1818 ET - National Australia Bank's bear at Citi says much of its 1Q earnings beat stemmed from its lower bad debts, and markets and treasury. Analyst Thomas Strong says that underlying revenue growth of 4% compared with the average of the prior two quarters implies that markets and treasury revenue was up by 30%. The lender's A$170 million charge for bad and doubtful debts is a better result than Strong's forecast of A$249 million. Stripping out those factors, he reckons that NAB's 1Q net profit beat consensus by about 4% to 5%. Citi has a last-published sell rating and A$38.00 target price on the stock, which is up 5.7% at A$47.93. (stuart.condie@wsj.com)

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