BofA Reports $21.3 Billion In Energy Exposure; Beats On EPS Despite Revenue Miss, Sliding Sales And Trading
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
01/19/2016
Here is what everyone wanted to know from BofA results: commercial net charge-offs increased $75MM compared to 3Q15, driven by losses in Energy, while the Allowance increased $144MM from 3Q15, driven by energy-related exposures and higher loan growth across the portfolio. Most importantly, BofA revealed its “Utilized Energy exposure of $21.3B ($1B traded products)”, down $2.6 billion from a year ago. BofA also notes that the “higher risk sub-sectors of Oil Field Services and Exploration & Production comprise 39% of utilized energy exposure.” NPLs increased $110MM from 3Q15, to $1.2 billion driven mostly by increases in Energy.
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