3 Services Stocks Dragging The Sector Down

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the services sector lower today.
By TheStreet Wire ,

All three major indices are trading down today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 95 points (-0.5%) at 18,476 as of Monday, July 25, 2016, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 974 issues advancing vs. 1,919 declining with 171 unchanged.

The Services sector currently sits down 0.3% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.6%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies

(

WAB

), down 6.2%,

Grupo Televisa SAB

(

TV

), down 2.8%,

Southwest Airlines

(

LUV

), down 1.7%,

Tyco International

(

TYC

), down 1.6% and

Liberty Interactive

(

LVNTA

), down 1.4%. Top gainers within the sector include

Nordstrom

(

JWN

), up 4.3%,

Gap

(

GPS

), up 3.0%,

L Brands

(

LB

), up 2.6%,

Whole Foods Market

(

WFM

), up 2.2% and

Ryanair Holdings

(

RYAAY

), up 2.1%.

TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector lower today:

3.

McDonald's

(

MCD

) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector lower today. As of noon trading, McDonald's is down $0.94 (-0.7%) to $127.32 on average volume. Thus far, 2.4 million shares of McDonald's exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $126.86-$127.95 after having opened the day at $127.95 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $128.26.

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McDonald's Corporation operates and franchises McDonald's restaurants in the United States, Europe, the Asia/Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Canada, and Latin America. The company's restaurants offer various food products, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages. McDonald's has a market cap of $111.6 billion and is part of the leisure industry. Shares are up 8.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate McDonald's a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

McDonald's

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, increase in net income, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full

McDonald's Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Priceline Group

(

PCLN

) is down $20.64 (-1.6%) to $1,306.76 on average volume. Thus far, 298,012 shares of Priceline Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 662,700 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $1,306.07-$1,330.72 after having opened the day at $1,330.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $1,327.40.

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The Priceline Group Inc. provides online travel and restaurant reservation and related services. Priceline Group has a market cap of $66.1 billion and is part of the diversified services industry. Shares are up 4.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 14 analysts that rate Priceline Group a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Priceline Group

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results. Get the full

Priceline Group Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Alibaba Group

(

BABA

) is down $1.71 (-2.0%) to $82.78 on average volume. Thus far, 7.9 million shares of Alibaba Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 15.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $82.63-$84.79 after having opened the day at $84.47 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $84.49.

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as an online and mobile commerce company in the People's Republic of China and internationally. Alibaba Group has a market cap of $208.3 billion and is part of the specialty retail industry. Shares are up 4.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate Alibaba Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Alibaba Group

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 notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that we feel that the company's cash flow from its operations has been weak overall. Get the full

Alibaba Group Ratings Report

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 services sector could consider

iShares Dow Jones US Cons Services

(

IYC

) while those bearish on the services sector could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Consumer Sers

(

SCC

).

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