Bank Of America Corporation (BAC): Today's Featured Banking Winner

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Bank of America Corporation (BAC) pushed the Banking industry higher today making it today's featured banking winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Bank of America Corporation rose 45 cents (5.2%) to $9.03 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 199.9 million shares of Bank of America Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 132.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $8.58-$9.05 after having opened the day at $8.63 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $8.58. Other companies within the Banking industry that increased today were: WSB Holdings (WSB), up 82.9%, Auburn National (AUBN), up 9.7%, VelocityShares 2x Long Copper ETN (LCPR), up 9.3%, and Community Bank Shares of Indiana (CBIN), up 6.7%.

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Bank of America Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides various banking and financial products and services to individual consumers, small-and middle-market businesses, institutional investors, corporations, and governments in the United States and internationally. Bank of America Corporation has a market cap of $94.84 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 6.9, below the average banking industry P/E ratio of 9.4 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 58.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate Bank of America Corporation a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and 15 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Bank of America Corporation as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in stock price during the past year, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk and weak operating cash flow.

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