3 Stocks Pushing The Telecommunications Industry Downward
Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading up 6 points (0.0%) at 17,798 as of Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,309 issues advancing vs. 1,608 declining with 176 unchanged.
The Telecommunications industry currently sits up 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.2%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS
(
), down 6.1%,
(
), down 1.5%,
(
), down 1.2%,
(
), down 1.2% and
(
), down 1.1%. A company within the industry that increased today was
(
), up 1.2%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry lower today:
3.
(
) is one of the companies pushing the Telecommunications industry lower today. As of noon trading, VeriSign is down $1.87 (-2.1%) to $88.31 on heavy volume. Thus far, 1.5 million shares of VeriSign exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $87.84-$89.87 after having opened the day at $89.87 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $90.18.
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VeriSign, Inc. provides domain name registry services and Internet security worldwide. The company offers registry services that operate the authoritative directory of .com, .net, .cc, .tv, and .name domain names, as well as the back-end systems for .gov, .jobs, .edu domain names, and others. VeriSign has a market cap of $10.1 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 58.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are no analysts that rate VeriSign a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
VeriSign
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, revenue growth, expanding profit margins and growth in earnings per share. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full
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2. As of noon trading,
(
) is down $0.69 (-0.8%) to $86.71 on average volume. Thus far, 873,651 shares of Crown Castle International exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $86.22-$87.11 after having opened the day at $87.00 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $87.40.
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Crown Castle International Corp., together with its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and leases shared wireless infrastructure in the United States and Australia. Crown Castle International has a market cap of $29.1 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 11.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Crown Castle International a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Crown Castle International
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, revenue growth, expanding profit margins, solid stock price performance and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full
Crown Castle International Ratings Report
now.
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is down $1.09 (-1.1%) to $98.85 on light volume. Thus far, 446,719 shares of American Tower exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $98.32-$99.39 after having opened the day at $99.28 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $99.94.
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American Tower Corporation is a real estate investment trust. It invests in the real estate markets across the globe. American Tower has a market cap of $42.6 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 1.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate American Tower a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
American Tower
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations 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
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 telecommunications industry could consider
(
) while those bearish on the telecommunications industry could consider
ProShares Ult Sht Telecommunication
(
).