3 Stocks Dragging In The Financial Sector

TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the financial sector lower today.
By TheStreet Wire ,

All three major indices are trading down today with the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

^DJI

) trading down 11 points (-0.1%) at 17,856 as of Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,091 issues advancing vs. 1,846 declining with 161 unchanged.

The Financial sector currently sits down 0.2% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.3%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include

Stifel Financial

(

SF

), down 7.4%,

Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The

(

RBS

), down 4.8%,

Lloyds Banking Group

(

LYG

), down 2.8%,

American Tower

(

AMT

), down 2.7% and

Shinhan Financial Group

(

SHG

), down 1.5%. Top gainers within the sector include

Realogy Holdings

(

RLGY

), up 6.9%,

Markel Corporation

(

MKL

), up 2.1%,

Bank of America Corporation

(

BAC

), up 1.6%,

American International Group

(

AIG

), up 1.6% and

State Street

(

STT

), up 1.1%.

TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector lower today:

3.

Sun Life Financial

(

SLF

) is one of the companies pushing the Financial sector lower today. As of noon trading, Sun Life Financial is down $0.66 (-1.9%) to $33.27 on average volume. Thus far, 362,027 shares of Sun Life Financial exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 538,400 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $32.92-$33.35 after having opened the day at $32.99 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $33.93.

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Sun Life Financial Inc., a financial services organization, provides protection and wealth products and services to individuals and corporate customers worldwide. Sun Life Financial has a market cap of $20.8 billion and is part of the insurance industry. Shares are down 5.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate Sun Life Financial a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Sun Life Financial

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full

Sun Life Financial Ratings Report

now.

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2. As of noon trading,

MetLife

(

MET

) is down $1.07 (-2.1%) to $49.42 on average volume. Thus far, 4.1 million shares of MetLife exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6.5 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $48.95-$49.66 after having opened the day at $49.26 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $50.49.

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MetLife, Inc. provides life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management products in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. MetLife has a market cap of $57.4 billion and is part of the insurance industry. Shares are down 6.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate MetLife a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

MetLife

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its attractive valuation levels, notable return on equity and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full

MetLife Ratings Report

now.

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1. As of noon trading,

Berkshire Hathaway

(

BRK.B

) is down $0.57 (-0.4%) to $136.86 on light volume. Thus far, 892,060 shares of Berkshire Hathaway exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $136.76-$138.03 after having opened the day at $137.59 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $137.43.

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Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. Through its subsidiaries, the firm primarily engages in the insurance and reinsurance of property and casualty risks business. Berkshire Hathaway was founded in 1889 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska. Berkshire Hathaway has a market cap of $172.1 billion and is part of the insurance industry. Shares are down 8.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Berkshire Hathaway

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. Get the full

Berkshire Hathaway Ratings Report

now.

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If you are interested in one of these 3 stocks, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the financial sector could consider

Financial Select Sector SPDR

(

XLF

) while those bearish on the financial sector could consider

Proshares Short Financials

(

SEF

).

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