Diversified Services Stocks On The Rise With Help From 3 Stocks

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the diversified services industry higher today.
By TheStreet Wire ,

All three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 86 points (0.5%) at 17,915 as of Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,603 issues advancing vs. 1,362 declining with 155 unchanged.

The Diversified Services industry currently sits up 0.3% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. A company within the industry that increased today was

Visa

(

V

), up 3.7%.

TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

3.

Moody's Corporation

(

MCO

) is one of the companies pushing the Diversified Services industry higher today. As of noon trading, Moody's Corporation is up $2.20 (2.3%) to $98.65 on average volume. Thus far, 654,694 shares of Moody's Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 934,400 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $95.87-$98.69 after having opened the day at $96.12 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $96.45.

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Moody's Corporation provides credit ratings; and credit, capital markets, and economic related research, data, and analytical tools worldwide. The company operates through Moody's Investors Service and Moody's Analytics segments. Moody's Corporation has a market cap of $19.3 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 0.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 5 analysts who rate Moody's Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Moody's Corporation

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, revenue growth, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations and growth in earnings per share. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Moody's Corporation Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

McGraw Hill Financial

(

MHFI

) is up $3.68 (4.0%) to $95.93 on average volume. Thus far, 776,324 shares of McGraw Hill Financial exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $92.55-$97.00 after having opened the day at $94.30 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $92.25.

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McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. provides benchmarks and ratings, analytics, data, and research services for the capital, commodities, and commercial markets worldwide. McGraw Hill Financial has a market cap of $25.2 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 3.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 5 analysts who rate McGraw Hill Financial a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

McGraw Hill Financial

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, revenue growth and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity and generally higher debt management risk. Get the full

McGraw Hill Financial Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

MasterCard

(

MA

) is up $0.68 (0.7%) to $100.06 on average volume. Thus far, 1.7 million shares of MasterCard exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $99.01-$100.14 after having opened the day at $99.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $99.38.

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MasterCard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. MasterCard has a market cap of $108.9 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 15.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 19 analysts who rate MasterCard a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

MasterCard

as a

buy

. 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, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

MasterCard 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 diversified services industry could consider

iShares Dow Jones US Cons Services

(

IYC

) while those bearish on the diversified services industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Consumer Sers

(

SCC

).

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