Media headlines about Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mizuho Financial Group earned a news sentiment score of -1.40 on their scale. InfoTrie also assigned headlines about the bank an news buzz score of 2 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the immediate future.
MFG traded up $0.01 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $3.15. The company had a trading volume of 916,900 shares, compared to its average volume of 615,739. The stock has a market cap of $39.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.50 and a beta of 1.14. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $3.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of $3.00. Mizuho Financial Group has a 52 week low of $2.66 and a 52 week high of $3.28. The company has a quick ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97.
Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 14th. The bank reported $0.09 earnings per share for the quarter. Mizuho Financial Group had a negative net margin of 0.04% and a positive return on equity of 5.55%. The business had revenue of $9.31 billion for the quarter. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Mizuho Financial Group will post 0.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Separately, upgraded Mizuho Financial Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd.
In other news, insider Cairns Brett 103,092 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 14th.
About Mizuho Financial Group
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in banking, trust, securities, and other businesses related to financial services in Japan, the Americas, Europe, and Asia/Oceania. It operates through five segments: Retail & Business Banking Company, Corporate & Institutional Company, Global Corporate Company, Global Markets Company, and Asset Management Company.
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