Record Full-Year Earnings and Returns
Full-year 2025 net income of $2.85 billion and record EPS of $17; maintained top-quartile return on tangible assets (>1.4%) and strong ROTCE (management expects ~16% in 2026 with a target of 17% by 2027).
Capital Returns to Shareholders
Increased quarterly dividend by 11% and repurchased ~9% of outstanding shares (approx. $507 million repurchases during the period), while growing tangible book value per share by 7% year-over-year.
Improved Asset Quality
Nonaccruals decreased 26% year-over-year; nonaccruals represented 90 bps of total loans (the lowest since 2007). Criticized commercial loans declined 27% over the year; non-accrual loans declined 17% sequentially to $1.3 billion. Allowance for loan losses fell modestly to 1.53% of loans (down 5 bps) driven by improved asset quality.
Fee Income Growth and Mix Shift
Fee income grew 13% in 2025 to a record $2.7 billion; fee mix as a percentage of revenue rose from 26% to over 28%, with broad-based strength across treasury, trust, mortgage and capital markets.
Balance Sheet and Liquidity Strength
Investment securities and cash at the Fed totaled $53.7 billion (25% of assets); estimated LCR was 109% (above regulatory minimum). Purchased $900 million of debt securities in Q4 at an average yield of 4.9%; investment securities yield increased 4 bps to 4.17%.
Loan and Deposit Momentum
Average total loans rose $2.4 billion to $165.1 billion; average loans and leases increased $1.1 billion to $137.6 billion. Interest-bearing deposits grew $2.2 billion to $120.9 billion; non-interest bearing deposits increased $100 million to $44.2 billion. Interest-bearing deposit costs fell 19 bps to 2.17%.
Disciplined Outlook and Strategic Actions
Management provided constructive 2026 guidance: taxable-equivalent NII of $7.2735 billion (NIM in the low 370s, incorporating 50 bps of assumed rate cuts), average loans $140–142 billion, average deposits $165–167 billion, non-interest income $2.675–2.775 billion, and non-interest expense $5.5–5.6 billion. Adopted MSR fair-value election which adds $197 million (~8 bps) to regulatory capital and moves ~$75 million of MSR amortization from expenses to netted mortgage revenues.