Banco Santander SA (SAN): Today's Featured Banking Loser

Banco Santander (SAN) pushed the Banking industry lower today making it today's featured Banking loser. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.5%. By the end of trading, Banco Santander fell 18 cents (-3.1%) to $5.55 on light volume. Throughout the day, six million shares of Banco Santander exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 9.6 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $5.50-$5.59 after having opened the day at $5.54 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $5.73. Other company's within the Banking industry that declined today were: Broadway Financial (BYFC), down 14.3%, Credit Suisse (DOIL), down 13%, Mid Penn Bancorp (MPB), down 12.3%, and TIB Financial (TIBB), down 9.3%.

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Banco Santander-Chile provides commercial and retail banking services to corporate and individual customers in Chile. Banco Santander has a market cap of $51.74 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are down 92.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are two analysts that rate Banco Santander a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Banco Santander as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, premium valuation and deteriorating net income.

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On the positive front, United Security (USBI), up 9.4%, Colony Bankcorp (CBAN), up 8.2%, Credit Suisse (DGAZ), up 7.6%, and Georgetown Bancorp (GTWN), up 6.6%, were all gainers within the banking industry with Huntington (HBAN) being today's featured banking industry winner.

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