3 Stocks Raising The Services Sector Higher
All three major indices are trading up today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading up 138 points (0.8%) at 17,628 as of Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,048 issues advancing vs. 870 declining with 189 unchanged.
The Services sector currently sits up 0.5% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.8%. Top gainers within the sector include
(
), up 9.5%,
(
), up 7.9%,
(
), up 7.0%,
(
), up 5.8% and
(
), up 4.5%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include
(
), down 1.7%,
(
), down 1.6%,
(
), down 1.3%,
(
), down 1.2% and
(
), down 0.6%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector higher today:
3.
(
) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector higher today. As of noon trading, Visa is up $0.87 (1.1%) to $79.70 on light volume. Thus far, 2.0 million shares of Visa exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 9.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $78.74-$79.75 after having opened the day at $78.99 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $78.83.
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Visa Inc., a payments technology company, operates as a retail electronic payments network worldwide. The company facilitates commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses, and government entities. Visa has a market cap of $154.0 billion and is part of the financial services industry. Shares are up 20.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 18 analysts who rate Visa a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Visa
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, impressive record of earnings per share growth, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full
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2. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $0.59 (0.5%) to $111.53 on light volume. Thus far, 1.6 million shares of McDonald's exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $110.84-$111.62 after having opened the day at $111.02 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $110.94.
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McDonald's Corporation operates and franchises McDonald's restaurants in the United States, Europe, the Asia/Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Canada, and Latin America. The company's restaurants offer various food products, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages. McDonald's has a market cap of $102.0 billion and is part of the leisure industry. Shares are up 18.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 10 analysts who rate McDonald's a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 11 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
McDonald's
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, increase in net income, 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 generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $14.23 (2.2%) to $657.53 on average volume. Thus far, 1.8 million shares of Amazon.com exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $646.37-$657.96 after having opened the day at $646.51 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $643.30.
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Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. It operates through the North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. Amazon.com has a market cap of $303.7 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are up 107.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 23 analysts who rate Amazon.com a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Amazon.com
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, robust revenue growth and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's return on equity has been disappointing. 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 services sector could consider
iShares Dow Jones US Cons Services
(
) while those bearish on the services sector could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Consumer Sers
(
).