Why Flagstar Financial Inc. (FLG) Soared on Thursday

We recently compiled a list of the 10 Firms Lead Thursday’s Rally on Better Earnings, Bargain-Hunting. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Flagstar Financial Inc. (NYSE:FLG) stands against the other stocks.

Optimistic sentiment continued to drive Wall Street on Thursday, with all major indices closing higher.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.38 percent, the S&P 500 grew 0.53 percent, and the Nasdaq Composite was up by 0.25 percent.

Ten companies posted notable gains, largely fueled by strong earnings results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2024.

To come up with Thursday’s top gainers, we considered only the stocks with at least $2 billion in market capitalization and $5 million in daily trading volume.

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Flagstar Financial Inc. (NYSE:FLG)

Flagstar Financial, owner of Flagstar Bank, increased its share prices by 15.21 percent on Thursday to close at $11.06 apiece after improving its earnings performance in the fourth quarter of the year.

While still operating at a loss, Flagstar was able to narrow its net loss by 57 percent to $0.34 loss per share as compared with the $0.79 loss per share registered in the third quarter last year.

The current valuation also marked a significant improvement from the $11.27 loss per share posted in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Meanwhile, revenues were higher at $625 million versus analyst expectations of $558.6 million.

Flagstar said it targets to swing to profitability by 2026 with a $600 million expense reduction plan. To support the plan, the company said it would sell its non-core mortgage business and move to higher-margin businesses.


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This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.