3 Diversified Services Stocks Moving The Industry Upward
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One out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading up 55 points (0.3%) at 18,183 as of Monday, March 23, 2015, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,001 issues advancing vs. 987 declining with 152 unchanged.
The Diversified Services industry currently sits up 0.9% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. Top gainers within the industry include
New Oriental Education & Technology Group I
(
), up 2.8%,
(
), up 1.6%,
(
), up 1.5% and
(
), up 0.8%. A company within the industry that fell today was
(
), up 1.4%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:
3.
(
) is one of the companies pushing the Diversified Services industry higher today. As of noon trading, Tyco International is up $0.30 (0.7%) to $43.44 on average volume. Thus far, 1.2 million shares of Tyco International exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.5 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $43.32-$44.00 after having opened the day at $43.95 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $43.14.
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Tyco International Ltd. designs, sells, installs, and services security, fire detection, suppression, and life safety products worldwide. It operates in three segments: North America Installation & Services, Rest of World Installation & Services, and Global Products. Tyco International has a market cap of $17.9 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 1.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 6 analysts who rate Tyco International a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Tyco International
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, weak operating cash flow and relatively poor performance when compared with the S&P 500 during the past year. Get the full
Tyco International Ratings Report
now.
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2. As of noon trading,
Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances
(
) is up $2.13 (1.4%) to $154.15 on average volume. Thus far, 378,455 shares of Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 713,500 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $152.61-$154.52 after having opened the day at $153.10 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $152.02.
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ULTA Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. operates specialty retail stores in the United States. Its stores offer an assortment of branded and private label beauty products in cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, skincare, bath and body products, and salon styling tools. Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances has a market cap of $9.8 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 18.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 9 analysts who rate Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances
as a
. 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, impressive record of earnings per share growth, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook. Get the full
Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances Ratings Report
now.
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $0.66 (3.4%) to $19.86 on average volume. Thus far, 3.0 million shares of Western Union exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.9 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $19.24-$19.86 after having opened the day at $19.24 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $19.20.
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The Western Union Company provides money movement and payment services worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Consumer-to-Consumer, Consumer-to-Business, and Business Solutions. The Consumer-to-Consumer segment offers cash money transfer services involving walk-in agent locations. Western Union has a market cap of $10.0 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 7.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 3 analysts who rate Western Union a buy, 5 analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Western Union
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full
now.
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If you are interested in one of these 3 stocks, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the diversified services industry could consider
iShares Dow Jones US Cons Services
(
) while those bearish on the diversified services industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Consumer Sers
(
).
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