USB Earnings Predictions — 2026-07-16

Ticker Report or Guide KPI Prediction Answer Confidence
USB Report EPS (diluted) BEAT pred ~$1.30 vs. cons $1.28 MEDIUM
USB Report Net interest income (FTE) IN-LINE pred ~$4.37B vs. cons $4.34B MEDIUM
USB Report Noninterest (fee) income IN-LINE pred ~$3.26B vs. cons $3.28B LOW
USB Guide FY2026 total revenue growth UNCHANGED guide ~+5-6% vs. cons ~+5% (FY26), bias to high end MEDIUM
USB Guide FY2026 positive operating leverage BETTER guide ~250 bps vs. cons ~200 bps (FY26) MEDIUM
USB Guide Q3'26 NII (FTE, w/ Amazon card conversion + loan growth) BETTER guide ~$4.45B vs. cons ~$4.42B (Q3'26) LOW
USB Guide Buyback pace (glide-up toward 70-75% payout) BETTER guide ~$250-300M/qtr vs. cons ~$200M/qtr (Q3'26) MEDIUM
USB Return Day-1 residual (stock − beta × S&P 500) +1.5% MEDIUM
USB Return 5-day cumulative residual +0.5% (FADE) Likely beat-and-reiterate: headline EPS beat on NII/expense discipline plus strong capital-markets read-through drives an initial pop of ~1.5%. But the noninterest-income consensus (~$3.28B, +12% YoY) sits well above management's +6-7% guide, so the fee bar is high and a clean beat there is uncertain. Management historically reaffirms the FY revenue/leverage guide rather than raising it, so out-period estimates get little upward revision even after the beat (implicit conservatism), and with the stock +17% YTD near multi-year highs, elevated expectations cause part of the day-1 gain to fade over the following sessions. MEDIUM