Marked by strong annualized loan growth, top-tier efficiency ratio, and accelerating growth in targeted expansion markets

WHEELING, W.Va., July 21, 2026 /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 June 30, 2026. Net income available to common shareholders for the second quarter of 2026 was $88.4 million, with diluted earnings per share of $0.91, compared to $54.9 million and $0.57 per diluted share, respectively, for the second quarter of 2025. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, net income was $172.8 million, or $1.79 per diluted share, compared to $43.4 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, for the 2025 period.

As noted below, WesBanco reported $0.92 of earnings per diluted share, in the second quarter, as compared to $0.91 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 $1.83 per diluted share, for the six month period, as compared to $1.60 per diluted share last year (non-GAAP measures).

Financial and operational highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2026:

• Generated annualized loan growth of 8.3% over the sequential quarter and 3.5% year-over-year as organic growth across all markets more than offset higher commercial real estate ("CRE") payoffs of approximately $345 million, which impacted year-over-year loan growth by 1.0%
• Grew commercial loan pipeline to a record $2.3 billion as of June 30, 2026, reflecting strong business development activity and growing opportunities across all markets, with an average loan to deposit ratio of 88.9% that provides substantial capacity to fund loan growth
• Increased net interest margin 4 basis points year-over-year to 3.63%, primarily driven by lower funding costs and asset repricing
• Achieved record fee income levels across securities brokerage, digital banking, and service charges on deposits, as well as record levels of trust assets under management and securities account values
• Improved efficiency ratio more than 1 percentage point both year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter to a record low of 51.2%, primarily due to a focus on driving positive operating leverage
• Advanced our organic growth strategy and commercial momentum in targeted expansion markets, including Northern Virginia, Tennessee, and South Florida; and, positioning the Florida franchise for continued growth through planned financial center openings during the first half of 2027
• Recently recognized as one of America's High Growth Companies by Business Insider and one of America's Best Companies by Time

"Our strong second quarter performance reflects the continued success of our relationship-focused banking model and disciplined growth strategy," said Jeff Jackson, President and Chief Executive Officer, WesBanco. "We generated annualized loan growth of more than 8%, expanded our commercial loan pipeline to a record $2.3 billion, and generated positive operating leverage, demonstrating our ability to drive profitable growth across the franchise. With a solid funding position and strong momentum across our markets – particularly our Premier and expansion markets in Northern Virginia, Tennessee, and Florida – we are well-positioned for continued growth."

Balance Sheet

WesBanco's balance sheet, as of June 30, 2026, reflects organic growth and the impact of elevated CRE payoffs. Total assets increased 0.8% year-over-year to $27.8 billion, including total portfolio loans of $19.5 billion and total securities of $4.4 billion. Total portfolio loans increased 3.5% year-over-year due to organic growth of $650 million partially offset by higher CRE payoffs. As anticipated, CRE payoffs continued to remain elevated and totaled approximately $345 million during the second quarter of 2026, consistent with the elevated quarterly levels incurred during the prior nine months. The commercial loan pipeline has grown 90% since year-end to a record $2.3 billion, as of June 30, 2026.

Deposits of $21.6 billion increased 2.1% year-over-year due to organic growth that more than offset the decline in higher cost certificates of deposit (CDs). Despite the closure of 37 financial centers this year, deposits were down only $75 million, or 0.4%, on a sequential quarter basis reflecting the remaining $50 million of brokered deposits that paid off on April 1^st and the decline in higher cost CDs. Total deposits excluding CDs increased 4.3% year-over-year and 1.3% annualized sequentially. Total demand deposits represented 49% of total deposits, with the non-interest bearing component representing 24%.

Credit Quality

As of June 30, 2026, credit quality measures have remained in consistent range, from a historical perspective. Non-performing loans remained flat to the first quarter as the three credits added last quarter continue to be addressed. Net charge-offs for the second quarter were 0.02% of total average loans. The allowance for credit losses to total portfolio loans at June 30, 2026 was 1.12% of total loans, or $217.8 million. The second quarter net provision for credit losses of $9.2 million was primarily due to higher loan balances. Excluded from the allowance for credit losses and the related coverage ratio is a remaining unaccreted discount on purchased loans from acquisitions representing 1.41% of total portfolio loans.

Net Interest Margin and Income

The second quarter margin of 3.63% improved 4 basis points year-over-year primarily due to lower funding costs and 6 basis points sequentially due to higher loan yields and lower funding costs. Deposit funding costs of 235 basis points for the second quarter of 2026 decreased 11 basis points from the prior year period and were flat to the first quarter. When including non-interest bearing deposits, deposit funding costs for the second quarter were 178 basis points.

Net interest income for the second quarter of 2026 was $222.2 million, an increase of $5.4 million, or 2.5% year-over-year, reflecting lower FHLB borrowing and deposit costs and higher securities yields. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, net interest income of $437.6 million increased $62.3 million, or 16.6%, primarily due to the reasons discussed for the three-month period comparison and higher loan balances.

Non-Interest Income

For the second quarter of 2026, non-interest income of $53.6 million increased $9.7 million, or 22.0%, from the second quarter of 2025 due primarily to higher net swap and valuation income, service charges on deposits, and other income. Gross swap fees were $2.8 million in the second quarter, compared to $1.4 million in the prior year period, while the fair value adjustment was $0.3 million, compared to a loss of $0.7 million in the prior year period. Service charges on deposits increased $1.1 million year-over-year due to increased general spending and higher transaction volumes from our larger customer base, as well as an increase in monthly fees that took effect during June. Other income for the second quarter of 2026 included a non-recurring $4.8 million gain related to the freezing of future service for actively employed participants in the pension plan. Mortgage banking income decreased $1.3 million from the prior year period primarily due to more mortgage volume going into portfolio loans.

Primarily reflecting the items discussed above, as well as trust fees and net securities brokerage revenue, non-interest income, for the six months ended June 30, 2026, increased $16.8 million, or 21.4%, year-over-year to $95.5 million. Reflecting record asset levels, trust fees and net securities brokerage revenue increased $1.9 million and $1.1 million, respectively, due to the addition of PFC wealth clients, market value appreciation, and organic growth.

Non-Interest Expense

Non-interest expense, excluding restructuring and merger-related costs, for the three months ended June 30, 2026 was $148.1 million, a $2.6 million, or 1.8%, increase year-over-year primarily due to higher salaries and wages offset by discretionary expense management. Salaries and wages of $66.4 million increased due to recent hiring efforts, primarily in Florida, and bonus accrual adjustments. FDIC insurance expense of $4.2 million decreased due to a lower assessment rate associated with our improved financial ratios. Equipment and software of $2.3 million, which was consistent with the last several quarters, decreased $1.5 million year-over-year due to the cost of operating two core systems in the prior year related to the PFC acquisition until the conversion to one platform in mid-May 2025. Amortization of intangible assets of $7.1 million, which was consistent with the last couple quarters, decreased $2.1 million year-over-year due to the core deposit intangible asset that was created from the acquisition of PFC in the prior year. Restructuring and merger-related expenses decreased $40.1 million from the prior year period, which included costs associated with the closing of the PFC acquisition.

Excluding restructuring and merger-related expenses, non-interest expense during the first half of 2026 of $291.1 million increased $31.6 million, or 12.2%, compared to the prior year period, due primarily to the expenses described above.

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. At June 30, 2026, Tier I leverage was 9.83%, Tier I risk-based capital ratio was 11.72%, common equity Tier 1 capital ratio ("CET 1") was 10.70%, and total risk-based capital was 14.18%. In addition, the tangible common equity to tangible assets ratio was 8.44%.

During the second quarter, WesBanco repurchased 0.3 million shares of its outstanding common stock on the open market at a total cost of $9.7 million, or $33.55 per share. As of June 30, 2026, approximately 4.5 million shares remained for repurchase under the combination of the 4.0 million share repurchase authorization approved by WesBanco's Board of Directors on May 20, 2026 and the remainder of the February 24, 2022 authorization.

Conference Call and Webcast

WesBanco will host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results for the second quarter of 2026 at 9:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. 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, 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 855-669-9658, or 1-412-317-0088 for international callers, and providing the access code of 4494073. The replay will begin at approximately 11:00 a.m. ET on July 22, 2026, and end at 12 a.m. ET on August 6, 2026. 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, 2025 and documents subsequently filed by WesBanco with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") including WesBanco's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, 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, 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.

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 ten-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 $27.8 billion in total assets, with our Trust and Investment Services holding $8.2 billion of assets under management and securities account values (including annuities) of $2.7 billion through our broker/dealer, as of June 30, 2026. Learn more at www.wesbanco.com and follow @WesBanco on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.