3 Stocks Pushing The Financial Services Industry Lower

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All three major indices are trading down today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 28 points (-0.2%) at 13,217 as of Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, 12:05 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,125 issues advancing vs. 1,742 declining with 157 unchanged.

The Financial Services industry currently sits down 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.3%. A company within the industry that increased today was Nomura Holdings (NMR), up 1.6%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry lower today:

3. Blackstone Group (BX) is one of the companies pushing the Financial Services industry lower today. As of noon trading, Blackstone Group is down $0.22 (-1.5%) to $14.80 on light volume Thus far, 446,017 shares of Blackstone Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.5 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $14.79-$15.08 after having opened the day at $15.08 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $15.02.

The Blackstone Group L.P., together with its subsidiaries, provides alternative asset management and financial advisory services worldwide. It operates in five segments: Private Equity, Real Estate, Hedge Fund Solutions, Credit Businesses, and Financial Advisory. Blackstone Group has a market cap of $7.9 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 88.3, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 7.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Blackstone Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Blackstone Group as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including relatively poor performance when compared with the S&P 500 during the past year and weak operating cash flow. Get the full Blackstone Group Ratings Report now.

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