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Services Sector Active Runners: Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ:SIRI), J.C. Penney Company (NYSE:JCP), Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL)

Liberty Media Drops Plan to Buy Rest of Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI), Creates Two Tracking Stocks. Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) stock performance was -0.59% in last session and finished the day at $3.37. Traded volume was 46.92 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 50.96 million shares. The beta of the stock remained 2.02. Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) insider ownership is 53.10%.

J.C. Penney Company (NYSE:JCP) was upgraded by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. The firm currently has an $11.00 target price on the stock, up from their previous target price of $7.50. Citigroup Inc.’s target price would suggest a potential upside of 23.18% from the company’s current price. J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) dropped -1.79% to $8.77 yesterday on volume of 30.78 million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $8.65 – $9.20. J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) has a market capitalization of 2.67 billion.

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSK) was the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of January. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 9,157,564 shares, an increase of 106.5% from the February 14th total of 4,435,634 shares, ARN reports. Currently, 2.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 3,265,687 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)’s stock on March 13, 2014 reported a lower of -1.02% to the closing price of $50.46. Its fifty two weeks range is $38.75 – $55.28. The total market capitalization recorded 131.85 billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 15.13 million shares. In its share capital, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has 2.61 billion outstanding shares.

Delta Air Lines Inc. Inc. (NYSE:DAL) wants to replace much of its wide-body fleet and plans to issue an RFP for dozens of jets. Aviation Week reports on the RFP, which will be aimed at replacing Delta’s 16 Boeing 747-400s and dozens of 767s. On Thursday, shares of Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) dropped -2.67% to close the day at $33.58. Company return on investment (ROI) is 49.70% and its monthly performance is recorded as 7.11%. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) quarterly revenue growth is 16.96%.