3 Services Stocks On The Rise

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 123 points (0.7%) at 18,349 as of Tuesday, July 12, 2016, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,303 issues advancing vs. 681 declining with 114 unchanged.

The Services sector currently sits up 1.5% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.8%. Top gainers within the sector include

LATAM Airlines Group

(

LFL

), up 13.9%,

American Airlines Group

(

AAL

), up 9.0%,

United Continental Holdings

(

UAL

), up 7.1%,

Royal Caribbean Cruises

(

RCL

), up 4.3% and

Fleetcor Technologies

(

FLT

), up 3.9%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include

Fastenal

(

FAST

), down 3.0%,

Wal-Mart Stores

(

WMT

), down 1.1% and

Priceline Group

(

PCLN

), down 0.6%.

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

3.

Target

(

TGT

) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector higher today. As of noon trading, Target is up $0.79 (1.1%) to $73.33 on average volume. Thus far, 3.4 million shares of Target exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $72.44-$73.57 after having opened the day at $72.49 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $72.54.

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Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer. Target has a market cap of $42.0 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are down 0.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 7 analysts who rate Target a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Target

as a

buy

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

Target Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Starbucks

(

SBUX

) is up $0.89 (1.6%) to $57.21 on average volume. Thus far, 5.0 million shares of Starbucks exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 8.8 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $56.50-$57.28 after having opened the day at $56.64 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $56.32.

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Starbucks Corporation operates as a roaster, marketer, and retailer of specialty coffee worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; China/Asia Pacific; and Channel Development. Starbucks has a market cap of $82.8 billion and is part of the leisure industry. Shares are down 6.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 13 analysts who rate Starbucks a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Starbucks

as a

buy

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

Starbucks Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Visa

(

V

) is up $0.76 (1.0%) to $77.28 on average volume. Thus far, 4.7 million shares of Visa exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 9.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $76.55-$77.56 after having opened the day at $76.68 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $76.52.

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Visa Inc., a payments technology company, operates an open-loop payments network worldwide. The company facilitates commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses, and government entities. Visa has a market cap of $165.8 billion and is part of the financial services industry. Shares are down 1.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 18 analysts who rate Visa a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Visa

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, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and expanding profit margins. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Visa 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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