Bank of America Stock Dropped as Q4 Earnings Fell and Credit Loss Provision Went Up

Bank of America Stock Dropped as Q4 Earnings Fell and Credit Loss Provision Went Up

Bank of America Stock (NYSE:BAC)

After missing Q4 consensus estimates for net interest income and credit loss provisions, Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) stock sank 2.6% in Friday premarket trade. As a result, Bank of America stock declined. 

Earnings per share for the fourth quarter increased to $0.85 from $0.81 in the third quarter and $0.82 in the fourth quarter of 2021, surpassing the average estimate of $0.77.

Average deposit amounts of $1.93T compared to $1.96T in the previous quarter; average loan and lease balances of $1.04T compared to $1.03T.

Net interest income increased to $14.7B in Q4 from $13.8B in the previous quarter and $11.4B in the same period a year earlier, above the Visible Alpha consensus estimate of $14.8 B. The net income-to-earnings ratio has increased to 2.22% from 2.06% in the previous quarter to 1.67% a year earlier.

Noninterest income in Q4 was $9.85B, over the $9.27B expected by the Visible Alpha community. This decreased from $10.7B in Q3 to $10.7B in Q4 2021.

Compared to the previous quarter's $898M, which included a net reserve build of $378M, the provision for credit losses was $1.09B, including a net reserve build of $403M.

Chairman and CEO of Bank of America stock Brian Moynihan said that the quarter's recurring themes reflected a pattern that had persisted throughout the year: organic growth and rates had contributed to the value of the deposit franchise. For the sixth straight quarter, "operating leverage was driven by that and spending control."

With $10.8B in revenue from consumer banking, up from $9.90B in Q3 and $8.91B in Q4 2021, and $3.58B in net income, up from $3.07B and $3.12B, respectively, last quarter and a year ago, this is a significant increase.

Total revenue from Global Wealth and Investment Management was $5.41B, down from $5.43B in the previous quarter and $5.40B in the same period a year ago, with net income of $1.20B, up from $1.19B in Q3 and $1.23B in Q4 2021.

Total revenue from Global Banking was $6.44B, up from $5.59B in Q3 and $5.91B in Q4 2021; net income was $2.54B, up from $2.04B in the previous quarter and down from $2.67B in the same period a year ago.

Revenue in Global Markets was $3.86B, down from $4.48B in the previous quarter but up from $3.82 B in the previous quarter of 2021. Fourth-quarter net income (ex-DVA) for Global Markets was $650M, down from $1.08B in the third quarter and $667M in the fourth quarter of 2021.

  • FICC sales and trading revenue decreased to $2.34B from $2.57B in the previous quarter. It grew from $1.57B in the year-ago quarter after subtracting net debit valuation adjustments.
  • Revenue from sales and trading of shares (ex DVA) decreased to $1.38B from $1.54B in the previous quarter. Still, it grew from $1.37B in the same period a year earlier.

Conference at 9:30 a.m. EST.

Bank of America (BAC) came ahead with a GAAP EPS of $0.85, and their revenue of $24.53B was $360M more than they had expected.

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