Company: AX
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001299709-25-000184
Chunk: 133

Company: Axos Financial, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
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 fees related to the FDIC Loan Purchase.

Net Interest Income

For the three months ended September 30, 2025, net interest income totaled $291.1 million, a decrease of $1.0 million, or 0.3%, compared to net interest income of $292.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024. For the three months ended September 30, 2025, net interest margin decreased by 42 basis points compared to the net interest margin of 5.17% for the three months ended September 30, 2024.

For the three months ended September 30, 2025, total interest and dividend income decreased 3.8% from the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to a $9.2 million decrease in interest income on deposits in other financial institutions, primarily driven by lower rates earned, as well as lower interest earned on loans, reflecting lower rates earned, partially offset by higher average balances.

For the three months ended September 30, 2025, total interest expense decreased 9.1% from the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily due to a $20.0 million decrease in interest expense on demand and savings deposits, reflecting lower rates paid, partially offset by higher deposit balances.

Provision for Credit Losses

The provision for credit losses was $17.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $14.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The provision for credit losses consists of provisions for both funded loans and for unfunded lending commitments. The provision for credit losses for funded loans was $15.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, and was primarily driven by the post-acquisition provision for credit losses on the loans and leases acquired in the Verdant acquisition, as well as loan growth and the impact of macroeconomic variables used in the allowance for credit losses model, primarily the U.S. unemployment rate, consumer price and housing price indices, as well as the five-year U.S. Treasury rate. 

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 The provision for credit losses for unfunded lending commitments of $2.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, was primarily driven by unfunded lending commitment growth, primarily in the commercial real estate and commercial & industrial - non-RE portfolios. Provisions for credit losses are charged to income to bring