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Associated Banc-Corp Reports First Quarter 2025 Net Income Available to Common Equity of $99 Million, or $0.59 per Common Share

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GREEN BAY, Wis., April 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Associated Banc-Corp (NYSE: ASB) ("Associated" or "Company") today reported net income available to common equity ("earnings") of $99 million, or $0.59 per common share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. These amounts compare to a loss of $164 million, or $1.03 per common share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2024 and earnings of $78 million, or $0.52 per common share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.

"2025 is off to a strong start at Associated Bank," said President and CEO Andy Harmening. "During the first quarter, we achieved several key milestones of our strategic plan, completing our commercial expansion, achieving a record-high net promoter score, and finalizing the balance sheet repositioning we announced in December. Importantly, the emerging momentum from our initiatives helped us deliver another strong financial quarter, with over $500 million in loan and deposit growth, 16 basis points of margin expansion, ten basis points of CET1 capital accretion and solid credit quality trends."

"The current macroeconomic environment has added an element of uncertainty for the industry, but here at Associated, we're entering this period of uncertainty with the major investments in our strategic plan completed, a strengthened profitability profile, a solid capital position, and a foundational discipline on credit and risk management. We continue to feel well-positioned to deliver enhanced value for our stakeholders in 2025."

First Quarter 2025 Highlights (all comparisons to Fourth Quarter 2024)

  • Diluted earnings per common share of $0.59

  • Total period end loan growth of $526 million

  • Total period end deposit growth of $548 million

  • Total period end core customer deposit1 growth of $503 million

  • Net interest income of $286 million

  • Net interest margin of 2.97%

  • Noninterest income of $59 million

  • Noninterest expense of $211 million

  • Provision for credit losses of $13 million

  • Allowance for credit losses on loans / total loans of 1.34%

  • Net charge offs / average loans (annualized) of 0.12%

1 This is a non-GAAP financial measure. See financial tables for a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures.

Loans

First quarter 2025 average total loans of $30.1 billion decreased $91 million from the prior quarter and increased 3%, or $742 million, from the same period last year. With respect to first quarter 2025 average balances by loan category:

  • Commercial and business lending increased $250 million from the prior quarter and increased $908 million from the same period last year to $11.7 billion.

  • Commercial real estate lending increased $107 million from the prior quarter and decreased $76 million from the same period last year to $7.3 billion.

  • Consumer lending decreased $448 million from the prior quarter and decreased $90 million from the same period last year to $11.1 billion.