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First Commonwealth Announces First Quarter 2025 Earnings; Increases Quarterly Dividend

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First Commonwealth Financial Corporation
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation

INDIANA, Pa., April 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (NYSE: FCF) today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2025.

Financial Summary

(dollars in thousands,

For the Three Months Ended

except per share data)

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

March 31,

 

 

2025

 

 

 

2024

 

 

 

2024

 

Reported Results

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

$

32,696

 

 

$

35,849

 

 

$

37,549

 

Diluted earnings per share

$

0.32

 

 

$

0.35

 

 

$

0.37

 

Return on average assets

 

1.14

%

 

 

1.23

%

 

 

1.31

%

Return on average equity

 

9.28

%

 

 

10.16

%

 

 

11.40

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Results (non-GAAP)(1)

 

 

 

 

 

Core net income

$

32,779

 

 

$

36,067

 

 

$

37,639

 

Core diluted earnings per share

$

0.32

 

 

$

0.35

 

 

$

0.37

 

Core pre-tax pre-provision net revenue

$

46,879

 

 

$

51,388

 

 

$

50,833

 

Provision expense

$

5,736

 

 

$

6,490

 

 

$

4,238

 

Net charge-offs

$

3,098

 

 

$

13,691

 

 

$

4,302

 

Reserve build/(release)(2)

$

1,025

 

 

$

(7,206

)

 

$

1,380

 

Core return on average assets (ROAA)

 

1.14

%

 

 

1.23

%

 

 

1.31

%

Core pre-tax pre-provision ROAA

 

1.63

%

 

 

1.76

%

 

 

1.77

%

Return on average tangible common equity

 

13.02

%

 

 

14.40

%

 

 

16.51

%

Core return on average tangible common equity

 

13.05

%

 

 

14.48

%

 

 

16.54

%

Core efficiency ratio

 

59.08

%

 

 

56.07

%

 

 

55.05

%

Net interest margin (FTE)

 

3.62

%

 

 

3.54

%

 

 

3.52

%

 

(1) Core operating results are a non-GAAP measure used by management to measure performance in operating the business that management believes enhances investors' ability to better understand the underlying business performance and trends related to core business activities. A full reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures may be found at the end of the financial statements which accompany this release.

(2) Reserve build/(release) represents the net change in the Company's allowance for credit losses (ACL) from the prior period.

 

First Quarter 2025 Highlights

Financial results

  • GAAP Net income of $32.7 million and diluted earnings per share totaled $0.32, a decrease of $3.2 million, or $0.03 per share from the prior quarter and a decrease of $4.9 million, or $0.05 per share from first quarter of 2024.

    • Core pre-tax pre-provision net revenue (PPNR)(1) totaled $46.9 million, a decrease of $4.5 million from the prior quarter and a decrease of $4.0 million from the first quarter of 2025. The decrease from the prior quarter was primarily as a result of a $2.8 million decrease in noninterest income

  • End of period loans increased $99.0 million, or 4.4% annualized from the previous quarter, driven by a $121.4 million increase in commercial loans offset by a $22.4 million decrease in consumer loans

    • Average loans increased $34.8 million, or 1.6% annualized from the previous quarter

  • End of period deposits increased $183.6 million, or 7.7% annualized from the previous quarter, including a $214.8 million increase in savings deposits and a $24.2 million increase in noninterest bearing deposits, which together offset a $27.9 million decrease in time deposits and a $27.5 million decrease in interest-bearing demand deposits

    • Average deposits increased $58.8 million, or 2.5% annualized from the previous quarter

  • The loan-to-deposit ratio decreased 73 basis points to 92.6% in the first quarter of 2025

  • Net interest income (FTE) of $95.9 million increased $0.4 million from the previous quarter and increased $3.2 million from the first quarter of 2024

  • Noninterest income of $22.5 million decreased $2.8 million from the previous quarter due, in part, to a $1.0 million decrease in gain on sale of Small Business Administration (“SBA”) loans

  • Noninterest expense (excluding merger-related expense) of $71.1 million increased $2.1 million from the previous quarter, due primarily to a $2.4 million increase in salaries and benefits

  • Tangible book value per share increased $0.40, or 16.3% annualized from the previous quarter

    • Total shareholders’ equity increased $41.9 million from the previous quarter, due in part to a $21.3 million decrease in unrealized losses in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) from the previous quarter

    • AOCI as a percentage of tangible common equity decreased 240 basis points to 7.63% in the first quarter of 2025