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Standard Chartered (OTCMKTS:SCBFF) Shares Gap Up - Should You Buy?

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Key Points

  • Shares of Standard Chartered gapped up, opening at $23.7550 after a $22.28 close and last trading at $24.2650 on light volume (1,245 shares).
  • Analyst consensus is a Moderate Buy (three Buys, two Holds), with recent notes ranging from BNP Paribas raising to "outperform" to Zacks downgrading to "hold".
  • Latest quarter showed EPS of $0.36 (missed $0.38 estimate) while revenue of $4.89B beat $4.82B, and the stock trades at a P/E of 12.91 with a market cap of $55.17B.
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Standard Chartered PLC (OTCMKTS:SCBFF - Get Free Report)'s stock price gapped up before the market opened on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $22.28, but opened at $23.7550. Standard Chartered shares last traded at $24.2650, with a volume of 1,245 shares changing hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on SCBFF. Citigroup reiterated a "neutral" rating on shares of Standard Chartered in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. BNP Paribas Exane raised Standard Chartered to an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday. Zacks Research lowered shares of Standard Chartered from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Finally, Morgan Stanley restated an "overweight" rating on shares of Standard Chartered in a research note on Monday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy".

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Standard Chartered Price Performance

The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50. The stock has a market cap of $55.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.91 and a beta of 0.58. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $22.61 and a 200 day moving average price of $22.25.

Standard Chartered (OTCMKTS:SCBFF - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 24th. The company reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.38 by ($0.02). Standard Chartered had a return on equity of 10.77% and a net margin of 12.86%.The firm had revenue of $4.89 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.82 billion. On average, analysts forecast that Standard Chartered PLC will post 1.66 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Standard Chartered

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Standard Chartered plc is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London. The firm traces its modern form to the 1969 merger of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China (founded in 1853) and Standard Bank of British South Africa (founded in 1862), creating an international bank with deep historical roots in trade finance and cross-border banking. Standard Chartered maintains a global footprint and a long-standing focus on facilitating trade and capital flows between developed and emerging markets.

Standard Chartered provides a broad range of banking and financial services for corporate, institutional and individual clients.

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