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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2026
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ______to________
Commission file number 0-22208
QCR HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
42-1397595
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3551 7th Street, Moline, Illinois 61265
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(309) 736-3580
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value
QCRH
The Nasdaq Global Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☒
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐
Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date: As of October 30, 2026, the Registrant had outstanding 16,295,691 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value per share.
QCR HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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Part I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1
Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Consolidated Balance Sheets As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025
4
Consolidated Statements of Income For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2026 and 2025
5
Consolidated Statements of Income For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026 and 2025
6
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026 and 2025
7
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026 and 2025
8
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026 and 2025
9
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
10
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Note 2. Investment Securities
13
Note 3. Loans/Leases Receivable
18
Note 4. Securitizations and Variable Interest Entities
27
Note 5. Derivatives and Hedging Activities
28
Note 6. Income Taxes
31
Note 7. Earnings Per Share
32
Note 8. Fair Value
33
Note 9. Business Segment Information
36
Note 10. Regulatory Capital Requirements
38
Note 11. Commitments
39
Item 2
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
40
Introduction
General
Critical Accounting Policies and Critical Accounting Estimates
Executive Overview
Strategic Financial Metrics
42
Strategic Developments
43
GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations
44
Net Interest Income and Margin - (Tax Equivalent Basis)
46
Results of Operations
50
Interest Income
Interest Expense
51
Provision for Credit Losses
2
Noninterest Income
52
Noninterest Expense
55
Income Taxes
57
Financial Condition
Investment Securities
58
Loans/Leases
Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans/Leases and OBS Exposures
60
Nonperforming Assets
62
Deposits
63
Borrowings
Stockholders' Equity
65
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Special Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
67
Item 3
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
69
Item 4
Controls and Procedures
71
Part II
OTHER INFORMATION
Legal Proceedings
72
Item 1A
Risk Factors
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 5
Other Information
73
Item 6
Exhibits
Signatures
74
Throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we use certain acronyms and abbreviations, as defined in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025
September 30,
December 31,
2026
2025
(dollars in thousands)
Assets
Cash and due from banks
$
89,267
76,494
Federal funds sold
39,650
23,150
Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions
57,783
53,249
Securities held to maturity, at amortized cost (including securities pledged on other borrowings of $167,936 and $176,632, respectively, net of allowance for credit losses)
1,029,597
948,676
Securities available for sale, at fair value
285,942
279,777
Securities trading, at fair value
116,050
83,857
Total securities
1,431,589
1,312,310
Loans receivable held for sale
2,449
1,429
Loans/leases receivable held for investment
7,197,454
7,165,526
Gross loans/leases receivable
7,199,903
7,166,955
Less allowance for credit losses
(88,424)
(90,127)
Net loans/leases receivable
7,111,479
7,076,828
Bank-owned life insurance
115,450
112,937
Premises and equipment, net
251,945
215,411
Restricted investment securities
51,638
33,489
Other real estate owned, net
1,709
540
Goodwill
138,595
Intangibles
6,562
8,080
Derivatives
243,882
188,409
Other assets
255,771
258,702
Total assets
9,795,320
9,498,194
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Liabilities:
Deposits:
Noninterest-bearing
1,023,748
950,977
Interest-bearing
6,179,453
6,463,221
Total deposits
7,203,201
7,414,198
Short-term borrowings
4,750
2,650
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
633,609
245,383
Other borrowings
99,488
107,395
Subordinated notes
234,407
234,122
Junior subordinated debentures
49,090
48,991
262,023
137,051
Other liabilities
156,934
196,093
Total liabilities
8,643,502
8,385,883
Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred stock, $1 par value; shares authorized 250,000 September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 - no shares issued or outstanding
—
Common stock, $1 par value; shares authorized 20,000,000 September 30, 2026 - 16,291,870 shares issued and outstanding December 31, 2025 - 16,690,603 shares issued and outstanding
16,292
16,691
Additional paid-in capital
366,374
372,851
Retained earnings
841,095
773,353
Accumulated other comprehensive loss:
Securities available for sale
(54,626)
(35,655)
(17,317)
(14,929)
Total stockholders' equity
1,151,818
1,112,311
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2026 and 2025
(dollars in thousands, except share data)
Interest and dividend income:
Loans/leases, including fees:
Taxable
77,314
77,347
Nontaxable
24,617
29,820
Securities:
4,968
4,879
12,962
10,904
935
1,340
650
570
127
155
Total interest and dividend income
121,573
125,015
Interest expense:
44,599
52,817
22
2,510
2,348
1,081
479
3,934
3,861
725
689
Total interest expense
52,881
60,216
Net interest income
68,692
64,799
Provision for credit losses
4,452
4,305
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
64,240
60,494
Noninterest income:
Trust fees
3,980
3,544
Investment advisory and management fees
1,677
1,488
Deposit service fees
2,230
2,231
Gains on sales of residential real estate loans, net
325
529
Capital markets revenue
16,901
23,832
Earnings on bank-owned life insurance
887
952
Debit card fees
1,745
1,648
Correspondent banking fees
738
664
Loan related fee income
1,045
846
Fair value gain on derivatives and trading securities
442
324
Other
512
593
Total noninterest income
30,482
36,651
Noninterest expense:
Salaries and employee benefits
32,803
34,338
Occupancy and equipment expense
8,165
7,363
Professional and data processing fees
5,250
6,741
FDIC insurance, other insurance and regulatory fees
1,847
2,035
Loan/lease expense
606
345
Net cost of and losses on operations of other real estate
24
Advertising and marketing
2,143
1,830
Communication and data connectivity
170
Supplies
223
259
Bank service charges
679
678
Correspondent banking expense
334
338
Intangibles amortization
506
662
Payment card processing
551
569
Trust expense
423
412
1,002
974
Total noninterest expense
54,726
56,587
Net income before income taxes
39,996
40,558
Federal and state income tax expense
3,562
3,844
Net income
36,434
36,714
Basic earnings per common share
2.23
2.17
Diluted earnings per common share
2.21
2.16
Weighted average common shares outstanding
16,362,311
16,919,785
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding
16,451,111
17,015,730
Cash dividends declared per common share
0.15
0.06
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026 and 2025
231,555
226,557
74,595
83,915
14,685
14,272
36,274
30,274
3,776
4,778
1,554
1,726
252
413
362,691
361,935
136,948
154,217
90
4,190
7,197
3,512
11,777
11,062
2,128
2,058
158,645
175,068
204,046
186,867
11,614
12,582
192,432
174,285
12,155
10,625
4,767
3,996
6,318
6,601
1,446
1,382
42,994
40,217
2,843
2,474
5,156
4,784
2,178
1,977
3,061
2,840
Fair value gain (loss) on derivatives and trading securities
375
(453)
1,568
1,215
82,861
75,658
96,312
90,176
22,986
20,655
16,009
17,974
5,892
5,965
1,003
1,133
29
5,740
5,189
615
604
721
718
2,054
1,994
981
1,518
1,984
1,555
1,710
1,352
1,182
3,220
2,400
160,008
152,709
115,285
97,234
9,217
5,704
106,068
91,530
6.43
5.41
6.39
5.38
16,501,369
16,916,371
16,587,489
17,011,877
0.35
0.18
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026 and 2025
Three Months Ended September 30,
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale:
Unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during the period before tax
(27,789)
9,262
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives:
(3,667)
1,784
Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax
(31,456)
11,046
Tax expense (benefit)
(7,622)
3,054
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
(23,834)
8,342
Comprehensive income
12,600
45,056
Nine Months Ended September 30,
(25,019)
1,365
(3,209)
8,061
(28,228)
9,426
(6,869)
2,351
(21,359)
7,075
84,709
98,605
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (UNAUDITED)
Accumulated
Additional
Common
Paid-In
Retained
Comprehensive
Stock
Capital
Earnings
(Loss)
Total
Balance December 31, 2025
(50,584)
33,383
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax
(1,879)
Common cash dividends declared, $0.10 per share
(1,674)
Repurchase and cancellation of 247,289 shares of common stock
as a result of a share repurchase program
(247)
(5,442)
(15,153)
(20,842)
Stock-based compensation expense
1,053
Issuance of common stock under employee benefit plans
112
Balance, March 31, 2026
16,496
368,522
789,909
(52,463)
1,122,464
36,251
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
4,354
Repurchase and cancellation of 149,639 shares of common stock
(150)
(3,293)
(10,027)
(13,470)
(1,652)
690
21
1,099
1,120
Balance, June 30, 2026
16,367
367,018
814,481
(48,109)
1,149,757
Common cash dividends declared, $0.15 per share
(2,457)
Repurchase and cancellation of 94,861 shares of common stock
(95)
(2,087)
(7,363)
(9,545)
609
20
834
854
Balance, September 30, 2026
(71,943)
Income/(Loss)
Balance December 31, 2024
16,882
374,975
665,171
(59,641)
997,387
25,797
404
Common cash dividends declared, $0.06 per share
(1,015)
1,299
(1,163)
(1,125)
Balance, March 31, 2025
16,920
375,111
689,953
(59,237)
1,022,747
29,019
(1,671)
(1,016)
622
15
838
853
Balance, June 30, 2025
16,935
376,571
717,956
(60,908)
1,050,554
(1,017)
Repurchase and cancellation of 115,735 shares of common stock
(116)
(2,547)
(6,330)
(8,993)
687
608
628
Balance, September 30, 2025
16,839
375,319
747,323
(52,566)
1,086,915
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026 and 2025
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation
7,907
6,995
2,352
2,608
Deferred compensation expense accrued
5,094
4,373
Gains on other real estate owned, net
(35)
Amortization of securities premiums/discounts, net
1,117
(285)
Fair value (gain) loss on derivatives and trading securities
(375)
452
Ineffectiveness on fair value hedges
16
Loans originated for sale
(63,866)
(60,484)
Proceeds on sales of loans
226,003
62,659
Gains on sales of residential real estate loans
(1,446)
(1,382)
Proceeds from loan securitizations
247,702
Net loss on loan securitizations
1,272
Net loss on LIHTC construction loan sales
287
Losses on sales and disposals of premises and equipment
Amortization of intangibles
Accretion of acquisition fair value adjustments, net
(1,035)
(451)
Increase in cash value of bank-owned life insurance
(2,745)
(2,474)
Gain on bank-owned life insurance proceeds
(98)
Increase (decrease) in other assets
10,197
(9,722)
Increase in other liabilities
(45,086)
(22,239)
Net cash provided by operating activities
506,506
86,133
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Net (increase) decrease in federal funds sold
(16,500)
4,950
Net decrease in interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions
64,537
5,609
Proceeds from sales of other real estate owned
190
806
Activity in securities portfolio:
Purchases
(185,867)
(170,497)
Calls, maturities and redemptions
68,884
41,846
Paydowns
4,331
22,046
Activity in restricted investment securities:
(18,149)
(4,606)
Redemptions
4,208
Proceeds from bank-owned life insurance
330
Net increase in loans/leases originated and held for investment
(492,079)
(407,482)
Proceeds from sales of premises and equipment
1,845
Purchase of premises and equipment
(44,446)
(42,863)
Net cash used in investing activities
(618,769)
(544,138)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net increase (decrease) in deposit accounts
(210,997)
318,881
Net increase in short-term borrowings
2,100
1,050
Activity in Federal Home Loan Bank advances:
Term advances
226
Net change in short-term and overnight advances
388,000
5,000
Activity in other borrowings:
Proceeds from other borrowings, net of issuance costs
130,604
Repayments
(8,185)
Prepayments of subordinated notes
(70,000)
Proceeds from subordinated notes
70,000
Payment of cash dividends on common stock
(4,337)
(3,044)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net
2,086
356
Repurchase and cancellation of common stock
(43,857)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
125,036
443,854
Net increase in cash and due from banks
12,773
(14,151)
Cash and due from banks, beginning
91,732
Cash and due from banks, ending
77,581
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information, cash payments for:
Interest
161,560
177,880
Income/franchise taxes
2,978
635
Supplemental schedule of noncash investing activities:
Change in fair value of fair value hedges
2,803
(2,004)
Transfers of loans to other real estate owned
1,359
110
Transfer of loans to held for sale for securitizations in preparation
161,711
Transfer of loans to held for sale for LIHTC construction loan sale
281,737
Increase in the fair value of back-to-back interest rate swap assets and liabilities
96,988
23,186
Dividends payable
2,457
1,017
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
September 30, 2026
NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of presentation: The interim unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contained herein should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, as filed with the SEC on February 27, 2026. Accordingly, footnote disclosures, which would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited Consolidated Financial Statements, have been omitted.
The financial information of the Company included herein has been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial reporting and has been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations for reporting on Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Such information reflects all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations for the periods presented. Any differences appearing between the numbers presented in financial statements and management's discussion and analysis are due to rounding. The results of the interim period ended September 30, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the year ending December 31, 2026, or for any other period.
The acronyms and abbreviations identified below are used throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. It may be helpful to refer back to this page as you read this report.
ACL: Allowance for credit losses
GAAP: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
AFS: Available for sale
GB: Guaranty Bank
Allowance: Allowance for credit losses
GFED: Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc.
AOCI: Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
HTM: Held to maturity
ASC: Accounting Standards Codification
ICS: Insured Cash Sweep
ASU: Accounting Standards Update
ISDA: International Swaps and Derivatives Association
BOLI: Bank-owned life insurance
LHFS: Loans held for sale
Caps: Interest rate cap derivatives
LIHTC: Low-income housing tax credit
CDARS: Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service
m2: m2 Equipment Finance, LLC
CECL: Current Expected Credit Losses
NIM: Net interest margin
Community National: Community National Bancorporation
NPA: Nonperforming asset
Company: QCR Holdings, Inc.
NPL: Nonperforming loan
CRBT: Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust Company
OBS: Off-balance sheet
CRE: Commercial real estate
OREO: Other real estate owned
CSB: Community State Bank
PCAOB: Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
C&I: Commercial and industrial
Provision: Provision for credit losses
EBA: Excess balance account
QCBT: Quad City Bank & Trust Company
EPS: Earnings per share
ROAA: Return on average assets
Exchange Act: Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
ROAE: Return on average equity
amended
SEC: Securities and Exchange Commission
FASB: Financial Accounting Standards Board
SOFR: Secured Overnight Financing Rate
FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
SPE: Special purpose entity
Federal Reserve: Board of Governors of the Federal
Swaption: Swap option
Reserve System
TA: Tangible assets
FHLB: Federal Home Loan Bank
TCE: Tangible common equity
FRB: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
TEY: Tax equivalent yield
FTEs: Full-time equivalents
VIE: Variable interest entities
The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries which include the accounts of four commercial banks: QCBT, CRBT, CSB and GB. All four banks are state-chartered commercial banks and all are members of the Federal Reserve system. The Company has historically engaged in direct financing lease contracts through m2, a wholly owned subsidiary of QCBT. Since the third quarter of 2024, m2 has discontinued offering new loans and leases. Additionally, the Company also engages in wealth management services through its banking subsidiaries. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
HTM Securities: During the third quarter of 2026, the Company identified an error in the fair values previously disclosed for certain capital appreciation bonds classified as held-to-maturity securities. The error understated the disclosed fair value of these securities and overstated the related disclosed unrealized losses. The error did not affect the amortized cost carrying amounts of the securities or any amounts recognized in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company evaluated the error and concluded that it was not material to the previously issued annual or interim financial statements. The applicable prior period comparative disclosure presented in this Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 reflects the corrected information. The revision increased the previously disclosed fair value of held-to-maturity securities by approximately $83.2 million as of June 30, 2026, approximately $66.7 million as of March 31, 2026, and approximately $63.0 million as of December 31, 2025, with corresponding decreases in the previously disclosed net unrealized losses.
Derivatives: During the first quarter of 2026, the Company elected to present certain derivative assets and liabilities on a net basis when such instruments are subject to a legally enforceable master netting arrangement and the company has the intent to settle on a net basis or simultaneously, in accordance with ASC 210-20 “Balance Sheet – Offsetting”. This election applies to all derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty under legally enforceable ISDA master netting arrangements and, where applicable, related cash collateral recognized under ASC 815. Certain derivative positions may remain presented on a gross basis even when subject to a master netting arrangement if they do not meet the balance sheet offsetting criteria as of the reporting date. Master netting arrangements give the Company the ability, in the event of default by the counterparty, to liquidate collateral and to offset receivables and payables with the same counterparty. This change affects the presentation of derivative assets and liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets but does not impact net income or total stockholders’ equity. The reclassification of prior-period amounts was made to conform with the current-period presentation, as the derivative instruments were subject to legally enforceable master netting arrangements in prior periods and no changes occurred to the underlying contractual rights.
Netting adjustments represent amounts recorded to convert derivative assets and derivative liabilities from a gross basis to a net basis in accordance with ASC 815, consistent with the balance sheet presentation. Cash collateral receivables and payables are included in balance sheet netting when they meet the criteria for offsetting under ASC 815-10-45-5A. The net basis represents the aggregate of our net exposure to each counterparty after considering the balance sheet netting adjustments and any cash collateral. The Company manages derivative exposure by monitoring the credit risk associated with each counterparty using counterparty-specific credit risk limits, using master netting arrangements and obtaining collateral.
The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2025 presented herein reflects a reclassification of $77.3 million between assets and liabilities to match current period balance sheet presentation. See Note 5 of the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the gross and net presentation of derivative instruments.
Reclassifications: Certain amounts in the prior year’s Consolidated Financial Statements have been reclassified, with no effect on net income or stockholders’ equity to conform with the current period presentation.
Recent accounting developments:
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” Under the standard, the accounting guidance enhances the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. Investors, lenders, creditors and other allocators of capital information will be able to use the expanded disclosures to better assess how an entity’s operations and related tax risks and tax planning and operation opportunities affect its tax rate and prospects for future cash flows. The ASU is effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The standard was adopted for the year ending December 31, 2025, and newly required
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disclosures have been provided in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-01, “Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope Application of Profits Interest and Similar Awards.” Under the standard, the accounting guidance improves GAAP by adding an illustrative example to demonstrate how an entity should apply the scope guidance of “Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation” for profits interest and similar awards. The illustrative examples will benefit investors and other allocators of capital by providing them with more consistent information. The ASU is effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and interim periods within those annual periods. The standard was adopted on January 1, 2025 and did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses.” Under the standard, the accounting guidance improves disclosures about a public business entity’s expenses, and provides more detailed information about the types of expenses in commonly presented expense captions. The ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements; however, it will require expanded disaggregation of certain income statement expense captions in the notes to the financial statements in 2027.
In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-03, “Business Combinations (Topic 805) and Consolidated (Topic 810): Determining the Accounting Acquirer in the Acquisition of a Variable Interest Entity.” Under the standard, the accounting guidance limits situations in which entities must identify the primary beneficiary as the accounting acquirer in certain business combinations and requires entities to consider the general factors in Topic 805 when a business combination involving a VIE is primarily effected through exchanging equity interests. The ASU is effective prospectively to annual and interim reporting periods after December 15, 2026. The standard is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software.” Under the standard, the accounting guidance changes the cost capitalization threshold by eliminating accounting consideration of software project development stages; cost capitalization would begin when (1) management has authorized and committed to funding the project and (2) it is “probable” the project will be completed and the software used to perform its intended function; and enhancing the guidance around the probable-to-complete threshold. The standard also modifies the website development costs guidance. The ASU is effective for annual and interim reporting periods after December 15, 2027 and early adoption is permitted. The standard is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-07, “Derivatives Scope Refinements and Scope Clarification for Share-Based Noncash Consideration from a Customer in a Revenue Contract.” Under the standard, the accounting guidance refines the scope of Topic 815 (derivatives) by adding a scope exception from derivative accounting for contracts that (1) are not exchange traded and (2) have underlying variables based on operations or activities specific to one of the parties to the contract. The accounting guidance also clarifies that revenue guidance in Topic 606 applies initially to share-based noncash consideration received from a customer for the transfer of goods or services. The ASU is effective in interim and annual periods for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026 and may be applied either on a prospective or modified retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The standard is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-08, “Purchased Loans.” Under the standard, the accounting guidance expands the use of the gross-up method to certain acquired loans beyond purchased financial assets with credit deterioration (PCD assets). The ASU is effective for interim and annual and reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and is applied on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The standard is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-09, “Hedge Accounting Improvements.” Under the standard, the accounting guidance is intended to more closely align financial reporting with the economics of some of an entity’s risk management activities. The guidance is applied prospectively to all hedging relationships beginning on or after the date of adoption without dedesignation. The ASU is effective prospectively to annual and interim reporting periods after
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December 15, 2026. Early adoption is permitted. The standard is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, “Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements.” Under the standard, the accounting guidance clarifies the form and content choices for interim financial statements and accompanying notes, adds a comprehensive list of required interim disclosures, and introduces a disclosure principle that requires disclosure of events since the end of the previous annual reporting period that materially affect the entity. The guidance is not intended to significantly change interim reporting or expand or reduce interim disclosure requirements. The ASU is effective for interim reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The standard is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-12, “Codification Improvements” Under the standard, the accounting guidance enhances the usability of the Codification by refining accounting guidance and streamlining its application through technical corrections, making standards more consistent and easier to interpret for preparers and users. The ASU is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026. The standard is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
NOTE 2 – INVESTMENT SECURITIES
The amortized cost and fair value of investment securities as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 are summarized as follows:
Allowance
Gross
Amortized
for Credit
Unrealized
Fair
Cost
(Losses)
Gains
Value
September 30, 2026:
Securities HTM:
Municipal securities
998,172
(272)
6,776
(116,564)
888,112
Corporate securities
30,657
(9)
94
(195)
30,547
Other securities
(1)
(7)
1,042
1,029,879
(282)
6,870
(116,766)
919,701
Securities AFS:
U.S. treasuries and govt. sponsored agency securities
15,543
(2,190)
13,356
Residential mortgage-backed and related securities
117,477
(11,348)
106,133
204,365
(58,163)
146,202
Asset-backed securities
3,590
61
3,651
16,961
(405)
16,600
357,936
(72,106)
December 31, 2025:
918,189
26,059
(56,752)
887,224
29,719
2,660
32,370
1,048
948,958
28,719
(56,753)
920,642
17,775
(1,755)
16,024
72,951
151
(4,247)
68,855
203,613
(40,555)
163,085
4,345
4,439
28,068
148
(842)
27,374
326,752
424
(47,399)
The Company's HTM municipal securities consist largely of private issues of municipal debt. The large majority of the municipalities are located within the greater Midwest. The municipal debt investments are underwritten using specific guidelines with ongoing monitoring.
The Company's residential mortgage-backed and related securities portfolio consists entirely of government sponsored or government guaranteed securities. The Company has not invested in private mortgage-backed securities or pooled trust preferred securities.
Gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, are summarized in the tables below. Securities AFS, for which an allowance for credit losses has been provided, are not included in these disclosures as there are no unrealized losses remaining after consideration of the ACL.
Less than 12 Months
12 Months or More
Losses
529,564
(66,788)
172,388
(49,776)
701,952
22,910
1,043
553,517
(66,990)
725,905
12,876
77,390
(6,509)
28,516
(4,839)
105,906
5,470
(426)
140,732
(57,737)
1,473
(21)
10,866
(384)
12,339
84,333
(6,956)
192,990
(65,150)
277,323
41,724
(1,329)
307,914
(55,423)
349,638
549
42,273
(1,330)
350,187
48
13,663
(1,754)
13,711
16,167
(592)
32,137
(3,655)
48,304
636
159,146
(40,546)
159,782
1,491
(25)
18,802
(817)
20,293
18,342
(627)
223,748
(46,772)
242,090
As of September 30, 2026, the investment portfolio included 688 securities. Of this number, 627 securities were in an unrealized loss position. The aggregate losses of these securities totaled approximately 13.6% of the total amortized cost of the portfolio. Of these 627 securities, there were 368 securities that were in an unrealized loss position for twelve months or more. Management has concluded unrealized losses as of September 30, 2026 were temporary due to the changing interest rate environment.
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There was no allowance for credit losses for available for sale securities for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025. The following tables present the activity in the allowance for credit losses for held to maturity securities by major security type for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:
Three Months Ended
September 30, 2025
Securities HTM
Municipal
Corporate
securities
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning balance
272
1
282
254
263
Provision
Balance, ending
Nine Months Ended
Provision for credit loss expense
Trading securities had a fair value of $116.1 million as of September 30, 2026 and $83.9 million as of December 31, 2025 and consisted of retained beneficial interests acquired in conjunction with Freddie Mac securitizations completed by the Company. The change in fair value on trading securities for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025 was a net gain of $397 thousand and a net gain of $530 thousand, respectively. See also Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for details of these securitizations.
There were no transfers of securities between classifications during either the three or nine months ended September 30, 2026 or 2025.
There were no sales of securities during either the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 or 2025.
The amortized cost and fair value of securities as of September 30, 2026 by contractual maturity are shown below. Expected maturities of residential mortgage-backed and related securities and asset-backed securities may differ from contractual maturities because the residential mortgages underlying the securities may be prepaid without any penalties. Therefore, these securities are not included in the maturity categories in the following table:
Amortized Cost
Fair Value
Due in one year or less
976
969
Due after one year through five years
41,183
40,679
Due after five years
987,720
878,053
17
22,113
20,696
214,739
155,445
236,869
176,158
Portions of the U.S. government sponsored agency securities and municipal securities contain call options, which, at the discretion of the issuer, terminate the security at par and at predetermined dates prior to the stated maturity, summarized as follows as of September 30, 2026:
175,789
160,951
30,546
206,446
191,497
204,223
146,073
15,493
15,129
219,716
161,202
As of September 30, 2026, the Company's municipal securities portfolios were comprised of general obligation bonds issued by 81 issuers with fair values totaling $94.6 million and revenue bonds, issued by 159 issuers, primarily consisting of states, counties, towns, villages and school districts with fair values totaling $939.7 million. The Company also held investments in general obligation bonds in 18 states, including 9 states in which the aggregate fair value exceeded $5.0 million, and in revenue bonds in 31 states, including 14 states in which the aggregate fair value exceeded $5.0 million.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company's municipal securities portfolios were comprised of general obligation bonds issued by 80 issuers with fair values totaling $106.8 million and revenue bonds, issued by 164 issuers, primarily consisting of states, counties, towns, villages and school districts with fair values totaling $942.3 million. The Company held investments in general obligation bonds in 18 states, including nine states in which the aggregate fair value exceeded $5.0 million, and in revenue bonds in 31 states, including 14 states in which the aggregate fair value exceeded $5.0 million.
The Company monitors the investments and concentration closely. Both general obligation and revenue bonds are diversified across many issuers. As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company did not hold general obligation bonds of any single issuer, that in aggregate exceed 10% of the Company’s stockholders’ equity. Of the general obligation and revenue bonds in the Company's portfolio, the majority are unrated bonds that represent private issuances. All unrated bonds were underwritten according to the Company’s loan underwriting standards and have an average loan risk rating of 2, indicating very high quality. Additionally, many of these bonds are funding essential municipal services such as water, sewer, education, and medical facilities.
The Company's municipal securities are owned by its four subsidiary banks, whose investment policies set forth limits for various subcategories within the municipal securities portfolio. The investments of each charter are monitored individually, and as of September 30, 2026, all were within policy limitations approved by the Company’s board of directors. Policy limits are calculated as a percentage of each charter's total risk-based capital.
As of September 30, 2026, the Company's standard monitoring of its municipal securities portfolio had not uncovered any facts or circumstances resulting in significantly different credit ratings than those assigned by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or in the case of unrated bonds, the rating assigned using the credit underwriting standards.
The following table summarizes the fair value of investment securities pledged and held under derivatives, public deposits, short-term borrowings and other borrowings as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
December 31, 2025
Derivatives:
U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities
10,861
11,268
19,056
36,565
123,777
142,065
153,694
189,898
Public deposits:
1,123
1,338
1,656
1,985
2,779
3,323
Other borrowings:
Municipal securities*
139,372
161,329
Total investments pledged:
11,984
12,606
20,712
38,550
263,149
303,394
295,845
354,550
* Municipal securities with an amortized cost of $167.9 million and $176.6 million were pledged on secured borrowings as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.
NOTE 3 – LOANS/LEASES RECEIVABLE
The composition of the loan/lease portfolio as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 is presented as follows:
C&I:
C&I - revolving
450,232
384,656
C&I - other *
1,183,267
1,318,866
1,633,499
1,703,522
CRE - owner occupied
607,424
577,352
CRE - non-owner occupied
927,205
1,036,655
Construction and land development
1,203,467
1,308,422
Multi-family
2,040,593
1,769,331
Direct financing leases**
5,610
9,533
1-4 family real estate***
614,717
603,683
Consumer
167,388
158,457
Allowance for credit losses
Direct financing leases:
Net minimum lease payments to be received
5,937
10,076
Estimated unguaranteed residual values of leased assets
165
Unearned lease/residual income
(327)
(708)
(191)
(311)
5,419
9,222
* Includes equipment financing agreements outstanding through m2, totaling $106.8 million and $178.1 million as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.
** Management performs an evaluation of the estimated unguaranteed residual values of leased assets on an annual basis, at a minimum. The evaluation consists of discussions with reputable and current vendors, which is combined with management's expertise and understanding of the current states of particular industries to determine informal valuations of the equipment. As necessary and where available, management will utilize valuations by independent appraisers. The majority of leases with residual values contain a lease options rider, which requires the lessee to pay the residual value directly, finance the payment of the residual value, or extend the lease term to pay the residual value. In these cases, the residual value is protected and the risk of loss is minimal.
*** Includes residential real estate loans held for sale totaling $2.4 million and $1.4 million as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.
Accrued interest on loans, which is excluded from the amortized cost of loans, totaled $30.4 million and $32.8 million at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, and was included in Other Assets on the consolidated balance sheets.
The aging of the loan/lease portfolio by classes of loans/leases as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 is presented as follows and all loans held for sale are current:
As of September 30, 2026
Accruing Past
30-59 Days
60-89 Days
Due 90 Days or
Nonaccrual
Classes of Loans/Leases
Current
Past Due
More
449,428
804
C&I - other
1,157,016
2,659
618
22,953
605,350
270
1,804
1,199,349
4,118
2,038,260
2,333
Direct financing leases
5,558
1-4 family real estate
609,650
125
999
3,943
166,767
328
243
7,158,583
3,382
1,667
36,250
As a percentage of total loan/lease portfolio
99.43
%
0.05
0.02
0.00
0.50
100.00
As of December 31, 2025
C&I
363,820
19,972
864
1,284,558
3,755
1,915
28,635
575,669
1,277
406
1,033,991
2,664
1,304,238
66
1,735,026
31,972
8,346
54
597,924
2,760
192
82
2,725
157,962
7,061,534
60,893
85
42,212
98.53
0.85
0.03
0.59
NPLs by classes of loans/leases as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 are presented as follows and all loans held for sale are performing and not included in this table:
Percentage of
with an ACL
without an ACL
Total NPLs
15,779
7,174
22,974
-
2,327
1,616
27,460
8,790
36,271
100
19
19,678
8,957
28,638
68
0
2,409
316
2,807
32,075
10,137
42,297
The Company did not recognize any interest income on nonaccrual loans during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 or 2025.
Three Months Ended September 30, 2026
CRE
Construction
1-4
C&I -
Owner
Non-Owner
and Land
Multi-
Family
Revolving
Other*
Occupied
Development
Real Estate
Balance, beginning
3,967
21,334
12,375
10,545
13,385
18,831
5,057
1,691
87,185
663
1,149
1,072
(635)
195
1,814
4,324
Charge-offs
(2,428)
(50)
(1,660)
(79)
(4,217)
Recoveries
1,094
1,132
4,630
21,149
13,397
8,250
13,580
20,645
5,058
1,715
88,424
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026
Other**
3,747
27,684
6,324
11,457
15,397
18,860
4,986
1,672
90,127
Change in ACL for the transfer of loans to LHFS
(3,076)
810
2,129
7,036
(1,547)
(1,817)
4,861
81
111
11,664
(3)
(10,392)
(123)
(12,237)
76
1,728
87
1,946
* Included within the C&I – Other column are ACL on leases with a beginning balance of $212 thousand, negative provision of $21 thousand, and no charge-offs or recoveries. The ACL on leases was $191 thousand as of September 30, 2026.
** Included within the C&I – Other column are ACL on leases with a beginning balance of $311 thousand, negative provision of $341 thousand, charge-offs of $5 thousand and recoveries of $226 thousand. The ACL on leases was $191 thousand as of September 30, 2026.
Three Months Ended September 30, 2025
3,797
29,522
10,626
17,945
13,542
4,980
1,579
88,732
153
3,042
(403)
(959)
1,844
(183)
95
4,225
(390)
(4,211)
(87)
(58)
(4,746)
78
449
26
559
3,638
28,802
6,251
11,262
16,986
15,386
4,823
1,622
88,770
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025
3,856
34,002
7,147
11,137
15,099
12,173
4,934
1,493
89,841
Provisions
9,113
(809)
115
3,213
(111)
216
13,635
(15,559)
(26)
(128)
(16,180)
1,246
83
41
1,474
* Included within the C&I – Other column are ACL on leases with a beginning balance of $423 thousand, negative provision of $41 thousand, charge-offs of $12 thousand and recoveries of $9 thousand. The ACL on leases was $379 thousand as of September 30, 2025.
** Included within the C&I – Other column are ACL on leases with a beginning balance of $580 thousand, provision of $13 thousand, charge-offs of $233 thousand and recoveries of $19 thousand. The ACL on leases was $379 thousand as of September 30, 2025.
The composition of the ACL on loans/leases held for investment by portfolio segment based on evaluation method as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 are as follows:
Amortized Cost of Loans Receivable
Allowance for Credit Losses
Individually
Collectively
Evaluated for
Credit Losses
C&I :
5,169
445,063
579
4,051
C&I - other*
26,446
1,162,431
1,188,877
6,242
14,907
31,615
1,607,494
1,639,109
6,821
18,958
25,779
26,096
581,328
8,511
4,886
384
926,821
8,239
4,482
1,198,985
1,664
11,916
4,556
2,036,037
19,781
4,437
607,831
612,268
305
4,753
340
167,048
1,673
71,910
7,125,544
18,218
70,206
* Included within the C&I – other category are leases individually evaluated of $52 thousand with a related allowance for credit losses of $15 thousand and leases collectively evaluated of $5.6 million with a related allowance for credit losses of $176 thousand as of September 30, 2026.
5,726
378,930
3,708
30,579
1,297,820
1,328,399
6,566
21,118
36,305
1,676,750
1,713,055
6,605
24,826
31,431
23,711
553,641
1,464
4,860
3,419
1,033,236
1,642
9,815
4,485
1,303,937
13,733
4,619
1,764,712
429
18,431
1,966
600,288
602,254
300
4,686
454
158,003
74,959
7,090,567
12,154
77,973
* Included within the C&I – other category are leases individually evaluated of $54 thousand with a related allowance for credit losses of $16 thousand and leases collectively evaluated of $9.5 million with a related allowance for credit losses of $295 thousand as of December 31, 2025.
The following table presents the amortized cost basis of collateral dependent loans, by the primary collateral type, which are individually evaluated to determine expected credit losses as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
Non
Commercial
Owner-occupied
Owner-Occupied
Owner Occupied
Securities
Equipment
C & I:
75
7,564
160
131
4,335
6,399
7,857
12,658
206
25,845
251
343
4,094
26,005
9,971
4,679
7,863
* Included within the C&I – other category are leases individually evaluated of $52 thousand with primary collateral of equipment.
5,487
239
7,001
4,760
7,610
11,208
12,488
23,065
646
37
3,358
3,395
444
12,799
4,448
11,218
76,388
* Included within the C&I – other category are leases individually evaluated of $54 thousand with primary collateral of equipment.
For all loans except direct financing leases and equipment financing agreements, the Company’s credit quality indicator consists of internally assigned risk ratings. Each such loan is assigned a risk rating upon origination. The risk rating is reviewed every 15 months, at a minimum, and on an as-needed basis depending on the specific circumstances of the loan.
For certain C&I loans (including equipment financing agreements and direct financing leases), the Company’s credit quality indicator is performance determined by delinquency status. Delinquency status is updated daily by the Company’s loan system.
The following tables show the credit quality indicator of loans by class of receivable and year of origination as of September 30, 2026, and all loans held for sale are included in the pass rated line:
Term Loans
Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
Loans
Internally Assigned
Risk Rating
2024
2023
2022
Prior
Cost Basis
Pass
421,901
Special Mention
23,211
Substandard
5,120
Doubtful
Total C&I - revolving
324,127
225,480
91,550
166,061
97,929
137,906
1,043,053
10,081
118
627
103
463
2,398
13,790
5,969
1,344
7,033
126
731
4,455
19,658
Total C&I - other
340,177
226,942
99,210
166,290
99,123
144,759
1,076,501
128,137
91,025
66,843
71,493
142,215
18,448
572,887
11,087
168
377
530
12,162
2,214
295
89
1,366
18,411
22,375
Total CRE - owner occupied
141,438
91,320
67,100
73,236
161,156
176,754
174,253
91,554
98,446
190,936
140,430
46,606
918,979
2,366
5,267
208
7,841
309
385
Total CRE - non-owner occupied
179,120
174,329
196,512
140,638
344,031
404,224
199,040
197,311
24,515
1,754
27,498
1,198,373
868
885
91
4,209
Total Construction and land development
344,899
203,175
197,402
301,557
429,535
242,597
275,859
305,775
479,550
1,164
2,223
Total Multi-family
303,780
431,868
120,369
102,767
78,718
74,745
64,218
163,735
4,356
608,908
47
1,517
1,723
399
538
2,730
4,086
Total 1-4 family real estate
120,416
104,387
79,117
75,283
64,689
166,469
7,751
8,386
3,033
2,746
1,786
1,063
142,220
166,985
49
Total Consumer
2,812
1,951
142,332
1,437,581
1,441,456
773,412
883,192
765,801
1,095,449
690,636
7,087,527
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Delinquency Status *
Performing
52,423
34,844
11,634
1,615
100,516
Nonperforming
964
2,427
2,628
231
6,250
53,387
37,271
14,262
1,846
106,766
3,239
1,674
Total Direct financing leases
1,725
53,946
40,510
15,987
1,890
112,376
* Performing = loans/leases accruing and less than 90 days past due. Nonperforming = loans/leases on nonaccrual and accruing loans/leases that are greater than or equal to 90 days past due.
The following tables show the credit quality indicator of loans by class of receivable and year of origination as of December 31, 2025, and all loans held for sale are included in the pass rated line:
2021
352,945
25,985
300,721
171,903
288,321
144,943
61,157
137,083
1,104,128
6,659
1,881
351
1,552
2,285
1,385
14,113
5,520
11,195
755
84
4,838
22,518
312,900
184,979
288,798
147,250
63,526
143,306
1,140,759
109,608
55,117
80,181
81,512
91,330
110,939
11,091
539,778
7,523
8,280
1,864
17,689
1,222
825
696
17,031
19,885
110,830
80,314
89,860
100,306
129,834
281,076
126,112
152,953
210,062
129,932
75,744
42,996
1,018,875
5,173
1,006
201
5,380
2,387
214
14,361
319
358
286,327
127,118
155,818
215,761
132,319
76,316
365,346
409,811
350,290
95,684
44,865
255
37,801
1,304,052
70
92
4,210
414,019
350,382
44,935
500,378
145,022
225,730
350,851
187,331
355,047
354
1,764,713
2,273
4,618
502,711
187,343
357,320
135,947
90,638
88,216
70,462
96,075
110,623
6,017
597,978
1,507
526
2,393
286
281
617
1,492
3,312
137,454
90,924
88,851
71,079
97,237
112,121
15,483
4,161
3,964
2,870
698
1,426
129,337
157,939
64
220
174
4,184
3,044
129,461
1,731,051
1,021,340
1,194,077
973,529
626,364
820,578
612,376
6,979,315
25
1,001
74,605
60,869
27,697
5,885
170,685
1,135
3,308
2,161
764
7,422
75,740
64,177
29,858
6,649
682
178,107
203
665
4,883
3,043
557
128
9,479
3,092
562
1,204
76,405
69,060
32,950
7,211
187,640
The following table shows the gross charge-offs of loans and leases by class of receivable and year of origination for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:
Gross Charge-off by Origination Year
386
271
633
818
320
2,428
2,408
1,635
10,387
1,624
1,660
79
123
394
292
2,303
407
4,217
5,525
4,096
1,644
545
12,237
390
1,373
1,163
1,010
614
4,199
500
4,740
3,834
4,738
149
15,326
(10)
136
233
34
1,797
1,185
712
4,746
5,316
3,952
4,801
1,463
16,180
Any loan and lease modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty during 2025 and 2026 were deemed immaterial.
Changes in the ACL for OBS exposures for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025 are presented as follows:
6,960
7,140
7,138
8,273
Provisions (credited) to expense
80
(1,053)
7,088
7,220
NOTE 4 – SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES
In prior years, the Company completed four Freddie Mac sponsored securitizations. The Company retained beneficial interests from each securitization which are classified as trading securities on the consolidated balance sheets. Details related to the prior securitizations and related VIEs can be found in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8 of Part I of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
On April 30, 2026, the Company entered into an arrangement with Freddie Mac to securitize and sell $281.9 million of nontaxable LIHTC loans through Freddie Mac to investors. The Company retained beneficial interests totaling $32.8 million, which are classified as trading securities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The transfer of these loans was accounted for as a sale for financial reporting purposes in accordance with ASC 860, and the resulting $1.3 million net loss on sale, which included the impact of the fair value of retained beneficial interests and transaction costs, was reported in capital markets revenue on the consolidated statements of income.
Two classes of M-Series certificates were issued in conjunction with the April 2026 securitization. Freddie Mac guarantees timely payment of interest and scheduled principal on M-Series Class A Certificates, which were sold to third-party investors through a Freddie Mac securitization special purpose entity. M-Series Class B Certificates are subordinated to M-Series Class A Certificates and were issued to the Company. M-Series Class B Certificates provide 10% first loss support to Freddie Mac on the M-Series Class A Certificates, or approximately $28.4 million of first loss support. The Company’s ongoing involvement in this transaction is limited to customary obligations of loan sales, including any indemnification for material breach in the Company’s representations.
As part of the April 2026 securitization transaction, the Company released all servicing obligations and rights to a third party, which included obligations to collect and remit payments of principal and interest, manage payments of taxes and insurance, and otherwise administer the underlying loans.
The VIE entity for 2026 M-Series securitization was assessed for potential consolidation under the VIE model that requires primary beneficiaries to consolidate the entity’s results. A primary beneficiary is defined as the party that has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity, and an interest that could be significant to the entity. To determine if an interest could be significant to the entity, both qualitative and quantitative factors regarding the nature, size and form of involvement with the entity are evaluated. At September 30, 2026, the Company determined it was not the primary beneficiary of this VIE, primarily because the Company did not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE.
In August 2025, the Company securitized $200.3 million of HTM municipal securities. The securitization was comprised of Class A Certificates of $134.2 million and Class B Certificates of $66.1 million. The Class A Certificates were sold to third-party investors, and the Class B Certificates were retained by the Company. The Class B Certificates provide the first loss support and are subordinate to the Class A Certificates. In order to execute this transaction, the Company created a new bankruptcy-remote special purpose entity (a “Sponsor SPE”), through which the transaction was executed, and which is consolidated by the Company. Based on the structure of the transaction, the Company retains effective control of the HTM municipal securities and accounts for the transaction as a secured borrowing. The full amount of HTM municipal securities remain on the balance sheet denoted as collateralizing the borrowing and the Class A Certificates sold to third-party investors are accounted for as a secured term borrowing and classified with other borrowings on the Company’s
consolidated balance sheet. No separate securitization SPE or other financing entity was created for this transaction, rather, a governmental entity securitized the securities and issued the certificates.
Evaluation and assessment of VIEs for consolidation is performed on an ongoing basis by management. Any changes in facts and circumstances occurring since the previous primary beneficiary determination will be considered as part of this ongoing assessment.
The Company’s total assets related to the sponsor VIEs related to securitizations to date as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 were $116.0 million and $83.9 million, respectively, which are included in trading securities on the consolidated balance sheets and there were no liabilities recorded. Of the $116.0 million reported as of September 30, 2026, $33.1 million related to the 2026 M-Series securitization. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss associated with the consolidated securitization VIEs consists of the capital invested plus any unfunded equity commitments that are binding. As of September 30, 2026, the Company’s maximum exposure to loss related to the VIEs was $113.9 million, of which $28.4 million related to the 2026 M-Series securitization.
NOTE 5 – DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
Effective January 1, 2026, the Company elected to apply the master netting provisions under ASC 210-20 and ASC 815. See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding this election.
Derivatives are summarized as follows as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
Notional or Contractual Amount
Derivative Assets
Derivative Liabilities
Hedged derivatives
Cash flow hedges
Interest rate swaps
39,000
1,817
23,800
49,310
576
20,169
Interest rate collars
150,000
961
144
Fair value hedges
185,000
310,000
2,186
374,000
2,434
24,761
509,310
22,499
Unhedged derivatives
Swaptions
203,600
6,580,795
288,816
5,954,979
191,828
6,158,579
191,850
Total derivatives, gross
291,250
313,577
192,426
214,327
Netting adjustments
(16,428)
(4,017)
Cash collateral
(30,940)
(35,126)
(73,259)
Total derivatives, net
The Company uses interest rate swap, collar and swaption instruments to manage interest rate risk related to the variability of interest payments due to changes in interest rates.
Changes in fair values of derivative financial instruments accounted for as cash flow hedges, to the extent that they are included in the assessment of effectiveness, are recorded as a component of AOCI. Changes in fair values of derivative financial instruments accounted for as fair value hedges, to the extent that they are included in the assessment of effectiveness, are recorded as a component of interest income/expense.
The Company has entered into interest rate swaps to hedge against the risk of rising rates on one of its variable rate subordinated notes and its variable rate trust preferred securities. All of the interest rate swaps are designated as cash flow hedges in accordance with ASC 815. The details of the interest rate swaps are as follows:
Balance Sheet
Notional
Fair Value as of
Hedged Item
Effective Date
Maturity Date
Location
Amount
Receive Rate
Pay Rate
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust V
7/7/2018
7/7/2028
Derivatives - Assets
10,000
5.56
4.54
326
140
Community National Statutory Trust III
9/15/2018
9/15/2028
3,500
5.91
4.75
163
Guaranty Bankshares Statutory Trust I
4,500
Community National Statutory Trust II
9/20/2018
9/20/2028
3,000
5.17
109
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust II
9/30/2018
9/30/2028
7.19
5.85
370
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust III
8,000
296
Guaranty Statutory Trust II
5/23/2019
2/23/2026*
10,310
N/A
QCR Holdings Subordinated Note
3/1/2024
2/15/2028
Derivatives - Liabilities
65,000
4.02
426
(1,020)
114,310
(444)
* Matured in 2026.
The Company uses interest rate collars in an effort to manage future interest rate exposure on variable rate loans. The collar hedging strategy stabilizes interest rate fluctuations by setting both a floor and a cap. The collar is designated as a cash flow hedge in accordance with ASC 815. The details of the interest rate collar is as follows:
Notional Amount
Cap Strike Rate
Floor Strike Rate
10/1/2022
10/1/2026
Derivatives - Assets (Liabilities)
50,000
4.40
2.44
The Company has executed a derivative strategy more commonly known as a swaption. The swaptions are designed to hedge the Company’s regulatory capital ratios against the adverse effects of a significant decline in long-term interest rates. The swaptions are designated as unhedged in accordance with ASC 815, therefore the change in fair value of the derivative instrument is recognized into current earnings. An initial premium of $4.5 million was paid upfront for the swaptions. The details of the swaptions are as follows:
Strike Rate
7/30/2024
1/29/2026*
20,750
2.63
41,700
2.13
1/30/2026*
36,546
2.14
18,453
2.64
7/30/2026*
16,100
29,800
25,971
14,280
The Company has entered into interest rate swaps to hedge against the risk of declining interest rates on floating rate loans. The interest rate swaps are designated as cash flow hedges in accordance with ASC 815. The details of the interest rate swaps are as follows:
7/1/2021
7/1/2031
35,000
1.40
3.75
(5,143)
(3,798)
(7,347)
(5,425)
40,000
(5,885)
(4,348)
25,000
1.30
3.62
(3,659)
(2,734)
4/1/2022
4/1/2027
15,000
1.91
(177)
(589)
(948)
(412)
(664)
(588)
(947)
300,000
(23,800)
(19,149)
The Company uses interest rate collars in an effort to manage future interest rate exposure on variable rate deposits. The collar hedging strategy stabilizes interest rate fluctuations by setting both a floor and a cap. The collars are designated as a cash flow hedge in accordance with ASC 815. The details of the interest rate collars are as follows:
5/1/2025
11/1/2027
2.24
(159)
(18)
5/1/2028
2.34
(316)
(53)
11/1/2028
2.43
(486)
(73)
(961)
(144)
The Company has entered into interest rate swaps to hedge against the risk of rising rates on loans. The interest rate swaps are designated as fair value hedges in accordance with ASC 815. The details of the interest rate swaps are as follows:
7/12/2023
2/1/2026*
4.21
4.38
(15)
20,000
(12)
8/1/2026*
30,000
3.63
(119)
(59)
2/1/2027
32,500
4.08
(251)
(154)
8/1/2027
3.98
105
(352)
(162)
(271)
2/1/2028
3.90
(391)
(196)
(2,186)
The Company has also entered into interest rate swap contracts that are not designated as hedging instruments. These derivative contracts relate to transactions in which the Company enters into an interest rate swap with a customer while at the same time entering into an equal and offsetting interest rate swap with an upstream counterparty. Additionally, the Company receives an upfront, non-refundable fee from the upstream counterparty, dependent upon the pricing that is recognized upon receipt from the counterparty. Because the Company acts as an intermediary for the customer, changes in the fair value of the underlying derivative contracts, for the most part, offset each other and do not significantly impact the Company’s results of operations.
Interest rate swaps that were not designated as hedging instruments as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 are summarized as follows:
Estimated Fair Value
Non-Hedging Interest Rate Derivatives Assets:
Interest rate swap contracts
Non-Hedging Interest Rate Derivatives Liabilities:
The effect of cash flow hedging and fair value accounting on the consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025 are as follows:
Interest and
Dividend Income
Expense
Income and expense line items presented in the consolidated statements of income
The effects of cash flow hedging:
Loss on interest rate swaps on debt
(214)
Loss on interest rate swaps and collars on loans
(1,720)
(2,144)
The effects of fair value hedging:
Gain (loss) on interest rate swaps on loans
(77)
176
30
Loss on interest rate caps and collars on deposits
(117)
(297)
(633)
(5,168)
(6,336)
(333)
511
The Company’s hedged interest rate swaps and non-hedged interest rate swaps are collateralized with cash and investment securities with carrying values as follows, as of the dates presented:
Cash
4,187
81,131
157,881
271,029
The Company may be exposed to credit risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparties to its interest rate derivative agreements. The Company assesses the credit risk of its financial institution counterparties by monitoring publicly available credit ratings and financial information. Additionally, the Company manages financial institution counterparty credit risk by entering into interest rate derivatives only with primary and highly rated counterparties, and uses ISDA master agreements, central clearing mechanisms and counterparty limits. The agreements contain bilateral collateral agreements with the amount of collateral to be posted generally governed by the settlement value of outstanding swaps. The Company manages the risk of default by its borrower/customer counterparties through its normal loan underwriting and credit monitoring policies and procedures. The Company underwrites the combination of the base loan amount and potential swap exposure and focuses on high quality borrowers with strong collateral values. The majority of the Company’s swapped loan portfolio consists of loans on projects with loan-to-values, including the potential swap exposure, below 65%. The Company does not currently anticipate any losses from failure of interest rate derivative counterparties to honor their obligations.
NOTE 6 – INCOME TAXES
A reconciliation of the expected federal income tax expense to the income tax expense included in the consolidated statements of income is as follows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:
For the Three Months Ended September 30,
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
% of
Pretax
Income
U.S. federal statutory tax rate
8,399
21.0
8,517
24,210
20,419
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax effect (*)
1,137
2.8
1,407
3.5
3,225
2,751
Tax credits
Low-income housing tax credits
(1,060)
(2.7)
(696)
(1.7)
(3,098)
(2,208)
(2.3)
Other credits
(49)
(0.1)
(67)
(0.2)
(145)
(202)
Nontaxable or nondeductible items
Tax exempt income, net
(7,726)
(19.3)
(8,475)
(20.9)
(22,715)
(19.7)
(23,940)
(24.6)
Interest disallowance
2,947
7.4
3,578
8.8
8,668
7.5
10,020
10.3
(186)
(0.5)
(200)
(596)
(520)
Meals and entertainment
0.1
102
(193)
(156)
(0.4)
(597)
(446)
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits
0.8
693
0.6
Other adjustments
Excess tax benefit on stock options exercised and restricted stock awards vested
(92)
(0.3)
(777)
(0.7)
(637)
Provision adjustment
373
0.5
Effective tax rate
8.9
9.5
8.0
6.0
* State taxes in Iowa made up the majority (greater than 50 percent) of the tax effect in this category.
The effective tax rate for the first nine months of 2026 was at 8.0%, up from 6.0% in the first nine months of 2025. The increase was primarily due to an overall increase in pre-tax income.
The following table summarizes the impact to the Consolidated Statements of Income relative to the Company’s tax credit programs for which it has elected to apply the proportional amortization method of accounting:
For the Three Months Ended
For the Nine Months Ended
Tax credits recognized
2,966
2,647
8,850
7,942
Other tax benefits recognized
448
495
1,310
1,483
Amortization
(2,350)
(2,254)
(6,830)
(6,638)
Net benefit included in income tax
1,064
888
3,330
2,787
Other income
Allocated income on investments
Net benefit included in noninterest income
Net benefit included in the Consolidated Statements of Income
The Company did not recognize impairment losses resulting from the forfeiture or ineligibility of income tax credits or other circumstances during the three and nine months ending September 30, 2026 and 2025.
NOTE 7 - EARNINGS PER SHARE
The following information was used in the computation of EPS on a basic and diluted basis:
Three months ended
Nine months ended
Basic EPS
Diluted EPS
Weighted average common shares issuable upon exercise of stock options and under the employee stock purchase plan
88,800
95,945
86,120
95,506
NOTE 8 – FAIR VALUE
Accounting guidance on fair value measurement uses a hierarchy intended to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. This hierarchy includes three levels and is based upon the valuation techniques used to measure assets and liabilities. The three levels are as follows:
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis comprise the following at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
Quoted Prices
Significant
in Active
Markets for
Observable
Unobservable
Identical Assets
Inputs
(Level 1)
(Level 2)
(Level 3)
Securities trading
Total assets measured at fair value
645,874
529,824
Total liabilities measured at fair value
552,043
468,186
The securities AFS portfolio consists of securities whereby the Company obtains fair values from an independent pricing service. The fair values are determined by pricing models that consider observable market data, such as interest rate volatilities, SOFR yield curve, credit spreads and prices from market makers and live trading systems (Level 2 inputs).
Trading securities consist of retained beneficial interests from securitizations and are classified as a Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Fair values are estimated using the discounted cash flow method, including discount rates which are deemed to be significant unobservable inputs. As of September 30, 2026, the discount rates ranged from 3.21% to 7.48%.
Changes in fair value of trading securities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025 are presented as follows:
Balance at the beginning of the period
115,967
82,900
83,529
Trading securities purchased
32,763
(44)
(42)
(132)
Premium amortization
(315)
(240)
(835)
(711)
Fair value gain
607
397
Balance at the end of the period
83,225
Interest rate caps, swaps, collars and swaptions are used for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk on various financial assets and liabilities, further described in Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The fair values are determined by pricing models that consider observable market data for derivative instruments with similar structures (Level 2 inputs).
Certain financial assets are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis; that is, the assets are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances (for example, when there is evidence of impairment).
Assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis comprised the following at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Loans/leases evaluated individually
42,278
OREO
44,124
47,183
583
47,766
Loans/leases evaluated individually are valued at the lower of cost or fair value and are classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Fair value is measured based on the value of the collateral securing these loans/leases. Collateral may be comprised of real estate and/or business assets, including equipment, inventory and/or accounts receivable, and is determined based on appraisals by qualified licensed appraisers hired by the Company. Appraised and reported values are discounted based on management's historical knowledge, changes in market conditions from the time of valuation, and/or management's expertise and knowledge of the client and client's business.
OREO in the table above consists of property acquired through foreclosures and settlement of loans. Property acquired is carried at the estimated fair value of the property, less disposal costs, and is classified as a Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The estimated fair value of the property acquired is generally determined based on appraisals by qualified licensed appraisers hired by the Company. Appraised and reported values are discounted based on management’s historical knowledge, changes in market conditions from the time of valuation, and/or management’s expertise and knowledge of the property.
The following table presents additional quantitative information about assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis for which the Company has utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value:
Quantitative Information about Level Fair Value Measurements
Valuation Technique
Unobservable Input
Range
Appraisal of collateral
Appraisal adjustments
-10.00
to
-30.00
-35.00
For the loans/leases evaluated individually and OREO, the Company records carrying value at fair value less disposal or selling costs. The amounts reported in the tables above are fair values before the adjustment for disposal or selling costs.
There have been no changes in the valuation techniques used for any assets or liabilities measured at fair value during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025.
The following table presents the carrying values and estimated fair values of financial assets and liabilities carried on the Company's consolidated balance sheets, including those financial assets and liabilities that are not measured and reported at fair value on a recurring basis or non-recurring basis:
Hierarchy
Carrying
Estimated
Level
Investment securities:
HTM
AFS
Trading
Loans/leases receivable, net
40,093
43,688
7,071,386
6,945,447
7,033,140
6,794,019
Nonmaturity deposits
6,226,994
6,145,194
Time deposits
976,207
970,604
1,269,004
1,268,442
FHLB advances
631,547
244,237
94,385
100,634
237,440
237,648
43,724
42,997
35
NOTE 9 – BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION
Selected financial and descriptive information is required to be disclosed for reportable operating segments, applying a “management perspective” as the basis for identifying reportable segments. The management perspective is determined by the view that management takes of the segments within the Company when making operating decisions, allocating resources, and measuring performance. The segments of the Company have been defined by the structure of the Company’s internal organization, focusing on the financial information that the Company’s operating decision-makers routinely use to make decisions about operating matters. The chief operating decision maker consists of the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. The chief operating decision maker reviews financial reports that detail the interest income, interest expense, provision for credit losses, noninterest income, salaries and benefits expense, occupancy expense, other noninterest expenses, income tax expense and net income from continuing operations and compares the actual results to the amounts budgeted and the reason for variances. The results of this review allow the Company’s chief operating decision maker to make operating decisions and allocate resources. Capital markets revenue is considered a significant source of noninterest income. Salaries and benefits expense and occupancy expense are considered significant noninterest expenses.
The Company’s Commercial Banking business is geographically divided by markets into the operating segments which are the four subsidiary banks wholly owned by the Company: QCBT, CRBT, CSB, and GB. Each of these operating segments offers similar products and services, but is managed separately due to different pricing, product demand, and consumer markets. Each offers commercial, consumer, and mortgage loans and deposit services.
The Company's All Other segment includes the corporate operations of the parent and operations of all other consolidated subsidiaries and/or defined operating segments that fall below the segment reporting thresholds.
Selected financial information on the Company's business segments is presented as follows as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:
Commercial Banking
Intercompany
Consolidated
QCBT
CRBT
CSB
GB
All Other
Eliminations
Interest and dividend income
35,584
35,871
22,711
30,094
(2,742)
Interest expense
16,485
12,576
8,470
13,807
4,658
(3,115)
19,099
23,295
14,241
16,287
(4,603)
1,633
527
819
Noninterest income
217
13,953
248
2,483
Other segment revenue items
5,977
4,333
1,452
1,938
45,388
(45,507)
13,581
6,194
18,286
1,700
4,421
Noninterest expense
Salaries and benefits expense
8,168
10,410
5,427
7,082
1,716
Occupancy expense
1,798
1,887
1,973
1,781
726
Other segment expense items
3,642
4,272
2,070
3,194
1,107
(527)
13,758
13,608
16,569
9,470
12,057
3,549
Income tax expense
498
2,815
(11)
(89)
349
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
9,554
21,670
5,663
7,267
36,887
(44,607)
2,791
14,980
9,888
110,936
6,345
2,709,310
2,979,899
1,780,615
2,414,400
1,513,605
(1,602,509)
38,591
34,488
21,798
31,779
(1,701)
19,013
13,687
8,742
16,396
4,550
(2,172)
19,578
20,801
13,056
15,383
(4,490)
471
2,015
499
1,790
795
16,852
599
5,586
5,711
3,909
2,053
45,278
(45,625)
12,819
6,506
20,761
2,092
7,639
8,220
9,705
5,409
7,968
3,036
1,918
1,380
1,834
571
4,761
3,904
2,438
3,037
1,390
(644)
14,886
14,641
15,527
9,227
12,839
4,997
1,057
3,577
536
(1,486)
8,371
21,959
5,760
37,277
(44,510)
447
468
8,162
9,077
2,794,136
2,760,379
1,680,476
2,446,635
1,424,193
(1,537,517)
9,568,302
All other
109,504
105,491
66,689
90,437
198
(9,628)
51,313
37,561
24,950
41,722
13,904
(10,805)
58,191
67,930
41,739
48,715
(13,706)
1,177
2,509
1,044
1,527
6,534
318
36,650
5,778
18,163
11,852
4,521
5,989
131,344
(132,002)
39,867
18,481
48,502
4,769
11,767
24,485
29,553
16,198
21,814
4,262
4,916
5,715
5,059
5,226
11,428
11,676
6,449
9,212
3,573
(1,628)
40,710
40,829
46,944
27,706
36,252
9,905
2,320
7,687
(1,008)
31,014
60,757
17,274
18,704
107,516
(129,197)
111,385
99,369
62,787
91,491
219
(3,316)
54,213
39,079
25,312
47,962
13,120
(4,618)
57,172
60,290
37,475
43,529
(12,901)
1,302
5,509
1,775
1,515
3,783
811
31,008
661
7,737
16,199
10,321
4,237
5,736
112,005
(113,057)
35,441
17,010
41,329
4,898
13,473
23,078
26,518
15,059
21,946
3,575
4,802
5,284
3,835
1,508
12,859
6,926
9,271
3,698
(1,938)
41,878
40,739
42,864
25,820
36,443
8,781
5,984
(216)
(2,822)
25,155
50,996
16,992
93,145
(109,817)
Intercompany eliminations included in the selected financial information on the Company’s business segments consist of equity in net income of each subsidiary bank and investment in each subsidiary bank as follows:
Other segment revenue items:
Equity in net income of subsidiary bank
44,154
Total assets:
Investment in subsidiary bank
303,959
483,615
203,081
389,465
1,380,120
43,947
298,385
453,386
190,208
389,587
1,331,566
17,273
127,748
108,202
NOTE 10 – REGULATORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
The Company (on a consolidated basis) and the subsidiary banks are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company and the subsidiary banks' financial statements.
Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company and the subsidiary banks must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of their assets, liabilities, and certain OBS items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors. Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company and the subsidiary banks to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the following table) of total common equity Tier 1, Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets and Tier 1 capital to average assets, each as defined by regulation. Management believes, as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, that the Company and the subsidiary banks met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.
Under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, to be categorized as “well capitalized,” an institution must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based, Tier 1 leverage and common equity Tier 1 ratios as set forth in the following tables. The Company and the subsidiary banks’ actual capital amounts and ratios as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 are presented in the following tables (dollars in thousands). As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, each of the subsidiary banks met such capital requirements to be “well capitalized.”
For Capital Adequacy
To Be Well Capitalized
For Capital
Purposes With Capital
Under Prompt Corrective
Actual
Adequacy Purposes
Conservation Buffer
Action Provisions
Ratio
( dollars in thousands)
As of September 30, 2026:
Company:
Total risk-based capital
1,416,933
14.50
781,962
>
8.00
1,026,325
10.50
977,452
10.00
Tier 1 risk-based capital
1,125,733
11.52
586,471
6.00
830,834
8.50
Tier 1 leverage
11.96
376,469
4.00
470,586
5.00
Common equity Tier 1
1,076,643
11.01
439,853
4.50
684,217
7.00
635,344
6.50
Quad City Bank & Trust:
344,443
14.78
186,474
244,747
233,092
319,546
13.71
139,855
198,128
11.44
111,702
139,628
104,891
163,164
151,510
Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust:
513,862
14.63
280,949
368,746
351,187
487,339
13.88
210,712
298,509
16.90
115,370
144,212
158,034
245,831
228,271
Community State Bank:
224,855
12.82
140,330
184,184
175,413
209,445
11.94
105,248
149,101
11.95
70,123
87,654
78,936
122,789
114,018
Guaranty Bank:
315,661
14.42
175,107
229,828
218,884
288,281
13.17
131,330
186,051
12.63
91,325
114,156
98,498
153,219
142,275
As of December 31, 2025:
1,369,172
14.19
771,812
1,013,003
964,765
1,063,505
11.02
578,859
820,050
11.07
384,419
480,523
1,014,514
10.52
434,144
675,335
627,097
342,214
14.33
191,071
250,780
238,838
313,533
13.13
143,303
203,013
10.65
117,711
147,138
107,477
167,187
155,245
495,107
14.61
271,051
355,754
338,814
466,349
13.76
203,288
287,992
16.22
115,000
143,751
152,466
237,170
220,229
212,148
12.65
134,206
176,146
167,758
197,171
11.75
100,655
142,594
11.42
69,072
86,340
75,491
117,431
109,043
308,357
14.13
174,598
229,159
218,247
283,230
12.98
130,948
185,510
12.03
94,143
117,679
98,211
152,773
141,861
NOTE 11 - COMMITMENTS
The Company entered into a construction contract in 2025 for the construction of a new corporate headquarters including a new branch facility for QCBT in Bettendorf, Iowa. The Company will pay the contractor a contract price of approximately $66.5 million, subject to certain agreed upon additions and deductions. As of September 30, 2026, the Company had paid $30.0 million of the contract price, resulting in a remaining future commitment of approximately $36.5 million. Construction on this facility is anticipated to be completed in 2027.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
INTRODUCTION
This section reviews the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries as of and for the three and nine months ending September 30, 2026. Some tables may include additional periods to comply with disclosure requirements or to illustrate trends. When reading this discussion, also refer to the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes in this report. Page locations and specific sections and notes that are referred to in this discussion are listed in the table of contents.
Additionally, a comprehensive list of the acronyms and abbreviations used throughout this discussion is included in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
GENERAL
The Company was formed in February 1993 for the purpose of organizing QCBT. Over the past 33 years, the Company has grown to include four banking subsidiaries and a number of nonbanking subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2026, the Company had $9.8 billion in consolidated assets, including $7.1 billion in net loans/leases, and $7.2 billion in deposits. The financial results of acquired entities for the periods since their acquisition are included in this report. Further information related to acquired entities has been presented in the annual reports previously filed with the SEC corresponding to the year of each acquisition.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
The Company's financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The financial information contained within these statements is, to a significant extent, financial information that is based on approximate measures of the financial effects of transactions and events that have already occurred. The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term relate to the determination of the allowance, determination of the fair value of loans acquired in business combinations, impairment of goodwill, the fair value of financial instruments, and the fair value of securities.
Based on its consideration of accounting policies that involve the most complex and subjective decisions and assessments, management has identified the following as critical accounting policies and estimates:
A more detailed discussion of these critical accounting policies and estimates can be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
The Company reported net income of $36.4 million and diluted EPS of $2.21 for the quarter ended September 30, 2026. By comparison, for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, the Company reported net income of $36.3 million and diluted EPS of $2.19. For the quarter ended September 30, 2025, the Company reported net income of $36.7 million, and diluted EPS of $2.16. For the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company reported net income of $106.1 million and diluted EPS of $6.39. By comparison, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company reported net income of $91.5 million and diluted EPS of $5.38.
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – continued
The third quarter of 2026 was also highlighted by the following results and events (see section titled “GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations” for additional information):
Following is a table that represents various net income measurements for the Company:
For the three months ended
For the nine months ended
June 30, 2026
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
2.19
16,569,815
The Company reported adjusted net income (non-GAAP) of $36.4 million, with adjusted diluted EPS (non-GAAP) of $2.21 for the three months ended September 30, 2026. See section titled “GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations” for additional information. The Company reported adjusted net income (non-GAAP) of $106.1 million, with adjusted diluted EPS (non-GAAP) of $6.40 for the nine months ended September 30, 2026.
Following is a table that represents the major income and expense categories for the Company:
67,916
4,708
29,427
53,157
3,227
Following are certain noteworthy developments in the Company's financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2026:
STRATEGIC FINANCIAL METRICS
The Company has established certain strategic financial metrics by which it manages its business and measures its performance. The goals are periodically updated to reflect changes in business developments. While the Company is determined to work prudently to achieve these metrics, there is no assurance that they will be met. Moreover, the Company's ability to achieve these metrics may be affected by the factors discussed under “Forward Looking Statements” as well as the factors detailed in the “Risk Factors” section included under Item 1A. of Part I of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. The Company's long-term strategic financial metrics are as follows:
The following table shows the evaluation of the Company’s strategic financial metrics:
Year to Date*
Strategic Financial Metric*
Key Metric
Target
Loan and lease growth organically**
Loans and leases growth
> 9% annually
11.3
14.7
Fee income growth
> 6% annually
(4.3)
(9.3)
(16.9)
Improve operational efficiencies and hold noninterest expense growth
Noninterest expense growth
< 5% annually
(1.4)
(0.8)
* Ratios and amounts provided for these measurements represent year-to-date actual amounts for the respective period that are then annualized for comparison to the prior year actual. The calculations provided exclude non-core noninterest income and noninterest expense.
** Excludes the securitization, the LIHTC loan offtake transactions and planned runoff of the m2 portfolio.
It should be noted that these initiatives are long-term targets.
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS
The Company has taken the following actions during the third quarter of 2026 to support its corporate strategy and further the strategic financial metrics shown above:
GAAP TO NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS
The following table presents certain non-GAAP financial measures related to the “TCE/TA ratio,” “adjusted net income,” “adjusted EPS,” “adjusted ROAA,” “adjusted ROAE”, “NIM (TEY),” “adjusted NIM (TEY),” “efficiency ratio,” and “adjusted efficiency ratio.” In compliance with applicable rules of the SEC, all non-GAAP measures are reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, as follows:
The TCE/TA non-GAAP ratio has been a focus for investors, and management believes that this ratio may assist investors in analyzing the Company’s capital position without regard to the effects of intangible assets.
The following tables also include several “adjusted” non-GAAP measurements of financial performance. The Company’s management believes that these measures are important to investors as they exclude non-core or non-recurring income and expense items; therefore, they provide a better comparison for analysis and may provide a better indicator of future performance.
NIM (TEY) is a financial measure that the Company’s management utilizes to determine the tax benefit associated with certain tax-exempt loans and securities. It is standard industry practice to measure net interest margin using tax-equivalent measures.
The efficiency ratio and adjusted efficiency ratio are utilized by management to compare the Company to its peers. They are standard ratios used to calculate overhead as a percentage of revenue in the banking industry and are widely utilized by investors.
Non-GAAP financial measures have inherent limitations, are not required to be uniformly applied, and are not audited. Although these non-GAAP financial measures are frequently used by investors to evaluate a company, they have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analyses of results as reported under GAAP.
As of
GAAP TO NON-GAAP
June 30,
RECONCILIATIONS
TCE/TA RATIO
Stockholders' equity (GAAP)
Less: Intangible assets
145,157
145,663
147,672
TCE (non-GAAP)
1,006,661
1,004,094
939,243
Total assets (GAAP)
9,520,643
TA (non-GAAP)
9,650,163
9,374,980
9,420,630
TCE/TA ratio (non-GAAP)
10.43
10.71
9.97
ADJUSTED NET INCOME
Net income (GAAP)
Less non-core items (post-tax) (*):
Income:
Fair value loss on derivatives, net
(4)
(223)
(17)
(776)
Total non-core income (non-GAAP)
Expense:
Loss on debt extinguishment, net
Total non-core expense (non-GAAP)
Adjusted net income (non-GAAP)
36,255
36,937
106,085
92,306
ADJUSTED EPS
Adjusted net income (non-GAAP) (from above)
16,489,987
Adjusted EPS (non-GAAP):
Basic
2.20
2.18
5.46
Diluted
6.40
5.43
ADJUSTED ROAA (non-GAAP)
Average Assets
9,558,844
9,581,171
9,354,411
9,563,374
9,176,349
Adjusted ROAA (non-GAAP)
1.52
1.51
1.58
1.48
1.34
Adjusted ROAE (non-GAAP)
12.43
12.64
13.73
12.27
11.78
NIM TEY*
Net interest income (GAAP)
Plus: Tax equivalent adjustment
10,034
9,811
10,864
29,594
30,467
Net interest income - tax equivalent (non-GAAP)
78,726
77,727
75,663
233,640
217,334
Average earning assets
8,738,944
8,783,423
8,575,514
8,753,229
8,399,651
NIM (GAAP)
3.12
3.10
3.00
2.97
NIM TEY (non-GAAP)
3.58
3.55
3.51
3.57
3.46
EFFICIENCY RATIO
Noninterest expense (GAAP)
Noninterest income (GAAP)
Total income
99,174
97,343
101,450
286,907
262,525
Efficiency ratio (noninterest expense/total income) (non-GAAP)
55.18
54.61
55.78
55.77
58.17
Adjusted efficiency ratio (core noninterest expense/core total income) (Non-GAAP)
55.62
57.95
* Non-core or non-recurring items (after-tax) are calculated using an estimated effective federal tax rate of 21% with the exception of goodwill impairment which is not deductible for tax.
45
NET INTEREST INCOME AND MARGIN - (TAX EQUIVALENT BASIS)
Net interest income, on a GAAP basis, increased 6% for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, compared to the same quarter of the prior year. Net interest income, on a tax equivalent basis (non-GAAP) increased 4% for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, compared to the same quarter of the prior year. Net interest income, on a GAAP basis, increased 9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2026, compared to the same period of the prior year. Net interest income, on a tax equivalent basis (non-GAAP) increased 8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2026, compared to the same period of the prior year. Net interest income changed primarily due to the Company’s loan and investment growth and continued expansion of loan and investment yields combined with lower cost of interest-bearing deposits.
A comparison of yields, spread and margin as reported on the Company’s financial statements and on a tax equivalent basis is as follows:
GAAP
Tax Equivalent Basis
Average Yield on Interest-Earning Assets
5.51
5.83
5.98
5.97
6.29
Average Cost of Interest-Bearing Liabilities
2.98
3.42
Net Interest Spread
2.58
2.53
2.41
2.99
2.87
NIM TEY (Non-GAAP)
5.52
5.75
5.99
6.24
3.43
2.32
2.81
3.45
The Company’s management closely monitors and manages NIM. From a profitability standpoint, an important challenge for the Company’s subsidiary banks and leasing company is focusing on quality growth in conjunction with the improvement of their NIMs. Management continually addresses this issue with pricing and other balance sheet strategies which include better loan pricing, reducing reliance on rate-sensitive funding, closely managing deposit rate changes and finding additional ways to manage cost of funds through derivatives.
The Company’s average balances, interest income/expense, and rates earned/paid on major balance sheet categories, as well as the components of change in net interest income, are presented in the following tables:
Average
Earned
Yield or
Balance
or Paid
ASSETS
Interest earning assets:
13,386
3.71
13,808
154
4.36
106,013
3.50
128,126
1,341
4.15
Investment securities - taxable
446,297
4.46
400,765
4,878
4.86
Investment securities - nontaxable (1)
1,035,149
16,451
6.35
952,542
13,841
5.81
34,653
7.34
31,959
6.98
Gross loans/leases receivable (1) (2) (3)
7,103,446
108,476
6.06
7,048,314
115,094
6.48
Total interest earning assets
131,607
135,878
Noninterest-earning assets:
86,425
78,369
Premises and equipment
244,757
187,758
Less allowance
(86,622)
(88,171)
575,340
600,941
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Interest-bearing deposits
5,407,041
36,031
5,197,006
40,221
3.07
979,181
8,568
3.47
1,237,232
12,595
4.04
3,661
2,022
256,174
3.83
204,786
4.49
99,450
4.35
48,295
3.97
234,344
6.72
236,783
6.52
49,068
5.78
48,936
Total interest-bearing liabilities
7,028,919
6,975,060
60,215
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits
1,052,996
949,135
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities
304,035
354,501
8,385,950
8,278,696
Stockholders' equity
1,172,894
1,075,715
Net interest margin
Net interest margin TEY (Non-GAAP)
Cost of funds (4)
2.60
3.01
Ratio of average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities
124.33
122.95
Analysis of Changes of Interest Income/Interest Expense
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2026
Inc./(Dec.)
Components
from
of Change (1)
Prior Period (1)
Rate
Volume
2026 vs. 2025
INTEREST INCOME
(27)
(23)
(406)
(213)
(1,821)
1,911
Investment securities - nontaxable (2)
2,610
1,350
1,260
Gross loans/leases receivable (2) (3)
(6,618)
(12,282)
5,664
Total change in interest income
(4,271)
(12,939)
INTEREST EXPENSE
(4,190)
(13,260)
9,070
(4,027)
(1,625)
(2,402)
161
(1,645)
1,806
602
552
293
(220)
Total change in interest expense
(7,334)
(16,175)
8,841
Total change in net interest income
3,063
3,236
(173)
8,904
3.73
12,385
141,033
149,287
4.28
427,853
4.58
401,067
989,559
46,038
6.21
896,990
38,434
5.72
29,773
6.89
32,191
7.07
7,156,107
325,980
6.09
6,907,731
332,780
6.44
392,285
392,402
82,398
77,689
232,006
174,405
Less allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases
(86,966)
(89,191)
582,707
613,795
Interest-bearing demand deposits
5,459,152
107,776
5,094,180
116,523
3.06
1,088,435
29,172
1,211,739
37,693
4.16
3,349
1,761
4.09
151,212
3.65
211,189
104,722
4.47
16,275
3.93
234,251
6.70
234,659
49,035
48,904
2,059
5.55
7,090,156
6,818,707
1,019,409
944,349
301,481
368,203
8,411,046
8,131,259
1,152,328
1,045,090
2.61
Ratio of average interest earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities
123.46
123.19
For the nine months ended September 30, 2026
(160)
(56)
(104)
Interest-bearing deposits at other financial institutions
(1,002)
(749)
(253)
(744)
1,157
7,604
3,449
4,155
(172)
(6,800)
(23,345)
16,545
(21,489)
21,372
(8,747)
(20,423)
(8,521)
(4,926)
(3,595)
(13)
(3,007)
(1,194)
(1,813)
2,958
715
747
(32)
(16,423)
(25,670)
9,247
16,306
4,181
12,125
The Company’s operating results are also impacted by various sources of noninterest income, including trust fees, investment advisory and management fees, deposit service fees, capital markets revenue, including swap fee income and gains on loan securitizations, gains from the sales of residential real estate loans and government guaranteed loans, earnings on BOLI and other income. Offsetting these items, the Company incurs noninterest expenses, which include salaries and employee benefits, occupancy and equipment expense, professional and data processing fees, FDIC and other insurance expense, loan/lease expense and other administrative expenses.
The Company’s operating results are also affected by economic and competitive conditions, particularly changes in interest rates, income tax rates, government policies and actions of regulatory authorities. For a discussion of the factors that could have a material impact on the operations and future prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, see the “Risk Factors” section included under Item 1A. of Part I of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Interest income decreased $3.4 million, comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of 2025, and increased $756 thousand when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of 2025. Interest income (tax equivalent non-GAAP) decreased $4.3 million, comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of 2025 and decreased $117 thousand when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of 2025. These decreases in interest income were primarily due to lower loan yields across both periods impacted by the sales and securitizations of tax-exempt LIHTC loans.
The Company intends to continue growing quality loans as well as its private placement tax-exempt securities portfolio to maximize yield while minimizing credit and interest rate risk.
Interest expense decreased $7.3 million, comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of 2025, and decreased $16.4 million, comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of 2025, primarily due to the lower cost of funds. The Company’s cost of funds was 2.60% for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, a decrease from 3.01% for the quarter ended September 30, 2025. The Company’s cost of funds was 2.61% for the nine months ended September 30, 2026, a decrease from 3.01% for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The decrease was a result of the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates in prior year and the corresponding impact on the Company’s liability sensitive balance sheet.
PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES
The ACL is established through provision expense to provide an estimated ACL. The following table shows the components of the provision for credit losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:
Provision for credit losses - loans and leases
Provision for credit losses - off-balance sheet exposures
Total provision for credit losses
The Company had a total provision for credit losses on loans and leases of $4.3 million for the third quarter of 2026 compared to $4.2 million for the same period of 2025. Provision for credit losses on loans and leases for the first nine months of 2026 totaled $11.7 million, a decrease from $13.6 million for the first nine months of 2025. The decrease was primarily driven by a decrease in NPAs and net charge-offs, partially offset by loan growth. The provision related to OBS was $128 thousand for the third quarter of 2026 compared to a provision of $80 thousand for the third quarter of 2025 and was a negative provision of $50 thousand for the first nine months of 2026 compared to a provision of negative $1.1 million for the first nine months of 2025. The balance primarily fluctuates with changes in the balance of unfunded commitments. There was no provision related to HTM or AFS securities for the first nine months of 2026 or 2025.
The ACL for loans and leases is established based on a number of factors, including the Company's historical loss experience, delinquencies and charge-off trends, economic and other forecasts, the local, state and national economies and risk associated with the loans/leases and securities in the portfolio, as described in more detail in the “Critical Accounting Policies and Critical Accounting Estimates” section of this report.
The Company had an ACL for loans/leases held for investment of 1.23% of total gross loans/leases held for investment at September 30, 2026, compared to 1.24% at both June 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025.
Additional discussion of the Company's allowance can be found in the “Financial Condition” section of this report.
NONINTEREST INCOME
The following table sets forth the various categories of noninterest income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:
$ Change
% Change
436
12.3
189
12.7
(0.0)
(204)
(38.6)
(6,931)
(29.1)
(65)
(6.8)
97
5.9
11.1
199
23.5
36.4
(81)
(13.7)
(6,169)
(16.8)
1,530
14.4
771
19.3
(283)
4.6
2,777
6.9
369
14.9
372
7.8
10.2
221
828
182.8
353
29.1
7,203
The Company continues to be successful in expanding its wealth management client base. Trust and investment advisory and management fees continue to be a significant contributor to noninterest income. Assets under management have increased $77.6 million since June 30, 2026 and have increased $648.3 million since September 30, 2025 due primarily to new relationships and favorable market performance. Income is generated primarily from fees charged based on assets under administration for corporate and personal trusts and for custodial services. The majority of trust fees are determined based on the value of the investments within the fully-managed trusts. Trust fees increased 12% in the third quarter of 2026 as compared to the same period of the prior year and increased 14% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the first nine months of 2025 due to growth in assets under management and market performance. The Company expects trust and investment advisory and management fees to be negatively impacted during periods of significantly lower market valuations and positively impacted during periods of significantly higher market valuations.
Investment advisory and management fees increased 13% comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year and increased 19% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the first nine months of 2025. Similar to trust fees, fees from these services are largely determined based on the market value of the investments managed. As a result, fee income from this line of business fluctuates with market valuations.
Deposit service fees remained stable in the third quarter of 2026 as compared to the same period of the prior year, and decreased 4% in the first nine months of 2026 as compared to the first nine months of 2025 due to decreases in nonsufficient funds and overdraft fees. The Company’s total deposits decreased by $176.9 million, or 2%, when comparing September 30, 2026 to September 30, 2025.
Gains on sales of residential real estate loans, net, decreased 39% when comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year due to lower volumes of client residential real estate purchase activity in the third quarter generating lower levels of gains. Gains on sales of residential real estate loans, net, increased 5% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the first nine months of 2025. The increase was due to higher volumes of client residential real estate purchase activity generating higher levels of gains.
Capital markets revenue totaled $16.9 million for the third quarter of 2026, compared to $23.8 million for the third quarter of 2025. Capital markets revenue totaled $43.0 million for the first nine months of 2026, compared to $40.2 million for the first nine months of 2025. As discussed in the “Executive Overview” section of this report, demand for affordable housing remains strong. In the traditional commercial portfolio, the pricing is more competitive and the duration is shorter as compared to the LIHTC permanent loans. Therefore, the mix of loans with interest rate swaps continued to be heavily weighted towards LIHTC permanent loans. Future levels of swap fees are dependent upon the needs of our traditional commercial and LIHTC borrowers, and the size of the related nonrefundable swap fee may fluctuate depending on the interest rate environment.
The Company’s interest rate swap program consists of back-to-back interest rate swaps with two types of commercial borrowers: (1) traditional commercial loans of a certain minimum size and sophistication, and (2) LIHTC permanent loans. Most of the growth has been in the latter category as the Company has grown relationships with strong LIHTC developers with many years of experience. The LIHTC industry is strong and growing with an increased need for affordable housing. The back-to-back interest rate swaps allow commercial borrowers to pay a fixed interest rate while the Company receives a variable interest rate as well as an upfront nonrefundable fee dependent upon the pricing from an upstream counter party.
Earnings on BOLI decreased 7%, comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, due primarily a portion of the Company’s BOLI portfolio carrying a variable rate whereby returns are determined by the performance of the equity markets. Earnings on BOLI increased 15% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year. The increase for the first nine months of 2026 was driven by BOLI exchanges in the first nine months of 2025 resulting in surrender charges of $168 thousand. There were no purchases of BOLI in the first nine months of 2026 or 2025. Management intends to continue to review its BOLI investments to be consistent with policy and regulatory limits in conjunction with the rest of its earning assets in an effort to maximize returns while minimizing risk.
Debit card fees are the interchange fees paid on certain debit card customer transactions. Debit card fees increased 6% when comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, and increased 8% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the first nine months of 2025. The Company continues to be successful in adding net new demand deposit accounts. The fees can vary based on customer debit card usage, so fluctuations from period to period may occur. As an opportunity to maximize fees, the Company offers a deposit product with a higher interest rate that incentivizes debit card activity.
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Correspondent banking fees increased 11% comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year and increased 10% comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the first nine months of 2025. The increases across both periods were primarily due to an increase in correspondent banking balances. Fees from correspondent banks generally increase when non-interest bearing account balances decrease due to lower associated earnings credits. Correspondent banking continues to be a core strategy for the Company, as this line of business provides a high level of deposits that can be used to fund loan growth as well as a steady source of fee income. The Company now serves 187 banks in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin.
Loan-related fee income increased 24% comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year and increased 8% comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the first nine months of 2025, primarily due to higher participation service fees.
Fair value gains on derivatives and trading securities were $442 thousand in the third quarter of 2026, as compared to $324 thousand in gains in the same period of the prior year. Fair value gains on derivatives and trading securities were $375 thousand in the first nine months of 2026, as compared to $453 thousand in losses in the first nine months of 2025.
Other noninterest income decreased $81 thousand, or 14%, in the third quarter of 2026 as compared to the same period of the prior year, and increased $353 thousand, or 29% in the first nine months of 2026 as compared to the first nine months of 2025, due to fluctuations in the market value of the Company’s equity investments. Income on equity investments is largely determined based on the market value of the investments managed.
NONINTEREST EXPENSE
The following tables set forth the various categories of noninterest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:
(1,535)
(4.5)
802
10.9
(1,491)
(22.1)
(188)
(9.2)
261
75.7
700.0
313
17.1
130
325.0
(36)
(13.9)
(1.2)
(23.6)
(3.2)
2.7
2.9
(1,861)
(3.3)
6,136
6.8
2,331
(1,965)
(10.9)
(130)
(11.5)
(34.1)
10.6
1.8
0.4
3.0
2.1
(466)
(23.5)
(155)
(9.1)
820
34.2
7,299
4.8
Management places a strong emphasis on overall cost containment and is committed to improving the Company's general efficiency and operating leverage as discussed in the “Strategic Financial Metrics” section.
Salaries and employee benefits, which is the largest component of noninterest expense, decreased 5% when comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year primarily due to lower capital markets revenue and its impact on variable compensation associated with performance. Salaries and employee benefits increased 7% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year primarily due to annual merit increases and higher capital markets revenue and its impact on variable compensation associated with performance.
Occupancy and equipment expense increased 11% comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, and increased 11% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, due primarily to higher property tax expense and depreciation expense with the opening of new offices in the Cedar Rapids and Ankeny, Iowa markets.
Professional and data processing fees decreased 22% comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, and decreased 11% comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year primarily due to lower costs associated with the data processing core conversion project. Generally, professional and data processing fees can fluctuate depending on certain one-time project costs. Management will continue to focus on minimizing such one-time costs and driving recurring costs down through contract negotiation or managed reduction in activity where costs are determined on a usage basis.
FDIC insurance, other insurance and regulatory fee expense decreased 9% when comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, and decreased 1% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year due primarily to an improved quarterly multiplier on FDIC assessment calculation.
Loan/lease expense increased 76% when comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year primarily due to higher legal expense on loan workouts and lower recoveries of legal expenses incurred on loan workouts. Loan/lease expense decreased 12% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year due primarily to lower legal expense on loan workouts and higher recoveries of legal expenses incurred on loan workouts.
Net cost of and losses on operations of other real estate includes losses on the sale of OREO, write-downs of OREO and all expenses associated with OREO. Net cost of and losses on operations of other real estate for the third quarter of 2026 totaled $24 thousand, compared to net cost of and losses on operations of other real estate of $3 thousand for the third quarter of 2025. Net cost of and losses on operations of other real estate for the first nine months of 2026 totaled $29 thousand, compared to net cost of and losses on operations of other real estate of $44 thousand for the first nine months of 2025.
Advertising and marketing expense increased 17% comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, and increased 11% comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year. The increase in expense was primarily due to an increase in other sales promotions.
Communication and data connectivity expense increased 325% comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year due primarily to courier expense of $191 thousand reclassed from communication and data connectivity expense to professional fees expense in the third quarter of 2025. Communication and data connectivity expense increased 2% comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year due to increased telephone expense.
Supplies expense decreased 14% comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, and remained stable comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year. The decrease in the third quarter of 2026 was primarily due to the timing of purchases.
Bank service charges, a large portion of which includes indirect costs incurred to provide services to QCBT's correspondent banking customer portfolio, remained stable when comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, and increased 3% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year. As transaction volumes and the number of correspondent banking clients fluctuate, the associated expenses are expected to also fluctuate.
Correspondent banking expense decreased 1% when comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, and increased 2% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year. These are direct costs incurred to provide services to QCBT's correspondent banking customer portfolio, including safekeeping and cash management services.
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Intangibles amortization expense decreased 24% when comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, and decreased 24% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year. The decreases across both periods were due to fully amortizing an intangible at CSB in 2025. These expenses are expected to naturally decrease as intangibles become fully amortized unless there is an addition to intangible assets.
Payment card processing expense decreased 3% when comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, and decreased 9% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year due to renegotiated debit card contracts.
Trust expense increased 3% when comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, and increased 14% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year due to increased assets under management when comparing September 30, 2026 to September 30, 2025.
Other noninterest expense increased 3% when comparing the third quarter of 2026 to the same period of the prior year, and increased 34% when comparing the first nine months of 2026 to the same period of the prior year. The increases across both periods were primarily due to taxes on stock repurchases in 2026. Included in other noninterest expense are items such as meals and entertainment, subscriptions and sales and use tax.
INCOME TAXES
In the third quarter of 2026, the Company incurred income tax expense of $3.6 million, compared to income tax expense of $3.8 million in the same period of the prior year. During the first nine months of 2026, the Company incurred income tax expense of $9.2 million, compared to income tax expense of $5.7 million in the first nine months of 2025. The increase was primarily due to higher pre-tax income from higher capital markets revenue and lower interest expense.
Refer to the reconciliation of the expected income tax rate to the effective tax rate that is included in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional detail.
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Following is a table that represents the major categories of the Company’s balance sheet:
Cash, federal funds sold, and interest-bearing deposits
186,700
191,750
152,893
237,614
1,401,408
1,308,689
Net loans/leases
6,945,745
7,090,151
211,178
207,775
821,670
770,562
767,754
724,073
7,417,334
77
7,380,068
Total borrowings
1,021,344
660,315
638,541
706,827
131,921
230,742
161,316
163,750
During the third quarter of 2026, the Company's total assets increased $274.7 million from June 30, 2026, to a total of $9.8 billion. The Company’s net loans/leases increased $165.7 million, or 2%, in the third quarter of 2026. Deposits decreased $214.1 million, or 3%, during the third quarter of 2026. Borrowings increased $361.0 million, or 55%, during the third quarter of 2026 due primarily to a decrease in deposits and an increase in loans. The Company actively managed down higher cost deposits off in anticipation of the liquidity generated by the loan securitization and LIHTC offtake transactions.
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
The composition of the Company’s securities portfolio is managed to meet liquidity needs while prioritizing the impact on interest rate risk, maximizing return and minimizing credit risk. In recent years, the Company has continued to shift the mix of the portfolio by decreasing U.S. government sponsored agency securities, while increasing tax-exempt municipal securities. Of the latter, the large majority are privately placed tax-exempt debt issuances by municipalities located in the Midwest (with some in or near the Company’s existing markets) that require a thorough underwriting process before investment and are generated by our specialty finance group.
Trading securities had a fair value of $116.1 million as of September 30, 2026 and consisted of retained beneficial interests acquired in conjunction with loan securitizations completed by the Company in prior years. See also Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for details of these securitizations.
Following is a breakdown of the Company's securities portfolio by type, the percentage of net unrealized gains (losses) to carrying value on the total portfolio, and the portfolio duration:
13,928
14,208
1,144,374
1,126,055
1,081,274
1,085,669
88,515
57,108
3,769
4,918
48,307
53,456
58,143
63,824
Trading securities
1,431,871
1,401,690
1,312,592
1,308,952
Net securities
Securities as a % of total assets
14.62
14.72
13.82
13.68
Net unrealized losses as a % of Amortized Cost
(13.11)
(12.22)
(10.82)
(11.61)
Duration (in years)
5.2
5.4
5.5
Annual yield on investment securities (tax equivalent)
5.73
4.77
5.53
The Company has not invested in non-agency commercial or residential mortgage-backed securities or pooled trust preferred securities. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the Company's investment securities.
LOANS/LEASES
Total loans/leases grew 8% on an annualized basis, when adding back the impact from the runoff of m2 loans and leases and excluding the LIHTC loan offtake transactions and securitization during the first nine months of 2026. The mix of the loan/lease classes within the Company's loan/lease portfolio is presented in the following table:
407,419
386,674
1,209,913
1,330,668
589,928
586,578
966,873
1,053,732
1,205,553
1,544,765
1,871,240
1,503,596
6,382
11,090
613,664
599,838
161,958
161,980
Total loans/leases
7,032,930
7,178,921
(87,185)
(88,770)
CRE loans are predominantly included within the CRE – owner occupied, CRE – non-owner occupied, construction and land development and multi-family loan classes, however, CRE loans can also be included in 1-4 family based on nature of the loan. As CRE loans have historically been the Company's largest portfolio segment, management places a strong emphasis on the underwriting and monitoring of the characteristics and composition of the Company's CRE loan portfolio. For example, management tracks the level of owner-occupied CRE loans relative to non-owner-occupied loans because owner-occupied loans are generally considered to have less risk. Additionally, the Company reviews CRE concentrations by industry in relation to risk-based capital on a quarterly basis. At September 30, 2026, approximately 45% of the CRE loan portfolio consisted of LIHTC loans, all of which are performing and all of which are pass rated.
Historically, the Company structures most residential real estate loans to conform to the underwriting requirements of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to allow the subsidiary banks to resell the loans on the secondary market to avoid the interest rate risk associated with longer term fixed rate loans and to recognize noninterest income from the gain on sale. Loans originated for this purpose were classified as held for sale and are included in the residential real estate loans in the table above. Historically, the subsidiary banks structure most loans that will not conform to the underwriting requirements of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae as adjustable-rate mortgages that mature or adjust in one to five years, and then retain these loans in their respective portfolios. The Company also holds 15-year fixed rate residential real estate loans originated in prior years that met certain credit guidelines. The Company has not originated any subprime, Alt-A, no documentation, or stated income residential real estate loans throughout its history.
The following is a listing of significant industries within the Company's CRE loan portfolio. These include loans in the following portfolio segments as of September 30, 2026: CRE owner occupied, CRE non-owner occupied, certain construction and land development, multifamily and certain 1-4 family real estate. Within the CRE Loan portfolio, there is a low amount of office exposure, totaling $216.3 million, or 3.0%, of total loans at September 30, 2026.
As of September 30,
As of December 31,
Lessors of residential buildings - LIHTC
2,243,098
2,196,023
2,244,966
Lessors of nonresidential buildings
652,474
712,429
729,435
Lessors of residential buildings - non LIHTC
644,382
481,979
529,653
Hotels
189,269
182,383
148,352
New housing for-sale builders
89,960
89,011
73,404
Other *
1,168,510
1,129,364
1,161,048
Other - LIHTC
5,718
9,167
5,738
Total CRE loans
4,993,411
4,800,356
4,892,596
* “Other” consists of all other industries. None of these had concentrations greater than $67.9 million, or approximately 1.4% of total CRE loans in the most recent period presented.
The following table reflects credit quality indicators and performance of the Company’s CRE loan portfolio:
As of June 30,
Delinquency Status*
4,933,974
99
4,782,761
98
4,729,162
4,729,199
23,284
26,315
34,712
27,517
8,636
36,153
26,864
12,188
39,052
26,923
9,522
36,445
4,984,775
4,835,940
4,848,128
4,790,797
9,559
As a percentage of total CRE portfolio
99.83
0.17
99.75
0.25
99.80
0.20
* Performing = CRE loans accruing and less than 90 days past due. Nonperforming = CRE loans on nonaccrual and accruing CRE loans that are greater than or equal to 90 days past due.
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The Company’s construction and land development loan portfolio includes the following:
LIHTC construction
536,506
741,531
1,028,978
Construction (commercial)
591,974
486,156
425,446
Land development
62,461
73,732
77,585
Construction (non-commercial residential)
12,526
7,003
12,756
Total construction and land development
The Company's 1-4 family real estate loan portfolio includes the following:
The remaining 1-4 family real estate loans originated by the Company were sold on the secondary market to avoid the interest rate risk associated with longer term fixed rate loans and to recognize noninterest income from the gain on sale. Loans originated for this purpose were classified as held for sale and are included in the residential real estate loans above.
Following is a listing of significant equipment types within the m2 loan and lease portfolio:
Trucks, Vans and Vocational Vehicles
25,496
30,687
43,097
50,159
Construction - General
9,377
11,587
15,105
17,045
Computer Equipment
7,318
8,378
10,505
12,625
Marine Travelift
6,705
7,442
9,068
10,059
Tractors
6,338
7,592
10,465
12,464
Trailers
6,247
7,555
10,613
12,734
Manufacturing - General
4,989
6,091
8,472
9,862
Food Processing Equipment
4,982
6,069
9,431
10,564
Concrete Equipment
3,489
3,864
4,662
5,005
Forklifts
3,022
3,497
4,507
5,165
Manufacturing - CNC
2,874
4,028
5,506
6,107
Printing - Digital
2,985
4,002
4,827
28,554
34,951
52,207
61,350
Total m2 loans and leases
135,064
217,966
* “Other” consists of all other equipment types. None of these had concentrations greater than 3% of total m2 loan and lease portfolio in the most recent period presented.
See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the Company's loan and lease portfolio.
ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES ON LOANS/LEASES AND OFF-BALANCE SHEET EXPOSURES
The adequacy of the ACL was determined by management based on numerous factors, including the overall composition of the loan/lease portfolio, types of loans/leases, historical loss experience, loan/lease delinquencies, potential substandard and doubtful credits, economic conditions, collateral positions, government guarantees and other factors that, in management's judgment, deserved evaluation. To ensure that an adequate ACL was maintained, provisions were made based on a number of factors, including the increase in loans/leases and a detailed analysis of the loan/lease portfolio. The loan/lease portfolio is reviewed and analyzed quarterly with specific detailed reviews completed on all credits risk-rated less than “fair quality,” and carrying aggregate exposure in excess of $250 thousand. The adequacy of the allowance is monitored by the credit administration staff and reported to management and the board of directors.
Changes in the ACL for loans/leases for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025 are presented as follows:
The Company recorded a provision on credit losses related to OBS exposures in the third quarter of 2026 of $128 thousand and negative provision of $50 thousand for the first nine months of 2026. The balance primarily fluctuates with changes in the balance of unfunded commitments. At September 30, 2026, the allowance for OBS exposures was $7.1 million.
The Company's levels of criticized and classified loans are reported in the following table:
Internally Assigned Risk Rating *
59,675
69,706
74,765
76,750
Substandard/Classified loans***
60,729
64,519
64,142
67,319
Doubtful/Classified loans***
Criticized Loans **
120,404
134,225
138,907
144,069
Criticized Loans as a % of Total Loans/Leases
1.67
1.94
2.01
Classified Loans as a % of Total Loans/Leases
0.84
0.92
0.89
0.94
* Amounts above include the government guaranteed portion, if any. For the calculation of ACL, the Company assigns internal risk ratings of Pass (Rating 2) for the government guaranteed portion.
** Criticized loans are defined as loans except for direct financing leases and equipment financing agreements with internally assigned risk ratings of 9, 10, or 11, regardless of performance.
*** Classified loans are defined as loans except for direct financing leases and equipment financing agreements with internally assigned risk ratings of 10 or 11, regardless of performance.
Criticized loans as a percentage of loans and leases decreased from 1.91% at June 30, 2026 to 1.67% at September 30, 2026 and classified loans as a percentage of loans and leases decreased to 0.84% at September 30, 2026 from 0.92% at June 30, 2026 primarily due to large payoffs, paydowns and upgrades to pass rated loans. The Company continues its strong focus on improving credit quality in an effort to limit NPLs.
The following table summarizes the trend in allowance as a percentage of gross loans/leases and as a percentage of NPLs:
ACL for loans/leases / Total loans/leases held for investment
1.23
1.24
1.26
ACL for loans/leases / NPLs
243.79
222.75
213.08
210.31
Although management believes that the ACL at September 30, 2026 was at a level adequate to absorb losses on existing loans/leases, there can be no assurance that such losses will not exceed the estimated amounts or that the Company will not be required to make additional provisions in the future. Unpredictable future events could adversely affect cash flows
for both commercial and individual borrowers, which could cause the Company to experience increases in problem assets, delinquencies and losses on loans/leases, and require further increases in the provision for credit losses. Asset quality remains a cornerstone of the Company’s strategy. Sustainable, profitable growth depends on maintaining that quality. The Company consistently directs focused efforts across its subsidiary banks and equipment financing company to strengthen and improve the overall loan/lease portfolio.
See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the Company's ACL.
NONPERFORMING ASSETS
The table below presents the amount of NPAs and related ratios:
Nonaccrual loans/leases (1)
39,139
42,167
Accruing loans/leases past due 90 days or more
39,140
42,210
350
Other repossessed assets
510
Total NPAs
38,000
39,510
43,337
42,720
NPLs to total loans/leases
0.56
NPAs to total loans/leases plus repossessed property
0.53
0.60
NPAs to total assets
0.39
0.41
0.45
Nonaccrual loans/leases to total loans/leases
ACL to nonperforming loans
210.22
NPAs at September 30, 2026 were $38.0 million, a decrease of $1.5 million from June 30, 2026, and a decrease of $4.7 million from September 30, 2025. The ratio of NPAs to total assets was 0.39% at September 30, 2026 and 0.41% at June 30, 2026, compared to 0.45% at September 30, 2025.
The majority of the NPAs consist of nonaccrual loans/leases. For nonaccrual loans/leases, management has thoroughly reviewed these loans/leases and has provided specific allowances as appropriate.
OREO and other repossessed assets are carried at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. The increase in OREO from the prior quarter was primarily attributable to the addition of two foreclosed properties during the quarter.
The policy of the Company is to place a loan/lease on nonaccrual status if: (a) payment in full of interest or principal is not expected; or (b) principal or interest has been in default for a period of 90 days or more unless the obligation is both in the process of collection and well secured. A loan/lease is well secured if it is secured by collateral with sufficient market value to repay principal and all accrued interest. A debt is in the process of collection if collection of the debt is proceeding in due course either through legal action, including judgment enforcement procedures, or in appropriate circumstances, through collection efforts not involving legal action which are reasonably expected to result in repayment of the debt or in its restoration to current status.
The Company's lending/leasing practices remain unchanged and asset quality remains a top priority for management.
DEPOSITS
Total deposits decreased by $214.1 million during the third quarter of 2026 due to outflows of correspondent deposit balances during the quarter largely due to timing, with over $500.0 million of deposits returning to our balance sheet shortly after the quarter ended.
The table below presents the composition of the Company's deposit portfolio:
Noninterest bearing demand deposits
1,022,346
931,774
Interest bearing demand deposits
5,189,923
5,399,818
5,190,974
5,176,364
824,663
840,346
1,035,317
1,004,980
Brokered deposits
164,867
154,824
236,930
266,950
The Company actively participates in the ICS/CDARS program, a trusted resource that provides FDIC insurance coverage for clients that maintain larger deposit balances. Deposits in the ICS/CDARS program (which are included in interest-bearing deposits and time deposits in the preceding table) totaled $2.3 billion, or 31.5% of all deposits, as of September 30, 2026.
The Company’s correspondent bank deposit portfolio and funds managed consists of the following:
The Company had total uninsured and uncollateralized deposits of $2.0 billion and $1.6 billion as of September 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Management will continue to focus on growing its core deposit portfolio, including its correspondent banking business at QCBT, as well as shifting the mix from brokered and other higher cost deposits to lower cost core deposits. With the significant success achieved by QCBT in growing its correspondent banking business, QCBT has developed procedures to proactively monitor this industry concentration of deposits and loans. Other deposit-related industry concentrations and large accounts are monitored by the internal asset liability management committees.
BORROWINGS
The subsidiary banks purchase federal funds for short-term funding needs from the FRB or from their correspondent banks. The table below presents the composition of the Company's short-term borrowings:
Federal funds purchased
8,907
2,850
The Company's federal funds purchased fluctuate based on the short-term funding needs of the Company's subsidiary banks.
As a result of their memberships in the FHLB of Des Moines, the subsidiary banks have the ability to borrow funds for short or long-term purposes under a variety of programs. The subsidiary banks can utilize FHLB advances for loan matching as a hedge against the possibility of changing interest rates and when these advances provide a less costly or more readily available source of funds than customer deposits.
The table below presents the Company's FHLB advances as of the periods indicated:
Term FHLB advances
10,609
10,383
145,383
Overnight FHLB advances
623,000
258,000
235,000
145,000
268,609
290,383
The Company had an increase in overnight FHLB advances of $365.0 million from June 30, 2026 to September 30, 2026. The increase was primarily due to funding needs from strong loan growth during the third quarter of 2026 and the decline in correspondent deposits.
It is management's intention to reduce its reliance on wholesale funding, including FHLB advances and brokered deposits. Replacement of this funding with core deposits helps to reduce interest expense as wholesale funding tends to be higher cost. However, the Company may choose to utilize advances and/or brokered deposits to supplement funding needs, as this is a way for the Company to effectively and efficiently manage interest rate risk.
The table below presents the maturity schedule including weighted average interest cost for the Company's combined wholesale funding portfolio (defined as FHLB advances and brokered deposits):
Weighted
Maturity:
Amount Due
Interest Rate
Year ending December 31:
636,324
320,520
2027
42,379
4.05
42,348
2028
52,563
3.99
52,519
2029
66,984
3.30
66,926
2030
Thereafter
Total Wholesale Funding
798,476
482,313
3.92
During the first nine months of 2026, wholesale funding increased $316.2 million due to outflows of correspondent deposit balances during the quarter largely due to timing, with over $500.0 million of deposits returning to our balance sheet shortly after the quarter ended.
The Company renewed its revolving credit note in the second quarter of 2026. At renewal, the available amount under the line of credit remained at $60.0 million for which there was no outstanding balance as of September 30, 2026. Interest on the revolving line of credit is calculated at the greater of: (a) the effective Prime Rate less 0.50%, or (b) 3.00% per annum. The collateral on the revolving line of credit is 100% of the outstanding stock of each of the Company’s bank subsidiaries.
The Company had other borrowings totaling $99.5 million as of September 30, 2026. In August 2025, the Company pledged a portion of its HTM municipal securities in exchange for term borrowings through a repurchase agreement. The repurchase agreements are reported as secured borrowings as we maintain effective control of the financed assets.
The Company had subordinated notes totaling $234.4 million and $234.0 million as of September 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
The Company had junior subordinated debentures totaling $49.1 million and $49.0 million as of September 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
The table below presents the composition of the Company's stockholders' equity:
Common stock
Additional paid in capital
AOCI
TCE / TA ratio (non-GAAP)*
10.33
* TCE/TA ratio is defined as total common stockholders' equity excluding goodwill and other intangibles divided by total assets. This ratio is a non-GAAP financial measure. See GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations.
As of September 30, 2026 and 2025, no preferred stock was outstanding.
On October 20, 2025, the board of directors of the Company approved a new share repurchase program under which the Company is authorized to repurchase, from time to time as the Company deems appropriate, of up to 1,700,000 shares of its common stock, or approximately 10% of the outstanding shares as of September 30, 2025. The new share repurchase program does not have an expiration date. The share repurchase program does not obligate the Company to repurchase any shares of its common stock, and other than repurchases that have been completed to date, there is no assurance that the Company will do so. Under the share repurchase program, the Company may repurchase shares of common stock from time to time in open market or privately negotiated transactions. The number, timing and price of shares repurchased will depend on a number of factors, including business and market conditions, regulatory requirements, availability of funds, and other factors, including opportunities to deploy the Company's capital. The Company may, in its discretion, begin, suspend or terminate repurchases at any time prior to the program’s termination, without any prior notice.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Liquidity measures the ability of the Company to meet maturing obligations and its existing commitments, to withstand fluctuations in deposit levels, to fund its operations, and to provide for customer credit needs. The Company monitors liquidity risk through contingency planning stress testing on a regular basis. The Company seeks to avoid an over-concentration of funding sources and to establish and maintain contingent funding facilities that can be drawn upon if normal funding sources become unavailable. One source of liquidity is cash and short-term assets, such as interest-bearing deposits in other banks and federal funds sold, which totaled $186.7 million and $237.6 million at September 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The Company’s on-balance sheet liquidity position can fluctuate based on short-term activity in deposits and loans.
The subsidiary banks have a variety of sources of short-term liquidity available to them, including federal funds purchased from correspondent banks, FHLB advances, wholesale structured repurchase agreements, brokered deposits, lines of credit, borrowing at the Federal Reserve Discount Window, sales of securities AFS, and loan/lease participations or sales. The Company also generates liquidity from the regular principal payments and prepayments made on its loan/lease portfolio and on the regular monthly payments on its securities portfolio.
At September 30, 2026, the subsidiary banks had 26 lines of credit totaling $926.5 million with upstream correspondent banks, of which $485.7 million was secured and $440.8 million was unsecured. At September 30, 2026, the Company had the full $926.5 million available under these lines of credit.
At December 31, 2025, the subsidiary banks had 26 lines of credit totaling $930.7 million, of which $489.9 million was secured and $440.8 million was unsecured. At December 31, 2025, $930.7 million was available under these lines of credit.
The Company has emphasized growing the number and amount of available lines of credit in an effort to strengthen this contingent source of liquidity. Additionally, the Company maintains a $60.0 million secured revolving credit note with a variable interest rate and a maturity of June 30, 2027. At September 30, 2026, the full $60.0 million was available.
As of September 30, 2026, the Company had $841.1 million in actual correspondent banking deposits spread over 187 relationships. While the Company believes that these funds are relatively stable, there is the potential for large fluctuations that can impact liquidity. Seasonality and the liquidity needs of these correspondent banks can impact balances. Management closely monitors these fluctuations and runs stress scenarios to measure the impact on liquidity and interest rate risk with various levels of correspondent deposit run-off.
Investing activities used cash of $618.8 million during the first nine months of 2026, compared to $544.1 million for the same period of 2025. The net increase in federal funds sold was $16.5 million for the first nine months of 2026, compared to a net decrease of $5.0 million for the same period of 2025. The net decrease in interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions was $64.5 million for the first nine months of 2026, compared to a net decrease of $5.6 million for the same period of 2025. Proceeds from calls, maturities, and paydowns of securities were $73.2 million for the first nine months of 2026, compared to $63.9 million for the same period of 2025. Purchases of securities used cash of $185.9 million for the first nine months of 2026, compared to $170.5 million for the same period of 2025. The net increase in loans/leases used cash of $492.1 million for the first nine months of 2026 compared to a net increase in loans of $407.5 million for the same period of 2025.
Financing activities provided cash of $125.0 million for the first nine months of 2026, compared to cash provided by financing activities of $443.9 million for same period of 2025. Net decreases in deposits totaled $211.0 million for the first nine months of 2026, compared to net increases in deposits of $318.9 million for the same period of 2025. During the first nine months of 2026, the Company's short-term borrowings increased $2.1 million compared to an increase in short-term borrowings of $1.1 million for the same period of 2025. Net increase in overnight advances totaled $388.0 million for the first nine months of 2026 as compared to a net increase of $5.0 million for the same period of 2025. Payments on other borrowings totaled $8.2 million for the first nine months of 2026. There were no payments on other borrowings during the first nine months of 2025. Repurchase and cancellation of shares in the first nine months of 2026 totaled $43.9 million, as compared to $9.0 million repurchase and cancellation of shares in the first nine months of 2025.
Total cash provided by operating activities was $506.5 million for the first nine months of 2026, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $86.1 million for the same period of 2025.
Throughout its history, the Company has secured additional capital through various sources, including the issuance of common and preferred stock, as well as trust preferred securities and subordinated notes.
As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the subsidiary banks remained “well-capitalized” in accordance with regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking authorities. Refer to Note 10 of the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding regulatory capital.
SPECIAL NOTE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This document (including information incorporated by reference) contains, and future oral and written statements of the Company and its management may contain, forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business of the Company. Forward-looking statements, which may be based upon beliefs, expectations and assumptions of the Company's management and on information currently available to management, are generally identifiable by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “bode,” “predict,” “suggest,” “project,” “appear,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate,” “annualize,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “likely,” “might,” “potential,” “continue,” “annualized,” “target,” “outlook,” as well as the negative forms of those words or other similar expressions. Additionally, all statements in this document, including forward-looking statements, speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any statement in light of new information or future events.
Forward-looking statements are not historical facts but instead represent management’s current expectations and forecasts regarding future events, many of which are inherently uncertain and outside of our control. Actual results may differ, possibly materially, from those currently expected or projected in these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated or implied by forward-looking statements. A number of factors, many of which are beyond the ability of the Company to control or predict, could cause actual results to differ materially from those in its forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to:
These risks and uncertainties should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. For a discussion of the factors that could have a material adverse effect on the operations and future prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, see the “Risk Factors” section included under Item 1A. of Part I of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The Company, like other financial institutions, is subject to direct and indirect market risk. Direct market risk exists from changes in interest rates. The Company's net income is dependent on its net interest income. Net interest income is susceptible to interest rate risk to the degree that interest-bearing liabilities mature or reprice on a different basis than interest-earning assets. When interest-bearing liabilities mature or reprice more quickly than interest-earning assets in a given period, a significant increase in market rates of interest could adversely affect net interest income. Similarly, when interest-earning assets mature or reprice more quickly than interest-bearing liabilities, falling interest rates could result in a decrease in net interest income.
In an attempt to manage the Company's exposure to changes in interest rates, management monitors the Company's interest rate risk. Each subsidiary bank has an asset/liability management committee of the board of directors that meets quarterly to review the bank's interest rate risk position and profitability, and to make or recommend adjustments for consideration by the full board of each bank.
Internal asset/liability management teams, consisting of members of the subsidiary banks’ management, meet bi-weekly to manage the mix of assets and liabilities to maximize earnings and liquidity and minimize interest rate and other risks. Management also reviews the subsidiary banks' securities portfolios, formulates investment strategies, and oversees the timing and implementation of transactions to assure attainment of the board's objectives in an effective manner. Notwithstanding the Company's interest rate risk management activities, the potential for changing interest rates is an uncertainty that can have an adverse effect on net income.
In adjusting the Company's asset/liability position, the board of directors and management attempt to manage the Company's interest rate risk while maintaining or enhancing net interest margins. At times, depending on the level of general interest rates, the relationship between long-term and short-term interest rates, market conditions and competitive factors, the board of directors and management may decide to increase the Company's interest rate risk position somewhat in order to increase its net interest margin. The Company's results of operations and net portfolio values remain vulnerable to increases in interest rates and to fluctuations in the difference between long-term and short-term interest rates.
One method used to quantify interest rate risk is a short-term earnings at risk summary, which is a detailed and dynamic simulation model used to quantify the estimated exposure of net interest income to sustained interest rate changes. This simulation model captures the impact of changing interest rates on the interest income received and interest expense paid on all interest sensitive assets and liabilities reflected on the Company's consolidated balance sheet. This sensitivity analysis demonstrates net interest income exposure annually over a five-year horizon, assuming no balance sheet growth, no balance sheet mix change, and various interest rate scenarios including no change in rates; 100, 200, 300, and 400 basis point upward and downward shifts; where interest-bearing assets and liabilities reprice at their earliest possible repricing date.
The model assumes parallel and pro rata shifts in interest rates over a twelve-month period for the 100, 200 and 300 basis point upward and downward shifts. For the 400 basis point upward shift, the model assumes a parallel and pro rata shift in interest rates over a twenty-four month period.
Further, in recent years, the Company added additional interest rate scenarios where interest rates experience a parallel and instantaneous shift (a “shock”) upward and downward of 100, 200, 300, and 400 basis points. The Company will run additional interest rate scenarios on an as-needed basis.
The asset/liability management committees of the subsidiary bank boards of directors have established policy limits of a 10% decline in net interest income for the 200-basis point upward and downward parallel shift. For the 300 basis point upward and downward shock, the established policy limit is a 30% decline in net interest income. The increased policy limit is appropriate as the shock scenario is extreme and unlikely and warrants a higher limit than the more realistic and traditional parallel/pro-rata shift scenarios.
Application of the simulation model analysis for select interest rate scenarios at the most recent quarter-end available is presented in the following table:
NET INTEREST INCOME EXPOSURE IN YEAR 1
INTEREST RATE SCENARIO
POLICY LIMIT
300 basis point downward parallel shock
(30.0)
0.9
200 basis point downward parallel shift
(10.0)
200 basis point upward parallel shift
(0.6)
300 basis point upward parallel shock
(1.9)
With the shift in funding from non-interest bearing and lower beta deposits to higher beta deposits, the Company’s balance sheet is now moderately liability sensitive. Notably, management is conservative with the repricing assumptions on loans and deposits. For example, management does not model any delay in loan and deposit betas despite historical experience and practice of delays in deposit betas. Additionally, management does not model mix shift or growth in its standard scenarios which can be impactful. As an alternative, management runs separate scenarios to capture the impact on delayed beta performance and various shifts in mix of loans and deposits. Finally, management models a variety of scenarios including some that stress key assumptions to help capture and isolate the impact of the management’s more conservative approach to the assumptions in the base model.
The simulation is within the board-established policy limits for all four scenarios. Additionally, for all of the various interest rate scenarios modeled and measured by management (as described above), the results at September 30, 2026 were within established risk tolerances as established by policy or by best practice (if the interest rate scenario didn't have a specific policy limit).
Interest rate risk is considered to be one of the most significant market risks affecting the Company. For that reason, the Company engages the assistance of a national consulting firm and its risk management system to monitor and control the Company's interest rate risk exposure. Other types of market risk, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk and commodity price risk, do not arise in the normal course of the Company's business activities.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act of 1934) as of September 30, 2026. Based on that evaluation, the Company's management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of the end of the period covered by this report, to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports filed and submitted under the Exchange Act was recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There has been no changes that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1 Legal Proceedings
There are no material pending legal proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to their respective businesses.
Item 1A Risk Factors
There have been no material changes in the risk factors applicable to the Company from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A., “Risk Factors,” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. Please refer to that section of the Company’s Form 10-K for disclosures regarding the other risks and uncertainties related to the Company’s business.
Item 2 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
On October 20, 2025, the board of directors of the Company approved a new share repurchase program under which the Company is authorized to repurchase, from time to time as the Company deems appropriate, of up to 1,700,000 shares of its common stock, or approximately 10% of the outstanding shares as of September 30, 2025. The new share repurchase program does not have an expiration date.
Total number of shares
Maximum number
purchased as part of
of shares that may still
Total number of
Average price
publicly announced
be purchased under
Period
shares purchased
paid per share
plans or programs
the plans or programs
January 1-31, 2026
36,069
86.10
185,525
1,514,475
February 1-28, 2026
29,576
90.28
215,101
1,484,899
March 1-31, 2026
181,644
83.68
396,745
1,303,255
April 1-30, 2026
69,592
89.72
466,337
1,233,663
May 1-31, 2026
69,880
90.10
536,217
1,163,783
June 1-30, 2026
10,167
90.99
546,384
1,153,616
July 1-31, 2026
August 1-31, 2026
26,000
100.52
572,384
1,127,616
September 1-30, 2026
68,861
100.63
641,245
1,058,755
Item 3 Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None
Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable
Item 5 Other Information
During the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2026, none of the Company’s directors or executive officers adopted or terminated a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of Company securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or any non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement.
Item 6 Exhibits
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).
31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).
32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101
Inline XBRL Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Income for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025; (iv) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025; (v) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025; (vi) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025; and (vii) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
104
Inline XBRL cover page interactive data file pursuant to Rule 406 of Regulation S-T for the interactive data files referenced in Exhibit 101.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant)
Date
November 6, 2026
/s/ Todd A. Gipple
Todd A. Gipple
President & Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Nick W. Anderson
Nick W. Anderson
Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Brittany N. Whitfield
Brittany N. Whitfield
Chief Accounting Officer