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$RJF Will Raymond James' record $3.40 EPS keep growing now that buybacks shrank to $50M from $400M a quarter?
🏆 Raymond James, a wealth manager and investment bank with $1.94 trillion of client assets, posted record fiscal Q4 net revenue of $4.27B, up 15% from a year earlier, and record diluted EPS of $3.40
✂️ In the quarter ended September 30, 2026 it bought back only $50M of stock, about 0.3 million shares, after $400M in each of the three quarters before
📈 The case against worrying is that profit itself is growing, with pre-tax income up 18% to $862M, fiscal 2026 EPS of $11.91 up 16%, and a 24.2% total capital ratio well above regulatory requirements
📅 Next: The conference call is today, Wednesday, October 28, at 5:00 p.m. ET, where the pace of fiscal 2027 buybacks is the thing to listen for
Source: SEC 8-K and earnings release, Oct 28
