Bank First Announces Net Income for the Second Quarter of 2026

Net income of $24.7 million and $44.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively Earnings per common share of $2.21 and $3.99 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively Adjusted net income (non-GAAP) of $27.3 million and $52.4 million and adjusted earnings per common share (non-GAAP) of $2.45 and $4.69 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, after removing the impact of acquisition expenses and certain asset sales Quarterly cash dividend of $0.60 per share declared, an increase of 9.1% and 33.3% over the prior quarter and prior-year second quarter, respectively MANITOWOC, Wis. , July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank First Corporation (NASDAQ: BFC ) ("Bank First" or the "Bank"), the holding company for Bank First, N.A., reported net income of $24.7 million, or $2.21 per share, for the second quarter of 2026, compared with net income of $16.9 million, or $1.71 per share, for the prior-year second quarter. For the six months ending June 30, 2026, Bank First earned $44.7 million, or $3.99 per share, compared to $35.1 million, or $3.53 per share for the same period in 2025. After removing the impact of expenses related to the acquisitions of Centre 1 Bancorp, Inc. ("Centre"), and PSB Holdings, Inc. ("Peoples"), as well as one-time net gains on the sale of certain assets, the Bank reported adjusted net income (non-GAAP) of $27.3 million, or $2.45 per share, and $52.4 million, or $4.69 per share, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. Adjusted net income was $16.7 million, or $1.69 per share, and $35.0 million, or $3.52 per share, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. "Following the anticipated closing of our Peoples acquisition in December 2026, Bank First will have approximately $7.5 billion in total assets," stated Mike Molepske, Chairman and CEO of Bank First. "We are often asked about our plans to surpass $10 billion in assets. Our answer is simple: we will continue to grow with discipline. We will not compromise our acquisition standards simply to reach a regulatory threshold. Our focus remains on creating long-term shareholder value." Operating Results The acquisition of Centre, an institution with $1.48 billion in assets at closing on January 1, 2026, increased total assets of Bank First by 33%. The added operating scale from this transaction significantly impacted nearly every aspect of Bank First's results for the first half of 2026, as well as comparability to prior period results. Net interest income ("NII") during the second quarter of 2026 was $55.0 million, up $1.8 million from the previous quarter and up $18.3 million from the second quarter of 2025. The impact of net accretion and amortization of purchase accounting related to interest-bearing assets and liabilities from Centre and past acquisitions ("purchase accounting") increased NII by $3.5 million, or $0.25 per share after tax, during the second quarter of 2026, compared to $2.7 million, or $0.19 per share after tax, during the previous quarter and $0.6 million, or $0.05 per share after tax, during the second quarter of 2025. Net interest margin ("NIM") was 4.13% for the second quarter of 2026, compared to 3.96% for the previous quarter and 3.72% for the second quarter of 2025. NII from purchase accounting increased NIM by 0.27%, 0.20% and 0.07% for each of these periods, respectively. After removing the impact of purchase accounting, rates earned on average earning assets increased by four basis points and rates paid on average interest-bearing liabilities decreased by nine basis points from the first to the second quarter of 2026. These improvements caused NIM, adjusted to remove the impact of purchase accounting, to increase by 10 basis points quarter-over-quarter. Bank First did not record a provision for credit losses in the second quarter of 2026, matching the previous quarter and less than the $0.2 million provision recorded during the second quarter of 2025. Accou...