Stock on Focus: INTL FCStone Inc. (INTL)

Company Profile:

NTL FCStone Inc. operates as a financial services company worldwide. The Company operates through five segments: Commercial Hedging, Global Payments, Securities, Physical Commodities, and Clearing and Execution Services (CES). The Commercial Hedging segment serves its commercial clients through its team of risk management consultants. The Global Payments segment provides global payment solutions to banks and commercial businesses, as well as charities and non-governmental organizations and government organizations. The Securities segment provides solutions that facilitate cross-border trading. The Physical Commodities segment consists of its physical precious metals trading and physical agricultural and energy commodity businesses. The CES segment seeks to provide clearing and execution of exchange-traded futures and options for the institutional and trader market segments. INTL FCStone Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in New York, New York.

Recent News:

For the fiscal year 2017 first quarter ended December 31, 2016, the company reported operating revenues of $185.5 million, up 23% from a year ago. Diluted EPS was $0.34, down 26% from a year ago.

For the fiscal year 2016 fourth quarter ended September 30, 2016, the company reported revenues of $178.6 million. Diluted EPS was $0.90, down 17% from a year ago.

The Broker-Dealer Division of its wholly owned subsidiary ranked as the #1 market maker in 2016 for international securities traded over-the-counter, as well as ranking #1 by dollar value for approximately 2,500 securities, according to Bloomberg rankings.

 

Fundamental Analysis:

Ninestocks analyzes several different financial aspects: Growth, Profitability, solvency and efficiency.

Growth – Measures the growth of both the company’s income statement and cash flow.

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Profitability – Measures the historical price movement of the stock.

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Solvency – Measures the solvency of the company based on several ratios.

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Efficiency – Measures the strength and historic growth of a company’s return on invested capital.

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Conclusion:

INTL’s strengths can be seen in its better growth, better profitability and robust efficiency compared with its peers. Technical indicators signal the bullish signs, as there is a bullish cross in MACD and Stochastic Oscillator , RSI stands at 50.41 with positive bias. We rate INTL FCStone Inc. (INTL) a STRONG BUY.

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