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Amerant Bancorp Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Call - Credit cleanup and balance-sheet right-sizing set the three-year turnaround targets: 1% ROA and ~60% efficiency
Amerant closed 4Q25 with a deliberate reset. Management cut the balance sheet below the $10 billion threshold, exited non-core funding, and pushed an intensive credit review that reclassified and expe...
- Amerant executed a deliberate balance-sheet shrink to $9.8 billion at quarter end, down from $10.4 billion in 3Q25, by using excess liquidity and selling investments.
- Management targets credit stabilization as the number one priority, conducting reviews that covered approximately $5.3 billion or 85% of the commercial loan portfolio.
- Non-performing assets rose to $187 million, or 1.9% of assets, from $140 million, with management reporting January reductions in NPLs to $155 million after paydowns and sales.
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Eastern Bankshares, Inc. Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Call - Leaning Into Organic Growth and Buybacks, Not M&A
Eastern closed 2025 with a strong finish, reporting net income of $99.5 million and operating earnings of $94.7 million, boosted by the late-year HarborOne acquisition and solid organic commercial loa...
- Net income for Q4 2025 was $99.5 million, or $0.46 per diluted share; operating earnings were $94.7 million and $0.44 per diluted share.
- Eastern attributes a large portion of Q4 performance to the HarborOne merger, which closed November 1 and added roughly $4.5 billion of loans and $4.3 billion of deposits.
- Management is explicit: no M&A for the foreseeable future, focus instead on organic growth across commercial banking and wealth, and returning excess capital to shareholders.
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Customers Bancorp Q4 2025 Earnings Call - Qubix $2T Payments Volume and Deposit-led Growth Power Positive Operating Leverage
Customers Bancorp closed 2025 by leaning into what made it distinct, payments and deposit-gathering. Management touted a smooth CEO succession, record NII, and operating leverage driven by a payments ...
- Leadership transition executed: Sam Sidhu named CEO after a five-year succession process, Jay Sidhu remains Executive Chairman.
- 2025 headline numbers: core EPS $7.61 for the year (up 36% YoY), Q4 core EPS $2.06, core ROE 13.8%, ROA 1.2%.
- Tangible book and capital: tangible book value per share $61.77, up 14% year; issued $100 million of subordinated debt, tangible common equity ratio 8.5%.
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SouthState Bank Corporation Q4 2025 Earnings Call - Integration Pays Off: EPS +30% and Double-Digit TBV Growth
SouthState closed 2025 with the Independent Financial integration squarely in the rearview, and the financials show it. Excluding merger costs, 2025 EPS rose over 30%, tangible book value per share gr...
- Management says the Independent Financial integration completed cleanly and is now a tailwind rather than an overhang, citing successful regulatory approvals and systems conversions.
- Excluding merger costs, 2025 EPS rose over 30%; Q4 EPS was $2.47 and full-year EPS was $9.50.
- Pre-provision, pre-tax income (PP&R) for Q4 was $323 million; full-year PP&R was $1.27 billion.
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Booz Allen Hamilton Q3 FY2026 Earnings Call - Cost Cuts and Tech-First Pivot Offset Shutdown, Setting Stage for Margin Re-acceleration
Booz Allen beat a difficult quarter by tightening the cost base, leaning into outcome-based contracts and product sales, and doubling down on cyber, AI, and national security tech partnerships. Manage...
- Quarter results held to the revised October guidance despite the longest US government shutdown, with gross revenue of $2.6 billion, down about 10% year-over-year.
- Revenue ex billables fell about 7% in Q3, and after adjusting for shutdown timing effects consolidated revenue was down roughly 6% year-over-year.
- Management estimates the shutdown will reduce FY2026 revenue by ~$50 million and profit by ~$20 million, and shifted roughly $60 million of billable expenses from Q3 into Q4 for the national security portfolio.
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Ericsson Q4 2025 Earnings Call - Margins Hit 18% and SEK61bn Net Cash, Paving Way for Record SEK25bn Share Return
Ericsson closed 2025 with a cleaner P&L and the kind of cash pile boards like to brag about. Q4 organic growth surprised at 6%, adjusted EBITDA margin sat at roughly 18%, and net cash ended the year a...
- Q4 net sales were SEK 69.3 billion, with organic sales up 6% year on year, driven by all segments.
- Full-year net sales totaled SEK 236.7 billion, organic growth 2% for 2025 despite a SEK 13.9 billion negative currency impact.
- Adjusted gross margin reached about 48% in Q4 and 48.1% for the full year, supported by cost initiatives and operational efficiency.
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Cathay General Bancorp Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Earnings Call - Q4 profit jumps 16.5% as provisions fall and NIM recovers, buyback nearly complete
Cathay General Bancorp reported a stronger Q4, with net income of $90.5 million, up 16.5% sequentially, and full-year net income of $315.1 million, a 10.1% rise year-over-year. Management credited the...
- Q4 net income of $90.5 million, up 16.5% from Q3; diluted EPS $1.33, up 18.3% sequentially.
- Full-year 2025 net income $315.1 million, a 10.1% increase versus 2024.
- Share repurchases: 1.1 million shares bought for $51.9 million at an average $47.15; $12 million remains under the June 2025 $150 million program, expected to complete in early February; management plans a new buyback program pending approvals.
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Capital One Q4 2025 Earnings Call - Brex deal accelerates business payments push, Discover integration stays on track
Capital One closed 2025 with solid headline profits but the call was dominated by strategy, not just numbers. Q4 delivered $2.1 billion in GAAP earnings, with adjusted results showing continued revenu...
- Capital One reported Q4 GAAP net income of $2.1 billion, or $3.26 per diluted share; full-year GAAP EPS was $4.03.
- Excluding discontinued home loans and other adjustments, Q4 EPS came in at $3.86; full-year adjusted EPS was $19.61.
- Capital One completed the sale of an $8.8 billion Discover Home Loans portfolio, producing a $483 million net gain on sale reported in discontinued operations after final purchase accounting adjustments.
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Sallie Mae Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Earnings Call - PLUS reform could add ~$5B in annual originations, forcing a strategic pivot to partnership-funded growth
Sallie Mae closed 2025 with solid core results and an explicit strategic pivot. Full-year private education originations were $7.4 billion, GAAP EPS was $3.46, net charge-offs totaled $346 million (2....
- Company view: PLUS reform represents a large new TAM, estimated at roughly $5 billion in annual originations for Sallie Mae when fully phased in, equal to about 70% growth over 2025 originations assumptions.
- Strategic pivot: Sallie Mae launched a first-of-its-kind private credit strategic partnership in 2025, combining bank earnings predictability with capital efficiency and loan-sale risk transfer, including a minimum ~$2 billion new origination commitment timed to the academic year.
- Shift in funding/model: Management will deliberately sell a portion of newly originated loans into partnerships and warehouse representative samples quarter to quarter, materially changing balance sheet composition and reported credit metrics.
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Alcoa Corporation Q4 2025 Earnings Call - Strong Aluminum Momentum Offsets Alumina Pressure; Restarts and Site Monetizations Drive 2026 Value
Alcoa closed 2025 with strong aluminum-driven earnings and operational records at five smelters and one refinery, while alumina prices kept pressure on that segment. The company reported $3.4 billion ...
- Q4 revenue was $3.4 billion, driven by a 21% sequential rise in aluminum segment third-party revenue and higher shipments.
- Adjusted EBITDA for Q4 was $546 million, with adjusted net income of $335 million, or $1.26 per share, excluding special items.
- GAAP net income attributable to Alcoa was $226 million in Q4, with EPS of $0.85; special items netted $109 million of adjustments.
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