What Do You Need to Know About Ally Financial (ALLY) Before Investing?

By Harris Dyer • Thursday, May 22 10:21 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Finance company Ally Financial has moved -0.2% so far today on a volume of 484,516, compared to its average of 4,405,140. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 0.0%.

Ally Financial trades -18.31% away from its average analyst target price of $41.44 per share. The 18 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $30.0 to $56.0, and on average have given Ally Financial a rating of buy.

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

Ally Financial's current price is -27.3% below its Graham number of $46.57, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Ally Financial has moved -11.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 10.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.6, Ally Financial has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 56.4 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
ALLY has a forward P/E ratio of 8.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $4.15 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 0.87 compared to its sector average of 1.78
Ally Financial Inc., a digital financial-services company, provides various digital financial products and services in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda.
Based in Detroit, the company has 10,700 full time employees and a market cap of $10.4 Billion. Ally Financial currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.5%.

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