3 Stocks Dragging In The Services Sector

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the services sector lower 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%. 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%. 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%.

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

3.

Sysco

(

SYY

) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector lower today. As of noon trading, Sysco is down $0.52 (-1.0%) to $51.12 on average volume. Thus far, 2.6 million shares of Sysco exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.9 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $51.00-$51.70 after having opened the day at $51.62 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $51.64.

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Sysco Corporation, through its subsidiaries, markets and distributes a range of food and related products primarily to the foodservice or food-away-from-home industry. Sysco has a market cap of $29.1 billion and is part of the wholesale industry. Shares are up 25.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Sysco a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Sysco

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, increase in net income, good cash flow from operations 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

Sysco Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Dollar General

(

DG

) is down $1.30 (-1.4%) to $92.94 on average volume. Thus far, 1.4 million shares of Dollar General exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $92.57-$94.71 after having opened the day at $94.16 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $94.24.

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Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. Dollar General has a market cap of $26.8 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are up 31.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate Dollar General a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Dollar General

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. Get the full

Dollar General Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

CVS Health

(

CVS

) is down $0.66 (-0.7%) to $96.18 on light volume. Thus far, 1.6 million shares of CVS Health exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $95.90-$97.00 after having opened the day at $96.83 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $96.84.

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CVS Health Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated pharmacy health care services. It operates through Pharmacy Services and Retail/LTC segments. CVS Health has a market cap of $103.9 billion and is part of the health services industry. Shares are down 0.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate CVS Health a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

CVS Health

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations and reasonable valuation levels. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full

CVS Health 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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