Barclays Lowers Numbers on First Horizon National (FHN) After $272 Million Pre-announcement

Barclays maintains an 'Equalweight' on First Horizon National (NYSE: FHN) price target of $12.00 (from $13.00).

Analyst, Jason M. Goldberg, made note of First Horizon's announcement last night regarding the $272 million pretax charge for mortgage repurchase and pending litigation matters. Goldberg cut Q2 EPS estimate from $0.64 to a loss of (0.49) and chopped FY12 EPS estimate from $0.53 to $0.09.

Goldberg said, "Other names with above average GSE mortgage repurchase exposure includes Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Fifth Third (Nasdaq: FITB), JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM), PNC (NYSE: PNC), SunTrust (NYSE: STI) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC). Recall, PNC recently revealed it is experiencing recent elevated levels of GSE-related (FRE) repurchase demands primarily in 2005-08 vintages."

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Shares of First Horizon National closed at $7.91 yesterday.

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