Financial Stocks On The Rise With Help From 3 Stocks
Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading down 6 points (0.0%) at 17,753 as of Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,244 issues advancing vs. 1,682 declining with 165 unchanged.
The Financial sector currently is unchanged today versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.1%. Top gainers within the sector include
Banco Santander Brasil SA/Brazil
(
), up 3.5%,
(
), up 2.0%,
(
), up 1.6%,
(
), up 1.4% and
(
), up 1.4%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include
(
), down 6.0%,
Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV
(
), down 2.2%,
Santander Consumer USA Holdings
(
), down 1.9%,
(
), down 0.9% and
(
), down 0.8%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector higher today:
3.
(
) is one of the companies pushing the Financial sector higher today. As of noon trading, New York Community Bancorp is up $0.22 (1.4%) to $16.12 on light volume. Thus far, 1.7 million shares of New York Community Bancorp exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.8 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $15.92-$16.14 after having opened the day at $15.98 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $15.90.
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New York Community Bancorp, Inc. operates as a holding company for New York Community Bank and New York Commercial Bank that offer banking products and financial services in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, and Arizona. New York Community Bancorp has a market cap of $7.0 billion and is part of the banking industry. Shares are down 0.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 3 analysts who rate New York Community Bancorp a buy, 3 analysts rate it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
New York Community Bancorp
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its reasonable valuation levels, expanding profit margins, increase in stock price during the past year and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full
New York Community Bancorp Ratings Report
now.
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2. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $0.66 (0.7%) to $93.64 on light volume. Thus far, 168,877 shares of Aon exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $92.71-$93.85 after having opened the day at $93.11 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $92.98.
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Aon plc provides risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resource consulting and outsourcing services worldwide. It operates through two segments, Risk Solutions and HR Solutions. Aon has a market cap of $25.3 billion and is part of the insurance industry. Shares are down 1.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 6 analysts who rate Aon a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Aon
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full
now.
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $0.66 (0.8%) to $86.98 on light volume. Thus far, 887,233 shares of Prudential Financial exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $85.99-$87.17 after having opened the day at $86.36 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $86.32.
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Prudential Financial, Inc. provides insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services to individual and institutional customers in the United States and internationally. Prudential Financial has a market cap of $38.6 billion and is part of the insurance industry. Shares are down 4.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 11 analysts who rate Prudential Financial a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Prudential Financial
as a
. 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, 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 lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full
Prudential Financial 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
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) while those bearish on the financial sector could consider
(
).