5 Stocks Pushing The Diversified Services Industry Lower

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All three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 62 points (0.4%) at 14,518 as of Thursday, March 14, 2013, 12:50 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,808 issues advancing vs. 1,087 declining with 143 unchanged.

The Diversified Services industry currently sits up 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.5%. A company within the industry that fell today was Advisory Board Company (ABCO), up 1.5%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the industry lower today:

5. New Oriental Education & Technology Group I (EDU) is one of the companies pushing the Diversified Services industry lower today. As of noon trading, New Oriental Education & Technology Group I is down $0.35 (-2.3%) to $14.64 on heavy volume Thus far, 1.6 million shares of New Oriental Education & Technology Group I exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $14.40-$15.15 after having opened the day at $15.12 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $14.99.

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. provides private educational services primarily in China. New Oriental Education & Technology Group I has a market cap of $2.4 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.5, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 22.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate New Oriental Education & Technology Group I a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates New Oriental Education & Technology Group I as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity. Get the full New Oriental Education & Technology Group I Ratings Report now.

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