Today's Top Performers In Consumer Goods

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

All three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 87 points (0.5%) at 17,750 as of Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,154 issues advancing vs. 798 declining with 159 unchanged.

The Consumer Goods sector currently sits up 0.4% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.7%. Top gainers within the sector include

Estee Lauder Companies

(

EL

), up 8.1%,

Tesla Motors

(

TSLA

), up 3.0%,

Sony

(

SNE

), up 1.7%,

Colgate-Palmolive

(

CL

), up 1.2% and

General Motors

(

GM

), up 1.1%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include

Reynolds American

(

RAI

), down 0.9%, and

Altria Group

(

MO

), down 0.5%.

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

3.

Clorox

(

CLX

) is one of the companies pushing the Consumer Goods sector higher today. As of noon trading, Clorox is up $4.52 (3.7%) to $126.46 on heavy volume. Thus far, 889,039 shares of Clorox exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 931,400 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $123.41-$127.25 after having opened the day at $125.00 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $121.94.

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The Clorox Company manufactures and markets consumer and professional products worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Cleaning, Household, Lifestyle, and International. Clorox has a market cap of $15.8 billion and is part of the consumer durables industry. Shares are up 17.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 2 analysts who rate Clorox a buy, 5 analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Clorox

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, reasonable valuation levels, solid stock price performance and growth in earnings per share. 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

Clorox Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Kimberly-Clark

(

KMB

) is up $1.35 (1.1%) to $121.06 on light volume. Thus far, 472,865 shares of Kimberly-Clark exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $120.42-$121.29 after having opened the day at $120.66 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $119.71.

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Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care, consumer tissue, and K-C professional products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. Kimberly-Clark has a market cap of $44.2 billion and is part of the consumer non-durables industry. Shares are up 3.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 4 analysts who rate Kimberly-Clark a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Kimberly-Clark

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, generally higher debt management risk and weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Kimberly-Clark Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Apple

(

AAPL

) is up $1.21 (1.0%) to $120.71 on light volume. Thus far, 15.5 million shares of Apple exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 61.5 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $119.61-$121.05 after having opened the day at $119.87 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $119.50.

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Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, watches, and portable digital music players worldwide. Apple has a market cap of $672.0 billion and is part of the consumer durables industry. Shares are up 8.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 23 analysts who rate Apple a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Apple

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, robust revenue growth and notable return on equity. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results. Get the full

Apple 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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