BAC
Bank of America Corporation
BAC's fundamentals are strong: its operating margin rose 5 points to 35% and revenue grew 15%. At 12x earnings, it's trading in line with its usual 13x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
CION
CION Investment Corporation
There isn't enough reported data to score CION yet.
BAC Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
BAC's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like BAC.
CION Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Weak | |
| Stable | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
CION's profitability is currently stable, but its revenue is weak. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like CION.
BAC PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 9.4x | $39.50 | -22% |
| Forward | 10x | $50.51 | — |
| Current | 12x | $50.51 | — |
| Fair | 13x | $53.81 | +6.5% |
| Expensive | 15x | $62.23 | +23% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
BAC's PE is in its fair range at 12x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 10x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
CION PE Valuation
CION has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
BAC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
BAC has the edge over CION on the outlook, with more favorable earnings and revenue expectations.
CION Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Stable | |
| Decline | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect CION's profitability to improve, but its revenue to decline.
BAC Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $4.92 | +17% |
| Q3 2026 | $4.19 | +14% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.34 | +27% |
| Q1 2026 | $4.02 | +20% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.81 | +19% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.66 | +33% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.41 | +20% |
| Q1 2025 | $3.35 | +16% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.21 | +4.2% |
BAC has the edge over CION on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
CION Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.18 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$0.70 | -237% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.06 | +$0.25 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.04 | +$0.25 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.39 | -162% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.51 | -65% |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.19 | -108% |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.29 | -112% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.63 | -64% |
CION has swung to a loss: it lost $0.70 per share over the past year, after a profit the year before.
BAC Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $30B | +6.7% |
| Q2 2026 | $31.6B | +19% |
| Q1 2026 | $30.3B | +11% |
| Q4 2025 | $31.2B | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $28.1B | +11% |
| Q2 2025 | $26.5B | +4.3% |
| Q1 2025 | $27.4B | +6% |
| Q4 2024 | $25.3B | +15% |
BAC has the stronger quarterly revenue trend. Revenue is up 6.7% for BAC versus down 69% for CION.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 30% | -3.7 points |
| Q2 2026 | 37% | +7.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 34% | +4.7 points |
| Q4 2025 | 40% | +12 points |
| Q3 2025 | 34% | +4.8 points |
| Q2 2025 | 29% | -0.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | 30% | +1.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 28% | +14 points |
BAC's operating margin was 30% last quarter, down 3.7 points from the same quarter a year ago.
CION Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2022 | $12.1M | -69% |
| Q1 2022 | $19.3M | -68% |
| Q4 2021 | $27.4M | -52% |
| Q3 2021 | $36.7M | -9.9% |
| Q2 2021 | $39.1M | +28% |
| Q4 2020 | $56.9M | +32% |
CION's revenue has slid since its 2021 peak: $12M last quarter, down 69% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2022 | -10% | -82 points |
| Q1 2022 | 41% | -41 points |
| Q4 2021 | 60% | -24 points |
| Q3 2021 | 68% | -7.9 points |
| Q2 2021 | 72% | +17 points |
| Q1 2021 | 82% | N/A |
| Q4 2020 | 83% | +15 points |
| Q3 2020 | 76% | N/A |
CION's operating margin was −10% last quarter, down 82 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the bottom of its range since 2019.
BAC Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$6.5B | -114% |
| Q2 2026 | $29B | +$38.2B |
| Q1 2026 | $41.8B | +$44B |
| Q4 2025 | -$22.9B | -189% |
| Q3 2025 | $46.9B | +$84.2B |
| Q2 2025 | -$9.1B | -150% |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.2B | +$13.4B |
| Q4 2024 | $25.9B | -21% |
BAC's free cash flow was $41.4B over the past year, down 33% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like BAC.
CION Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $306.8M | +591% |
| Q2 2026 | $21.6M | -50% |
| Q1 2026 | -$4.6M | -175% |
| Q4 2025 | -$17.1M | +$26.3M |
| Q3 2025 | $44.4M | -15% |
| Q2 2025 | $43.5M | +$60.2M |
| Q1 2025 | $6.1M | -94% |
| Q4 2024 | -$43.4M | +$11.2M |
CION's free cash flow was $307M over the past year, about six times what it generated the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like CION.
BAC Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1% | -72M shares |
| 1 year | -5.3% | -405M shares |
| 3 years | -11% | -854M shares |
| 5 years | -15% | -1.3B shares |
| Available history | -24% | -2.2B shares |
BAC has 7.2B diluted shares, down 5.3% from a year ago, with $25.6B in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $6B |
| Q2 2026 | $6B |
| Q1 2026 | $7.2B |
| Q4 2025 | $6.3B |
| Q3 2025 | $5.3B |
| Q2 2025 | $5.3B |
| Q1 2025 | $4.5B |
| Q4 2024 | $3.5B |
BAC spent $25.6B buying back its own shares over the past year, up 37% from the year before.
CION Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.9% | -458K shares |
| 1 year | -5.5% | -2.9M shares |
| 3 years | -9.8% | -5.4M shares |
| 5 years | -13% | -7.5M shares |
| Available history | -14% | -7.9M shares |
CION has the edge over BAC on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | $8M |
| Q1 2026 | $9.7M |
| Q4 2025 | $5.2M |
| Q3 2025 | $3.3M |
| Q2 2025 | $6.6M |
| Q1 2025 | $2.2M |
| Q4 2024 | $2M |
CION spent $23M buying back its own shares over the past year, up 64% from the year before.
BAC Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 6.4x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 6.7x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 7.1x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 7.7x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 8.3x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 8.8x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 8.6x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 9.0x | High |
BAC's net debt is about 6.4 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 8.3 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like BAC.
CION Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2022 | 13.0x | High |
| Q1 2022 | 11.0x | High |
| Q4 2021 | 6.9x | High |
| Q3 2021 | 5.3x | High |
| Q2 2021 | 5.1x | High |
| Q1 2021 | 4.9x | High |
| Q4 2019 | 15.2x | High |
CION's net debt is about 13 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 5.1 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like CION.
BAC Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 37.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 4.9 | Oversold |
BAC's weekly RSI is 37 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 5 (oversold).
CION Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 38.2 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 26.9 | Neutral |
CION's weekly RSI is 38 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 27 (neutral).
BAC PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | BAC | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 12x | 13x | 7.5% below |
| PE % | 40 | 63 | 23 pts below |
BAC has the edge over CION on valuation relative to its sector.
CION PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | CION | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 113x | 13x | 767% above |
| PE % | 94 | 65 | 29 pts above |
CION has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
BAC Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $52.1 | 3% below |
| 20 week MA | $57.8 | 13% below |
| 50 week MA | $54.7 | 7.7% below |
| 100 week MA | $50.5 | 0% below |
| 200 week MA | $42.5 | 19% above |
BAC has the edge over CION on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
CION Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $6.70 | 8.4% below |
| 20 week MA | $6.79 | 9.6% below |
| 50 week MA | $7.50 | 18% below |
| 100 week MA | $8.91 | 31% below |
| 200 week MA | $9.99 | 39% below |
CION is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 39% below its 200-week average.
BAC Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $35.4 | $30.0 | -15% |
| 2021 | $30.0 | $44.4 | +48% |
| 2022 | $44.4 | $32.5 | -27% |
| 2023 | $32.5 | $33.7 | +3.7% |
| 2024 | $33.7 | $44.3 | +32% |
| 2025 | $44.3 | $56.2 | +27% |
| 2026 YTD | $56.2 | $50.5 | -10% |
BAC has the edge over CION on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
CION Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $12.0 | $12.9 | +7.9% |
| 2022 | $12.9 | $10.3 | -20% |
| 2023 | $10.3 | $11.3 | +9.9% |
| 2024 | $11.3 | $11.4 | +0.7% |
| 2025 | $11.4 | $9.59 | -16% |
| 2026 YTD | $9.59 | $6.14 | -36% |
CION is down 36% so far in 2026, after finishing higher in three of the previous five years.