What to expect from the NAB (ASX:NAB) half year result

Over the next couple of weeks, the big four banks will be handing in their latest report cards. Ahead of their releases, I thought I would take a look to see what the market is expecting from them.

On this occasion, I’m going to look at the National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB) half year result.

What is expected from NAB in the first half?

NAB is scheduled to release its half year results on Thursday 6 May.

According to a note out of Goldman Sachs, it is the broker’s top pick among the big four banks. Goldman currently has a conviction buy rating and $29.63 price target on its shares. As you might expect, this means it has high expectations for this result and the second half.

The note reveals that Goldman expects the banking…