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3 Finance Stocks to Watch After Crushing Earnings Expectations: BCS, CINF, LC
ZACKSยท2025-07-31 00:15

Group 1: Barclays - Barclays stock reached a 52-week high of $20 after reporting Q2 EPS of $0.62, exceeding estimates by 24% [2] - Year-over-year, Barclays' Q2 earnings increased by 47% from $0.42, driven by a 20% sales growth to $9.59 billion [2][3] - The bank's valuation remains attractive, trading at 8.9X forward earnings and under 2X forward sales, compared to European peers [3] Group 2: Cincinnati Financial - Cincinnati Financial reported Q2 EPS of $1.97, surpassing estimates by nearly 42% and reflecting a 53% increase from $1.29 in Q2 2024 [4] - The company has a 2.28% annual dividend yield, significantly higher than the S&P 500's average of 1.16% and the industry average of 0.27% [5] - Cincinnati Financial is recognized as a Dividend King, having increased its dividend for over 50 consecutive years with an annualized growth rate of 8.39% [5] Group 3: LendingClub - LendingClub posted Q2 earnings of $0.33, exceeding estimates by 120% and increasing from $0.13 in the prior year [8] - The company achieved Q2 sales of $248.43 million, which was 10% above expectations and a 32% increase from $187.24 million a year ago [8] - LendingClub has consistently surpassed EPS estimates for 10 consecutive quarters, with an average earnings surprise of 53.93% in the last four reports [9]