Directv (DTV): Today's Featured Services Winner
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(
) pushed the Services sector higher today making it today's featured services winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, Directv rose $0.65 (1.0%) to $63.28 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3,297,635 shares of Directv exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,622,400 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $62.59-$64.10 after having opened the day at $62.61 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $62.63. Other companies within the Services sector that increased today were:
Daegis
(
DAEG
), up 17.4%,
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), up 17.1%,
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), up 16.6% and
(
), up 16.5%.
DIRECTV provides digital television entertainment in the United States and Latin America. The company engages in acquiring, promoting, selling, and distributing digital entertainment programming primarily through satellite to residential and commercial subscribers. Directv has a market cap of $35.3 billion and is part of the media industry. Shares are up 25.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate Directv a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Directv
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Directv Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
(
), down 17.8%,
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
(
), down 16.8%,
(
), down 16.1% and
(
), down 12.7% , were all laggards within the services sector with
(
) being today's services sector laggard.
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iShares Dow Jones US Cons Services
(
) while those bearish on the services sector could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Consumer Sers
(
).
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