Hottest Capital Goods Stocks Now – ESL NOC RTN JEC

by Portfolio Grader | June 20, 2014 10:30 am

Capital goods stocks fell 0.1% on Wall Street so far on Friday.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.3%, the Nasdaq was down 0.2% and the S&P 500 fell 0.3%.

Some of the biggest gainers among capital goods stocks include:

• Esterline Technologies Corp (ESL[1]): ESL stock is up 4.0% to a new 52-week high of $121.91.

• Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC[2]): NOC stock is up 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Raytheon Company (RTN[3]): RTN stock is up 1.1% today.

• Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (JEC[4]): JEC stock is up 1.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Gencorp Inc (GY[5]): GY stock is up 0.7%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Caterpillar Inc (CAT[6]): CAT stock is up 1.0% today.

• Flowserve Corp (FLS[7]): FLS stock is up 1.1% today.

• Fluor Corp (FLR[8]): FLR stock is up 0.6% today.

• Orbital Sciences Corp (ORB[9]): ORB stock is up 0.5%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Barnes Group (B[10]): B stock is up 0.6%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among capital goods stocks include:

• Trinity Industries (TRN[11]): TRN stock is down 49.7% today and down 47.9% in the last month.

• Fortune Brands Home & Security (FBHS[12]): FBHS stock is down 3.7% today.

• Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN[13]): BECN stock is down 3.7% to a new 52-week low of $33.01.

• U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (SLCA[14]): SLCA stock is down 2.7% today.

• Cubic Corp (CUB[15]): CUB stock is down 2.6% to a new 52-week low of $44.62.

• USG Corp (USG[16]): USG stock is down 1.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Masco Corp (MAS[17]): MAS stock is down 1.7% today.

• CRH Plc (CRH[18]): CRH stock is down 1.9% today.

• Ryland Group (RYL[19]): RYL stock is down 1.3% today.

• KBR Inc (KBR[20]): KBR stock is down 1.0% today.

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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