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Earnings Per Share (2008) were revised down from 2.4 to 2.15 USD (-10.42 %)

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We’re still digging out from a heaping pile of Qs here at footnoted, but didn’t want to let this one from Key Corp. (KEY) filed last Friday slip through the cracks. It’s not so much the Q, but the exhibit attached to the filing that sparked our interest.

First, the back story: back on July 8, Key announced that Vice Chair Thomas Bunn would be retiring on Feb. 28, 2009 to fulfill “a long-held goal to retire from his corporate post at age 55 to turn his focus to board commitments and other personal interests.” The release was unusually effusive with some nice quotes from Key CEO Henry Meyer II

With regard to Fannie Mae's report, the most interesting figure wasn't the reported $2.3 billion loss, but rather the much larger deterioration in the reported fair value of Fannie's balance sheet. We can observe what's going on by comparing Table 32 of Fannie Mae's Q2 2008 10Q filing with the same table in Fannie Mae's Q1 2008 10Q filing.

As of June 30, 2008, the fair value of Fannie Mae's common equity (that is, the book value available to common shareholders) was -$5.39 billion, compared wi

Filed under: Major movement, Bad news, S and P 500, Housing

In this series, we take a look at the 25 stocks on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) that have turned in the worst performance during the past decade -- what went wrong, and what happens next.

Is it just me, or were Ohio-based regional banks a particular target of the market's wrath during our focus decade? KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) of Cleveland and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) of Cincinnati have already made cameos on our list of losers -- and I'm not going to give it away, but there's at least one more Buckeye State banker further down the l

Filed under: Major movement, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Bad news, Wachovia Corp (WB), S and P 500

In this series, we take a look at the 25 stocks on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) that have turned in the worst performance during the past decade -- what went wrong, and what happens next.

Spoiler alert: Wachovia Corporation (NYSE: WB) is not the first financial stock we've scraped off the bottom of the S&P 500 barrel, and it will not be the last. You've already been treated to the gruesome horror stories of Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY); now, gather 'round the campfire to hear a

Filed under: Bad news, S and P 500

In this series, we take a look at the 25 stocks on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) that have turned in the worst performance during the past decade - what went wrong, and what happens next.

The sad tale of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) is one of slow, steady progress up the charts -- followed by steep, stomach-churning declines. The stock topped out at $44.88 in April 1998, and then spent the next two years free-falling down the charts. This March 2000 bottom was followed by a slow and steady march higher that didn't reach its peak until February 2007, when the shares again b