Because banks are hard to value on earnings or sales like other stocks, it  
sometimes (though not always!) advisable to buy them as they trade well  
below their book value, and sell them when they reach parity with book  
value again. Here are a few Bank stocks trading 20% or more below book  
value today:
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (symbol: CFG) ended the trading day today  
(2016-02-25), at  $19.18 a change of 0.95%. The number of shares that  
changed hands was 6,750,619, or about 0.7 times the average daily volume in  
the stock. The end-of-day market cap was $10,120,000,000, about -33.19% off  
the highest price in the last 12 months. The stock has been trading at a  
range between $18.04 and $28.71. Looking at its valuation, the stock is now  
trading at 0.52 times book value.
Popular, Inc. (symbol: BPOP) ended the trading day today (2016-02-25), at   
$26.19 a change of 1.63%. The number of shares that changed hands was  
950,148, or about 1.2 times the average daily volume in the stock. The  
end-of-day market cap was $2,710,000,000, about -26.9% off the highest  
price in the last 12 months. The stock has been trading at a range between  
$22.4 and $35.83. Looking at its valuation, the stock is now trading at  
0.53 times book value.
Bank of America Corporation Com (symbol: BAC) ended the trading day today  
(2016-02-25), at  $12.32 a change of 1.57%. The number of shares that  
changed hands was 102,950,484, or about 0.8 times the average daily volume  
in the stock. The end-of-day market cap was $129,560,000,000, about -33.33%  
off the highest price in the last 12 months. The stock has been trading at  
a range between $10.99 and $18.48. Looking at its valuation, the stock is  
now trading at 0.54 times book value.
Barclays PLC Common Stock (symbol: BCS) ended the trading day today  
(2016-02-25), at  $9.24 a change of 3.47%. The number of shares that  
changed hands was 2,999,794, or about 0.8 times the average daily volume in  
the stock. The end-of-day market cap was $49,590,000,000, about -48.81% off  
the highest price in the last 12 months. The stock has been trading at a  
range between $8.52 and $18.05. Looking at its valuation, the stock is now  
trading at 0.54 times book value.
Citigroup, Inc. Common Stock (symbol: C) ended the trading day today  
(2016-02-25), at  $38.62 a change of 1.39%. The number of shares that  
changed hands was 19,884,352, or about 0.8 times the average daily volume  
in the stock. The end-of-day market cap was $114,060,000,000, about -36.64%  
off the highest price in the last 12 months. The stock has been trading at  
a range between $34.52 and $60.95. Looking at its valuation, the stock is  
now trading at 0.55 times book value.

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