Ack!: National City Corp., Cleveland, reported a net loss of $1.8 billion Thursday for the second quarter, more than 10 times the hit it took in the first quarter. Net income for the second quarter of 2007 was $347 million. National City (NYSE:NCC) posted a loss of $2.45 per diluted share, far worse than analysts' estimates of -26 cents; the company made 60 cents per diluted share a year ago.
Makes me wonder how many of those foreclosures in Cleveland are NatCity products and whether it's time to start investing in the repo industry.
Brought low by the subprime crisis and its troubled mortgage portfolio, National City has battled takeover rumors, talk of division sales and a skidding stock price that has traded at a range of $2.99 to $31.58.
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