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Royal Bank of Canada Up after Results

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Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) shares are up over 2% in morning trade after the company reported earnings for its first quarter ended January above analyst forecasts. The company said first-quarter earnings from continuing operations fell 6 percent to C$1.88 billion ($1.89 billion), or C$1.23 a share. This easily beat analyst forecasts of C$1.14 a share.

“RBC had an outstanding start to the year, earning over $1.8 billion in the first quarter of 2012. These results demonstrate the strength of our disciplined growth strategy and diversified business model which drive the earnings power of this organization. This morning, we announced a $.03 or 6% increase in our quarterly dividend,” said Gord Nixon, RBC President and CEO.

“Record earnings in Canadian Banking continued to reflect our unrivalled size, scale and distribution network which drove solid volume growth of 9% this quarter. We continue to invest in innovative solutions to improve the client experience and drive efficiencies,” Nixon said.


“Looking ahead through 2012, we believe that we are very well positioned to continue extending our lead in Canada and building client relationships in select U.S. and international markets, while maintaining our strong capital position and strict risk and cost discipline.”

“There is nothing to complain about in these results, and we see them as an across-the-board display of strength from Royal,” Sumit Malhotra, an analyst with Macquarie Capital Markets, said today in a note.

The company’s earnings were negatively impacted by a capital markets slowdown and lower trading revenues from a year ago.

“Capital markets continue to face a challenging earnings environment, with weakness in fixed income, currency and commodities, and equity trading still weighing on capital markets revenues,” John Aiken, an analyst with Barclays Capital in Toronto, had said in a Feb. 13 note.

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Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing in his yacht.


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Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing.

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