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Financial Institutions, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2025 Results
FISIFinancial Institutions(FISI) GlobeNewswire·2025-04-28 20:05

Core Insights - Financial Institutions, Inc. reported a net income of 16.9millionforQ12025,asignificantrecoveryfromanetlossof16.9 million for Q1 2025, a significant recovery from a net loss of 82.8 million in Q4 2024 and an increase from 2.1millioninQ12024[2][4][6]Thecompanyexperienceda12.62.1 million in Q1 2024 [2][4][6] - The company experienced a 12.6% increase in net interest income, reaching 46.9 million, and a net interest margin expansion of 44 basis points to 3.35% [4][6][11] - Total loans increased by 1.7% quarter-over-quarter to 4.55billion,drivenbycommercialbusinessandmortgagelending[5][17][19]Totaldepositsroseby5.34.55 billion, driven by commercial business and mortgage lending [5][17][19] - Total deposits rose by 5.3% from the previous quarter to 5.37 billion, influenced by seasonal public deposit inflows [20][22] - The company declared a quarterly cash dividend of 0.31percommonshare,reflectinga3.30.31 per common share, reflecting a 3.3% increase, returning over 37% of Q1 net income to common shareholders [24] Financial Performance - Net income available to common shareholders was 16.5 million, or 0.81perdilutedshare,comparedtoanetlossof0.81 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of 83.2 million, or (5.07)perdilutedshare,inthepreviousquarter[2][4]NoninterestincomeforQ12025was(5.07) per diluted share, in the previous quarter [2][4] - Noninterest income for Q1 2025 was 10.4 million, a recovery from a noninterest loss of 91.0millioninQ42024[6][12]Noninterestexpensedecreasedto91.0 million in Q4 2024 [6][12] - Noninterest expense decreased to 33.7 million from 59.4millioninthepreviousquarter[14]LoanandDepositMetricsTotalloansincreasedby59.4 million in the previous quarter [14] Loan and Deposit Metrics - Total loans increased by 74.1 million, or 1.7%, during the quarter, with commercial business loans up 6.6% from the previous quarter [19][20] - Total deposits reached 5.37billion,up5.37 billion, up 268.2 million from the previous quarter, with public deposit balances representing 23% of total deposits [20][22] Credit Quality - The company reported improved credit quality metrics, with net charge-offs at 0.21% of average loans, down from 0.25% in the previous quarter [29][31] - Non-performing loans were 40.0million,or0.8840.0 million, or 0.88% of total loans, a slight decrease from the previous quarter [29][30] Capital Management - Total assets increased to 6.34 billion, up 223.4millionfromthepreviousquarter[17][22]Shareholdersequityroseto223.4 million from the previous quarter [17][22] - Shareholders' equity rose to 589.9 million, driven by additional paid-in-capital from a common stock capital raise [22][23] - The company maintained strong capital ratios, with a Common Equity Tier 1 Capital Ratio of 10.38% [28][43]