Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

Shares of New York Community Bancorp (NYSE: NYB) are lower on the session by 1.52%, currently trading at $12.30. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the...

Forbes Energy Services Ltd (NASDAQ: FES) fell 20.04% to $7.42 at 9:50 am. FES' trailing-twelve-month ROE is -16.86%. Park Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ: PFED) shares lost 17.51% to $2.12. PFED's trailing-twelve-month profit margin is -281.83%. Brown Shoe Company Inc (NYSE: BWS) shares dipped 16.09% to $6....

Stifel Nicolaus is out with its report today on Rockville Financial (NASDAQ: RCKB), initiating RCKB at Buy. In its report, Stifel Nicolaus writes, "On March 4, 2011, RCKB completed its second-step IPO conversion and began trading, raising $153 million of net proceeds through the sale of 17.1...

Stifel Nicolaus has initiated coverage on the following companies: First Connecticut Bancorp (NASDAQ: FBNK) Buy, $15 PT Rockville Financial (NASDAQ: RCKB) Buy, $12 PT

Oritani Financial (NASDAQ: ORIT) will replace optionsXpress Holdings (NASDAQ: OXPS) in the S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading on Wednesday, August 31, 2011. optionsXpress Holdings is being acquired by S&P 500 constituent Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) in a deal expected to be...

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: FBC) announced that, on August 18, 2011, the New York Stock Exchange provided notice to the Company that it did not satisfy one of the NYSE's standards for continued listing applicable to the Company's common stock. The NYSE noted specifically that the Company was "...

Shares of MGIC Investment (NYSE: MTG) are higher on the session by 14.79%, currently trading at $1.94. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the September...

First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: FPTB) today announced that it has received preliminary approval to receive an investment of up to $32.0 million in the Company's preferred stock from the United States Department of the Treasury under the Small Business Lending Fund . The SBLF is a voluntary...

Kim S. Price, President and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens South Banking Corporation (Nasdaq: CSBC) announced today that the Company has received preliminary approval to receive an investment up to $20.5 million in the Company's preferred stock from the United States Department of the Treasury...

Shares of Hudson City Bancorp (NYSE: HCBK) are lower on the session by 1.59%, currently trading at $5.56. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. A short while ago the...

Stifel Nicolaus is out with its report today on Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ: DCOM), upgrading DCOM to Buy from Hold. In its report, Stifel Nicolaus writes, "If we assumed a 70% weighting on DCOM's financial multiple and a 30% weighting on its qualitative multiple, we derive a blended P/TB...

Stifel Nicolaus has downgraded Fox Chase Bancorp (NASDAQ: FXCB) from Buy to Hold and has removed its $14.50 price target.

Stifel Nicolaus has upgraded TrustCo Bank (NASDAQ: TRST) from Hold to buy and has established a $5.50 price target.

Stifel Nicolaus has upgraded Provident Financial Services (NYSE: PFS) from Hold to buy and has established a $14.50 price target.

Stifel Nicolaus has upgraded People's United Financial (NASDAQ: PBCT) from Hold to Buy and has established a $14 price target.