Company Analysis

PNC Financial Services Group (PNC)

NYSE: PNC · National Commercial Banks · Pittsburgh, PA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.0
◀ Past 6.9● Present 5.9▶ Future 4.6

The grade of PNC Financial Services Group

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.0/10
◀ Past6.940% of the headline
● Present5.935% of the headline
▶ Future4.625% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PNC Financial Services Group's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PNC Financial Services Group's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $15 billion in fiscal 2016 to $23 billion in fiscal 2025, up 4.8% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 1% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2018; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.8%bottom 4% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 31% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.9%top 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.3% a year. 46% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 81 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, PNC Financial Services Group's diluted share count shrank about 1.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 46% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 16 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-05, buying about $4 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 18% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 89%: owes 89¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, PNC Financial Services Group earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 89 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 45% of its family
  • return on equitytop 28% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 40% of 79 in its family; net margin 30.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 60th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PNC Financial Services Group's standing among 79 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $23 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 11% by size; a net margin of 30.3% ranks in the top 16%; revenue growth of 3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 6% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$23.10Btop 11% of its family
  • net margin30.3%top 16% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth3.0%bottom 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 46% of 74 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2013.

weight 22% of this tense · 54th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PNC Financial Services Group's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Demchak, William S (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2013-10-25, 13.1 years (top 20% of its family); the 28 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.1 years (bottom 35%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 28 people in charge now (bottom 47%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 28 peoplebottom 47% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.1 yearsbottom 35% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record13.1 yearstop 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 21% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 21st percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PNC Financial Services Group's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $40 billion against debt of $57 billion leaves -3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 9% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 19% of revenue (bottom 34%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-3.0%bottom 9% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue19.0%bottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 43% of 79 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PNC Financial Services Group's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 3% a year over the last three filed years against 4.8% over all 10, slowing (bottom 18% of its family); the newest year grew 7.2% (top 32%) (its annual reports). PNC Financial Services Group reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Retail Banking at $15 billion, Asset Management Group at $1.7 billion. 2 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 90% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.8 points a yearbottom 18% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth7.2%top 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 27% of 76 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PNC Financial Services Group's newest year against its own record: revenue of $23 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 6.1% above the $22 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 6% of its family); net income of $7.0 billion against a prior three-year average of $5.9 billion (bottom 45%); a net margin of 30.3% against 27.6% before (top 20%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace6.1%top 6% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+19%bottom 45% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.7 pointstop 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton PNC · research, not advice