DENVER, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National Bank Holdings Corporation (the “Company” or “NBHC”) reported:

In announcing these results, Chief Executive Officer Tim Laney shared, “We delivered solid second quarter results, with adjusted net income of $35.3 million and earnings of $0.78 per diluted share. Our teams generated record quarterly loan fundings of $926.9 million and 10% year-to-date annualized loan growth while maintaining strong credit quality, reflecting our prudent approach to growth. We grew our adjusted pre-provision net revenue 23% annualized compared to the first six months of the prior year and maintained a top quartile net interest margin through disciplined loan and deposit pricing.”

Mr. Laney added, “Our teams are well prepared to integrate our most recent acquisition this quarter and are positioned to deliver a seamless experience for clients and associates. We are seeing strong momentum across the franchise, supported by our 12.29% Common Equity Tier 1 ratio, fortress balance sheet, and diversified funding sources, which will continue to drive meaningful long-term value for shareholders.”

Second Quarter 2026 Results
(All comparisons refer to the first quarter of 2026, except as noted)

Net income increased $5.7 million, or 27.4%, to $26.5 million, or $0.58 per diluted share, during the second quarter of 2026, compared to $20.8 million or $0.46 per diluted share. Fully taxable equivalent pre-provision net revenue increased $4.2 million, or 13.1%, to $36.3 million. The return on average tangible assets increased 17 basis points to 0.96%, and the return on average tangible common equity increased 195 basis points to 9.70%. Adjusting for $11.4 million and $15.3 million of pre-tax acquisition and restructuring related charges in the second and first quarters, respectively, adjusted net income increased $2.7 million to $35.3 million, or $0.78 per diluted share. Adjusted, the fully taxable equivalent pre-provision net revenue increased to $47.8 million. The adjusted return on average tangible assets increased six basis points to 1.26%, and the adjusted return on average tangible common equity increased 92 basis points to 12.71%.

Net Interest Income
Fully taxable equivalent net interest income increased $0.5 million to $111.5 million primarily due to average interest earning assets growth of $254.0 million and one additional day during the second quarter. The fully taxable equivalent net interest margin totaled 3.94%, compared to 4.06%, narrowing 12 basis points due to a decrease in the yield on earning assets primarily driven by higher loan fee income in the prior quarter. The cost of deposits improved one basis point to 1.93%.

Loans
Loans increased $162.6 million, or 6.8% annualized, to $9.8 billion at June 30, 2026. We generated record quarterly loan fundings of $926.9 million, led by commercial loan fundings of $452.5 million.

Asset Quality and Provision for Credit Losses
The Company maintains strong credit quality and takes a proactive approach to monitoring credit. The Company recorded provision expense of $1.5 million during the quarter, primarily driven by the quarter’s loan growth, compared to $4.0 million in the prior quarter. Annualized net charge-offs totaled 0.27% of total loans. Non-performing loans totaled 0.31% of total loans at June 30, 2026, and non-performing assets totaled 0.35% of total loans and OREO at June 30, 2026, both consistent with prior quarter. The allowance for credit losses as a percentage of loans was 1.13% at June 30, 2026, compared to 1.18%.

Deposits
The Company maintains a low cost, diversified deposit franchise. Average total deposits increased $57.4 million to $10.2 billion, and average transaction deposits (defined as total deposits less time deposits) increased $115.7 million to $8.9 billion. The loan to deposit ratio totaled 94.1% at June 30, 2026, compared to 91.9%. The mix of transaction deposits to total deposits increased 16 basis points to 87.8% at June 30, 2026.

Non-Interest Income
Non-interest income increased $1.8 million, or 9.9%, to $19.8 million. Income from partnership investments increased $1.1 million and service charges and bank card fees increased $0.6 million. These increases were partially offset by the decrease in mortgage banking income driven by the current rate environment.

Non-Interest Expense
Non-interest expense improved $1.9 million to $95.0 million. Included in the second and first quarters were acquisition and restructuring related expenses of $11.2 million and $15.3 million, respectively. Excluding these items, second quarter adjusted non-interest expense totaled $83.7 million, compared to $81.5 million. The increase reflects strategic investments in talent, merit increases, and one additional day in the second quarter. The fully taxable equivalent efficiency ratio improved 277 basis points to 72.3%. The adjusted fully taxable equivalent efficiency ratio totaled 61.8%, compared to 61.3%.

Income tax expense totaled $6.1 million, compared to $5.2 million in the previous quarter, driven by higher pre-tax income in the current quarter. The effective tax rate was 18.8%.

Capital
Common book value per share increased $0.23 to $37.48 at June 30, 2026, compared to March 31, 2026. Tangible book value per share increased $0.22 to $26.23, primarily driven by the quarter’s earnings after covering the quarterly dividend.

NBHC executed $11.1 million of share buybacks in the second quarter as part of its ongoing capital strategy. Capital ratios continue to be well in excess of federal bank regulatory agency “well capitalized” thresholds. The tier 1 leverage ratio totaled 10.30%, and the common equity tier 1 capital ratio totaled 12.29% at June 30, 2026. Shareholders’ equity increased $4.2 million to $1.7 billion at June 30, 2026, compared to March 31, 2026, primarily driven by $11.9 million of growth in retained earnings from net income after covering the quarter’s dividend and share buybacks.

Year-Over-Year Review
(All comparisons refer to the first six months of 2025, except as noted)

Net income totaled $47.3 million, or $1.04 per diluted share, compared to $58.3 million or $1.51 per diluted share. Fully taxable equivalent pre-provision net revenue totaled $68.5 million, compared to $85.4 million. The return on average tangible assets totaled 0.87%, compared to 1.29%, and the return on average tangible common equity totaled 8.62%, compared to 12.44%. Adjusting for $26.8 million of pre-tax acquisition and restructuring related charges, adjusted net income increased $9.7 million, or 16.6%, to $67.9 million or $1.50 per diluted share. Adjusted, the fully taxable equivalent pre-provision net revenue increased $9.9 million, or 11.5%, to $95.3 million. The adjusted return on average tangible assets totaled 1.23%, and the adjusted return on average tangible common equity totaled 12.11%.

Fully taxable equivalent net interest income increased $44.6 million, or 25.1%, to $222.5 million. Average earning assets increased $2.1 billion, or 23.2%, driven by a $1.6 billion increase in average acquired loans and $232.4 million of average originated loan growth. Our Vista acquisition added $1.9 billion in total loans on January 7^th, 2026. The fully taxable equivalent net interest margin expanded six basis points to 4.00%, driven by an eight basis point improvement in the cost of funds.

Loans outstanding increased $2.3 billion, or 30.5%, to $9.8 billion. New loan fundings over the trailing twelve months totaled a record $2.7 billion, led by commercial fundings of $1.6 billion.

The Company recorded $5.5 million of provision expense for credit losses, compared to $10.2 million. Net charge-offs totaled 0.30% of average total loans, compared to 0.43%. Non-performing loans improved 14 basis points to 0.31% of total loans at June 30, 2026, and non-performing assets improved 10 basis points to 0.35% of total loans and OREO at June 30, 2026. The allowance for credit losses as a percentage of loans totaled 1.13% at June 30, 2026, compared to 1.19% at June 30, 2025.

Average deposits increased $1.9 billion to $10.2 billion, and average transaction deposits increased $1.7 billion to $8.9 billion compared to the same period prior year. The mix of transaction deposits to total deposits increased 77 basis points to 87.8% at June 30, 2026.

Non-interest income increased $5.3 million, or 16.3%, to $37.7 million, primarily driven by increases in our diversified sources of fee income including service charges and bank card fees, income from partnership investments, swap fee income, and trust income.

Non-interest expense totaled $191.8 million, which included $26.6 million of acquisition and restructuring expenses, compared to non-interest expense of $124.9 million in the same period prior year. Excluding these items, the current period adjusted non-interest expense totaled $165.2 million, increasing from the same period prior year primarily due to our recent acquisition. Occupancy and equipment expense increased $11.7 million primarily driven by the 2UniFi^SM capitalized asset depreciation in connection with the launch of 2UniFi in the third quarter of 2025. The fully taxable equivalent efficiency ratio totaled 73.7%, compared to 59.4% in the same period prior year. The adjusted fully taxable equivalent efficiency ratio totaled 61.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2026.

Income tax expense totaled $11.3 million, compared to $13.1 million in the same period prior year, and the effective tax rate was 19.2%, compared to 18.8% in the prior year.

Conference Call
Management will host a conference call to review the results at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. The call may also include discussion of company developments, forward-looking statements and other material information about business and financial matters. Interested parties may listen to this call by dialing (800) 330-6710 using the participant passcode of 8928718 and asking for the NBHC Q2 2026 Earnings Call. The earnings release and a link to the replay of the call will be available on the Company’s website at www.nationalbankholdings.com by visiting the investor relations area.

About National Bank Holdings Corporation
National Bank Holdings Corporation is a bank holding company created to build a leading community bank franchise, delivering high quality client service and committed to stakeholder results. Through its bank subsidiaries, NBH Bank and Bank of Jackson Hole Trust, National Bank Holdings Corporation operates a network of over 90 banking centers, serving individual consumers, small, medium and large businesses, and government and non-profit entities. Its banking centers are located in its core footprint of Colorado, the greater Kansas City region, Texas, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Idaho, and Palm Beach, Florida. Its comprehensive residential mortgage banking group primarily serves the bank’s core footprint. Its trust and wealth management business is operated through its trust and wealth department under Bank of Jackson Hole, a division of NBH Bank. NBH Bank operates its core banking business under a single state charter through the following brand names as divisions of NBH Bank: in Colorado, Community Banks of Colorado and Community Banks Mortgage; in Kansas and Missouri, Bank Midwest and Bank Midwest Mortgage; in Texas, Vista Bank and Hillcrest Bank; in Utah, New Mexico and Idaho, Hillcrest Bank and Hillcrest Bank Mortgage; in Palm Beach, Florida, Vista Bank; and in Wyoming, Bank of Jackson Hole and Bank of Jackson Hole Mortgage. Additional information about National Bank Holdings Corporation can be found at www.nationalbankholdings.com.

For more information visit: cobnks.com, bankmw.com, hillcrestbank.com, bankofjacksonhole.com, vistabank.com, or nbhbank.com, or connect with any of our brands on LinkedIn.

About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Certain financial measures and ratios we present are supplemental measures that are not required by, or are not presented in accordance with, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). We refer to these financial measures and ratios as “non-GAAP financial measures.” We consider the use of select non-GAAP financial measures and ratios to be useful for financial and operational decision making and useful in evaluating period-to-period comparisons. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance by excluding certain expenditures or assets that we believe are not indicative of our primary business operating results. We believe that management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting, analyzing and comparing past, present and future periods.

These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP and you should not rely on non-GAAP financial measures alone as measures of our performance. The non-GAAP financial measures we present may differ from non-GAAP financial measures used by our peers or other companies. We compensate for these differences by providing the equivalent GAAP measures whenever we present the non-GAAP financial measures and by including a reconciliation of the impact of the components adjusted for in the non-GAAP financial measure so that both measures and the individual components may be considered when analyzing our performance. A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures is included at the end of the financial statement tables.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements do not discuss historical facts but instead relate to expectations, beliefs, plans, predictions, forecasts, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance. Forward-looking statements are generally identified by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “predict,” “seek,” “potential,” “will,” “estimate,” “target,” “plan,” “projected,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “intend,” “goal,” “focus,” “maintains,” “future,” “ultimately,” “likely,” “ensure,” “strategy,” “objective,” and similar words or phrases. These statements are only predictions and involve estimates, known and unknown risks, assumptions and uncertainties. We have based these statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, business strategy and growth prospects. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date made, actual results may prove to be materially different from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, business and economic conditions along with external events, both generally and in the financial services industry; susceptibility to credit risk and fluctuations in the value of real estate and other collateral securing a significant portion of our loan portfolio, including with regards to real estate acquired through foreclosure, and the accuracy of appraisals related to such real estate; changes impacting monetary supply and the businesses of our clients and counterparties, including levels of market interest rates, inflation, currency values, monetary, fiscal, and international trade policy, and the volatility of trading markets; our ability to maintain sufficient liquidity to meet the requirements of deposit withdrawals and other business needs; our desire to raise additional capital in connection with strategic growth initiatives and our ability to access the capital markets when desired or on favorable terms; changes in the fair value of our investment securities can fluctuate due to market conditions outside of our control; our investments in financial technology companies and initiatives may subject us to material financial, reputational and strategic risks; the allowance for credit losses and fair value adjustments may be insufficient to absorb losses in our loan portfolio; any service interruptions, cyber incidents or other breaches relating to our technology systems, security systems or infrastructure or those of our third-party providers; the occurrence of fraud or other financial crimes within our business; competition from other financial services providers, including traditional financial institutions and financial technology companies, and the effects of disintermediation within the banking business including consolidation within the industry; changes to federal government lending programs like the Small Business Administration’s Preferred Lender Program and the Federal Housing Administration’s insurance programs, including the impact of changes in regulations, budget appropriations and a prolonged government shutdown on such programs; impairment of our mortgage servicing rights, disruption in the secondary market for mortgage loans, declines in real estate values, or being required to repurchase mortgage loans or reimburse investors; claims and litigation related to our fiduciary responsibilities in connection with our trust and wealth business; our ability to manage and execute our organic growth and acquisition strategies, including our ability to realize the expected benefits of our acquisition strategies; developments in technology, such as artificial intelligence, the success of our digital growth strategy, and our ability to incorporate innovative technologies in our business and provide products and services that satisfy our clients’ expectations for convenience and security; our ability to integrate Vista Bank into our business may be more difficult, costly or time consuming than expected and we may fail to realize the anticipated benefits or cost savings of the merger; failure to obtain regulatory approvals or consummate attractive acquisitions or continue to increase organic loan growth would restrict our growth plans; the accuracy of projected operating results for assets and businesses we acquire as well as our ability to drive organic loan growth to replace loans in our existing portfolio with comparable loans as loans are paid down; our ability to comply with and manage costs related to extensive and potentially expanding government regulation and supervision, including current and future regulations affecting bank holding companies and depository institutions; our ability to execute our capital allocation strategy, including paying dividends or repurchasing shares, is subject to regulatory limitations; the application of any increased assessment rates imposed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; claims or legal action brought against us by third parties or government agencies; the loss of our executive officers and key personnel; changes to federal, state and local laws and regulations along with executive orders applicable to our business, including tax laws; and other factors, risks, trends and uncertainties described elsewhere in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, 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.

Contacts:
Analysts/Institutional Investors:
Emily Gooden, Chief Accounting Officer and Investor Relations Director, (720) 554-6640, ir@nationalbankholdings.com
Nicole Van Denabeele, Chief Financial Officer, (720) 529-3370, ir@nationalbankholdings.com

Media:
Dave Coons, SVP, Associate Director of Corporate Communications and Marketing, (816) 298-2214, dave.coons@nbhbank.com