HAR, HAS And MAT, 3 Consumer Durables Stocks Pushing The Industry Lower

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

Two out of the three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 7 points (0.0%) at 17,806 as of Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,737 issues advancing vs. 1,177 declining with 175 unchanged.

The Consumer Durables industry currently sits up 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. A company within the industry that increased today was

Canon

(

CAJ

), up 0.5%.

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

3.

Harman International Industries

(

HAR

) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Durables industry lower today. As of noon trading, Harman International Industries is down $0.86 (-0.8%) to $103.37 on light volume. Thus far, 86,001 shares of Harman International Industries exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 746,000 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $102.98-$104.69 after having opened the day at $104.55 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $104.23.

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Harman International Industries, Incorporated designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets audio systems, visual products, enterprise automation solutions, and connected services for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide. Harman International Industries has a market cap of $7.4 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are down 2.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate Harman International Industries a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Harman International Industries

as a

buy

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

Harman International Industries Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Hasbro

(

HAS

) is down $1.00 (-1.3%) to $75.46 on light volume. Thus far, 187,317 shares of Hasbro exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $75.44-$76.78 after having opened the day at $76.32 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $76.46.

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Hasbro, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides children's and family leisure time products and services worldwide. Hasbro has a market cap of $9.5 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are up 39.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Hasbro a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Hasbro

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and expanding profit margins. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Hasbro Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Mattel

(

MAT

) is down $0.37 (-1.5%) to $24.44 on light volume. Thus far, 794,754 shares of Mattel exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $24.43-$24.90 after having opened the day at $24.79 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $24.81.

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Mattel, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a range of toy products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: North America, International, and American Girl. Mattel has a market cap of $8.4 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are down 19.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Mattel a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Mattel

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations, expanding profit margins and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, feeble growth in the company's earnings per share and deteriorating net income. Get the full

Mattel 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 durables industry could consider

Consumer Discretionary Sel Sec SPDR

(

XLY

) while those bearish on the consumer durables industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods

(

SZK

).

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