3 Services Stocks Pushing The Sector Higher

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

Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 22 points (-0.1%) at 17,716 as of Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,449 issues advancing vs. 1,474 declining with 170 unchanged.

The Services sector currently sits down 0.4% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.1%. Top gainers within the sector include

Ctrip.com International

(

CTRP

), up 17.9%,

American Airlines Group

(

AAL

), up 2.1%,

Delta Air Lines

(

DAL

), up 1.9%,

Target

(

TGT

), up 1.8% and

United Continental Holdings

(

UAL

), up 1.7%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include

Lions Gate Entertainment

(

LGF

), down 3.4%,

CVS Health

(

CVS

), down 2.6%,

McKesson

(

MCK

), down 2.0%,

Liberty Global

(

LBTYK

), down 1.7% and

Twenty-First Century Fox

(

FOX

), down 1.0%.

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

3.

Carnival

(

CCL

) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector higher today. As of noon trading, Carnival is up $1.02 (2.0%) to $51.31 on average volume. Thus far, 1.8 million shares of Carnival exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $50.60-$51.36 after having opened the day at $50.94 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $50.29.

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Carnival Corporation operates as a cruise company worldwide. It provides vacations to various cruise destinations. Carnival has a market cap of $29.6 billion and is part of the leisure industry. Shares are up 10.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 7 analysts who rate Carnival a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Carnival

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations, 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 has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

Carnival Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Expedia

(

EXPE

) is up $1.84 (1.5%) to $127.14 on average volume. Thus far, 1.5 million shares of Expedia exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $126.00-$129.97 after having opened the day at $126.00 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $125.30.

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Expedia, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Leisure and Egencia. Expedia has a market cap of $14.1 billion and is part of the leisure industry. Shares are up 46.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 12 analysts who rate Expedia a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Expedia

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, reasonable valuation levels, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. 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

Expedia Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Chipotle Mexican Grill

(

CMG

) is up $14.69 (2.5%) to $608.69 on average volume. Thus far, 439,645 shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 626,000 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $595.01-$610.81 after having opened the day at $596.00 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $594.00.

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Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and operates fast-casual and fresh Mexican food restaurants. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a market cap of $18.2 billion and is part of the leisure industry. Shares are down 13.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 14 analysts who rate Chipotle Mexican Grill a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Chipotle Mexican Grill

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Chipotle Mexican Grill 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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