3 Stocks Improving Performance Of The Services Sector

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

All three major indices are trading down today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 29 points (-0.2%) at 17,702 as of Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,315 issues advancing vs. 1,646 declining with 122 unchanged.

The Services sector currently sits down 0.9% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.3%. Top gainers within the sector include

Lions Gate Entertainment

(

LGF

), up 4.3%,

Macquarie Infrastructure

(

MIC

), up 2.6%,

Discovery Communications

(

DISCK

), up 2.0%,

Twenty-First Century Fox

(

FOX

), up 1.4% and

Visa

(

V

), up 1.3%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include

Scientific Games

(

SGMS

), down 18.2%,

Vipshop Holdings

(

VIPS

), down 5.2%,

Rockwell Automation

(

ROK

), down 5.0%,

Gap

(

GPS

), down 4.8% and

Tribune Media

(

TRCO

), down 4.7%.

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

3.

Time Warner

(

TWX

) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector higher today. As of noon trading, Time Warner is up $1.18 (1.7%) to $69.66 on average volume. Thus far, 2.9 million shares of Time Warner exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.9 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $68.11-$69.74 after having opened the day at $68.14 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $68.49.

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Time Warner Inc. operates as a media and entertainment company in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Turner, Home Box Office, and Warner Bros. Time Warner has a market cap of $55.1 billion and is part of the media industry. Shares are down 19.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 17 analysts who rate Time Warner a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Time Warner

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and attractive valuation levels. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Time Warner Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Priceline Group

(

PCLN

) is up $9.75 (0.7%) to $1,320.90 on heavy volume. Thus far, 488,858 shares of Priceline Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 626,300 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $1,302.06-$1,327.84 after having opened the day at $1,302.06 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $1,311.15.

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The Priceline Group Inc. provides online travel and travel related reservation and search services. Priceline Group has a market cap of $73.5 billion and is part of the diversified services industry. Shares are up 15.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 13 analysts who rate Priceline Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Priceline Group

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, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

Priceline Group Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Netflix

(

NFLX

) is up $1.91 (1.7%) to $111.77 on light volume. Thus far, 5.7 million shares of Netflix exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 21.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $108.01-$112.42 after having opened the day at $108.86 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $109.86.

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Netflix, Inc., an Internet television network, engages in the Internet delivery of TV shows and movies directly on TVs, computers, and mobile devices in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Domestic Streaming, International Streaming, and Domestic DVD. Netflix has a market cap of $48.7 billion and is part of the media industry. Shares are up 125.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 17 analysts who rate Netflix a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Netflix

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, robust revenue growth 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

Netflix 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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