Oct 19, 2009

Legg Mason analyst on Countrywide Financial (2007)

The fallout among smaller subprime lenders will give survivors like Countrywide even more market share. We liked the stock when it was trading at $44 a share and we see even more value now.

~ Legg Mason analyst Mitchel Penn, "Top Funds Stand by Subprime Stocks," Fortune, March 9, 2007

(Countrywide, which gets only 10 percent of its revenues from subprime lending, continues to deliver solid growth, he pointed out.)

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