Hottest Consumer Noncyclical Stocks Now – DF POST UNFI SBUX

by Portfolio Grader | May 22, 2014 11:30 am

Consumer noncyclical stocks fell 0.2% on Wall Street so far on Thursday.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.2% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.3% and the S&P 500 was up 0.2%.

Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Dean Foods Company (DF[1]): DF stock is up 2.8%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Post Holdings Inc. (POST[2]): POST stock is up 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• United Natural Foods (UNFI[3]): UNFI stock is up 1.2% today.

• Starbucks Corp (SBUX[4]): SBUX stock is up 1.1% today.

• United Stationers Inc (USTR[5]): USTR stock is up 1.1% today.

• Brf-Brasil Foods S.A. (BRFS[6]): BRFS stock is up 0.9% today.

• Herbalife Ltd (HLF[7]): HLF stock is up 0.7% today.

• Deluxe Corp (DLX[8]): DLX stock is up 0.7% today.

• Diageo Plc (DEO[9]): DEO stock is up 0.7% today.

• Tupperware Corp (TUP[10]): TUP stock is up 0.6% today.

Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Lorillard Inc (LO[11]): LO stock is down 4.8% today.

• Reynolds American Inc (RAI[12]): RAI stock is down 1.9% today.

• Hormel Foods Corp (HRL[13]): HRL stock is down 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Keurig Green Mountain Inc. (GMCR[14]): GMCR stock is down 0.8% today and down 20.0% in the last month.

• Universal Corp (UVV[15]): UVV stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Co (CCH[16]): CCH stock is down 0.8% today.

• Tyson Foods (TSN[17]): TSN stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• J.M. Smucker Company (SJM[18]): SJM stock is down 0.7% today.

• Vector Group Ltd (VGR[19]): VGR stock is down 1.0% today.

• Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS[20]): NUS stock is down 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

For more information on the best stocks to buy[21] right now, check out the latest commentary on InvestorPlace.com[22].

And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here[23].

Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.

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