3 Stocks Pushing The Diversified Services Industry Lower

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

All three major indices are trading down today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 44 points (-0.2%) at 17,874 as of Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,080 issues advancing vs. 1,836 declining with 168 unchanged.

The Diversified Services industry currently is unchanged today versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.4%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include

Quad/Graphics

(

QUAD

), down 25.4%,

Kforce

(

KFRC

), down 12.4%,

RR Donnelley & Sons

(

RRD

), down 2.8%,

Qiagen

(

QGEN

), down 1.8% and

Verisk Analytics

(

VRSK

), down 1.2%.

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

3.

Fleetcor Technologies

(

FLT

) is one of the companies pushing the Diversified Services industry lower today. As of noon trading, Fleetcor Technologies is down $2.20 (-1.5%) to $145.75 on light volume. Thus far, 230,064 shares of Fleetcor Technologies exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 679,300 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $145.49-$148.51 after having opened the day at $147.93 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $147.95.

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FleetCor Technologies, Inc. provides fuel cards and workforce payment products and services in North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Fleetcor Technologies has a market cap of $13.3 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 0.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Fleetcor Technologies a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Fleetcor Technologies

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, growth in earnings per share, expanding profit margins 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

Fleetcor Technologies Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

SBA Communications

(

SBAC

) is down $0.87 (-0.7%) to $119.25 on light volume. Thus far, 274,622 shares of SBA Communications exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $118.91-$121.45 after having opened the day at $120.01 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $120.12.

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SBA Communications Corporation owns and operates wireless communications tower structures, rooftops, and other structures that support antennas used for wireless communications in the United States and its territories, Canada, Central America, and Brazil. SBA Communications has a market cap of $15.5 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 8.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate SBA Communications a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

SBA Communications

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, increase in net income and revenue growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the growth in the company's earnings per share has not been good. Get the full

SBA Communications Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances

(

ULTA

) is down $2.96 (-1.7%) to $169.98 on light volume. Thus far, 165,174 shares of Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrances exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 904,300 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $169.71-$173.52 after having opened the day at $173.32 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $172.95.

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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 35.3% 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 5 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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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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