Truist Financial Corporation [NYSE: TFC] slipped around -0.09 points on Monday, while shares priced at $37.60 at the close of the session, down -0.24%. The company report on March 7, 2024 at 8:00 AM that Truist Securities bolsters industrials sector equity research.
Highly ranked analyst Jamie Cook is latest addition to growing team.
Truist Securities announced today that highly ranked analyst Jamie Cook recently joined the firm as a managing director, expanding its equity research coverage in the industrials sector.
Compared to the average trading volume of 9.90M shares, TFC reached a trading volume of 5454033 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Truist Financial Corporation [TFC]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for TFC shares is $40.83 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on TFC stock is a recommendation set at 2.22. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Stephens have made an estimate for Truist Financial Corporation shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on March 19, 2024. The new note on the price target was released on January 04, 2024, representing the official price target for Truist Financial Corporation stock. On September 21, 2023, analysts decreased their price target for TFC shares from 37 to 36.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Truist Financial Corporation is set at 0.98, with the Price to Sales ratio for TFC stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.51. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.96. Price to Free Cash Flow for TFC in the course of the last twelve months was 6.40.
How has TFC stock performed recently?
Truist Financial Corporation [TFC] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 7.64. With this latest performance, TFC shares gained by 6.70% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 33.95% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 15.44% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for TFC stock in for the last two-week period is set at 59.06, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 62.32, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 57.13 for Truist Financial Corporation [TFC]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 36.34, while it was recorded at 37.17 for the last single week of trading, and 32.66 for the last 200 days.
Truist Financial Corporation [TFC]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Truist Financial Corporation’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Current Ratio set at 0.37.
Earnings analysis for Truist Financial Corporation [TFC]
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Truist Financial Corporation posted 1.09/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 1.14/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company fail the estimates by a Surprise Factor of -4.40%. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for TFC. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Truist Financial Corporation go to -1.20%.
Insider trade positions for Truist Financial Corporation [TFC]
The top three institutional holders of TFC stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.3 billion shares, which is approximately 8.2815%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.03 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $176.59 billion in TFC stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $156.75 billion in TFC stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8325%.
