Today's Top Performers In Services

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

All three major indices are trading up today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading up 8 points (0.0%) at 18,524 as of Monday, July 18, 2016, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,660 issues advancing vs. 1,244 declining with 151 unchanged.

The Services sector currently sits up 0.4% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.1%. Top gainers within the sector include

GameStop

(

GME

), up 7.4%,

Burlington Stores

(

BURL

), up 6.5%,

Wynn Resorts

(

WYNN

), up 3.5%,

Restaurant Brands International

(

QSR

), up 3.2% and

Cencosud

(

CNCO

), up 2.5%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include

JB Hunt Transport Services

(

JBHT

), down 3.4%,

Genpact

(

G

), down 3.0%,

HD Supply Holdings

(

HDS

), down 1.9%,

Alliance Data Systems

(

ADS

), down 1.1% and

CBS

(

CBS.A

), down 0.8%.

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

3.

Walgreens Boots Alliance

(

WBA

) is one of the companies pushing the Services sector higher today. As of noon trading, Walgreens Boots Alliance is up $0.55 (0.7%) to $83.06 on light volume. Thus far, 1.5 million shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $82.33-$83.56 after having opened the day at $82.55 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $82.51.

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Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. operates as a pharmacy-led health and wellbeing company. The company operates through three segments: Retail Pharmacy USA, Retail Pharmacy International, and Pharmaceutical Wholesale. Walgreens Boots Alliance has a market cap of $90.7 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are down 3.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 11 analysts who rate Walgreens Boots Alliance a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Walgreens Boots Alliance

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 and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Walgreens Boots Alliance Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

Target

(

TGT

) is up $0.56 (0.8%) to $73.60 on light volume. Thus far, 1.2 million shares of Target exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $72.88-$73.79 after having opened the day at $72.90 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $73.04.

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Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer. Target has a market cap of $43.3 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are up 0.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 7 analysts who rate Target a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Target

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity, reasonable valuation levels, growth in earnings per share and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

Target Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Home Depot

(

HD

) is up $1.49 (1.1%) to $136.27 on light volume. Thus far, 1.5 million shares of Home Depot exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.9 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $134.81-$136.36 after having opened the day at $135.38 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $134.78.

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The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer. Home Depot has a market cap of $167.4 billion and is part of the retail industry. Shares are up 1.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 11 analysts who rate Home Depot a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 5 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 revenue growth, notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations, impressive record of earnings per share growth and increase in net income. We feel its 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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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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