4 Stocks Pushing The Diversified Services Industry Higher

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One out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 51 points (0.4%) at 13,835 as of Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,532 issues advancing vs. 1,325 declining with 146 unchanged.

The Diversified Services industry currently is unchanged today versus the S&P 500, which is unchanged. Top gainers within the industry include Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA), up 5.8%, AthenaHealth (ATHN), up 1.8%, HMS Holdings Corporation (HMSY), up 2.0% and Visa (V), up 0.6%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), down 20.4%, Apollo Group (APOL), down 4.7%, Air Lease (AL), down 2.6% and Alliance Data Systems Corporation (ADS), down 0.6%.

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

4. Geo Group (GEO) is one of the companies pushing the Diversified Services industry higher today. As of noon trading, Geo Group is up $0.82 (2.5%) to $34.19 on heavy volume Thus far, 850,084 shares of Geo Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $33.42-$34.30 after having opened the day at $33.54 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $33.37.

The GEO Group, Inc. provides government-outsourced services specializing in the management of correctional, detention, mental health, residential treatment, and re-entry facilities in the United States, Australia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Geo Group has a market cap of $2.4 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.2, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 19.0% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Geo Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Geo Group as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full Geo Group Ratings Report now.

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