Whitney Holding Corp. (WTNY)

tobyg74 (28.18) Submitted: 11/17/2009 8:13:07 PM : Start Price: $8.25 WTNY Score: -2.90

yo

OklaBoston (< 20) Submitted: 10/20/2009 12:45:29 AM : Start Price: $8.19 WTNY Score: +2.98

Yesterday's negative earnings surprise doesn't figure to end this stock's technical downtrend.

stockfreak1 (< 20) Submitted: 10/15/2009 9:44:01 PM : Start Price: $9.62 WTNY Score: -19.00

The results of the next earnings SHOULD hopefully provide some sort of support for regional banks. They still have $400 million in non-performing assets and $219 million in loss provision and it appears they don't have to destroy stockholders in order to solve their financial difficulties. I'm in.

cyberccs (< 20) Submitted: 6/24/2009 11:24:48 AM : Start Price: $8.62 WTNY Score: -30.38

bull

broker7005 (84.60) Submitted: 6/19/2009 9:12:56 PM : Start Price: $9.44 WTNY Score: -37.82

bull

Gemini846 (90.59) Submitted: 10/24/2008 2:21:06 PM : Start Price: $16.43 WTNY Score: -82.98

Finance/Regional Bank

badmanner (98.16) Submitted: 10/2/2008 12:10:07 AM : Start Price: $24.61 WTNY Score: -66.73

mortgage investment/regional banks

thelapdog (< 20) Submitted: 9/18/2008 1:53:47 PM : Start Price: $24.26 WTNY Score: -64.82

great community bank

SpaceSpuds (< 20) Submitted: 7/11/2008 5:38:37 PM : Start Price: $15.59 WTNY Score: +40.32

There are loan issuing banks that are facing the severity of the housing loan crisis, and there are those behind the curve. Whitney Holding is behind the curve. They have substantial exposure in numerous weak markets, and they are making risky moves that could lead to stock price spirals. Remember that their Parish deal involves adding several million shares to their float!

It isn't simply that this bank is in a weaker position than it appears to be, but in a weaker position than the bank officers seem to believe it is.

Putting shares out in the float to buy another small bank, at the same time they have considerable portions of their deposits invested in mortgage backed securities, and are holding loans they have issued in weak markets? - Not good - Not good at all!

I'm also not comfortable with the level of intangibles on their balance sheet.

UPTschack (98.00) Submitted: 3/19/2007 8:21:30 PM : Start Price: $27.95 WTNY Score: -55.87

This company is well managed, smart and conservative. I live in New Orleans and and bank with them. They are constantly growing and have expanded into Florida, Texas, and more places to come. They have always treated customers like people and not numbers. More importantly, they have consistently increased EPS and Dividends year over year. Their payout ratio has stayed at about 50% so unlike a lot of companies, they grow their dividends when they grow their EPS. This is the only bank in New Orleans that survived the great depression so don't think the housing market is going to take them down. It's a great long term investment; that's why insiders buy and hold.