What are the biggest investment banks in the world, what are they worth and how much do they make? Reporting season is in full swing with a number of banks reporting their latest results last week and this one. Thus, it’s a good time to take stock and have a look at the numbers.
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1) JP Morgan Chase
Total net revenue (in $m): 95.668
Net income (in $m): 24.733
Market capitalization (in $m): 307.295
Total assets (in $m): 2.490.972
Net income per share (in $): 6,24
Headcount: 243.355
Investment Banking Fees (in $m): 2.740
Q3 Results: JP Morgan published its Q3 results on 12 October citing that its third-quarter profit rose 7.1% as a boost from lending offset weaker trading results for the nation’s biggest bank by assets. The bank reported a profit of $6,73 billion, i.e. $1,76 a share. That compares with a profit of $6,29 billion, or $1,58 a share, in the same period of 2016. Revenue rose 2.7% to $26,2 billion.
2) Goldman Sachs
Total net revenue (in $m): 30.610
Net income (in $m): 7.398
Market capitalization (in $m): 99.690
Total assets (in $m): 860.165
Net income per share (in $): 5,17
Headcount: 34.400
Investment Banking Fees (in $m): 2.480
Q3 Results: On 17 October, Goldman reported net revenues of $8,33 billion and net earnings of $2,13 billion for the third quarter ended 30 September. Diluted earnings per common share were $5,02 compared with $4,88 for the third quarter of 2016 and $3,95 for the second quarter of 2017. The bank also reported for the first nine months net revenues of $24,24 billion, 8% higher than the first nine months of 2016.
3) Bank of America Corporation
Total net revenue (in $m): 83.701
Net income (in $m): 17.906
Market capitalization (in $m): 222.163
Total assets (in $m): 2.187.702
Net income per share (in $): 1,58
Headcount: 208.000
Investment Banking Fees (in $m): 2.320
Q3 Results: BoA announced its Q3 results on Friday, 13 October with third-quarter results Revenue up at $22,079 billion. It’s net interest income totaled $11,4 billion.
4) Morgan Stanley
Total net revenue (in $m): 37.949
Net income (in $m): 5.979
Market capitalization (in $m): 93.082
Total assets (in $m): 814.950
Net income per share (in $): 2,98
Headcount: 55.311
Investment Banking Fees (in $m): 2.106
Q3 Results: Morgan Stanley reported its quarterly results on 17 October with Net Revenues of $9.2 Billion and Earnings per Diluted Share of $0.93, seeing “continued strength in Investment Banking”.
5) Citigroup
Total net revenue (in $m): 69.875
Net income (in $m): 14.912
Market capitalization (in $m): 194.410
Total assets (in $m): 1.792.077
Net income per share (in $): 1,14
Headcount: 219.000
Investment Banking Fees (in $m): 1.878
Q3 Results: On 12 October Citigoup reported Earnings per Share of $1,42, Net Income of $4,1 Billion and revenues of $18,2 Billion.
6) Barclays
Total net revenue (in $m): 26.385
Net income (in $m): 3.973
Market capitalization (in $m): 43.910
Total assets (in $m): 1.491.990
Net income per share (in $): 0,13
Headcount: 129.400
Investment Banking Fees (in $m): 1.494
Q3 Results: Barclays will announce its next quarterly results on Thursday, 26 October with a live webcast
7) Credit Suisse
Total net revenue (in $m): 21.162
Net income (in $m): -2.656
Market capitalization (in $m): 41.246
Total assets (in $m): 803.464
Net income per share (in $): -1,32
Headcount: 47.170
Investment Banking Fees (in $m): 1.340
Q3 Results: On November 2, 2017, Credit Suisse Group will present its third quarter 2017 results to investors and analysts as well as to media representatives.
8) Deutsche Bank
Total net revenue (in $m): 31.515
Net income (in $m): -1.424
Market capitalization (in $m): 29.410
Total assets (in $m): 1.670.550
Net income per share (in $): -1,27
Headcount: 99.744
Investment Banking Fees (in $m): 1.274
Q3 Results: Deutsche Bank will announce Q3 2017 results with Investor and Analyst Conference Call on Thursday, 26 October.
9) Wells Fargo
Total net revenue (in $m): 88.267
Net income (in $m): 21.938
Market capitalization (in $m): 270.390
Total assets (in $m): 1.930.115
Net income per share (in $): 0,96
Headcount: 268.800
Investment Banking Fees (in $m): 939
Q3 Results: On Friday, 13 October, Wells Fargo reported 3Q2017 net income of $4,6 billion and diluted EPS of $0.84, which included the impact of a discrete litigation accrual of $(0.20) per share for previously disclosed mortgage-related regulatory investigations
10) RBC Capital Markets
Total net revenue (in $m): 28.804
Net income (in $m): 7.844
Market capitalization (in $m): 115.410
Total assets (in $m): 885.194
Net income per share (in $): 1,41
Headcount: 75.510
Investment Banking Fees (in $m): 828
Q3 Results: RBC has a different reporting calendar compared to the other banks and will announce its Fourth Quarter 2017 results on 29 November.
A word on the numbers above: all results are from publicly available documents like the 2016 annual reports of the banks, but investment banking in many financial organisations is part of a bigger banking organisation. For instance, RBC Capital Markets, which is part of Royal Bank of Canada, brought in the investment banking fees of $828m with its 7.200 employees (roughly 10% of the entire work force), but the overall results are in regard to the entire bank. All amounts are in US dollars and where the financial institutions reported their results in a different currency they were converted based on rates as of 31 December 2016, i.e. £1 = $1,23; 1C$ = US$ 0,75; CHF 1 = US$ 0,98; and €1 = US$ 1,05.