P/E Ratios for Selected Financials

Here’s a rundown of several large-cap financial stocks along with their earnings multiples based on next year’s earnings. Note how inexpensive many are. Of course, this also means that Wall Street has a rather dim view of earnings quality.

Company Symbol Forward P/E
Hartford Financial Services HIG 6.45
Genworth Financial GNW 6.65
Lincoln National LNC 6.68
Bank of America BAC 6.69
Assurant AIZ 6.90
Goldman Sachs GS 7.08
MetLife MET 7.40
JP Morgan Chase JPM 7.47
Citigroup C 7.52
AFLAC AFL 7.59
Unum Group UNM 7.83
Morgan Stanley MS 7.84
Wells Fargo WFC 7.99
Prudential Financial PRU 8.16
Allstate ALL 8.24
Torchmark TMK 8.54
SLM SLM 8.77
The NASDAQ OMX Group NDAQ 8.78
Fifth Third Bancorp FITB 8.83
American International Group AIG 8.97
Principal Financial Group PFG 9.00
Capital One COF 9.06
Ace Limited ACE 9.12
Ameriprise Financial AMP 9.27
Discover Financial Services DFS 9.36
Huntington Bancshares HBAN 9.40
Janus Capital Group JNS 9.43
PNC Financial Services PNC 9.43
U.S. Bancorp USB 9.66
Bank of New York Mellon BK 9.71
The Travelers TRV 9.78
State Street STT 10.47
Hudson City Bancorp HCBK 10.54
BB&T BBT 10.68
XL Group plc XL 10.70
KeyCorp KEY 10.74
Chubb CB 11.07
Regions Financial RF 11.08
Invesco Plc IVZ 11.18
M&T Bank MTB 11.49
NYSE Euronext NYX 11.71
SunTrust STI 11.75
American Express AXP 12.19
Legg Mason LM 12.40
Progressive PGR 12.66
Franklin Resources BEN 12.75
Zions ZION 12.81
Federated Investors FII 12.96
HCP HCP 13.13
Loews L 13.20
Comerica CMA 13.24
Aon AON 13.30
Equifax EFX 13.44
Northern Trust NTRS 13.54
First Horizon National FHN 13.55
Health Care REIT S HCN 13.56
E*TRADE Financial ETFC 13.96
Host Hotels & Resorts HST 14.17
Marsh & McLennan MMC 14.25
CME Group CME 14.51
Moody’s MCO 14.71

Posted by on May 26th, 2011 at 12:19 pm


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