FLR, CX And SHW, Pushing Materials & Construction Industry Downward

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the materials & construction 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 Materials & Construction industry currently sits down 0.9% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.3%.

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

3.

Fluor

(

FLR

) is one of the companies pushing the Materials & Construction industry lower today. As of noon trading, Fluor is down $0.80 (-1.6%) to $48.32 on average volume. Thus far, 677,132 shares of Fluor exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $48.19-$49.30 after having opened the day at $48.96 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $49.12.

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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 19.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 10 analysts that 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,

Cemex SAB de CV

(

CX

) is down $0.10 (-1.7%) to $5.88 on average volume. Thus far, 6.4 million shares of Cemex SAB de CV exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 15.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $5.80-$6.01 after having opened the day at $5.97 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $5.98.

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CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V., a building materials company, produces, markets, distributes, and sells cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and other construction materials in Mexico, the United States, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, South America, the Caribbean, and Asia. Cemex SAB de CV has a market cap of $7.9 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are down 41.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Cemex SAB de CV a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Cemex SAB de CV

as a

sell

. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its poor profit margins and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Cemex SAB de CV Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Sherwin-Williams

(

SHW

) is down $2.30 (-0.9%) to $263.59 on light volume. Thus far, 143,298 shares of Sherwin-Williams exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $263.05-$266.51 after having opened the day at $264.91 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $265.89.

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The Sherwin-Williams Company develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells paints, coatings, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers primarily in North and South America. Sherwin-Williams has a market cap of $24.9 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are up 1.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Sherwin-Williams a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Sherwin-Williams

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins, solid stock price performance 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

Sherwin-Williams 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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