NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) --

Alliance Data Systems Corporation

(NYSE:

ADS

) hit a new 52-week high Monday as it is currently trading at $118.69, above its previous 52-week high of $118.09 with 15,373 shares traded as of 9:35 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 688,500 shares over the past 30 days.

Alliance Data Systems has a market cap of $5.52 billion and is part of the

services

sector and

diversified services

industry. Shares are up 13.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

Alliance Data Systems Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides data-driven and transaction-based marketing, and customer loyalty solutions primarily in the United States and Canada. The company operates in three segments: LoyaltyOne, Epsilon, and Private Label Services and Credit. The company has a P/E ratio of 21.6, above the average diversified services industry P/E ratio of 21.3 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Alliance Data Systems as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook. You can view the full

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