CH Robinson Worldwide Inc. (CHRW): Today's Featured Services Winner

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CH Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) pushed the Services sector higher today making it today's featured services winner. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, CH Robinson Worldwide rose 89 cents (1.5%) to $61.91 on light volume. Throughout the day, 820,776 shares of CH Robinson Worldwide exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $61.06-$62.10 after having opened the day at $61.08 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $61.02. Other companies within the Services sector that increased today were: Net one Ueps Technologies (UEPS), up 25.8%, Coastal Contacts (COA), up 20%, TOP Ships (TOPS), up 15.8%, and SUPERVALU (SVU), up 13.7%.

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C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., a third-party logistics company, provides freight transportation services and logistics solutions to companies in various industries worldwide. CH Robinson Worldwide has a market cap of $9.83 billion and is part of the transportation industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.2, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 12.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate CH Robinson Worldwide a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 15 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates CH Robinson Worldwide as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, increase in net income and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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On the negative front, Pandora Media (P), down 17.5%, Sino-Global Shipping America (SINO), down 12.7%, LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (LNET), down 11.7%, and Mitcham Industries (MIND), down 11.6%, were all laggards within the services sector with Time Warner (TWX) being today's services sector laggard.

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