First Horizon National Corp (FHN): Today's Featured Financial Winner

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First Horizon National (FHN) pushed the Financial sector higher today making it today's featured financial winner. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, First Horizon National rose 23 cents (2.5%) to $9.27 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3.7 million shares of First Horizon National exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.2 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $9.05-$9.34 after having opened the day at $9.07 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $9.04. Other companies within the Financial sector that increased today were: Jefferies Group (JEF), up 14%, Consumer Portfolio Services (CPSS), up 14%, CreXus Investment (CXS), up 12%, and Farmers Capital Bank Corporation (FFKT), up 10.9%.

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First Horizon National Corporation operates as a bank holding company for First Tennessee Bank National Association that provides various financial services. It offers general banking services for consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments. First Horizon National has a market cap of $2.24 billion and is part of the banking industry. The company has a P/E ratio of -90, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 12.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are eight analysts that rate First Horizon National a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and 10 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates First Horizon National as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity, deteriorating net income and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share.

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