Wells Fargo reported earnings per share of $1.43 for the fourth quarter, beating Wall Street’s consensus estimate of $1.35. A year earlier, the bank reported profit of 86 cents a share. Net interest income,

JPMorgan profit spikes 50% to more than $14 billion in the fourth quarter.

JPMorgan Chase is out with its fourth-quarter results and it's a blowout report. Here are the highlights: Profit was up 50%. That amounted to $4.81 a share, well above what analysts polled by FactSet expected at $4.