SVB Financial Posts 18% Increase in Revenue
SVB Financial Group’s first-quarter profits available to common investors rose 18% to $40.9 million, or $0.90 per diluted share, from $34.8 million, or $0.78 per diluted share, in the year-earlier first quarter. We are not changing our $55 per share fair value estimate or our narrow economic moat rating at this time. Noninterest expense rose…