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MarketIntelligenceCenter.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) closed yesterday at $23.64. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $8.06 and 52-week high of $29.90. US Bancorp stock has been showing support around 22.81 and resistance in the 24.09 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives USB a neutral 3 STAR (out of 5) hold rating. USB appears on the Investors Observer Hedged Dividend Income list. For a hedged...
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MarketIntelligenceCenter.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) ended the last trading session at $23.73. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $8.06 and 52-week high of $29.90. US Bancorp stock has been showing support around 23.14 and resistance in the 24.20 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives USB a neutral 3 STAR (out of 5) hold rating. USB appears on the Investors Observer Hedged Dividend Income...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Dobromir Stoyanov submits: Estimating future dividend growth is difficult if not impossible. Companies which might have had a long history of consistent double digit increases might stop raising dividends and might even cut them. It is easy to predict whether or not a company’s dividend is sustainable in the short run, by evaluating EPS trends, dividend payout ratios and cash flows. It is difficult...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The nine failed banks are subsidiaries of FBOP Corporation with total assets of $19.4 billion. The nine banks had 153 offices in Arizona, California, Illinois and Texas. All will open as branches of US Bancorp ( USB ) on Monday. This brings total failures for 2009 to 115 and to 141 since the beginning of “The Great Credit Crunch”, on the way to 500 to 800 by the end of 2012. The cost to...
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The Street (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The Minneapolis-based bank is conducting due diligence on purchasing the assets of yet another failed institution.
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MarketIntelligenceCenter.com (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) opened at $24.43. So far today, the stock has hit a low of $24.32 and a high of $25.51. USB is now trading at $25.44, up $1.64 (6.89%). Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from a low of $8.06 to a high of $32.35. USB shares are rising this morning after the company reported a third-quarter profit of $603 million, or 30 cents per share, on revenue of $4.3 billion, beatin...
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
This morning’s banking reports from Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) and from US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) might as well be called the Warren Buffett banking reports, or the banking earnings for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). Berkshire Hathaway’s ownership in Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) was over 302 million shares at the end [...]
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The Street (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
U.S. Bancorp has been conducting due diligence on FBOP Corp., the owner of eight banks in Arizona, California, Illinois and Texas, a report says.
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Filed under: Earnings reports , Forecasts , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Chipotle Mexican Grill'A' (CMG) , Gilead Sciences (GILD) , Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV) Last week, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS ) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM ) reported stellar quarterly results . Lots more third quarter reports from the big banks are due this week. However, analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters anticipate...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
BB&T Corp. ( BBT ) is expected to report Q3 earnings on Monday, October 19 before the market opens, with a conference call scheduled for 11 am ET. Guidance Analysts are looking for EPS of 22c on revenue of $2.15B. The consensus range is 2c-43c for EPS and $1.98B-$2.29B for revenue, according to First Call. BB&T on Tuesday sold $800M in deposits and some branch locations in Nevada to U.S. Bancorp...
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iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
The financial crisis lead to dividend cuts amongst several prominent dividend payers such as Bank of America (BAC), US Bancorp (USB) and BB&T Corp. (BBT). Over the past few weeks however, several financial companies announced that they might reconsider their current dividend policies and start raising distributions in the near future. [More...]
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Dobromir Stoyanov submits: The financial crisis lead to dividend cuts amongst several prominent dividend payers such as Bank of America ( BAC ), US Bancorp ( USB ) and BB&T Corp. ( BBT ). Over the past few weeks however, several financial companies announced that they might reconsider their current dividend policies and start raising distributions in the near future. US Bancorp’s ( USB )...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Editorial Advisory and Securities Review Committee of BetterInvesting Magazine today announced L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LLL) as its December 2009 "Stock to Study" and U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) as its December "Undervalued Stock" for investors' informational and educational use.
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GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Financial stocks, which used to be great dividend investments, have had their share of troubles over the past two years. The sector has rebounded sharply since hitting its lows in March. Since the major dividend growth stories of the past such as Bank of America ( BAC ) and US Bancorp ( USB ) have cut dividends, most dividend growth investors seem to have a very low allocation to the sector. As a result...