In a hurry? Financial Stocks Lists: Performance Trends Table, Stock Charts
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| April 26, 2024 - Although long term trend for Financial sector looks good, the mid term and short term trends are faltering. The overall Smart Investing & Trading Score is 56 (0-bearish to 100-bullish) which puts Financial sector in short term neutral trend. The Smart Investing & Trading Score from previous trading session is 68 and hence a deterioration of trend.
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Here are the Smart Investing & Trading Scores of the most requested Financial stocks at 12Stocks.com (click stock name for detailed review):
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The following table helps investors and traders sort through current performance and trends (as measured by Smart Investing & Trading Score) of various
stocks in the Financial sector. Quick View: Move mouse or cursor over stock symbol (ticker) to view short-term Technical chart and over stock name to view long term chart. Click on to add stock symbol to your watchlist and to view watchlist. Click on any ticker or stock name for detailed market intelligence report for that stock. |
Ticker | Stock Name | Watchlist | Category | Recent Price | Smart Investing & Trading Score | Change % | Weekly Change% |
CIK | Credit Suisse | Asset Mgmt | 2.88 | 28 | 0.00% | 0.87% | |
SLRC | Solar Capital | Investments | 15.26 | 93 | -1.74% | 0.86% | |
FANH | Fanhua | Insurance | 3.53 | 42 | -0.56% | 0.86% | |
MSTB | LHA Market | Exchange Traded Fund | 30.36 | 63 | -0.01% | 0.86% | |
AFCG | AFC Gamma | REIT - Specialty | 11.75 | 68 | -0.47% | 0.86% | |
HBANL | Huntington Bancshares | Banks - Regional | 24.61 | 86 | -1.16% | 0.86% | |
CBLS | Changebridge Capital | Exchange Traded Fund | 22.77 | 61 | -0.75% | 0.84% | |
NJUL | Innovator Nasdaq | Exchange Traded Fund | 56.65 | 51 | -0.74% | 0.84% | |
SPUS | SP Funds | Exchange Traded Fund | 35.85 | 51 | -1.67% | 0.84% | |
BCH | Banco de | Foreign Banks | 22.14 | 55 | -0.67% | 0.82% | |
MSBIP | Midland States | Banks - Regional | 25.20 | 50 | -0.22% | 0.82% | |
RMT | Royce Micro-Cap | Closed-End Fund - Equity | 8.71 | 25 | -1.36% | 0.81% | |
MCI | Barings Corporate | Closed-End Fund - Debt | 17.70 | 70 | -0.95% | 0.80% | |
SSB | South State | Regional Banks | 78.96 | 47 | -1.47% | 0.80% | |
FMBH | First Mid | Regional Banks | 31.38 | 45 | -1.20% | 0.80% | |
BCAT | BlackRock Capital | Closed-End Fund - Equity | 15.39 | 38 | -0.10% | 0.79% | |
VLY | Valley National | Regional Banks | 7.77 | 67 | -0.89% | 0.78% | |
SHO | Sunstone Hotel | REIT | 10.29 | 25 | -2.28% | 0.78% | |
PFG | Pripal | Life Insurance | 81.06 | 61 | -1.34% | 0.77% | |
CTO | Consolidated-Tomoka Land | Real Estatet | 17.11 | 93 | -0.29% | 0.77% | |
SMMF | Summit | Regional Banks | 27.41 | 62 | -1.12% | 0.77% | |
BKLC | BNY | Exchange Traded Fund | 94.86 | 51 | -1.23% | 0.77% | |
DFAI | Dimensional | Exchange Traded Fund | 29.17 | 56 | -0.98% | 0.76% | |
JIG | JPMorgan | Exchange Traded Fund | 59.88 | 56 | -1.80% | 0.76% | |
ESNT | Essent | Mortgage | 53.86 | 17 | -0.57% | 0.75% |
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Financial Sector: Technical Analysis, Trends & YTD Performance | |
Financial sector is composed of stocks
from banks, brokers, insurance, REITs
and services subsectors. Financial sector, as represented by XLF, an exchange-traded fund [ETF] that holds basket of Financial stocks (e.g, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs) is up by 8.72% and is currently outperforming the overall market by 3.56% year-to-date. Below is a quick view of Technical charts and trends: |
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XLF Weekly Chart |
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Long Term Trend: Very Good | |
Medium Term Trend: Not Good | |
XLF Daily Chart |
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Short Term Trend: Deteriorating | |
Overall Trend Score: 56 | |
YTD Performance: 8.72% | |
**Trend Scores & Views Are Only For Educational Purposes And Not For Investing |
12Stocks.com: Top Performing Financial Sector Stocks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hot Financial Stocks of 2024 We try to spot trends by analyzing the performances of various stocks or
components within Financial sector and try to find best performing
stocks. The movers and shakers. The winners and losers. The top performing Financial sector stocks year to date are
Now, more recently, over last week, the top performing Financial sector stocks on the move are
Unfortunately not all Financial stocks have done well this year. Investors of these stocks hope they have seen the worst and hope that these stocks are set to bounce back. The bearish stocks in this index year to date (YTD) are
Investors can get enhanced performance by riding the current stock trends. Using complex algorithms, 12Stocks.com has come up with Smart Investing & Trading Scores (on 0-bearish to 100-bullish scale) to identify best trending stocks. Top trending Financial stocks are
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12Stocks.com: Investing in Financial Sector using Exchange Traded Funds | |
The following table shows list of key exchange traded funds (ETF) that
help investors track Financial Index. For detailed view, check out our ETF Funds section of our website. Quick View: Move mouse or cursor over ETF symbol (ticker) to view short-term Technical chart and over ETF name to view long term chart. Click on ticker or stock name for detailed view. Click on to add stock symbol to your watchlist and to view watchlist. |
Ticker | ETF Name | Watchlist | Recent Price | Smart Investing & Trading Score | Change % | Week % | Year-to-date % |
XLF | Financial | 40.88 | 56 | -0.58 | 1.24 | 8.72% | |
IAI | Broker-Dealers & Secs | 112.15 | 48 | -0.66 | 1.01 | 3.34% | |
IYF | Financials | 92.49 | 68 | -0.51 | 1.3 | 8.29% | |
IYG | Financial Services | 64.56 | 76 | -0.54 | 1.8 | 8.07% | |
KRE | Regional Banking | 48.47 | 67 | -1.10 | 2.43 | -7.55% | |
IXG | Global Financials | 84.44 | 53 | -0.03 | 1.91 | 7.46% | |
VFH | Financials | 99.12 | 68 | -0.60 | 1.4 | 7.44% | |
KBE | Bank | 45.47 | 73 | -1.07 | 2.39 | -1.2% | |
FAS | Financial Bull 3X | 101.43 | 61 | -1.72 | 3.57 | 22.72% | |
FAZ | Financial Bear 3X | 10.79 | 40 | 1.70 | -3.66 | -21.07% | |
UYG | Financials | 63.92 | 56 | -1.27 | 2.37 | 15.8% | |
IAT | Regional Banks | 41.85 | 93 | -0.85 | 2.72 | 0.02% | |
KIE | Insurance | 49.30 | 51 | -0.74 | 0.45 | 9.02% | |
PSCF | SmallCap Financials | 46.29 | 65 | -1.59 | 1.8 | -5.88% | |
EUFN | Europe Financials | 22.34 | 68 | -0.36 | 1.78 | 6.58% | |
PGF | Financial Preferred | 14.57 | 37 | -1.09 | 0.28 | -0.07% |
12Stocks.com: Charts, Trends, Fundamental Data and Performances of Financial Stocks | |
We now take in-depth look at all Financial stocks including charts, multi-period performances and overall trends (as measured by Smart Investing & Trading Score). One can sort Financial stocks (click link to choose) by Daily, Weekly and by Year-to-Date performances. Also, one can sort by size of the company or by market capitalization. |
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CIK Credit Suisse Asset Management Income Fund, Inc. | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Asset Management | |
MarketCap: 114.503 Millions | |
Recent Price: 2.88 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 28 | |
Day Percent Change: 0.00% Day Change: 0.00 | |
Week Change: 0.87% Year-to-date Change: -7.8% | |
CIK Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add CIK to Watchlist: View: Get Complete CIK Trend Analysis ➞ | |
SLRC Solar Capital Ltd. | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Diversified Investments | |
MarketCap: 412.87 Millions | |
Recent Price: 15.26 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 93 | |
Day Percent Change: -1.74% Day Change: -0.27 | |
Week Change: 0.86% Year-to-date Change: 1.5% | |
SLRC Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add SLRC to Watchlist: View: Get Complete SLRC Trend Analysis ➞ | |
FANH Fanhua Inc. | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Insurance Brokers | |
MarketCap: 1436.67 Millions | |
Recent Price: 3.53 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 42 | |
Day Percent Change: -0.56% Day Change: -0.02 | |
Week Change: 0.86% Year-to-date Change: -46.9% | |
FANH Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add FANH to Watchlist: View: Get Complete FANH Trend Analysis ➞ | |
MSTB LHA Market State Tactical Beta ETF | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Exchange Traded Fund | |
MarketCap: 60157 Millions | |
Recent Price: 30.36 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 63 | |
Day Percent Change: -0.01% Day Change: 0.00 | |
Week Change: 0.86% Year-to-date Change: 5.4% | |
MSTB Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add MSTB to Watchlist: View: Get Complete MSTB Trend Analysis ➞ | |
AFCG AFC Gamma, Inc. | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: REIT - Specialty | |
MarketCap: 269 Millions | |
Recent Price: 11.75 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 68 | |
Day Percent Change: -0.47% Day Change: -0.05 | |
Week Change: 0.86% Year-to-date Change: -2.5% | |
AFCG Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add AFCG to Watchlist: View: Get Complete AFCG Trend Analysis ➞ | |
HBANL Huntington Bancshares Incorporated | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Banks - Regional | |
MarketCap: 15560 Millions | |
Recent Price: 24.61 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 86 | |
Day Percent Change: -1.16% Day Change: -0.29 | |
Week Change: 0.86% Year-to-date Change: 3.1% | |
HBANL Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add HBANL to Watchlist: View: Get Complete HBANL Trend Analysis ➞ | |
CBLS Changebridge Capital Long/Short Equity ETF | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Exchange Traded Fund | |
MarketCap: 60157 Millions | |
Recent Price: 22.77 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 61 | |
Day Percent Change: -0.75% Day Change: -0.17 | |
Week Change: 0.84% Year-to-date Change: 10.6% | |
CBLS Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add CBLS to Watchlist: View: Get Complete CBLS Trend Analysis ➞ | |
NJUL Innovator Nasdaq 100 Power Buffer ETF July | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Exchange Traded Fund | |
MarketCap: 60157 Millions | |
Recent Price: 56.65 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 51 | |
Day Percent Change: -0.74% Day Change: -0.42 | |
Week Change: 0.84% Year-to-date Change: 2.9% | |
NJUL Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add NJUL to Watchlist: View: Get Complete NJUL Trend Analysis ➞ | |
SPUS SP Funds S&P 500 Sharia Industry Exclusions ETF | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Exchange Traded Fund | |
MarketCap: 60157 Millions | |
Recent Price: 35.85 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 51 | |
Day Percent Change: -1.67% Day Change: -0.61 | |
Week Change: 0.84% Year-to-date Change: 4.8% | |
SPUS Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add SPUS to Watchlist: View: Get Complete SPUS Trend Analysis ➞ | |
BCH Banco de Chile | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Foreign Regional Banks | |
MarketCap: 8439.69 Millions | |
Recent Price: 22.14 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 55 | |
Day Percent Change: -0.67% Day Change: -0.15 | |
Week Change: 0.82% Year-to-date Change: -4.1% | |
BCH Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add BCH to Watchlist: View: Get Complete BCH Trend Analysis ➞ | |
MSBIP Midland States Bancorp, Inc. | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Banks - Regional | |
MarketCap: 439 Millions | |
Recent Price: 25.20 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 50 | |
Day Percent Change: -0.22% Day Change: -0.05 | |
Week Change: 0.82% Year-to-date Change: 2.0% | |
MSBIP Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add MSBIP to Watchlist: View: Get Complete MSBIP Trend Analysis ➞ | |
RMT Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Closed-End Fund - Equity | |
MarketCap: 195.647 Millions | |
Recent Price: 8.71 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 25 | |
Day Percent Change: -1.36% Day Change: -0.12 | |
Week Change: 0.81% Year-to-date Change: -5.7% | |
RMT Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add RMT to Watchlist: View: Get Complete RMT Trend Analysis ➞ | |
MCI Barings Corporate Investors | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Closed-End Fund - Debt | |
MarketCap: 207.607 Millions | |
Recent Price: 17.70 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 70 | |
Day Percent Change: -0.95% Day Change: -0.17 | |
Week Change: 0.8% Year-to-date Change: -4.0% | |
MCI Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add MCI to Watchlist: View: Get Complete MCI Trend Analysis ➞ | |
SSB South State Corporation | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Regional - Mid-Atlantic Banks | |
MarketCap: 2113.49 Millions | |
Recent Price: 78.96 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 47 | |
Day Percent Change: -1.47% Day Change: -1.18 | |
Week Change: 0.8% Year-to-date Change: -6.5% | |
SSB Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add SSB to Watchlist: View: Get Complete SSB Trend Analysis ➞ | |
FMBH First Mid Bancshares, Inc. | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Regional - Midwest Banks | |
MarketCap: 373.27 Millions | |
Recent Price: 31.38 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 45 | |
Day Percent Change: -1.20% Day Change: -0.38 | |
Week Change: 0.8% Year-to-date Change: -9.5% | |
FMBH Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add FMBH to Watchlist: View: Get Complete FMBH Trend Analysis ➞ | |
BCAT BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Closed-End Fund - Equity | |
MarketCap: 1650 Millions | |
Recent Price: 15.39 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 38 | |
Day Percent Change: -0.10% Day Change: -0.01 | |
Week Change: 0.79% Year-to-date Change: 3.6% | |
BCAT Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add BCAT to Watchlist: View: Get Complete BCAT Trend Analysis ➞ | |
VLY Valley National Bancorp | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Regional - Northeast Banks | |
MarketCap: 2843.09 Millions | |
Recent Price: 7.77 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 67 | |
Day Percent Change: -0.89% Day Change: -0.07 | |
Week Change: 0.78% Year-to-date Change: -28.5% | |
VLY Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add VLY to Watchlist: View: Get Complete VLY Trend Analysis ➞ | |
SHO Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: REIT - Hotel/Motel | |
MarketCap: 1861.04 Millions | |
Recent Price: 10.29 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 25 | |
Day Percent Change: -2.28% Day Change: -0.24 | |
Week Change: 0.78% Year-to-date Change: -4.1% | |
SHO Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add SHO to Watchlist: View: Get Complete SHO Trend Analysis ➞ | |
PFG Principal Financial Group, Inc. | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Life Insurance | |
MarketCap: 8178.86 Millions | |
Recent Price: 81.06 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 61 | |
Day Percent Change: -1.34% Day Change: -1.10 | |
Week Change: 0.77% Year-to-date Change: 3.0% | |
PFG Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add PFG to Watchlist: View: Get Complete PFG Trend Analysis ➞ | |
CTO Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Real Estate Development | |
MarketCap: 205.119 Millions | |
Recent Price: 17.11 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 93 | |
Day Percent Change: -0.29% Day Change: -0.05 | |
Week Change: 0.77% Year-to-date Change: -1.3% | |
CTO Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add CTO to Watchlist: View: Get Complete CTO Trend Analysis ➞ | |
SMMF Summit Financial Group, Inc. | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Regional - Mid-Atlantic Banks | |
MarketCap: 228.959 Millions | |
Recent Price: 27.41 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 62 | |
Day Percent Change: -1.12% Day Change: -0.31 | |
Week Change: 0.77% Year-to-date Change: -10.7% | |
SMMF Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add SMMF to Watchlist: View: Get Complete SMMF Trend Analysis ➞ | |
BKLC BNY Mellon US Large Cap Core Equity ETF | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Exchange Traded Fund | |
MarketCap: 60157 Millions | |
Recent Price: 94.86 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 51 | |
Day Percent Change: -1.23% Day Change: -1.19 | |
Week Change: 0.77% Year-to-date Change: 5.0% | |
BKLC Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add BKLC to Watchlist: View: Get Complete BKLC Trend Analysis ➞ | |
DFAI Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Exchange Traded Fund | |
MarketCap: 60157 Millions | |
Recent Price: 29.17 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 56 | |
Day Percent Change: -0.98% Day Change: -0.29 | |
Week Change: 0.76% Year-to-date Change: 1.9% | |
DFAI Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add DFAI to Watchlist: View: Get Complete DFAI Trend Analysis ➞ | |
JIG JPMorgan International Growth ETF | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Exchange Traded Fund | |
MarketCap: 60157 Millions | |
Recent Price: 59.88 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 56 | |
Day Percent Change: -1.80% Day Change: -1.09 | |
Week Change: 0.76% Year-to-date Change: 2.6% | |
JIG Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add JIG to Watchlist: View: Get Complete JIG Trend Analysis ➞ | |
ESNT Essent Group Ltd. | |
Sector: Financials | |
SubSector: Mortgage Investment | |
MarketCap: 2806.19 Millions | |
Recent Price: 53.86 Smart Investing & Trading Score: 17 | |
Day Percent Change: -0.57% Day Change: -0.31 | |
Week Change: 0.75% Year-to-date Change: 2.1% | |
ESNT Links: Profile News Message Board | |
Charts:- Daily , Weekly | |
Add ESNT to Watchlist: View: Get Complete ESNT Trend Analysis ➞ | |
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