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Brian Moynihan

Brian Moynihan

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America

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Wall Street banks report first-quarter earnings amid Iran war oil shock

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Reported Q1 2026 earnings on April 15 with highest EPS in nearly two decades

The six largest American banks wrapped up their first-quarter 2026 reporting with combined net income of $47.3 billion, delivering a near-uniform message from Wall Street: trading floors thrived on the volatility unleashed by the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz closure, while the broader economic outlook grew cloudier. JPMorgan earned $5.94 per share on $50.54 billion in revenue as fixed-income trading surged 21 percent to $7.08 billion. Citigroup posted its best quarterly revenue in a decade at $24.63 billion. Bank of America earned $1.11 per share — its highest earnings per share in nearly two decades — while Morgan Stanley posted a record equities trading quarter of $5.15 billion and a 29 percent jump in profit. Goldman Sachs led the week with record equities trading revenue of $5.33 billion. The results arrived even as the banks collectively announced roughly 5,000 job cuts, a sign that Wall Street is using the profit windfall to trim headcount rather than expand.

Updated Apr 19