Bank Of Amer Cp (BAC)
Price: $7.40
Industry: Banks-Major Chaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Wed Aug 17 10:46 EDT 2011 BAC Bank Of Amer Cp
$7.40
Power Gauge Rating
BAC - Bearish TM
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating for BAC is bearish due to weak earnings performance and negative expert opinions. The rating also reflects attractive financial metrics.
Financial Metrics
BAC's earnings performance is weak as a result of inconsistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Earnings Performance
Expert opinions about BAC are negative which is evidenced by analysts revising earnings estimates downward.
Price/Volume Activity
Expert Opinions
News Sentiment Rating
Bearish BAC Bank Of Amer ..
August 17, 2011
TM
Chaikin Sentiment Gauge for BAC is bearish. There is currently a significant negative sentiment within news stories concerning BAC.
News Sentiment :Negative
Power Trend - 5 Year Chart
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High Potential
Neutral
Low Potential
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Financials & Earnings
Financial Metrics
Financial Metrics Rating
Bullish
LT Debt/Equity Ratio
BAC's financial metrics are very good. The company may be undervalued and generates high free cash flow relative to market capitalization.
Price to Book Value
The rank is based on a high long term debt to equity ratio, low price to book value, low return on equity, high price to sales ratio and relatively high cash flow.
Return on Equity
Price to Sales Ratio
Business Value
Assets and Liabilities
Valuation
Returns
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
Current Ratio
1.02
Price/Book
0.36
Return on Invest
-0.4%
LT Debt/Equity
2.12
Price/Sales
0.56
Return on Equity
-1.4%
Earnings Performance
TTM
Earnings Performance Rating
Bearish
Earnings Growth
BAC's earnings performance has been weak. The company has an erratic 5 year earnings trend and has not met analysts' earnings estimates.
Earnings Surprise
The rank is based on worse than expected earnings in recent quarters, a relatively low projected P/E ratio and inconsistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Earnings Trend
Projected P/E Ratio
Earnings Consistency
5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth
Revenue(M) Rev % Growth EPS EPS % Growth
EPS Estimates
12/06
12/07
12/08
12/09
12/10
117,017.00
66,319.00
72,782.00
150,450.00
134,194.00
-
-43.33%
9.75%
106.71%
-10.80%
$4.66
$3.35
$0.56
$-0.28
$-0.37
10.69%
-28.11%
-83.28%
-150.00%
-32.14%
EPS Surprise
Factor
Actual EPS Prev
EST EPS Current
Change
$-0.77
$0.23
+1.00
Quarterly EPS Yearly EPS Factor
$-0.37
$-0.23
+0.14
Actual EPS Growth
Est EPS Growth
Change
15.58%
7.80%
-7.78
3-5 year EPS
EPS Quarterly Results Estimate
Actual
Difference
% Difference
FY
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
Total
Latest Qtr
$-0.91
$-0.90
$0.01
1 Qtr Ago
$0.27
$0.17
$-0.10
1.10
12/09
$0.44
$0.33
$-0.26
$-0.60
$-0.09
-37.04
12/10
$0.28
$0.28
$-0.77
$-0.16
$-0.37
2 Qtr Ago
$0.19
$0.04
$-0.15
-78.95
3 Qtr Ago
$0.16
$0.27
$0.11
68.75
12/11
$0.17
$-0.90
-
-
-
Fiscal Year End Month is December.
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Price Trend & Expert Opinions Price/Volume Activity
Price/Volume Activity Rating
Neutral
Relative Strength vs Market
Chaikin Money Flow
Price and volume activity for BAC is neutral. BAC is in an accelerating price trend compared to 4 months ago and has underperformed the S&P 500 over 26 weeks.
Price Trend
The rank for BAC is based on its relative weakness versus the market, negative Chaikin money flow, a negative Chaikin price trend, a positive Chaikin price trend ROC and an increasing volume trend.
Price Trend ROC
Volume Trend
Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index
Chaikin Money Flow
Chart shows whether BAC is performing better or worse than the market.
Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.
Price Activity
Price Activity
Volume Activity
Factor
Value
Factor
52 Week High
15.25
% Change Price - 4 Weeks
-22.68%
Average Volume 20 Days
277,432,896
52 Week Low
6.51
% Change Price - 24 Weeks
-46.88%
Average Volume 90 Days
176,090,955
% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P
-13.99%
Chaikin Money Flow Persistency
% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P
-41.82%
% Change YTD Rel S&P 500
-42.50%
Expert Opinions
Value
Factor
Value
9%
Expert Opinions
Bearish
Earnings Estimate Revisions
Expert opinions about BAC are negative. Analysts are lowering their EPS estimates for BAC and analysts's opinions on BAC have been more negative recently.
Short Interest
Insider Activity
The rank for BAC is based on analysts revising earnings estimates downward, a low short interest ratio, insiders purchasing stock, pessimistic analyst opinions and relative weakness of the stock versus the Banks-Major industry group.
Analyst Opinions
Relative Strength vs Industry
Earnings Estimate Revisions Current Current Qtr Next Qtr
0.23 0.27 Current
Current FY
-0.23
Analyst Recommendations
7 Days Ago % Change 0.23 0.28
0.00% -3.57%
30 Days Ago % Change -0.16
-0.07
Factor Mean this Week Mean Last Week
EPS Estimates Revision Summary Value
Buy 0.00
Mean 5 Weeks Ago
Buy
Last 4 Weeks
Down
Up
Down
Curr Qtr
0
3
1
12
Curr Yr
0
4
0
11
Next Qtr
0
4
1
13
Next Yr
0
4
0
18
Buy
Change
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The Company & Its Competitors
News Headlines for BAC
BAC's Competitors in Banks-Major Historic EPS growth
Projected EPS growth
Profit Margin
PEG
PE
Revenue(M)
DealBook: With Bank Failures Mounting, Some Complain of Harsh Exams - Aug 16, 2011
BAC
15.58%
7.80%
-14.72%
-
-
134,194
WFC
22.35%
8.33%
15.97%
1.05
9.52
93,249
DealBook: With Bank Failures Mounting, Some Complain of Harsh Exams - Aug 16, 2011
USB
4.55%
6.25%
19.73%
1.53
10.87
20,518
BBT
7.47%
6.75%
9.05%
1.75
15.30
11,072
JPM
22.29%
6.75%
19.85%
1.07
7.70
102,694
PNC
31.49%
6.67%
23.24%
1.15
7.35
17,096
2.80%
7.66%
12.35%
0.95
9.10
86,601
14.72%
7.00%
18.14%
1.31
9.13
13,875
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Company Details
Company Profile
BANK OF AMER CP BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER 100 N TRYON ST CHARLOTTE, NC 28255 USA Phone: 7043868486 Fax: 704-386-6699 Website: http://http://www.bankofamerica.co m Full Time Employees: 288,000 Sector: Finance
Bank of America Corp. is one of the world's leading financial services companies. Bank of America provides individuals, small businesses and commercial, corporate and institutional clients across the United States and around the world new and better ways to manage their financial lives. The company enables customers to do their banking and investing whenever, wherever and however they choose.
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