U.S. Banking Quarterly Comment: 2Q17 (Earnings and Loan Growth Positive, Still Muted) - Fitch Research

U.S. Banking Quarterly Comment: 2Q17 (Earnings and Loan Growth Positive, Still Muted)

U.S. Banking Quarterly Comment: 2Q17 (Earnings and Loan Growth Positive, Still Muted) - Fitch Research
U.S. Banking Quarterly Comment: 2Q17 (Earnings and Loan Growth Positive, Still Muted)
Published Aug 29, 2017
48 pages (33850 words) — Published Aug 29, 2017
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...Net Income Higher: Fourteen of the 18 banks included in this report saw higher net income in 2Q17 than in 1Q17. Quarterly results were higher a year ago for all but two (C and USB) of the featured banks. Highlights during the quarter included modest improvement in loan growth, higher spread income, controlled expenses and lower credit costs. Many banks also reported record client assets in their wealth and asset management businesses. Given the stock market rally and the correlation in performance fees to market values, higher revenues in these businesses offset declines in trading and mortgage revenues for some. Virtually all reported much higher taxes following last quarter's adoption of new stock-based compensation accounting guidance. Despite a generally improving quarter, overall return metrics remain low. As an example, the median ROA during 2Q17 was just 1.07%, despite recent short-term rate hikes and low provision expenses which remain below historical averages. Loan Growth Improves,...

  
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Company(ies)
Wells Fargo & Company , State Street Corporation , SunTrust Banks, Inc. , Keycorp , Huntington Bancshares Inc. , FIRST HORIZON CORP , JPMorgan Chase & Co , Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The , Bank of America Corporation , SunTrust Banks Inc , The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. , Fifth Third Bancorp , Morgan Stanley , U.S. Bancorp , MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation , Capital One Financial Corporation , PNC Financial Services Group Inc. , Zions Bancorp NA , Citigroup Inc. , Comerica Inc.
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Wintrust Financial Corporation
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