Pathward Financial, Inc. Announces Results for 2025 Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025

Pathward Financial, Inc. ("Pathward Financial" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:CASH) reported net income of $38.8 million, or $1.69 per share, for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to net income of $33.5 million, or $1.34 per share, for the three months ended September 30, 2024.

The Company reported net income of $185.9 million, or $7.87 per share, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, compared to net income of $183.2 million, or $7.20 per share, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, the Company recognized return on average assets, return of average equity, and return on average tangible equity of 2.46%, 23.44% and 38.75%, respectively, compared to 2.40%, 25.78% and 47.89%, respectively, for the prior year period.

CEO Brett Pharr said, "We are very pleased with our performance in the fiscal year. We completed the sale of our Insurance Premium Finance business, as well as a transportation portfolio, hired a new Chief People and Culture Officer, and won multiple awards. We did all of this and still delivered on the strategy we laid out for fiscal 2025 at the end of last year, generating both net income and earnings per diluted share growth. We believe we have put ourselves in a strong position to continue delivering on our strategy and remaining the trusted platform that enables our partners to thrive."

Financial Highlights for the 2025 Fiscal Fourth Quarter

• Total revenue for the fourth quarter was $186.7 million, an increase of $7.2 million, or 4%, compared to the same quarter in fiscal 2024, primarily driven by an increase of 13% in noninterest income.
• Net interest margin ("NIM") increased 14 basis points to 7.46% for the fourth quarter from 7.32% during the same period last year, primarily driven by an improved earning asset mix from continued balance sheet optimization. When including contractual, rate-related processing expenses associated with deposits on the Company's balance sheet, NIM would have been 6.04% in the fiscal 2025 fourth quarter compared to 5.91% during the fiscal 2024 fourth quarter. See non-GAAP reconciliation table below.
• Total gross loans and leases at September 30, 2025 increased $589.7 million to $4.66 billion compared to September 30, 2024 and decreased $78.4 million when compared to June 30, 2025. The primary driver for the sequential decrease was due to the Company moving $144.1 million of its held for investment consumer finance portfolio to held for sale due to a purchase agreement being signed during the 2025 fiscal fourth quarter. On October 3, 2025, the Company closed on the sale of more than half of the held for sale consumer finance portfolio.
• During the 2025 fiscal fourth quarter, the Company repurchased 180,740 shares of common stock at an average share price of $82.95. As of September 30, 2025, there were 4,937,816 shares available for repurchase under the current common stock share repurchase program.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 was $128.0 million, which was essentially flat compared to the same quarter in fiscal 2024.

The Company's average interest-earning assets for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 decreased by $125.0 million to $6.80 billion compared to the same quarter in fiscal 2024, due to decreases in average outstanding balances in total investment securities balances, partially offset by an increase in total loan and lease balances. The fourth quarter average outstanding balance of loans and leases increased $254.9 million compared to the same quarter of the prior fiscal year, primarily due to increases in the warehouse finance and commercial finance portfolios, partially offset by decreases in consumer finance and the seasonal tax services portfolios.

Fiscal 2025 fourth quarter NIM increased to 7.46% from 7.32% in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2024. When including contractual, rate-related processing expenses associated with deposits on the Company's balance sheet, NIM would have been 6.04% in the fiscal 2025 fourth quarter compared to 5.91% during the fiscal 2024 fourth quarter. See non-GAAP reconciliation table below. The overall reported tax-equivalent yield ("TEY") on average interest-earning assets increased 1 basis point to 7.56% compared to the prior year quarter, driven by an improved earning asset mix. The yield on the loan and lease portfolio was 9.25% compared to 9.64% for the comparable period last year and the TEY on the securities portfolio was 3.06% compared to 3.12% over that same period.

The Company's cost of funds for all deposits and borrowings averaged 0.09% during the fiscal 2025 fourth quarter, as compared to 0.24% during the prior year quarter. The Company's overall cost of deposits was 0.02% in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2025, as compared to 0.07% during the prior year quarter. When including contractual, rate-related processing expenses associated with deposits on the Company's balance sheet, the Company's overall cost of deposits was 1.58% in the fiscal 2025 fourth quarter, as compared to 1.65% during the prior year quarter. See non-GAAP reconciliation table below.

Noninterest Income

Fiscal 2025 fourth quarter noninterest income increased 13% to $58.8 million, compared to $52.0 million for the same period of the prior year. The increase in noninterest income when comparing the current period to the same period of the prior year was primarily driven by an increase in secondary market revenue, card and deposit fees, and other income, partially offset by a loss on sale of investment securities and reductions in rental income and total tax services fee income.

Servicing fee income on custodial deposits totaled $2.6 million during the 2025 fiscal fourth quarter, compared to $3.2 million for the same period of the prior year. For the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2025, servicing fee income on custodial deposits totaled $7.9 million. The year-over-year decrease in servicing fee income on deposit balances held at partner banks was due to a reduction in rates following reductions in the Effective Federal Funds Rate ("EFFR"). The sequential decrease in servicing fee income on deposit balances held at partner banks was due to lower quarterly average deposits balances held at partner banks.

Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expense increased 9% to $144.8 million for the fiscal 2025 fourth quarter, from $133.4 million for the same quarter last year. The increase was primarily attributable to increases in legal and consulting expense, impairment expense, other expense, and occupancy and equipment expense, partially offset by decreases in compensation and benefits and card processing expense.

Card processing expense is primarily driven by rate-related agreements with Partner Solutions relationships. The amount of expense paid under those agreements is based on an agreed upon rate index that varies depending on the deposit levels, floor rates, market conditions, and other performance conditions. Generally, this rate index is based on a percentage of the EFFR and reprices immediately upon a change in the EFFR. Approximately 64% of the deposit portfolio was subject to these rate-related processing expenses during the fiscal 2025 fourth quarter. For the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2025, contractual, rate-related processing expenses were $24.9 million, as compared to $25.1 million for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2025, and $26.3 million for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Income Tax Expense

The Company recorded an income tax expense of $9.3 million, representing an effective tax rate of 19.2%, for the fiscal 2025 fourth quarter, compared to an income tax expense of $3.4 million, representing an effective tax rate of 9.0%, for the fourth quarter last fiscal year. The current quarter increase in income tax expense compared to the prior year quarter was primarily due to the increase in income and the surrender of life insurance policies.

The Company originated $82.1 million in renewable energy leases during the fiscal 2025 fourth quarter, resulting in $15.8 million in total net investment tax credits. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, the Company originated $26.1 million in renewable energy leases resulting in $7.2 million in total net investment tax credits. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, the Company originated $95.5 million in renewable energy leases, compared to $68.4 million for the comparable prior year period. Investment tax credits related to renewable energy leases are recognized ratably based on income throughout each fiscal year.

Investments, Loans and Leases

The Company's investment security balances at September 30, 2025 totaled $1.36 billion, as compared to $1.40 billion at June 30, 2025 and $1.77 billion at September 30, 2024. The year-over-year decrease was primarily related to the sale of investment securities AFS during the first, second, and fourth quarters of fiscal 2025 and normal paydown activity of investment security balances during the fiscal year.

Total gross loans and leases totaled $4.66 billion at September 30, 2025, as compared to $4.74 billion at June 30, 2025 and $4.08 billion at September 30, 2024. The drivers for the sequential decrease were decreases in the consumer finance, warehouse finance, and tax services portfolios, partially offset by an increase in the commercial finance portfolio. The year-over-year increase was due to an increase in the commercial finance and warehouse finance portfolios, partially offset by decreases in the consumer finance and seasonal tax services loan portfolios. The decrease in consumer finance, both sequentially and year-over-year, was due to the Company moving $144.1 million of its held for investment consumer finance portfolio to held for sale due to a purchase agreement being signed during the 2025 fiscal fourth quarter.

Commercial finance loans, which comprised 84% of the Company's loan and lease portfolio, totaled $3.92 billion at September 30, 2025, reflecting an increase of $106.0 million, or 3%, from June 30, 2025 and an increase of $628.4 million, or 19%, from September 30, 2024. The sequential increase was primarily driven by an increase of $298.8 million in term lending loans, partially offset by a decrease of $163.4 million in SBA/USDA. The year-over-year increase was primarily driven by increases in term lending of $747.9 million and asset based lending of 121.4 million, partially offset by a decreases of $144.8 million in factoring loans, $57.1 million in SBA/USDA, and $36.0 million in other commercial finance.

Asset Quality

The Company's allowance for credit losses ("ACL") totaled $53.3 million at September 30, 2025, a decrease compared to $106.0 million at June 30, 2025 and a decrease compared to $71.8 million at September 30, 2024. The decrease in the ACL at September 30, 2025, when compared to June 30, 2025, was primarily due to a $30.4 million decrease in the allowance related to the seasonal tax services portfolio and a $20.0 million decrease in the allowance related to the consumer finance portfolio. The decrease in the allowance related to the consumer finance portfolio was primarily driven by a $14.3 million release in provision as the Company moved more than half of its held for investment consumer finance portfolio to held for sale during the fiscal 2025 fourth quarter.

The $18.5 million year-over-year decrease in the ACL was primarily driven by the decrease in the allowance related to the consumer finance portfolio of $22.2 million, partially offset by a $3.7 million increase in the allowance related to the commercial finance portfolio.

The following table presents the Company's ACL as a percentage of its total loans and leases.

The Company's ACL as a percentage of total loans and leases decreased to 1.14% at September 30, 2025 from 2.23% at June 30, 2025. The decrease in the total loans and leases coverage ratio was primarily driven by the decrease in the ACL relative to the decrease in the consumer finance and the seasonal tax services portfolios. The decrease in the consumer finance portfolio coverage ratio was primarily driven by the aforementioned release in provision.

Activity in the ACL for the periods presented was as follows.

The Company recognized a reversal of provision for credit losses of $6.4 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, compared to provision for credit losses of $8.7 million for the comparable period in the prior fiscal year. The period-over-period decrease in provision for credit losses was primarily due to a decrease in provision for credit losses in the consumer finance portfolio of $11.1 million, partially offset by an increase of $5.3 million in the commercial finance portfolio. The Company recognized net charge-offs of $46.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, compared to net charge-offs of $44.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. Net charge-offs attributable to the seasonal tax services, consumer finance, and commercial finance portfolios for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 were $29.7 million, $8.9 million, and $7.5 million, respectively. Net charge-offs attributable to the seasonal tax services, consumer finance, and commercial finance portfolios for the same quarter of the prior year were $28.4 million, $12.3 million, and $3.3 million, respectively.

The Company's past due loans and leases were as follows for the periods presented.

The Company's nonperforming assets at September 30, 2025 were $101.7 million, representing 1.42% of total assets, compared to $74.7 million, or 1.03% of total assets at June 30, 2025 and $43.0 million, or 0.57% of total assets at September 30, 2024.

The increase in the nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets at September 30, 2025, compared to June 30, 2025, was driven by an increase in nonperforming loans in the commercial finance portfolio and to a lesser extent, an increase in the seasonal tax services portfolio, partially offset by a decrease in the consumer finance portfolio. When comparing the current period to the same period of the prior year, the increase was driven by an increase in nonperforming loans in the commercial finance portfolio, partially offset by decreases in nonperforming loans in the seasonal tax services and consumer finance portfolios.

The Company's nonperforming loans and leases at September 30, 2025, were $99.1 million, representing 2.05% of total gross loans and leases, compared to $71.3 million, or 1.49% of total gross loans and leases at June 30, 2025 and $41.6 million, or 0.87% of total gross loans and leases at September 30, 2024.

Deposits, Borrowings and Other Liabilities

The average balance of total deposits and interest-bearing liabilities was $6.27 billion for the three-month period ended September 30, 2025, compared to $6.38 billion for the same period in the prior fiscal year. Total average deposits for the fiscal 2025 fourth quarter decreased by $13.8 million to $6.19 billion compared to the same period in fiscal 2024. The slight decrease in average deposits was primarily due to a decrease in wholesale deposits, partially offset by an increase in noninterest bearing deposits.

Total end-of-period deposits increased slightly to $5.89 billion at September 30, 2025, compared to $5.88 billion at September 30, 2024. The increase in end-of-period deposits was primarily driven by increases in money market deposits of $32.3 million, partially offset by a decrease in wholesale deposits of $25.0 million.

As of September 30, 2025, the Company managed $210.5 million of customer deposits at other banks in its capacity as custodian. These deposits provide the Company with the ability to earn servicing fee income, typically reflective of the EFFR. The sequential quarter decrease of $220.2 million in these customer deposits held at other banks reflects normal seasonal patterns.

Regulatory Capital

The Company and its subsidiary Pathward®, N.A. (the "Bank") remained above the federal regulatory minimum capital requirements at September 30, 2025, and continued to be classified as well-capitalized, and in good standing with the regulatory agencies. Regulatory capital ratios of the Company and the Bank are stated in the table below. Regulatory capital is not affected by the unrealized loss on accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI"). The securities portfolio is primarily comprised of amortizing securities that should provide consistent cash flow.

The tables below include certain non-GAAP financial measures that are used by investors, analysts and bank regulatory agencies to assess the capital position of financial services companies. Management reviews these measures along with other measures of capital as part of its financial analysis.

The following table provides the non-GAAP financial measures used to compute certain of the ratios included in the table above, as well as a reconciliation of such non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measure in accordance with GAAP:

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call and earnings webcast with a corresponding presentation at 4:00 p.m. Central Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. The live webcast of the call can be accessed from Pathward's Investor Relations website at www.pathwardfinancial.com. Telephone participants may access the conference call by dialing 1-833-470-1428 approximately 10 minutes prior to start time and reference access code 701581.

The Quarterly Investor Update slide presentation prepared for use in connection with the Company's conference call and earnings webcast is available under the Presentations link in the Investor Relations - Events & Presentations section of the Company's website at www.pathwardfinancial.com. A webcast replay will also be archived at www.pathwardfinancial.com for one year.

About Pathward Financial, Inc.

Pathward Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:CASH) is a U.S.-based financial holding company driven by its purpose to power financial inclusion for all. Through our subsidiary, Pathward®, N.A., we strive to increase financial availability, choice, and opportunity across our Partner Solutions and Commercial Finance business lines. These strategic business lines provide support to individuals and businesses. Learn more at www.pathwardfinancial.com.

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Average Balances, Interest Rates and Yields

The following table presents, for the periods indicated, the total dollar amount of interest income from average interest-earning assets and the resulting yields, as well as the interest expense on average interest-bearing liabilities, expressed both in dollars and in rates. Only the yield/rate reflects tax-equivalent adjustments. Nonaccruing loans and leases have been included in the table as loans carrying a zero yield.