BofA/Merrill analyst Erika Najarian downgraded U.S. Bancorp to Underperform and lowered her price target to $53 from $55 after its 2019 Investor Day presentation maintained its long-term efficiency and ROTCE expectations while lowering its revenue and earnings forecasts "only modestly". The analyst contends that the bank is facing "execution risk" against its premium valuation and believes that the 5%-7% revenue and 7%-10% earnings growth will be difficult to achieve, even though the management is making a case for "doing more" with the company's current client base.