Today's Stocks Driving Success For The Diversified Services Industry
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Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading down 41 points (-0.2%) at 18,075 as of Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,371 issues advancing vs. 1,586 declining with 175 unchanged.
The Diversified Services industry currently sits up 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.2%. A company within the industry that increased today was
(
), up 0.5%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include
(
), down 4.3%,
(
), down 2.0%,
(
), down 0.6% and
(
), down 0.6%.
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, Aaron's is up $1.44 (5.2%) to $29.48 on average volume. Thus far, 400,170 shares of Aaron's exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 648,100 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $28.03-$29.62 after having opened the day at $28.10 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $28.03.
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Aaron's, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of furniture, consumer electronics, computers, appliances, and household accessories in the United States and Canada. The company operates in five segments: Sales and Lease Ownership, Progressive, HomeSmart, Franchise, and Manufacturing. Aaron's has a market cap of $2.0 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 8.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 5 analysts who rate Aaron's a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Aaron's
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 and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full
now.
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2. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $0.36 (0.9%) to $40.96 on average volume. Thus far, 482,959 shares of Thomson Reuters exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 886,400 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $40.62-$41.04 after having opened the day at $40.66 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $40.59.
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Thomson Reuters Corporation provides intelligent information for businesses and professionals worldwide. The company sells electronic content and services to professionals primarily on a subscription basis. Thomson Reuters has a market cap of $32.5 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 0.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 3 analysts who rate Thomson Reuters a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Thomson Reuters
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income and attractive valuation levels. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's profit margins have been poor overall. Get the full
Thomson Reuters Ratings Report
now.
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $0.55 (0.6%) to $89.24 on light volume. Thus far, 601,868 shares of United Rentals exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $88.30-$89.64 after having opened the day at $88.30 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $88.69.
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United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental company. It operates in two segments, General Rentals; and Trench Safety, Power and HVAC (heating, ventilating and air conditioning), and Pump Solutions. United Rentals has a market cap of $8.6 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 13.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 8 analysts who rate United Rentals a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
United Rentals
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. 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
(
).
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