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Compass Point Cuts Price Target on KeyCorp (KEY) Following Announced First Niagara (FNFG) Acquisition

November 3, 2015 9:44 AM UTC

Compass Point maintained a Buy rating on KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), and cut the price target to $16.00 (from $17.50), following the company's announced acquisition of First Niagara (NASDAQ: FNFG). KEY shares came under pressure following the release of the deal terms, with investors in particular honing in on the large hit to TBV disclosed by management and relatively long payback period of 10+ years.

Analyst Jesus Bueno commented, "We reiterate our Buy rating and lower our target price to $16 from... More

UBS Cuts Price Target on KeyCorp (KEY) Ahead of FNFG Deal

November 2, 2015 11:07 AM UTC

UBS maintained a Neutral rating on KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), and cut the price target to $13.50 (from $16.00), ahead of FNFG deal. While the deal should allow KEY to improve its efficiency ratio, this benefit is blunted if it only leads to limited earnings accretion. Analyst David... More

Citi Upgrades KeyCorp (KEY) to Buy

November 2, 2015 8:44 AM UTC

Citi upgraded KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $16.00.

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Shares of KeyCorp closed at $12.42 yesterday.

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Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Upgrades KeyCorp (KEY) to Outperform

November 2, 2015 7:33 AM UTC

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upgraded KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) from Market Perform to Outperform with a price target of $15.50.

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Shares of KeyCorp closed at $12.42 yesterday.

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KeyCorp (KEY) to Acquire First Niagara Financial Group (FNFG) in ~$4.1B Deal

October 30, 2015 6:32 AM UTC

KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) and First Niagara Financial Group (NASDAQ: FNFG) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which KeyCorp will acquire First Niagara in a cash and stock transaction for total consideration valued at approximately $4.1 billion.

First Niagara, headquartered in Buffalo, N.Y., has $39 billion in assets and $29 billion in deposits and 394 banking offices in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts. With approximately $135 billion of assets, the combined bank will be the 13th largest commercial bank headquartered in the U.S.

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