3 Stocks Pushing The Financial Services Industry Higher

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All three major indices are trading down today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 24 points (-0.2%) at 13,886 as of Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,305 issues advancing vs. 1,515 declining with 144 unchanged.

The Financial Services industry currently sits down 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.3%. Top gainers within the industry include Orix Corporation (IX), up 2.6%, and Nomura Holdings (NMR), up 0.7%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include Discover Financial Services (DFS), down 0.9%, Charles Schwab (SCHW), down 0.7%, Morgan Stanley (MS), down 0.7%, American Express (AXP), down 0.5% and Capital One Financial (COF), down 0.4%.

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

3. Apollo Global Management (APO) is one of the companies pushing the Financial Services industry higher today. As of noon trading, Apollo Global Management is up $0.91 (4.4%) to $21.85 on average volume Thus far, 201,691 shares of Apollo Global Management exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 377,000 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $20.85-$22.12 after having opened the day at $20.91 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $20.94.

Apollo Global Management, LLC is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to pension and endowment funds, institutional investors, individual investors, pooled investment vehicles, and corporations. Apollo Global Management has a market cap of $2.8 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.6, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 22.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Apollo Global Management a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Apollo Global Management as a sell. Among the areas we feel are negative, one of the most important has been poor profit margins. Get the full Apollo Global Management Ratings Report now.

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