Walt Disney Co (DIS): Today's Featured Services Laggard

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Walt Disney (DIS) pushed the Services sector lower today making it today's featured Services laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.2%. By the end of trading, Walt Disney fell 53 cents (-1.1%) to $49.11 on light volume. Throughout the day, 6.1 million shares of Walt Disney exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 8.6 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $48.91-$49.69 after having opened the day at $49.61 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $49.64. Other companies within the Services sector that declined today were: CIBT Education Group (MBA), down 14.2%, PokerTek (PTEK), down 13.1%, FreeSeas (FREE), down 12.2%, and ChinaNet Online Holdings (CNET), down 10.6%.

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The Walt Disney Company operates as an entertainment company worldwide. Its Media Networks segment engages in broadcast television network, television production and distribution, television stations, broadcast radio networks and stations, and publishing and digital operations. Walt Disney has a market cap of $87.68 billion and is part of the media industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.8, below 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 Wednesday. Currently there are 14 analysts that rate Walt Disney a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Walt Disney as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, revenue growth, notable return on equity and reasonable valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

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On the positive front, Paragon Shipping (PRGN), up 27.4%, SuperMedia (SPMD), up 26%, Dex One (DEXO), up 24.1%, and Best Buy (BBY), up 15.9%, were all gainers within the services sector with US Airways Group (LCC) being today's featured services sector leader.

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