Capital One Needs To Show Discover Deal Payoff In Second-Quarter Results

According to CNBC, Capital One will report second-quarter results Tuesday evening as Chief Executive Richard Fairbank faces pressure to prove that the company's more than $35 billion acquisition of Discover is delivering on promised benefits. Capital One has logged $1.8 billion in integration expenses since the deal closed last May, and the Street expects second-quarter earnings of $4.75 per share on revenue of $15.77 billion, according to LSEG. The company has said its targets remain on track, including more than 15% earnings-per-share accretion and $2.7 billion in annual total synergies by 2027. Fairbank has said moving cards to the Discover network will let Capital One process its own transactions and reduce fees paid to Mastercard and Visa, while CFO Andrew Young said in April that the conversion of debit cards had been substantially completed.