Earnings season ramps up in full gear this week kicked off by quarterly financial results from some of the biggest publicly traded U.S. banks Tuesday and Wednesday.Here’s a look at the big banks set to repot this week, their 2026 performance and recent history. • Wells Fargo stock is holding steady today. Where are WFC shares going?Big Bank Earnings ReportsSix big banks report quarterly financial results this week and five of the banks have something in common: a recent record of beating analyst estimates for earnings per share and revenue.That recent history has translated into stock performance with the one laggard down year-to-date.The six big bank stocks reporting this week are:"While it’s been a mixed year for the financial sector overall, many of the large banks have been thriving," Freedom Capital Markets Chief Market Strategist Jay Woods said in a weekly newsletter.The laggard to Woods is Wells Fargo, with shares down 6.5% year-to-date."Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Citi have all gained over 20% as trading revenue and an improving IPO landscape have helped fuel their returns. JPMorgan and Bank of America have started to rally."Earnings HistoryA look at the earnings history on Benzinga Pro shows that several big bank stocks have consistently beaten analyst estimates. Here is a look at each of the six big bank stocks and how they have performed versus analysts’ estimates for earnings per share and revenue over the past 10 quarters.Recent earnings success and, in the case of Wells Fargo, failures may translate best to stock performance this year. Here is the year-to-date performance as of Friday: