
KR, EBAY And CVS, Pushing Retail Industry Downward
Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading down 7 points (0.0%) at 17,640 as of Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,119 issues advancing vs. 1,864 declining with 145 unchanged.
The Retail industry currently sits up 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.2%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry lower today:
3.
(
) is one of the companies pushing the Retail industry lower today. As of noon trading, Kroger is down $0.23 (-0.6%) to $37.59 on light volume. Thus far, 2.6 million shares of Kroger exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $37.50-$37.98 after having opened the day at $37.92 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $37.82.
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The Kroger Co., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer in the United States and internationally. It also manufactures and processes food for sale in its supermarkets. Kroger has a market cap of $37.3 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 17.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate Kroger a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Kroger
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance and impressive record of earnings per share growth. 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
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2. As of noon trading,
(
) is down $0.24 (-0.9%) to $27.92 on average volume. Thus far, 6.9 million shares of eBay exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 14.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $27.69-$28.02 after having opened the day at $27.74 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $28.16.
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eBay Inc. operates as a technology company that enables commerce and payments on behalf of users, merchants, retailers, and brands of various sizes in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Marketplaces, Payments, and Enterprise. eBay has a market cap of $33.6 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 19.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate eBay a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 17 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
eBay
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, notable return on equity and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, weak operating cash flow and generally higher debt management risk. Get the full
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is down $0.52 (-0.5%) to $103.44 on average volume. Thus far, 2.3 million shares of CVS Health exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.0 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $103.03-$104.34 after having opened the day at $103.98 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $103.95.
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CVS Health Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated pharmacy health care services in the United States. The company operates through Pharmacy Services and Retail Pharmacy segments. CVS Health has a market cap of $116.2 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are up 7.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate CVS Health a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
CVS Health
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. 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 retail industry could consider
(
) while those bearish on the retail industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
(
).








