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J.P. Morgan Chase posted earnings that exceeded analysts’ expectations, aided by an income tax benefit that boosted results by $768 million.
The bank on Tuesday posted second-quarter profit of $9.65 billion, 16% higher than a year earlier, or $2.82 a share, beating the $2.50 estimate of analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. The company’s revenue also edged out expectations at $29.57 billion, a 4% increase from a year earlier, compared to the $28.9 billion estimate.
J.P. Morgan said that the tax boost was the result of the resolution of “certain tax audits” that lifted the company’s per share earnings by 23 cents. Shares of J.P. Morgan dipped 1.5% at 7:01 a.m. in premarket trading.
The biggest U.S. bank by assets is closely watched by investors looking for signs of how the industry’s Main Street and Wall Street businesses did in the period.
Bank stocks have rebounded in recent months as strong results from lenders’ retail businesses helped drive firms including J.P. Morgan to record profits, offsetting declining revenues from trading and other Wall Street activities.
Analysts will be watching to see if J.P. Morgan can continue the momentum from the first quarter, when higher interest rates helped it beat profit and revenue expectations. They’ll be keen to ask executives about the impact of the Federal Reserve’s looming interest rate cuts, as that could compress margins on banks’ core lending businesses.
In May, J.P. Morgan announced it was acquiring medical payments firm InstaMed for more than $500 million, its biggest takeover since the financial crisis, to push more deeply into the healthcare spending market.
The bank also rolled out a digital robo-adviser in a bid to persuade banking customers to make investments with the firm.
Last month, J.P. Morgan got approval from regulators to boost its dividend to 90 cents a share from 80 cents, and announced a $29.4 billion share repurchasing program.
Earlier this week, Citigroup posted second-quarter profit that exceeded analysts’ expectations on a $350 million boost in revenue from the IPO of bond trading platform Tradeweb.
Here’s what Wall Street expected:
- Earnings: $2.50 per share, a 9.1% increase from a year earlier, according to Refinitiv.
- Revenue: $28.9 billion, a 1.8% increase from a year earlier.
- Net Interest Margin: 2.51%, according to FactSet
- Trading Revenue: Fixed income $3.36 billion, Equities $1.84 billion
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