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4 Stocks Pushing The Computer Software & Services Industry Higher

By TheStreet Wire 11/20/12 - 12:03 PM EST

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Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model

Two out of the three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 9 points (-0.1%) at 12,786 as of Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,471 issues advancing vs. 1,424 declining with 128 unchanged.

The Computer Software & Services industry currently sits down 0.5% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.0%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include Nuance Communications (NUAN), down 5.3%, Infosys (INFY), down 3.1%, Wipro (WIT), down 1.8% and Red Hat (RHT), down 1.4%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 4 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

4. NCR Corporation (NCR) is one of the companies pushing the Computer Software & Services industry higher today. As of noon trading, NCR Corporation is up $0.57 (2.5%) to $22.96 on average volume Thus far, 906,723 shares of NCR Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.7 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $22.60-$23.06 after having opened the day at $22.62 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $22.39.

NCR Corporation provides products and services that enable businesses to connect, interact, and transact with their customers worldwide. NCR Corporation has a market cap of $3.5 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 28.6, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 31.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate NCR Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates NCR Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, revenue growth, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full NCR Corporation Ratings Report now.

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