3 Services Stocks Nudging The Sector Higher

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

All three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 87 points (0.5%) at 17,750 as of Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,154 issues advancing vs. 798 declining with 159 unchanged.

The Services sector currently sits up 0.6% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.7%. Top gainers within the sector include

Qiagen

(

QGEN

), up 4.5%,

Cardinal Health

(

CAH

), up 4.1%,

Ctrip.com International

(

CTRP

), up 3.4%,

JetBlue Airways

(

JBLU

), up 3.2% and

Melco Crown Entertainment

(

MPEL

), up 2.8%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include

Qunar Cayman Islands

(

QUNR

), down 8.1%,

Team Health Holdings

(

TMH

), down 6.9%,

Luxottica Group SpA

(

LUX

), down 3.7%,

Visa

(

V

), down 3.1% and

Chipotle Mexican Grill

(

CMG

), down 2.6%.

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

3.

Time Warner

(

TWX

) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector higher today. As of noon trading, Time Warner is up $1.09 (1.4%) to $76.43 on light volume. Thus far, 1.8 million shares of Time Warner exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.9 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $74.83-$76.65 after having opened the day at $75.34 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $75.34.

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Time Warner Inc. operates as a media and entertainment company in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Turner, Home Box Office, and Warner Bros. Time Warner has a market cap of $61.6 billion and is part of the media industry. Shares are down 11.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 19 analysts who rate Time Warner a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Time Warner

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, reasonable valuation levels, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Time Warner Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Comcast

(

CMCSA

) is up $0.50 (0.8%) to $63.12 on light volume. Thus far, 2.4 million shares of Comcast exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 14.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $62.50-$63.14 after having opened the day at $62.63 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $62.62.

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Comcast Corporation operates as a media and technology company worldwide. It operates through Cable Communications, Cable Networks, Broadcast Television, Filmed Entertainment, and Theme Parks segments. Comcast has a market cap of $132.5 billion and is part of the media industry. Shares are up 8.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 18 analysts who rate Comcast a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Comcast

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

Comcast Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Walt Disney

(

DIS

) is up $0.94 (0.8%) to $114.68 on light volume. Thus far, 1.9 million shares of Walt Disney exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 11.8 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $114.01-$114.81 after having opened the day at $114.40 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $113.74.

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The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an entertainment company worldwide. The company operates in five segments: Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, Consumer Products, and Interactive. Walt Disney has a market cap of $194.2 billion and is part of the media industry. Shares are up 20.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 13 analysts who rate Walt Disney a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Walt Disney

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Walt Disney 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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