us bancorp

US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter and full-year 2011 results tomorrow, January 18, before the opening bell. Net income and revenue have risen in the past three quarters. Investors will be looking for that trend to continue, rather than US Bancorp following in the...

This week will offer a good look at the state of the financial sector as many of the big banks share their fourth-quarter results. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) broke the ice on Friday, reporting a decline in earnings that was more than analysts had estimated. Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Goldman Sachs (...

The earnings season ramps up this week. Tech giants Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are scheduled to share their third-quarter results, as are big banks including Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS),...

Earnings season ramps up this week with quarterly reports due from the likes of tech companies such as IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), big banks such as Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), and consumer goods giants such as PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) and Johnson &...

Oppenheimer has published a research report on U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) as major growth is to be expected from the company, and thus Oppenheimer has upgraded the company to Outperform. In the report, Oppenheimer writes "The word "growth" appears eight times on the front page of USB's 3Q10 earnings...

Citigroup has published a research report on U.S. Banks following 3Q results. In the report, Citigroup writes "While we continue to see downside to 2011 EPS estimates for the large cap banks, we expect bank stocks can outperform in near term as we see our banks either meeting or exceeding 3Q...

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) held its Investor Day 2010 in New York City, giving presentations focused on the long-term goals of the company as well as strategies for each business line. Highlights included commentary on Basel III, capital management, and normalized profitability. According to Keefe...

Deutsche Bank has posed some key questions currently facing banks: 1. With NII/NIMs being pressured by continued declines in interest rates, how will banks increase/maintain revenues? 2. After being net sellers of securities in 2Q, the largest US banks have been net buyers of securities so far in...