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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 %
TRV	TRAVELERS COMPANIES INC	$360.38	-0.35%	-0.73%	-1.58%	5.28%	22.58%	28.69%	122.09%	138.06%	218.92%	$398.70	$252.26	9.61%	42.86%	0.42	882,000	-29.67%
PLMR	PALOMAR HOLDINGS INC	$126.49	0.44%	2.02%	-4.26%	-9.65%	5.32%	12.61%	154.35%	58.97%	N/A	$147.62	$100.81	14.31%	25.47%	0.81	227,000	-9.20%
HCI	HCI GROUP INC	$184.25	1.58%	5.32%	-1.67%	0.88%	20.35%	-2.91%	240.57%	59.61%	501.73%	$210.50	$144.80	12.47%	27.24%	0.58	123,000	-51.38%
PBAM	PRIVATE BANCORP OF AMERICA INC	$86.90	1.41%	0.75%	-2.46%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$92.09	$83.50	5.64%	4.07%	0.26	114,000	-10.94%
WAFD	WAFD INC	$30.80	2.74%	-1.75%	-14.30%	-19.67%	-3.18%	3.01%	20.97%	-11.92%	16.76%	$39.49	$26.31	22.00%	17.07%	0.87	2,748,000	120.90%
HIPO	HIPPO HOLDINGS INC	$32.24	2.32%	5.33%	-4.90%	11.44%	24.67%	-9.97%	330.44%	-70.82%	N/A	$38.73	$24.08	16.75%	33.89%	1.41	158,000	20.61%
ACT	ENACT HOLDINGS INC	$45.26	2.51%	-3.64%	-7.10%	-0.18%	9.46%	22.39%	64.34%	112.89%	N/A	$50.56	$34.64	10.48%	30.66%	0.57	427,000	-29.42%
WSFS	WSFS FINANCIAL CORP	$78.03	1.84%	0.35%	-0.74%	1.11%	17.69%	45.42%	115.91%	47.90%	116.63%	$82.94	$49.92	5.92%	56.31%	0.94	341,000	25.37%
HAFC	HANMI FINANCIAL CORP	$31.67	1.47%	-1.34%	0.22%	-2.52%	19.64%	29.00%	96.83%	57.41%	21.06%	$33.50	$22.85	5.46%	38.60%	0.89	179,000	-21.49%
FCAP	FIRST CAPITAL INC	$62.90	1.45%	4.33%	-0.74%	-2.77%	25.65%	34.92%	134.00%	56.20%	96.56%	$71.00	$37.64	11.41%	67.11%	0.17	13,500	-60.29%
GECC	GREAT ELM CAPITAL CORP	$5.02	-1.18%	-4.92%	-15.20%	-5.46%	0.40%	-44.10%	-47.27%	-75.85%	N/A	$8.80	$4.63	42.95%	8.42%	0.24	59,300	41.19%
FNLC	FIRST BANCORP INC	$34.21	1.54%	-0.41%	-1.30%	-2.37%	19.62%	34.47%	48.22%	15.77%	47.01%	$36.30	$24.08	5.76%	42.07%	0.55	33,700	6.31%
PDLB	PONCE FINANCIAL GROUP INC	$20.35	1.34%	0.05%	0.05%	1.19%	20.20%	41.52%	164.97%	N/A	N/A	$21.10	$13.91	3.55%	46.30%	0.49	94,000	3.30%
NDAQ	NASDAQ INC	$90.33	-1.46%	-3.44%	-5.63%	6.70%	4.25%	3.42%	86.56%	43.40%	304.16%	$101.79	$76.55	11.25%	18.00%	0.84	3,361,000	6.06%
GHI	GREYSTONE HOUSING IMPACT INVESTORS LP	$5.53	0.55%	-5.47%	-11.38%	-7.21%	9.72%	-46.05%	-64.07%	-68.46%	-67.28%	$10.44	$4.75	47.03%	16.42%	0.40	83,000	113.92%
UBS	UBS GROUP AG	$47.71	0.29%	-3.95%	-13.10%	-6.52%	21.00%	18.27%	95.85%	198.93%	252.88%	$55.99	$36.30	14.78%	31.45%	1.05	3,305,000	30.99%
COSO	COASTALSOUTH BANCSHARES INC	$26.98	2.24%	1.39%	-0.81%	0.56%	9.32%	26.73%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$28.56	$20.80	5.53%	29.71%	0.37	297,000	182.86%
INDB	INDEPENDENT BANK CORP	$80.06	1.43%	-1.40%	-1.95%	-4.89%	4.27%	16.21%	65.24%	0.97%	49.95%	$87.50	$63.33	8.50%	26.42%	0.83	562,000	41.56%
WTM	WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP LTD	$2,020.92	0.39%	-0.38%	-3.98%	-7.03%	-6.86%	21.41%	33.88%	90.65%	143.48%	$2.33k	$1.82k	13.38%	11.32%	0.31	16,300	14.79%
RLI	RLI CORP	$55.94	-0.43%	0.45%	-11.70%	-10.52%	-3.78%	-11.86%	-16.52%	11.10%	65.77%	$67.12	$47.27	16.66%	18.34%	0.34	839,000	-7.60%
TFC	TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP	$46.45	0.37%	-2.54%	-8.58%	-8.89%	-1.51%	2.40%	68.11%	-22.65%	23.50%	$56.20	$40.79	17.34%	13.89%	1.08	9,146,000	3.16%
AFRM	AFFIRM HOLDINGS INC	$70.77	0.48%	-1.05%	-4.48%	-16.33%	52.82%	-8.60%	246.06%	-34.43%	N/A	$90.44	$42.10	21.75%	68.12%	3.20	2,520,000	-37.53%
APAM	ARTISAN PARTNERS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC	$34.88	-3.65%	-3.54%	-15.28%	-1.50%	-4.62%	-18.94%	-5.09%	-27.51%	26.01%	$46.49	$33.97	24.97%	2.68%	1.20	1,209,000	-2.97%
RJF	RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC	$158.21	-0.97%	-1.04%	-10.08%	-2.74%	11.26%	-4.96%	61.29%	69.43%	308.95%	$182.73	$138.82	13.42%	13.97%	1.01	908,000	-6.97%
CFFN	CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL INC	$8.58	1.30%	-1.15%	-1.27%	1.54%	18.34%	37.72%	85.71%	-26.73%	-38.41%	$9.26	$5.97	7.34%	43.74%	0.71	984,000	-29.06%
CNA	CNA FINANCIAL CORP	$46.34	1.00%	0.78%	-4.57%	-9.44%	0.22%	0.41%	18.70%	9.29%	36.13%	$55.71	$41.53	16.82%	11.58%	0.47	437,000	-30.08%
WFC	WELLS FARGO & COMPANY	$80.45	0.25%	-3.04%	-9.88%	-5.92%	-0.19%	-0.06%	103.11%	71.10%	83.55%	$97.76	$72.78	17.71%	10.54%	0.98	10,121,000	-42.15%
JCAP	JEFFERSON CAPITAL INC	$19.25	0.60%	-1.08%	-8.98%	2.28%	-0.93%	5.65%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.44	$15.51	21.24%	24.15%	0.93	374,000	15.43%
PFLT	PENNANTPARK FLOATING RATE CAPITAL LTD	$6.84	-1.87%	-2.15%	-7.94%	-8.56%	-16.69%	-22.89%	-34.42%	-47.22%	-48.96%	$9.75	$6.83	29.85%	0.22%	0.63	938,000	-26.03%
MAAS	MAASE INC	$13.70	-13.35%	-10.87%	-21.26%	-8.85%	132.20%	301.76%	-95.85%	-96.19%	N/A	$24.90	$2.85	44.98%	380.70%	0.37	219,000	72.44%
BNS	BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA	$91.19	0.57%	-2.45%	-2.27%	6.78%	30.05%	40.16%	109.39%	48.18%	72.15%	$95.74	$62.98	4.75%	44.79%	0.66	1,007,000	-53.18%
AGBK	AGI INC	$5.46	0.18%	-7.30%	-18.87%	-23.21%	-23.96%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.20	$5.28	55.25%	3.41%	1.20	246,000	-13.38%
VIRT	VIRTU FINANCIAL INC	$58.79	5.70%	10.09%	-6.22%	-4.82%	27.20%	71.65%	236.33%	134.69%	294.03%	$68.76	$31.55	14.50%	86.34%	0.57	2,388,000	51.43%
BSBR	BANCO SANTANDER (BRASIL) SA	$5.40	1.31%	-6.25%	-8.32%	4.05%	-10.74%	-0.74%	6.51%	-17.81%	-21.05%	$7.31	$4.94	26.13%	9.31%	0.67	2,477,000	24.10%
OSBC	OLD SECOND BANCORP INC	$24.95	1.30%	0.00%	-2.27%	7.40%	20.30%	45.91%	84.27%	86.75%	197.38%	$26.06	$16.65	4.26%	49.85%	0.77	722,000	1.55%
BCS	BARCLAYS PLC	$23.71	0.30%	-4.43%	-9.50%	-14.62%	8.76%	14.93%	212.38%	128.42%	175.38%	$28.69	$19.29	17.34%	22.91%	1.10	5,613,000	-9.96%
BAC	BANK OF AMERICA CORP	$53.75	0.04%	-5.20%	-14.14%	-8.48%	8.85%	6.48%	101.31%	24.02%	243.89%	$65.23	$46.12	17.60%	16.56%	0.96	35,082,000	-41.58%
FBP	FIRST BANCORP	$27.04	1.43%	-0.07%	-4.86%	2.70%	24.38%	24.49%	98.10%	97.95%	426.07%	$29.88	$19.16	9.50%	41.13%	0.99	1,349,000	-28.62%
TBBK	BANCORP INC	$48.81	-0.27%	-3.50%	-26.55%	-23.60%	-12.29%	-34.59%	42.93%	75.45%	666.25%	$81.65	$47.01	40.22%	3.83%	1.38	457,000	-11.61%
SFBS	SERVISFIRST BANCSHARES INC	$40.15	1.01%	-2.81%	-5.08%	-7.32%	9.82%	-0.74%	52.49%	2.03%	209.92%	$46.04	$33.60	12.79%	19.49%	0.94	567,000	-9.42%
NODK	NI HOLDINGS INC	$14.99	0.00%	1.28%	-2.28%	-6.84%	16.93%	14.60%	17.11%	-17.04%	N/A	$16.70	$12.37	10.24%	21.18%	0.49	20,600	-15.57%
GDOT	GREEN DOT CORP	$12.50	1.05%	2.04%	-6.02%	-6.37%	12.71%	-4.51%	-8.56%	-75.60%	-45.82%	$13.73	$10.10	8.96%	23.76%	1.19	443,000	-11.58%
PROV	PROVIDENT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC	$18.31	0.33%	-0.60%	-0.11%	6.39%	12.61%	16.18%	40.41%	8.99%	-6.29%	$18.99	$14.95	3.58%	22.47%	0.18	12,700	-31.35%
MFG	MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC	$10.89	1.21%	-1.63%	-1.63%	9.56%	33.46%	68.84%	216.57%	296.00%	226.05%	$11.49	$6.09	5.22%	78.82%	0.78	3,367,000	-39.78%
RVSB	RIVERVIEW BANCORP INC	$5.99	-0.66%	0.67%	15.41%	10.72%	9.31%	15.86%	7.93%	-17.38%	9.51%	$6.22	$4.88	3.70%	22.75%	0.44	61,400	-63.88%
HRZN	HORIZON TECHNOLOGY FINANCE CORP	$4.62	0.00%	-0.22%	-3.75%	-2.12%	7.94%	-25.72%	-60.81%	-71.85%	-66.13%	$6.85	$3.80	32.55%	21.51%	0.66	330,000	-18.92%
AMAL	AMALGAMATED FINANCIAL CORP	$48.19	0.73%	1.28%	0.10%	4.67%	22.31%	80.76%	182.64%	197.84%	N/A	$51.59	$25.13	6.59%	91.76%	0.74	297,000	-3.57%
TCPC	BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL CORP	$3.98	-1.24%	-0.75%	-2.45%	18.45%	10.56%	-34.97%	-64.37%	-71.59%	-75.82%	$6.25	$3.08	36.32%	29.22%	0.66	576,000	-10.42%
ONB	OLD NATIONAL BANCORP	$24.96	-0.08%	-2.08%	-2.69%	-4.00%	12.43%	15.02%	75.04%	45.37%	79.57%	$27.36	$19.39	8.77%	28.72%	0.93	6,401,000	-22.98%
OMF	ONEMAIN HOLDINGS INC	$56.02	0.27%	-2.34%	-11.28%	-5.85%	3.61%	-0.66%	42.76%	-2.08%	80.42%	$71.93	$45.78	22.12%	22.37%	1.31	850,000	-15.25%
PFG	PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC	$111.96	-0.25%	-2.45%	0.58%	0.98%	24.26%	32.87%	59.46%	71.93%	117.78%	$121.18	$77.90	7.61%	43.72%	0.98	1,097,000	-13.83%
CMTV	COMMUNITY BANCORP	$41.80	-1.19%	2.40%	1.53%	6.82%	17.81%	N/A	N/A	N/A	201.59%	$43.76	$29.53	4.47%	41.57%	-0.41	28,300	17.92%
PRK	PARK NATIONAL CORP	$183.15	2.23%	0.81%	-5.08%	-1.75%	11.25%	13.58%	97.30%	46.95%	93.89%	$214.09	$149.06	14.45%	22.87%	0.81	89,000	-14.42%
MNSB	MAINSTREET BANCSHARES INC	$24.94	0.14%	0.42%	-1.17%	1.20%	10.92%	22.77%	21.75%	3.04%	N/A	$25.87	$17.86	3.60%	39.63%	0.51	30,000	1.35%
FDBC	FIDELITY D & D BANCORP INC	$55.32	2.09%	-0.76%	2.70%	4.74%	26.69%	28.52%	27.37%	8.16%	137.07%	$56.90	$39.87	2.79%	38.74%	0.64	8,500	-9.57%
BPRN	PRINCETON BANCORP INC	$43.72	1.30%	0.71%	1.72%	12.16%	25.60%	42.36%	54.98%	44.77%	N/A	$44.50	$29.70	1.74%	47.23%	0.41	31,700	-44.77%
MCO	MOODYS CORP	$441.36	-1.34%	-5.83%	-9.93%	-10.02%	0.13%	-8.46%	39.57%	26.20%	303.88%	$546.88	$402.28	19.29%	9.71%	1.05	1,602,000	0.95%
NU	NU HOLDINGS LTD	$13.43	1.05%	-1.18%	-12.79%	-1.32%	-5.09%	-11.76%	90.50%	N/A	N/A	$18.98	$11.20	29.24%	19.91%	1.61	78,029,000	-39.23%
CNOB	CONNECTONE BANCORP INC	$30.78	1.45%	-0.90%	-2.99%	-5.35%	13.87%	25.07%	76.09%	-0.68%	73.12%	$34.13	$23.20	9.82%	32.67%	0.93	357,000	-26.54%
MVBF	MVB FINANCIAL CORP	$30.46	2.25%	1.13%	-1.26%	3.57%	22.58%	17.47%	38.45%	-28.36%	145.65%	$31.99	$23.99	4.78%	26.97%	0.73	90,000	-6.25%
NIC	NICOLET BANKSHARES INC	$166.47	1.74%	-1.15%	-1.88%	-0.15%	11.80%	26.50%	142.21%	119.94%	330.27%	$179.98	$114.12	7.51%	45.87%	0.76	174,000	-25.00%
MUFG	MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC	$22.82	0.88%	-2.81%	-2.56%	10.72%	30.55%	47.99%	167.21%	301.76%	356.40%	$24.26	$14.62	5.94%	56.09%	0.79	2,990,000	-38.78%
OCFC	OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP	$16.78	0.66%	-1.87%	-12.10%	-11.92%	-8.00%	-4.88%	17.51%	-22.92%	-12.60%	$20.61	$16.16	18.58%	3.84%	0.87	1,013,000	-13.20%
PSBD	PALMER SQUARE CAPITAL BDC INC	$9.77	-1.01%	-0.61%	-5.42%	-6.60%	-0.31%	-20.05%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$13.11	$9.34	25.48%	4.60%	0.45	88,000	-14.56%
RBCAA	REPUBLIC BANCORP INC	$93.70	1.61%	-0.90%	-2.75%	2.40%	30.40%	32.24%	116.29%	82.04%	199.82%	$102.22	$63.97	8.34%	46.48%	0.62	56,000	-46.15%
MBIN	MERCHANTS BANCORP	$49.95	0.87%	-4.13%	-4.97%	2.31%	12.27%	56.24%	82.83%	82.65%	N/A	$56.87	$30.37	12.17%	64.47%	0.86	146,000	-23.96%
ECPG	ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC	$95.92	1.72%	-2.53%	-0.65%	5.86%	34.83%	132.03%	99.50%	92.19%	321.44%	$104.98	$39.95	8.63%	140.13%	0.84	187,000	-8.78%
PEBO	PEOPLES BANCORP INC	$37.48	1.60%	-4.44%	-5.11%	-3.18%	12.01%	26.24%	48.73%	17.13%	53.36%	$42.29	$27.49	11.37%	36.34%	0.64	957,000	22.69%
TOP	TOP FINANCIAL GROUP LTD	$15.37	2.95%	-0.65%	1.12%	73.67%	284.25%	140.16%	-39.37%	N/A	N/A	$17.42	$3.06	11.76%	402.62%	1.30	84,500	-39.21%
FDS	FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC	$266.00	-4.18%	-2.59%	-13.09%	6.36%	16.83%	-5.63%	-39.00%	-32.93%	66.82%	$320.48	$185.00	17.00%	43.78%	0.66	565,000	-57.99%
COF	CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP	$194.72	0.12%	-2.74%	-10.10%	-5.07%	7.04%	-8.92%	104.71%	17.22%	169.96%	$259.64	$174.24	25.00%	11.75%	1.35	4,285,000	14.45%
MYFW	FIRST WESTERN FINANCIAL INC	$30.09	1.18%	-1.44%	-3.00%	-8.79%	20.89%	35.11%	70.19%	3.12%	N/A	$34.36	$22.00	12.43%	36.77%	0.78	27,200	-34.62%
MFC	MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP	$42.93	0.89%	-2.12%	-0.83%	4.25%	23.01%	36.68%	139.97%	120.95%	204.90%	$45.33	$31.41	5.29%	36.68%	0.90	1,112,000	-34.67%
FISI	FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC	$39.98	1.27%	-0.62%	-2.11%	2.46%	24.08%	48.74%	141.43%	28.59%	48.24%	$42.97	$25.61	6.96%	56.11%	0.77	119,000	-12.50%
TRMK	TRUSTMARK CORP	$45.93	1.89%	-0.24%	0.24%	-0.97%	7.84%	17.62%	114.53%	39.31%	68.43%	$49.00	$36.33	6.27%	26.42%	0.80	262,000	-22.02%
SII	SPROTT INC	$116.31	0.55%	-6.46%	-9.01%	1.16%	-17.40%	39.59%	287.70%	219.71%	N/A	$169.63	$78.79	31.43%	47.62%	0.92	137,000	-15.43%
OBT	ORANGE COUNTY BANCORP INC	$37.73	1.45%	-0.24%	-0.11%	0.21%	16.45%	53.19%	77.55%	118.72%	N/A	$40.10	$23.25	5.91%	62.28%	0.56	62,500	6.66%
V	VISA INC	$360.66	0.23%	-1.83%	-4.69%	-0.41%	19.90%	4.25%	55.95%	60.49%	335.26%	$385.57	$293.89	6.46%	22.72%	0.80	3,814,000	-27.67%
INTR	INTER & CO INC	$5.48	3.40%	7.24%	-6.80%	0.18%	-30.01%	-37.76%	45.36%	N/A	N/A	$10.36	$4.97	47.10%	10.26%	1.00	4,152,000	-35.91%
FCBC	FIRST COMMUNITY BANKSHARES INC	$48.00	0.90%	0.80%	-1.44%	6.38%	14.39%	40.68%	60.80%	49.58%	95.28%	$50.17	$31.21	4.33%	53.78%	0.67	91,000	-9.90%
BLK	BLACKROCK INC	$1,059.63	-0.44%	-2.46%	-4.29%	6.42%	9.63%	-8.70%	64.78%	28.35%	194.28%	$1.22k	$917.39	13.14%	15.50%	1.19	538,000	2.48%
BWFG	BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP INC	$66.65	1.57%	0.26%	1.17%	13.74%	34.86%	54.35%	175.53%	125.40%	185.32%	$69.59	$40.45	4.22%	64.79%	0.68	92,000	26.03%
FULT	FULTON FINANCIAL CORP	$22.81	0.97%	-1.81%	-3.71%	-5.39%	11.11%	25.12%	92.00%	44.18%	59.62%	$25.23	$16.60	9.59%	37.41%	0.92	1,889,000	-8.21%
SMBK	SMARTFINANCIAL INC	$50.99	2.27%	1.33%	0.12%	7.71%	28.99%	47.33%	141.43%	98.71%	204.42%	$54.14	$33.44	5.82%	52.48%	0.72	99,000	-2.94%
EG	EVEREST GROUP LTD	$368.27	-0.12%	-0.58%	-2.65%	-0.83%	12.59%	4.91%	-1.96%	47.07%	95.73%	$401.02	$302.44	8.17%	21.77%	0.50	402,000	-6.07%
BCIC	BCP INVESTMENT CORP	$6.89	1.47%	-0.72%	-8.74%	-4.97%	-9.82%	-40.09%	-63.92%	-71.42%	-85.21%	$13.50	$6.70	48.96%	2.84%	0.30	54,600	42.19%
SHBI	SHORE BANCSHARES INC	$23.00	1.32%	-0.04%	-0.48%	-0.13%	21.95%	41.89%	123.74%	29.80%	97.09%	$24.89	$14.93	7.59%	54.10%	0.70	201,000	-25.56%
PGR	PROGRESSIVE CORP	$210.31	-0.31%	2.34%	-5.00%	-9.44%	7.71%	-13.63%	51.33%	132.88%	575.37%	$245.64	$189.20	14.38%	11.16%	0.33	2,750,000	10.09%
ING	ING GROEP NV	$34.78	1.55%	-4.84%	-4.37%	8.35%	30.95%	34.81%	167.13%	146.67%	185.78%	$37.52	$23.64	7.30%	47.12%	0.95	2,994,000	-34.14%
FCNCA	FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC	$2,073.46	-0.00%	-0.81%	-4.76%	-0.46%	8.75%	18.98%	55.28%	140.79%	613.34%	$2.30k	$1.62k	9.70%	27.69%	1.00	59,000	-25.88%
FRAF	FRANKLIN FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP	$63.16	1.38%	0.81%	0.06%	-0.72%	22.24%	40.26%	121.69%	98.80%	159.81%	$65.41	$43.47	3.44%	45.30%	0.24	24,600	-32.04%
GBFH	GBANK FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC	$17.93	1.01%	-6.22%	-9.63%	-43.62%	-34.73%	-54.48%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$42.23	$17.50	57.54%	2.46%	0.48	88,000	-30.71%
TD	TORONTO DOMINION BANK	$117.88	0.23%	-2.30%	-2.96%	-1.19%	23.80%	48.03%	100.41%	74.35%	165.14%	$125.47	$77.97	6.05%	51.19%	0.64	1,774,000	1.55%
IGIC	INTERNATIONAL GENERAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD	$24.62	0.33%	0.04%	-6.71%	-10.99%	-2.46%	4.99%	115.21%	184.62%	N/A	$29.59	$20.82	16.78%	18.25%	0.32	68,600	-4.06%
OFG	OFG BANCORP	$51.29	1.18%	-1.25%	-2.69%	3.66%	24.04%	20.71%	71.25%	97.12%	417.04%	$54.47	$35.71	5.84%	43.63%	0.83	198,000	-27.21%
ROOT	ROOT INC	$46.26	0.11%	-2.41%	-15.69%	-25.06%	7.06%	-49.15%	423.90%	-46.57%	N/A	$91.00	$40.91	49.16%	13.08%	1.94	158,000	-17.71%
GL	GLOBE LIFE INC	$165.68	-0.09%	-0.81%	-4.42%	-8.21%	16.19%	18.82%	52.69%	84.38%	159.81%	$191.55	$127.85	13.51%	29.59%	0.63	297,000	-62.97%
NPB	NORTHPOINTE BANCSHARES INC	$15.35	3.37%	-0.13%	-9.12%	-19.00%	-12.08%	-11.73%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.71	$14.21	22.12%	8.06%	0.70	223,000	-18.61%
TROW	PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC	$104.62	-1.14%	-0.84%	-4.35%	-11.75%	16.03%	2.86%	0.03%	-45.96%	57.44%	$122.00	$85.22	14.25%	22.76%	1.32	1,617,000	-23.83%
UMBF	UMB FINANCIAL CORP	$130.94	0.89%	-3.59%	-7.73%	-8.94%	13.82%	10.68%	117.15%	30.63%	121.93%	$153.32	$103.38	14.60%	26.66%	1.00	655,000	-11.73%

Financial Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Asset Management	108	-0.21%	-1.88%	-6.48%	-8.71%	26.16x	2.62x	+16.92%	+3.55%	+0.02%	+19.55%	Buy
Banks - Diversified	20	+0.31%	-3.15%	-5.65%	+24.76%	15.38x	1.70x	+12.98%	+0.88%	N/A	+23.48%	Buy
Banks - Regional	314	+0.96%	-0.74%	-3.19%	+20.51%	13.24x	1.26x	+11.61%	+1.20%	+0.00%	+13.61%	Buy
Capital Markets	94	+0.30%	-2.84%	-6.82%	-50.11%	17.29x	2.83x	+3.02%	-0.01%	+0.08%	+27.73%	Buy
Credit Services	55	+0.90%	-2.44%	-8.72%	+1.60%	24.78x	4.81x	+97.31%	+18.83%	+35.83%	+23.54%	Buy
Financial Conglomerates	4	+0.65%	-1.35%	-6.55%	-13.49%	14.30x	1.88x	-48.75%	+0.18%	+0.20%	+36.44%	Strong Buy
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges	11	-1.81%	-3.78%	-7.41%	-17.98%	17.62x	4.53x	+18.30%	+8.09%	+17.72%	+25.40%	Buy
Insurance Brokers	20	-1.35%	-1.61%	-14.15%	-27.25%	22.31x	3.64x	+18.98%	+6.04%	+20.47%	+28.60%	Buy
Insurance - Diversified	13	+0.16%	-0.39%	-4.57%	-0.35%	12.26x	1.46x	+12.17%	+6.29%	+0.07%	+21.20%	Buy
Insurance - Life	18	+0.53%	-1.98%	-5.19%	+8.89%	17.04x	1.55x	+13.67%	+1.43%	-0.10%	+12.22%	Buy
Insurance - Property & Casualty	40	+0.34%	+0.20%	-4.86%	+3.58%	10.48x	1.94x	+24.28%	+6.32%	N/A	+13.04%	Buy
Insurance - Reinsurance	8	+0.75%	-0.19%	-2.19%	+16.83%	20.99x	0.98x	+12.78%	+2.49%	N/A	+8.86%	Buy
Insurance - Specialty	20	+1.00%	-0.44%	-6.84%	-2.20%	15.48x	1.38x	+14.21%	+4.48%	+1.23%	+26.94%	Buy
Mortgage Finance	15	+0.29%	-4.75%	-10.19%	-33.04%	62.14x	0.22x	+0.58%	+0.85%	-0.03%	+49.01%	Buy

Financial Stocks FAQ

What are the best financial stocks to buy right now in Oct 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. Crawford & Co (NYSE:CRD.A)

Crawford & Co (NYSE:CRD.A) is the #1 top financial stock out of 740 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Crawford & Co (NYSE:CRD.A) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Crawford & Co (NYSE:CRD.A) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 8 points higher than the financial sector average of 35. It passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Crawford & Co has seen its stock return 21.36% over the past year, overperforming other financial stocks by 27 percentage points.

2. Cpi Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS)

Cpi Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS) is the #2 top financial stock out of 740 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cpi Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Cpi Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is -10 points lower than the financial sector average of 35. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates PMTS as a "A".It passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Cpi Card Group has seen its stock return 62.48% over the past year, overperforming other financial stocks by 68 percentage points.

Cpi Card Group has an average 1 year price target of $34.00, an upside of 36.77% from Cpi Card Group's current stock price of $24.86.

Cpi Card Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Cpi Card Group, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS)

Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) is the #3 top financial stock out of 740 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 9 points higher than the financial sector average of 35. It passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Kingstone Companies has seen its stock return 25% over the past year, overperforming other financial stocks by 30 percentage points.

What are the financial stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 513 financial stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 financial stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Btcs (NASDAQ:BTCS)

Btcs (NASDAQ:BTCS) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the financial sector average of 4.19%.

Btcs's dividend payout ratio of -1.4% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Reliance Global Group (NASDAQ:EZRA)

Reliance Global Group (NASDAQ:EZRA) has an annual dividend yield of 54.55%, which is 50 percentage points higher than the financial sector average of 4.19%.

Reliance Global Group's dividend payout ratio of -15.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Cohen & Co (NYSEMKT:COHN)

Cohen & Co (NYSEMKT:COHN) has an annual dividend yield of 37.83%, which is 34 percentage points higher than the financial sector average of 4.19%. Cohen & Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Cohen & Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cohen & Co's dividend payout ratio of 38.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are financial stocks up?

Financial stocks were up 0.38% in the last day, and down -1.38% over the last week. Better Home & Finance Holding Co was the among the top gainers in the financial services sector, gaining 5.36% yesterday.

Better Home & Finance shares are trading higher after Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded the stock from Neutral to Overweight rating and maintained the price target at $16.

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. Lendingtree (NASDAQ:TREE)

Lendingtree (NASDAQ:TREE) 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.

Lendingtree has a valuation score of 57, which is 20 points higher than the financial sector average of 37. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lendingtree's stock has dropped -61.16% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the financial sector by -56 percentage points.

2. Qfin Holdings (NASDAQ:QFIN)

Qfin Holdings (NASDAQ:QFIN) 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.

Qfin Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 34 points higher than the financial sector average of 37. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Qfin Holdings's stock has dropped -78.94% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the financial sector by -74 percentage points.

3. Northpointe Bancshares (NYSE:NPB)

Northpointe Bancshares (NYSE:NPB) 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.

Northpointe Bancshares has a valuation score of 43, which is 6 points higher than the financial sector average of 37. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Northpointe Bancshares's stock has dropped -11.73% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the financial sector by -7 percentage points.

Are financial stocks a good buy now?

35% of financial stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect financial stocks to rise by 18.72% over the next year.

1.42% of financial stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 8.96% of financial stocks are rated B (Buy), 75.16% are rated C (Hold), 10.53% are rated D (Sell), and 3.93% 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 17.37x.

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. Crawford & Co (NYSE:CRD.A)

2. Cpi Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS)

3. Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS)

1. Btcs (NASDAQ:BTCS)

2. Reliance Global Group (NASDAQ:EZRA)

3. Cohen & Co (NYSEMKT:COHN)

1. Lendingtree (NASDAQ:TREE)

2. Qfin Holdings (NASDAQ:QFIN)

3. Northpointe Bancshares (NYSE:NPB)

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1. Crawford & Co (NYSE:CRD.A)

2. Cpi Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS)

3. Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS)

1. Btcs (NASDAQ:BTCS)

2. Reliance Global Group (NASDAQ:EZRA)

3. Cohen & Co (NYSEMKT:COHN)

1. Lendingtree (NASDAQ:TREE)

2. Qfin Holdings (NASDAQ:QFIN)

3. Northpointe Bancshares (NYSE:NPB)

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