In short: Brown is long: "we talked about Citizens, which I'm long CFG." One of the regional banks — "spread financials" — inside a sector he can find almost nothing to dislike in: "I can't think of an area in financials I don't like other than payments."
Josh Brown is long Citizens, one of the regional banks in a sector he can find almost nothing to dislike about. Financials have now risen for eleven consecutive weeks — the longest streak since at least 1989 — and his description of the group is that it's "a cornucopia of stocks where either the profitability is increasing or the charts are running up, or in many cases both." Regional banks earn on the spread between what they pay depositors and what they charge borrowers, which is why he groups them as "spread financials."
In short: One of Josh's bank holdings (with JPM) as financials wake up ahead of next week's earnings — the sector was up ~3.5% last week.
In short: Brown's "best stock in the market" — the "Holy Trinity setup" (sector tailwind + chart + fundamentals); long it personally + Ritholtz Porterhouse. Wealth-management division growing fastest; ~10× on 35% earnings growth; "wouldn't be surprised to see an eight handle."
Citizens is a regional bank, and Brown calls it a "best stock in the market" because of what he labels the "Holy Trinity" — three things lining up at once: the sector is in favor, the chart is breaking out, and the fundamentals are strong. He also makes a bigger point: regional banks are "your number one read-through to the real economy." Their loans — home-equity lines, auto loans, credit cards, mortgages, small-business loans — are a direct gauge of how households and small companies are doing. When the whole group breaks to new highs (the KRE ETF is at a record), it's signaling the economy is healthy, despite the scary headlines about rates and the consumer.
Specifically on Citizens: it's building a wealth-management business from scratch that's now its fastest-growing unit, it trades at roughly 10× earnings with 35% earnings growth expected — cheap for that growth — and Brown "wouldn't be surprised" to see the stock reach the $80s.
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