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Your Favorite Analyst's Favorite Analyst: Which Sell Side Firm Has The Most Buy Ratings From Its Peers?
Sunday, November 26, 2017 - 2:37pm | 902Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) recently upgraded shares of Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE: BCS) by two notches from Underperform to Buy. BofA Merrill Lynch cited the underperformance of Barclays' shares and depressed earnings expectations as the reason for its improved assessment. Financial firms are...
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Carson Block Is Short Bank Of The Ozarks, Calls Model 'Ass Backwards'
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 2:06pm | 364Shares of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc (NASDAQ: OZRK) were trading lower by around 14 percent percent Wednesday afternoon after Muddy Waters' Carson Block presented the bank as a short idea at the Ira Sohn conference. According to Block, the Arkansas-based bank's earnings are unsustainable at best and...
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Five Basing Stocks That Could Move Higher
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 12:23pm | 628Looking for some names poised to move higher? Benzinga found five stocks that have already had strong years that appear to be taking a break. These basing patterns can sometimes signal that another move to the upside is on the horizon. See also: Three Rising Asian Stocks With More Room to...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 8 (AA, JPM, WFC)
Sunday, July 7, 2013 - 8:02pm | 925The new earnings season kicks off this week with the traditional first report from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) on Monday afternoon. The first of the big banks, J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), close out the week when they step into the earnings spotlight Friday morning. Analysts predict...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 8
Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 2:25pm | 981The new earnings season gets underway this week, with Alcoa (NYSE: AA) on deck late Monday and J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) scheduled to report first-quarter results Friday morning. By and large, analysts expect to see a year-over-year decline in per-share earnings from the former, but EPS growth,...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 16
Sunday, January 15, 2012 - 3:47pm | 1524This week will offer a good look at the state of the financial sector as many of the big banks share their fourth-quarter results. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) broke the ice on Friday, reporting a decline in earnings that was more than analysts had estimated. Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Goldman Sachs (...
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Eight Regional Bank Stocks on a Roll
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 5:53pm | 888Here's a quick look at eight dividend-paying regional bank stocks that are up year to date and trading near their 52-week highs. 1st Source (NASDAQ: SRCE): This Indiana-company reported strong second-quarter results back in July, which it attributed in part to attracting new customers. Its...
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Wunderlich Securities Reiterates Buy and PT of $57 on Bank of the Ozarks
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 6:30am | 48Wunderlich Securities reiterated its Buy rating on Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK). At the same time, Wunderlich left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $57. On Friday, OZRK added 1.44% to its value to end the week at $52.81.
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Wunderlich Securities Increase Price Target on Bank of the Ozark from $50 to $57 (OZRK)
Monday, May 2, 2011 - 12:07pm | 121Wunderlich Securities published a research report reiterating Buy rating on share and increased price target on the Bank of the Ozark (NASDAQ: OZRK) up $7.00 from $50.00 to $57.00 after the company's recent FDIC-assisted acquisitions completed on April 29. Wunderlich Securities reported that, “...
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Wunderlich Raises PT On Bank Of The Ozarks
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 7:19am | 24Wunderlich Securities has raised the price target on Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK) from $45 to $50.
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Wunderlich Securities Reiterates Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK) Buy Rating
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 10:00am | 192Wunderlich Securities analyst Kevin Reynolds reiterated his Buy rating for shares of Bank of the Ozarks (Nasdaq: OZRK), with a price target of $40. Bank of the Ozarks announced last Friday that it was going to do an FDIC-assisted acquisition of Unity National Bank, a failed Cartersville, Georgia...