Discovery Communications Inc (DISCA): Today's Featured Services Winner

Discovery Communications (DISCA) pushed the Services sector higher today making it today's featured services winner. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.2%. By the end of trading, Discovery Communications rose 67 cents (1.2%) to $54.58 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.1 million shares of Discovery Communications exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.5 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $53.82-$54.60 after having opened the day at $53.82 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $53.91. Other companies within the Services sector that increased today were: China Jo-Jo Drugstores (CJJD), up 32.9%, 51job (JOBS), up 20.3%, WageWorks (WAGE), up 12.6%, and China Lodging Group (HTHT), up 11.2%.

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Discovery Communications, Inc. operates as a non fiction media and entertainment company worldwide. The company provides original and purchased programming across various distribution platforms. Discovery Communications has a market cap of $7.87 billion and is part of the media industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.5, equal to the average media industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 31.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate Discovery Communications a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Discovery Communications as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

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On the negative front, Roundys (RNDY), down 24.6%, China HGS Real Estate (HGSH), down 20.3%, Digital Generation (DGIT), down 16.8%, and Inuvo (INUV), down 15.6%, were all laggards within the services sector with Family Dollar Stores (FDO) being today's services sector laggard.

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