Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model.
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average (
^DJI) is trading up 31 points (+0.2%) at 14,002 as of Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013, 11:35 a.m. ET. During this time, 211.7 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 626.4 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,761 issues advancing vs. 1,071 declining with 161 unchanged.
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The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:
BAC), which is sporting a 28-cent gain (+2.4%) bringing the stock to $12.14. This single gain is lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 2.12 points or roughly accounting for 6.8% of the Dow's overall gain. Volume for Bank of America Corporation currently sits at 88.2 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 158.1 million shares.
Bank of America Corporation has a market cap of $126.75 billion and is part of the financial sector and banking industry. Shares are up 1.3% year to date as of Monday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 0.3%.
Bank of America Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides various banking and financial products and services to individual consumers, small-and middle-market businesses, institutional investors, corporations, and governments in the United States and internationally. The company has a P/E ratio of 47, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.
TheStreet Ratings rates Bank of America Corporation as a
hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its expanding profit margins, notable return on equity and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income and generally higher debt management risk.
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