WesBanco Announces Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results

Highlighted by a net interest margin of 3.53% and deposit growth that fully funded loan growth

WHEELING, W.Va., Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. ("WesBanco" or "Company") (NASDAQ:WSBC), a diversified, multi-state bank holding company, today announced net income and related earnings per share for the three months ended September 30, 2025. Net income available to common shareholders for the third quarter of 2025 was $81.0 million, with diluted earnings per share of $0.84, compared to $34.7 million and $0.54 per diluted share, respectively, for the third quarter of 2024. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, net income was $124.4 million, or $1.39 per diluted share, which reflected the impact of a day one provision for credit losses and other expenses related to the closing of the Premier Financial Corp. ("PFC") acquisition on February 28^th, compared to $94.3 million, or $1.54 per diluted share, for the 2024 period.

As noted below, WesBanco reported $0.94 of earnings per diluted share, in the third quarter, as compared to $0.56 in the prior year period, when excluding after-tax restructuring and merger-related expenses (non-GAAP measures). On a similar basis and excluding the after-tax day one provision for credit losses on acquired loans, WesBanco reported $2.55 per diluted share, for the nine month period, which was a 58.4% increase compared to $1.61 per diluted share last year (non-GAAP measures).

Financial and operational highlights during the quarter ended September 30, 2025:

• Deposit growth fully funded loan growth both year-over-year and sequentially
  • Total deposits increased 53.8% year-over-year to $21.3 billion, reflecting $6.9 billion of deposits from PFC and organic growth of 4.1%, and increased 2.5% annualized over the sequential quarter
• Total loans increased 52.0% year-over-year to $18.9 billion, reflecting organic growth of 4.8% and $5.9 billion of loans from PFC
  • Commercial real estate payoffs have totaled approximately $490 million year-to-date and $235 million during the quarter
• Net interest margin of 3.53% increased 58 basis points year-over-year reflecting higher earning asset yields and lower funding costs
• Reflecting the PFC acquisition, market appreciation, and organic growth, WesBanco Trust and Investment Services ("WTIS") assets under management increased to a record $7.7 billion
• Efficiency ratio of 55.1% improved more than 10 percentage points year-over-year and 44 basis points sequentially due to expense synergies generated from the PFC acquisition, as well as a continued focus on expense management and driving positive operating leverage
• Criticized and classified loans as a percent of total portfolio loans decreased to 3.22%, while key credit quality metrics continued to remain at low levels and in a consistent range through the last five years
• Continuing its commitment to expense management and recognizing the market shift to digital delivery channels, WesBanco implemented the next phase of its financial center optimization strategy by approving the closure of 27 locations in early 2026, pending notification to the appropriate regulatory authorities and customers

"Our third quarter results demonstrate the successful integration of Premier and continued operational discipline. Despite elevated commercial real estate payoffs, we delivered strong loan growth, fully funded by deposit growth, while meaningfully expanding our net interest margin and fee income. Combined with our focus on cost control, these efforts drove positive operating leverage and an improved efficiency ratio in the mid-50s," said Jeff Jackson, President and CEO. "Consistent with our focus on operational efficiency and our commitment to supporting evolving customer banking preferences, we are continuing a strategic optimization of our financial center network. This optimization ensures we remain responsive to how customers choose to bank, while supporting long-term growth and value creation."

Financial Center Optimization Strategy

WesBanco's mission is to deliver financial solutions that empower our customers for success, and that starts with optimizing our financial center network to ensure it reflects where and how our customers want to bank. In addition to closures, this strategy also includes refreshing existing locations, opening new banking centers in select locations within our existing footprint, and continuing to enhance our digital banking offerings. After a careful review of numerous factors, WesBanco has made the decision to close 27 locations across its legacy markets, a similar number to those closed during the last three years. Based on customer migration to digital channels and proximity to existing centers, deposit attrition is anticipated to be minimal. Net pre-tax savings of approximately $6 million are expected to be phased-in during the first half of 2026. WesBanco anticipates incurring total non-recurring restructuring charges of approximately $8 million due to the disposition of assets, lease terminations, severance, and other costs associated with the closures, with approximately $7 million recognized during the third quarter. These closures, which are expected to be completed during January 2026, do not include any locations from WesBanco's acquisition of PFC.

Balance Sheet

WesBanco's balance sheet, as of September 30, 2025, reflects both the PFC acquisition and organic growth. Total assets increased 48.6% year-over-year to $27.5 billion, including total portfolio loans of $18.9 billion and total securities of $4.4 billion. Total portfolio loans increased 52.0% year-over-year due to acquired PFC loans of $5.9 billion and organic growth of $0.6 billion, driven by the commercial teams. Commercial real estate payoffs have continued to increase and totaled approximately $235 million during the third quarter of 2025 and $490 million year-to-date, more than 2.5 times the prior year-to-date period.

Deposits of $21.3 billion increased 53.8% year-over-year due to acquired PFC deposits of $6.9 billion and organic growth of $0.6 billion, which fully funded year-over-year organic loan growth. On a sequential quarter basis, total deposits increased $130 million due to the efforts of our consumer and business teams more than offsetting the intentional runoff of $50 million of higher cost brokered deposits and less reliance on public funds from PFC. Reflecting the addition of PFC deposits, which included $1.3 billion of certificates of deposit, total demand deposits represented 48% of total deposits, with the non-interest bearing component representing 25%.

Credit Quality

As of September 30, 2025, total loans past due, criticized and classified loans, non-performing loans, and non-performing assets as percentages of the loan portfolio and total assets have remained low, from a historical perspective, and within a consistent range through the last five years. As expected, criticized and classified loans as a percent of total portfolio loans decreased 41 basis points from the sequential quarter to 3.22%. Charge-offs, across a variety of loan categories, industries and markets, increased to 0.19% of total loans.

The allowance for credit losses to total portfolio loans at September 30, 2025 was 1.15% of total loans, or $217.7 million. The decrease of $6.2 million from June 30, 2025 was driven by a reduction in PCD loan reserves from a couple of large payoffs and the $5.1 million run off of a qualitative factor established in 2023 to capture elevated interest rate risk, which more than offset increases associated with slightly higher unemployment assumptions and loan growth. Excluded from the allowance for credit losses and related coverage ratio are fair market value adjustments on previously acquired loans representing 1.67% of total portfolio loans.

Net Interest Margin and Income

The third quarter margin of 3.53% improved 58 basis points on a year-over-year basis, through a combination of higher loan and securities yields and lower funding costs. Deposit funding costs of 256 basis points for the third quarter of 2025 decreased 29 basis points from the prior year period. When including non-interest bearing deposits, deposit funding costs for the third quarter were 192 basis points.

Net interest income for the third quarter of 2025 was $216.7 million, an increase of $95.6 million, or 78.9% year-over-year, reflecting the impact of the benefits from the PFC acquisition, loan growth, higher loan and securities yields, and lower FHLB borrowing costs. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, net interest income of $592.0 million increased $240.3 million, or 68.3%, primarily due to the reasons discussed for the three-month period comparison.

Non-Interest Income

For the third quarter of 2025, non-interest income of $44.9 million increased $15.3 million, or 51.5%, from the third quarter of 2024 due primarily to the acquisition of PFC. Service charges on deposits increased $3.2 million year-over-year, reflecting the addition of PFC, fee income from new products and services and treasury management, and increased general consumer spending. Digital banking fees increased $2.2 million from higher volumes primarily associated with our larger customer base. Reflecting record asset levels, trust fees and net securities brokerage revenue increased $1.5 million and $0.3 million, respectively, due to the addition of PFC wealth clients, market value appreciation, and organic growth. Bank-owned life insurance increased $1.6 million year-over-year due to the addition of PFC. Gross swap fees were $3.2 million in the third quarter, compared to $1.1 million in the prior year period, while fair value adjustments were a negligible gain as compared to negative adjustment of $1.7 million, respectively.

Primarily reflecting the items discussed above, as well as mortgage banking income, non-interest income, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, increased $31.9 million, or 34.8%, year-over-year to $123.5 million. Mortgage Banking income increased due to an approximate 30% year-over-year increase in residential mortgage originations primarily related to our larger customer base.

Non-Interest Expense

Non-interest expense, excluding restructuring and merger-related costs, for the three months ended September 30, 2025 was $144.8 million, a $45.6 million, or 46.0%, increase year-over-year primarily due to the addition of the PFC expense base associated with approximately 900 employees and 70 financial centers. Salaries and wages of $60.6 million and employee benefits expense of $18.0 million increased due to higher staffing levels and higher health insurance costs. Amortization of intangible assets of $8.4 million increased $6.4 million year-over-year due to the core deposit intangible asset that was created from the acquisition of PFC. Restructuring and merger-related expenses of $11.4 million are primarily related to costs associated with the financial center optimization.

Excluding restructuring and merger-related expenses, non-interest expense during the first nine months of 2025 of $404.2 million increased $109.2 million, or 37.0%, compared to the prior year period, due primarily to the expenses described above. Equipment and software expense of $46.5 million reflects the addition of PFC and the additional cost of operating two core systems until the conversion to one platform in mid-May. FDIC insurance expense of $15.5 million increased due to our larger asset size.

Capital

WesBanco continues to maintain what we believe are strong regulatory capital ratios, as both consolidated and bank-level regulatory capital ratios are well above the applicable "well-capitalized" standards promulgated by bank regulators and the BASEL III capital standards. On September 10^th, WesBanco raised $230 million of Series B preferred stock, considered Tier 1 capital, through the issuance of 9,200,000 depositary shares, which are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "WSBCO". WesBanco expects to use approximately $150 million of the net proceeds from this offering to redeem in full its outstanding Series A Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock and approximately $50 million of the net proceeds to redeem in full its outstanding 4.0% Fixed-To-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due September 30, 2030, which were assumed in connection with its acquisition of PFC. The remaining net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. At September 30, 2025, Tier I leverage was 9.72%, Tier I risk-based capital ratio was 11.83%, common equity Tier 1 capital ratio ("CET 1") was 10.1%, and total risk-based capital was 14.6%. In addition, the tangible common equity to tangible assets ratio was 7.92%.

Conference Call and Webcast

WesBanco will host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results for the third quarter of 2025 at 3:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 23, 2025. Interested parties can access the live webcast of the conference call through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website, www.wesbanco.com. Participants can also listen to the conference call by dialing 888-347-6607, 855-669-9657 for Canadian callers, or 1-412-902-4290 for international callers, and asking to be joined into the WesBanco call. Please log in or dial in at least 10 minutes prior to the start time to ensure a connection.

A replay of the conference call will be available by dialing 877-344-7529, 855-669-9658 for Canadian callers, or 1-412-317-0088 for international callers, and providing the access code of 2433750. The replay will begin at approximately 5:00 p.m. ET on October 23, 2025 and end at 12 a.m. ET on November 6, 2025. An archive of the webcast will be available for one year on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website (www.wesbanco.com).

Forward-Looking Statements

Forward-looking statements in this report relating to WesBanco's plans, strategies, objectives, expectations, intentions and adequacy of resources, are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The information contained in this report should be read in conjunction with WesBanco's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and documents subsequently filed by WesBanco with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") including WesBanco's Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2025, which are available at the SEC's website, www.sec.gov or at WesBanco's website, www.WesBanco.com. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements, which are not historical fact, involve risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in WesBanco's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC under "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A. Such statements are subject to important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such statements, including, without limitation, the expected cost savings and any revenue synergies from the merger of WesBanco and Premier may not be fully realized within the expected timeframes; disruption from the merger of WesBanco and Premier may make it more difficult to maintain relationships with clients, associates, or suppliers; the effects of changing regional and national economic conditions, changes in interest rates, spreads on earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and associated interest rate sensitivity; sources of liquidity available to WesBanco and its related subsidiary operations; potential future credit losses and the credit risk of commercial, real estate, and consumer loan customers and their borrowing activities; actions of the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the SEC, the Financial Institution Regulatory Authority, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, the Securities Investors Protection Corporation, and other regulatory bodies; potential legislative and federal and state regulatory actions and reform, including, without limitation, the impact of the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act; adverse decisions of federal and state courts; fraud, scams and schemes of third parties; cyber-security breaches; competitive conditions in the financial services industry; rapidly changing technology affecting financial services; marketability of debt instruments and corresponding impact on fair value adjustments; and/or other external developments materially impacting WesBanco's operational and financial performance. WesBanco does not assume any duty to update forward-looking statements.

While forward-looking statements reflect our good-faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of future performance. All forward-looking statements are necessarily only estimates of future results. Accordingly, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or contemplated by the particular forward-looking statement, and, therefore, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances, except as required by applicable law.

Statements in this presentation with respect to the benefits of the merger between WesBanco and Premier, the parties' plans, obligations, expectations, and intentions, and the statements with respect to accretion, earn back of tangible book value, tangible book value dilution and internal rate of return, constitute forward-looking statements as defined by federal securities laws. Such statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those contained or implied by such statements for a variety of factors including: the expected cost savings and any revenue synergies from the merger may not be fully realized within the expected time frames; disruption from the merger may make it more difficult to maintain relationships with clients, associates, or suppliers; changes in economic conditions; movements in interest rates; competitive pressures on product pricing and services; success and timing of other business strategies; the nature, extent, and timing of governmental actions and reforms; extended disruption of vital infrastructure; and other factors described in WesBanco's 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K and documents subsequently filed by WesBanco with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to the results of operations presented in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), WesBanco's management uses, and this presentation contains or references, certain non-GAAP financial measures, such as pre-tax pre-provision income, tangible common equity/tangible assets; net income excluding after-tax restructuring and merger-related expenses and excluding after-tax day one provision for credit losses on acquired loans; efficiency ratio; return on average assets; and return on average tangible equity. WesBanco believes these financial measures provide information useful to investors in understanding our operational performance and business and performance trends which facilitate comparisons with the performance of others in the financial services industry. Although WesBanco believes that these non-GAAP financial measures enhance investors' understanding of WesBanco's business and performance, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered an alternative to GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures contained therein should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and analysis as presented in the Annual Report on Form 10-K as well as the unaudited financial statements and analyses as presented in the Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q for WesBanco and its subsidiaries, as well as other filings that the company has made with the SEC.

About WesBanco, Inc.

With over 150 years as a community-focused, regional financial services partner, WesBanco Inc. (NASDAQ:WSBC) and its subsidiaries build lasting prosperity through relationships and solutions that empower our customers for success in their financial journeys. Customers across our nine-state footprint choose WesBanco for the comprehensive range and personalized delivery of our retail and commercial banking solutions, as well as trust, brokerage, wealth management and insurance services, all designed to advance their financial goals. Through the strength of our teams, we leverage large bank capabilities and local focus to help make every community we serve a better place for people and businesses to thrive. Headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia, WesBanco has $27.5 billion in total assets, with our Trust and Investment Services holding $7.7 billion of assets under management and securities account values (including annuities) of $2.6 billion through our broker/dealer, as of September 30, 2025. Learn more at www.wesbanco.com and follow @WesBanco on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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