Trade-Ideas: E*TRADE Financial (ETFC) Is Today's Post-Market Leader Stock

Trade-Ideas LLC identified E*TRADE Financial (ETFC) as a post-market leader candidate
By TheStreet Wire ,

Trade-Ideas LLC identified

E*TRADE Financial

(

ETFC

) as a post-market leader candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified E*TRADE Financial as such a stock due to the following factors:

  • ETFC has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $71.9 million.
  • ETFC is up 2.1% today from today's close.

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More details on ETFC:

E*TRADE Financial Corporation, a financial services company, provides brokerage and related products and services primarily to individual retail investors under the E*TRADE Financial brand name. It operates through two segments, Trading and Investing, and Balance Sheet Management. ETFC has a PE ratio of 19. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate E*TRADE Financial a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

The average volume for E*TRADE Financial has been 3.2 million shares per day over the past 30 days. E*TRADE Financial has a market cap of $6.9 billion and is part of the financial sector and financial services industry. The stock has a beta of 1.45 and a short float of 1.4% with 1.35 days to cover. Shares are down 14.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

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TheStreetRatings.com

Analysis:

TheStreet Quant Ratings

rates E*TRADE Financial as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations, impressive record of earnings per share growth and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

  • The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Capital Markets industry. The net income increased by 282.5% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $40.00 million to $153.00 million.
  • 49.19% is the gross profit margin for E TRADE FINANCIAL CORP which we consider to be strong. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Along with this, the net profit margin of 30.84% significantly outperformed against the industry average.
  • Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 118.11% to $96.00 million when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, E TRADE FINANCIAL CORP has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of -146.35%.
  • The return on equity has improved slightly when compared to the same quarter one year prior. This can be construed as a modest strength in the organization. Compared to other companies in the Capital Markets industry and the overall market on the basis of return on equity, E TRADE FINANCIAL CORP has outperformed in comparison with the industry average, but has underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500.
  • E TRADE FINANCIAL CORP reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, E TRADE FINANCIAL CORP reported lower earnings of $0.90 versus $1.00 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($1.62 versus $0.90).

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