MUFG Profit Beats Estimates; Keeps Record Earnings Target

Signage for MUFG Bank Ltd., a unit of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., in Tokyo.Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. kept its forecast for another year of record profit after earnings exceeded analysts’ expectations in the first quarter.

Net income fell 1.8% from a year earlier to ¥546.1 billion ($3.7 billion) in the three months ended June 30, Japan’s largest bank said Monday. That beat the ¥490.1 billion average of five analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg.