Record Earnings and Strong Quarterly Profitability
Reported Q4 net income available to common shareholders of $209.5M ($2.74/share), up 16.1% from Q3; full-year 2025 net income $684.6M ($9.29/share). Net operating income (ex acquisition and nonrecurring items) was $235.2M ($3.08/share).
Improved Profitability Metrics
Return on average common equity rose to 11.27% from 10.14% sequentially; efficiency ratio improved to 55.5% from 58.1% in Q3 (and 51.8% a year ago).
Very Strong Loan Growth Outpacing Peers
Average loans grew 13% linked-quarter annualized (Q4), with quarterly loan production of $2.6B. C&I was the strongest contributor with 27% annualized growth over Q3 average balances. Peers' median loan growth reported was 4.9% versus UMB's 13%.
Healthy Deposit Growth and Core Funding Trends
Average deposits increased 5.6% linked-quarter annualized; DDA balances rose 24.9% linked-quarter annualized, helping reduce cost of total deposits by 29 bps to 2.25% and cost of interest-bearing deposits by 33 bps to 3.03%.
Net Interest Income and Core Margin Expansion
Net interest income for Q4 was $522.5M, a 10% increase from Q3. Reported NIM was 3.29%; excluding 33 bps of purchase accounting accretion, core NIM was 2.96%, up 18 bps sequentially.
Strong Asset Quality
Q4 total net charge-offs were 13 bps; full-year 2025 net charge-offs were 23 bps, below the company's long-term historical average of 27 bps. Total nonperforming loans were $145M (37 bps of loans) and criticized loans improved 9.1% from prior quarter.
Capital Build and Purchase Accounting Tailwinds
Common Equity Tier 1 ratio of 10.6% at Dec 31, up 26 bps from September. Purchase accounting accretion contributed $52.7M to NII in Q4 and provided ~33 bps benefit to NIM; projected contractual accretion estimated at $126M for 2026 and $92M for 2027.
Successful Heartland Acquisition and Geographic Expansion
Completed acquisition of Heartland Financial and opened first branch in Utah; management reported early conversion benefits, deposit and loan synergies, and new product rollouts (e.g., credit card, mortgage opportunity) with optimistic forward-looking contribution.
Fee Businesses and Institutional Momentum
Trust and securities processing income increased $4.5M (5.1% linked quarter). Fund services and custody added 15 new fund families in 2025 (109 new funds total). Sale of Voyager position realized an approximate $17M net gain (nearly 4x multiple, ~30% IRR since IPO).
Expense Discipline with Near-Term Integration Costs Managed
Operating noninterest expense excluding merger and other one-time costs was $391.8M (up 1.8% q/q). Management expects Q1 operating expense of $385M–$390M and reiterated commitment to achieve positive operating leverage in 2026.