The outlook and analysis of U.S. Bancorp (USB)’s stock

At the time of writing, U.S. Bancorp [USB] stock is trading at $50.90, up 3.75%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The USB shares have gain 4.52% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.39%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

U.S. Bancorp [NYSE: USB] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 13, 2025, when Piper Sandler upgraded its rating to a Overweight but kept the price target unchanged to $58 for it. Previously, DA Davidson upgraded its rating to Buy on January 02, 2025, and elevated its price target to $60. On December 19, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $57 on the stock. Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $65 on November 25, 2024. Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating to a Hold but $51 remained the price target by the analyst firm on October 24, 2024. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on September 30, 2024, and upped its price target to $57. In a note dated June 27, 2024, JP Morgan downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $43.50.

For the past year, the stock price of U.S. Bancorp fluctuated between $37.81 and $53.98. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $54 within the next 12 months. U.S. Bancorp [NYSE: USB] shares were valued at $50.90 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 6.09% based on the average USB price forecast.

Analyzing the USB fundamentals

According to U.S. Bancorp [NYSE:USB], the company’s sales were 41.60B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -0.68% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.0% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.21%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.16%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.01. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.33.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 50.39 points at the first support level, and at 49.87 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 51.27, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 51.63.

Ratios To Look Out For

It is important to note that U.S. Bancorp [NYSE:USB] has a current ratio of 0.73. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.91, the price to book ratio is 1.53 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.59.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Richard Jodi L, Vice Chair, that happened on Oct 18 ’24 when 25000.0 shares were sold. Vice Chair, Kotwal Shailesh M completed a deal on Oct 17 ’24 to sell 35000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Richard Jodi L bought 25000.0 shares on Oct 18 ’24.

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