Goldman Sachs crushes analysts' expectations on strong bond trading results, shares rise 4%

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David Solomon, CEO, Goldman Sachs, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020.

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Goldman Sachs on Monday posted profit and revenue that exceeded analysts' estimates as fixed-income traders generated roughly $700 million more revenue than expected.

Here are the numbers:

Earnings: $7.73 a share, vs. $6.58 per share estimate, according to RefinitivRevenue: $11.86 billion vs. $10.86 billion

Second-quarter profit dropped 48% to $2.79 billion, driven by industrywide declines in investment banking revenue. Still, that equaled $7.73 a share, more than a dollar higher than the estimate of analysts surveyed by Refinitiv.

Revenue fell 23% to $11.86 billion, which was a full $1 billion more than the analyst estimate.

Goldman shares rose 4.1% in premarket trading.

Rivals including JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley posted steep declines in second-quarter advisory revenue. But another Wall Street competitor, Citigroup, saw a 25% jump in trading revenue that helped it top profit expectations.

Goldman tends to outperform other banks during periods of high volatility, which could help the firm. But it is also one of the biggest corporate advisors on Wall Street, and the slowdown in IPOs and mergers has been widespread.

The bank also tends to benefit from rising asset prices through its various investment vehicles, and so broad declines in financial assets could sting the firm. JPMorgan and Wells Fargo each posted writedowns tied to declines in loan books or equity holdings.

Analysts will be keen to ask CEO David Solomon how the deals pipeline looks for the remainder of 2022, and if mergers and IPOs are being killed, or merely pushed back into future quarters.

Goldman shares have fallen 23% this year through Friday, worse than the 16% decline of the KBW Bank Index.

Last week, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo posted second-quarter profit declines as the banks set aside more funds for expected loan losses, while Morgan Stanley disappointed after a bigger-than-expected slowdown in investment banking. Citigroup was the sole firm to top expectations for revenue as it benefited from rising rates and strong trading results.

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