Diversified Services Stocks On The Rise With Help From 3 Stocks
Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading up 1 points (0.0%) at 18,534 as of Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,061 issues advancing vs. 1,832 declining with 165 unchanged.
The Diversified Services industry currently sits down 0.3% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.3%. Top gainers within the industry include
(
), up 0.9%, and
(
), up 0.5%. A company within the industry that fell today was
(
), up 2.5%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:
3.
(
) is one of the companies pushing the Diversified Services industry higher today. As of noon trading, TAL Education Group is up $1.34 (2.2%) to $61.92 on average volume. Thus far, 447,993 shares of TAL Education Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 614,700 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $60.34-$62.62 after having opened the day at $60.45 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $60.58.
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TAL Education Group, through its subsidiaries, provides K-12 after-school tutoring services in the People's Republic of China. TAL Education Group has a market cap of $5.0 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 30.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 2 analysts who rate TAL Education Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
TAL Education Group
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance and expanding profit margins. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full
TAL Education Group Ratings Report
now.
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2. As of noon trading,
New Oriental Education & Technology Group I
(
) is up $0.75 (1.8%) to $41.84 on heavy volume. Thus far, 1.7 million shares of New Oriental Education & Technology Group I exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $41.06-$42.03 after having opened the day at $41.06 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $41.09.
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New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. provides private educational services under the New Oriental brand in the People's Republic of China. New Oriental Education & Technology Group I has a market cap of $6.5 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 31.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 4 analysts who rate New Oriental Education & Technology Group I a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
New Oriental Education & Technology Group I
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, expanding profit margins, solid stock price performance and increase in net income. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. Get the full
New Oriental Education & Technology Group I Ratings Report
now.
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $0.44 (0.6%) to $78.75 on light volume. Thus far, 3.1 million shares of Visa exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 9.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $77.63-$78.89 after having opened the day at $77.75 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $78.31.
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Visa Inc., a payments technology company, operates an open-loop 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 $169.8 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 1.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 18 analysts who rate Visa a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 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, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and expanding profit margins. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. 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 diversified services industry could consider
iShares Dow Jones US Cons Services
(
) while those bearish on the diversified services industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Short Consumer Sers
(
).