secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK)
CIK:        0001390777
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001390777-26-000004
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.78
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

BNY reports Q4 EPS $2.02 (adj $2.08); full-year record revenue $20.1B
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- Q4 2025 diluted EPS $2.02 (adjusted $2.08), up 31% YoY; net income $1.427B, up 26%.
- Full-year 2025 record revenue $20.1B (+8% YoY), record net income $5.3B (+22%), EPS $7.40 (+28%).
- Q4 pre-tax margin 36% (+5pp YoY); ROTCE 26.6% (+3.3pp); positive operating leverage 8th consecutive quarter.
- Returned $1.4B to shareholders in Q4: $1.0B buybacks, $377M dividends; FY total payout ratio 94%.
- CEO says raising medium-term financial targets after exceeding prior targets; 2026 momentum.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1390777/000139077726000004/0001390777-26-000004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1390777/000139077726000004/bk-20260113.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001390777-26-000004

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