BUZZ — US Bancorp up on Q3 profit beat

* US Bancorp's shares rise 2% to $57.40 in afternoon trading * Co reports quarterly net profit of $2.20 billion, above analysts' estimate of $2.06 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG * Q3 net interest income of $4.47 billion, however, fell short of analysts' estimate of $4.49 billion * 15 of 24 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 8 "hold" and 1 "sell"; median PT $68 * Stock trading at 9.88 times expected EPS over the next 12 months, below industry median of 10.02 * Including session's move, USB up over 7% YTD (Reporting by Jayasree Prabhu) ((jayasree.prabhu@thomsonreuters.com)