Top NYSE Financial Stocks To Consider (JPM, BAC, BLK,AB, ITG, CSH, HUM, IVG, JNS, RJF, SF)

In the recent down turn of US stocks, the most affected were the Financial Stocks. Financial Components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) fell 2% on early trading contributing to losses to the index.

Although, the drop in prices can be alarming, it does present an investor with possible avenues to make money in the stock market. Furthermore, almost all of these companies have gone down since yesterday’s close making them available at discounted prices.

We have collected the financial companies in the New York Stock Exchange that have weathered the storm exceptionally well. Each company has posted positive Earnings growth in the last ten years despite the effects of the financial crisis. Black Rock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) posted the best average growth in EPS on the list with 26.39%. Black Rock Inc. is down 3.90% from the previous close.

Another aspect that is important to consider is the return on investment. S&P500 returned around 3.5% over the last ten years. Alliance Bernstein (NYSE: AB) returned an average of $19.37% every year for the past five years. Alliance Bernstein is trading at $26.70 just a little shy of its 52 week high and more than double its 52 week low. Another company that has given positive returns on investment within the last five years with 14.08% returns is Investment Technology Group (NYSE: ITG). ITG reported third quarter earnings that did not meet analyst expectations but has average earnings per share growth of 10.74% in the last 10 years.

Other companies in this list include Cash America International Inc. (NYSE: CSH), Humana (NYSE: HUM), Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVG), Janus Capital Group (NYSE: JNS), Raymond James Financial Inc. (NYSE: RJF), and Stifel Financial Corporation (NYSE: SF).