3 Stocks Pushing The Services Sector Lower

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

All three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 44 points (0.2%) at 18,603 as of Wednesday, July 20, 2016, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,983 issues advancing vs. 916 declining with 144 unchanged.

The Services sector currently sits up 0.8% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.4%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include

Liberty Global

(

LBTYB

), down 1.9%, and

Liberty Global

(

LBTYK

), down 1.6%. Top gainers within the sector include

Cintas

(

CTAS

), up 10.5%,

New Oriental Education & Technology Group I

(

EDU

), up 6.7%,

Vipshop Holdings

(

VIPS

), up 4.3%,

Canadian Pacific Railway

(

CP

), up 3.8% and

Restaurant Brands International

(

QSR

), up 3.1%.

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

3.

Twenty-First Century Fox

(

FOX

) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector lower today. As of noon trading, Twenty-First Century Fox is down $0.65 (-2.3%) to $27.80 on heavy volume. Thus far, 2.4 million shares of Twenty-First Century Fox exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $27.62-$28.48 after having opened the day at $28.48 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $28.45.

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Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. operates as a diversified media and entertainment company worldwide. It operates through Cable Network Programming; Television; Filmed Entertainment; and Other, Corporate and Eliminations segments. Twenty-First Century Fox has a market cap of $54.1 billion and is part of the media industry. Shares are up 4.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Twenty-First Century Fox a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Twenty-First Century Fox

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations, attractive valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Twenty-First Century Fox Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Liberty Global

(

LBTYA

) is down $0.50 (-1.6%) to $31.12 on light volume. Thus far, 1.7 million shares of Liberty Global exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.5 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $31.00-$31.61 after having opened the day at $31.57 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $31.62.

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Liberty Global plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides video, broadband Internet, fixed-line telephony, and mobile services in Europe, Chile, and Puerto Rico. Liberty Global has a market cap of $30.4 billion and is part of the media industry. Shares are down 25.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate Liberty Global a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Liberty Global

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and impressive record of earnings per share growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Liberty Global Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Walt Disney

(

DIS

) is down $1.34 (-1.4%) to $98.13 on heavy volume. Thus far, 6.9 million shares of Walt Disney exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $97.14-$98.69 after having opened the day at $98.65 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $99.47.

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The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an entertainment company worldwide. Walt Disney has a market cap of $162.5 billion and is part of the media industry. Shares are down 5.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Walt Disney a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Walt Disney

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, revenue growth, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Walt Disney 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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