Morgan Stanley Closes Out Bank Earnings Season: How Everyone Fared

• Morgan Stanley MS was the last of the big banks to report their quarterly earnings report this season.
• After the company missed estimates on both the earnings and revenue fronts, the shares fell 4.83 percent on Monday trading.
• Let’s take a look at how the main banks fared this season.

The Losers

On Monday morning, Morgan Stanley reported earnings of $740 million, or $0.34 per share, down from $1.3 billion, or $0.64 per share delivered a year ago. Revenue also fell to $7.332 billion. More importantly, both these figures missed the Street’s estimate, which called for earnings of $0.66 per share on revenue of $8.643 billion.

Another bank that fell short of expectations was JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM, which retrieved earnings of $1.32 per share on revenue of $23.535 billion, below experts’ consensus estimate of $1.38 per share and $23.819 billion.

The Winners

On the other hand, there’s Bank of America Corp BAC, Citigroup Inc C and Wells Fargo & Co WFC, all of which beat expectations for the quarter.

Bank of America reported earnings of $0.37 per share on revenue of $20.913 billion, versus the Street’s consensus of $0.34 per share and $20.749 billion.

Citigroup, for its part, delivered earnings of $1.31 per share on revenue of $18.496 billion – down 8 percent year-over-year. While EPS came in ahead of the Street’s projection of $1.28, revenue fell short of expectations, which called for sales of $18.76 billion.

Finally, Wells Fargo retrieved earnings of $1.05 per share on revenue of $21.875 billion, beating the Street’s consensus of $1.04 per share and $21.518 billion.

Disclosure: Javier Hasse holds no positions in any of the securities mentioned above.