3 Stocks Pulling The Retail Industry Downward

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the retail industry lower today.
By TheStreet Wire ,

All three major indices are trading down today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 29 points (-0.2%) at 17,702 as of Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,315 issues advancing vs. 1,646 declining with 122 unchanged.

The Retail industry currently sits down 1.1% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.3%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include

Foot Locker

(

FL

), down 3.9%,

Williams-Sonoma

(

WSM

), down 3.2%,

Bed Bath & Beyond

(

BBBY

), down 2.3%,

Delhaize Group

(

DEG

), down 2.0% and

Liberty Interactive

(

LVNTA

), down 1.1%.

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

3.

Whole Foods Market

(

WFM

) is one of the companies pushing the Retail industry lower today. As of noon trading, Whole Foods Market is down $0.47 (-1.5%) to $30.01 on light volume. Thus far, 1.5 million shares of Whole Foods Market exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.8 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $29.99-$30.75 after having opened the day at $30.41 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $30.48.

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Whole Foods Market, Inc. operates as a retailer of natural and organic foods. Whole Foods Market has a market cap of $11.1 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 39.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate Whole Foods Market a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 18 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Whole Foods Market

as a

hold

. 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 and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, deteriorating net income and weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Whole Foods Market Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Vipshop Holdings

(

VIPS

) is down $1.05 (-5.0%) to $19.84 on light volume. Thus far, 3.2 million shares of Vipshop Holdings exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 8.9 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $19.55-$20.86 after having opened the day at $20.84 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $20.89.

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Vipshop Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as an online discount retailer for various brands in the People's Republic of China. Vipshop Holdings has a market cap of $12.3 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 6.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate Vipshop Holdings a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Vipshop Holdings

as a

buy

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

Vipshop Holdings Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Dollar General

(

DG

) is down $1.45 (-2.2%) to $65.52 on average volume. Thus far, 1.8 million shares of Dollar General exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $65.34-$66.52 after having opened the day at $66.30 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $66.97.

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Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. Dollar General has a market cap of $20.0 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 5.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Dollar General a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Dollar General

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, notable return on equity and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Dollar General 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 retail industry could consider

SPDR S&P Retail ETF

(

XRT

) while those bearish on the retail industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods

(

SZK

).

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