Services Sector

Services Sector Stocks Touching New Lows: American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO), Express (NYSE:EXPR), CTC Media (NASDAQ:CTCM), Pearson PLC (NYSE:PSO)

So far this year American Eagle Outfitters American Eagle Outfitters has lost about 3.5% of share value and a CEO a Jefferies analyst recently called “best in class”.American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) stock performance was -2.67% in last session and finished the day at $12.75. Traded volume was 12.88 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 5.00 million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.18. American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) insider ownership is 0.90%.

Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) VP Steven B. Miller unloaded 12,664 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.96, for a total transaction of $987,285.44. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 21,417 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,669,669. Express, Inc. (NYSE:EXPR) dropped -12.01% to $16.05 yesterday on volume of 9.54 million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $15.51 – $16.66. Express, Inc. (NYSE:EXPR) has a market capitalization of 1.35 billion.

CTC Media (NASDAQ:CTCM) declared a dividend on Thursday, March 6th, Analyst Ratings Network reports. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 19th will be given a dividend of 0.175 per share on Friday, March 28th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 17th. CTC Media, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTCM)’s stock on March 12, 2014 reported a lower of -0.32% to the closing price of $9.25. Its fifty two weeks range is $9.07 – $13.95. The total market capitalization recorded 1.44 billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 884,132.00 shares. In its share capital, CTC Media, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTCM) has 155.99 million outstanding shares.

Pearson PLC (NYSE:PSO) was downgraded by Zacks from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report issued on Thursday, StockRatingsNetwork.com reports. They currently have a $16.30 price target on the stock. Zacks‘s price target would suggest a potential downside of 8.07% from the company’s current price .On Wednesday, shares of Pearson PLC (ADR) (NYSE:PSO) dropped -0.12% to close the day at $16.76. Company return on investment (ROI) is 4.70% and its monthly performance is recorded as -9.21%. Pearson PLC (ADR) (NYSE:PSO) quarterly revenue growth is -20.53%.