Associated Banc-Corp reports Q1 EPS 59c, consensus 57c

“2025 is off to a strong start at Associated Bank,” said President and CEO Andy Harmening. “During the first quarter, we achieved several key milestones of our strategic plan, completing our commercial expansion, achieving a record-high net promoter score, and finalizing the balance sheet repositioning we announced in December. Importantly, the emerging momentum from our initiatives helped us deliver another strong financial quarter, with over $500 million in loan and deposit growth, 16 basis points of margin expansion, ten basis points of CET1 capital accretion and solid credit quality trends. We continue to expect 2025 period end loan growth of 5% to 6% as compared to the year ended December 31, 2024.”