First Commonwealth Financial Corp: Form 10-Q for the period ended Jun 30, 2026

The net interest margin on a fully taxable equivalent basis was 3.97% for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 3.73% for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The net interest margin is affected by changes in the level of interest rates and the amount and composition of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.

The taxable equivalent yield on interest-earning assets was 5.67% for the six months ended June 30, 2026, an increase of two basis points compared to the 5.65% yield for the same period in 2025. The yield on interest-earning assets benefited as the yield on fixed rate commercial loans increased 33 basis points. Additionally, the yield on fixed rate consumer loans increased by 15 basis points. Offsetting these increases were a 73 basis point decrease in consumer lines of credit and a 4 basis point decline in the yield on equipment finance loans. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, five basis points of the yield on interest-earning assets can be attributed to the recognition of $2.7 million in accretion of purchase accounting marks. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, accretion of purchase accounting marks contributed $3.9 million, or seven basis points, to the yield on interest-earning assets.

The investment portfolio yield decreased two basis points in comparison to the prior year primarily due to a decline in market rates. Additionally, the average balance of investments decreased $39.7 million as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025. Lower interest rates in the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the prior year resulted in a 93 basis point decrease in the yield on interest-bearing deposits with banks, while the average balance increased from $68.2 million in 2025 to $182.9 million in 2026.

The cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased to 2.35% for the six months ended June 30, 2026, from 2.63% for the same period in 2025. The cost of interest-bearing deposits decreased 25 basis points and short-term borrowings decreased 164 basis points in comparison to the same period last year. The cost of interest-bearing deposits was impacted by declines in market interest rates offset by changes in the mix of deposits with growth in money market and time deposits. Comparing the six months ended June 30, 2026 with the comparable period in 2025, average time deposits increased $39.0 million, or 2.2%, while the cost of these deposits decreased 45 basis points. Contributing to the average growth in time deposits was $90.3 million in balances acquired in the second quarter of 2025 as part of the Center acquisition. The impact of the Center acquisition on average time deposit balances was an increase of $60.0 million when comparing the six-months ended June 30, 2026 to the prior year. Other interest-bearing deposits increased on average $298.8 million, or 5.1%, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025 and the cost of these deposits decreased 18 basis points. Contributing to the average growth in other interest-bearing deposits was $146.2 million in balances acquired from Center in the second quarter of 2025. The impact of the Center acquisition on average other interest-bearing deposits was an increase of $96.9 million when comparing the six-months ended June 30, 2026 to the prior year. Compared to the prior period, short-term borrowings decreased an average of $69.6 million and long-term debt decreased an average of $93.1 million primarily due to the payoff of $129.4 million FHLB debt during the first quarter of 2026.

For the six months ended June 30, 2026, changes in rates positively impacted net interest income by $10.9 million when compared to the same period in 2025. The yield on interest-earning assets positively impacted net interest income by $0.7 million and the decrease in the cost of interest-bearing liabilities positively impacted net interest income by $10.2 million.

Changes in the volume of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities positively impacted net interest income by $8.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025. Higher levels of interest-earning assets resulted in an increase of $9.8 million in interest income, while changes in the volume and mix of interest-bearing liabilities increased interest expense by $1.0 million. Average interest-earning assets for the six months ended June 30, 2026 increased $337.3 million, or 3.1%, compared to the same period in 2025. Average loans for the comparable period increased $262.3 million, or 2.8%, and average investments decreased $39.7 million, or 2.4%. The Center acquisition, in the second quarter of 2025, increased ending loan balances by $292.6 million. Assuming no change in balances, this resulted in an increase in average balances of $194.0 million when comparing the six months ended June 30, 2026 with the prior year.

Net interest income was positively impacted by a $162.2 million increase in average net free funds for the six months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the corresponding period in 2025. Average net free funds are the excess of noninterest-bearing demand deposits, other noninterest-bearing liabilities and shareholders’ equity over noninterest-earning assets. The level of net free funds was impacted by growth in average noninterest-bearing demand deposits, as well as higher average shareholders' equity due to retained earnings and stock issued for the Center acquisition. Average noninterest-bearing demand deposits for the six months ended June 30, 2026 increased $67.9 million, or 3.0%, compared to the same period in 2025.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2024, Accounting Standards Update 2024-03 ("ASU 2024-03"), “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures" (Subtopic 220-40) was issued. ASU 2024-03 requires disaggregated disclosure of income statement expenses for public business entities. ASU 2024-03 requires new financial statement disclosures in tabular format, disaggregating information about prescribed categories underlying any relevant income statement expense caption. The prescribed categories include, among other things, employee compensation, depreciation, and intangible asset amortization. Additionally, entities must disclose the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods, an entity’s definition of selling expenses. ASU 2024-03 will be effective, on a prospective basis, for annual periods beginning in 2027, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning in 2028, though early adoption and retrospective application is permitted. ASU 2024-03 is not expected to have a significant impact on our financial conditions or results of operations.

In September 2025, Accounting Standard Update 2025-06 ("ASU 2025-06"), “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software" (Subtopic 350-40) was issued. ASU 2025-06 simplifies the accounting for internal-use software by removing project development stages and introducing a new capitalization threshold. Under the revised standard, software development costs are capitalized when management authorizes and commits funding for the project and it is probable the software will be completed and used as intended. ASU 2025-06 will be effective in 2028 and is not expected to have a significant impact on our financial conditions or results of operations.

In November 2025, Accounting Standard Update 2025‑08 ("ASU 2025-08"), “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses" (Topic 326) was issued. ASU 2025-08 expands the scope of acquired financial assets subject to the gross up approach formerly applicable only to purchased credit‑deteriorated ("PCD") assets, to include acquired non‑PCD loans that meet certain criteria, now referred to as “purchased seasoned loans” (PSLs). Under this model, an allowance for expected credit losses is recognized at acquisition, offsetting the loan’s amortized cost basis, thereby eliminating the day-one credit‑loss expense previously required for non‑PCD assets. PSLs are defined as non‑PCD loans acquired either (i) through a business combination, or (ii) purchased more than 90 days after origination when the acquirer was not involved in origination. ASU 2025-08 will be effective on a prospective basis for loans acquired on or after the adoption date, for interim and annual reporting periods beginning in 2027, though early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the expected impact on accounting for acquired assets related to future transactions.

In November 2025, Accounting Standard Update 2025‑09 ("ASU 2025-09"), “Derivatives and Hedging" (Topic 815) was issued. This update allows designating a variable price component of a nonfinancial forecasted purchase or sale as the hedged risk, grouping individual forecasted transactions with similar (not identical) risk exposures, a new model for hedging forecasted interest on variable-rate debt, enabling changes in index or tenor without de-designation, subject to simplifying assumptions, and additional clarifications related to hedge accounting of nonfinancial components, net written options, and dual-hedge strategies. ASU 2025-09 will be effective beginning in 2027, though early adoption is permitted. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of adoption on its consolidated financial statements.

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Information appearing in Item 2 of this report under the caption “Market Risk” is incorporated by reference in response to this item.

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1-934 (the “Exchange Act”). Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in applicable rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed under Part I, Item 1A of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.