Thinking of Buying Credit Suisse (CS)? Here's What You Need to Know.

By Ken Smith • Monday, January 16 12:06 • Permanent Link

Shares of Financial Services sector company Credit Suisse moved -2.0% today, and are now trading at a price of $3.44. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 17,602,821 compared to its average volume of 20,187,566. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.4% performance.

Credit Suisse Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial services in Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Asia Pacific. The company is based in Zurich and has 51,680 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $13,627,766,784. Credit Suisse currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 2.8% per year.

The only analyst following Credit Suisse has set a target price of $3.87 per share, which is -11.11 away from its current price. This analyst rates the stock as hold.

Over the last year, CS shares have gone down by -65.7%, which represents a difference of -53.1% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $10.16 per share and its 52 week low is $2.98. With average free cash flows of $2,700,000,000 that have been growing at an average rate of 311.1% over the last four years, Credit Suisse's declining stock performance may not be reflective of the quality of its underlying business.

Date Reported	Cash Flow from Operations ($ MM)	Capital expenditures ($ MM)	Free Cash Flow ($ MM)	YoY Growth (%)
2021-12-31	36,938	-1,419	35,519	561.17
2020-12-31	-6,514	-1,188	-7,702	60.94
2019-12-31	-18,424	-1,293	-19,717	n/a

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