Wall Street has never been an especially fair place, and that's certainly the case with banks these days. Said differently, analysts and institutional investors expect different things from different players - for gasping money center banks like Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) it's about survival and recovery; for super-regionals like U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) it's more about growth and profitability in the new post-crash market.
(For related reading, see How To Decode A Company's Earnings Reports.)
Poor Operating Performance in the Fourth Quarter
Bank of America seemed to beat expectations on the basis of reported earnings, reporting 15 cents per diluted share versus a loss of 16 cents reported a year ago. Stripping out charges and gains, it looks like Bank of America more or less broke even this quarter (including a 7 cents reserve release). Admittedly, no two analysts or investors may agree completely on what's "core" and what's exceptional, but the reality is that operating performance was weak.
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