Company: UVSP
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000102212-25-000006
Chunk: 165

Company: UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 165
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2023 

Reported net interest income for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $211.2 million, a decrease of $8.8 million, or 4.0%, from the prior year. Net interest income, on a tax-equivalent basis, for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $212.3 million, a decrease of $8.9 million, or 4.0%, from the prior year. An increase in interest income of $40.6 million, driven by increases in asset yields, including loan and investment yields, and increases in the average balance of average interest-earning assets was outpaced by an increase in interest expense of $49.5 million, which was largely driven by an increase in the cost of, and the average balances of, interest-bearing deposits. The net interest margin on a tax-equivalent basis for the year ended 

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December 31, 2024 was 2.86% compared to 3.12% for 2023. The net interest margin decrease was attributable to the increase in interest rates and the liability sensitivity of the Corporation's balance sheet.

2023 versus 2022

Reported net interest income for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $220.0 million, an increase of $1.7 million, or 0.8%, from the prior year. Net interest income, on a tax-equivalent basis, for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $221.2 million, an increase of $1.0 million, or 0.4%, from the prior year. An increase in interest income of $118.8 million, which was driven by increases in asset yields, including loans and investments, due to the rising interest rate environment and increases in average interest-earning assets, was offset by an increase of $117.8 million in the cost of interest-bearing liabilities, due to the rising interest rate environment and increases in the average balance of higher-costing time deposits and money market savings accounts. The net interest margin on a tax-equivalent basis for the year ended December 31, 2023 was 3.12% compared to 3.38% for 2022. The net interest margin decrease was attributable to the increase in interest rates and the liability sensitivity of the Corporation's balance sheet, offset by an increase in the yield and average balance of interest-earning assets.

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Table 1—Average Balances and Interest Rates