BNY Mellon's 4th-qtr profit climbs 23 percent
BNY Mellon Corp said fourth-quarter earnings rose 23 percent, matching Wall Street estimates, boosted by higher investment management and performance fees at the world's largest custody bank.
Shares of the bank, though, fell 2.60 percent to $26.08 in early trading Wednesday as some analysts were disappointed with BNY Mellon's trading revenue and expense management.
The bank has been hurt by declines in revenue in some business segments that have relatively high fixed costs, BNY Mellon Chief Financial Officer Todd Gibbons said in a telephone interview. But that has been offset by strong gains in revenue, for example, from the bank's investment management business.
Nomura analyst Glenn Schorr said strong investment management fees, good deposit growth and solid capital ratios were partially offset by higher expenses, weak trading revenue and flat servicing fees.
"All in, progress on some fronts and great asset management results, but the net earnings picture still hovers in a similar range," Schorr said in a research note. "Expect the stock to be a bit soft post the recent run."
Net income was $622 million, or 53 cents a share, up from $505 million, or 42 cents a share, a year earlier.
Investment management and performance fees surged 17 percent to $853 million on buoyant stock market returns. Assets under management were up 10 percent at $1.39 billion. Fees from investment services rose 1 percent to $1.6 billion.
Assets under custody and administration climbed 9 percent to $26.7 trillion.
Revenue from trading foreign currencies continued to be a weak spot. Foreign exchange revenue totaled $106
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