Latest Proof Snapshot
The freshest filed quarter is fiscal Q1 2026: “Total net revenues” were $4.812bn, up 11%; this issuer label is after banking and deposit interest expense, or 10.5% unrounded, from $4.354bn; reported net income was $915m; reported diluted EPS was $9.68 versus $5.83; and adjusted operating diluted EPS was $11.26, up 19% from $9.50. The listed Q1 segment pretax adjusted operating earnings/(loss) sum to $1.333bn: AWM $951m, Asset Management $273m, R&P $190m and Corporate & Other $(81)m; AWM earned that $951m, including a $25m Comerica relationship-termination benefit, on $3.175bn of adjusted operating net revenue and a 30.0% pretax adjusted operating margin. The only numeric forward guide surfaced in the supplied primary materials is the 20% to 22% full-year 2026 operating effective tax-rate guide. The cash bridge is mixed in timing: FY 2025 produced $8.323bn of reported operating cash flow and $8.161bn after $162m of land, buildings, equipment and software purchases, but Q1 2026 operating cash flow was only $459m and Q1 post-capex cash of $430m was about $506m below company-reported Capital Returned to Shareholders of $936m. The release also reported trailing-12-month Return on Equity, ex AOCI of 53.3% and adjusted operating Return on Equity, ex AOCI of 54.3%, which is why the debate is valuation discipline rather than franchise weakness.