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Bank First Announces Net Income for the First Quarter of 2025

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Bank First (NASDAQ: BFC) reported strong Q1 2025 financial results with net income of $18.2 million, or $1.82 per share, representing a 20.53% increase from the prior-year quarter. The bank achieved a net interest income of $36.5 million, up $3.2 million year-over-year, and maintained a healthy net interest margin of 3.65%.

Key highlights include:

  • Total assets reached $4.51 billion
  • Loan portfolio grew to $3.55 billion
  • Core deposits increased to $3.67 billion
  • Quarterly cash dividend declared at $0.45 per share

Asset quality improved with nonperforming assets decreasing to $7.6 million (0.17% of total assets). The bank's stockholders' equity totaled $648.4 million, with book value per share at $65.02 and tangible book value at $45.46.

Bank First (NASDAQ: BFC) ha riportato risultati finanziari solidi nel primo trimestre 2025 con un utile netto di 18,2 milioni di dollari, pari a 1,82 dollari per azione, che rappresenta un incremento del 20,53% rispetto allo stesso trimestre dell'anno precedente. La banca ha registrato un reddito netto da interessi di 36,5 milioni di dollari, in crescita di 3,2 milioni di dollari su base annua, mantenendo un margine netto da interessi sano del 3,65%.

I principali punti salienti includono:

  • Attività totali raggiunte a 4,51 miliardi di dollari
  • Portafoglio prestiti cresciuto fino a 3,55 miliardi di dollari
  • Depositi core aumentati a 3,67 miliardi di dollari
  • Dividendo trimestrale in contanti dichiarato a 0,45 dollari per azione

La qualità degli asset è migliorata con le attività non performanti scese a 7,6 milioni di dollari (0,17% del totale attivo). Il patrimonio netto degli azionisti della banca ammonta a 648,4 milioni di dollari, con un valore contabile per azione pari a 65,02 dollari e un valore contabile tangibile di 45,46 dollari.

Bank First (NASDAQ: BFC) reportó sólidos resultados financieros en el primer trimestre de 2025 con un ingreso neto de 18,2 millones de dólares, o 1,82 dólares por acción, lo que representa un aumento del 20,53% respecto al mismo trimestre del año anterior. El banco alcanzó un ingreso neto por intereses de 36,5 millones de dólares, un incremento de 3,2 millones de dólares interanual, y mantuvo un saludable margen neto de interés del 3,65%.

Los aspectos clave incluyen:

  • Los activos totales alcanzaron los 4,51 mil millones de dólares
  • La cartera de préstamos creció hasta 3,55 mil millones de dólares
  • Los depósitos principales aumentaron a 3,67 mil millones de dólares
  • Dividendo trimestral en efectivo declarado de 0,45 dólares por acción

La calidad de los activos mejoró con activos no productivos disminuyendo a 7,6 millones de dólares (0,17% del total de activos). El patrimonio neto de los accionistas del banco totalizó 648,4 millones de dólares, con un valor en libros por acción de 65,02 dólares y un valor tangible en libros de 45,46 dólares.

Bank First (NASDAQ: BFC)는 2025년 1분기 강력한 재무 실적을 보고했으며, 순이익 1,820만 달러, 주당 1.82달러로 전년 동기 대비 20.53% 증가했습니다. 은행은 순이자수익 3,650만 달러를 달성했으며, 전년 대비 320만 달러 증가했고, 건전한 순이자마진 3.65%를 유지했습니다.

주요 내용은 다음과 같습니다:

  • 총자산 45억 1천만 달러 달성
  • 대출 포트폴리오 35억 5천만 달러로 성장
  • 핵심 예금 36억 7천만 달러로 증가
  • 분기 현금 배당금 주당 0.45달러 선언

자산 품질이 개선되어 부실 자산이 760만 달러(총자산의 0.17%)로 감소했습니다. 은행의 주주 자본은 6억 4,840만 달러이며, 주당 장부가는 65.02달러, 유형 장부가는 45.46달러입니다.

Bank First (NASDAQ : BFC) a publié de solides résultats financiers pour le premier trimestre 2025 avec un revenu net de 18,2 millions de dollars, soit 1,82 dollar par action, représentant une augmentation de 20,53 % par rapport au même trimestre de l'année précédente. La banque a réalisé un revenu net d'intérêts de 36,5 millions de dollars, en hausse de 3,2 millions de dollars d'une année sur l'autre, et a maintenu une marge nette d'intérêt saine de 3,65 %.

Les points clés incluent :

  • Les actifs totaux ont atteint 4,51 milliards de dollars
  • Le portefeuille de prêts a augmenté à 3,55 milliards de dollars
  • Les dépôts de base ont augmenté à 3,67 milliards de dollars
  • Dividende trimestriel en espèces déclaré à 0,45 dollar par action

La qualité des actifs s'est améliorée avec une diminution des actifs non performants à 7,6 millions de dollars (0,17 % du total des actifs). Les capitaux propres des actionnaires de la banque s'élèvent à 648,4 millions de dollars, avec une valeur comptable par action de 65,02 dollars et une valeur comptable tangible de 45,46 dollars.

Bank First (NASDAQ: BFC) meldete starke Finanzergebnisse für das erste Quartal 2025 mit einem Nettoeinkommen von 18,2 Millionen US-Dollar bzw. 1,82 US-Dollar pro Aktie, was einer Steigerung von 20,53 % gegenüber dem Vorjahresquartal entspricht. Die Bank erzielte einen Nettozinsertrag von 36,5 Millionen US-Dollar, eine Steigerung um 3,2 Millionen US-Dollar im Jahresvergleich, und hielt eine gesunde Nettozinsmarge von 3,65 % aufrecht.

Wichtige Highlights umfassen:

  • Gesamtvermögen erreichten 4,51 Milliarden US-Dollar
  • Darlehensportfolio wuchs auf 3,55 Milliarden US-Dollar
  • Kern-Einlagen stiegen auf 3,67 Milliarden US-Dollar
  • Quartalsdividende in bar von 0,45 US-Dollar pro Aktie erklärt

Die Vermögensqualität verbesserte sich, da notleidende Vermögenswerte auf 7,6 Millionen US-Dollar (0,17 % des Gesamtvermögens) zurückgingen. Das Eigenkapital der Aktionäre der Bank belief sich auf 648,4 Millionen US-Dollar, mit einem Buchwert je Aktie von 65,02 US-Dollar und einem greifbaren Buchwert von 45,46 US-Dollar.

Positive
  • Net income increased 20.53% year-over-year to $18.2 million
  • Net interest income grew by $3.2 million from Q1 2024
  • Nonperforming assets decreased to 0.17% from 0.31% year-over-year
  • Book value per share increased to $65.02 from $60.16 year-over-year
  • Quarterly dividend increased 28.6% year-over-year
Negative
  • Net loan charge-offs of $0.8 million compared to recoveries of $0.6 million in Q1 2024
  • Noninterest-bearing deposits decreased to 27.4% of total deposits from 29.0% year-over-year
  • Higher provision for credit losses at $0.4 million vs $0.2 million in Q1 2024

Insights

Bank First delivered robust Q1 2025 results with $18.2 million in net income ($1.82 EPS), representing a substantial 20.53% year-over-year increase. This performance is particularly impressive given the challenging regional banking environment.

The bank's core fundamentals show impressive strength. Net interest income grew to $36.5 million (up $3.2 million YoY) with net interest margin expanding to 3.65% from 3.62% last year. This margin expansion during a period of shifting deposit mix demonstrates effective balance sheet management, with the bank successfully reducing its cost of funds by 0.08% quarter-over-quarter despite pressure from high-rate deposit accounts.

Asset quality metrics improved significantly, with nonperforming assets declining to $7.6 million (0.17% of total assets) from $12.5 million (0.31%) a year ago. This 39% reduction in problem assets strengthens the bank's risk profile considerably.

The 3.6% annualized loan growth demonstrates Bank First's continued ability to expand its core business, while the $258.2 million year-over-year deposit increase (7.6% growth) reveals strong customer acquisition and retention. The 28.6% year-over-year dividend increase signals management's confidence in sustained profitability.

Most impressively, BFC achieved a 1.64% return on average assets, significantly outperforming the industry average and reflecting the bank's operational efficiency and strong credit quality. The tangible book value increase to $45.46 per share (12.7% YoY growth) provides substantial shareholder value appreciation.

  • Net income of $18.2 million and earnings per common share of $1.82 for the three months ended March 31, 2025
  • Earnings per common share 20.53% higher than the prior-year first quarter
  • Annualized return on average assets of 1.64% for the three months ended March 31, 2025
  • Quarterly cash dividend of $0.45 per share declared, matching the prior-quarter and 28.6% higher than the prior-year first quarter

MANITOWOC, Wis., April 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank First Corporation (NASDAQ: BFC) ("Bank First" or the "Bank"), the holding company for Bank First, N.A., reported net income of $18.2 million, or $1.82 per share, for the first quarter of 2025, compared with net income of $15.4 million, or $1.51 per share, for the prior-year first quarter.

"We are delighted to announce that our team of relationship-focused bankers achieved significant financial returns in the first quarter of 2025," stated CEO Mike Molepske. "These results were driven by an increase in core loan and deposit growth that started late last year and continued into early 2025."

Operating Results
Net interest income ("NII") during the first quarter of 2025 was $36.5 million, up $1.0 million from the previous quarter and up $3.2 million from the first quarter of 2024. The impact of net accretion and amortization of purchase accounting related to interest-bearing assets and liabilities from past acquisitions ("purchase accounting") increased NII by $1.0 million, or $0.08 per share after tax, during the first quarter of 2025, compared to $0.8 million, or $0.06 per share after tax, during the previous quarter and $1.2 million, or $0.09 per share after tax, during the first quarter of 2024.

Net interest margin ("NIM") was 3.65% for the first quarter of 2025, compared to 3.61% for the previous quarter and 3.62% for the first quarter of 2024. NII from purchase accounting increased NIM by 0.10%, 0.08% and 0.13% for each period, respectively. The Bank's cost of funds declined 0.08% quarter-over-quarter despite persistent elevated levels of interest-bearing demand and savings deposits in accounts that garner some of the highest yielding rates in the Bank's deposit portfolio. The average rate paid on the Bank's non-brokered certificates of deposit declined by 0.18% compared to the prior quarter.

Bank First recorded a provision for credit losses of $0.4 million during the first quarter of 2025, compared to $0.2 million during the first quarter of 2024. Net loan charge-offs totaled $0.8 million during the most recent quarter, comparing unfavorably to net loan recoveries totaling $0.6 million during the first quarter of 2024. The Bank charged off $0.8 million in loan balances related to one customer during the first quarter of 2025. This customer was a part of the Hometown Bancorporation, Ltd. acquisition during 2023, and the charged-off balances have had a specific allowance related to them since the initial recording of this acquisition.

Noninterest income was $6.6 million for the first quarter of 2025, compared to $4.4 million for the first quarter of 2024. Service charges increased $0.4 million, or 23.1%, over the prior-year first quarter, as the Bank continues to benefit from a renegotiated vendor incentive program related to the Bank's credit and debit card payments processing. Ansay & Associates, LLC, in which the Bank has a 40.0% interest, had a strong first quarter of 2025 with income provided to the Bank up $0.2 million, or 20.6%, from the prior year first quarter. The Bank experienced a positive valuation adjustment to its mortgage servicing rights totaling $0.2 million during the first quarter of 2025, which compared favorably to a negative valuation adjustment of $0.3 million during the first quarter of 2024. Finally, the Bank received a $2.3 million death benefit related to its bank-owned life insurance portfolio. The underlying policies had a cash value of $1.3 million, leading to a gain of $1.0 million which is recorded in other noninterest income.

Noninterest expense was $20.6 million in the first quarter of 2025, compared to $20.3 million during the first quarter of 2024. Personnel expense, which is typically elevated in the first quarter of each year, was relatively consistent year-over-year as continued efficiency improvements in some of the Bank's newer markets offset inflationary impacts to overall wages. While data processing and outside service fee expenses were also consistent year-over-year, they declined from the previous several quarters as costs related to special projects in those quarters have mostly been completed. Finally, amortization of the Bank's core deposit intangible assets continue to decline as time elapses from the Bank's most recent acquisition. These intangible assets are amortized by an accelerated method which creates the most expense in years immediately following the transaction date.

The comparability of year-over-year income tax expense was affected by a provision enacted in the Bank's home state during 2023 which offered an income tax exclusion on certain commercial and agricultural loans to borrowers who reside or are located in the state of Wisconsin. While Wisconsin's governor signed this provision on July 5, 2023, rules related to qualifying loans under it were not finalized until the first quarter of 2024. Based on these final rules, a benefit of $1.3 million was recorded to income tax expense during the first quarter of 2024 as a refinement to provisions for income taxes from 2023, reducing the Bank's effective tax rate to 10.5% for that quarter. For the final three quarters of 2024 the Bank's effective tax rate fluctuated between 19.0% and 20.0%. For the first quarter of 2025 the Bank's effective rate, which came in at 17.5%, benefited from the aforementioned death benefit related to bank-owned life insurance, which was exempt from taxation.

Balance Sheet
Total assets were $4.51 billion at March 31, 2025, an increase of $11.4 million from December 31, 2024, and $406.6 million higher than March 31, 2024.

Total loans were $3.55 billion at March 31, 2025, up $30.9 million from December 31, 2024, and up $164.7 million from March 31, 2024. Loans grew by an annualized rate of 3.6% during the first quarter, a seasonally low loan growth quarter in most years.

Total deposits, nearly all of which remain core deposits, were $3.67 billion at March 31, 2025, up $13.1 million from December 31, 2024, and up $258.2 million from March 31, 2024. Noninterest-bearing demand deposits comprised 27.4% of the Bank's total deposits at March 31, 2025, compared to 29.0% at March 31, 2024, as the Bank continues to see a shift in its deposit portfolio toward pre-2020 levels of noninterest-bearing balances, prior to the influx of liquidity into financial markets during 2020 and 2021.

Asset Quality
Nonperforming assets at March 31, 2025 totaled $7.6 million, down from $9.2 million and $12.5 million at the end of the fourth and first quarters of 2024, respectively. Over half of the decline in nonperforming assets during the most recent quarter related to the aforementioned $0.8 million loan charge-off. Nonperforming assets to total assets ended the first quarter of 2025 at 0.17%, down from 0.21% at the end of the prior quarter and 0.31% at the end of the prior-year first quarter.

Capital Position
Stockholders' equity totaled $648.4 million at March 31, 2025, an increase of $8.7 million from December 31, 2024, and up $39.1 million from March 31, 2024. Dividends totaling $4.5 million and repurchases of BFC common stock totaling $6.4 million were more than offset by earnings of $18.2 million during the quarter. The Bank's book value per common share totaled $65.02 at March 31, 2025 compared to $63.89 at December 31, 2024 and $60.16 at March 31, 2024. Tangible book value per common share (non-GAAP) totaled $45.46 at March 31, 2025 compared to $44.28 at December 31, 2024 and $40.35 at March 31, 2024.

Dividend Declaration
Bank First's Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.45 per common share, payable on July 9, 2025, to shareholders of record as of June 25, 2025.

Bank First Corporation provides financial services through its subsidiary, Bank First, N.A., which was incorporated in 1894. Bank First offers loan, deposit, and treasury management products at its 26 banking locations in Wisconsin. The Bank has grown through both acquisitions and de novo branch expansion. The Bank employs approximately 362 full-time equivalent staff and has assets of approximately $4.5 billion. Insurance services are available through its bond with Ansay & Associates, LLC. Trust, investment advisory, and other financial services are offered in collaboration with several regional partners. Further information about Bank First Corporation is available by clicking the Shareholder Services tab at www.bankfirst.com.

For further information, contact:
Kevin M LeMahieu, Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (920) 652-3200  /  klemahieu@bankfirst.com

 

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FAQ

What was Bank First 's (BFC) earnings per share in Q1 2025?

BFC reported earnings of $1.82 per share in Q1 2025, a 20.53% increase from $1.51 in Q1 2024.

How much did Bank First's (BFC) net interest income grow in Q1 2025?

BFC's net interest income reached $36.5 million, up $3.2 million from Q1 2024 and $1.0 million from the previous quarter.

What is Bank First's (BFC) dividend payment for Q1 2025?

BFC declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.45 per share, payable July 9, 2025, representing a 28.6% increase from Q1 2024.

How did Bank First's (BFC) asset quality perform in Q1 2025?

BFC's nonperforming assets decreased to $7.6 million (0.17% of total assets), down from $12.5 million (0.31%) in Q1 2024.

What was Bank First's (BFC) loan growth in Q1 2025?

BFC's total loans grew to $3.55 billion, increasing by $30.9 million from December 2024, representing an annualized growth rate of 3.6%.
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