Buys and Sells in the 50 Biggest Bank Stocks

by Louis Navellier | March 15, 2010 8:45 am

A survey conducted by Z/Yen Group has just indicated that London is no longer the sole world capital of finance, sharing the honor with New York City after a brutal 2009.The big slip for London in the annual ranking was due to highly unpopular tax increases on bonuses, which led to an exodus of top talent, and uncertainties about future banking regulation in the region. While that may be bad news for London banks, it provides a big opportunity for investors looking to capitalize on Wall Street’s resurgence.

Many of you write me often asking for my top bank stocks, and I have been reluctant to recommend any picks specifically because of our own regulatory hangups. Also, it has never really been my place to pitch banks as a “growth guy,” since the big financial firms almost never have the earnings and sales growth I demand.

That said, here are the biggest 50 financial stocks (by market cap) as graded by Portfolio Grader, my FREE stock ranking tool[1]. An A is my highest recommendation, which is “Strong Buy” and an F is my worst ranking, which is “Strong Sell.” Click on any company’s ticker to get my free fundamental analysis of each stock:

TICKER
COMPANY NAME
GRADE
MARKET CAP (B)
AMP[2] Ameriprise Financial 
B
$11.05
AMTD[3] TD Ameritrade Holding
D
$11.10
AXP[4] American Express Co.
B
$48.59
BAC[5] Bank of America Corp.
D
$145.76
BBD[6] Banco Bradesco S/A 
C
$34.35
BBT[7] BB&T Corp.
C
$21.18
BBVA[8] Banco Bilbao Vizcaya 
C
$54.05
BCH[9] Banco de Chile 
A
$8.86
BCS[10] Barclays PLC 
C
$60.80
BEN[11] Franklin Resources Inc.
C
$24.72
BK[12] Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
F
$35.90
BLK[13] Blackrock Inc.
B
$10.52
C[14] Citigroup Inc.
C
$113.08
CME[15] CME Group Inc.  (Cl A)
C
$20.91
COF[16] Capital One Financial Corp.
C
$18.16
CS[17] Credit Suisse Group (ADS)
C
$58.26
DB[18] Deutsche Bank AG
C
$44.88
DFS[19] Discover Financial Services
D
$8.13
FITB[20] Fifth Third Bancorp
B
$10.46
GS[21] Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
C
$90.12
HBC[22] HSBC Holdings PLC (ADS)
D
$123.56
HDB[23] HDFC Bank Ltd. (ADS)
B
$19.93
IBN[24] ICICI Bank Ltd. (ADS)
B
$23.03
ICE[25] IntercontinentalExchange Inc.
D
$8.10
ING[26] ING Groep N.V. (ADS)
D
$20.29
ITUB[27] Itau Unibanco Holding 
B
$48.74
IVZ[28] INVESCO Ltd.
D
$8.54
IX[29] Orix Corp. (ADS)
B
$8.47
JPM[30] JPMorgan Chase & Co.
D
$170.10
KB[31] KB Financial Group Inc. 
C
$14.12
MFG[32] Mizuho Financial Group Inc. (ADS)
D
$32.57
MS[33] Morgan Stanley
F
$40.70
MTB[34] M&T Bank Corp.
C
$9.46
MTU[35] Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (ADS)
D
$73.66
NBG[36] National Bank of Greece S.A. (ADS)
D
$13.32
NMR[37] Nomura Holdings Inc. (ADS)
D
$27.33
NTRS[38] Northern Trust Corp.
D
$13.04
PNC[39] PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
C
$26.73
RBS[40] Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (ADS)
D
$29.41
RF[41] Regions Financial Corp. (New)
C
$8.75
SAN[42] Banco Santander-Chile (ADS)
A
$12.46
SCHW[43] Charles Schwab Corp.
D
$21.42
SHG[44] Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.  (ADS)
A
$18.47
STD[45] Banco Santander S.A.  (ADS)
C
$116.05
STI[46] SunTrust Banks Inc.
D
$13.41
STT[47] State Street Corp.
D
$22.10
TROW[48] T. Rowe Price Group Inc.
C
$13.79
UBS[49] UBS AG
D
$54.01
USB[50] U.S. Bancorp
C
$49.11
WBK[51] Westpac Banking Corp. (ADS)
B
$72.52
WFC[52] Wells Fargo & Co.
C
$153.44
WF[53] Woori Finance Holdings 
B
$10.53

 

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Endnotes:

  1. Portfolio Grader, my FREE stock ranking tool: https://investorplace.com/order/?sid=CK3108
  2. AMP: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=AMP
  3. AMTD: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=AMTD
  4. AXP: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=AXP
  5. BAC: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=BAC
  6. BBD: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=BBD
  7. BBT: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=BBT
  8. BBVA: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=BVA
  9. BCH: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=BCH
  10. BCS: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=BCS
  11. BEN: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=BCH
  12. BK: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=BK
  13. BLK: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=BLK
  14. C: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=C
  15. CME: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=CME
  16. COF: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=COF
  17. CS: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=CS
  18. DB: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=DB
  19. DFS: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=DB
  20. FITB: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=FITB
  21. GS: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=GS
  22. HBC: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=HBC
  23. HDB: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=HDB
  24. IBN: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=IBN
  25. ICE: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=ICE
  26. ING: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=ING
  27. ITUB: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=ITUB
  28. IVZ: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=IVZ
  29. IX: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=IX
  30. JPM: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=JPM
  31. KB: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=KB
  32. MFG: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=MFG
  33. MS: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=MS
  34. MTB: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=MTB
  35. MTU: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=MTU
  36. NBG: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=NBG
  37. NMR: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=NMR
  38. NTRS: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=NTRS
  39. PNC: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=PNC
  40. RBS: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=RBS
  41. RF: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=RF
  42. SAN: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=SAN
  43. SCHW: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=SCHW
  44. SHG: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=SHG
  45. STD: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=STD
  46. STI: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=STI
  47. STT: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=STT
  48. TROW: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=TROW
  49. UBS: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=UBS
  50. USB: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=USB
  51. WBK: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=WBK
  52. WFC: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=WFC
  53. WF: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=WF
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