Based on the aggregated intelligence of 145,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, regional bank Hudson City Bancorp (Nasdaq: HCBK ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Hudson City's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Hudson City facts
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Headquarters (Founded)
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Paramus, N.J. (1868)
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Market Cap
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$6.8 billion
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Industry
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Savings and loans
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue
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$1.1 billion
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Management
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CEO Ronald Hermance, Jr. (since 2002)
CFO James Kranz (since 2007)
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Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)
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8.2%
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Dividend Yield
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4.6%
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Competitors
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Bank of America (NYSE: BAC )
JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM )
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CAPS Members Bullish on HCBK Also Bullish on
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General Electric (NYSE: GE )
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL )
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CAPS Members Bearish on HCBK Also Bearish on
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Citigroup (NYSE: C )
KB Home (NYSE: KBH )
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Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 93% of the 530 members who have rated Hudson City believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include All-Star forexnutca, who is ranked in the top 5% of our community, and anothy.
Just last month, forexnutca wrote that it took Hudson City for him to finally concur with the booyah baron, himself:
One of the very few stocks I agree with [Jim] Cramer on. Regional banks are out of favor right now, so it makes a good long term investment. Rising Dividends, excellent CEO (although I'm not a fan of him showing up on Mad Money all the time), with value and growth! One of the very few bank stocks that I can find that haven't really participated in this rally.
In an earlier pitch, anothy expands on Hudson City as a refreshingly bankable bargain:
Solid business and lending practices for years have made this company relatively insulated from what's ripping up most of the financial sector. The stock's been brought down over the past year based largely on "guilt by association", but on the rebound I expect to see the sort of performance relative to the market we saw for the previous 12-month period.
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