Analysts are split on US Bancorp, but 12 of 26 analysts rate it hold.
"They had mediocre search technology before that, " says Safa Rashtchy, analyst at US Bancorp Piper Jaffray.
JPMorgan, Citi and the old-fashioned banks like Wells Fargo ( WFC) and US Bancorp ( USB) look better.
" US Bancorp Piper Jaffray cut JDS Uniphase to "neutral" from "strong buy.
So have financial institutions like Bank of America, US Bancorp, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, Mastercard, PNC, SunTrust and Wells Fargo.
Dividend hikers included JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, Bank of New York Mellon, US Bancorp, and PNC, according to TradeTheNews.
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"Even if you know airliners, you could be getting into trouble, " says Joel Denney, director of fixed income research at US Bancorp Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis.
JPMorgan is more than 7% higher, Citigroup and PNC are each up better than 6%, while US Bancorp and Wells Fargo have posted gains in the 3-4% range.
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Among the largest underlying components of KBE, in trading today US Bancorp ( USB) is down about 0.2%, and Fifth Third Bancorp ( FITB) is higher by about 0.4%.
Which is one big reason why risk-averse Wells Fargo ( WFC) and US Bancorp ( USB) beat the stuffing out of bigger banks loaded down with investment banking operations.
Among the largest underlying components of KBE, in trading today US Bancorp ( USB) is up about 1.5%, and Fifth Third Bancorp ( FITB) is higher by about 3.2%.
JPMorgan Chase (nyse: JPM - news - people ) isn't in as strong a condition as most believe, and it would be a long shot for US Bancorp.
Wells Fargo ( WFC) and US Bancorp ( USB), however, trade far above their tangible book value, and their non-deposit liabilities make up just 21.7% and 23.2% of their total liabilities, respectively.
Eight of his 10 largest holdings have gone up year to date, while the only two banks in his top 10, Wells Fargo ( WFC) and US Bancorp ( USB), are down.
Among the largest underlying components of XLF, in trading today American Express Company ( NYSE: AXP) is down about 2.1%, US Bancorp ( NYSE: USB) is off about 3.9%, and Metlife Incorporated ( NYSE: MET) is lower by about 4.7%.
Among the largest underlying components of KBE, in trading today US Bancorp ( NYSE: USB) is up about 2.7%, Fifth Third Bancorp ( NASD: FITB) is up about 3.9%, and Capital One Financial Corporation ( NYSE: COF) is up by about 2.4%.
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Among the largest underlying components of KBE, in trading today US Bancorp ( NYSE: USB) is down about 0.6%, Fifth Third Bancorp ( NASD: FITB) is up about 0.7%, and Bank of America Corporation ( NYSE: BAC) is lower by about 0.4%.
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