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First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:FNFG)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company provides a range of retail and commercial banking as well as other financial services through its wholly-owned, federally-chartered savings bank subsidiary, First Niagara Bank.

Current Price $9.56 Mkt Cap $2.82B
Open $9.63 P/E Ratio 13.10
Prev. Close $9.68 Div. (Yield) 0.32 (4.20%)
Daily Range $9.52 - $9.65 Volume 2,111,047
52-Wk Range $8.22 - $15.10 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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InvestWhatWorks (84.29)
Submitted January 11, 2012

First Niagara Financial Group is quickly becoming a regional-baking powerhouse in the Northeastern United States. The Northeast is one of the most affluent regions of the United States, accounting for more than 20% of the country’s Gross Domestic… More

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buffalonate (96.54)
Submitted January 04, 2012

Europe will inevitably square everyone away from this regional bank.

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Member Avatar InvestWhatWorks (84.29) Submitted: 1/10/2012 9:09:27 PM : Outperform Start Price: $8.58 FNFG Score: +4.04

First Niagara Financial Group is quickly becoming a regional-baking powerhouse in the Northeastern United States. The Northeast is one of the most affluent regions of the United States, accounting for more than 20% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product.

The Northeast has not suffered as badly as other parts of the country during the recession. Likewise, the Northeast should be one of the regions to recover the quickest. The region’s stability and high-income demographics give First Niagara very strong upside potential.

In 2011, HSBC was looking to divest itself of its non-core assets. Among those assets was 195-branches located in upstate-New York and Connecticut, which First Niagara agreed to acquire. This deal further expands First Niagara’s presence in the US Northeast.

All of the potential-negatives are now in the past for First Niagara. Future acquisitions of the size of the HSBC-deal are very unlikely for the foreseeable future. The dividend was cut in December 2011 to a much more manageable amount. And the bank completed a stock offering; the funds from the offering being used to pay the HSBC-branch acquisition. With all those negatives now behind First Niagara, I pick First Niagara to outperform from this point forward.

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Member Avatar buffalonate (96.54) Submitted: 1/4/2012 3:56:03 PM : Underperform Start Price: $8.96 FNFG Score: -1.43

Europe will inevitably square everyone away from this regional bank.

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Member Avatar Clint35 (69.10) Submitted: 12/29/2011 9:53:22 AM : Outperform Start Price: $8.55 FNFG Score: +4.81

A four star bank yielding 7.45%

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rafalk

rafalk (< 20) Score: +88.67

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Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
rafalk < 20 3/6/2009 Underperform NS $8.85 +7.89% +96.72% +88.83 0 Comment
kingkoopaken 89.73 12/1/2008 Underperform 3M $13.12 -27.21% +57.28% +84.49 0 Comment
skankinjay < 20 2/12/2009 Underperform 3M $10.93 -12.64% +65.37% +78.01 0 Comment
BLOWKE < 20 10/21/2008 Underperform 3W $12.31 -22.39% +40.46% +62.86 0 Comment
tdb321 < 20 7/9/2009 Underperform 5Y $9.62 -0.69% +52.17% +52.86 0 Comment
j1nt3 < 20 9/3/2009 Underperform 3W $10.98 -13.01% +34.50% +47.50 0 Comment
striper56 67.06 12/1/2009 Underperform NS $11.92 -19.86% +20.43% +40.29 0 Comment
devilTHEORY 75.44 4/19/2010 Underperform 5Y $13.13 -27.27% +12.39% +39.66 0 Comment
jacques999 28.59 7/11/2008 Underperform 5Y $11.32 -15.66% +11.70% +27.36 0 Comment
morgsie 80.36 10/11/2006 Underperform 3M $11.85 -19.38% +5.60% +24.98 0 Comment
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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackPoisedTo 68.60 2/6/2012 Outperform 5Y $9.77 -2.20% +0.11% -2.31 0 Comment
TrackDeutscheSec 92.44 1/5/2012 Outperform NS $8.96 +6.70% +4.85% +1.85 0 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 84.56 5/28/2010 Outperform NS $12.12 -21.18% +21.23% -42.41 0 Comment
TrackStifel 96.91 10/2/2009 Outperform NS $11.20 -14.75% +27.35% -42.10 0 Comment
TrackBarclaysCap 93.32 9/30/2009 Outperform NS $11.29 -15.42% +25.95% -41.37 0 Comment
TrackJanney 86.92 8/14/2009 Outperform NS $12.33 -22.56% +32.77% -55.33 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.06 4/24/2009 Outperform 3W $11.81 -19.14% +56.42% -75.56 0 Comment
TrackKBW < 20 4/16/2009 Outperform NS $11.26 -15.20% +57.74% -72.94 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.06 2/10/2009 Underperform 3W $12.54 +8.21% +4.27% -3.94 4/25/2009 @ $13.57 0 Comment
TrackStifel 96.91 9/24/2008 Underperform NS $15.03 -21.93% -20.14% +1.79 7/21/2009 @ $11.73 0 Comment
TrackSterneAgee 92.22 9/19/2008 Underperform NS $14.94 -36.08% +10.33% +46.41 0 Comment
TrackSchneider < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $11.58 -17.52% -7.88% -9.63 2 Comments
TrackSherman 50.88 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $13.45 +11.54% -44.52% +56.06 11/26/2008 @ $15.00 1 Comment
TrackJohnKeeley 77.71 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $11.58 -17.52% -7.88% -9.63 1 Comment
TrackJanney 86.92 4/25/2007 Underperform NS $13.08 -8.03% -40.99% -32.96 10/10/2008 @ $12.03 0 Comment
TrackRyanBeck < 20 12/11/2006 Outperform NS $14.72 -1.63% +0.68% -2.31 1/29/2007 @ $14.48 0 Comment

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