Uncovering Key Insights on Sumitomo Mitsui Financial

By Tamara Parker • Wednesday, April 16 15:13 • Permanent Link

We're taking a closer look at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -0.3% compared to -3.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:

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.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial has moved 22.4% over the last year compared to 7.5% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 15.0%
Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $1.39
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.4 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $0.41 and its forward P/E ratio is 31.9
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.0 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.04 and an average P/B of 1.86
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial has on average reported free cash flows of $342.82 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of -29.4%

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