Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Triumph, Molson Coors, JPMorgan Chase, Fifth Third Bancorp and PNC Financial Services Group - Press Releases - Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM)

For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL –August 17, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights: Triumph (TGI) as the Bull of the Day and Molson Coors (TAP) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC).

Here is a synopsis of all five stocks:

Bull of the Day:

Triumph (TGI) has been benefiting from acquisitions and internal manufacturing, and the recent Vought acquisition was highly accretive to earnings. The reported EPS of $1.33 surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.08. We also increase our EPS estimate for fiscal 2011 and 2012 after taking into account the synergy benefits to be accrued within a year.

Management too has raised their guidance to an EPS estimate of approximately $6.00. The acquisition is expected to add approximately $1.10 to the earnings estimate. Moreover, the company s focus on growing its core businesses along with its strict cost control strategy inspires us to upgrade our recommendation from Neutral to Outperform.

Bear of the Day:

Molson Coors (TAP) reported better-than-expected second-quarter 2010 results, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by $0.06. The company's healthy balance sheet and cost saving programs support its investment in brands and innovation.

However, the company s susceptibility to the global economic downturn and predominant operations in mature and low-growth markets, coupled with stiff competition and seasonality of business, severely undermines the company s future growth prospects and profitability.

The recommendation for the stock still remains Underperform as we prefer to wait until the company starts reaping the benefits of its restructuring initiatives.

Our six-month target price of $36.00 equates to 7.8x our earnings estimate for 2010. Combined with the annual dividend of $0.80 per share, this target price implies a negative return of about 7.2% over that period. This is consistent with our Underperform recommendation on the shares.

Novatel has provided a tepid financial outlook. We do not find any immediate growth catalyst for the company, and believe Novatel will incur loss for full-year 2010.

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U.S. Bank Failures Stretch to 110

U.S. regulators on Friday shuttered Palos Heights, Illinois-based Palos Bank and Trust Company, pushing up U.S. bank failures to 110 so far in 2010. This compares with 140 bank failures in 2009, 25 in 2008 and only 3 in 2007.

Although the economy is showing signs of a gradual recovery with the stabilization of large financial institutions, small banks continue to be impacted by tumbling home prices, soaring loan defaults and a high unemployment rate.

While we expect the overall economic recovery to gain momentum soon, there remain lingering concerns in the banking industry. Failure of both residential and commercial real estate loans as a result of the credit crisis has primarily hurt banks.

As the industry absorbs bad loans made during the credit explosion, the trouble in the banking system goes even deeper, increasing the possibility of more bank failures. Economic threats related to the European debt crisis further add to the concerns.

Palos Bank and Trust Company had total assets of about $493.4 million and total deposits of about $467.8 million as of June 30.

This recent failure represents another blow to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) fund meant for protecting customer accounts, as it has been appointed receiver for the bank. The FDIC insures deposits in 7,932 banks and savings associations in the country and promotes the safety and soundness of these institutions.

The failure of Washington Mutual in 2008 was the largest in U.S. banking history. It was acquired by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM). The other major acquirers of failed institutions since 2008 include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (PNC).

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