Analysts were expecting Investment Technology Group Inc. (ITG) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $0.42 for last quarter, but ITG missed expectations with actual earnings of $0.40---2 cents below the consensus estimate.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $0.63 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that ITG’s earnings are down this year.

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Also, if you compare ITG's 11.00% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 13.38% for the Investment Brokerage - Regional industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect ITG to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Investment Brokerage - Regional industry, you can see how analysts believe ITG will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like Raymond James Financial Inc. (RJF) [Chart - News - Analysis] and GFI Group Inc. (GFIG) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe RJF's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 10.00% while GFIG's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 19.80%.

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