Columbus, Ohio — July 29, 2025

Northwest Bancshares, Inc., (the “Company”), (Nasdaq: NWBI) announced net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 of $34 million, or $0.26 per diluted share. This represents an increase of $29 million compared to the same quarter last year, when net income was $5 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, and a decrease of $10 million compared to the prior quarter, when net income was $43 million, or $0.34 per diluted share. The annualized returns on average shareholders’ equity and average assets for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 were 8.26% and 0.93% compared to 1.24% and 0.13% for the same quarter last year and 10.90% and 1.22% from the prior quarter.

Adjusted net income (non-GAAP) for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 was $38 million, or $0.30, per diluted share, which decreased by $6 million from $44 million, or $0.35, per diluted share, in the prior quarter. This decrease was primarily driven by an $8 million decrease in net interest income impacted by a large non-accrual interest income recovery in the prior quarter. The adjusted annualized returns on average shareholders’ equity (non-GAAP) and average assets (non-GAAP) for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 were 9.36% and 1.06% compared to 11.11% and 1.25% for the prior quarter.

The Company also announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share payable on August 19, 2025 to shareholders of record as of August 8, 2025. This is the 123rd consecutive quarter in which the Company has paid a cash dividend. Based on the market value of the Company’s common stock as of June 30, 2025, this represents an annualized dividend yield of approximately 6.3%.

Louis J. Torchio, President and CEO, Northwest Bancshares commented, “I am pleased with our performance in the second quarter of 2025, as we continue to execute our strategy, delivering on our commitment to sustainable, responsible, and profitable growth. Overall, we built on our strong start to the year, with net interest margin expansion and revenue growth, and we continued to exercise prudent expense control, resulting in further improvements in our efficiency ratio.

“Despite a still unpredictable operating environment, I am confident and excited about Northwest’s prospects for the year ahead. Although we are always evaluating acquisition opportunities for additional scale and strategic benefits, with the Penns Woods acquisition and conversion just behind us, we are primarily focused on optimizing the operations and financial performance of the newly combined entity. We continue to enhance our capabilities, expand our footprint thru new branch openings, and provide personalized services and expertise to our customers and communities we serve.”

•Average loans receivable decreased $120 million from the quarter ended June 30, 2024 driven by our personal banking portfolio, which decreased by $265 million as cash flows from this portfolio were reinvested in our commercial portfolios. This was partially offset by growth in our commercial banking portfolio, which grew by $145 million in total, including a $332 million increase in our commercial and industrial portfolio as we have continued to build-out our commercial lending verticals. Compared to the first quarter of 2025, average loans receivable increased by $72 million with growth in our personal banking portfolio of $66 million.

•Average investments grew $35 million from the quarter ended June 30, 2024 and $19 million from the quarter ended March 31, 2025. The growth in average investments was primarily due to an increase in net portfolio purchases during the quarter to reach a normalized percentage of total assets for liquidity purposes.

•Average deposits grew $68 million from the quarter ended June 30, 2024 and $66 million from the quarter ended March 31, 2025. The growth in both periods was primarily driven by an increase in money market, interest-bearing checking and saving account balances partly due to customers shifting funds to these competitively priced products as their time deposits matured. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in brokered time deposit balances as growth in core deposits provided sufficient funding.

•Average borrowings decreased $115 million compared to the quarter end June 30, 2024 and decreased $16 million compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2025. The decrease in average borrowings from the prior year is primarily attributable to the strategic pay-down of wholesale borrowings with the proceeds from our investment portfolio restructuring in the second quarter of 2024.

Compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2024, net interest income increased $13 million and net interest margin increased to 3.56% from 3.20% for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. This increase in net interest income resulted primarily from:

•A $5 million increase in interest income that was the result of higher average yields, partly offset by lower average earning assets. The average yield on loans improved to 5.55% for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 from 5.47% for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. This increase was driven by a loan mix shift towards higher yielding commercial loans. The average yields on investments increased due to a portfolio restructuring completed in the second quarter of 2024.

•A $8 million decrease in interest expense was the result of a decline in the cost of deposits in conjunction with a decrease in the average balance of borrowings. The cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased to 2.09% for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 from 2.40% for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.

Compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2025, net interest income decreased $8 million and net interest margin decreased to 3.56% for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 from 3.87%. This decrease in net interest income resulted from the following:

•A $9 million decrease in interest income driven by an interest recovery of $13.1 million on a non-accrual commercial loan payoff during the quarter ended March 31, 2025. This was partially offset by higher growth in the average loan balances and an increase on investments yields compared to the prior quarter. The average yield on loans decreased to 5.55% from 6.00% and average investment yields increased to 2.69% from 2.62% for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. The decrease in loan yields was impacted by the non-accrual interest recoveries in the prior quarter. Excluding this interest recovery, the yield on loans for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 was 5.52% and the net interest margin was 3.48%.

•A $1 million decrease in interest expense driven by lower interest expense on deposits as average cost declined compared to the prior quarter to 1.97% from 2.02% for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.

The total provision for credit losses for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 was $9 million primarily driven by downgrades and individual assessments within our commercial real estate portfolio offset by changes in the economic forecasts coupled with a decline in our reserves for unfunded commitments in the current period. This decline is based on the timing of origination and funding of commercial construction loans and lines of credit.

The Company saw an increase in classified loans to $518 million, or 4.57% of total loans, at June 30, 2025 from $257 million, or 2.26% of total loans, at June 30, 2024 and $279 million, or 2.49% of total loans, at March 31, 2025. This increase was driven by changes in our commercial real estate portfolio which increased $195 million.

     

Noninterest income increased $40 million from the quarter ended June 30, 2024 driven by a $39 million loss on the sale of investment securities in the prior year quarter. Excluding the loss on sale of securities, noninterest income was flat from the second quarter of 2024. Noninterest income increased by $3 million from the quarter ended March 31, 2025, due primarily to an increase in other operating income, driven by a gain on equity method investments, coupled with an increase in service charges and fees driven by commercial loan fees and deposit related fees based on customer activity.

Noninterest expense increased from the quarter ended June 30, 2024 due to a $2 million increase in personnel expenses driven by an increase in core and incentive compensation coupled with an increase in non-personnel expense of $3 million due to merger and restructuring expenses in the current period.

Compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2025, noninterest expense increased due to an increase in non-personnel expense of $5 million due to merger and restructuring expenses in the quarter ended June 30, 2025.

The provision for income taxes increased by $9 million from the quarter ended June 30, 2024 and decreased $3 million from the quarter ended March 31, 2025 primarily due to the quarterly change in income before income taxes.

Net income increased from the quarter ended June 30, 2024 and decreased from the quarter ended March 31, 2025 due to the factors discussed above.

Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Northwest Bancshares, Inc. is the bank holding company of Northwest Bank. Founded in 1896 Northwest Bank is a full-service financial institution offering a complete line of business and personal banking products, as well as employee benefits and wealth management services. As of June 30, 2025, Northwest operated 131 full-service financial centers and ten free standing drive-up facilities in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Indiana. Northwest Bancshares, Inc.’s common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“NWBI”). Additional information regarding Northwest Bancshares, Inc. and Northwest Bank can be accessed online at www.northwest.com.

 

 

 

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Forward-Looking Statements - This release may contain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition and results of operations of Northwest Bancshares, Inc. including, without limitation, statements relating to the earnings outlook of the Company. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include, among others, the following possibilities: (1) changes in the interest rate environment; (2) competitive pressure among financial services companies or instability or breakdown in the financial services sector; (3) general economic conditions including inflation, an increase in non-performing loans or changes in monetary, fiscal, regulatory and tariff policies of the U.S. government; (4) changes in legislation or regulatory requirements, including as part of the regulatory reform agenda of the Trump administration; (5) difficulties in continuing to improve operating efficiencies; (6) difficulties in the integration of acquired businesses or the ability to complete sales transactions; (7) increased risk associated with commercial real-estate and business loans; (8) changes in liquidity, including the size and composition of our deposit portfolio; (9) reduction in the value of our goodwill and other intangible assets; and (10) the effect of any pandemic, war or act of terrorism. Management has no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date of this release, except as required by law.

The following non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company provide information useful to investors in understanding our operating performance and trends, and facilitate comparisons with the performance of our peers. The following table summarizes the non-GAAP financial measures derived from amounts reported in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.

The following table summarizes the non-GAAP financial measures derived from amounts reported in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.

*    The table summarizes the Company’s results from operations on a GAAP basis and on an operating (non-GAAP) basis for the periods indicated. Operating results exclude merger, asset disposition and restructuring expense, amortization expense and loss on sale of investments. The net tax effect was calculated using statutory tax rates of approximately 28.0%. The Company believes this non-GAAP presentation provides a meaningful comparison of operational performance and facilitates a more effective evaluation and comparison of results to assess performance in relation to ongoing operations.

Generally, deposits in excess of $250,000 per depositor are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The following table provides details regarding the Company’s uninsured deposits portfolio:

(1)      Uninsured deposits presented may be different from actual amounts due to titling of accounts.

Our largest uninsured depositor, excluding intercompany and collateralized deposit accounts, had an aggregate uninsured deposit balance of $39.5 million, or 0.24% of total deposits, as of June 30, 2025. Our top ten largest uninsured depositors, excluding intercompany and collateralized deposit accounts, had an aggregate uninsured deposit balance of $194 million, or 1.59% of total deposits, as of June 30, 2025. The average uninsured deposit account balance, excluding intercompany and collateralized accounts, was $300,249 as of June 30, 2025.

The following table provides additional details for the Company’s deposit portfolio:

Our average deposit account balance as of June 30, 2025 was $18,196. The Company’s insured cash sweep deposit balance was $608 million as of June 30, 2025.

(1)     June 30, 2025 figures are estimated.

(2)    Amounts and ratios include the capital conservation buffer of 2.5%, which does not apply to Tier 1 capital to average assets (leverage ratio). For further information related to the capital conservation buffer, see “Item 1. Business - Supervision and Regulation” of our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(1) Other nonperforming assets includes nonaccrual loans held-for-sale.