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Banks Credit Loss Provisions Mostly Higher Than Expected In Fiscal Q4

CANADA
  • Four of the Big Six banks have now reported for the fiscal Q4 after today’s earnings from CIBC, RBC and TD.
  • RBC and CIBC have seen adjusted EPS beats, Scotia and TD misses (table below).
  • Scotia’s on Tuesday was most notable as higher potential credit loss provisions played a large role.
  • Today’s credit loss provisions have been mixed, with CIBC lower than expected but RBC and TD exceeding expectations – see below.
  • BMO and National report tomorrow.

Provision for credit losses (figures from Bloomberg):

  • CIBC: C$541M vs est C$559.9M.
  • RBC: C$720M vs est C$662.6M
  • TD: C$878M vs est C$844.5M
  • Scotia: C$1.26B vs est C$870M (from Tue)

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