Summary
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BK) reported net income applicable to common shareholders of $322 million ($0.28 diluted EPS) for the first quarter of 2009. This represents a significant recovery from the prior quarter ($28 million net income) but a substantial decrease compared to the same quarter in the prior year ($746 million net income). The challenging market environment continued to impact the company's results, with lower fee and other revenue driven by declines in asset servicing and asset and wealth management fees due to market depreciation and a stronger U.S. dollar. Investment and goodwill write-downs totaling $200 million and $50 million, respectively, also negatively impacted earnings per share by $0.21. Despite these headwinds, the company's capital ratios remained strong, with the Tier 1 capital ratio increasing to 13.8%, partly due to the investment from the U.S. Treasury. The company also announced plans to repay TARP upon regulatory approval.
Financial Highlights
24 data points| Operating Income | $410.00M |
| Interest Expense | $204.00M |
| Net Income | $322.00M |
| EPS (Basic) | $0.28 |
| EPS (Diluted) | $0.28 |
| Shares Outstanding (Basic) | 1.15B |
| Shares Outstanding (Diluted) | 1.15B |
Key Highlights
- 1Net income applicable to common shareholders was $322 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, a significant improvement from the previous quarter ($28 million), but down from $746 million in the prior year.
- 2Fee and other revenue declined 28% year-over-year to $2.14 billion, primarily due to lower asset servicing and asset/wealth management fees driven by market depreciation and a stronger U.S. dollar.
- 3The company recorded investment write-downs of $347 million (pre-tax) and a goodwill impairment charge of $50 million (pre-tax), negatively impacting EPS by $0.21.
- 4Assets under custody and administration decreased to $19.5 trillion from $20.2 trillion at the end of the prior year, impacted by weaker market values and a stronger U.S. dollar.
- 5Assets under management decreased to $881 billion from $928 billion at the end of the prior year, primarily due to market depreciation and outflows from money market funds.
- 6Noninterest expense decreased 10% year-over-year to $2.34 billion, reflecting strong expense management and merger synergies.
- 7Tier 1 capital ratio improved to 13.8% from 13.2% in the prior quarter and 8.8% in the prior year, supported by retained earnings and adoption of new accounting standards.