Today's Top Performers In Materials & Construction
All three major indices are trading down today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading down 95 points (-0.5%) at 18,476 as of Monday, July 25, 2016, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 974 issues advancing vs. 1,919 declining with 171 unchanged.
The Materials & Construction industry currently sits up 0.3% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.6%. Top gainers within the industry include
(
), up 4.3%, and
(
), up 3.3%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include
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), down 2.3%, and
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), down 1.8%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:
3.
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) is one of the companies pushing the Materials & Construction industry higher today. As of noon trading, Toll Brothers is up $0.17 (0.6%) to $28.45 on average volume. Thus far, 1.2 million shares of Toll Brothers exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.7 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $28.28-$28.58 after having opened the day at $28.33 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $28.28.
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Toll Brothers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, builds, markets, and arranges finance for detached and attached homes in luxury residential communities. The company operates through two segments, Traditional Home Building and City Living. Toll Brothers has a market cap of $4.6 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are down 15.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 6 analysts who rate Toll Brothers a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Toll Brothers
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share and attractive valuation levels. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity, a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself and poor profit margins. Get the full
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2. As of noon trading,
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) is up $0.33 (0.7%) to $49.02 on average volume. Thus far, 998,006 shares of Lennar exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $48.65-$49.06 after having opened the day at $48.70 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $48.69.
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Lennar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the homebuilding activities in the United States. The company operates through Homebuilding East, Homebuilding Central, Homebuilding West, Homebuilding Southeast Florida, Homebuilding Houston, and Homebuilding Other segments. Lennar has a market cap of $10.7 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are down 0.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 6 analysts who rate Lennar a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Lennar
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and notable return on equity. 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
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $0.25 (0.7%) to $34.04 on average volume. Thus far, 1.8 million shares of Masco exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.7 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $33.73-$34.13 after having opened the day at $33.82 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $33.79.
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Masco Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes home improvement and building products in North America and internationally. Masco has a market cap of $11.1 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 19.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 8 analysts who rate Masco a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Masco
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, revenue growth, solid stock price performance, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results. Get the full
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
(
) while those bearish on the materials & construction industry could consider
ProShares Short Basic Materials Fd
(
).