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BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ — the full picture

Earnings window · 2026-07-14 to 2026-11-09

One earnings window, everything merged: the filing, the call, press releases and news digests, folded into ranked threads.

What to look at first

  1. Balance Sheet and Liquidity · Liquidity & cash positionPriority 74
    +0.5% cash; 3 sources (news, press_release, transcript); 2 forward row(s); quote_verified
    Average deposit balances: $2.02 trillion, increased more than 2%; 12th consecutive quarter of sequential average growth
  2. Quarterly Earnings Performance · UnclassifiedPriority 74
    +73.1% operating_income (realized); 3 sources (news, press_release, transcript); 2 forward row(s); quote_verified
    Bank of America reported Q2 EPS of $1.21 and revenue of $31.56 billion, with revenue up 19.6% year-over-year.
  3. Commercial Lending Demand · Demand, orders & backlogPriority 73
    +70.6% assets (realized); 3 sources (news, press_release, transcript); quote_verified
    Bank of America said there is excess capacity to lend $800 billion.
  4. Capital Adequacy and Requirements · Compliance & policy costsPriority 68
    +16.5% assets (realized); 2 sources (press_release, transcript); quote_verified
    Common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital: $202 billion, increased $1.9 billion from 1Q26
  5. Revenue Performance and Mix · Revenue growth & mixPriority 68
    +13.3% revenue (realized); 3 sources (news, press_release, transcript); 1 forward row(s); quote_verified
    Revenue grew 15% to $31.56 billion, driven by a 33% surge in trading revenue and a 50% jump in investment banking fees.
  6. Capital Return Program · Buybacks & dividendsPriority 61
    3 sources (news, press_release, transcript); quote_verified
    Returned $8.0 billion to shareholders in 2Q26: $2.0 billion through common stock dividends and $6.0 billion in common stock repurchases
  7. Net Interest Income Trends · Interest ratesPriority 61
    +3.5% revenue (realized); 3 sources (news, press_release, transcript); 4 forward row(s); quote_verified
    Full-year 2026 NII growth guidance: previously 5%-7% in January, raised to 6%-8% in April, now expected at the upper end of 6%-8% range.
  8. Income Tax Rate Changes · TaxPriority 60
    2 sources (press_release, transcript); quote_verified
    2Q26 effective tax rate (ETR) for the Corporation for the quarter: 21.5%
  9. Operating Expense Trends · Operating expenses (SG&A)Priority 56
    +3.0% margin; 2 sources (press_release, transcript); 1 forward row(s); quote_verified
    Operating leverage for first half of 2026 exceeded 450 basis points; full-year operating leverage now expected in range of 300 to 400 basis points (previous expectation was more than 200 bps).
  10. Quarterly Earnings and Dividend · Buybacks & dividendsPriority 56
    2 forward row(s); quote_verified
    The company reported a 27% increase in net income to $9.1 billion.
  11. Dividend Declaration · Buybacks & dividendsPriority 55
    2 sources (news, press_release); 4 forward row(s); quote_verified
    BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ declared common stock dividends of $2.2 billion in 3Q26 (part of shareholder returns).
  12. Consumer Spending Performance · Macroeconomic conditionsPriority 54
    3 sources (news, press_release, transcript); 1 forward row(s); quote_verified
    Consumer Banking combined credit/debit card spend in 2Q26: $266 billion, up 9%

Threads by pillar

Revenue & Demand Priority 83 · 10 threads

Costs & Margins Priority 68 · 6 threads

Capital & Balance Sheet Priority 84 · 13 threads

Strategy & Portfolio Priority 68 · 15 threads

Legal, Regulatory & Policy Priority 74 · 10 threads

Guidance & Outlook Priority 67 · 5 threads

Macro & Market Conditions Priority 71 · 10 threads

Management & Governance Priority 30 · 1 thread

Shareholders & Street Priority 29 · 3 threads

Unclassified Priority 94 · 5 threads

Expected impact by metric

metricforward netforward grossrealized
margin+4.2%+4.2%—
revenue+1.9%+4.0%+40.8%
cash+0.1%+0.9%+6.6%
assets+0.7%+0.7%+364.1%
operating_income-0.4%+0.4%+68.4%
net_income-0.3%+0.3%+2.5%
liability——-56.4%