3 Stocks Raising The Consumer Goods Sector Higher

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

All three major indices are trading down today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 95 points (-0.5%) at 18,476 as of Monday, July 25, 2016, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 974 issues advancing vs. 1,919 declining with 171 unchanged.

The Consumer Goods sector currently is unchanged today versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.6%.

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

3.

Royal Philips

(

PHG

) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Goods sector higher today. As of noon trading, Royal Philips is up $0.42 (1.6%) to $26.52 on heavy volume. Thus far, 1.5 million shares of Royal Philips exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $26.43-$26.72 after having opened the day at $26.72 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $26.10.

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Koninklijke Philips N.V. engages in healthcare, consumer lifestyle, and lighting businesses worldwide. Royal Philips has a market cap of $23.6 billion and is part of the industrial industry. Shares are up 2.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 2 analysts who rate Royal Philips a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Royal Philips

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Royal Philips Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Mondelez International

(

MDLZ

) is up $0.39 (0.9%) to $45.52 on light volume. Thus far, 2.6 million shares of Mondelez International exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.7 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $45.30-$45.83 after having opened the day at $45.31 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $45.13.

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Mondelez International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets snack food and beverage products worldwide. Mondelez International has a market cap of $70.1 billion and is part of the food & beverage industry. Shares are up 0.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 11 analysts who rate Mondelez International a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Mondelez International

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures 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

Mondelez International Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Tesla Motors

(

TSLA

) is up $4.86 (2.2%) to $227.13 on average volume. Thus far, 2.7 million shares of Tesla Motors exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.8 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $221.37-$229.49 after having opened the day at $222.27 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $222.27.

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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 $29.5 billion and is part of the automotive industry. Shares are down 7.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. 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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