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We think PNC’s strategy is solid, with the bank building a national presence through acquisitions and organic growth. The bank’s profitability and return profile should improve from better scale and deepening client relationships.

We think PNC’s strategy is solid, with the bank building a national presence through acquisitions and organic growth. The bank’s profitability and return profile should improve from better scale and deepening client relationships.

PNC Financial reported strong second-quarter results, with adjusted earnings per share growing 26% year over year, excluding noncore items. The bank also raised its loan growth, net interest income growth, fee income growth, and expense guidance for 2026.

The Federal Reserve released its annual stress test results on June 24. With stronger results than last year, albeit in a less severe scenario, shares of the 32 tested banks generally traded upward, though the movement was muted.

We think PNC’s strategy is solid, with the bank building a national presence through acquisitions and organic growth. The bank’s profitability and return profile should improve from better scale and deepening client relationships.

We think PNC’s strategy is solid, with the bank building a national presence through acquisitions and organic growth. The bank’s profitability and return profile should improve from better scale and deepening client relationships.

We think PNC’s strategy is solid, with the bank building a national presence through acquisitions and organic growth. The bank’s profitability and return profile should improve from better scale and deepening client relationships.

PNC Financial reported strong results in the first quarter, with first-quarter earnings growing 18% year over year. The bank also increased its 2026 net interest income growth guidance by 0.5% to 14.5% and average loan growth guidance by 3% to 11%.

The Federal Reserve released its long-awaited proposals for a few key regulatory measures, including adopting the global Basel III endgame standards and revising the surplus capital that global systemically important banks must hold.

Shares of US banks traded down by low-to-mid single digits on Feb. 23, mostly due to macro concerns stemming from tariff uncertainty, possible credit losses from an increase in the unemployment rate driven by artificial intelligence disruption, and private credit-related exposure.

We think PNC’s strategy is solid, with the bank building a national presence through acquisitions and organic growth. The bank’s profitability and return profile should improve from better scale and deepening client relationships.

PNC Financial finished 2025 strong, with fourth-quarter earnings growing 25% year over year. The bank delivered an impressive positive operating leverage of 500 basis points for 2025. It also closed the FirstBank acquisition on Jan. 5. Shares traded up around 4% following the earnings release.

The Federal Reserve released a new proposal for the bank stress-test framework and 2026 stress-test scenarios on Oct. 24.

PNC Financial reported solid third-quarter results that included strong net interest income and capital markets and advisory fees growth. Earnings per share came in at $4.35, up 25% from the prior-year quarter.

We think PNC’s strategy is solid, with the bank building a national presence through acquisitions and organic growth. The bank’s profitability and return profile should improve from better scale and deepening client relationships.

We are transferring coverage of PNC Financial to a new analyst. The super-regional bank has a coast-to-coast footprint. It’s currently expanding in the US Southeast, US Southwest, and California.

PNC Financial announced on Sept. 8, 2025, a definitive offer to acquire FirstBank for an implied transaction value of $4.1 billion, composed of 70% stock and 30% cash. The deal price is roughly equivalent to 5% of PNC's market capitalization, based on the bank's closing share price on Sept. 5, 2025.

PNC is one of the larger regional banks in the US, has a fairly diversified fee base, and has a national presence, but is concentrated primarily in the East and Midwest. The bank has grown substantially from acquisitions, transforming itself with the integration of the troubled National City (doubling the size of PNC) in 2008, acquiring RBC's US branch network in the Southeast in 2012, and more recently picking up BBVA USA in 2021 (a roughly 25% increase in size).

PNC Financial reported solid second-quarter financials, with earnings per share of $3.85, about a 14% increase on a year-over-year basis. While 2025 guidance is relatively unchanged, the bank has posted results that make us confident that the bank can meet its annual targets.

The Federal Reserve released its annual stress test results on Friday, June 27. With significantly stronger results compared with a year ago, the shares of the 22 tested institutions traded slightly higher in after hours trading.