Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call Recaps: Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM)
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Our latest recap available to Bespoke subscribers covers Taiwan Semiconductor’s (TSM) Q4 2025 earnings call.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) is the world’s leading pure-play semiconductor foundry, manufacturing the most advanced logic chips used in smartphones, high-performance computing, AI accelerators, automotive systems, and IoT devices. It does not design chips itself, but instead, it builds them at scale for customers like Apple, Nvidia, AMD, and major cloud providers. TSM closed 2025 with blockbuster results, driven by AI demand that management repeatedly emphasized is “real,” not speculative. Q4 revenue reached $33.7B with gross margin of 62.3%, while full-year revenue jumped 36% to $122B. AI accelerators accounted for a high-teens percentage of revenue in 2025, and management guided AI revenue growth at a mid-to-high-50% CAGR through 2029. Capacity remains extremely tight through 2026–27 despite $52–$56B of planned 2026 CapEx, as new fabs won’t meaningfully add supply until 2028–29. TSMC acknowledged margin dilution from overseas fabs and the N2 ramp but reaffirmed confidence in sustaining 56%+ gross margins long term. Management also downplayed AI “bubble” fears, citing direct validation from hyperscalers and persistent wafer shortages as the true bottleneck, not power or data centers. TSM shares rose as much as 7% on 1/15…
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Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call Recaps: H.B. Fuller (FUL)
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Our latest recap available to Bespoke subscribers covers H.B. Fuller’s (FUL) Q4 2025 earnings call.
H.B. Fuller (FUL) is a global specialty chemicals company focused almost entirely on adhesives, sealants, and coatings used in everyday and industrial applications. Its products are important, but they are small-dollar components in customers’ end products in the spheres of everything from packaging, hygiene, and construction materials to automotive, electronics, aerospace, medical devices, and energy infrastructure. The company offers insight into global manufacturing health, packaging and construction demand, automotive and electronics cycles, and how industrial firms are navigating tariffs, inflation, and regional supply-chain shifts. FUL delivered organic revenue down 1.3%, volumes down 2.5%, but double-digit EPS growth despite weak global manufacturing demand, offset by 1.2% pricing gains across all segments. Engineering Adhesives was the clear standout, posting about 7% organic growth excluding solar, with strong momentum in automotive, electronics, and aerospace. Management reaffirmed that 2026 assumes no macro help, with profit growth driven by self-help actions, including $35 million of pricing/raw material benefits and incremental “Quantum Leap” savings, while deliberately shrinking solar exposure. FUL’s results were mixed as revenue missed and EPS came in better-than-expected, and shares fell about 1.5% on 1/15…
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Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call Recaps: Citigroup (C)
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Our latest recap available to Bespoke subscribers covers Citigroup’s (C) Q4 2025 earnings call.
Citigroup (C) is one of the world’s largest financial institutions, serving consumers, corporations, governments, and institutional clients across nearly 100 countries. The bank operates across Services (payments, treasury, custody), Markets (trading and financing), Investment Banking, Wealth Management, and US Personal Banking. Citi closed 2025 with adjusted EPS of $1.81 and adjusted RoTCE (Return on Tangible Common Equity) of 7.7%, with full-year adjusted net income surpassing $16 billion and revenues up 7%, its strongest growth in over a decade. Services continued to anchor results, with cross-border transaction values up double digits and assets under custody and administration up 24%, while Investment Banking posted a record year, highlighted by M&A fees up 84% in the quarter. Management emphasized that over 80% of Citi’s multi-year transformation is at or near the target state. Macro commentary centered around easing global inflation, resilient US consumers, strong tech capex, and improving capital markets activity, balanced against regulatory uncertainty around consumer credit. While reported EPS beat estimates, revenue missed, and shares fell 3.4% on 1/14…
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Chart of the Day: Wall Street Winning
Bespoke’s Morning Lineup – 1/15/26 – Is That Chirping We Hear?
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“Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.” – ― Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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US futures are higher this morning, with the S&P 500 indicated to open 0.4% higher while the Nasdaq, driven by strong earnings from Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM), looks to open up nearly 1%. After weak reactions to earnings from the major banks over the last two days, Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) reported better-than-expected results but are experiencing muted to modestly negative reactions in their stocks.
Treasury yields are little changed, but at 4.14%, the 10-year yield is very well behaved. After surging above $62 per barrel yesterday as a strike on Iran seemed like a certainty, WTI is down over 4% and back below $60 this morning. Gold and other precious metals are also pulling back, but by much more modest amounts.
In Europe this morning, the STOXX 600 is up 0.5% as shares of ASML rallied more than 5% and saw their market cap exceed half a trillion dollars. Asian stocks were mixed overnight, with the Nikkei falling 0.4% (it can’t go up every day) while China was down a more modest 0.3%. South Korea, however, bucked the trend and rallied 1.6% (apparently, it can seemingly rally every day).
We just got a flurry of economic data, and the results were all stronger than expected. Both the Philly Fed and Empire Manufacturing reports topped expectations, and jobless claims were lower than expected on both an initial and continuing basis. Initial claims were even below 200K. The only fly in the ointment was Import Prices, which rose 0.1% m/m versus forecasts for a decline of 0.2%. In reaction the reports, yields ticked a little higher, and equity futures improved modestly.
While large brokerage/investment banking-centric firms like Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) are seeing modest reactions to earnings, the same can’t be said for the largest money center banks, which reported this week. Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), and Wells Fargo (WFC) all traded down at least 3% on their reaction days this week. For most, it was their worst earnings reaction day performance in over a year, and for BAC, it was the worst since October 2020!
The weakness in the stocks has been a disappointment and a drag on the market this week, but keep in mind that these stocks were trading at record highs last week. They’ve also had to contend with the President’s call for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates. After the initial weakness yesterday, the Financial sector found some support at its 50-day moving average and ended up finishing the day right near the prior highs from last Fall. Provided the weakness eases from here, it’s nothing more than some consolidation.
The major banks are the first companies to report earnings every quarter, so their results and how their stocks react tend to get a lot of investor focus. Therefore, with all four reacting negatively to earnings, it raises the question of whether it’s a flock of canaries warning of bigger problems ahead.
The chart below shows the performance of the SPDR Financial Sector ETF (XLF) since 2000, and the blue dots indicate every time that all four money center banks declined on their earnings reaction days in the same earnings season, while the red dots indicate each time all four stocks declined at least 1%. There have been 14 other times that all four stocks declined on their earnings reaction day in the same earnings season, but there have only been three earnings seasons when all three declined 1%. Of those three, the only time all four stocks declined more than 3% was in April 2020 when the economy was shutdown from Covid! So, it’s uncommon to see all four stocks simultaneously react so poorly to earnings.
The Closer – Tin, Beige Book, Big Data Day – 1/14/26
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Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call Recaps: Wells Fargo (WFC)
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Our latest recap available to Bespoke subscribers covers Wells Fargo’s (WFC) Q4 2025 earnings call.
Wells Fargo (WFC) is one of the largest US banks, serving tens of millions of consumer, small business, commercial, and corporate clients across banking, lending, markets, and wealth management. The firm spans consumer banking (checking, credit cards, auto, mortgages), commercial and corporate banking, investment banking and trading, and a sizable wealth and investment management franchise. WFC reported net income of $21.3 billion and ROTCE (Return on Tangible Common Equity) reaching 15%, up from 8% in 2020, while setting a medium-term target of 17–18%. With its asset cap lifted by the Fed, assets grew 11% YoY, loans expanded across consumer and commercial segments, and trading-related assets rose 50% to support client activity. Credit remained solid as net charge-offs fell 16% YoY, consumers showed resilience across checking and payment data, and commercial real estate office losses were described as manageable and non-systemic. The bank guided to roughly $50B of net interest income in 2026, assuming two to three Fed rate cuts, with loan and deposit growth offsetting rate headwinds. WFC missed on the top-line but beat EPS estimates as shares fell as much as 5.5% on 1/14…
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Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call Recaps: Bank of America (BAC)
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Our latest recap available to Bespoke subscribers covers Bank of America’s (BAC) Q4 2025 earnings call.
Bank of America (BAC) is one of the world’s largest financial institutions, serving consumers, small businesses, corporations, governments, and institutional investors through consumer banking, wealth management, commercial banking, investment banking, and global markets. The company operates at an enormous scale, with roughly $3.4 trillion in assets and over $6.5 trillion in client balances. The company reported $7.6 billion in net income (+12% YoY), EPS of $0.98 (+18%), and 7% revenue growth driven by 10% NII growth to $15.9 billion. Management highlighted resilient US consumer spending (+5%), improving credit trends with net charge-offs down to 44 bps, and stabilizing deposit growth, particularly in Consumer Banking. AI and digital initiatives are producing tangible cost savings, including a 30% productivity gain in coding workflows. Investment banking activity improved as tax and tariff uncertainty eased, while management flagged regulatory risks around stablecoins and proposed credit card rate caps. Shares fell roughly 3.5% on 1/14 despite better-than-expected results…
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Chart of the Day – Bitcoin’s Rebound
Bespoke’s Morning Lineup – 1/14/26 – Nikkei’s Record Start
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“While any number of risks continue, we are bullish on the U.S. economy in 2026.” -Brian Moynihan
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After a modestly negative Tuesday, futures are trading on the back foot once again this morning. S&P 500 futures are down 0.36% while the Nasdaq is even weaker, indicated to open down by 0.5%. Oil prices are higher as traders eye the simmering tensions in Iran and anticipate a possible disruption to supplies from the country. That’s also translated to a flight to safety trade in gold and other precious metals. Gold is up 1%, silver is up over 5%, while platinum is up 3%. A few weeks ago, a lot of traders thought these moves were getting long in the tooth, but those teeth now look like fangs. Even crypto assets have caught a bid in recent days as Bitcoin is back above $95K and Ether is up near 3,300.
After yesterday’s tame CPI, we just got PPI along with Retail Sales. PPI was a strange report as the m/m numbers were either inline with or weaker than expected, but the y/y readings came in much higher than expected at 3% compared to forecasts for 2.7%. These are hotter than expected inflation readings, but PPI is a volatile report. Retail Sales, also released at 8:30, were better than expected. The only other report on the calendar is Existing Home Sales at 10 AM, and given the lower mortgage rates recently, we could see some strength in that report.
The pace of earnings is also starting to pick up as Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), and Wells Fargo (WFC) all reported results this morning. All three companies exceeded bottom-line forecasts, while WFC was the only one to report weaker sales. As a result of its revenue miss, WFC is trading down about 2% while the other two stocks are hugging the flat line.
In Asia overnight, it was a mixed session. Japan extended its streak of 1%+ daily moves to seven with a gain of 1.5%. China was down modestly (-0.3%), while South Korea was up 0.7%. In Europe, there’s been little movement so far this morning. The STOXX 600 is basically unchanged as most major benchmarks in the region are marginally higher, but modest weakness in Germany weighs.
Yesterday’s 4%+ decline in shares of JPM ranked as the eighth most negative reaction to earnings for the stock since at least 2001 and the weakest since April 2024. The stock’s negative reaction to earnings raised some concerns surrounding the stock as well as the broader market, but as we noted in yesterday’s COTD, JPM’s reaction to earnings isn’t exactly a great bellwether for broad market. They’re not even a great bellwether for the stock’s future performance.
The chart below shows the stock’s performance since the start of 2020, and the red and green dots represent each of the company’s earnings reports since then. Red dots indicate days when the stock had a negative one-day reaction to earnings, while green dots indicate positive reactions. Yesterday was the third straight quarter that JPM had a negative reaction to earnings, but as the chart illustrates, the prior two weak reactions weren’t an especially ominous signal as the stock hit new all-time highs following each of them. JPM had a similar streak in 2024, and once again, between each of them, the stock hit all-time highs. From late 2020 through mid-2022, there was another extended streak of eight straight negative reactions, and while the stock held up well early on in that streak, towards the later stretch of that streak, the stock finally rolled over. All in all, though, a weak one-day reaction has tended to be a weak one-day reaction and nothing more.
Moving on from JPM to Japan, last night’s rally in the Nikkei extended an impressive run to start the year. After just seven days of trading, the Nikkei is up 7.95%, which ranks as the best start to a year for that index since at least 1971. Before this year, the record was in 1994 when it rallied 7.9% in the first seven trading days. Besides 1994, the only other years that the Nikkei rallied more than 5% in the first seven trading days of the year were 1971, 1976, and, most recently, in 2024.
