Back on February 24, Synovus Financial Corp.’s EVP and Corporate Secretary, Allan E. Kamensky, invested $20,218.71 into 5,900 shares of Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE:SNV), for a cost per share of $3.43. Bargain hunters tend to pay particular attention to insider buys like this one, because presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in the open market, is that they expect to make money. Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE:SNV) stock opened at $3.44 in last session, and closed at $3.48, while the day range of SNV stock is $3.41-$3.48.The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 1.16%.
First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:FNFG) operates as the bank holding company for First Niagara Bank, N.A. that provides retail and commercial banking, and other financial services to individuals, families, and businesses. First Niagara Financial Group has a market cap of $3.1 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are down 16.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate First Niagara Financial Group a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold. First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:FNFG) stock opened at $9.05, in last session and closed at $9.03, by loosed -0.44%.The 52 week range was $8.09-$11.34.Company’s market capitalization is $3.20 billion.
Credit Suisse upgraded shares of BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) from a neutral rating to an outperform rating in a report released on Monday,TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. Credit Suisse currently has $37.00 price objective on the stock, up from their previous price objective of $33.00. BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) stock gained 0.21% and finished the last session at $33.55.The EPS of the stock remained 2.02.Company’s market capitalization is $3.39 billion.
United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBSI) Director W Douglas Fisher unloaded 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $29.78, for a total transaction of $89,340.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 332,860 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,912,571. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC. United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBSI) stock opened the session at $29.18, and closed the session at $28.99.The 52 week range of the UBSI stock remained $24.46-$32.71 and the day range was $28.80-$29.31.