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KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF), a financial services company, announced net income available to common shareholders for the first quarter of 2026 of $255.6 million, or $3.35 per diluted share, compared to $209.5 million, or $2.74 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2025 (linked quarter) and $79.3 million, or $1.21 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2025.

Net operating income available to common shareholders, a non-GAAP financial measure reconciled later in this release to net income available to common shareholders, the nearest comparable GAAP measure, was $259.8 million, or $3.41 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2026, compared to $235.2 million, or $3.08 per diluted share, for the linked quarter and $168.9 million, or $2.58 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2025. Operating pre-tax, pre-provision income (operating PTPP), a non-GAAP measure reconciled later in this release to the components of net income before taxes, the nearest comparable GAAP measure, was $363.8 million, or $4.76 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2026, compared to $329.1 million, or $4.31 per diluted share, for the linked quarter, and $233.3 million, or $3.57 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2025. These operating PTPP results represent an increase of 10.5% on a linked-quarter basis and an increase of 55.9% compared to the first quarter of 2025.

“Our first quarter results are a continuation of the strong business momentum we are seeing across our lines of businesses,” said Mariner Kemper, UMB Financial Corporation chairman and chief executive officer.

“With a year under our belt since the consummation of the Heartland Financial acquisition, we are pleased with the outcomes and benefits derived from the merger. During the first quarter, average loans increased at a 10.8% annualized rate compared to the fourth quarter of 2025, aided by strong gross loan production of $2.3 billion which increased loan balances by $1.4 billion to $40.1 billion at March 31, 2026. Notwithstanding the geopolitical headlines, our borrowers remain resolute to handle any impacts from high gasoline prices and supply costs, as loan demand and our pipeline remain healthy. Other headlines around the private credit industry appear to exaggerate exposures and risks at regional banks. Private credit funds have and will always continue to be part of the capital formation ecosystem, and we are proud to partner with a few of the strongest players by providing asset servicing solutions to their funds. Our limited lending exposure to the private credit industry (<1% of total loans) is to high-quality operators who have diversified holdings, strong credit structures and covenants, and low leverage, all underwritten to low loan-to-value metrics. The U.S. economy remains on sound footing but prolonged inflation, high interest rates, and the Middle East crisis have the potential to pose some risks; at UMB, we manage our balance sheet and businesses to weather all economic cycles, through underwriting discipline and prudent risk management practices. Such discipline is exemplified in our first quarter asset quality metrics, with net charge-offs averaging a modest 19 basis points of loans. Finally, our operating efficiency ratio improved to 47.6%, compared to 55.6% in the first quarter of 2025, while our operating return on average common equity improved to 13.9% from 12.5%.”

Mr. Kemper continued, “During the first quarter, we repurchased approximately 178,000 common shares totaling $19.9 million in capital returned to shareholders. At the April meeting, the Board of Directors increased the share repurchase authorization to two million shares, from one million shares previously.”

First Quarter 2026 earnings discussion

Note: The acquisition of Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (HTLF) closed on January 31, 2025; as such, financial results for the fiscal periods since that date include the impact from the acquired operations. Financial results in the first quarter of 2025 include only two months of impact of the acquired operations of HTLF.

Net interest income

• First quarter 2026 net interest income totaled $534.4 million, an increase of $11.9 million, or 2.3%, from the linked quarter, driven primarily by decreased interest expense due to residual impacts of deposit repricing following the fourth-quarter reduction in short-term interest rates, as well as strong balance sheet growth as measured by a 2.7% increase in average loans and 2.6% increase in average noninterest-bearing demand deposit balances. These benefits were partially offset by the reduction in short-term interest rates, which impacted yields on loans and interest bearing due from bank balances, as well as two fewer days in the quarter.
• Average earning assets increased $980.2 million, or 1.5%, from the linked quarter, largely driven by increases of $1.0 billion in average loans and $404.9 million in average federal funds and resell agreements, partially offset by a decrease of $517.7 million in average interest bearing due from bank.
• Average interest-bearing liabilities increased $302.7 million, or 0.7%, from the linked quarter, primarily driven by an increase of $662.2 million, or 22.4%, in federal funds and repurchase agreements, partially offset by a decrease of $362.4 million, or 0.8%, in interest-bearing deposits. The linked-quarter increase in repurchase agreements was driven entirely by customer activity within the public funds and institutional banking segments.
• Net interest margin for the first quarter was 3.38%, an increase of nine basis points from the linked quarter, due to lower yields on interest-bearing deposits driven by mix shift and repricing of deposits following the reduction in short-term interest rates, partially offset by lower benefit from free funds in a lower interest rate environment.
• On a year-over-year basis, net interest income increased $136.7 million, or 34.4%, driven by an additional month of HTLF operations, higher purchase accounting accretion benefits, favorable repricing of deposits and loans in conjunction with lower short-term interest rates, and increases of $7.1 billion, or 21.9%, in average loans and $4.2 billion, or 26.2% in average securities. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $2.6 billion, or 38.4% in average interest-bearing due from banks.
• Average deposits increased 14.5% compared to the first quarter of 2025, reflecting strong organic growth as well as the impact of acquired HTLF balances. Average interest-bearing deposits increased 15.2%, and noninterest-bearing demand deposit balances increased 12.5% compared to the first quarter of 2025. Average demand deposit balances comprised 26.2% of total deposits, compared to 25.6% in the linked quarter and 26.7% in the first quarter of 2025.

Noninterest income

• First quarter 2026 noninterest income increased $6.4 million, or 3.2%, on a linked-quarter basis, largely due to:
  • Increases of $1.7 million in fund services income and $1.0 million in corporate trust income, partially offset by a decrease of $0.4 million in trust income, all recorded in trust and securities processing.
  • Increase of $1.7 million in service charges on deposit accounts related to increased service charge income on interest-bearing checking accounts.
  • Increase of $1.5 million in trading and investment banking due to increases in municipal trading activity.
  • Increase of $0.9 million in investment securities gains primarily driven by a $3.0 million gain on the sale of a non-marketable security in the first quarter of 2026, coupled with increases of $4.3 million in valuation of the company's marketable securities. These increases are partially offset by a $5.9 million gain on the sale of a non-marketable security recognized in the fourth quarter of 2025.
• Compared to the prior year, noninterest income in the first quarter of 2026 increased $38.6 million, or 23.2%, primarily driven by:
  • An increase of $14.9 million in trust and securities processing driven by increases of $8.8 million in fund services income, $3.4 million in trust income, and $2.6 million in corporate trust income.
  • Increase of $7.8 million in investment securities gains primarily driven by a $3.0 million gain on the sale of a non-marketable security in the first quarter of 2026, coupled with decreased valuations in the company's non-marketable securities in the first quarter of 2025.
  • Increase of $6.4 million in other income due to a $4.3 million increase in gains recorded for recoveries of loans previously charged off by HTLF, coupled with a $1.7 million increase in bank-owned life insurance income.
  • Increases of $3.0 million in brokerage income due to higher 12b-1 fees and money market income, $2.6 million in bankcard income due to increased interchange income, and $2.0 million in service charges on deposit accounts driven by increased service charge income on interest-bearing checking accounts.

Noninterest expense

• GAAP noninterest expense for the first quarter of 2026 was $380.9 million, a decrease of $44.7 million, or 10.5%, from the linked quarter and $3.9 million, or 1.0% from the first quarter of 2025. First quarter 2026 expenses included $4.4 million in total acquisition-related and other nonrecurring costs, compared to $39.7 million in the linked quarter and $53.2 million in the first quarter of 2025. Operating noninterest expense, a non-GAAP financial measure reconciled later in this release to noninterest expense, the nearest comparable GAAP measure, was $375.4 million for the first quarter of 2026, a decrease of $16.4 million, or 4.2%, from the linked quarter and an increase of $44.8 million, or 13.6%, from the first quarter of 2025.
• The linked-quarter decrease in GAAP noninterest expense was driven by:
  • A decrease of $17.1 million in other expense driven by fees for the termination of legacy HTLF contracts in the fourth quarter of 2025.
  • A decrease of $14.5 million in legal and consulting expense primarily related to HTLF acquisition-related expenses.
  • A decrease of $8.9 million in salaries and employee benefits expense driven by a $14.7 million decline in bonus and commission expense from increased company performance in the fourth quarter of 2025, a $7.4 million decrease in salaries and wage expense, and a $3.9 million decrease in deferred compensation expense. These decreases were partially offset by a seasonal increase of $17.3 million in payroll taxes, insurance, and 401(k) expense recognized in the first quarter.
  • Decreases of $2.0 million in amortization of intangibles due to a decline in the amortization of the core deposit intangible, $1.7 million in equipment due to decreases in software expense, $1.5 million in marketing and business development driven by the timing of multiple advertising campaigns and decreased travel and entertainment expense, $1.3 million in processing fees driven by decreased software subscription costs, and $1.2 million in supplies and services due to lower computer hardware expense.
  • These decreases were partially offset by a $5.1 million increase in regulatory fees driven by a larger reduction in the FDIC special assessment expense in the fourth quarter of 2025.
• The year-over-year decrease in GAAP noninterest expense was driven by:
  • A decrease of $19.5 million in legal and consulting expense, which included $19.0 million of non-recurring transaction costs associated with the acquisition in the first quarter of 2025.
  • This decrease was partially offset by the following increases:
    • Increase of $6.0 million in amortization of intangibles related to the timing of the HTLF acquisition in the first quarter of 2025.
    • An increase of $5.8 million driven by the timing of multiple advertising campaigns and increased travel and entertainment expense.
    • Increase of $5.1 million in other expense driven by a $2.5 million increase in charitable contributions, $1.2 million increase in losses on the sale of other assets and expense related to other real estate owned, and $0.9 million increase in tax expense other than income tax.
• First quarter 2026 noninterest expense included $4.4 million in total acquisition-related and other nonrecurring costs, compared to $39.7 million in the linked quarter and $53.2 million in the first quarter of 2025. During the first quarter of 2026, this expense was composed primarily of $4.0 million in salaries and employee benefits. During the linked quarter, the $39.7 million in acquisition-related expense was primarily composed of $15.5 million in other expense for contract termination fees, $12.4 million in legal and consulting expense, $7.1 million in salaries and employee benefits, and $3.0 million in marketing expense. During the first quarter of 2025, acquisition-related expense was primarily composed of $33.3 million in salaries and employee benefits and $19.0 million in legal and consulting expense.

Income taxes

• The company’s effective tax rate was 21.1% for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, compared to 12.6% for the same period in 2025. The increase is mainly due to more favorable discrete tax items in 2025, including a benefit from remeasuring deferred tax assets after the HTLF acquisition increased the state marginal tax rate. Additionally, a smaller proportion of pre-tax income in 2026 was earned from tax-exempt municipal securities.

Balance sheet

• Average total assets for the first quarter of 2026 were $70.4 billion compared to $69.6 billion for the linked quarter and $60.0 billion for the same period in 2025.

• Average loans for the first quarter of 2026 increased $1.0 billion, or 2.7%, on a linked-quarter basis and $7.1 billion, or 21.9%, compared to the first quarter of 2025. These increases reflect continued organic momentum across legacy UMB geographies, as well as the impact of acquired HTLF balances.

• Average total securities increased 0.3% on a linked-quarter basis and 26.2% compared to the first quarter of 2025.

• Average deposits remained flat on a linked-quarter basis and increased 14.5% compared to the first quarter of 2025. The increase compared to the first quarter of 2025 reflects the impact of acquired HTLF balances.

Capital

• In March 2026, the company repurchased 178,249 common shares at a weighted average price of $111.62 for a total repurchase of $19.9 million.
• At March 31, 2026, the regulatory capital ratios presented in the foregoing table exceeded all “well-capitalized” regulatory thresholds.

Asset Quality

• Provision for credit losses for the first quarter increased $2.0 million from the linked quarter and decreased $59.0 million from the first quarter of 2025. Provision in the first quarter of 2025 includes $62.0 million for Day 1 provision expense, as described above. The remainder of the change in provision expense is driven by ongoing recalibrations of econometric loss models and general portfolio trends in the current periods as compared to the prior periods.
• Net charge-offs for the first quarter totaled $18.9 million, or 0.19% of average loans, compared to $12.7 million, or 0.13% of average loans in the linked quarter, and $35.9 million, or 0.45% of average loans for the first quarter of 2025.

Conference Call

The company will host a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2026 earnings results on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (CT).

Interested parties may access the call by dialing (toll-free) 888-596-4144 or (international) 646-968-2525 and requesting to join the UMB Financial call with access code 8227474. The live call may also be accessed by visiting investorrelations.umb.com or by using the following link:

UMB Financial 1Q 2026 Conference Call

A replay of the conference call may be heard through May 13, 2026, by calling (toll-free) 800-770-2030 or (international) 609-800-9909. The replay access code required for playback is 8227474. The call replay may also be accessed at investorrelations.umb.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Information

In this release, we provide information about net operating income available to common shareholders, operating earnings per share – diluted (operating EPS), operating return on average common equity (operating ROE), operating return on average assets (operating ROA), operating noninterest expense, operating efficiency ratio, operating pre-tax, pre-provision income (operating PTPP), operating pre-tax, pre-provision earnings per share – diluted (operating PTPP EPS), operating pre-tax, pre-provision income on a fully tax equivalent basis (operating PTPP-FTE), operating pre-tax, pre-provision FTE earnings per share – diluted (operating PTPP-FTE EPS), tangible common shareholders’ equity, and tangible book value per share, all of which are non-GAAP financial measures. This information supplements the results that are reported according to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) and should not be viewed in isolation from, or as a substitute for, GAAP results. The differences between the non-GAAP financial measures – net operating income available to common shareholders, operating EPS, operating ROE, operating ROA, operating noninterest expense, operating efficiency ratio, operating PTPP, operating PTPP EPS, operating PTPP-FTE, operating PTPP-FTE EPS, tangible common shareholders’ equity, and tangible book value per share – and the nearest comparable GAAP financial measures are reconciled later in this release. The company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures and the reconciliations may be useful to investors because they adjust for acquisition- and severance-related items, and the FDIC special assessment that management does not believe reflect the company’s fundamental operating performance.

Net operating income available to common shareholders for the relevant period is defined as GAAP net income available to common shareholders, adjusted to reflect the impact of excluding expenses related to Day 1 acquisition provision expense, acquisitions, severance expense, the FDIC special assessment, and the cumulative tax impact of these adjustments.

Operating EPS (diluted) is calculated as earnings per share as reported, adjusted to reflect, on a per share basis, the impact of excluding the non-GAAP adjustments described above for the relevant period. Operating ROE is calculated as net operating income available to common shareholders, divided by the company’s average total common shareholders’ equity for the relevant period. Operating ROA is calculated as net operating income available to common shareholders, divided by the company’s average assets for the relevant period. Operating noninterest expense for the relevant period is defined as GAAP noninterest expense, adjusted to reflect the pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments described above. Operating efficiency ratio is calculated as the company’s operating noninterest expense, net of amortization of other intangibles, divided by the company’s total non-GAAP revenue (calculated as net interest income plus noninterest income, less gains on sales of securities available for sale, net).

Operating PTPP income for the relevant period is defined as GAAP net interest income plus GAAP noninterest income, less noninterest expense, adjusted to reflect the impact of excluding expenses related to acquisitions and severance, and the FDIC special assessment.

Operating PTPP-FTE for the relevant period is defined as GAAP net interest income on a fully tax equivalent basis plus GAAP noninterest income, less noninterest expense, adjusted to reflect the impact of excluding expenses related to acquisitions and severance, and the FDIC special assessment.

Tangible common shareholders’ equity for the relevant period is defined as GAAP common shareholders’ equity, net of intangible assets. Tangible book value per share is defined as tangible common shareholders’ equity divided by the company’s total common shares outstanding.

Forward-Looking Statements:

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About UMB:

UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF) is a financial services company headquartered in Kansas City, Mo. UMB offers commercial banking, which includes comprehensive deposit, lending, investment and retirement plan services; personal banking, which includes comprehensive deposit, lending, wealth management and financial planning services; and institutional banking, which includes asset servicing, corporate trust solutions, investment banking and healthcare services. UMB operates branches throughout Missouri, Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin. As the company’s reach continues to grow, it also serves business clients nationwide and institutional clients in several countries. For more information, visit UMB.com, UMB Blog, UMB Facebook and UMB LinkedIn.