3 Stocks Pushing The Consumer Goods Sector Higher

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the consumer goods sector higher today.
By TheStreet Wire ,

All three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 44 points (0.2%) at 18,603 as of Wednesday, July 20, 2016, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,983 issues advancing vs. 916 declining with 144 unchanged.

The Consumer Goods sector currently sits up 0.8% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.4%. Top gainers within the sector include

Tupperware Brands

(

TUP

), up 9.5%,

Polaris Industries

(

PII

), up 8.3%,

WABCO Holdings

(

WBC

), up 7.1%,

Harman International Industries

(

HAR

), up 4.0% and

PACCAR

(

PCAR

), up 2.5%.

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

3.

General Motors

(

GM

) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Goods sector higher today. As of noon trading, General Motors is up $0.22 (0.7%) to $31.46 on heavy volume. Thus far, 9.4 million shares of General Motors exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 12.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $31.07-$31.58 after having opened the day at $31.42 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $31.25.

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General Motors Company designs, builds, and sells cars, crossovers, trucks, and automobile parts worldwide. The company operates through GM North America, GM Europe, GM International Operations, GM South America, and GM Financial segments. General Motors has a market cap of $47.5 billion and is part of the automotive industry. Shares are down 8.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 7 analysts who rate General Motors a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

General Motors

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, revenue growth, notable return on equity, attractive valuation levels and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full

General Motors Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Ford Motor

(

F

) is up $0.09 (0.7%) to $13.74 on light volume. Thus far, 11.3 million shares of Ford Motor exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 32.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $13.56-$13.78 after having opened the day at $13.61 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $13.65.

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Ford Motor Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, finances, and services automobiles. The company operates through two sectors, Automotive and Financial Services. Ford Motor has a market cap of $54.2 billion and is part of the automotive industry. Shares are down 3.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 5 analysts who rate Ford Motor a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Ford Motor

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations 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

Ford Motor Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Tesla Motors

(

TSLA

) is up $1.74 (0.8%) to $227.00 on light volume. Thus far, 1.1 million shares of Tesla Motors exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.9 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $225.00-$229.03 after having opened the day at $226.47 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $225.26.

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Tesla Motors, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles and stationary energy storage products in the United States, China, Norway, and internationally. It primarily offers sedans and sport utility vehicles. Tesla Motors has a market cap of $30.3 billion and is part of the automotive industry. Shares are down 6.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 4 analysts who rate Tesla Motors a buy, 5 analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Tesla Motors

as a

sell

. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its deteriorating net income, generally high debt management risk, disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Tesla Motors 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 goods sector could consider

iShares Dow Jones US Cons Goods

(

IYK

) while those bearish on the consumer goods sector could consider

ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods

(

SZK

).

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