Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Fitch: Good Earnings for U.S. Bancorp Despite Higher Energy Provisioning

(The following statement was released by the rating agency)

CHICAGO, April 20 (Fitch) U.S. Bancorp's (USB) first quarter

2016 (1Q16)

earnings continued to be strong and near the top of the industry

despite some

higher provision expenses related to the company's energy loan

portfolio, which

Fitch Ratings notes represents only 1.3% of the company's total

loans

outstanding.

Overall, USB's annualized return on average assets (ROAA) was a

good 1.32% in

1Q16, though down from 1.41% in the sequent

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