SAN JOSE, CA / ACCESS Newswire / April 27, 2026 / Avidbank Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVBH) (the "Company" or "Avidbank Holdings"), the holding company for Avidbank, a California state-chartered bank (the "Bank"), announced net income for the first quarter of 2026 of $9.0 million, or $0.84 per diluted share, compared to net income of $6.9 million, or $0.65 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2025 and net income of $5.4 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2025.

First Quarter 2026 Highlights

• Return on average assets was 1.46% compared to 1.12% in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 0.96% in the first quarter of 2025.

• Net interest margin expanded to 4.38% in the first quarter of 2026, compared to 4.13% in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 3.52% in the first quarter of 2025.

• The efficiency ratio was 50.35% compared to 51.72% in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 62.57% in the first quarter of 2025.

• Book value per share was $26.33 at March 31, 2026, an increase of $0.67 from December 31, 2025, and an increase of $1.48 from March 31, 2025.

• Repurchased 25,000 shares of our common stock for $693 thousand and an average price of $27.69 per share as part of our share repurchase program.

• Period-end loans, net of deferred fees, increased $24.4 million, or 5% annualized, from December 31, 2025 and $331.7 million, or 18%, from March 31, 2025.

• Average deposits increased $15.2 million, or 3% annualized, from the fourth quarter of 2025 and $265.1 million, or 14%, from the first quarter of 2025. Period-end deposits increased $13.2 million, or 2% annualized, from December 31, 2025 and $269.8 million, or 14%, from March 31, 2025.

• Non-performing assets to total assets decreased to 0.63% as of March 31, 2026 compared to 0.95% at December 31, 2025 and increased compared to 0.06% at March 31, 2025.

• Net charge-offs to average loans totaled 0.52% in the first quarter of 2026 compared to 0.30% in the fourth quarter of 2025 due to the charge-off of two commercial and industrial loans.

Mark Mordell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer stated, "We are pleased to see that the work we did in 2025 with our successful IPO and the restructuring of our balance sheet, along with the dedicated work of our employees, is being demonstrated by our improved profitability metrics."

Mordell added, "We believe the strong profitability in the first quarter reflects the strength of our business model and the continued execution of our overall strategy. This is a direct result of the dedication and teamwork of our employees, whose commitment to serving our clients and managing the balance sheet thoughtfully continues to drive meaningful value for our shareholders."

Mordell concluded, "During the quarter, overall asset quality improved with the resolution of three non-performing loans, including the charge-off of two commercial and industrial loans and the payoff of one construction loan. We remain focused on proactive credit management and remain confident in the credit quality of our overall loan portfolio."

Results of Operations

Net interest income totaled $26.5 million for the first quarter of 2026, an increase of $1.5 million, or 24% annualized, from the fourth quarter of 2025, and an increase of $7.1 million, or 37%, from the first quarter of 2025. Net interest margin was 4.38% in the first quarter of 2026, an increase of 25 basis points compared to the fourth quarter of 2025, and an 86 basis point increase compared to the first quarter of 2025. The increase in net interest income compared to the prior quarter was primarily due to higher average loan balances and lower cost of deposits, while the increase compared to the first quarter of 2025 was driven by higher average loan balances and lower average short-term borrowings. The increase in net interest margin compared to the prior quarter was primarily driven by higher average loan balances and lower cost of deposits as well as improvement in interest income due to the receipt of a special FHLB dividend totaling $241 thousand and higher loan fees in the first quarter of 2026. The special FHLB dividend contributed 4 basis points to net interest margin. The increase in net interest margin compared to the first quarter of 2025 was primarily driven by lower cost of deposits and lower rates on short-term borrowings.

The yield on loans in the first quarter of 2026 was 6.68%, unchanged from the fourth quarter of 2025 and a decrease of 28 basis points from the first quarter of 2025. The decrease in loan yields from the prior year quarter was driven by reductions in the prime rate. The yield on securities increased in the first quarter of 2026 to 4.64% compared to 4.61% in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 2.40% in the first quarter of 2025 due to the balance sheet restructuring in 2025.

The yield on interest-earning assets increased 13 basis points during the first quarter of 2026 compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 and increased 16 basis points compared to the first quarter of 2025. The increase from the fourth quarter of 2025 was primarily driven by an increase in average loan balances and higher average balances of debt securities, partially offset by a decrease in interest-bearing deposits. The increase compared to the first quarter of 2025 was primarily due to higher average loan balances and higher yields on the average balances of our debt securities portfolio.

The cost of interest-bearing deposits in the first quarter of 2026 was 2.98%, a decrease of 20 basis points compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 and a decrease of 53 basis points compared to the first quarter of 2025. The cost of deposits in the first quarter of 2026 was 2.24%, a decrease of 15 basis points from the fourth quarter of 2025 and a decrease of 52 basis points from the first quarter of 2025, primarily driven by the reduction in the Prime rate. Overall funding costs declined 19 basis points from the fourth quarter of 2025 and 63 basis points compared to the first quarter of 2025.

The provision for credit losses was $1.4 million in the first quarter of 2026, compared to $2.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and $0 in the first quarter of 2025. The provision was lower in the first quarter of 2026 primarily due to lower loan growth compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 and higher compared to the first quarter of 2025 due to higher loan balances in the first quarter of 2026.

Non-interest income was $1.5 million in the first quarter of 2026 compared to $1.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and $1.2 million in the first quarter of 2025. The first quarter of 2026 included decreases in warrant and success fee income and other investments income, partially offset by an increase of $109 thousand in foreign exchange income.

Non-interest expense totaled $14.1 million for the first quarter of 2026, compared to $13.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and $12.8 million in the first quarter of 2025. The increase from the fourth quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2025 was primarily due to higher credit-related legal and professional fees. There were 154 full-time equivalent employees on March 31, 2026, compared to 151 on December 31, 2025, and 143 on March 31, 2025.

The effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2026 was 27.5% compared to 31.1% in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 29.2% in the first quarter of 2025. The decrease compared to the fourth quarter and the first quarter of 2025 was primarily due to discrete tax benefits related to the vesting of equity awards.

Financial Condition

Total assets were $2.58 billion as of March 31, 2026, compared to $2.57 billion as of December 31, 2025, and $2.32 billion at March 31, 2025. Cash and cash equivalents were $149.0 million on March 31, 2026, compared to $154.6 million on December 31, 2025, and $125.0 million on March 31, 2025.

Loans, net of deferred fees, on March 31, 2026, totaled $2.17 billion, an increase of $24.4 million, or 5% annualized, from December 31, 2025, and an increase of $331.7 million, or 18%, from March 31, 2025. The increase in loans during the first quarter of 2026 included an increase of $26.4 million in non-owner-occupied real estate loans, partially offset by a decrease of $8.8 million in commercial and industrial loans.

The allowance for credit losses on loans was $20.9 million on March 31, 2026, a decrease of $1.3 million from December 31, 2025, and an increase of $2.2 million compared to March 31, 2025. The allowance for credit losses - loans and unfunded commitments to total loans was 1.07% on March 31, 2026, compared to 1.15% on December 31, 2025 and 1.14% as of March 31, 2025. Non-performing loans to total loans was 0.75% at March 31, 2026, down 39 basis points compared to December 31, 2025 and up 68 basis points from March 31, 2025. The decrease in the first quarter of 2026 was primarily due to the payoff of a $3.1 million well-collateralized construction loan that was non-performing and the charge-off of two commercial and industrial loans totaling $3.2 million.

The available-for-sale securities portfolio totaled $210.6 million as of March 31, 2026, compared to $218.2 million at December 31, 2025, and $296.6 million as of March 31, 2025. The net unrealized loss for the available-for-sale portfolio totaled $1.8 million as of March 31, 2026, compared to $328 thousand at December 31, 2025 and $65.6 million as of March 31, 2025.

Deposits were $2.2 billion on March 31, 2026, an increase of $13.2 million, or 2% annualized, from December 31, 2025, and an increase of $269.8 million, or 14% from March 31, 2025. The change in deposits during the first quarter of 2026 included a $38.5 million increase in non-reciprocal brokered deposits and an increase of $20.1 million in non-interest-bearing demand deposits, partially offset by decreases of $33.1 million in interest-bearing checking deposits and $13.1 million in money market and savings deposits. Quarterly average deposits for the first quarter of 2026 were $2.15 billion, an increase of $15.2 million from the fourth quarter of 2025, and an increase of $265.1 million from the first quarter of 2025. Average non-interest-bearing demand deposits increased $7.4 million compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 and $128.3 million compared to the first quarter of 2025.

Short-term borrowings outstanding at March 31, 2026 were $55.0 million, compared to $60.0 million at December 31, 2025, and $155.0 million at March 31, 2025.

Book value per share was $26.33 on March 31, 2026, an increase of $0.67 compared to December 31, 2025, and an increase of $1.48 compared to March 31, 2025. Total shareholders' equity was $288.4 million on March 31, 2026, an increase of $7.5 million compared to December 31, 2025, and an increase of $91.8 million from March 31, 2025. During the first quarter of 2026, we repurchased 25,000 shares of our common stock for $693 thousand and an average price of $27.69 per share as part of our share repurchase program.

Other Information

The Company will host a conference call on April 28, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) / 8:00 a.m. (Pacific Time) to discuss the earnings results for the first quarter of 2026. Investors may call in by dialing (800) 715-9871 within the US and +1(646) 307-1963 for all other locations (Conference ID: 1715743). Participants may also pre-register for the conference by navigating https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/983702195.

Alternatively, individuals may listen to a live webcast of the presentation by visiting the link on the Company's website at www.avidbank.com under About Us, Investor Relations. An audio replay of the live webcast is expected to be available by the evening of April 28, 2026, through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website. The recording will be available for one year from the day of posting. Information which may be discussed on the conference call is provided in an earnings supplement presentation available on the Company's website and furnished with the SEC and available at www.sec.gov.

About Avidbank Holdings

Avidbank Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVBH), headquartered in San Jose, California, offers innovative financial solutions and services. We specialize in commercial & industrial lending, venture lending, structured finance, asset-based lending, sponsor finance, fund finance, and real estate construction and commercial real estate lending. Avidbank provides a different approach to banking. We do what we say.

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Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: uncertain market conditions and economic trends nationally, regionally and particularly in the Bay Area and California; economic conditions affecting the venture capital and private equity industries, including any decline in overall portfolio company investment, merger and acquisition activity and other liquidity events affecting venture and private equity fund and their portfolio companies; risks related to the concentration of our business in California, and specifically within the Bay Area, including risks associated with any downturn in the real estate sector; incurrence of losses in connection with the repositioning of our available-for-sale securities portfolio utilizing the proceeds from our recently completed public offering; the effects of a prolonged government shutdown; the occurrence of significant natural disasters, including fires and earthquakes, geopolitical events, and acts of war or terrorism; our ability to conduct our business could be disrupted by natural or man-made disasters, including the effects of pandemic viruses; changes in market interest rates that affect the pricing of our loans and deposits and our net interest income; risks related to our strategic focus on lending to small to medium-sized businesses; the sufficiency of the assumptions and estimates we make in establishing reserves for potential loan losses and the value of loan collateral and securities; our ability to attract and retain executive officers and key employees and their client and community relationships; adverse changes in the financial performance and/or condition of our borrowers and, as a result, increased loan delinquency rates, deterioration in asset quality and losses in our loan portfolio; the costs of effects and results of legal and regulatory developments, including legal proceedings and lawsuits we are or may become subject to; the results of regulatory examinations or reviews and the effect of and our ability to comply with, any regulations or regulatory orders or actions we are or may become subject to; our level of non-performing assets and the costs associated with resolving problem loans; our ability to maintain adequate liquidity and to raise necessary capital to fund our growth strategy and operations or to meet increased minimum regulatory capital levels; the effects of increased competition from a wide variety of local, regional, national and other providers of financial services; technological changes and developments; negative trends in our market capitalization and adverse changes in the price of our common stock; risks associated with unauthorized access, cyber-crime and other threats to data security; the effects of any strategic transactions we may make or evaluate, and the costs associated with any potential or actual strategic transaction; our ability to comply with various governmental and regulatory requirements applicable to financial institutions, including supervisory actions by federal and state banking agencies; the impact of recent and future legislative and regulatory changes, including changes in banking, accounting, securities and tax laws and regulations and their application by our regulators, and economic stimulus programs; governmental monetary and fiscal policies, including the policies of the Federal Reserve and policies related to tariffs; our ability to implement, maintain and improve effective internal controls; our use of the net proceeds from our recent public offering; and our success at managing any of the risks involved any of the foregoing items. 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Contact:

Patrick Oakes
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
408-200-7390
IR@avidbank.com

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⁽¹⁾ FDIC regulations impose a general cap on reciprocal deposits that may be exempt from brokered deposits classification equal to 20% of the Bank's total liabilities. As of March 31, 2026, December 31, 2025, September 30 2025, June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025, an additional $447.6 million, $475.4 million, $522.5 million, $495.4 million and $447.8 million of our deposits were considered brokered deposits by the FDIC due to being in excess of the general cap, respectively.

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