3 Stocks Dragging The Diversified Services Industry Downward

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

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

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 6 points (0.0%) at 17,753 as of Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,244 issues advancing vs. 1,682 declining with 165 unchanged.

The Diversified Services industry currently sits down 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.1%. A company within the industry that fell today was

Corrections Corp of America

(

CXW

), up 2.5%. Top gainers within the industry include

Hackett Group

(

HCKT

), up 19.8%,

ADT

(

ADT

), up 4.2%,

Allegion

(

ALLE

), up 1.9%,

Genpact

(

G

), up 1.8% and

Thomson Reuters

(

TRI

), up 1.7%.

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

3.

Hertz Global Holdings

(

HTZ

) is one of the companies pushing the Diversified Services industry lower today. As of noon trading, Hertz Global Holdings is down $0.38 (-2.3%) to $15.99 on average volume. Thus far, 2.8 million shares of Hertz Global Holdings exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $15.79-$16.45 after having opened the day at $16.39 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $16.37.

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Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, rents and leases cars and trucks in the United States and internationally. It operates in four segments: U.S. Car Rental, International Car Rental, Worldwide Equipment Rental, and All Other Operations. Hertz Global Holdings has a market cap of $7.5 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 34.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Hertz Global Holdings a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Hertz Global Holdings

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, generally higher debt management risk and disappointing return on equity. Get the full

Hertz Global Holdings Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances

(

ULTA

) is down $2.10 (-1.2%) to $171.98 on light volume. Thus far, 188,773 shares of Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 894,900 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $171.12-$174.67 after having opened the day at $174.28 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $174.08.

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Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer in the United States. The company's stores provide cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, skincare, bath and body products, and salon styling tools. Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances has a market cap of $11.0 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 36.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances

as a

buy

. 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, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and solid stock price performance. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

United Rentals

(

URI

) is down $0.89 (-1.1%) to $76.83 on light volume. Thus far, 365,852 shares of United Rentals exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $76.67-$77.97 after having opened the day at $77.97 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $77.72.

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United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental company. It operates in two segments, General Rentals; and Trench Safety, Power and HVAC (heating, ventilating and air conditioning), and Pump Solutions. United Rentals has a market cap of $7.2 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 23.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate United Rentals a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

United Rentals

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins, impressive record of earnings per share growth and increase in net income. 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

United Rentals 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 diversified services industry could consider

iShares Dow Jones US Cons Services

(

IYC

) while those bearish on the diversified services industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Consumer Sers

(

SCC

).

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