PNC Financial Q4 Earnings: Credit Losses Provision Dips, Forecasts Sequential Fall In Q1 Revenue And Loans
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Jan 16 2025
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Source: Benzinga
Fourth Quarter Performance: PNC Financial Services reported a 4% year-over-year revenue increase to $5.57 billion, driven by higher net interest income and noninterest income, with EPS of $3.77 exceeding expectations.
Future Guidance and Shareholder Returns: The bank anticipates a slight decline in average loans and total revenue for the first quarter of 2025, while also declaring a quarterly cash dividend of $1.60 and returning $0.9 billion in capital to shareholders.
Analyst Views on PNC
Wall Street analysts forecast PNC stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for PNC is 234.40 USD with a low forecast of 201.00 USD and a high forecast of 271.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
17 Analyst Rating
12 Buy
4 Hold
1 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 225.490
Low
201.00
Averages
234.40
High
271.00
Current: 225.490
Low
201.00
Averages
234.40
High
271.00
About PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is a diversified financial services company in the United States. It is engaged in the delivery of retail and business banking, including a full range of lending products; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management. Its Retail Banking segment provides deposit, lending, brokerage, insurance services, investment management and cash management products and services to consumer and small business customers. Its Corporate & Institutional Banking segment provides lending, treasury management, capital markets and advisory products and services to mid-sized and large corporations and government and not-for-profit entities. Its Asset Management Group segment provides private banking for high-net worth and ultra-high net worth clients and institutional asset management. The Company's bank subsidiary is PNC Bank.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
