Big Bank Q3 Earnings Roundup

Big banks continued reporting their respective earnings reports Tuesday morning. Here is a roundup of how some of Wall Street's biggest banks performed in the third quarter.

Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS earned $5.02 per share in the third quarter on revenue of $8.33 billion.
Analysts were expecting the company to earn $4.17 per share on revenue of $7.54 billion.
Net earnings for the quarter rose from $2.094 billion in the same quarter a year ago to $2.128 billion.
Total assets rose from $907 billion at the end of June 2017 to $930 billion.
Goldman Sachs repurchased 9.6 million shares of its common stock in the quarter worth $2.17 billion and declared a 75-cents per share dividend to be paid at the end of December.
Shares of Goldman Sachs were trading higher by 1.07 percent at $245.00 early Tuesday morning.

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley MS earned 93 cents per share in the third quarter on revenue of $9.20 billion.
Analysts were expecting the company to earn 81 cents per share on revenue of $9.01 billion.
Net income for the quarter rose from $1.6 billion a year ago to $1.8 billion.
Annualized return on average common equity was 9.6 percent in the quarter and 9.8 percent for the first nine months of 2017.
Book value and tangible value per common share were $38.87 and $33.86, respectively.
During the quarter, the company bought back $1.25 billion worth of its common stock and declared a 25 cents quarterly dividend per share payable to investors at the end of October.
Shares of Morgan Stanley were trading higher by 1.12 percent at $49.49 early Tuesday morning.

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JPMorgan

JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM earned $1.76 per share in the third quarter (reported on Oct. 12) on revenue of $26.2 billion.
Analysts were expecting the company to earn $1.65 per share on revenue of $25.2 billion.
Analysts at Buckingham Research maintains a Neutral rating on JPMorgan's stock with an unchanged $100 price target following the report.

Citi

Citigroup Inc C earned $1.42 per share in the third quarter (reported on Oct. 12) on revenue of $18.2 billion.
Analysts were expecting the company to earn $1.32 per share on revenue of $17.9 billion.
Analysts at Societe Generale downgraded Citi's stock from Hold to Sell with a price target lowered from $70 to $65 after the earnings report.

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Co WFC earned $1.04 per share in the third quarter (reported on Oct. 13) on revenue of $21.93 billion.
Analysts were expecting the company to earn $1.03 per share on revenue of $22.4 billion.
Wells Fargo's stock moved sharply lower in reaction to the earnings report.