PNC Financial Services Sees Q1 Profits Decline 28%
PNC Financial Services (NYSE: PNC), the holding company of the $412 billion asset PNC Bank, reported a 28% drop in first-quarter profits as the bank sets aside more cash for future loan losses during the coronavirus pandemic.
Net income in the first quarter of 2020 was $915 million, or $1.95 per share.
The bank recorded a $914 million credit provision, which is the cash banks set aside to cover potential loan losses. That was nearly five times the $189 million credit provision the bank took in the first quarter of 2019.
Source Fool.com


