DAL, UNP And BABA, Pushing Services Sector Downward

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

All three major indices are trading down today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 29 points (-0.2%) at 17,702 as of Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,315 issues advancing vs. 1,646 declining with 122 unchanged.

The Services sector currently sits down 0.9% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.3%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include

Scientific Games

(

SGMS

), down 18.2%,

Vipshop Holdings

(

VIPS

), down 5.2%,

Rockwell Automation

(

ROK

), down 5.0%,

Gap

(

GPS

), down 4.8% and

Tribune Media

(

TRCO

), down 4.7%. Top gainers within the sector include

Lions Gate Entertainment

(

LGF

), up 4.3%,

Macquarie Infrastructure

(

MIC

), up 2.6%,

Discovery Communications

(

DISCK

), up 2.0%,

Twenty-First Century Fox

(

FOX

), up 1.4% and

Visa

(

V

), up 1.3%.

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

3.

Delta Air Lines

(

DAL

) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector lower today. As of noon trading, Delta Air Lines is down $0.51 (-1.0%) to $50.12 on light volume. Thus far, 2.9 million shares of Delta Air Lines exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 9.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $49.55-$51.00 after having opened the day at $50.60 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $50.63.

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Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Airline and Refinery. Its route network comprises various gateway airports in Amsterdam, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St. Delta Air Lines has a market cap of $40.3 billion and is part of the transportation industry. Shares are up 2.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate Delta Air Lines a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Delta Air Lines

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, increase in net income, growth in earnings per share, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. Get the full

Delta Air Lines Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Union Pacific

(

UNP

) is down $1.16 (-1.4%) to $85.00 on average volume. Thus far, 2.3 million shares of Union Pacific exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.5 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $84.56-$86.31 after having opened the day at $85.95 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $86.17.

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Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, operates railroads in the United States. Union Pacific has a market cap of $73.4 billion and is part of the transportation industry. Shares are down 27.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Union Pacific a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Union Pacific

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity, expanding profit margins, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and reasonable valuation levels. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full

Union Pacific Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Alibaba Group

(

BABA

) is down $1.03 (-1.3%) to $80.35 on average volume. Thus far, 8.8 million shares of Alibaba Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 19.9 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $79.62-$81.11 after having opened the day at $81.10 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $81.38.

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as an online and mobile commerce company in the People's Republic of China and internationally. Alibaba Group has a market cap of $208.6 billion and is part of the specialty retail industry. Shares are down 21.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 17 analysts that rate Alibaba Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Alibaba Group

as a

sell

. Among the areas we feel are negative, one of the most important has been a generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Alibaba Group 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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