New Oriental Education & Technology Group I (EDU): Today's Featured Services Loser

New Oriental Education & Technology Group I (EDU) pushed the Services sector lower today making it today's featured Services loser. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, New Oriental Education & Technology Group I fell 93 cents (-3.3%) to $27.33 on light volume. Throughout the day, 688,847 shares of New Oriental Education & Technology Group I exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 951,700 shares. The stock ranged in price between $27.13-$28.33 after having opened the day at $28.03 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $28.26. Other company's within the Services sector that declined today were: Body Central (BODY), down 48.6%, NTN Buzztime (NTN), down 11.8%, KIT Digital (KITD), down 11.5%, and Teamstaff (TSTF), down 11.4%.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. provides private educational services primarily in China. New Oriental Education & Technology Group I has a market cap of $4.31 billion and is part of the diversified services industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 31.6, below the average diversified services industry P/E ratio of 32.8 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 13.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate New Oriental Education & Technology Group I a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates New Oriental Education & Technology Group I as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, expanding profit margins and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company is trading at a premium valuation based on our review of its current price compared to such things as earnings and book value.

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On the positive front, China Metro-Rural Holdings (CNR), up 88.2%, Genetic Technologies (GENE), up 26.5%, QKL Stores (QKLS), up 20.2%, and Lentuo International (LAS), up 20.1%, were all gainers within the services sector with Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) being today's featured services sector winner.

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