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Here's the best and worst performing stocks in the DOW JONES year to date:

Here's the best and worst performing stocks in the DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL year to date:

Here's the best and worst performing stocks in the S&P 500 year to date:

Here's the best and worst performing stocks in the NASDAQ 100 year to date:

This is the least profitable banks by Return on Tangible Equity (RoTE): 1. Deutsche Bank $DB: -6.4% 2. Standard Chartered $SCBFF: 1.2% 3. Mizuho Financial Group $MFG: 1.2% 4. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) $MUFG: 4.8% 5. Barclays $BCS: 5.4% 6. Societe Generale $SCGLY: 5.7% 7. ICICI Bank $IBN: 5.8% 8. Credit Suisse $CS: 6.1% 9. CaixaBank $CAIXY: 6.5%

Today we are looking at the Communication Equipment industry majors:

1/6 - Profitability CISCO and ZAYO are the most profitable companies. ERICSSON and CIENA are the least profitable.

2/6 - Management Effectiveness CISCO is the most efficient company. BLACKBERRY and COMMSCOPE are the least efficient.

3/6 - Indebtedness UBIQUITI and CISCO are the best when it comes to pay off their interest expenses. ZAYO and COMMSCOPE are the ones which have the most difficulties.

4/6 - Dividend AAC, JUNIPER and CISCO have the highest dividend yield. UBIQUITI has the lowest.

5/6 - Price CIENA, UBIQUITI and ZAYO are near their 52w high. AAC and COMMSCOPE are near their 52w low.

6/6 - Valuation JUNIPER and CISCO are the cheapest. HARRIS and UBIQUITI are the pricest.

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