Us Bancorp (USB)
Price: $22.68
Industry: Banks-Major Chaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Thu Sep 08 17:09 EDT 2011 USB Us Bancorp
$22.68
Power Gauge Rating
USB - Neutral TM
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating for USB is neutral with attractive financial metrics, average earnings performance, neutral price/volume activity and very positive expert opinions.
Financial Metrics
Expert opinions about USB are very positive which is evidenced by optimistic analyst opinions.
Earnings Performance
An evaluation of USB's earnings performance shows poor EPS growth over the past 3-5 years.
Price/Volume Activity
Expert Opinions
Despite these bullish factors, Chaikin Power Tools has identified a negative trend resulting in a neutral rating.
News Sentiment Rating
Neutral USB Us Bancorp
September 08, 2011
TM
Chaikin Sentiment Gauge for USB is neutral. Stories concerning USB have a balanced or neutral sentiment.
News Sentiment :Neutral
Power Trend - 5 Year Chart
The Power Gauge distills a 20 factor model into a concise picture of a stock's potential.
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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
USB's financial metrics are very good. The company generates high free cash flow relative to market capitalization and yields a high return on shareholder's equity.
Price to Book Value
Return on Equity
The rank is based on a high return on equity and relatively high cash flow. Price to Sales Ratio
Business Value
Assets and Liabilities
Valuation
Returns
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Current Ratio
0.87
Price/Book
1.42
Return on Invest
6.5%
LT Debt/Equity
1.11
Price/Sales
2.12
Return on Equity
14.0%
Earnings Performance
Earnings Performance Rating
Neutral
Earnings Growth
USB's earnings performance has been neutral. The company has outperformed analysts' earnings estimates and has a history of weak earnings growth.
Earnings Surprise
The rank is based on poor EPS growth over the past 3-5 years, better than expected earnings in recent quarters and an upward trend in earnings this year.
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
19,109.00
20,308.00
19,229.00
19,490.00
20,518.00
15.14%
6.27%
-5.31%
1.36%
5.27%
$2.64
$2.46
$1.62
$0.97
$1.74
7.76%
-6.82%
-34.15%
-40.12%
79.38%
EPS Surprise
Factor
Actual EPS Prev
EST EPS Current
Change
$0.46
$0.61
+0.15
Quarterly EPS Yearly EPS Factor
$1.74
$2.32
+0.58
Actual EPS Growth
Est EPS Growth
Change
4.55%
6.25%
+1.70
3-5 year EPS
EPS Quarterly Results Estimate
Actual
Difference
% Difference
FY
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
Total
Latest Qtr
$0.54
$0.60
$0.06
1 Qtr Ago
$0.49
$0.52
$0.03
11.11
12/09
$0.24
$0.12
$0.31
$0.30
$0.97
6.12
12/10
$0.34
$0.45
$0.46
$0.50
$1.75
2 Qtr Ago
$0.46
$0.47
3 Qtr Ago
$0.43
$0.45
$0.01
2.17
12/11
$0.52
$0.61
-
-
-
$0.02
4.65
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 USB is neutral. USB is trading on higher volume than its 90 day average volume and is experiencing sustained selling.
Price Trend
The rank for USB is based on negative Chaikin money flow and an increasing volume trend.
Price Trend ROC
Volume Trend
Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index
Chaikin Money Flow
Chart shows whether USB is performing better or worse than the market.
Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.
Price Activity
Price Activity
Factor
Value
Factor
52 Week High
28.70
% Change Price - 4 Weeks
52 Week Low
20.31
% Change Price - 24 Weeks
% Change YTD Rel S&P 500
-14.16%
Expert Opinions
Volume Activity Value
Factor
5.88%
Average Volume 20 Days
15,696,301
-14.22%
Average Volume 90 Days
14,018,751
% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P
-1.00%
% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P
-7.14%
Value
Chaikin Money Flow Persistency
20%
Expert Opinions
Very Bullish
Earnings Estimate Revisions
Expert opinions about USB are very positive. Analysts's opinions on USB have been more positive recently and analysts are raising their EPS estimates for USB.
Short Interest
Insider Activity
The rank for USB is based on analysts revising earnings estimates upward, a low short interest ratio, optimistic analyst opinions and price strength of the stock versus the Banks-Major industry group.
Analyst Opinions
Relative Strength vs Industry
Earnings Estimate Revisions Current Current Qtr Next Qtr
0.61 0.61 Current
Current FY
2.32
Analyst Recommendations
7 Days Ago % Change 0.61 0.60
0.00% +1.67%
30 Days Ago % Change 2.32
0.00
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
1
0
1
2
Curr Yr
1
0
2
3
Next Qtr
1
0
2
2
Next Yr
0
3
1
7
Buy
Change
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Last Week Up
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The Company & Its Competitors
News Headlines for USB
USB's Competitors in Banks-Major Historic EPS growth
Projected EPS growth
Profit Margin
PEG
PE
Revenue(M)
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USB
4.55%
6.25%
19.73%
1.56
11.12
20,518
C
2.80%
7.66%
12.35%
0.93
8.81
86,601
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BAC
15.58%
7.80%
-14.72%
-
-
134,194
BBT
7.47%
6.75%
9.05%
1.88
16.35
11,072
JPM
22.29%
6.75%
19.85%
1.04
7.44
102,694
PNC
31.49%
6.67%
23.24%
1.19
7.67
17,096
WFC
22.35%
8.67%
15.97%
1.03
9.67
93,249
BK
14.72%
7.00%
18.14%
1.31
9.09
13,875
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Company Details
Company Profile
US BANCORP U.S.BANCORP 800 NICOLLET MALL MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402 USA Phone: (651)466-3000 Website: http://http://www.usbank.com Full Time Employees: 60,584 Sector: Finance
U.S. Bancorp is a financial services holding company. They operate full-service branch offices and ATMs, and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. U.S. Bancorp is the parent company of Firstar Bank and U.S. Bank.
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