I. du Pont de Nemours has a market cap of $59.8 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are up 3.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 4 analysts who rate E.I. du Pont de Nemours a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

E.I. du Pont de Nemours

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance and growth in earnings per share. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. Get the full

E.I. du Pont de Nemours Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Dow Chemical

(

DOW

) is up $0.46 (0.9%) to $53.73 on average volume. Thus far, 3.0 million shares of Dow Chemical exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $53.45-$53.98 after having opened the day at $53.49 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $53.27.

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The Dow Chemical Company manufactures and supplies products that are used primarily as raw materials in the manufacture of customer products and services worldwide. Dow Chemical has a market cap of $59.6 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are up 3.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 5 analysts who rate Dow Chemical a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Dow Chemical

as a

buy

. 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, notable return on equity and solid stock price performance. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

Dow Chemical Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Monsanto

(

MON

) is up $0.78 (0.7%) to $106.04 on light volume. Thus far, 746,254 shares of Monsanto exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $104.96-$106.21 after having opened the day at $105.57 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $105.26.

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Monsanto Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides agricultural products for farmers worldwide. It operates in two segments, Seeds and Genomics, and Agricultural Productivity. Monsanto has a market cap of $46.2 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are up 6.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 7 analysts who rate Monsanto a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Monsanto

as a

buy

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

Monsanto 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 chemicals industry could consider

Materials Select Sector SPDR

(

XLB

) while those bearish on the chemicals industry could consider

ProShares Short Basic Materials Fd

(

SBM

).

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