Ocwen Financial Corporation (OCN): Today's Featured Banking Laggard

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Ocwen Financial Corporation (OCN) pushed the Banking industry lower today making it today's featured Banking laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.1%. By the end of trading, Ocwen Financial Corporation fell 87 cents (-2.5%) to $34.41 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, five million shares of Ocwen Financial Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.8 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $33.22-$34.60 after having opened the day at $34.50 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $35.28. Other companies within the Banking industry that declined today were: Credit Suisse (DGAZ), down 12.1%, Porter Bancorp (PBIB), down 10.1%, Harleysville Savings Financial Corporation (HARL), down 9.7%, and First Financial Service Corporation (FFKY), down 8.1%.

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Ocwen Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides residential and commercial mortgage loan servicing, special servicing, and asset management services in the United States and internationally. Ocwen Financial Corporation has a market cap of $4.83 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 39.3, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 147.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are four analysts that rate Ocwen Financial Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Ocwen Financial Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company is trading at a premium valuation based on our review of its current price compared to such things as earnings and book value.

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On the positive front, MSB Financial Corporation (MSBF), up 13.3%, Southern Connecticut Bancorp (SSE), up 8.6%, Citigroup (C), up 6.3%, and Summit Financial Group (SMMF), up 5.8%, were all gainers within the banking industry with JPMorgan Chase (JPM) being today's featured banking industry leader.

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