Glacier Bancorp - Chart Of The Day
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The Chart of the Day is Glacier Bancorp (GBCI). If the stock looks familiar it's because it was the Chart of the Day back on 2/27 and has since gone up 34.05%. The stock hit 17 new highs and is up 19.29% in the past month. The Relative Strength Index is 79.53%. The stock was on theNew High List.
The Bank operates as holding company for Glacier Bank, which provides commercial banking services to individuals, small to medium-sized businesses, community organizations, and public entities in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Washington. The Banks deposit products include non-interest bearing demand accounts, interest bearing checking accounts, regular statement savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, fixed rate certificates of deposit, negotiated-rate jumbo certificates, individual retirement accounts, and reciprocal deposits. It operates 108 locations, including 99 branches.
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Barchart technical indicators:
- 96% Barchart technical buy signals
- Trend Spotter buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 17 new highs and up 19.29% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index 79.53%
- Barchart computes a technical support level at 22.75
- Recently traded at 23.19 with a 50 day moving average of 19.81
Fundamental factors:
- Market Cap $16.7 billion
- P/E 19.99
- Dividend yield 2.52%
- Revenue projected to grow 4.20% this year and another 7.60% next year
- Earnings estimated to increase 15.20% this year, an additional 10.70% next year and continue to grow annually by 10.00% for the next 5 years
- Wall Street analysts issued 1 buy and 7 hold recommendations
- Financial Strength B
This stock has risen about 56.75% YTD so watch the moving averages closely to see when it runs out of steam.
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