Truist Financial saw a welcome improvement to its Relative Strength (RS) Rating on Thursday, rising from 67 to 82.
This exclusive rating from Investor's Business Daily measures market leadership with a 1 (worst) to 99 (best) score. The grade shows how a stock's price movement over the trailing 52 weeks stacks up against all the other stocks in our database.
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Truist Financial is trading within a buying range after moving past a 45.31 buy point in a flat base. Once a stock moves 5% or higher beyond the original entry, it's considered out of buy range.
The company saw both earnings and sales growth rise last quarter. Earnings-per-share increased from 12% to 32%. Revenue rose from -134% to 4%.
Truist Financial holds the No. 3 rank among its peers in the Banks-Super Regional industry group. Fulton Financial is the No. 1-ranked stock within the group.
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