3 Stocks Improving Performance Of The Services Sector
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All three major indices are trading up today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading up 53 points (0.3%) at 17,715 as of Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,670 issues advancing vs. 1,290 declining with 158 unchanged.
The Services sector currently sits up 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. Top gainers within the sector include
(
), up 4.5%,
(
), up 3.1%,
(
), up 2.7%,
(
), up 2.5% and
(
), up 2.5%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include
(
), down 3.1%,
(
), down 2.1%,
(
), down 2.1%,
(
), down 1.6% and
(
), down 0.9%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector higher today:
3.
(
) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector higher today. As of noon trading, Delta Air Lines is up $0.59 (1.4%) to $44.01 on average volume. Thus far, 4.7 million shares of Delta Air Lines exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 11.9 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $43.44-$44.39 after having opened the day at $43.46 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $43.42.
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Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Airline and Refinery. Its route network comprises various gateway airports in Amsterdam, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St. Delta Air Lines has a market cap of $36.7 billion and is part of the transportation industry. Shares are down 11.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 12 analysts who rate Delta Air Lines a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Delta Air Lines
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full
Delta Air Lines Ratings Report
now.
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2. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $1.02 (0.9%) to $113.58 on light volume. Thus far, 1.8 million shares of Home Depot exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.5 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $112.41-$113.80 after having opened the day at $112.68 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $112.56.
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The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer. Home Depot has a market cap of $151.9 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are up 7.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 11 analysts who rate Home Depot a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Home Depot
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full
now.
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $1.98 (0.5%) to $371.48 on light volume. Thus far, 1.2 million shares of Amazon.com exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $368.26-$373.35 after having opened the day at $370.61 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $369.51.
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Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. It operates in two segments, North America and International. Amazon.com has a market cap of $175.8 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are up 19.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 15 analysts who rate Amazon.com a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 13 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Amazon.com
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and increase in stock price during the past year. 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
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
(
) while those bearish on the services sector could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Consumer Sers
(
).
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