Macy's Inc (M): Today's Featured Services Winner

Macy's was a winner within the services sector, rising 55 cents (1.4%) to $41.16 on average volume.
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Macy's

(

M

) pushed the Services sector higher today making it today's featured services winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, Macy's rose 55 cents (1.4%) to $41.16 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.2 million shares of Macy's exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.9 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $40.29-$41.27 after having opened the day at $40.54 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $40.61. Other companies within the Services sector that increased today were:

Overseas Shipholding Group

(

OSG

), up 18.7%,

Charm Communications

(

CHRM

), up 15.6%,

HHGregg Incorporated

(

HGG

), up 11.8%, and

Cache

(

CACH

), up 10.7%.

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Macy's, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates stores and Internet Websites in the United States. Its retail stores and Internet Web sites sell a range of merchandise, including apparel and accessories for men, women, and children; cosmetics; home furnishings; and other consumer goods. Macy's has a market cap of $16.31 billion and is part of the retail industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.9, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 25.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Macy's a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Macy's as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, attractive valuation levels, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated.

On the negative front,

School Specialty

(

SCHS

), down 10.3%,

iParty Corporation

(

IPT

), down 9.8%,

Corinthian Colleges

(

COCO

), down 9.5%, and

Birks & Mayors

(

BMJ

), down 8.2%, were all laggards within the services sector with

Sysco Corporation

(

SYY

) being today's services sector laggard.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, 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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