E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC): Today's Featured Financial Services Winner

E*Trade Financial (ETFC) pushed the Financial Services industry higher today making it today's featured financial services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, E*Trade Financial rose 17 cents (2.2%) to $8.04 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.3 million shares of E*Trade Financial exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.1 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $7.82-$8.07 after having opened the day at $7.82 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $7.87. Other companies within the Financial Services industry that increased today were: Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM.A), up 8.8%, Penson Worldwide (PNSN), up 8.3%, Security National Financial Corporation (SNFCA), up 4.6%, and Greenhill (GHL), up 3.7%.

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E*TRADE Financial Corporation, a financial services company, provides online brokerage and related products and services primarily to individual retail investors under the E*TRADE Financial brand in the United States. E*Trade Financial has a market cap of $2.14 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.5, equal to the average financial services industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are two analysts that rate E*Trade Financial a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and nine rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates E*Trade Financial as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including weak operating cash flow and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.

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On the negative front, Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group (RODM), down 16.2%, Direct Markets Holdings (MKTS), down 16.2%, Palmetto (PLMT), down 15%, and Siebert Financial Corporation (SIEB), down 11.9%, were all losers within the financial services industry with Franklin Resources (BEN) being today's financial services industry loser.

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