Northwest (NWBI) Q1 2026 Earnings Transcript

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Tue, April 28, 2026 astatine 9:39 AM CDT 25 min read

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Date

April 28, 2026

Call participants

• President & Chief Executive Officer — Louis J. Torchio

• Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer — Douglas M. Schosser

• Operator

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Full Conference Call Transcript

Louis J. Torchio: Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining america contiguous to sermon our archetypal 4th 2026 results. I volition fto Douglas M. Schosser instrumentality you done the specifics of our archetypal 4th performance, but first, I privation to bespeak connected the increasing momentum and continuing translation astatine Northwest Bancshares, Inc., and however our achievements successful the archetypal 4th person positioned america for continued maturation successful 2026. On descent 4, you tin spot immoderate of the fiscal highlights of the archetypal 4th 2026. We delivered $51 cardinal successful nett income for the archetypal quarter, a grounds successful the company's history, resulting successful much than 16% year-over-year nett income growth.

Momentum successful our C&I concern continued with $191 cardinal of mean C&I indebtedness maturation successful the archetypal quarter, representing 28% year-over-year growth. We person continued to turn our nationwide concern verticals successful a disciplined manner. The archetypal of these was launched successful 2023, and collectively, they present correspond astir 23% of our commercialized lending portfolio. These verticals are led by experienced and highly networked manufacture leaders, giving america a beardown constituent of favoritism successful these specialty concern areas. We proceed to absorption connected increasing our SBA lending concern some locally and nationally successful 2026, gathering connected our momentum from earning a spot among the apical originators successful the U.S. by measurement successful 2025.

We recorded a nett involvement borderline of 370 ground points successful 2026, benefiting from our deposit franchise, which is 1 of Northwest Bancshares, Inc.'s halfway strengths. We achieved our 3rd consecutive 4th of little deposit costs, among the champion successful people among our peers. Our ongoing disbursal absorption subject allowed america to execute different 4th of improved show with our ratio ratio astatine 59.4% and our adjusted ratio ratio of 57.8% for the quarter, and we person present afloat recognized each the disbursal benefits from our caller acquisition. Our grounds nett income successful 2026 drove beardown returns with an ROAA of 1.22% and ROTCE of 14.6%.

In addition, with caller headlines surrounding credit, I privation to item that we saw our nonperforming assets and wide delinquencies diminution this quarter, and we recorded a little annualized nett charge-off ratio of 16 ground points for the quarter, which is beneath the debased extremity of our full-year guidance. We achieved these results portion continuing to put successful talent, technology, and caller fiscal centers to enactment our aboriginal growth. I americium pleased with our results, and I americium arrogant of the squad for driving beardown halfway show crossed the bank. As we person highlighted connected erstwhile calls, we proceed to execute connected our plans to alteration the user bank.