U.S. Bancorp (USB)

$44.49 -2.31% $-1.05 Financial Services

U.S. Bancorp, a financial services holding company, provides various financial services to individuals, businesses, institutional organizations, governmental entities and other financial institutions in the United States. It operates in Corporate and Commercial Banking, Consumer and Business Banking, Wealth Management and Investment Services, Payment Services, and Treasury and Corporate Support segments. The company offers depository services, including checking accounts, savings accounts, and time certificate contracts; lending services, such as traditional credit products; and credit card services, lease financing and import/export trade, asset-backed lending, agricultural finance, and other products. It also provides ancillary services comprising capital markets, treasury management, and receivable lock-box collection services to corporate and governmental entity customers; and a range of asset management and fiduciary services for individuals, estates, foundations, business corporations, and charitable organizations. In addition, the company offers investment and insurance products to its customers principally within its markets, as well as fund administration services to a range of mutual and other funds. Further, it provides corporate and purchasing card, and corporate trust services; and merchant processing services, as well as investment management, ATM processing, mortgage banking, insurance, and brokerage and leasing services. As of December 31, 2021, the company provided its products and services through a network of 2,230 banking offices principally operating in the Midwest and West regions of the United States, as well as through on-line services, over mobile devices, and other distribution channels; and operated a network of 4,059 ATMs. The company was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

$69.43B

Mr. Andrew J. Cecere

70,000.00

Minneapolis, MN

May 07, 1984

14.12

$3.15

2.94

6.01

5.19%

9.61%

19.94%

10.40

3.93

1.08

2.09

6.01

0.82%

10.50%

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ACWI

0.09465%

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0.08746697%

$52.19 -0.79%
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DFAC

0.0852404%

$32.31 -1.55%
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QWLD

0.084062%

$124.18 -1.11%
Uptrend

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Neutral

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0.08229%

$59.63 -1.81%
Neutral

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PHDG

0.082%

$37.20 -0.14%
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0.08%

$48.18 -0.99%
Uptrend

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VBIAX

0.08%

$48.17 -0.99%
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VBINX

0.08%

$48.17 -0.99%
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$102.91 -1.91%
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$63.06 -1.90%
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0.08%

$112.83 -1.70%
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$49.44 0.18%
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$112.20 -0.87%
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$233.42 -2.05%
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$42.47 0.21%
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DLN

0.0043944%

$75.11 -1.31%
Uptrend

WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund

DTD

0.0038415%

$73.14 -1.24%
Uptrend

WisdomTree U.S. Earnings 500 Fund

EPS

0.0022461%

$56.67 -1.75%
Neutral

Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

GSEW

0%

$73.39 -1.22%
Uptrend

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

GSLC

0%

$106.22 -1.54%
Neutral

Goldman Sachs MarketBeta U.S. 1000 Equity ETF

GUSA

0%

$47.41 -0.44%
Uptrend

Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

JUST

0%

$77.29 -1.33%
Neutral

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF

MOAT

0%

$93.15 -0.82%
Uptrend

VanEck Morningstar ESG Moat ETF

MOTE

0%

$27.87 -0.60%
Uptrend

VanEck Morningstar Global Wide Moat ETF

MOTG

0%

$39.07 -0.22%
Uptrend