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Financials: which companies drove growth

The 20 largest Financials companies by market cap at the end of Q1 2025 (31 Mar 2025), compared with Q4 2024.

The top 20 at Q1 2025

Q1 2025 vs Q4 2024: combined net profit $67.1B (−16%), median EPS +7% (12 of 20 up), market-cap-weighted price +3%. 20 of 20 reported.

Quarter
Q3 2023Q4 2023Q1 2024Q2 2024Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Compared with
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Weight is each company's share of the 20 companies' combined market cap. Contribution is the change in its owners' profit divided by their combined base profit, in percentage points, so the column adds up to the sector's earnings growth. EPS cannot be added across companies, which is why contributions use profit.

#CompanyWeightEPS $, base → nowEPS growthContributionPrice
1Berkshire Hathaway Inc.BRK-B20.7%9.13 → 2.13−77% −18.8 pp+18%
2JPMorgan Chase & Co.JPM12.4%4.81 → 5.07+5% +0.8 pp+3%
3Visa Inc.V12.2%2.58 → 2.32−10% −0.7 pp+11%
4Mastercard IncorporatedMA8.9%3.64 → 3.59−1% −0.1 pp+4%
5Bank of America CorporationBAC5.8%0.82 → 0.90+10% +0.9 pp−4%
6Wells Fargo & CompanyWFC4.2%1.43 → 1.39−3% −0.2 pp+2%
7American Express CompanyAXP3.4%3.04 → 3.64+20% +0.5 pp−9%
8Morgan StanleyMS3.3%2.22 → 2.60+17% +0.7 pp−7%
9The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.GS3.1%11.95 → 14.12+18% +0.8 pp−6%
10Blackstone Inc.BX3.0%0.92 → 0.80−13% −0.1 pp−18%
11The Progressive CorporationPGR3.0%4.01 → 4.37+9% +0.3 pp+18%
12S&P Global Inc.SPGI2.8%2.85 → 3.54+24% +0.3 pp+3%
13BlackRock, Inc.BLK2.6%10.64 → 9.64−9% −0.2 pp−7%
14The Charles Schwab CorporationSCHW2.6%0.94 → 0.99+5% +0.1 pp+7%
15Citigroup Inc.C2.4%1.34 → 1.96+46% +1.5 pp0%
16Chubb LimitedCB2.2%6.33 → 3.29−48% −1.5 pp+16%
17Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.MRSH2.2%1.59 → 2.79+75% +0.7 pp+15%
18KKR & Co. Inc.KKR1.9%1.18 → −0.22to loss −1.6 pp−16%
19Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.ICE1.8%1.21 → 1.38+14% +0.1 pp+16%
20CME Group Inc.CME1.7%2.40 → 2.62+9% +0.1 pp+14%
Sector earnings growth100%−16.4 pp

Who joined and who left

2 joined and 2 left the top 20 since Q4 2024, as market caps moved.

Joined the top 20 since Q4 2024 2

Left the top 20 since Q4 2024 2

  • was #19 Apollo Global Management, Inc. APO
  • was #20 Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. BAM

EPS growth by company, Q3 2023 to Q2 2026

Each company's EPS growth quarter on quarter, every quarter it was in the top 20.

≤ −40%−20%0+20%≥ +40% Blue is growth, red is decline, grey is about zero; the colour stops deepening at ±40%.
  • turned profitableto loss crossed zero, so there is no growth rate to print
  • loss, smallerloss, bigger a loss in both quarters
  • outside not in the sector's top 20 that quarter
EPS growth of each company in the sector's top 20, by quarter
CompanyQ3 2023Q4 2023Q1 2024Q2 2024Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
BRK-Bto lossturned profitable−66%+139%−13%−25%−77%+169%+149%−38%−47%+154%
JPM−9%−30%+46%+38%−29%+10%+5%+3%−3%−9%+28%+27%
V+14%+5%−4%+5%+10%−3%−10%+16%−3%+16%+4%−5%
MA+13%−12%+8%+9%+1%+3%−1%+13%+7%+4%−4%+14%
BAC+2%−61%+117%+9%−2%+1%+10%−1%+19%−8%+14%+8%
WFC+18%−42%+40%+11%+7%+1%−3%+15%+4%+1%−4%+25%
AXP+14%−21%+27%+25%−16%−13%+20%+12%+1%−15%+21%+7%
MS+11%−38%+138%−10%+3%+18%+17%−18%+31%−5%+27%0%
GS+78%+1%+109%−26%−3%+42%+18%−22%+12%+14%+25%+20%
BX−8%−73%+455%−48%+76%−10%−13%+22%−18%+63%−36%+89%
PGR+232%+78%+17%−37%+60%+1%+9%+24%−18%+13%−4%+18%
SPGI+46%−21%+73%+2%−3%−9%+24%−1%+10%−3%+25%−12%
BLK+18%−14%+15%−5%+9%−2%−9%+6%−17%−15%+96%−13%
SCHW−12%−9%+33%−3%+8%+32%+5%+9%+17%+6%+3%+12%
C+23%to lossturned profitable−4%−1%−11%+46%0%−5%−36%+157%+3%
CB+15%+62%−35%+4%+4%+11%−48%+123%−5%+16%−27%+26%
MRSH−29%+4%+86%−20%−33%+5%+75%−12%outsideoutsideoutsideoutside
KKRoutside−30%−35%−3%−11%+84%to lossturned profitable+80%+29%outsideoutside
ICEoutside−32%+105%−17%+4%outside+14%+7%outsideoutside+66%outside
CME−4%+9%+5%outsideoutsideoutside+9%outsideoutsideoutside−2%outside