3 Stocks Improving Performance Of The Services Sector

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

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

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 71 points (0.4%) at 17,316 as of Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,543 issues advancing vs. 1,341 declining with 209 unchanged.

The Services sector currently sits down 0.5% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. Top gainers within the sector include

Netflix

(

NFLX

), up 3.5%,

Luxottica Group SpA

(

LUX

), up 1.5%,

Costco Wholesale

(

COST

), up 1.1% and

MasterCard

(

MA

), up 0.7%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include

Vipshop Holdings

(

VIPS

), down 10.4%,

Hilton Worldwide Holdings

(

HLT

), down 4.2%,

Melco Crown Entertainment

(

MPEL

), down 4.1%,

Carnival

(

CCL

), down 3.0% and

Expedia

(

EXPE

), down 2.8%.

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

3.

Walgreens Boots Alliance

(

WBA

) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector higher today. As of noon trading, Walgreens Boots Alliance is up $1.59 (2.0%) to $80.76 on light volume. Thus far, 1.8 million shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $78.90-$81.22 after having opened the day at $79.00 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $79.17.

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Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. operates as a pharmacy-led health and wellbeing company. The company operates through three segments: Retail Pharmacy USA, Retail Pharmacy International, and Pharmaceutical Wholesale. Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market cap of $87.5 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are up 3.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 10 analysts who rate Walgreens Boots Alliance a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Walgreens Boots Alliance

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. Get the full

Walgreens Boots Alliance Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Wal-Mart Stores

(

WMT

) is up $0.84 (1.5%) to $57.26 on average volume. Thus far, 4.7 million shares of Wal-Mart Stores exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 12.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $56.36-$57.30 after having opened the day at $56.40 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $56.42.

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates retail stores in various formats worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. Wal-Mart Stores has a market cap of $182.6 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are down 34.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 2 analysts who rate Wal-Mart Stores a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 17 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Wal-Mart Stores

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, deteriorating net income and weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Wal-Mart Stores Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Alibaba Group

(

BABA

) is up $1.50 (2.0%) to $77.35 on average volume. Thus far, 10.4 million shares of Alibaba Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 19.9 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $75.77-$78.75 after having opened the day at $75.83 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $75.85.

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as an online and mobile commerce company in the People's Republic of China and internationally. Alibaba Group has a market cap of $196.5 billion and is part of the specialty retail industry. Shares are down 27.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 16 analysts who rate Alibaba Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Alibaba Group

as a

sell

. Among the areas we feel are negative, one of the most important has been a generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Alibaba Group 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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