C Earnings Predictions — 2026-07-14

Ticker Report or Guide KPI Prediction Answer Confidence
C Report EPS BEAT pred ~$2.85 vs. cons $2.72 MEDIUM
C Report Markets Trading Revenue (Equities+FICC combined) BEAT pred ~$6.55B vs. cons $6.28B MEDIUM
C Report Net Interest Income (NII) IN-LINE pred ~$15.95B vs. cons $15.93B MEDIUM
C Guide FY2026 NII ex-Markets growth UNCHANGED guide ~5-6% vs. cons 5-6% (FY2026) MEDIUM
C Guide FY2026 Efficiency Ratio UNCHANGED guide ~60% vs. cons ~60% (FY2026) MEDIUM
C Guide FY2026 U.S. Card NCL rate BETTER guide ~4.1-4.3% vs. cons 4.3% (FY2026) LOW
C Guide CET1 ratio target UNCHANGED guide ~12.6% vs. cons 12.6% (FY2026) MEDIUM
C Guide Path to 11-13% RoTCE (2027 target commentary) UNKNOWN guide reaffirm 2026 RoTCE ~10.5-11% vs. cons 10.5% (FY2026) LOW
C Return Day-1 residual (stock − beta × S&P 500) +1.2% MEDIUM
C Return 5-day cumulative residual -0.4% (FADE) A likely EPS/Markets beat is driven largely by volatile trading revenue that won't repeat, while NII and full-year guidance (ex-Markets NII growth, efficiency ratio, CET1) are left unchanged rather than raised despite the run-rate beat — implying analysts will need to trim out-quarter trading assumptions back toward normalized levels and keep FY26/27 NII and RoTCE build largely intact. With so much good news already priced in after the >60% 12-month rally and Investor Day targets, the initial pop from a headline beat is likely to fade over the following days as investors focus on the unchanged medium-term ramp rather than a one-quarter trading windfall, echoing prior 'beat-but-fade' reactions after blowout Markets quarters. LOW