Deutsche Bank AG (DB): Today's Featured Banking Winner

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Deutsche Bank (DB) pushed the Banking industry higher today making it today's featured banking winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.9%. By the end of trading, Deutsche Bank rose 61 cents (1.5%) to $42.33 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.6 million shares of Deutsche Bank exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $42-$42.46 after having opened the day at $42.28 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $41.72. Other companies within the Banking industry that increased today were: Oconee Federal Financial (OFED), up 14.5%, VelocityShares 3x Long Crude ETN (UWTI), up 11.3%, VelocityShares 3x Long Brent Crude ETN (UOIL), up 10.5%, and Village Bank and Trust Financial Corporatio (VBFC), up 9.4%.

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Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft provides investment, financial, and related products and services. Deutsche Bank has a market cap of $37.47 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 7.3, below the average banking industry P/E ratio of 10.5 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 10.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are two analysts that rate Deutsche Bank a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Deutsche Bank as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and increase in stock price during the past year. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share.

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