Bank of America tops estimates on better-than-expected investment banking

Bank of America on Tuesday said second-quarter revenue and profit topped expectations on rising investment banking and asset management fees.

Here’s what the company reported:

• Earnings: 83 cents a share vs. 80 cents a share LSEG estimate
• Revenue: $25.54 billion vs. $25.22 billion estimate

The bank said profit slipped 6.9% from the year earlier period to $6.9 billion, or 83 cents a share, as the company’s net interest income declined amid higher interest rates. Revenue climbed less than 1% to $25.54 billion.

Net interest income slipped 3% to $13.86 billion, essentially matching the StreetAccount estimate.

The measure, which is the difference between what the bank earns on loans and what it pays depositors for their savings, will rise to about $14.5 billion in the fourth quarter of this year, Bank of America said in a slide presentation. Executives have told investors in April that net interest income would bottom in the second quarter.

The measure, known as NII, is It’s one of the main ways that banks earn money.

Wells Fargo shares fell on Friday when it posted disappointing NII figures, showing how much investors are fixated on the metric.

Last week, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citigroup each topped expectations for revenue and profit, a streak continued by Goldman Sachs on Monday, helped by a rebound in Wall Street activity.

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