Truist Financial Corporation · TFC · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025

Truist lowers revenue outlook while maintaining capital strength

The quarter supports a mixed view: resilient consumer, premier-banking, and wholesale activity plus digital execution provide operating support, but the lowered revenue outlook shows that macro conditions and weaker investment-banking activity are limiting near-term earnings momentum.

Reported Before market openNYSEFinancial Services $58.11B market cap
80quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $0.87
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $4.98B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -0.3% Event window
SPY move +0.1% Same window
Abnormal move -0.4% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.1× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +15.3% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, the outlook became more cautious: revenue guidance was lowered and fixed-rate asset-repricing benefits were expected to be 40–50 basis points lower than previously forecast. At the same time, Truist introduced or expanded AI-enabled client tools, maintained capital-return plans, and continued to emphasize expense discipline.

Guidance delta

Lowered: full-year revenue growth guidance was reduced to 1.5%–2.5% as investment-banking and trading revenue were expected to flatten.

Key takeaways

  • Truist reported continued loan and deposit growth, with 1.3% loan growth and 3.4% deposit growth year over year.
  • Management lowered full-year revenue growth guidance to 1.5%–2.5% because of slower investment banking and a flatter yield curve.
  • The company highlighted a strong capital position and a target of up to $750 million in Q2 share repurchases.
  • Digital initiatives expanded, including 195,000 new digital accounts and AI tools handling more than 1 million client conversations.
  • Expense discipline improved the efficiency ratio by 130 basis points year over year.

Management priorities

  • Continue investing in technology, talent, and digital client-experience tools.
  • Expand premier banking and middle-market client relationships.
  • Develop real-time payments capabilities and Zelle integration.
  • Maintain expense discipline while pursuing the stated Q2 share-repurchase target.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
TFC REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 8 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $6B Q4 '23 actual $8B, beat Q1 '24 estimate $6B Q1 '24 actual $8B, beat Q2 '24 estimate $5B Q2 '24 actual $1B, miss Q2 '25 estimate $5B Q2 '25 actual $5B, miss Q3 '25 estimate $5B Q3 '25 actual $5B, match Q4 '25 estimate $5B Q4 '25 actual $5B, miss Q1 '26 estimate $5B Q1 '26 actual $5B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $5B Q2 '26 actual $5B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $5B Q4 '26 estimate $5B Q1 '27 estimate $5B Q2 '27 estimate $5B

Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold53 ratings
Bullish2649.0%
Neutral2445.3%
Bearish35.7%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$45.92Current
$36Low
$56.43Average
$136High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 14, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 5, 2026
JP Morgan Underweight UnderweightMaintainOct 2, 2026
Evercore ISI Group Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 1, 2026
Stephens & Co. Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 21, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Market Perform Market PerformMaintainJul 20, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $45.92. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$52$45.58 +13.2%Oct 8, 2026
UBSErika Najarian$50$46.45 +8.9%Oct 5, 2026
StephensAnalyst unavailable$57$51 +24.1%Jul 21, 2026
Robert W. BairdAnalyst unavailable$56$52.5 +22.0%Jul 20, 2026
Evercore ISIJohn Pancari$57$51.1 +24.1%Jul 6, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Truist Financial Corporation operates as a diversified financial holding company, providing an extensive array of banking and trust services throughout the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Its business activities are structured across three main segments: Consumer Banking and Wealth, Corporate and Commercial Banking, and Insurance Holdings. The corporation offers a broad spectrum of deposit products, including both interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing checking accounts, savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit (CDs), and individual retirement accounts (IRAs). Beyond deposit services, Truist delivers a comprehensive suite of financial solutions. These include various lending options such as automobile, bankcard, consumer, home equity, mortgage, small business, and student loans, alongside specialized commercial financing for areas like floor plan, real estate, and mortgage warehousing, as well as lease and supply chain financing.…

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  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-04-03T00:02:43.581688+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-14T00:40:43.335760+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-14T00:40:43.333119+00:00

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