The “Big Five” Canadian banks include Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Canada Trust), Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Are there other viable options?
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Top 20 U.S. value stocks
– moneysense.ca
Here’s a look at the top 20 U.S. value stocks listed on the S&P500. The group has climbed an average 58.4% since it was created early last year whereas the index only advanced 29.9% over the same period. Sixteen of the top 20 are financial stocks or conglomerates. For more on this list, see the Value Hunter column in Summer 2013 edition of MoneySense magazine.
Ticker
Price*
P/E
P/B
Yield
Leverage
GENWORTH
GNW
$10.44
13.38
0.32
0.00%
6.88
LINCOLN NATIONAL
LNC
$34.86
7.48
0.63
1.38%
14.86
ASSURANT
AIZ
$47.38
8.97
0.71
2.11%
5.62
SUNTRUST BANKS
STI
$30.46
8.02
0.80
1.31%
8.49
UNUM GROUP
UNM
$28.09
8.67
0.88
1.85%
7.21
JPMORGAN CHASE
JPM
$48.96
8.68
0.94
3.10%
12.11
WELLPOINT
WLP
$25.8.89
8.87
0.95
1.98%
2.46
HESS
HES
$69.30
7.97
1.06
0.58%
1.97
REGIONS FINANCIAL
RF
$8.81
10.25.8
0.82
1.36%
7.96
XEROX
XRX
$9.00
9.57
0.96
2.56%
2.59
CAPITAL ONE
COF
$59.51
10.98
0.84
2.02%
7.50
GOLDMAN SACHS
GS
$149.10
9.82
1.00
1.34%
13.50
XL GROUP
XL
$31.93
11.65
0.88
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