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Bancfirst Corp.: Q4 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q4 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 23 January 2026: press release. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Net income and EPS rose: Net income was $59.5 million, or $1.75 per diluted share, against $56.5 million, or $1.68, a year earlier. Source
  • Margin rose from a year earlier: Net interest margin was 3.71%, up from 3.68% a year earlier and down from 3.79% in the third quarter. Source
  • Deposits grew, time deposits most: Total deposits were $12.7 billion, up $951.8 million from year-end 2024. Time deposits rose to $1.84 billion from $1.47 billion; noninterest-bearing demand deposits were $3.90 billion. Source
  • Visa B-1 gain lifted fee income: Noninterest income was $53.3 million, up from $47.0 million a year earlier, mainly from a $4.5 million gain on the sale of Visa B-1 stock. Source
  • Noninterest expense rose to $107.4 million: Noninterest expense was $107.4 million, up from $92.3 million a year earlier and from $92.1 million in the third quarter. Source
  • Other real estate costs drove increase: Net expense from other real estate owned was $12.0 million, against $6.4 million a year earlier; the increase was mostly write-downs of other real estate. Source
  • American Bank of Oklahoma acquired: The company paid $33 million for American Bank of Oklahoma, a community bank headquartered in Collinsville with six banking locations in Oklahoma. Source

“The Company reported record net income and record earnings per share for the fifth consecutive year.”

BancFirst Corporation CEO David Harlow

What changed from last quarter

  • New: Acquired American Bank of Oklahoma, which is now one of four subsidiary banks. Source

Quarter results and growth drivers

  • Net income and EPS rose: Net income was $59.5 million, or $1.75 per diluted share, against $56.5 million, or $1.68, a year earlier. Source
  • Net interest income grew on loans: Net interest income was $127.7 million, up from $115.9 million a year earlier, with higher loan volume and growth in other earning assets as the main drivers. Source
  • Full-year net income rose: Full-year net income was $240.6 million, or $7.11 per diluted share, against $216.4 million, or $6.44, in 2024. Source
  • Net income below third quarter: The previous release reported third-quarter net income of $62.7 million, or $1.85 per diluted share; fourth-quarter net income was lower than that.

Net interest margin and funding

  • Margin rose from a year earlier: Net interest margin was 3.71%, up from 3.68% a year earlier and down from 3.79% in the third quarter. Source
  • Yields and funding costs eased: Total earning assets yielded 5.66% in the quarter, against 5.86% in the third quarter. Interest-bearing liabilities cost 3.08%, against 3.27% in the third quarter. Source
  • Deposits grew, time deposits most: Total deposits were $12.7 billion, up $951.8 million from year-end 2024. Time deposits rose to $1.84 billion from $1.47 billion; noninterest-bearing demand deposits were $3.90 billion. Source
  • Sweep balances declined: Off-balance sheet sweep accounts were $4.9 billion at year-end, down $262.6 million from a year earlier. Source

“Asset quality remains solid and charge-offs were in line at historical levels.”

BancFirst Corporation CEO David Harlow

Fee income and products

  • Visa B-1 gain lifted fee income: Noninterest income was $53.3 million, up from $47.0 million a year earlier, mainly from a $4.5 million gain on the sale of Visa B-1 stock. Source
  • Trust, treasury and sweep fees rose: Trust revenue was $5.9 million, against $5.6 million a year earlier. Treasury income, sweep fees and securities transactions also rose from the prior year. Source
  • Insurance commissions fell year over year: Insurance commissions were $7.6 million, against $7.9 million a year earlier and $9.0 million in the third quarter. Source

Costs and efficiency

  • Noninterest expense rose to $107.4 million: Noninterest expense was $107.4 million, up from $92.3 million a year earlier and from $92.1 million in the third quarter. Source
  • Other real estate costs drove increase: Net expense from other real estate owned was $12.0 million, against $6.4 million a year earlier; the increase was mostly write-downs of other real estate. Source
  • Salaries and other costs also rose: Salaries and employee benefits were $58.6 million, against $54.3 million a year earlier. American Bank of Oklahoma added $1.6 million of noninterest expense in the quarter. Source
  • Efficiency ratio widened: The efficiency ratio was 59.33% in the fourth quarter, against 56.67% a year earlier and 52.47% in the third quarter. For the full year it was 55.00%. Source

“Our DFW banks Pegasus and Worthington continue to perform well with growth rates exceeding those of the company as a whole.”

BancFirst Corporation CEO David Harlow

Asset quality and credit

  • Provision was a $2.0 million reversal: The company recorded a $2.0 million reversal of provision on loans, against a $1.4 million reversal a year earlier and a $4.2 million provision in the third quarter. Source
  • Nonaccrual loans held near 0.72%: Nonaccrual loans were $61.1 million, or 0.72% of total loans, about level with year-end 2024. Government agencies guarantee about $10.6 million of them. Source
  • Allowance ratio slightly lower: The allowance for credit losses was $104.3 million, or 1.22% of total loans, against 1.24% a year earlier. Source
  • Net charge-offs rose: Net charge-offs were $1.6 million, against $985,000 a year earlier, and 0.02% of average loans. Source
  • Other real estate balances rose: Other real estate owned and repossessed assets were $49.1 million, up from $33.7 million at year-end 2024. Source

American Bank of Oklahoma acquisition

  • American Bank of Oklahoma acquired: The company paid $33 million for American Bank of Oklahoma, a community bank headquartered in Collinsville with six banking locations in Oklahoma. Source
  • Acquired balance sheet at closing: At acquisition, ABOK had about $413 million of total assets, $244 million of loans and $341 million of deposits. Source
  • Tulsa-area communities added: The deal adds Collinsville and Skiatook, in the Tulsa MSA, to the communities BancFirst serves. Source

Bank footprint and regions

  • Four subsidiary banks: The company operates four subsidiary banks; BancFirst has 105 banking locations serving 58 communities across Oklahoma. Source
  • Pegasus Bank in Dallas: Pegasus Bank has three banking locations in the Dallas Metroplex area. Source
  • Worthington Bank footprint: Worthington Bank has three locations in the Fort Worth Metroplex, one in Arlington and one in Denton. Source

Capital and shareholder returns

  • Dividend per share rose: Cash dividends declared were $0.49 per share in the fourth quarter, up from $0.46 a year earlier. The full-year total was $1.90, against $1.78. Source
  • Book value per share rose: Book value per common share was $55.28, up from $48.81 a year earlier. Tangible book value per common share, a non-GAAP measure, was $49.20, against $42.92. Source
  • Equity and intangible assets rose: Stockholders' equity was $1.9 billion at year-end. Intangible assets, net, were $21.4 million, up from $13.2 million a year earlier. Source

Loans and total assets

  • Loans grew to $8.5 billion: Loans grew $511.4 million from year-end 2024 to $8.5 billion at December 31, 2025. Source
  • Total assets reached $14.8 billion: Total assets were $14.8 billion, up $1.3 billion from a year earlier. Source
  • Loans to deposits ratio fell: Average loans to deposits was 66.43%, down from 69.63% a year earlier. Source
  • Cash placed with banks grew: Interest-bearing deposits with banks were $4.18 billion, up from $3.32 billion at year-end 2024. Source

Coming up, as management said on 23 January 2026

  • ABOK merger into BancFirst: American Bank of Oklahoma will keep its name until it is merged into BancFirst, which management expects in the first quarter of 2026. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Net interest margin Source3.71%
Net interest income Source$127.7 million
Loans Source$8.5 billion, up $511.4 million from year-end 2024
Deposits Source$12.7 billion
Deposit costs Sourcetime deposits 3.94%; money market and interest-bearing checking 2.84%
Provision for credit losses Sourcereversal of $2.0 million
Net charge-offs Source$1.6 million
Nonperforming assets Sourcenonaccrual loans $61.1 million
Efficiency ratio Source59.33%

Risks management discussed

  • External: Management described the economy as mixed and continues to maintain its allowance for credit losses as a percentage of loans. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Met: Management said the previously announced acquisition closed in the quarter. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.