WesBanco (WSBC) Q2 2025 Financial Results Summary

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# WesBanco (WSBC) Q2 2025 Financial Results Summary

WesBanco, Inc. announced its second quarter 2025 financial results on July 29, 2025, reporting significant growth in various key metrics, driven largely by the recent acquisition of Premier Financial Corp.

## Key Financial Highlights:

– **Net Income**:
– Q2 2025: $54.9 million, or $0.57 per diluted share.
– Q2 2024: $26.4 million, or $0.44 per diluted share.
– Year-over-Year Growth: **108%** in net income and **29.5%** in earnings per share.

– **Adjusted Net Income** (excluding merger-related expenses):
– Q2 2025: $87.3 million, or $0.91 per diluted share.
– Q2 2024: $29.4 million, or $0.49 per diluted share.
– Year-over-Year Growth: **85.7%** in adjusted earnings per diluted share.

– **Total Loans**:
– Q2 2025: $18.8 billion.
– Year-over-Year Growth: **53.6%**, driven by $5.9 billion from Premier and **5.5%** organic growth.

– **Total Deposits**:
– Q2 2025: $21.2 billion.
– Year-over-Year Growth: **57.5%**, with $6.9 billion coming from Premier and **6.3%** organic growth.

– **Net Interest Margin**:
– Q2 2025: **3.59%**, up **64 basis points** YoY and **24 basis points** sequentially.

– **Net Interest Income**:
– Q2 2025: $216.8 million.
– Year-over-Year Growth: **85.9%**.

– **Non-Interest Income**:
– Q2 2025: $44.0 million.
– Year-over-Year Growth: **40.2%** primarily due to Premier’s acquisition.

– **Efficiency Ratio**:
– Q2 2025: **55.5%**, improved by over **10 percentage points** YoY.

– **Return on Average Assets**:
– Q2 2025: **0.81%**; up from **0.59%** in the same quarter last year.

– **Return on Average Equity**:
– Q2 2025: **5.76%**, compared to **4.17%** in Q2 2024.

– **Tangible Common Equity Ratio**:
– Q2 2025: **7.60%**, compared to **7.52%** in Q2 2024.

## Credit Quality:
– **Allowance for Credit Losses**:
– 1.19% of total portfolio loans as of June 30, 2025, down from 1.25% on March 31, 2025.

– **Criticized and Classified Loans**:
– Increased to 3.63%, reflecting ongoing efforts to manage credit quality.

## Shareholder Returns:
– **Dividends Declared**:
– Q2 2025: $0.37 per share, compared to $0.36 in Q2 2024 (+2.8%).

– **Share Repurchase**:
– No share repurchase program was mentioned in the results.

## Operational Highlights:
– Successful conversion of the customer data systems for Premier Financial.
– Total assets increased to **$27.6 billion**, reflecting a **52.1%** increase YoY.
– Expansion and retention of client relationships with approximately **400,000** consumer and **50,000** business accounts transitioned.

## Conclusion
WesBanco reported a strong performance in Q2 2025, primarily fueled by its acquisition of Premier Financial Corp. The company showcased impressive growth in net income, deposits, and loans, while maintaining solid credit quality and shareholder returns through dividends. The efficiency ratio improvements indicate enhanced operational effectiveness, while investments in new technology have positioned the bank for continued growth.

For more detailed information, investors can access the conference call and other investor relations resources on WesBanco’s website.

Here are the extracted tables from the press release:

### WESBANCO, INC. Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited, dollars in thousands)

For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 2024 % Change For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 2024 % Change
Loans, including fees $290,104 $175,361 65.4 $508,512 $342,335 48.5
Interest and dividends on securities
Taxable $31,066 $16,929 83.5 $53,314 $34,334 55.3
Tax-exempt $4,616 $4,556 1.3 $9,145 $9,142 0.0
Total interest and dividends on securities $35,682 $21,485 66.1 $62,459 $43,476 43.7
Other interest income $10,596 $6,147 72.4 $18,643 $12,516 49.0
Total interest and dividend income $336,382 $202,993 65.7 $589,614 $398,327 48.0
Interest expense
Interest bearing demand deposits $30,405 $26,925 12.9 $59,782 $52,516 13.8
Money market deposits $36,287 $18,443 96.8 $57,422 $34,557 66.2
Savings deposits $8,670 $7,883 10.0 $16,029 $15,549 3.1
Certificates of deposit $21,442 $11,982 79.0 $39,999 $22,229 79.9
Total interest expense on deposits $96,804 $65,233 48.4 $173,232 $124,851 38.8
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings $16,683 $16,227 2.8 $29,718 $33,227 (10.6)
Other short-term borrowings $816 $896 (8.9) $1,938 $1,570 23.4
Subordinated debt and junior subordinated debt
Total interest expense $119,613 $86,400 38.4 $214,326 $167,767 27.8
Net interest income $216,769 $116,593 85.9 $375,288 $230,560 62.8
Provision for credit losses $3,218 $10,541 (69.5) $72,101 $14,555 395.4
Net interest income after provision for credit losses $213,551 $106,052 101.4 $303,187 $216,005 40.4
Non-interest income
Trust fees $9,657 $7,303 32.2 $18,355 $15,385 19.3
Service charges on deposits $10,484 $7,111 47.4 $19,070 $13,895 37.2
Digital banking income $7,325 $5,040 45.3 $12,730 $9,745 30.6
Net swap fee and valuation income $746 $1,776 (58.0) $1,706 $3,339 (48.9)
Net securities brokerage revenue $3,348 $2,601 28.7 $6,049 $5,149 17.5
Bank-owned life insurance $3,450 $2,791 23.6 $6,878 $4,859 41.6
Mortgage banking income $2,364 $1,069</td