BNY beat third-quarter estimates, though its shares slipped 1.58% in pre-market trading on Thursday. The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.37, against the analyst consensus of $2.26. Revenue rose 12% to $5.68 billion from $5.08 billion a year earlier, beating estimates of $5.55 billion. Fee revenue rose 12% to $4.08 billion, and net interest income climbed 15% to $1.42 billion. Noninterest expense increased 8% to $3.49 billion. Pre-tax margin was 39%. Assets under custody and administration rose 10% to $63.4 trillion. Assets under management grew 2% to $2.2 trillion. BNY returned $1.4 billion to shareholders through $436 million in dividends and $937 million in share repurchases.

BNY will report third-quarter earnings on Thursday before market open. Analysts expect revenue to grow 9.6% year on year, compared with a 9.1% rise in the same quarter last year. Last quarter, the company beat revenue expectations with $5.70 billion, up 13.3% year on year. It also beat analysts' earnings per share estimates, and has a history of topping Wall Street forecasts. Among peers, Goldman Sachs reported 23% revenue growth, beating estimates by 11.5%. Jefferies posted 8.5% growth, topping estimates by 1.1%, and its shares fell 1.3%. BNY shares are down 10.7% over the last month, against a 5.5% average fall for capital markets stocks. The average analyst price target is $163.47, versus a share price of $140.78.

Digital Asset, the creator of the Canton Network and a leader in privacy-enabled blockchain technology for global financial markets, today announced a new strategic investment from BNY, iCapital, Nasdaq, and S&P Global