06:41 AM EDT, 07/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Mizuho Financial Group ( MFG ) reported fiscal Q1 earnings Wednesday of 114.14 Japanese yen ($0.76) per diluted share, up from 96.74 yen a year earlier.

Two analysts polled by Capital IQ expected 72.82 yen.

Consolidated gross profits were 745.1 billion yen for the fiscal quarter, up from 614.2 billion yen a year earlier.

Mizuho rose more than 4% in recent premarket activity on Wednesday.

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