JPMorgan 1Q Profit Rises 11 Percent
JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported an 11 percent rise in first-quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by strong results in the bank’s currency, commodities and fixed income business.
The largest U.S. bank by assets earned $5.45 billion after payments to preferred shareholders. That compares to a profit of $4.89 billion a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the bank earned $1.45, compared with $1.28 a year earlier.
The average estimate of financial analysts surveyed by FactSet was $1.39 per share, which typically excludes one-time items. Net revenue at the bank was $24.01 billion, compared with $23.22 billion in the same period a year earlier.
This article appeared in print in edition of Hamodia.
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