Company: CCNE
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000736772-25-000202
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Company: CNB FINANCIAL CORP/PA
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
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 2024 and other non-interest expenses also increased, primarily due to higher business development activity.

INCOME TAX EXPENSE

Income tax expense was $2.0 million, representing a 22.43% effective tax rate, compared to $3.3 million, representing a 19.31% effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024

OVERVIEW

Earnings were $29.3 million, or $1.26 per diluted share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Excluding after-tax merger transaction related expenses, adjusted earnings were $47.6 million, or $2.05 per diluted share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to earnings of $36.3 million, or $1.72 per diluted share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The year-to-date increase of $11.3 million, or 31.13%, and $0.33 per diluted share, or 19.19%, was primarily the result of an increase in net interest income, partially offset by a decrease in non-interest expense.

Annualized return on average equity was 6.42% for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Excluding after-tax merger transaction related expenses, annualized return on average equity was 10.05% for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 9.01% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Annualized return on average tangible common equity, a non-GAAP measure, was 7.08% for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Excluding after-tax merger transaction related expenses, annualized return on average tangible common equity was 11.51% for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to 10.01% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

The Corporation's efficiency ratio was 66.80% for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, and 65.74% on a fully tax-equivalent basis, a non-GAAP measure. Excluding merger and integration costs, the efficiency ratio on a fully tax-equivalent basis, a non-GAAP measure, was 62.68%, compared to 66