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Best Financial Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top financial stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best financial stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the financial services sector.

Sector: Financial Services

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Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
ATLC	ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORP	$78.55	1.80%	-2.86%	7.63%	43.23%	49.36%	55.79%	156.03%	125.01%	2,483.88%	$89.00	$45.74	11.74%	71.73%	1.71	39,700	-27.02%
BGC	BGC GROUP INC	$11.39	1.79%	1.33%	-1.81%	18.40%	30.62%	13.56%	147.07%	112.10%	28.99%	$11.91	$8.27	4.33%	37.81%	1.12	3,668,000	18.09%
AAMI	ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC	$69.34	0.76%	-4.20%	3.96%	31.53%	63.65%	129.45%	207.90%	202.79%	397.77%	$73.10	$28.98	5.14%	139.27%	1.12	277,000	-5.78%
EZPW	EZCORP INC	$33.37	1.12%	-3.69%	8.66%	32.79%	86.53%	140.07%	279.20%	363.47%	463.68%	$37.13	$12.85	10.11%	159.69%	0.55	532,000	-13.21%
RILY	BRC GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$9.42	4.55%	4.09%	28.16%	34.57%	86.90%	192.55%	-74.18%	-87.01%	-4.85%	$10.97	$2.79	14.13%	238.24%	1.61	1,059,000	48.95%
PRAA	PRA GROUP INC	$14.86	-1.98%	-13.30%	-30.40%	29.56%	-9.17%	0.34%	-19.50%	-60.93%	-43.92%	$22.55	$10.25	34.10%	44.98%	0.90	539,000	-15.12%
TREE	LENDINGTREE INC	$36.25	1.46%	-2.45%	-26.38%	-7.71%	-25.84%	-4.50%	83.92%	-80.89%	-48.22%	$77.35	$32.65	53.13%	11.03%	1.91	239,000	-29.50%
MCY	MERCURY GENERAL CORP	$100.63	2.58%	1.60%	6.04%	15.22%	12.99%	64.67%	223.99%	51.69%	95.21%	$103.83	$59.01	3.08%	70.53%	0.58	334,000	77.66%
ENVA	ENOVA INTERNATIONAL INC	$165.31	0.79%	-2.13%	0.05%	10.89%	38.35%	69.90%	256.89%	364.88%	2,234.89%	$176.68	$89.00	6.44%	85.74%	1.36	151,000	33.63%
RPC	RIDGEPOST CAPITAL INC	$8.33	0.85%	-1.07%	5.44%	-7.65%	-10.91%	-30.41%	-21.12%	N/A	N/A	$13.08	$6.79	36.31%	22.68%	1.01	341,000	-22.50%
DFIN	DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC	$39.26	1.84%	-6.28%	-25.26%	-20.48%	-11.76%	-28.94%	-14.50%	41.89%	N/A	$66.25	$37.07	40.74%	5.91%	1.21	281,000	7.25%
FCFS	FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS INC	$224.96	-0.70%	-3.45%	9.77%	22.19%	44.60%	75.54%	117.98%	191.70%	408.27%	$235.68	$119.21	4.55%	88.72%	0.64	254,000	-11.50%
PMTS	CPI CARD GROUP INC	$16.14	-3.70%	5.56%	-14.51%	39.98%	29.12%	-26.07%	-40.16%	-2.18%	-16.80%	$25.50	$10.81	36.69%	49.31%	1.01	50,000	-17.49%
IFS	INTERCORP FINANCIAL SERVICES INC	$44.95	0.22%	1.15%	-8.25%	-9.06%	14.32%	26.23%	101.84%	64.11%	N/A	$53.00	$34.20	15.19%	31.43%	0.56	155,000	-42.59%
UVE	UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC	$39.55	2.06%	0.94%	11.28%	26.32%	17.05%	48.13%	150.95%	176.96%	107.07%	$41.96	$21.96	5.74%	80.10%	0.57	211,000	11.05%
OPFI	OPPFI INC	$8.43	-2.09%	-9.26%	-4.53%	-9.06%	-10.13%	-29.10%	271.37%	-16.53%	N/A	$15.03	$7.36	43.91%	14.54%	1.32	632,000	-1.25%
UFCS	UNITED FIRE GROUP INC	$49.20	2.37%	1.32%	24.05%	27.26%	33.01%	73.24%	107.59%	50.92%	17.87%	$49.94	$25.79	1.48%	90.77%	0.60	124,000	-45.61%
WHG	WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC	$16.03	1.39%	-2.08%	-3.78%	-5.32%	0.94%	7.73%	28.24%	-22.78%	-71.66%	$18.99	$14.51	15.59%	10.48%	0.53	12,400	-7.46%
STC	STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP	$68.76	2.95%	0.97%	2.87%	1.69%	-4.59%	4.15%	55.42%	15.62%	87.15%	$78.61	$56.39	12.53%	21.94%	0.81	115,000	-12.21%
PLGO	PELAGOS INSURANCE CAPITAL LTD	$23.65	2.12%	14.20%	13.48%	20.30%	25.13%	33.84%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.06	$14.80	1.70%	59.80%	0.65	485,000	-44.12%
SII	SPROTT INC	$129.23	0.15%	-10.15%	-10.89%	4.23%	49.30%	129.33%	279.31%	181.67%	N/A	$169.63	$55.78	23.82%	131.68%	0.88	152,000	-44.32%
WTBA	WEST BANCORPORATION INC	$23.27	2.24%	-0.73%	-4.24%	-8.71%	9.04%	15.43%	42.32%	-14.20%	29.64%	$26.60	$17.31	12.52%	34.43%	0.79	31,600	-10.73%
CHMG	CHEMUNG FINANCIAL CORP	$66.22	1.08%	-1.28%	-2.55%	12.28%	30.64%	37.67%	89.91%	53.82%	115.35%	$70.83	$43.20	6.51%	53.29%	0.38	51,600	24.04%
COHN	COHEN & CO INC	$10.50	-11.69%	-14.29%	-54.35%	-35.30%	-33.88%	20.27%	56.72%	-58.15%	19.32%	$32.60	$7.78	67.79%	34.96%	0.40	72,000	43.14%
ISTR	INVESTAR HOLDING CORP	$28.00	1.05%	0.83%	-6.01%	-5.15%	20.02%	43.15%	143.90%	24.44%	78.69%	$31.77	$17.89	11.87%	56.51%	0.51	60,000	-30.23%
AMG	AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP INC	$297.03	1.06%	-1.41%	-1.31%	-10.20%	18.59%	62.92%	107.89%	86.73%	79.78%	$334.78	$172.54	11.28%	72.15%	1.25	175,000	-43.18%
RM	REGIONAL MANAGEMENT CORP	$35.17	2.84%	2.33%	-11.54%	0.29%	-2.85%	21.49%	29.68%	-20.41%	117.64%	$46.00	$26.06	23.54%	34.96%	1.10	72,600	65.00%
ASIC	ATEGRITY SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO HOLDINGS	$20.56	3.68%	6.25%	-3.06%	20.23%	7.25%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$25.30	$16.35	18.74%	25.75%	0.31	62,000	64.02%
LYG	LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC	$5.17	2.38%	-3.54%	-8.01%	-10.40%	9.53%	26.10%	125.76%	90.77%	25.18%	$6.34	$3.98	18.45%	29.90%	0.98	25,835,000	21.13%
EVR	EVERCORE INC	$331.92	-0.49%	-1.03%	-7.36%	0.27%	10.74%	38.15%	204.96%	129.35%	563.97%	$388.71	$217.19	14.61%	52.82%	1.47	332,000	-21.88%
WDH	WATERDROP INC	$1.51	-3.21%	-5.03%	-10.65%	-14.69%	-9.04%	3.42%	-47.02%	-80.00%	N/A	$2.18	$1.29	30.73%	17.05%	0.68	381,000	234.21%
CZFS	CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC	$64.04	1.47%	1.38%	-7.22%	1.73%	16.52%	1.67%	-17.91%	8.41%	37.46%	$69.58	$49.99	7.96%	28.11%	0.54	3,200	-33.33%
MCBS	METROCITY BANKSHARES INC	$32.04	2.63%	0.88%	-0.03%	10.56%	29.66%	10.48%	92.55%	94.06%	N/A	$33.67	$24.53	4.84%	30.63%	0.90	45,700	-59.91%
CRD.A	CRAWFORD & CO	$10.07	1.10%	1.31%	-6.50%	-6.93%	-9.20%	-12.66%	7.24%	4.03%	43.65%	$12.10	$8.63	16.78%	16.69%	0.69	46,000	2.22%
SNEX	STONEX GROUP INC	$110.80	0.54%	-9.06%	5.21%	29.76%	95.25%	87.58%	343.38%	440.07%	1,285.00%	$125.42	$53.53	11.66%	107.00%	0.89	571,000	-43.01%
SKWD	SKYWARD SPECIALTY INSURANCE GROUP INC	$47.85	4.00%	4.38%	2.88%	5.91%	-0.83%	-24.76%	98.88%	N/A	N/A	$65.05	$40.60	26.44%	17.86%	0.63	389,000	21.18%
CIVB	CIVISTA BANCSHARES INC	$24.79	2.33%	0.26%	2.08%	3.62%	17.02%	4.89%	55.10%	5.29%	114.03%	$28.31	$18.95	12.45%	30.83%	0.66	47,300	-20.77%
VCTR	VICTORY CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC	$87.07	1.86%	1.44%	16.83%	15.10%	39.69%	35.18%	168.24%	193.26%	N/A	$88.73	$57.03	1.87%	52.67%	1.23	566,000	-15.77%
HBT	HBT FINANCIAL INC	$27.59	1.81%	-0.22%	-2.89%	-3.33%	20.59%	12.89%	51.68%	51.10%	N/A	$29.88	$22.36	7.66%	23.39%	0.67	64,500	-44.40%
C	CITIGROUP INC	$122.41	-0.82%	-2.73%	-8.00%	5.28%	24.50%	60.79%	163.87%	59.76%	166.86%	$135.28	$71.65	9.51%	70.84%	1.11	6,559,000	-15.47%
SLDE	SLIDE INSURANCE HOLDINGS INC	$18.98	0.96%	2.26%	0.00%	12.31%	16.09%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$25.90	$12.53	26.72%	51.48%	0.63	2,632,000	81.27%
MCB	METROPOLITAN BANK HOLDING CORP	$88.18	1.21%	0.42%	-3.47%	-6.85%	28.22%	32.60%	247.17%	36.82%	N/A	$97.84	$62.58	9.87%	40.92%	1.25	158,000	-38.76%
BEN	FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC	$31.97	0.44%	1.33%	15.29%	14.55%	49.11%	43.94%	29.59%	-4.85%	-10.22%	$32.44	$21.06	1.45%	51.80%	1.23	2,633,000	-34.79%
RGA	REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC	$215.02	2.32%	2.65%	1.32%	-3.39%	15.17%	2.53%	43.28%	70.30%	122.84%	$229.21	$165.52	6.19%	29.91%	0.79	289,000	13.33%
RDN	RADIAN GROUP INC	$37.85	2.49%	0.77%	7.38%	17.11%	9.77%	10.06%	46.25%	65.86%	212.29%	$38.84	$31.50	2.55%	20.16%	0.72	887,000	11.99%
PLBC	PLUMAS BANCORP	$51.90	1.45%	1.27%	-1.29%	-0.71%	24.73%	16.32%	54.88%	75.34%	446.32%	$54.58	$39.70	4.91%	30.73%	0.49	34,800	-7.69%
NWG	NATWEST GROUP PLC	$15.29	2.07%	-2.98%	-7.50%	-10.90%	-0.97%	10.32%	128.89%	152.64%	115.44%	$19.36	$12.91	21.00%	18.44%	0.98	3,841,000	53.15%
MSBI	MIDLAND STATES BANCORP INC	$26.69	0.53%	-3.05%	12.81%	15.24%	75.82%	49.52%	34.26%	-3.23%	21.87%	$28.53	$14.24	6.45%	87.43%	0.75	97,000	-30.71%
MORN	MORNINGSTAR INC	$177.07	4.13%	0.48%	-5.04%	8.80%	-15.62%	-43.00%	-9.00%	-24.65%	115.78%	$316.71	$149.08	44.09%	18.78%	0.98	445,000	-20.39%
FRAF	FRANKLIN FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP	$55.38	1.77%	-1.05%	-3.75%	9.31%	15.39%	41.99%	117.16%	78.05%	138.17%	$60.00	$33.44	7.71%	65.60%	0.24	34,000	167.72%
BFH	BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC	$85.93	-0.96%	1.18%	-6.34%	15.45%	41.94%	61.22%	181.55%	-28.27%	-59.59%	$99.13	$49.17	13.32%	74.76%	1.53	389,000	-38.93%
FFBC	FIRST FINANCIAL BANCORP	$29.89	0.78%	-0.73%	0.74%	-1.03%	26.98%	19.32%	53.44%	18.33%	54.07%	$31.38	$22.93	4.75%	30.35%	0.91	684,000	-24.25%
SBFG	SB FINANCIAL GROUP INC	$21.40	0.66%	-4.21%	-2.37%	1.13%	8.35%	7.97%	60.30%	20.16%	110.80%	$23.93	$17.10	10.57%	25.15%	0.34	6,300	-30.00%
HBNC	HORIZON BANCORP INC	$17.90	1.70%	-1.27%	-0.39%	-1.21%	14.52%	14.09%	103.87%	-1.27%	67.04%	$19.07	$14.34	6.14%	24.83%	0.93	178,000	-33.58%
FUNC	FIRST UNITED CORP	$37.12	0.60%	-0.40%	-0.96%	0.46%	3.51%	18.56%	171.54%	101.19%	253.19%	$41.95	$28.00	11.50%	32.57%	0.51	18,500	-36.86%
WT	WISDOMTREE INC	$19.38	-0.15%	-0.10%	5.90%	14.13%	74.59%	96.75%	176.07%	198.15%	75.38%	$19.85	$9.24	2.37%	109.74%	1.04	2,517,000	21.89%
PSEC	PROSPECT CAPITAL CORP	$2.19	0.46%	-8.94%	-20.94%	-27.96%	-20.36%	-40.33%	-65.57%	-73.49%	-70.64%	$3.68	$2.14	40.49%	2.34%	0.77	5,105,000	-17.73%
BCBP	BCB BANCORP INC	$9.67	1.58%	-1.43%	3.42%	14.71%	28.08%	15.67%	-12.25%	-30.88%	-5.57%	$10.50	$7.31	7.86%	32.28%	0.67	59,000	-35.16%
DB	DEUTSCHE BANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	$31.36	1.49%	-1.29%	-6.08%	-13.54%	-8.01%	9.80%	196.41%	119.45%	87.22%	$40.43	$27.13	22.43%	15.59%	1.14	3,035,000	35.37%
INBK	FIRST INTERNET BANCORP	$23.82	2.76%	-4.72%	-2.10%	14.63%	33.22%	-3.62%	100.17%	-32.64%	1.02%	$28.51	$17.05	16.46%	39.71%	1.10	57,000	90.00%
MIAX	MIAMI INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC	$54.51	-2.94%	4.45%	21.32%	35.60%	16.72%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$57.14	$28.63	4.60%	90.39%	0.69	1,031,000	-16.38%
ALLY	ALLY FINANCIAL INC	$42.11	0.29%	-1.47%	-9.05%	0.02%	11.85%	16.68%	54.36%	-21.60%	149.02%	$47.27	$32.50	10.92%	29.56%	1.41	1,900,000	-27.73%
ETOR	ETORO GROUP LTD	$40.72	0.32%	5.08%	4.57%	27.89%	3.85%	-35.66%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$79.96	$24.74	49.07%	64.59%	1.84	888,000	-18.23%
VIRT	VIRTU FINANCIAL INC	$55.08	1.08%	6.87%	8.94%	39.94%	59.56%	30.71%	203.14%	91.65%	216.01%	$56.45	$31.55	2.43%	74.58%	0.58	1,046,000	3.77%
WSBF	WATERSTONE FINANCIAL INC	$18.21	1.39%	-0.71%	-1.35%	1.11%	19.88%	41.16%	32.34%	-7.70%	28.06%	$18.88	$12.49	3.55%	45.80%	0.53	44,000	-18.52%
ITIC	INVESTORS TITLE CO	$241.78	2.57%	2.77%	0.89%	4.03%	-11.72%	-4.13%	73.51%	31.22%	152.78%	$288.98	$190.20	16.33%	27.12%	0.84	17,600	-8.81%
SSSS	SURO CAPITAL CORP	$12.94	-2.04%	-3.86%	-2.49%	37.37%	36.93%	114.59%	278.36%	-3.72%	152.73%	$14.48	$6.00	10.64%	115.67%	1.07	335,000	188.79%
GLRE	GREENLIGHT CAPITAL RE LTD	$17.93	2.34%	1.30%	-2.77%	27.80%	38.24%	31.55%	81.29%	92.59%	-9.81%	$19.26	$11.57	6.91%	55.04%	0.54	164,000	16.31%
BSVN	BANK7 CORP	$42.99	2.11%	0.51%	-1.89%	-2.07%	5.65%	9.11%	83.95%	151.40%	N/A	$50.10	$36.60	14.19%	17.45%	0.74	8,000	-25.23%
BSBR	BANCO SANTANDER (BRASIL) SA	$5.40	1.31%	-5.26%	-14.96%	-18.43%	-14.15%	-0.37%	-10.60%	-28.67%	6.93%	$7.31	$4.62	26.13%	16.88%	0.68	647,000	-3.29%
PGC	PEAPACK GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORP	$42.34	1.46%	0.74%	6.38%	23.44%	66.89%	47.01%	52.47%	29.48%	130.74%	$43.75	$24.42	3.22%	73.42%	0.92	87,000	-46.95%
MYFW	FIRST WESTERN FINANCIAL INC	$28.48	1.35%	-1.69%	5.91%	11.12%	23.88%	26.47%	66.74%	6.99%	N/A	$30.00	$20.11	5.07%	41.62%	0.79	15,200	-25.49%
BY	BYLINE BANCORP INC	$32.35	1.47%	-0.77%	-3.38%	-1.85%	22.35%	19.24%	77.94%	41.33%	N/A	$34.33	$24.75	5.77%	30.71%	0.84	126,000	-38.83%
HG	HAMILTON INSURANCE GROUP LTD	$32.15	0.97%	4.05%	-1.38%	5.41%	22.43%	51.29%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$33.72	$20.39	4.64%	57.68%	0.49	444,000	-47.83%
MUFG	MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC	$19.19	1.86%	5.50%	5.27%	-0.57%	26.58%	39.56%	179.33%	231.43%	300.63%	$20.15	$13.19	4.74%	45.49%	0.80	3,438,000	-31.39%
AIZ	ASSURANT INC	$258.17	1.40%	5.75%	14.12%	17.51%	14.26%	26.90%	95.89%	62.65%	193.51%	$260.97	$183.39	1.07%	40.77%	0.63	435,000	-9.75%
SF	STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP	$74.04	-0.39%	-0.75%	-9.33%	-7.83%	-4.91%	12.76%	88.36%	62.46%	365.19%	$89.83	$60.62	17.57%	22.14%	1.29	768,000	-37.00%
CNOB	CONNECTONE BANCORP INC	$29.25	1.07%	-1.61%	1.11%	5.56%	24.79%	22.33%	106.57%	6.17%	77.70%	$30.65	$21.79	4.57%	34.24%	0.94	215,000	-21.25%
ALL	ALLSTATE CORP	$221.21	1.77%	3.47%	2.82%	5.62%	5.36%	5.36%	86.06%	61.31%	228.40%	$222.69	$188.08	0.66%	17.61%	0.51	1,292,000	-12.88%
FG	F&G ANNUITIES & LIFE INC	$27.98	-0.21%	0.87%	3.36%	-2.81%	-7.96%	-13.62%	44.00%	N/A	N/A	$36.70	$20.57	23.76%	36.02%	1.09	7,566,000	488.34%
INTR	INTER & CO INC	$5.82	-0.51%	-3.00%	-29.28%	-33.94%	-34.46%	-16.50%	130.95%	N/A	N/A	$10.36	$5.64	43.82%	3.19%	0.98	8,910,000	35.78%
PKBK	PARKE BANCORP INC	$30.48	1.26%	-0.39%	0.33%	7.59%	43.91%	52.32%	90.02%	46.40%	212.55%	$31.45	$18.78	3.08%	62.30%	0.58	56,000	-38.12%
FMBH	FIRST MID BANCSHARES INC	$42.57	1.87%	-0.58%	-2.30%	-2.05%	19.24%	15.46%	76.93%	-1.23%	65.90%	$44.85	$33.67	5.08%	26.43%	0.77	59,600	-29.88%
AVBH	AVIDBANK HOLDINGS INC	$29.56	1.62%	0.39%	-2.60%	-0.27%	20.26%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$31.61	$22.95	6.49%	28.80%	0.51	115,000	155.56%
UBS	UBS GROUP AG	$46.29	1.65%	3.23%	5.64%	6.93%	21.72%	37.16%	135.21%	198.07%	214.90%	$49.36	$30.36	6.22%	52.47%	1.05	2,779,000	16.52%
CARE	CARTER BANKSHARES INC	$26.14	-0.27%	-1.62%	7.84%	20.24%	53.95%	67.46%	84.08%	80.77%	N/A	$27.24	$15.55	4.04%	68.10%	0.78	259,000	-14.24%
PCB	PCB BANCORP	$23.85	2.01%	-0.46%	-2.31%	2.76%	13.14%	15.27%	66.67%	45.87%	N/A	$25.15	$18.78	5.17%	27.00%	0.71	34,000	0.00%
CCNE	CNB FINANCIAL CORP	$30.07	2.31%	-2.15%	-2.94%	1.97%	25.29%	32.00%	67.52%	21.89%	69.79%	$31.80	$21.19	5.44%	41.91%	0.77	98,000	-36.36%
GOLD	GOLDCOM INC	$39.66	2.40%	-8.58%	-18.45%	-31.35%	54.80%	88.23%	6.96%	47.76%	378.70%	$66.70	$19.39	40.54%	104.54%	0.99	396,000	-30.89%
ECPG	ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC	$80.74	-1.08%	-1.93%	-1.78%	38.90%	65.72%	102.10%	72.15%	86.64%	206.18%	$92.64	$35.68	12.85%	126.32%	0.83	470,000	14.91%
FMAO	FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANCORP INC	$27.23	2.99%	0.11%	0.11%	-2.05%	15.82%	6.16%	33.28%	26.01%	90.42%	$29.83	$22.59	8.72%	20.56%	0.79	122,000	40.23%
ABX	ABACUS GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC	$9.38	3.19%	1.63%	-2.70%	5.63%	53.27%	5.27%	-8.93%	-4.38%	N/A	$10.54	$4.60	10.96%	103.91%	0.32	709,000	18.96%
XZO	EXZEO GROUP INC	$13.71	1.11%	-4.59%	-20.89%	-15.37%	-11.55%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.60	$12.92	44.27%	6.16%	2.61	142,000	18.33%
AROW	ARROW FINANCIAL CORP	$35.94	2.13%	-1.24%	-3.31%	3.36%	23.12%	34.96%	88.20%	7.33%	59.75%	$38.09	$24.57	5.64%	46.28%	0.70	72,000	9.09%
PJT	PJT PARTNERS INC	$156.88	0.22%	2.31%	-0.81%	1.98%	-3.08%	3.96%	140.50%	116.69%	537.21%	$195.62	$127.73	19.80%	22.82%	0.88	197,000	-53.65%
BHB	BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES	$34.22	2.03%	-0.81%	-0.87%	-2.23%	18.37%	11.90%	39.33%	14.79%	60.71%	$36.05	$28.06	5.08%	21.95%	0.83	111,000	9.90%
V	VISA INC	$332.64	2.12%	2.71%	5.96%	3.85%	3.57%	-9.58%	42.40%	47.47%	329.60%	$375.51	$293.89	11.42%	13.19%	0.84	4,360,000	-27.68%
SNFCA	SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORP	$9.51	3.15%	-0.42%	-3.65%	5.67%	22.08%	-8.38%	45.61%	33.32%	207.77%	$11.00	$7.70	13.55%	23.51%	0.55	49,000	103.32%
NODK	NI HOLDINGS INC	$14.01	1.52%	4.79%	8.27%	4.47%	3.39%	6.62%	8.27%	-26.53%	N/A	$14.70	$12.08	4.69%	15.98%	0.52	15,300	101.32%
MFG	MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC	$8.39	-3.45%	-4.77%	-2.44%	-8.80%	28.09%	62.91%	175.99%	168.05%	175.99%	$10.28	$5.26	18.39%	59.51%	0.77	4,928,000	16.56%

Financial Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Asset Management	100	+0.23%	-0.90%	+0.16%	+1.94%	35.23x	2.65x	+16.72%	+3.77%	+0.77%	+16.09%	Buy
Banks - Diversified	17	+0.94%	+0.41%	-1.62%	+35.11%	15.35x	1.64x	+20.37%	+0.81%	N/A	+20.74%	Buy
Banks - Regional	313	+1.18%	-0.62%	-4.21%	+13.07%	12.92x	1.19x	+11.24%	+1.18%	-0.00%	+14.26%	Buy
Capital Markets	81	-0.53%	-1.34%	-3.49%	+6.21%	15.99x	2.89x	+5.43%	+0.40%	+0.53%	+24.43%	Strong Buy
Credit Services	56	+0.95%	+1.15%	-1.07%	-0.31%	25.62x	4.59x	+87.13%	+17.92%	+35.28%	+17.03%	Buy
Financial Conglomerates	3	+0.70%	+0.57%	-3.81%	+14.98%	11.03x	1.63x	+4.63%	+3.01%	+0.88%	+28.45%	Buy
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges	10	+2.86%	-0.27%	-1.99%	-18.33%	29.92x	4.92x	+16.11%	+8.16%	+18.16%	+21.19%	Buy
Insurance Brokers	20	+3.29%	+3.17%	-7.57%	-32.30%	20.44x	3.65x	+21.21%	+5.74%	+15.01%	+27.19%	Buy
Insurance - Diversified	13	+1.90%	+2.33%	+0.54%	-13.99%	13.95x	1.47x	+8.50%	+5.51%	+0.03%	+19.61%	Buy
Insurance - Life	18	+1.43%	+1.32%	+2.42%	+8.46%	12.49x	1.55x	+13.45%	+1.59%	+0.03%	+7.15%	Buy
Insurance - Property & Casualty	41	+1.37%	+2.17%	-3.21%	+0.70%	10.37x	1.95x	+23.61%	+6.06%	N/A	+7.83%	Buy
Insurance - Reinsurance	8	+1.50%	+1.48%	-0.81%	+9.77%	9.10x	0.99x	+13.53%	+2.62%	N/A	+10.42%	Buy
Insurance - Specialty	20	+2.20%	+2.43%	+0.95%	-3.42%	15.16x	1.47x	+13.41%	+4.36%	+0.79%	+18.07%	Buy
Mortgage Finance	14	-0.83%	-4.63%	-12.58%	+0.73%	143.40x	0.29x	+1.71%	+0.48%	-0.04%	+46.04%	Strong Buy

Financial Stocks FAQ

What are the best financial stocks to buy right now in May 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best financial service stocks to buy right now are:

1. Atlanticus Holdings (NASDAQ:ATLC)

Atlanticus Holdings (NASDAQ:ATLC) is the #1 top financial stock out of 714 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Atlanticus Holdings (NASDAQ:ATLC) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Atlanticus Holdings (NASDAQ:ATLC) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 17 points higher than the financial sector average of 36. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Atlanticus Holdings has seen its stock return 55.79% over the past year, overperforming other financial stocks by 53 percentage points.

Atlanticus Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $100.00, an upside of 27.31% from Atlanticus Holdings's current stock price of $78.55.

Atlanticus Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Atlanticus Holdings, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 66.67% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC)

Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) is the #2 top financial stock out of 714 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 2 points higher than the financial sector average of 36. It passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Bgc Group has seen its stock return 13.56% over the past year, overperforming other financial stocks by 11 percentage points.

3. Acadian Asset Management (NYSE:AAMI)

Acadian Asset Management (NYSE:AAMI) is the #3 top financial stock out of 714 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Acadian Asset Management (NYSE:AAMI) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Acadian Asset Management (NYSE:AAMI) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 1 points higher than the financial sector average of 36. It passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Acadian Asset Management has seen its stock return 129.45% over the past year, overperforming other financial stocks by 127 percentage points.

Acadian Asset Management has an average 1 year price target of $62.50, a downside of -9.86% from Acadian Asset Management's current stock price of $69.34.

Acadian Asset Management stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Acadian Asset Management, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the financial stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 505 financial stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 financial stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Oppfi (NYSE:OPFI)

Oppfi (NYSE:OPFI) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the financial sector average of 4.1%.

Oppfi's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. First Northwest Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWB)

First Northwest Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWB) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the financial sector average of 4.1%. First Northwest Bancorp's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. First Northwest Bancorp's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

First Northwest Bancorp's dividend payout ratio of 12.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Atlantic American (NASDAQ:AAME)

Atlantic American (NASDAQ:AAME) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the financial sector average of 4.1%. Atlantic American's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Atlantic American's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Atlantic American's dividend payout ratio of 9.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are financial stocks up?

Financial stocks were up 1.11% in the last day, and up 0.24% over the last week. Hive Digital Technologies was the among the top gainers in the financial services sector, gaining 28.62% yesterday.

HIVE Digital Technologies shares are trading higher after the company announced its subsidiary, Buzz HPC, plans on building a 320 MW AI gigafactory in Ontario, Canada.

What are the most undervalued financial stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued financial stocks right now are:

1. Qfin Holdings (NASDAQ:QFIN)

Qfin Holdings (NASDAQ:QFIN) is the most undervalued financial stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Qfin Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 33 points higher than the financial sector average of 38. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Qfin Holdings's stock has dropped -71.17% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the financial sector by -74 percentage points.

2. Op Bancorp (NASDAQ:OPBK)

Op Bancorp (NASDAQ:OPBK) is the second most undervalued financial stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Op Bancorp has a valuation score of 71, which is 33 points higher than the financial sector average of 38. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Op Bancorp's stock has gained 6.12% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the financial sector by 3 percentage points.

3. Lendingtree (NASDAQ:TREE)

Lendingtree (NASDAQ:TREE) is the third most undervalued financial stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Lendingtree has a valuation score of 29, which is -9 points higher than the financial sector average of 38. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates TREE a Valuation Rating of "A".

Lendingtree's stock has dropped -4.5% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the financial sector by -7 percentage points.

Are financial stocks a good buy now?

36.23% of financial stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect financial stocks to rise by 16.33% over the next year.

1.15% of financial stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 9.36% of financial stocks are rated B (Buy), 72.58% are rated C (Hold), 13.79% are rated D (Sell), and 3.12% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the financial services sector?

The average P/E ratio of the financial services sector is 19.19x.

WallStreetZen does not provide financial advice and does not issue recommendations or offers to buy stock or sell any security.

Information is provided 'as-is' and solely for informational purposes and is not advice. WallStreetZen does not bear any responsibility for any losses or damage that may occur as a result of reliance on this data.

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1. Atlanticus Holdings (NASDAQ:ATLC)

2. Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC)

3. Acadian Asset Management (NYSE:AAMI)

1. Oppfi (NYSE:OPFI)

2. First Northwest Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWB)

3. Atlantic American (NASDAQ:AAME)

1. Qfin Holdings (NASDAQ:QFIN)

2. Op Bancorp (NASDAQ:OPBK)

3. Lendingtree (NASDAQ:TREE)

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1. Atlanticus Holdings (NASDAQ:ATLC)

2. Bgc Group (NASDAQ:BGC)

3. Acadian Asset Management (NYSE:AAMI)

1. Oppfi (NYSE:OPFI)

2. First Northwest Bancorp (NASDAQ:FNWB)

3. Atlantic American (NASDAQ:AAME)

1. Qfin Holdings (NASDAQ:QFIN)

2. Op Bancorp (NASDAQ:OPBK)

3. Lendingtree (NASDAQ:TREE)

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