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JPMorgan Chase Reports Record First-Quarter 2013 Net Income of $6.5 Billion, or a Record $1.59 Per Share, on Revenue 1 of $25.8 Billion
17% Return on Tangible Common Equity 1
Supported Consumers, Businesses and Communities
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYS: JPM) :
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Strong performance across all businesses 2
- Consumer & Community Banking deposits were up 10%; mortgage originations were up 37% to $52.7 billion; Credit Card sales volume 1 was up 9%
- Corporate & Investment Bank reported strong performance across products and maintained its #1 ranking for Global Investment Banking fees; assets under custody were up 8% to $19.3 trillion
- Asset Management achieved its sixteenth consecutive quarter of positive net long-term client flows, a record of $31 billion for the first quarter; assets under supervision were a record $2.2 trillion; loan balances were up 27% to a record $81.4 billion
- The Board intends to increase the second-quarter common stock dividend to $0.38 per share 3 from the current $0.30 per share; the Firm repurchased $2.6 billion of common equity in the first quarter and is authorized to repurchase an additional $6 billion of common equity through the first quarter of 2014
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Fortress balance sheet strengthened
- Basel I Tier 1 common 1 of $143 billion, or 10.2%
- Estimated Basel III Tier 1 common 1 of 8.9% 4 , up from 8.7% in the prior quarter
- High Quality Liquid Assets 5 of $413 billion
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First-quarter results included the following significant items
- $650 million pretax benefit ($0.10 per share after-tax increase in earnings) from reduced mortgage loan loss reserves in Real Estate Portfolios
- $500 million pretax benefit ($0.08 per share after-tax increase in earnings) from reduced credit card loan loss reserves in Card Services