Dow Jones (DJIA) Today: UnitedHealth Group (UNH) Leads The Day Higher, Caterpillar (CAT) Lags
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The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) is trading up 45 points (+0.2%) at 18,141 as of Thursday, Mar 5, 2015, 9:36 a.m. ET. During this time, 13.5 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 375 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,214 issues advancing vs. 1,446 declining with 262 unchanged.
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The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be
(NYSE:
), which is sporting a $1.18 gain (+1%) bringing the stock to $115. This single gain is lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 8.93 points or roughly accounting for 19.8% of the Dow's overall gain. Volume for UnitedHealth Group currently sits at 160,473 shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 4.2 million shares.
UnitedHealth Group has a market cap of $107.63 billion and is part of the health care sector and health services industry. Shares are up 12.6% year-to-date as of Wednesday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 1.3%.
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health and well-being company in the United States.
TheStreet Ratings rates UnitedHealth Group as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.
- You can view the full UnitedHealth Group Ratings Report.
Holding back the Dow today is
(NYSE:
), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a $1.44 decline (-1.8%) bringing the stock to $80.29. Volume for Caterpillar currently sits at 809,065 shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 6.7 million shares.
Caterpillar has a market cap of $50.21 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector and industrial industry. Shares are down 10.7% year-to-date as of Wednesday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.4%.
Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives worldwide.
TheStreet Ratings rates Caterpillar as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity and reasonable valuation levels. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, generally higher debt management risk and poor profit margins.
- You can view the full Caterpillar Ratings Report.
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