These 5 financial sector stocks with big market capitalizations are now trading below their book value and continue to pay dividends. With actively traded tech stocks going for high multiples at huge premiums to book, contrarian investors with contrary algorithms might be looking at these names.
Citigroup’s market capitalization is $117.46 billion. The stock trades at 62% of book value with a price-earnings ratio of 18. This year’s earnings are up by 46%. Over the past 5 years, they’re off by 9.56%.
Citigroup
The bank pays a 2.59% dividend.
Here’s the weekly price chart:
Citizens Financial Group
Citizens Financial Group
has a market cap of $15.64 billion. Now trading at a 28% discount from book, the price-earnings ratio is 12.35. Earnings this year are up by .76% and down over the past 5 years by 2.34%. Citizens Financial offers investors a dividend of 4.93%.
The weekly price chart looks like this:
Capital One Financial is market capitalized at $54.80 billion. The stock can be purchased these days at 95% of book value. The price-earnings ratio is 11.23. This year’s earnings are up by 9.50% and up over the past 5 years by .22%. The credit services firm pays a 1.67% dividend.
Here’s the weekly price chart:
M & T Bank is a regional with a market capitalization of $24.06 billion. The shares trade at a 4% discount from book. The price-earnings ratio is 9.76. Earnings this year are down by 10.65%. They’ve been up over the past 5 years by 4.38%. The bank pays a 3.60% dividend.
The weekly price chart looks like this:
State Street Corp has a market capitalization of $21.89 billion. Shares are available for purchase today right at book value. The price-earnings ratio is 13.54. This year’s earnings are up by 3.10% and down over the past 5 years by 2.67%. State Street pays a dividend of 3.72%.
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