Key Considerations Before Investing in SMFG

By Emilio Sanchez • Saturday, December 28 10:09 • Permanent Link

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial logged a 1.1% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $14.43 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -1.0%. SMFG's trading volume is 2,518,991 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,115,957.

If you are considering an investment in SMFG, you'll want to know the following:

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial's current price is -99.9% below its Graham number of $13412.74, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial has moved 49.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 25.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.13, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.8 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
SMFG has a forward P/E ratio of 35.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $0.41 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 0.0 compared to its sector average of 1.86
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides banking, leasing, securities, consumer finance, and other services in Japan, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania.
Based in Tokyo, the company has 120,000 full time employees and a market cap of $93.92 Billion.

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