Comerica Reports 14% Sequential EPS Growth in Q2

Comerica (NYSE:CMA) reported its Q2 2025 earnings on July 18, reporting EPS of $1.42 (up nearly 14% sequentially). In the quarter, it returned $193 million to shareholders through stock repurchases and dividends. Management highlighted inflecting loan growth, normalization of pressured deposits, disciplined expense control, and sustained capital strength, while maintaining guidance of net interest income growth of 5% to 7% for the year, despite anticipated short-term headwinds.The company achieved period-end loan growth of approximately 3%, and increased total commitments by $400 million, with particularly strong activity in environmental services and commercial real estate, even as average loans in equity fund services declined. Management said middle market loan pipelines are improving, and activity feels better than it has since the Silicon Valley Bank situation, though levels have not yet returned to their norms before that institution's March 2023 failure, despite sectorwide uncertainty and a period of portfolio rationalization following the 2023 regional bank crisis.Renewed loan growth signals a possible shift in business customer confidence and lays groundwork for sustainable revenue expansion after several quarters of muted activity and balance sheet optimization.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool