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With PNC Financial Services trading at just 78% of its 5-year average PE multiple, analysts are recommending that investors open a long position before we hit a nearing inflection point.

The following five companies are all selling cheaply in terms of earnings, relative to main competitors in the industry that they operate.

Investors are always in search of cheap stocks. Below, I have identified and analyzed five stocks that are trading at a discount to their competitors and offer decent divided yields, too.

Key Private Bank, the investment, trust and wealth management arm of Cleveland-based KeyCorp, has established Key National Trust Company of Delaware to provide trust services for wealthy clients and prospects seeking asset protection, tax savings and flexibility, the company announced Thursday.

SunTrust started coverage on shares of POST HOLDINGS INC in a research note issued on Tuesday.

What follows is a list of companies that have a high amount of debt-load as measured by LT debt-to-equity. They cover a variety of industries: Industrials, automobiles, banks, and natural gas.

Banks of all sizes -- from KeyCorp to Huntington Bank to Third Federal -- are hiring dozens or even hundreds of workers in some cases.

Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at the private-banking unit of KeyCorp in Cleveland, talks about Europe's sovereign debt crisis and the region's economies.

Suncoke Energy was downgraded by KeyBanc from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note issued on Thursday.

Sterling Construction Company was downgraded by KeyBanc from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note issued on Thursday.

U.S. Steel 's stock had its "buy" rating reaffirmed by analysts at KeyBanc in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday.

According to GuruFocus Insider Data , these are the largest insider buys during the past week: Bank of America Corp.

H.B. Fuller Company was upgraded by analysts at KeyBanc from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday.

As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy -- they expect to make money.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 22 points to 12,734, while the Nasdaq was down 13 points to 2,805 and the Standard & Poor's 500 was down 7.62 to 1,318. Bruce McCain , who helps oversee more than $20 billion as chief investment strategist at the private banking unit of KeyCorp in Cleveland, said in an interview with the ... (more)

U.S. stocks fell Thursday, reversing a rally that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average toward its highest level since 2008 earlier today, as banks tumbled and a report showed that sales of new homes unexpectedly slumped.

KeyBanc was downgraded by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc from a "market perform" rating to an "underperform" rating in a research note issued on Wednesday.

Park National Corp. improved its 2011 earnings by more than 30 percent as its Florida-based business operations lost less money.

Kimberly-Clark Corp., the maker of Kleenex tissues, Huggies diapers and other household goods, is still waging a battle against rising costs that pushed its fourth-quarter profit down 19 percent.

During three hours before the opening bell rang this morning, more than a dozen major corporates announced quarterly results, including five Dow Jones Industrial Average components.