Today's Stocks Driving Success For The Materials & Construction Industry

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the materials & construction industry higher today.
By TheStreet Wire ,

All three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 104 points (0.6%) at 17,836 as of Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,952 issues advancing vs. 981 declining with 162 unchanged.

The Materials & Construction industry currently sits up 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.6%. Top gainers within the industry include

Waste Connections

(

WCN

), up 1.6%,

Fastenal

(

FAST

), up 1.3%,

Vulcan Materials

(

VMC

), up 1.3%,

Martin Marietta Materials

(

MLM

), up 0.9% and

Plum Creek Timber

(

PCL

), up 0.9%.

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

3.

Lennar

(

LEN

) is one of the companies pushing the Materials & Construction industry higher today. As of noon trading, Lennar is up $0.37 (0.7%) to $50.96 on light volume. Thus far, 432,823 shares of Lennar exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.8 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $50.73-$51.27 after having opened the day at $50.87 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $50.59.

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Lennar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the homebuilding activities in the United States. Lennar has a market cap of $9.1 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 12.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 5 analysts who rate Lennar a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Lennar

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, notable return on equity and good cash flow from operations. 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

Lennar Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Weyerhaeuser

(

WY

) is up $0.16 (0.5%) to $32.09 on light volume. Thus far, 1.4 million shares of Weyerhaeuser exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $31.98-$32.29 after having opened the day at $32.22 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $31.93.

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Weyerhaeuser Co. is a real estate investment trust. It primarily invests in United States. The firm operates under four business segments, timberlands, wood products, cellulose fibers and real estate. It owns timberlands primarily in the U.S and has long-term licenses in Canada. Weyerhaeuser has a market cap of $16.3 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are down 11.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 8 analysts who rate Weyerhaeuser a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Weyerhaeuser

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its reasonable valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

Weyerhaeuser Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Masco

(

MAS

) is up $0.26 (0.9%) to $30.21 on light volume. Thus far, 974,034 shares of Masco exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.7 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $30.00-$30.34 after having opened the day at $30.01 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $29.95.

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Masco Corporation manufactures, distributes, and installs home improvement and building products worldwide. Masco has a market cap of $10.0 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 18.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 8 analysts who rate Masco a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Masco

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, revenue growth and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

Masco 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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