MetLife, Inc. (NYSE:MET) announced that it has declared second quarter 2014 dividends of $0.2555555 per share on the company’s floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A , and $0.4062500 per share on the company’s 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B . Consensus earnings for the current quarter by the 20 sell-side analysts covering the stock is an estimate of $1.42 per share, which would be $0.02 worse than the year-ago quarter and a $0.00 sequential decrease. The full-year EPS estimate is $5.65 which would be a $0.02 better than last year’s full-year earnings. The quarterly earnings estimate is predicated on a consensus revenue forecast of $17.62 Billion. If reported, that would be a 3.40% increase over the year-ago quarter. Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET) net profit margin is 5.30% and weekly performance is -3.95%. On last trading day company shares ended up $49.56. Analysts mean target price for the company is $60.24. Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -4.08%.
E F G EUROBANK ERGAS (OTCMKTS:EGFEY) shares fell -5.62% in last trading session and ended the day on $0.235.
Allied Irish Banks PLC (ADR) (OTCMKTS:AIBYY), one of the few Irish lenders to survive the country’s banking crisis, on Monday became the second of the country’s dominant banks to say that after several years of posting huge losses it has returned to profitability. Allied Irish Banks PLC (ADR) (OTCMKTS:AIBYY) shares moved down -5.00% in last trading session and was closed at $1.33, while trading in range of $1.29 – $1.40.
Finally, analysts at Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) reiterated an “underweight” rating on shares of The Sage Group plc in a research note on Friday, May 9th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have given a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) ended the last trading day at $16.51. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 1.25%. Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) showed a /negative weekly performance of -6.51%.
National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) sunk -12.72% after Greece’s statistics agency said the Greek economy shrank by 1.1 percent in the first quarter of the year on a 12-month basis. The ELSTAT agency reported the data, unadjusted for seasonal factors showed that output by the bailed out economy “decreased by 1.1 percent in comparison with the first quarter of 2013. National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) net profit margin is 11.10% and weekly performance is -17.58%. On last trading day company shares ended up $2.90. Analysts mean target price for the company is $4.65. National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -39.09%.