PNC Financial Services Group Inc (PNC): Today's Featured Banking Winner

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PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) pushed the Banking industry higher today making it today's featured banking winner. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, PNC Financial Services Group rose 85 cents (1.3%) to $65.87 on light volume. Throughout the day, two million shares of PNC Financial Services Group exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.4 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $64.95-$65.90 after having opened the day at $65.03 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $65.02. Other companies within the Banking industry that increased today were: Macatawa Bank Corporation (MCBC), up 6.3%, QC Holdings (QCCO), up 6.3%, Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania (RBPAA), up 5.7%, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MTU), up 5.7%.

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The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. operates as a diversified financial services company in the United States and internationally. The company's Retail Banking segment provides deposit, lending, brokerage, investment management, and cash management services. PNC Financial Services Group has a market cap of $34.25 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.2, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 11.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 17 analysts that rate PNC Financial Services Group a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates PNC Financial Services Group as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins, increase in stock price during the past year, increase in net income and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

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On the negative front, First Financial Service Corporation (FFKY), down 8.2%, Lake Shore Bancorp (LSBK), down 6.8%, Hanmi Financial Corporation (HAFC), down 6.3%, and National Bank of Greece (NBG), down 6%, were all laggards within the banking industry with Deutsche Bank (DB) being today's banking industry laggard.

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