Expedia Inc. (EXPE): Today's Featured Services Laggard

Expedia (EXPE) pushed the Services sector lower today making it today's featured Services laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.1%. By the end of trading, Expedia fell $2.73 (-4.6%) to $56.14 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 7.7 million shares of Expedia exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of four million shares. The stock ranged in price between $54.63-$58.15 after having opened the day at $56.63 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $58.87. Other companies within the Services sector that declined today were: Orbitz Worldwide (OWW), down 25.5%, American Learning (ALRN), down 21.1%, Hackett Group (HCKT), down 17.4%, and Priceline.com (PCLN), down 17.3%.

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Expedia, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. Expedia has a market cap of $7.18 billion and is part of the leisure industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.1, below the average leisure industry P/E ratio of 21.1 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 14.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are six analysts that rate Expedia a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Expedia as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels, good cash flow from operations, growth in earnings per share and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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On the positive front, General Employment (JOB), up 35.1%, Newlead Holdings (NEWL), up 31.6%, Skywest Incorporated (SKYW), up 22.1%, and EnerNOC (ENOC), up 22.1%, were all gainers within the services sector with Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) being today's featured services sector leader.

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