OneMain (OMF) Lowered to “Underweight” at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

OneMain (NYSE:OMF) was downgraded by stock analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating in a research report issued on Friday, MarketBeat.com reports. They presently have a $25.00 price objective on the financial services provider’s stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s target price would indicate a potential downside of 26.64% from the stock’s previous close.

Several other brokerages have also commented on OMF. Jefferies Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $48.00 price target on shares of OneMain in a research note on Thursday. Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of OneMain in a research note on Monday, October 16th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $35.00 price objective on the stock. Compass Point upgraded shares of OneMain from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 4th. Barclays restated a “hold” rating and issued a $35.00 price objective on shares of OneMain in a research note on Wednesday, December 13th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded shares of OneMain from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $41.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. OneMain currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $34.00.

Shares of OneMain (NYSE:OMF) opened at $34.08 on Friday. OneMain has a one year low of $21.56 and a one year high of $35.11. The company has a market cap of $4,612.73, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.39, a P/E/G ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 2.72.

OneMain (NYSE:OMF) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 1st. The financial services provider reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $1.05 by ($0.14). OneMain had a return on equity of 14.15% and a net margin of 4.85%. The company had revenue of $808.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $800.50 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.90 earnings per share. OneMain’s revenue was up 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. research analysts expect that OneMain will post 3.52 EPS for the current year.

In other OneMain news, Director Wesley R. Edens sold 1,000,000 shares of OneMain stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.00, for a total value of $26,000,000.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Wesley R. Edens sold 10,000,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.00, for a total transaction of $260,000,000.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 18,500,000 shares of company stock worth $474,250,000. 57.73% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. FMR LLC increased its stake in shares of OneMain by 7.9% during the second quarter. FMR LLC now owns 10,776,907 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $265,004,000 after acquiring an additional 789,858 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of OneMain by 4.1% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,401,256 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $108,227,000 after acquiring an additional 172,224 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in shares of OneMain by 22.3% during the third quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,888,253 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $53,231,000 after acquiring an additional 344,126 shares during the period. Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC increased its stake in shares of OneMain by 6.8% during the second quarter. Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC now owns 1,612,038 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $39,641,000 after acquiring an additional 102,652 shares during the period. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. increased its stake in shares of OneMain by 5.9% during the third quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 1,314,062 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $37,043,000 after acquiring an additional 72,821 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.81% of the company’s stock.

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About OneMain

OneMain Holdings, Inc is a financial services holding company. The Company is a consumer finance company, which is engaged in providing personal loan products; credit and non-credit insurance, and service loans owned by it and service or subservice loans owned by third-parties. The Company’s segments include Consumer and Insurance; Acquisitions and Servicing; Real Estate, and Other.

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