3 Stocks Pushing The Computer Software & Services Industry Lower

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the computer software & services industry lower today.
By TheStreet Wire ,

One out of the three major indices are trading lower 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 Computer Software & Services industry currently sits down 0.4% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%.

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

3.

Electronic Arts

(

EA

) is one of the companies pushing the Computer Software & Services industry lower today. As of noon trading, Electronic Arts is down $2.98 (-4.3%) to $66.91 on average volume. Thus far, 2.2 million shares of Electronic Arts exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $66.91-$70.16 after having opened the day at $69.98 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $69.89.

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Electronic Arts Inc. develops, markets, publishes, and distributes game software content and online services for video game consoles, Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones, and tablets worldwide. The company operates through EA Studios, EA Mobile, and Maxis divisions. Electronic Arts has a market cap of $22.3 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 48.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Electronic Arts a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Electronic Arts

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity and expanding profit margins. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

Electronic Arts Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Salesforce.com

(

CRM

) is down $0.75 (-1.0%) to $74.85 on average volume. Thus far, 1.9 million shares of Salesforce.com exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $73.94-$76.19 after having opened the day at $75.56 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $75.60.

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salesforce.com, inc. provides enterprise cloud computing solutions, with a focus on customer relationship management to various businesses and industries worldwide. Salesforce.com has a market cap of $51.7 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 27.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 27 analysts that rate Salesforce.com a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Salesforce.com

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. 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

Salesforce.com Ratings Report

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1. As of noon trading,

Activision Blizzard

(

ATVI

) is down $0.67 (-1.9%) to $33.92 on light volume. Thus far, 2.3 million shares of Activision Blizzard exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 11.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $33.78-$34.64 after having opened the day at $34.49 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $34.59.

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Activision Blizzard, Inc. develops and publishes online, personal computer (PC), video game console, handheld, mobile, and tablet games worldwide. Activision Blizzard has a market cap of $25.6 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 71.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Activision Blizzard a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Activision Blizzard

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Activision Blizzard 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 computer software & services industry could consider

iShares S&P NA Tech Software Idx

(

IGV

) while those bearish on the computer software & services industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Technology

(

REW

).

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