Mercantile Bank (MBWM) Q1 2026 Earnings Transcript

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Tue, April 21, 2026 astatine 12:01 PM CDT 38 min read

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026 astatine 10 a.m. ET

• President — Raymond Reitsma

• Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer — Charles Christmas

Raymond Reitsma: Thanks, Nichole. Our results for the archetypal 4th of 2026 proceed to physique connected the taxable of commercialized expertise generating a beardown instrumentality profile. The consummation of the acquisition of Eastern Michigan connected December 31, 2025, represents execution of our strategical objectives astir deposit growth, indebtedness maturation and borderline stableness paired with beardown plus prime and wide fiscal performance. We proceed to show apical cortile instrumentality connected plus show comparative to our peers built upon the pursuing traits: Trait #1, a beardown and durable nett involvement margin. Over the past 5 quarters, the SOFR 90-day mean complaint has dropped 67 ground points portion our borderline accrued by 8 ground points to 3.55%.

This illustrates effectual execution of our strategical nonsubjective to support a dependable borderline by matched backing of our assets and liabilities and refutes the conception that we person an asset-sensitive equilibrium expanse contempt the comparatively ample information of floating our proportionality of floating complaint assets. Trait #2, precise beardown plus quality. Non-performing assets to full assets stay astatine the debased levels emblematic of our institution astatine 11 ground points of full assets arsenic of March 31, 2026. Non-performing loans to full loans implicit the past 6.25 years averaged 12 ground points.

The allowance for recognition losses stands astatine 1.18% of full loans arsenic of March 31, 2026, astir 10x NPAs providing precise beardown sum comparative to past owed and non-performing indebtedness levels. These numbers show our semipermanent committedness to excellence successful underwriting and indebtedness administration. Trade #3, improved on-balance expanse liquidity and loan-to-deposit ratio. At the extremity of the archetypal 4th of 2026, our ain to-deposit ratio stood astatine 89% compared to 91% connected December 31, 2025, and 98% successful December 31, 2024, and 110% connected December 31, 2023.

As of March 31, 2026, our indebtedness -- our deposit premix included 25% and non-interest-bearing deposits and 25% little outgo deposits, unchanged from year-end to 2025, but up from 20% astatine the extremity of the 3rd 4th of 2025, which has contributed to the stableness of our nett involvement margin. Our acquisition of Eastern Michigan contributed positively to these measures. Deposit maturation for the archetypal 4th of 2026 compared to the archetypal 4th of 2025 was 15.8%. The maturation was astir proportional successful non-interest-bearing to interest-bearing accounts. Trade #4, beardown deposit and indebtedness compounded yearly maturation rates. Our caller absorption connected deposit maturation is not caller to our bank.