3 Stocks Moving The Materials & Construction Industry Upward

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the materials & construction industry higher today.
By TheStreet Wire ,

All three major indices are trading down today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 44 points (-0.2%) at 17,874 as of Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,080 issues advancing vs. 1,836 declining with 168 unchanged.

The Materials & Construction industry currently is unchanged today versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.4%. Top gainers within the industry include

Builders FirstSource

(

BLDR

), up 2.9%, and

Louisiana-Pacific

(

LPX

), up 2.4%. A company within the industry that fell today was

Martin Marietta Materials

(

MLM

), up 1.3%.

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

3.

Fluor

(

FLR

) is one of the companies pushing the Materials & Construction industry higher today. As of noon trading, Fluor is up $0.28 (0.6%) to $50.46 on average volume. Thus far, 633,584 shares of Fluor exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $49.97-$50.91 after having opened the day at $50.29 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $50.18.

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Fluor Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides engineering, procurement, construction, fabrication and modularization, commissioning and maintenance, and project management services worldwide. Fluor has a market cap of $7.0 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are down 17.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 10 analysts who rate Fluor a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Fluor

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including poor profit margins and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Fluor Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Waste Management

(

WM

) is up $0.28 (0.5%) to $54.33 on light volume. Thus far, 706,716 shares of Waste Management exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $53.93-$55.28 after having opened the day at $54.09 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $54.05.

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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 $24.3 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 5.3% 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

buy

. 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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1. As of noon trading,

DR Horton

(

DHI

) is up $0.17 (0.6%) to $30.14 on light volume. Thus far, 1.4 million shares of DR Horton exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $29.84-$30.23 after having opened the day at $30.08 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $29.97.

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D.R. Horton, Inc. operates as a homebuilding company. It is engaged in the acquisition and development of land; and construction and sale of residential homes in 27 states and 79 markets in the United States under the names of D.R. DR Horton has a market cap of $10.9 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 18.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 5 analysts who rate DR Horton a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

DR Horton

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. Get the full

DR Horton 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

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF

(

XHB

) while those bearish on the materials & construction industry could consider

ProShares Short Basic Materials Fd

(

SBM

).

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