Investor Focuses on Some Chemical Industry Immediately (DOW, CAT, UTX, MMM)

Los Angelas, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/11/2012 -- Dow Chemical Comp (NYSE:DOW) is very active today and traded between $28.31 - 28.57 with total traded volume of 1320024 shares. At a current price of 28.3699, DOW is +0.2899 - +1.03% from the previous close of $28.08. Moreover, At Current Market Price, DOW is in distance of -4.56% from its 50-day Moving Average price of $29.7269 and -9.21% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $31.2468. The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) manufactures and supply chemical products used as raw materials in the manufacture of customer products and services worldwide. The Dow Chemical Company has YTD performance up at 1.57%. Its price, as of the latest close, was up 20.66% compared with the 52 week low and was 19.62% below the 52 week high.The stock’s latest closing price was down -9.01% from the average-price of 200 days while it kept its distance from the SMA 50 at -3.77% and -4.78% compared with the SMA 20.

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Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) was downgraded by research analysts at RBC Capital from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating in a report released on Thursday.Shares of Caterpillar opened at 83.16 on Thursday. Caterpillar has a one year low of $78.25 and a one year high of $116.95. The company has a market cap of $54.326 billion and a P/E ratio of 9.30.Caterpillar last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 25th. The company reported $2.54 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the analysts’ consensus estimate of $2.30 by $0.24. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 21.3% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts expect that Caterpillar will post $9.45 EPS for the current fiscal year. A number of other analysts also recently weighed in on CAT. Analysts at Piper Jaffray initiated coverage on shares of Caterpillar in a research note to investors on Tuesday. They set a “neutral” rating and a $90.00 price target on the stock. Separately, analysts at Buckingham Research initiated coverage on shares of Caterpillar in a research note to investors on Monday. They set a “neutral” rating and a $90.00 price target on the stock. Finally, analysts at Citigroup cut their EPS estimates on shares of Caterpillar in a research note on Friday. They now have a “neutral” rating and a $92.00 price target on the stock.

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United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) are a mega-cap company with a stable full of well-entrenched brands. UTX's market capitalization is $69 billion and trailing twelve month TTM revenue are $57 billion. Management generates about $5 billion in Free Cash Flow, a number that is expected to increase at about 10% a year. Its products include Carrier air conditioning and heating units, Otis Elevators, Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, and Sikorsky helicopters. In addition, UTX operates in the fire alarm and security sector. UTX is divided into several distinct operating units and each is a leader in their respective fields. United Technologi (NYSE: UTX) reported EPS in 4.771. For the Current Fiscal year, the company is expected to report EPS of 5.31. For the Next Quarter and Next Year, the company is expected to report EPS of 1.21 and 6.24 respectively. At Current Market Price, UTX is in distance of -3.55% from its 50-day Moving Average price of $79.3897 and -1.08% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $77.4021.

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3M Company (NYSE:MMM) is a diversified technology company. 3M operates in six business segments: Industrial and Transportation; Health Care; Consumer and Office; Safety, Security and Protection Services; Display and Graphics, and Electro and Communications. 3M products are sold through distribution channels, including directly to users and through wholesalers, retailers, jobbers, distributors and dealers in a number of countries worldwide. 3M (NYSE: MMM) isn’t flashy, but the $66 billion market cap conglomerates have got steady growth in earnings per share this year. 3M’s businesses have a considerable range: it makes industrial products, office supplies, healthcare products, and other offerings. In total, its revenues for the first half of 2012 were about flat versus the same period in 2011, and net income was only up 2%. However, a reduction in share count (slightly more than half of cash flow from operations was used to repurchase shares) helped the company report $3.25 in earnings per share, versus $3.09 in the first six months of last year.These aren’t great growth numbers, but that’s not the bull case for 3M. Its advantage as an investment is that it trades at 16 times trailing earnings—not a particularly low multiple for a stable business, but not particularly high either. It also pays a dividend yield of 2.5%. The stock has a beta of 1—it tends to fluctuate up or down by about as much as the broader market—and it has held to that statistical trend over the last year, rising 28% versus the S&P 500’s 26%. Based on analysts estimates, the company trades at 14 times 2013 earnings.

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