PNC Notches Net Interest Income Beat, Paving Way for Record 2025

Shares of PNC, up 22% this year through Monday, rose 1.27% at 6:45 a.m. in early New York trading. PNC is the first large regional bank to report third-quarter earnings, with rivals including US Bancorp and Truist Financial Corp. slated for later this week. Investors are eager for an early look into the impact of the Federal Reserve’s policy pivot after the central bank cut interest rates for the first time in more than four years in September.
JPMorgan Chase & Co., the biggest US bank, notched a surprise increase in net interest income in the third quarter, the company reported last week. At Wells Fargo & Co., Chief Financial Officer Mike Santomassimo said Friday that “we believe we are close to the trough.” In the second quarter, PNC notched its first period of sequential NII expansion since the end of 2022 — setting the firm up for what Demchak said he expects to be record growth next year. In the third quarter, PNC’s total loans were $321 billion, down slightly from the second quarter but up from a year ago. Most Read from Bloomberg Businessweek Why OpenAI Is at War With an Obscure Idea Man How Airbnb Hosts and Frustrated Neighbors Can Find Common Ground China Is Playing Catch-Up to Elon Musk in Space Inside the Companies That Set Sports Gambling Odds Jamie Dimon for Treasury Secretary: The Idea That Never Fades ©2024 Bloomberg L.P. View comments