Today's Stocks Driving Success For The Services Sector

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the services sector higher today.
By Chris Dow ,

Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer.

All three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 10 points (0.1%) at 17,688 as of Friday, March 27, 2015, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,747 issues advancing vs. 1,216 declining with 147 unchanged.

The Services sector currently sits up 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.1%. Top gainers within the sector include

Carnival

(

CCL

), up 6.6%,

Royal Caribbean Cruises

(

RCL

), up 6.2%,

Qunar Cayman Islands

(

QUNR

), up 4.8%,

Vipshop Holdings Ltd ADR

(

VIPS

), up 3.2% and

United Continental Holdings

(

UAL

), up 3.2%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include

Melco Crown Entertainment

(

MPEL

), down 1.6%,

Magna International

(

MGA

), down 0.8%,

Netflix

(

NFLX

), down 0.7% and

Thomson Reuters

(

TRI

), down 0.6%.

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

3.

Home Depot

(

HD

) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector higher today. As of noon trading, Home Depot is up $1.42 (1.3%) to $113.79 on light volume. Thus far, 1.7 million shares of Home Depot exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $112.00-$113.82 after having opened the day at $112.08 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $112.37.

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The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer. Home Depot has a market cap of $149.8 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are up 7.0% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 11 analysts who rate Home Depot a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Home Depot

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and notable return on equity. 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

Home Depot Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

American Airlines Group

(

AAL

) is up $1.35 (2.6%) to $52.62 on light volume. Thus far, 4.4 million shares of American Airlines Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 14.5 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $51.38-$52.75 after having opened the day at $51.38 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $51.26.

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American Airlines Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates in the airline industry. As of December 31, 2014, the company operated 983 mainline jets, as well as 566 regional aircrafts through regional airline subsidiaries and third-party regional carriers. American Airlines Group has a market cap of $36.2 billion and is part of the transportation industry. Shares are down 4.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 10 analysts who rate American Airlines Group a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

American Airlines Group

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity, robust revenue growth and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk and poor profit margins. Get the full

American Airlines Group Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Amazon.com

(

AMZN

) is up $3.66 (1.0%) to $371.01 on light volume. Thus far, 1.4 million shares of Amazon.com exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.8 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $366.57-$372.31 after having opened the day at $367.11 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $367.35.

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Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. It operates in two segments, North America and International. Amazon.com has a market cap of $172.3 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are up 18.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 15 analysts who rate Amazon.com a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 14 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Amazon.com

as a

hold

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

Amazon.com 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 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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