Highest Earnings Yield in the Other Diversified Financial Services Industry Detected for Bank of America (BAC, JPM, C)

Below are the three companies in the Other Diversified Financial(金融的) Services industry with the highest earnings yields(产量). Earnings yield is useful to compare the relative benefit(利益) of owning a stock vs. owning other yield assets(资产) such as bonds(债券). If the earnings yield is higher, stocks may be considered undervalued(贬值的).

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is highest with an earnings yield of 21.5%. Bank of America Corporation accepts deposits(存款) and offers banking, investing(熔模铸造), asset management, and other financial and risk-management products and services. The Company has a mortgage(抵押) lending subsidiary(子公司), and an investment(投资) banking and securities brokerage(佣金) subsidiary.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has potential(潜在的) upside(上部) of 52.3% based on a current price of $6.55 and analysts' consensus(一致) price target of $9.98. Bank of America shares should first meet resistance(阻力) at the 50-day moving average (MA) of $6.77 and find additional(附加的) resistance at the 200-day MA of $10.87.

Following is JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) with an earnings yield of 15.4%. Thus far today, JPMorgan Chase has traded 8.0 million shares, vs. average volume(量) of 49.2 million shares per day. The stock has matched the Dow (with a 0.1% move) and outperformed(胜过) the S&P 500 (0.1% to the S&P's -0.5%) during today’s trading.

Finishing up the top three is Citigroup (NYSE:C), with an earnings yield of 12.0%.

In the past 52 weeks, Citigroup share prices have been bracketed(相等的) by a low of $21.40 and a high of $51.50 and are now at $31.04, 45% above that low price. The 200-day and 50-day moving averages have moved 0.7% lower and 0.10% higher over the past week, respectively(分别地).