TD Cowen lowered the firm's price target on Raymond James to $126 from $131 and keeps a Hold rating on the shares. The firm sees favorable intermediate earnings drivers for the company including accelerating IEA growth, capital markets upturn, and excess capital deployment; though such incremental growth is likely to come from lower start point.

Reports Q2 revenue $3.12B, consensus $3.14B. Reports record client assets under administration of $1.45T. "We generated record quarterly net revenues of $3.12 billion in the fiscal second quarter fueled by robust year-over-year growth in client assets under administration of 18%, reflecting market growth and solid financial advisor retention and recruiting in the Private Client Group," said Chair and CEO Paul Reilly. "Entering the back half of the fiscal year, we are well positioned with record client assets and ample capital to support business growth."