Apollo Group Inc (APOL): Today's Featured Diversified Services Winner
(
) pushed the Diversified Services industry higher today making it today's featured diversified services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, Apollo Group rose $0.28 (1.5%) to $18.96 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2,326,029 shares of Apollo Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2,892,400 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $18.78-$19.48 after having opened the day at $18.81 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $18.69. Other companies within the Diversified Services industry that increased today were:
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), up 7.0%,
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), up 5.8%,
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), up 4.5% and
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), up 4.4%.
Apollo Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides online and on-campus educational programs and services at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels. Apollo Group has a market cap of $2.1 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 11.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Apollo Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 13 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Apollo Group as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, deteriorating net income and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.
- You can view the full Apollo Group Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 24.6%,
Heidrick & Struggles International
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), down 17.2%,
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), down 12.2% and
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), down 9.1% , were all laggards within the diversified services industry with
Alliance Data Systems Corporation
(
) being today's diversified services industry laggard.
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iShares Dow Jones US Cons Services
(
) while those bearish on the diversified services industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Consumer Sers
(
).
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