U.S. Bancorp Logs Wider 2Q Profit as Economy Improves
July 15 2021 - 6:36AM
Dow Jones News
By Matt Grossman
U.S. Bancorp on Thursday logged a larger profit in the latest
quarter as it reclaimed funds it had set aside for credit losses
amid the coronavirus pandemic's economic uncertainty.
The Minneapolis-based bank company, the parent of U.S. Bank,
logged earnings per share of $1.28, compared with 41 cents in the
year-ago period. Analysts surveyed by FactSet were expecting
earnings of $1.14 a share. Net income attributable to shareholders
was $1.91 billion, up from $614 million 12 months earlier.
Net interest income was lower at $3.16 billion, compared with
$3.22 billion a year ago. Fee-based noninterest income rose to
$2.62 billion, from $2.61 billion in 2020's second quarter.
Analysts had forecast net interest income of $3.12 billion, and
noninterest income of $2.5 billion
U.S. Bancorp reclaimed $170 million in provisions for credit
losses. In last year's second quarter, it had provisioned $1.74
billion for credit losses amid the worsening economic effects of
the coronavirus pandemic.
Amid a stretch of low interest rates, the bank's net interest
margin fell to 2.53%. A year ago, it was 2.62%.
Deposits rose 6.4%, to $429.21 billion. Total loans declined
7.5%, to $294.28 billion.
Credit- and debit-card revenue and merchant-processing revenue
both rose by about 40% year over year as the pandemic eased.
Write to Matt Grossman at matt.grossman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 15, 2021 07:26 ET (11:26 GMT)
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