Seven out of 20 financial services companies that reported earnings between Aug. 3 and Aug. 9 missed EPS estimates, but only by a few pennies, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data.

New York-based KKR Real Estate Finance Trust topped earnings estimates by almost 40% on Aug. 6, the largest "beat" among financial services companies that have reported over the last week.

On the financial technology side, Thomson Reuters Corp. outperformed analysts' EPS expectations by 55%, reporting 17 cents in normalized earnings per share compared to the mean estimate of 11 cents.

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