Bank of America Posts Drop in First-Quarter Profit

Tiger Newspress2022-04-18

Bank of America reported a fall in first-quarter profit on Monday, as a slowdown in global deal-making weighed on its investment banking businesses.

Big U.S. banks benefited from a deal-making boom last year after the Federal Reserve pumped liquidity into capital markets to mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year, however, investment banking revenue have taken a hit as companies delayed takeovers and stock market listings amid a surge in volatility in equity markets.

The second-largest U.S. bank by assets released $362 million from its reserves that it had set aside for bad loans.

The bank reported a 9% rise in consumer banking revenue to $8.8 billion in the quarter ended March.

Profit applicable to common shareholders fell to $6.6 billion, or 80 cents per share, for the quarter ended March 31 from $7.56 billion, or 86 cents per share, a year earlier.

Analysts on average had expected a profit of 75 cents per share, according to the IBES estimate from Refinitiv.

Shares of Bank of America rose 0.35% in premarket trading.

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  • Emblem
    2022-04-19
    Emblem
    Noted
  • KLIM
    2022-04-19
    KLIM
    OK 
  • SKCraft
    2022-04-18
    SKCraft
    Waiting price to retreat some more to increase my holding
  • lololol13
    2022-04-18
    lololol13
    Still believe in bank stocks
  • Skang2
    2022-04-18
    Skang2
    I still believe in BAC & JPM. Stock drops, collect dividend. Shares up, bonus to be one of Warren'spartner holding [Miser] [Miser] 
  • Furore
    2022-04-18
    Furore
    Seems like almost every US security I invest in just keeps falling. Makes me wonder if I should have just stuck to SG stocks instead lol.
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