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SummaryUpstart Holdings is down over 60% in the past year, yet I view the decline as overdone.Despite trading at a 13x forward P/E, a 10% premium to the sector median, UPST's rapid top- and bottom-line growth justifies a higher valuation.UPST is expected to deliver 44% revenue growth, signaling robust fundamentals even as its earnings multiple has contracted.I assign UPST a Buy rating, citing undervaluation and strong growth prospects despite a 27% short interest. J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images

I had Upstart Holdings (UPST) for quite some time on my watchlist, but I was hesitant to initiate coverage. Now, that's about to change. The stock is down by more than 60% over the past year, and I am

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When the year began, I named Rivian (RIVN -4.19%) my top growth stock for 2026. The thesis was simple: Rivian's growth journey has become much more lucrative, yet the stock continues to trade at a discount to competitors like Lucid Group (LCID -4.87%) and Tesla across several key valuation metrics.

In the past, Rivian was viewed mostly as an electric vehicle (EV) stock. Indeed, the company now produces three electric vehicles: the R1S, R1T, and R2 SUV. But the company's future doesn't rest solely on vehicle manufacturing. Instead, Rivian has positioned itself as an artificial intelligence (AI) stock. The company expects to ramp up its AI investments so significantly that management quietly dropped its 2027 profit guidance earlier this year.

Image source: Rivian.

Overall, I'm a big fan of Rivian pushing out its profitability goals in order to invest more aggressively in AI technologies. In the future, EVs will rely heavily on self-driving software. A vehicle's ability to drive itself will fuel not only consumer purchases but also commercial opportunities such as robotaxis. If an EV maker wants to sell into both markets, it will need to have fully self-driving vehicles. AI is these companies' best chance of achieving full autonomy and, in the future, selling cars.

The catch is that Rivian has been forced to do something painful, something Lucid investors understand all too well.

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Rivian must copy this painful financing option that Lucid has come to rely on Earlier this month, Rivian revealed that it would be selling 75 million additional shares at $15.50 apiece -- a slight discount to the prevailing market price. Underwriters have the option to buy another 11.25 million shares, which would increase Rivian's total outstanding shares by around 6%.

Rivian isn't a total stranger to share dilution. Its total shares outstanding have increased by more than 30% over the past three years to help make up for an unprofitable core business. But the company has also been able to raise non-dilutive financing, including its multibillion-dollar partnership with Volkswagen.

Lucid investors haven't been as fortunate. The company's total outstanding share count has risen far faster than Rivian's in recent years, driven by high capital expenditures alongside an even more unprofitable core business.

While painful over the short term, Rivian's share sale will raise around $1.2 billion in new capital. That could be enough to scale R2 production enough to reach sustainable profitability over the next handful of years. The company has already posted a positive gross margin in recent quarters.

If R2 production scales as expected, that could narrow losses for the company significantly, enabling Rivian to maintain its higher investment into AI. And given AI is a critical long-term growth driver, Rivian's latest share dilution is a painful but reasonable mechanism for maximizing shareholder value over the long term.

Updated Jul 23, 2026, 4:15 p.m. Published Jul 23, 2026, 1:00 p.m.

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Digital surveillance (Getty Images/Victor de Schwanberg/Science Photo Library) The Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act sounds like it’s all about protecting kids from bad things on the internet. In truth, this mishmash of over a dozen privacy-invasive, censorship-friendly requirements and regulations could actually put children — and all internet users — at risk.

The package, which includes a revised version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), passed the House on June 29 and is now being considered in the Senate. If enacted, it will incentivize platforms to require all users — adults and minors alike — to hand over personal information that links their offline identity to their online activity.

That’s because many different sections of the bill require online providers to establish and enforce policies to prevent children and teenagers from accessing certain types of broadly defined content. Violators can face significant legal action by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.

To attempt to steer clear of trouble, websites and social media platforms may decide to age-gate all users — that is, verify, guess, or estimate users’ ages.

This will effectively create a new mass surveillance system. Whatever you may think about the state of privacy protections in the U.S., your current online usage is not necessarily linked to your specific identity. If this bill passes, that will likely change.

The fact that lawmakers are even contemplating a bill that would create a surveillance and censorship regime should be a wake-up call for everyone who values privacy and free expression.

This is a privacy pitfall, not just some benign form of digital “carding.” If the bill passes, the bouncer at the door will now be an online entity that will electronically capture your personal information and save it to a database for an unspecified amount of time. Providing this identifying information would be the price that any user must pay to access legal, First Amendment-protected content on the internet or to communicate with others online.

On top of that, once you turn your personal information over, it’s now vulnerable to leaks, data theft, or misuse. This isn’t just a hypothetical: We’ve already seen several breaches of age verification providers.

The KIDS Act contains multiple sections that will lead to age-gating. For example, a provision in the SAFE BOTS Act section mandates that if a service “knows or should have known” that a user is underage, it can’t offer certain chatbot features. The SCREEN Act section requires hosts of sexually explicit content to figure out if users are “more likely than not” underage before
letting them access certain content.

In this bill, platforms are liable for ensuring kids and teenagers are walled off from content targeted by the KIDS Act, but the consequences of this liability don’t just affect minors. It means platforms will be pressured to make adults prove they are adults, underscoring how this legislation will make everyone’s online experience less private.

It will also push online services to create moderation policies against lawful speech to wall off content some legislators believe is harmful to minors. But as we’ve seen many times in the past, while lawmakers may be clear in the debate about what they intend with these restrictions, platforms are notoriously bad about separating discussions about harmful activities from discussions about getting help for harmful activities.

For example, let’s say a 15-year-old expresses concern about a friend’s drinking or 13-year-old seeks information about how to get his parent to stop smoking. These individuals would be engaging in perfectly lawful speech about topics the KIDS Act has labeled as harmful. Those posts aren’t intended to be banned under the bill, but if platforms are supposed to prevent minors from accessing content about alcoholism or cigarette smoking, many will adopt practices
that either remove those topics entirely or restrict them to adult-only spaces. We know from experience that the threat of legal action pushes platforms and content providers to over-remove or restrict content.

Separately, several provisions of the bill also create new rules around encrypted messages, direct messages, disappearing or “ephemeral” messages, and AI chat services. While the text says that KOSA requirements shouldn’t be construed to override strong encryption, the protection may be meaningless because it doesn’t apply to KOSA’s mandate that services “address” content lawmakers have decided is harmful to minors.

Platforms can’t address that content if it’s in messages they can’t see. That creates pressure on them to weaken or limit encrypted messaging. Similarly, other bill provisions target “ephemeral” or disappearing messages — as on Signal or WhatsApp — for the same reasons. But end-to-end encryption and ephemeral messages are not superfluous design features. They are extremely valuable privacy tools for sustaining real-world, back-and-forth conversations online that aren’t accessible by service providers or data brokers or preserved forever in a permanent database.

In short, there are many ways to protect young people online that don’t require everyone to surrender personal information, jeopardize anonymity, and foster government-directed content moderation policies affecting lawful speech. Lawmakers could solve all the problems that this ill- conceived age-gating claims to address by passing a comprehensive federal data privacy law
that gives everyone power over the data that’s collected about them and thus how platforms’ algorithms are deployed against them.

Instead, Congress is seriously considering the KIDS Act, which seeks to protect the children at the expense of privacy and free expression for all internet users. This is not OK. If you agree, let your Senator know.

Note: The views expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of CoinDesk, Inc. or its owners and affiliates.

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Crypto Flows, Share and the Selective Rotation

Markets repositioned since June, but Binance held share (~55% user funds, ~24% spot) and drew net inflows in early July while the tracked market saw outflows.

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Markets repositioned since June, but Binance held share (~55% user funds, ~24% spot) and drew net inflows in early July while the tracked market saw outflows.

Why it matters:

Markets repositioned since June, but Binance held share (~55% user funds, ~24% spot) and drew net inflows in early July while the tracked market saw outflows.

Robinhood CEO’s official Twitter account posts suspicious messages, suspected of being hacked.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account was reportedly hacked, leading to an abnormal post published in the early morning that announced the launch of Robinhood Chain’s so-called "official" mascot token Vladhood (VLAD), along with the token’s contract address. The token’s contract page was later flagged as "SCAM" in the Robinhood Chain block explorer, alerting users to potential fraud risks. The post has since been removed.

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AMD saw a short-term drop of more than 5%, while Helios has entered full-scale production and is nearing shipment.

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), AMD (AMD.O) shares have fallen to an intraday low, currently down 4.72%, after earlier rising 0.66%. AMD CEO Lisa Su just announced the launch of the Helios AI server full rack, noting that Helios has entered full-scale production and will begin shipping soon; the MI450 AI accelerator will become the industry's highest-performance AI accelerator.

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SpaceX has released the live stream page for its 13th Starship flight, with today’s launch probability currently reported at 64%.

According to PolyBeats' monitoring, SpaceX has just released the official live stream page for its 13th Starship flight test, which lists the live stream start time as 6:14 AM (UTC+8) on the 24th. On prediction market Polymarket, the "yes" probability for the question "Will SpaceX launch Starship today (local time 23rd)?" is currently at 64%, while the probability of a launch this month stands at 91%. Starship Flight 13 previously aborted automatically roughly 1 second before clearing the launch pad on the morning of July 17. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in its latest operational plan released today, continues to list SpaceX’s 13th Starship flight test as a scheduled task for the day. Flight 13 is now targeted for launch as early as 17:45 local time in Texas, or 06:45 Beijing time on July 24, with a 90-minute launch window extending to 08:15 Beijing time. Real-time data from Next Spaceflight shows all 19 launch preparation conditions—including rocket testing, stacking, airspace notices, and maritime warnings—have been completed, with no new technical faults or delay announcements reported to date. --------------------------------- Be among the first to glimpse the future. Follow @PolyBeats_Bot See tomorrow, today. Follow @PolyBeatsEN

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Citrini’s view: Bullish on AMD, bearish on NVIDIA. Coding AI is eroding NVIDIA’s competitive moat from the software side, marking the end of its CUDA moat.

Citrini analyst Jukan, citing recent core views from DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng, pointed out that AI-driven code generation and high-level programming languages like TileLang are rapidly lowering entry barriers to the CUDA ecosystem. While DeepSeek uses NVIDIA GPUs to train its V3 model, it has significantly reduced its reliance on NVIDIA’s software ecosystem via its self-developed compiler and TileLang environment. Earlier, Liang projected that porting TileLang and DeepSeek’s compiler to Huawei chips would largely resolve China’s chip ecosystem issues in about a year, with production capacity being the only remaining bottleneck. Liang quantified the China-U.S. chip gap: hardware efficiency is roughly four times lower, and there is a roughly two-year time lag. He also revealed that DeepSeek is working closely with Huawei, expecting to obtain around 16,000 Huawei AI chips, and the Huawei 950 SuperNode can replace the workloads of NVIDIA’s GB200/GB300. Analyst Jukan characterized this as "the end of CUDA’s moat" and holds a highly bearish outlook on NVIDIA. Jukan added that this line of reasoning is precisely one reason for being bullish on AMD: advances in coding AI will also naturally accelerate the development of the ROCm ecosystem, helping narrow its gap with CUDA. When AMD recently invested in Anthropic, it announced it would actively use Claude Code for chip design and software engineering. Overall, advances in AI programming tools are systematically eroding NVIDIA’s competitive barriers from the software side. China’s chip ecosystem issues will be rapidly resolved thanks to code generation capabilities, while AMD will benefit from ROCm’s accelerated growth. The CUDA moat NVIDIA relies on to retain developer loyalty is facing a two-pronged attack, and catching up in hardware efficiency and production capacity is only a matter of time.

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AMD: AI Accelerator Market to Reach $1.4 Trillion by 2030

AMD CEO Lisa Su stated that the AI accelerator market is projected to reach $1.4 trillion by 2030. AI accelerators are specialized hardware designed for AI computing tasks such as matrix operations in deep learning, capable of processing massive parallel workloads with far higher efficiency and energy efficiency than traditional CPUs. Mainstream types include NVIDIA GPUs and custom ASICs from vendors like Broadcom, which serve as the core computing backbone driving large model training and inference.

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Data: Approximately 75% of BMEX tokens have never been claimed or put into circulation, with only 8% allocated at the time of listing.

On-chain visualization analytics platform Bubblemaps noted that after BitMEX announced it would officially cease operations in September, its platform token BMEX plummeted by roughly 95% today. However, per the token economics model released in 2021, 92% of BMEX tokens are locked in vesting contracts, with only 8% allocated at launch — 5% via airdrop and 3% for product and liquidity purposes. On-chain data shows the only token withdrawal occurred on November 2, 2022, when the product and liquidity address received 63.75 million BMEX. Meanwhile, approximately 75% of tokens originally earmarked for employee incentives, ecosystem growth, and long-term reserves have never been withdrawn and have never entered circulation. Bubblemaps added that this is not necessarily a violation, but per the publicly disclosed allocation plan, these large portions of tokens have indeed never been actually distributed. BlockBeats previously reported that notably, the platform’s current handling of BMEX tokens is very limited, with no additional compensation or special arrangements. The only action explicitly mentioned in BitMEX’s official shutdown announcement today is that the platform has immediately unstaked all staked BMEX tokens and returned them directly to holders’ accounts. Per BitMEX’s earlier announcement, BMEX is a pure platform utility token, not equity, debt, or an asset with promised returns. The official disclaimer states that BMEX is only used for features such as trading fee discounts and staking rewards on the BitMEX platform, does not constitute an investment, and the platform assumes no refund or exchange liability.

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, /PRNewswire/ -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) today announced the appointment of three Senior Vice Presidents, further strengthening its leadership team as the company executes its next phase of growth, expands its commercial portfolio and advances one of the industry's strongest neuroscience pipelines. These appointments reflect Neurocrine's continued evolution into a diversified, multi-product biopharmaceutical company positioned to deliver sustainable long-term growth.

The appointments include Bret Paulson, who joins the company as Senior Vice President, Market Access, and the promotions of David Bradfute to Senior Vice President and Global Head of Intellectual Property, and Aaron Vosburgh to Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting.

"Neurocrine is entering a new phase of growth as we expand our commercial portfolio, advance one of the industry's most productive pipelines and prepare to bring more innovative medicines to patients," said Kyle W. Gano, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Neurocrine Biosciences. "Successfully executing on that opportunity requires exceptional leadership across every function of our company. Bret, Aaron and David each bring outstanding expertise, judgment and a proven ability to build high-performing organizations. Together, they strengthen our ability to execute today while positioning Neurocrine for the opportunities ahead, ultimately enabling us to deliver greater value for patients, healthcare providers and shareholders."

Bret Paulson is an accomplished leader with nearly 30 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical and insurance industries. He will be responsible for shaping and driving Neurocrine's global market access vision, strategy and execution to provide patient access to the company's current and future medicines, while strengthening payer partnerships and reimbursement strategies across an increasingly diversified portfolio. He joins Neurocrine after more than six years at Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies, most recently as Vice President and Head of Market Access & Channel Strategy. Prior to that, he was Area Vice President, National Accounts at Horizon after working in the commercial organizations at Schering Plough, Eli Lilly & Company, and Amgen. Paulson earned a Bachelor of Arts in Asian studies from Brigham Young University.

David Bradfute, who joined Neurocrine in 2017, has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Global Head of Intellectual Property and will also serve as Managing Director of Neurocrine Switzerland GmbH, based in the company's Basel, Switzerland, office. In his expanded role, Bradfute will lead the company's global intellectual property strategy and oversee the protection of Neurocrine's products, diversified portfolio, technology platforms, and scientific innovations. Before joining Neurocrine, Bradfute held leadership roles across the healthcare and life sciences industry, including a 13-year career at Arena Pharmaceuticals and later as Head of Legal and Intellectual Property at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. He earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Swarthmore College, master's and doctoral degrees in biological sciences from Stanford University, and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School.

Aaron Vosburgh, an eight-year Neurocrine employee, will oversee enterprise financial strategy, partnering with executive leadership to align capital allocation, long-range financial planning and portfolio investments with Neurocrine's strategy to advance innovation and deliver new therapies to patients. While at Neurocrine, he has helped build, scale and strengthen the company's accounting, finance, tax, treasury, and financial planning and analysis capabilities while serving as a strategic advisor on many of the company's most important financial decisions. Prior to joining Neurocrine, Vosburgh held senior finance leadership roles at Applied Proteomics, Synthetic Genomics, Verenium Corporation, and Natural Alternatives International, following the start of his career at Ernst & Young. He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from the University of San Diego.

About Neurocrine Biosciences
Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs. We are dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, psychiatric, endocrine and immunological disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, chorea associated with Huntington's disease, classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as a robust pipeline including multiple compounds in mid- to late-phase clinical development across our core therapeutic areas. For more than three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit neurocrine.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and YouTube. (*in collaboration with AbbVie)

NEUROCRINE, the NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES Logo, and YOU DESERVE BRAVE SCIENCE, are registered trademarks of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), the company that connects people with great local businesses, announced that it will release its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 after the market closes on Thursday, August 6, 2026. Yelp will issue a press release when its Shareholder Letter has been posted on its investor relations website at www.yelp-ir.com. Following the release of the Shareholder Letter, Yelp will host a webcasted conference call to discuss its se.

Key Takeaways Molina Healthcare beat Q2 earnings estimates despite lower revenues, premium income and membership.MOH benefited from lower operating expenses but faced higher medical cost ratio and weaker investment income.MOH Healthcare raised 2026 EPS and adjusted net income guidance while reaffirming premium revenue outlook. Molina Healthcare, Inc. (MOH - Free Report) reported second-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.51, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 10.2%. The bottom line declined 72.4% from the year-ago period's level.

Revenues amounted to $10.9 billion, which decreased 4.8% year over year. The top line marginally missed the consensus mark by 0.08%.

Second-quarter earnings benefited from lower operating expenses. However, lower premium revenues, declining membership, and weaker investment income weighed on its performance.

Molina Healthcare, Inc Price, Consensus and EPS SurpriseMOH’s Q2 Operational UpdatePremium revenues of $10.2 billion decreased 5.7% year over year and missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.8%. The decline primarily reflected lower membership levels, partially offset by pricing actions.

As of June 30, 2026, total membership decreased 14.3% year over year to around 4.9 million and missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.6%. The health insurer witnessed a year-over-year decrease in customers across all segments, especially in Marketplace and Other.

Investment income declined 4.7% year over year to $101 million. The figure beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.8%.

Total operating expenses were $10.7 billion, down 2.9% year over year and slightly below our model estimate of $11 billion, driven by lower medical care costs. The adjusted general and administrative expense ratio increased to 6.5% from 6.1% a year ago. Interest expense increased 12.5% year over year to $54 million.

The consolidated MCR (medical costs as a percentage of premium revenues) was 92.2% in the reported quarter. It rose from 90.4% a year ago but was marginally below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 92.5%.

Molina Healthcare’s adjusted net income decreased 73.8% year over year to $77 million.

MOH’s Q2 Financial UpdateMolina Healthcare exited the second quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $5 billion, which increased from the 2025-end level of $4.2 billion. Total assets of $16 billion rose from $15.6 billion as of 2025-end.

Long-term debt totaled $3.8 billion, which remained unchanged from the 2025-end level.

Total stockholders’ equity of $4.2 billion inched up from $4.1 billion at the end of 2025.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $788 million compared to net cash used in operating activities of $112 million in the prior-year period.

MOH’s 2026 GuidanceThe company's full-year 2026 premium revenue guidance has remained unchanged at about $42 billion, down roughly 2% from 2025.

Management expects 2026 GAAP earnings of at least $2.15 per diluted share, up from its previous guidance of at least $1.90. It also raised its full-year 2026 adjusted earnings guidance by $0.25 to at least $5.25 per diluted share.

MOH raised its 2026 adjusted net income guidance to $268 million from $256 million. It also increased its GAAP net income guidance to $110 million from the previous estimate of $97 million.

MOH’s Zacks Rank & Key PicksMolina currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

Some better-ranked stocks in the broader Medical space are Humana Inc. (HUM - Free Report) , currently sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), and CVS Health Corporation (CVS - Free Report) and Cencora, Inc. (COR - Free Report) , both carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

Humana is set to report second-quarter 2026 results on July 29, before the market closes. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings is pegged at $6.22 per share, which has witnessed three upward revisions over the past 60 days, with no movement in the opposite direction. The company beat on earnings in three of the trailing four quarters and missed once, with the average surprise being 3.8%. The consensus estimate for Humana’s second-quarter revenues is pinned at $40.65 billion, indicating a 25.5% year-over-year increase.

CVS Health is set to report second-quarter 2026 results on Aug. 5, before the market closes. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings is pegged at $1.87 per share, indicating a 3.3% year-over-year increase. The company beat on earnings in each of the trailing four quarters, with the average surprise being 16.8%. The consensus estimate for CVS Health’s second-quarter revenues is pinned at $100.18 billion, indicating a 1.3% year-over-year increase.

Cencora is set to report second-quarter 2026 results on Aug. 5, before the market closes. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings is pegged at $4.37 per share, indicating a 9.3% year-over-year increase. The company beat on earnings in three of the trailing four quarters and missed once, with the average surprise being 1.6%. The consensus estimate for Cencora’s second-quarter revenues is pinned at $84.89 billion, indicating a 5.2% year-over-year increase.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA +0.53%) (BRKB +0.30%) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average have a lot in common. Berkshire is one of the most well-respected conglomerates in the world, while the Dow is one of the most well-respected market indexes in the world.

Both have a deep-rooted history and own some of the largest, most prominent companies in the U.S. In fact, there's actually quite a bit of overlap, as former Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett and current CEO Greg Abel have steered Berkshire's capital into several Dow companies.

Nearly 59% of Berkshire's stock portfolio sits in five Dow stocks. This is my top pick right now.

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1. Apple -- 21% of portfolio The consumer tech giant Apple (AAPL -1.27%) is a Buffett pick through and through. Buffett allegedly began buying Apple stock after seeing how distraught his friend became when he lost his iPhone, Apple's blockbuster product.

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Buffett began buying Apple in 2016 and at one point built the position to roughly 40% of Berkshire's massive portfolio. While Apple possesses many qualities of a typical Buffett stock, including an incredible brand and tremendously strong moat, one thing that must have stood out to Buffett is the amount of share repurchases the company conducts.

Between the beginning of 2016, when Berkshire first purchased Apple, and 2025, Apple repurchased over $700 billion worth of stock.

2. American Express -- 15% Berkshire's second-largest position, American Express (AXP -2.37%), is one of Buffett's longest holdings.

Berkshire acquired the bulk of its Amex position in the early 1990s and has let it appreciate. It's now collecting hundreds of millions in dividends annually. Amex has also established an incredible brand, and its credit cards have become a symbol of status.

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Plus, the company has an excellent business model. The credit card business, which is often perceived as a higher-risk category by investors, serves an affluent clientele that is typically more resilient during economic downturns. Meanwhile, the company's closed-loop payments network captures fees on every Amex transaction, creating a strong stream of annual recurring revenue.

3. Coca-Cola -- 9.3% Berkshire began purchasing the iconic beverage company Coca-Cola (KO -1.25%) in the late 1980s. Similar to Amex, the position now yields hundreds of millions in annual dividends.

In fact, Coca-Cola is a Dividend King, meaning it has paid and increased its annual dividend for at least 50 years. Coca-Cola is on year 64 and counting. Coca-Cola is viewed as a high-quality consumer staples stock, a category that tends to perform better during market turbulence and economic struggles.

The company has greatly diversified its product line beyond soda and now has many brands in different beverage categories.

4. Alphabet -- 8.6% Buffett initiated Berkshire's Alphabet (GOOG -6.88%) (GOOGL -7.12%) position only last year, but Abel has greatly expanded it. Berkshire purchased over $10 billion in Alphabet Class A and Class C shares in the first quarter of the year, and then followed that up by purchasing another $10 billion in a private placement.

It's an interesting move because Alphabet is a clear bet on artificial intelligence, and the company is expected to spend as much as $190 billion in capital expenditures on AI-related infrastructure.

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Berkshire had seemingly been ignoring these bets in recent years and hoarding cash, but Buffett recently said that Alphabet has a tremendous track record for generating high returns on capital. The company also operates many other strong tech businesses that can thrive even if AI is not as successful as expected.

5. Chevron -- 4.5% Since the pandemic, Buffett and the Berkshire team have loaded up on energy stocks and assets, and Chevron (CVX +0.75%) now accounts for 4.5% of Berkshire's equity portfolio.

Buffett and his team may have realized that oil and gas dependence isn't going anywhere as power demand surges. They may also see U.S. oil as a good hedge against geopolitical risks, which turned out to be a prudent assumption, given what has happened to oil prices this year as a result of the Iran war.

Of these five stocks, I like Apple the best right now. The stock has risen nearly 21% this year, beating the broader market and many of its peers in the "Magnificent Seven."

While the hyperscalers poured hundreds of billions into AI capex, Apple largely stayed on the sidelines, choosing to position its AI strategy differently. At times, it certainly seemed like Apple's AI strategy lagged its peers', but the company is now being rewarded for its patience.

What's more, Apple can still benefit from AI by playing a key role in the AI ecosystem. It will be able to bring AI to consumers through many of its hardware products. People will be able to access large language models and other AI tools through Apple products, likely generating significant referral revenue for Apple.

More AI use on Apple products could also increase iCloud usage, leading to better monetization of Apple's cloud storage.

Commitment reflects Southern Company's approach to growth through clear cost responsibility, enhanced grid reliability and broad-based economic and community benefits

, /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company (NYSE: SO) announced it is joining President Donald Trump's Ratepayer Protection Pledge, underscoring the company's commitment to ensuring that America's leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced technologies delivers broad-based benefits for customers and communities.  

The Pledge aligns with the Southern Company system's well-established approach to serving growth in a responsible manner while maintaining rate stability and reliability for millions of households and small businesses across the Southeast. The company's two largest subsidiaries, Georgia Power and Alabama Power, each have multiyear base rate freezes in place. In early 2026, Southern Company announced a historic loan package of up to $26.5 billion from the Department of Energy estimated to generate $7 billion in benefits for customers by helping to lower energy costs and strengthen the grid. 

"This is a tremendous moment for the Southeast and for our country," said Chris Womack, chairman, president and CEO of Southern Company. "AI and advanced technologies are creating historic opportunities for investment and economic growth, and Southern Company is committed to putting customers first. The President's Pledge reflects an important principle: growth should strengthen our energy future while protecting rate stability and reliability for the families, businesses and communities we serve. We appreciate President Trump's leadership in advancing policies that support American energy infrastructure, and we are confident the approach we are taking will deliver lasting benefits."

Through clear, enforceable customer agreements, the company is working to ensure that the infrastructure investments and operational requirements associated with new, energy-intensive demand are appropriately borne by the businesses driving that growth, helping to protect existing customers while supporting continued investment, job creation and economic investment. 

OpenAI's recently announced project in Effingham County, Georgia, which is expected to create thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars in new investment for the local community, is a powerful demonstration of this approach in practice. As part of its planned $20 billion investment, OpenAI has committed to covering the full infrastructure and electric service costs required to serve its facility and providing financial assurances designed to protect customers, consistent with rules approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission. Additionally, as part of the agreement, OpenAI has committed to supporting the power grid with up to 1,000 megawatts of flexible demand response, lowering power use at scale that will help ensure reliable electric service when demand is highest and provide savings for customers in the long term.

About Southern Company

Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy solutions provider with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success, driven by nearly 30,000 employees dedicated to delivering exceptional service. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com.

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, /PRNewswire/ -- PPL Corporation today announced it has signed the White House's Ratepayer Protection Pledge, reaffirming the company's long-standing commitment to affordability, reliability and responsible growth.

The pledge, previously signed by many of the nation's largest technology companies, defines voluntary principles to help ensure that data centers appropriately fund energy and infrastructure associated with serving them and that existing customers are protected as demand grows.

"The customer-protection principles reflected in the Ratepayer Protection Pledge are consistent with our approach to responsible growth," said Vincent Sorgi, president and chief executive officer of PPL Corporation.

"In fact, PPL and its utilities were early movers in establishing new rate classes and regulator-approved, enforceable tariffs designed to protect existing customers and help ensure that large energy users, including data centers, pay their fair share of the costs of infrastructure needed to serve them," said Sorgi.

"Ultimately, we believe economic growth and customer protection can go hand in hand, and this pledge reflects that important balance."

Advancing customer protections

PPL believes many of the principles reflected in the Ratepayer Protection Pledge are already embedded in regulator-approved tariffs and rate structures serving large energy users in its Pennsylvania and Kentucky service territories.

In Pennsylvania, PPL Electric Utilities' recently approved LP-6 rate establishes protections ─ including long-term service commitments, minimum billing obligations, revenue protections, up-front payments for directly assignable upgrades, financial security requirements and other measures ─ all designed to ensure costs associated with new demand are paid by customers creating that demand and not shifted to others.

Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company earlier this year implemented similar regulator-approved customer protections through their Extremely High Load Factor (EHLF) tariff.

As data centers and other large-load customers connect under these enforceable commitments, they can improve system utilization and potentially lower costs for non-data center customers over time.

These approaches demonstrate how economic growth, customer protection and infrastructure investment can advance together through regulator-approved, enforceable mechanisms tailored to the needs of individual states and electric systems. 

Supporting needed infrastructure

Apart from establishing enforceable protections around cost allocation, PPL's utilities are also very focused on protecting grid reliability.

Large customer connections are planned carefully, detailed engineering and reliability studies are completed up front, high-demand interconnections are subject to regulatory oversight, and any necessary upgrades are made before service begins, helping to ensure the grid remains safe and reliable for all customers.

Additional generation resources will also be needed to support economic growth, strengthen national security, maintain reliability and promote long-term customer affordability. This is why PPL has consistently advocated for policies that encourage investment in new generation resources and energy infrastructure while helping to ensure the costs of serving new demand are appropriately assigned.

It's also why PPL created its joint venture with Blackstone Infrastructure ─ to build, own and operate new generation resources needed to serve new data center demand in PJM, particularly in Pennsylvania. The initiative is intended to support reliability, power economic development and help improve the supply-demand balance across the region in an effort to reduce upward pressure on wholesale electricity prices over time.

Powering demand that's critical to our nation's economy

PPL recognizes that data centers are an essential part of modern life, supporting everything from digital services and business operations to innovation, economic competitiveness and national security. The company's role is to serve this new demand in a way that maintains reliability, protects customers and supports the communities it serves.

"At PPL, we are focused on supporting data center growth the right way," said Sorgi. "Reliability comes first. Growth pays for growth. Costs are fair and transparent. Infrastructure is planned with discipline and purpose. And decisions are grounded in clear, coordinated planning.

"Ultimately, we believe this growth can deliver significant long-term benefits to the communities we serve. Moving forward, we will continue working with regulators, policymakers and local stakeholders to meet these growing energy needs while keeping energy safe, reliable and affordable for our customers."

About PPL 

PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a leading U.S. energy company focused on providing electricity and natural gas safely, reliably and affordably to more than 3.6 million customers in the U.S. PPL's high-performing, award-winning utilities are addressing energy challenges head-on by building smarter, more resilient and more dynamic power grids and advancing sustainable energy solutions. For more information, visit www.pplweb.com.

Contacts:

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For financial analysts: Andy Ludwig, 610-774-3389

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WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WSFS Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: WSFS), the parent company of WSFS Bank, today announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2026. Selected financial results and metrics are as follows: (Dollars in millions, except per share data)     2Q 2026       1Q 2026       2Q 2025   Net interest income   $ 192.5     $ 185.1     $ 179.5   Fee revenue     90.0       90.1       88.0   Total net revenue     282.5       275.3       267.5   Provision for (recove.

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania--(Newsfile Corp. - July 23, 2026) - Law office of Brodsky & Smith announces that it is investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of Finward Bancorp ("Finward" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: FNWD) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of federal and state law in connection with the sale of the Company to First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ: FFBC) in an all-stock transaction where each outstanding share of Finward common stock will be converted into the right to receive 1.35 shares of First Financial common stock, valuing the transaction at approximately $208 million, based on First Financial's closing stock price on July 20, 2026.

The investigation concerns whether the Finward Board breached its fiduciary duties to shareholders by failing to conduct a fair process, including whether the proposed transaction is paying fair value to shareholders of the Company.

If you own shares of Finward stock and wish to discuss the legal ramifications of the investigation, or have any questions, you may e-mail or call the law office of Brodsky & Smith who will, without obligation or cost to you, attempt to answer your questions. You may contact Jason L. Brodsky, Esquire, or Marc L. Ackerman by email at [email protected], visit https://www.brodskysmith.com/cases/finward-bancorp-nasdaq-fnwd/, or call toll free 855-576-4847.

Brodsky & Smith is a litigation law firm with extensive expertise representing shareholders throughout the nation in securities and class action lawsuits. The attorneys at Brodsky & Smith have been appointed by numerous courts throughout the country to serve as lead counsel in class actions and have successfully recovered millions of dollars for our clients and shareholders. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

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New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - July 23, 2026) - Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Hub Group, Inc. ("Hub Group" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: HUBG) on behalf of investors that purchased or otherwise acquired Hub Group securities between April 28, 2023 and May 11, 2026 (the "Class Period").

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If you are an investor in Hub Group and have suffered losses, you may CLICK HERE to contact us. You may also contact Kaplan Fox by emailing [email protected] or by calling (646) 315-9003.

DEADLINE REMINDER: If you are a member of the proposed Class, you may move the court no later than August 28, 2026 to serve as a lead plaintiff for the purported class. If you have losses we encourage you to contact us to learn more about the lead plaintiff process. You need not seek to become a lead plaintiff in order to share in any possible recovery.

On February 5, 2026, Hub Group announced preliminary fourth quarter and full year 2025 results and disclosed the identification of a $77 million accounting error due to "the understatement of purchased transportation costs and accounts payable in the first nine months of 2025." Additionally, the Company said it "plans to restate its financial statements for the first, second and third quarters of 2025," and "is continuing to assess the potential impact to its consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023."

On this news, the price of Hub Group stock fell $9.37 per share, or 18.25%, to close at $41.96 per share on February 6, 2026.

Then, on May 12, 2026, Hub Group announced that it had "identified certain transactions that were prematurely or incorrectly recognized or not adequately supported," causing its 2023 and 2024 annual reports filed with the SEC to be "materially misstated," such that they "should no longer be relied upon." The Company did not quantify the expected misstatement, although it stated that it "expects to conclude that it did not maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting for each of the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023."

On this news, the price of Hub Group stock fell $5.24 per share, about 12.5%, to close at $36.62 per share on May 12, 2026.

The complaint alleges, among other things, that throughout the Class Period, the Company's financial statements contained material misstatements caused by the premature and incorrect recognition of certain transactions and other material misstatements caused by the understatement of purchased transportation costs and accounts payable.

WHY CONTACT KAPLAN FOX?

Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP is a nationally recognized law firm focused on complex litigation, with offices in New York, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New Jersey. Founded in 1956, the firm has spent more than 50 years prosecuting securities, antitrust, and consumer protection actions in federal and state courts nationwide, recovering more than $10 billion for clients and the classes it has represented.

Kaplan Fox is widely regarded as one of the nation's premier plaintiffs' securities litigation firms and has received recognition from Chambers and Partners, Benchmark Litigation, Super Lawyers, and Lawdragon. Serving as lead or co-lead counsel in many landmark cases, the firm has secured some of the largest recoveries in the history of securities litigation, including a $2.425 billion recovery on behalf of Bank of America shareholders in In re Bank of America—the largest recovery ever obtained for claims under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act—$800 million recovered for the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System and other pension funds in ATRS v. Allianz Global Investors, and a $475 million settlement in In re Merrill Lynch.

For decades, Kaplan Fox has represented public pension funds, institutional investors, businesses, and individuals in high-stakes litigation. Through its successful advocacy and precedent-setting victories, the firm has helped shape important areas of securities and corporate law while advancing accountability and protecting investor interests.

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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kemper Corporation (NYSE: KMPR) today announced that after the markets close on Wednesday, August 5, Kemper intends to issue its second quarter 2026 earnings release, financial supplement, and Form 10-Q. Following their publication, these documents will be available in the investor section of kemper.com. Conference Call Details Kemper will host its conference call to discuss second quarter 2026 results on Thursday, August 6, at 8:00 am Eastern (7:00 am Central). The co.

, /PRNewswire/ -- Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com), a nationally recognized securities litigation law firm, is investigating potential violations of the federal securities laws by HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: HCA) on behalf of investors who purchased or acquired HCA Healthcare, Inc. securities and experienced significant financial losses.

HCA Announces Disappointing Financial Results 
On July 14, 2026, HCA issued a press release reporting its preliminary financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2026. Among other items, HCA sharply lowered its full-2026 profit guidance, citing an unfavorable shift in the company's payer mix, which impacted revenue by approximately $400 million in the quarter.

HCA's Stock Drops Over 6%
Following the news of HCA's poor financial results, HCA Healthcare, Inc.'s stock price fell over 6%.

CONTACT KTMC TO DISCUSS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS: 
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You can also contact attorney Jonathan Naji, Esq. by calling (484) 270-1453 or by email at [email protected]. There is no cost or obligation to speak with an attorney.

ABOUT KESSLER TOPAZ MELTZER & CHECK, LLP (KTMC): 
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (KTMC) is a leading U.S. plaintiff-side law firm focused on securities-fraud class actions and global investor protection. The firm represents individual investors as well as institutions, such as major pension funds, asset managers, and international investors. KTMC has led some of the largest recoveries in securities litigation and has been recognized by peers and the legal media with numerous accolades, including being recognized in Chambers & Partners USA 2026 as a Band 1 Top Firm in Securities and Class Actions, Legal 500's Tier 1 Rankings for Securities and M&A Litigation, The National Law Journal's Plaintiff's Hot List and Trailblazers in Plaintiffs' Law, BTI Consulting Group's Honor Roll of Most Feared Law Firms, The Legal Intelligencer's Class Action Firm of the Year, Lawdragon's Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers, and Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar. The firm operates globally with offices in Pennsylvania and California. KTMC has recovered over $25 billion for our clients and the classes they represent.

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Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP) Q2 2026 Earnings Call July 23, 2026 8:30 AM EDT

Company Participants

Stephanie Rabe - Head of Investor Relations
Jim Cracchiolo - Chairman & CEO
Walter Berman - Executive VP, CFO & Chief Risk Officer

Conference Call Participants

Brennan Hawken - BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Craig Siegenthaler - BofA Securities, Research Division
Crispin Love - Piper Sandler & Co., Research Division
Wilma Jackson Burdis - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division
Thomas Gallagher - Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research Division
Ryan Krueger - Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc., Research Division
Suneet Kamath - Jefferies LLC, Research Division

Presentation

Operator

Welcome to the Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. My name is Rebecca, and I will be your operator for today's call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, the conference is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to Stephanie Rabe. Stephanie, you may begin.

Stephanie Rabe
Head of Investor Relations

Welcome to Ameriprise Financial's Second Quarter Earnings Call. On the call with me today are Jim Cracchiolo, Chairman and CEO; and Walter Berman, Chief Financial Officer. Following their remarks, we'd be happy to take your questions. Turning to our earnings presentation materials that are available on our website. On Slide 2, you will see a discussion of forward-looking statements. Specifically, during the call, you'll hear references to various non-GAAP financial measures. which we believe provide insight into our company's operations. Reconciliation of non-GAAP numbers to their respective GAAP numbers can be found in today's materials and on our website at ir.ameriprise.com.

Some statements that we make on this call may be forward-looking, reflecting management's expectations about future events and overall operating plans and performance. These forward-looking statements speak only as of today's date and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. A sample list of factors and risks that could cause actual results

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water, announced today that it will participate virtually in the Oppenheimer 29th Annual Technology, Internet & Communications Conference to be held Aug. 11, 2026.

, /PRNewswire/ -- SouthState Bank Corporation ("SouthState" or the "Company") (NYSE: SSB) today released its unaudited results of operations and other financial information for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2026.

SouthState Bank Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results "We continue to make progress on our priorities of balance sheet growth, opportunistic hiring, active share repurchases and building our artificial intelligence capabilities," said John C. Corbett, SouthState's Chief Executive Officer.  "The second quarter featured solid loan growth, a stable net interest margin, unchanged deposit costs, and improved efficiency.  Asset quality trends also improved, with a decline in non-accruals and charge-offs of just 6 basis points.  Over the past year, we've retired nearly 5% of our share count, raised our dividend by 11% and grown tangible book value by 13%.  We remain focused on delivering for our shareholders."

Highlights of the second quarter of 2026 include:

Returns

Reported diluted Earnings per Share ("EPS") and Adjusted Diluted EPS (Non-GAAP) of $2.35, up 11% year over year on a reported basis and 2% year over year on an adjusted basis Net Income of $230 million Return on Average Common Equity of 10.2%; Return on Average Tangible Common Equity (Non-GAAP) of 17.6%* Return on Average Assets ("ROAA") of 1.36%* Book Value per Share of $94.17 Tangible Book Value ("TBV") per Share (Non-GAAP) of $58.72, an increase of 13% year over year, after raising the dividend by 11%, and repurchasing nearly 5% of the Company's shares over the past year Performance

Net Interest Income of $576 million, an increase of $14 million, or 3%, compared to the prior quarter Noninterest Income of $97 million, a decrease of $3 million compared to the prior quarter primarily due to mortgage banking income; Noninterest Income represented 0.57% of average assets for the second quarter of 2026* Noninterest Expense of $358 million, a decrease of $2 million compared to the prior quarter primarily due to OREO and loan related expense Net Interest Margin ("NIM"), non-tax equivalent and tax equivalent (Non-GAAP), of 3.78% Net charge-offs totaled $8 million, or 0.06%* of average loans $16 million of Provision for Credit Losses ("PCL"); total Allowance for Credit Losses ("ACL") plus reserve for unfunded commitments of 1.30% of loans Efficiency Ratio improved to 50% from the prior quarter Balance Sheet

Loans increased by $1.4 billion, or 11%*, compared to the prior quarter and increased by $3.6 billion, or 8%, year over year; deposits increased by $474 million, or 3%*, and increased by $2.7 billion, or 5%, year over year; ending loan to deposit ratio of 90% Total deposit cost of 1.76%, unchanged from the prior quarter Strong capital position with Tangible Common Equity, Total Risk-Based Capital, Tier 1 Leverage, and Tier 1 Common Equity ratios of 8.7%, 13.5%, 9.4%, and 11.1%, respectively† Subsequent Events

The Board of Directors of the Company increased its quarterly cash dividend on its common stock from $0.60 per share to $0.66 per share; the dividend is payable on August 14, 2026 to shareholders of record as of August 7, 2026 ∗  Annualized percentages
†  Preliminary 

Financial Performance

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Jun. 30,

Mar. 31,

Dec. 31,

Sep. 30,

Jun. 30,

Jun. 30,

Jun. 30,

INCOME STATEMENT

2026

2026

2025

2025

2025

2026

2025

Interest Income

   Loans, including fees (1)

$

744,652

$

721,571

$

748,106

$

782,382

$

746,448

$

1,466,222

$

1,471,088

   Investment securities, trading securities, federal funds sold and securities

      purchased under agreements to resell

93,607

95,258

100,640

99,300

94,056

188,866

177,982

Total interest income

838,259

816,829

848,746

881,682

840,504

1,655,088

1,649,070

Interest Expense

   Deposits

244,216

238,522

250,189

257,271

241,593

482,738

487,550

   Federal funds purchased, securities sold under agreements

      to repurchase, and other borrowings

18,094

16,702

17,442

24,714

20,963

34,796

39,025

Total interest expense

262,310

255,224

267,631

281,985

262,556

517,534

526,575

Net Interest Income

575,949

561,605

581,115

599,697

577,948

1,137,554

1,122,495

  Provision for credit losses

15,919

10,808

6,605

5,085

7,505

26,727

108,067

Net Interest Income after Provision for Credit Losses

560,030

550,797

574,510

594,612

570,443

1,110,827

1,014,428

Noninterest Income

Operating income

96,726

100,098

105,753

99,086

86,817

196,824

172,437

Securities losses, net

—

—

—

—

—

—

(228,811)

Gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs

—

—

—

—

—

—

229,279

Total noninterest income

96,726

100,098

105,753

99,086

86,817

196,824

172,905

Noninterest Expense

Operating expense

357,749

359,524

364,196

351,453

350,682

717,273

691,502

Merger, branch consolidation, severance related, and other expense (8)

—

—

4,494

20,889

24,379

—

92,385

FDIC special assessment

—

—

(3,835)

—

—

—

—

Total noninterest expense

357,749

359,524

364,855

372,342

375,061

717,273

783,887

Income before Income Tax Provision

299,007

291,371

315,408

321,356

282,199

590,378

403,446

Income tax provision

68,985

65,551

67,686

74,715

66,975

134,536

99,142

Net Income

$

230,022

$

225,820

$

247,722

$

246,641

$

215,224

$

455,842

$

304,304

Adjusted Net Income (non-GAAP) (2)

Net Income (GAAP)

$

230,022

$

225,820

$

247,722

$

246,641

$

215,224

$

455,842

$

304,304

Securities losses, net of tax

—

—

—

—

—

—

178,639

Gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs and tax

—

—

—

—

—

—

(179,004)

Initial provision for credit losses - Non-PCD loans and UFC from

Independent, net of tax

—

—

—

—

—

—

71,892

Merger, branch consolidation, severance related, and other expense,

net of tax (8)

—

—

3,529

16,032

18,593

—

71,687

Deferred tax asset remeasurement

—

—

—

—

—

—

5,581

FDIC special assessment, net of tax

—

—

(3,012)

—

—

—

—

Adjusted Net Income (non-GAAP)

$

230,022

$

225,820

$

248,239

$

262,673

$

233,817

$

455,842

$

453,099

   Basic earnings per common share

$

2.36

$

2.29

$

2.48

$

2.44

$

2.12

$

4.66

$

3.00

   Diluted earnings per common share

$

2.35

$

2.28

$

2.46

$

2.42

$

2.11

$

4.64

$

2.99

   Adjusted net income per common share - Basic (non-GAAP) (2)

$

2.36

$

2.29

$

2.48

$

2.60

$

2.30

$

4.66

$

4.47

   Adjusted net income per common share - Diluted (non-GAAP) (2)

$

2.35

$

2.28

$

2.47

$

2.58

$

2.30

$

4.64

$

4.45

   Dividends per common share

$

0.60

$

0.60

$

0.60

$

0.60

$

0.54

$

1.20

$

1.08

   Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding

97,300,899

98,544,242

100,063,315

101,218,431

101,495,456

97,919,136

101,452,777

   Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding

97,676,767

98,922,258

100,618,796

101,735,095

101,845,360

98,292,252

101,835,756

   Effective tax rate

23.07 %

22.50 %

21.46 %

23.25 %

23.73 %

22.79 %

24.57 %

   Adjusted effective tax rate

23.07 %

22.50 %

21.46 %

23.25 %

23.73 %

22.79 %

23.19 %

Performance and Capital Ratios

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

Jun. 30,

Mar. 31,

Dec. 31,

Sep. 30,

Jun. 30,

Jun. 30,

Jun. 30,

2026

2026

2025

2025

2025

2026

2025

PERFORMANCE RATIOS

Return on average assets (annualized)

1.36

%

1.37

%

1.47

%

1.49

%

1.34

%

1.36

%

0.95

%

Adjusted return on average assets (annualized) (non-GAAP) (2)

1.36

%

1.37

%

1.48

%

1.59

%

1.45

%

1.36

%

1.42

%

Return on average common equity (annualized)

10.19

%

10.11

%

10.90

%

11.04

%

9.93

%

10.15

%

7.17

%

Adjusted return on average common equity (annualized) (non-GAAP) (2)

10.19

%

10.11

%

10.92

%

11.75

%

10.79

%

10.15

%

10.68

%

Return on average tangible common equity (annualized) (non-GAAP) (3)

17.62

%

17.59

%

19.10

%

19.62

%

18.17

%

17.60

%

13.73

%

Adjusted return on average tangible common equity (annualized) (non-GAAP) (2) (3)

17.62

%

17.59

%

19.14

%

20.81

%

19.61

%

17.60

%

19.72

%

Efficiency ratio (tax equivalent)

50.00

%

51.05

%

49.65

%

49.88

%

52.75

%

50.52

%

56.75

%

Adjusted efficiency ratio (non-GAAP) (4)

50.00

%

51.05

%

49.56

%

46.89

%

49.09

%

50.52

%

49.65

%

Dividend payout ratio (5)

25.31

%

26.12

%

24.23

%

24.59

%

25.47

%

25.71

%

36.00

%

Book value per common share

$

94.17

$

92.21

$

91.38

$

89.14

$

86.71

Tangible book value per common share (non-GAAP) (3)

$

58.72

$

56.90

$

56.27

$

54.48

$

51.96

CAPITAL RATIOS

Equity-to-assets

13.3

%

13.3

%

13.5

%

13.6

%

13.4

%

Tangible equity-to-tangible assets (non-GAAP) (3)

8.7

%

8.6

%

8.8

%

8.8

%

8.5

%

Tier 1 leverage (6)

9.4

%

9.4

%

9.3

%

9.4

%

9.2

%

Tier 1 common equity (6)

11.1

%

11.3

%

11.4

%

11.5

%

11.2

%

Tier 1 risk-based capital (6)

11.1

%

11.3

%

11.4

%

11.5

%

11.2

%

Total risk-based capital (6)

13.5

%

13.7

%

13.8

%

14.0

%

14.5

%

Balance Sheet

Ending Balance

(Dollars in thousands, except per share and share data)

Jun. 30,

Mar. 31,

Dec. 31,

Sep. 30,

Jun. 30,

BALANCE SHEET

2026

2026

2025

2025

2025

Assets

Cash and due from banks

$

649,079

$

598,218

$

583,375

$

582,792

$

755,798

Federal funds sold and interest-earning deposits with banks

1,701,233

2,268,864

2,589,108

2,561,663

2,708,308

         Cash and cash equivalents

2,350,312

2,867,082

3,172,483

3,144,455

3,464,106

Trading securities, at fair value

191,094

117,590

110,183

107,519

95,306

Investment securities:

   Securities held to maturity

1,955,754

2,007,249

2,048,030

2,096,727

2,145,991

   Securities available for sale, at fair value

6,598,177

6,530,348

6,313,756

6,042,800

5,927,867

   Other investments

366,986

370,924

353,428

366,218

357,487

         Total investment securities

8,920,917

8,908,521

8,715,214

8,505,745

8,431,345

Loans held for sale

405,441

327,935

345,343

346,673

318,985

Loans:

Purchased credit deteriorated

2,658,792

2,818,360

2,977,499

3,160,359

3,409,186

Purchased non-credit deteriorated

9,921,791

10,714,489

11,232,414

11,877,828

12,492,553

Non-acquired

38,266,289

35,963,934

34,388,614

32,629,724

31,365,508

   Less allowance for credit losses

(586,664)

(585,882)

(585,197)

(590,133)

(621,046)

         Loans, net

50,260,208

48,910,901

48,013,330

47,077,778

46,646,201

Premises and equipment, net

992,594

993,584

994,176

961,510

964,878

Bank owned life insurance

1,311,197

1,302,382

1,293,574

1,285,532

1,280,632

Mortgage servicing rights

91,442

90,018

84,032

84,491

85,836

Core deposit and other intangibles

343,424

364,686

386,326

409,890

433,458

Goodwill

3,094,059

3,094,059

3,094,059

3,094,059

3,094,059

Other assets

949,340

1,002,465

988,692

1,030,558

1,078,516

              Total assets

$

68,910,028

$

67,979,223

$

67,197,412

$

66,048,210

$

65,893,322

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

Deposits:

   Noninterest-bearing

$

13,451,094

$

13,650,799

$

13,375,697

$

13,430,459

$

13,719,030

   Interest-bearing

42,898,716

42,224,864

41,770,100

40,642,810

39,977,931

         Total deposits

56,349,810

55,875,663

55,145,797

54,073,269

53,696,961

Federal funds purchased and securities

   sold under agreements to repurchase

569,486

643,386

618,215

594,092

630,558

Other borrowings

996,749

696,642

696,536

696,429

1,099,705

Reserve for unfunded commitments

76,525

69,229

69,619

68,538

64,693

Other liabilities

1,785,990

1,663,387

1,608,137

1,604,756

1,600,271

              Total liabilities

59,778,560

58,948,307

58,138,304

57,037,084

57,092,188

Shareholders' equity:

   Common stock - $2.50 par value; authorized 160,000,000 shares

242,428

244,844

247,845

252,723

253,745

   Surplus

6,247,484

6,332,285

6,480,471

6,647,952

6,679,028

   Retained earnings

2,951,691

2,779,896

2,614,173

2,426,463

2,240,470

   Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(310,135)

(326,109)

(283,381)

(316,012)

(372,109)

              Total shareholders' equity

9,131,468

9,030,916

9,059,108

9,011,126

8,801,134

              Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

$

68,910,028

$

67,979,223

$

67,197,412

$

66,048,210

$

65,893,322

Common shares issued and outstanding

96,971,142

97,937,653

99,138,204

101,089,231

101,498,000

Net Interest Income and Margin

Three Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2026

Mar. 31, 2026

Jun. 30, 2025

(Dollars in thousands)

Average

Income/

Yield/

Average

Income/

Yield/

Average

Income/

Yield/

YIELD ANALYSIS

Balance

Expense

Rate

Balance

Expense

Rate

Balance

Expense

Rate

Interest-Earning Assets:

Federal funds sold and interest-earning deposits with banks

$

1,386,864

$

12,236

3.54 %

$

1,881,020

$

15,792

3.40 %

$

1,884,133

$

19,839

4.22 %

Investment securities

9,213,359

81,371

3.54 %

9,221,416

79,466

3.49 %

8,513,439

74,217

3.50 %

Loans held for sale

286,422

4,602

6.44 %

223,084

3,732

6.78 %

283,017

4,829

6.84 %

Total loans held for investment

50,247,114

740,050

5.91 %

48,875,656

717,839

5.96 %

47,029,412

741,619

6.33 %

     Total interest-earning assets

61,133,759

838,259

5.50 %

60,201,176

816,829

5.50 %

57,710,001

840,504

5.84 %

Noninterest-earning assets

6,694,407

6,726,355

6,840,880

     Total Assets

$

67,828,166

$

66,927,531

$

64,550,881

Interest-Bearing Liabilities ("IBL"):

Transaction and money market accounts

$

32,098,340

$

180,220

2.25 %

$

31,499,841

$

172,453

2.22 %

$

28,986,998

$

173,481

2.40 %

Savings deposits

2,817,269

1,638

0.23 %

2,822,510

1,642

0.24 %

2,921,780

2,012

0.28 %

Certificates and other time deposits

7,184,745

62,358

3.48 %

7,215,388

64,427

3.62 %

7,177,451

66,100

3.69 %

Federal funds purchased

289,337

2,616

3.63 %

295,207

2,635

3.62 %

360,588

3,943

4.39 %

Repurchase agreements

293,341

1,477

2.02 %

319,873

1,561

1.98 %

287,341

1,462

2.04 %

Other borrowings

851,660

14,001

6.59 %

696,597

12,506

7.28 %

821,545

15,558

7.60 %

     Total interest-bearing liabilities

43,534,692

262,310

2.42 %

42,849,416

255,224

2.42 %

40,555,703

262,556

2.60 %

Noninterest-bearing deposits

13,521,146

13,359,214

13,643,265

Other noninterest-bearing liabilities

1,719,228

1,661,672

1,659,331

Shareholders' equity

9,053,100

9,057,229

8,692,582

     Total Non-IBL and shareholders' equity

24,293,474

24,078,115

23,995,178

     Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

$

67,828,166

$

66,927,531

$

64,550,881

Net Interest Income and Margin (Non-Tax Equivalent)

$

575,949

3.78 %

$

561,605

3.78 %

$

577,948

4.02 %

Net Interest Margin (Tax Equivalent) (non-GAAP)

3.78 %

3.79 %

4.02 %

Total Deposit Cost (without Debt and Other Borrowings)

1.76 %

1.76 %

1.84 %

Overall Cost of Funds (including Demand Deposits)

1.84 %

1.84 %

1.94 %

Total Accretion on Acquired Loans (1)

$

33,054

$

38,786

$

63,507

Tax Equivalent ("TE") Adjustment

$

751

$

760

$

672

•   The remaining loan discount on acquired loans to be accreted into loan interest income totals $185.9 million as of June 30, 2026.

Noninterest Income and Expense

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

Jun. 30,

Mar. 31,

Dec. 31,

Sep. 30,

Jun. 30,

Jun. 30,

Jun. 30,

(Dollars in thousands)

2026

2026

2025

2025

2025

2026

2025

Noninterest Income:

   Fees on deposit accounts

$

41,568

$

38,699

$

41,950

$

42,572

$

37,869

$

80,267

$

73,802

   Mortgage banking income

4,890

11,016

5,158

5,462

5,936

15,906

13,673

   Trust and investment services income

15,164

14,471

14,684

14,157

14,419

29,635

29,351

   Correspondent banking and capital markets income

24,839

24,427

30,638

25,522

19,161

49,266

35,876

   Expense on centrally-cleared variation margin

(4,028)

(3,000)

(3,167)

(4,318)

(5,394)

(7,028)

(12,564)

   Total correspondent banking and capital markets income

20,811

21,427

27,471

21,204

13,767

42,238

23,312

   Bank owned life insurance income

9,624

9,494

9,633

10,597

9,153

19,118

19,352

   Other

4,669

4,991

6,857

5,094

5,673

9,660

12,947

   Securities losses, net

—

—

—

—

—

—

(228,811)

   Gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs

—

—

—

—

—

—

229,279

         Total Noninterest Income

$

96,726

$

100,098

$

105,753

$

99,086

$

86,817

$

196,824

$

172,905

Noninterest Expense:

   Salaries and employee benefits

$

205,377

$

205,653

$

202,714

$

199,148

$

200,162

$

411,030

$

395,973

   Occupancy expense

43,878

42,302

42,567

40,874

41,507

86,180

77,000

   Information services expense

29,136

29,704

30,443

28,988

30,155

58,840

61,517

   OREO and loan related expense

952

4,378

867

5,427

2,295

5,330

4,079

   Business development and staff related

10,639

11,362

13,485

8,907

7,182

22,001

13,692

   Amortization of intangibles

21,041

21,304

23,417

23,426

24,048

42,345

47,879

   Professional fees

5,090

5,239

7,410

4,994

4,658

10,329

9,367

   Supplies and printing expense

3,885

3,254

3,594

3,278

3,970

7,139

7,098

   FDIC assessment and other regulatory charges

10,753

10,257

9,884

8,374

11,469

21,010

22,727

   Advertising and marketing

3,836

3,325

4,710

2,980

3,010

7,161

5,300

   Other operating expenses

23,162

22,746

25,105

25,057

22,226

45,908

46,870

   Merger, branch consolidation, severance related and other expense (8)

—

—

4,494

20,889

24,379

—

92,385

   FDIC special assessment

—

—

(3,835)

—

—

—

—

         Total Noninterest Expense

$

357,749

$

359,524

$

364,855

$

372,342

$

375,061

$

717,273

$

783,887

Loans and Deposits

The following table presents a summary of the loan portfolio by type:

Ending Balance

(Dollars in thousands)

Jun. 30,

Mar. 31,

Dec. 31,

Sep. 30,

Jun. 30,

LOAN PORTFOLIO (7)

2026

2026

2025

2025

2025

Construction and land development * †

$

2,982,968

$

2,592,908

$

2,548,360

$

2,678,971

$

3,323,923

Investor commercial real estate*

18,656,455

18,298,938

17,883,913

17,603,205

16,953,410

Commercial owner occupied real estate

7,852,391

7,671,535

7,576,991

7,529,075

7,497,906

Commercial and industrial

9,378,444

9,385,926

9,181,408

8,644,636

8,445,878

Consumer real estate *

11,034,102

10,573,897

10,450,223

10,202,026

10,038,369

Consumer/other

942,512

973,579

957,632

1,009,998

1,007,761

Total Loans

$

50,846,872

$

49,496,783

$

48,598,527

$

47,667,911

$

47,267,247

*     

Single family home construction-to-permanent loans originated by the Company's mortgage banking division are included in construction and land development category until completion.  Investor commercial real estate loans include commercial non-owner occupied real estate and other income producing property.  Consumer real estate includes consumer owner occupied real estate and home equity loans.

†     

Includes single family home construction-to-permanent loans of $358.4 million, $360.4 million, $342.8 million, $350.2 million, and $371.1 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2026, March 31, 2036, December 31, 2025, September 30, 2025, and June 30, 2025, respectively.

Ending Balance

(Dollars in thousands)

Jun. 30,

Mar. 31,

Dec. 31,

Sep. 30,

Jun. 30,

DEPOSITS

2026

2026

2025

2025

2025

Noninterest-bearing checking

$

13,451,094

$

13,650,799

$

13,375,697

$

13,430,459

$

13,719,030

Interest-bearing checking

14,710,312

14,119,614

13,838,558

12,906,408

12,607,205

Savings

2,796,845

2,841,408

2,820,621

2,853,410

2,889,670

Money market

17,531,137

18,014,140

17,751,688

17,251,469

16,772,597

Time deposits

7,860,422

7,249,702

7,359,233

7,631,523

7,708,459

Total Deposits

$

56,349,810

$

55,875,663

$

55,145,797

$

54,073,269

$

53,696,961

Asset Quality

Ending Balance

Jun. 30,

Mar. 31,

Dec. 31,

Sep. 30,

Jun. 30,

(Dollars in thousands)

2026

2026

2025

2025

2025

NONPERFORMING ASSETS:

Non-acquired

Non-acquired nonaccrual loans and restructured loans on nonaccrual

$

171,264

$

177,158

$

161,975

$

146,751

$

141,910

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more

2,961

6,915

2,997

4,352

3,687

Non-acquired OREO and other nonperforming assets

11,722

8,339

5,273

11,969

17,288

Total non-acquired nonperforming assets

185,947

192,412

170,245

163,072

162,885

Acquired

Acquired nonaccrual loans and restructured loans on nonaccrual

99,352

116,002

135,179

149,695

151,466

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more

835

1,986

1,944

891

707

Acquired OREO and other nonperforming assets

1,254

18,155

3,901

7,147

8,783

Total acquired nonperforming assets

101,441

136,143

141,024

157,733

160,956

Total nonperforming assets

$

287,388

$

328,555

$

311,269

$

320,805

$

323,841

Three Months Ended

Jun. 30,

Mar. 31,

Dec. 31,

Sep. 30,

Jun. 30,

2026

2026

2025

2025

2025

ASSET QUALITY RATIOS (7):

Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of loans

1.15 %

1.18 %

1.20 %

1.24 %

1.31 %

Allowance for credit losses, including reserve for unfunded commitments,

as a percentage of loans

1.30 %

1.32 %

1.35 %

1.38 %

1.45 %

Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of nonperforming loans

213.79 %

193.96 %

193.71 %

195.61 %

208.57 %

Net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans (annualized)

0.06 %

0.09 %

0.09 %

0.27 %

0.21 %

Net charge-offs, excluding acquisition date charge-offs, as a percentage

  of average loans (annualized) *

0.06 %

0.09 %

0.09 %

0.27 %

0.06 %

Total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets

0.42 %

0.48 %

0.46 %

0.49 %

0.49 %

Nonperforming loans as a percentage of period end loans

0.54 %

0.61 %

0.62 %

0.63 %

0.63 %

*        Excluding acquisition date charge-offs recorded in connection with the Independent merger.

Current Expected Credit Losses ("CECL")

Below is a table showing the roll forward of the ACL and UFC for the second quarter of 2026:

Allowance for Credit Losses ("ACL") and Unfunded Commitments ("UFC")

(Dollars in thousands)

Non-PCD ACL

PCD ACL

Total ACL

UFC

Ending balance 3/31/2026

$

520,619

$

65,263

$

585,882

$

69,229

Charge offs

(10,335)

—

(10,335)

—

Acquired charge offs

(246)

(1,161)

(1,407)

—

Recoveries

2,150

—

2,150

—

Acquired recoveries

320

1,431

1,751

—

Provision for credit losses

13,984

(5,361)

8,623

7,296

Ending balance 6/30/2026

$

526,492

$

60,172

$

586,664

$

76,525

Period end loans

$

48,188,080

$

2,658,792

$

50,846,872

N/A

Allowance for Credit Losses to Loans

1.09 %

2.26 %

1.15 %

N/A

Unfunded commitments (off balance sheet) †

$

12,824,707

Reserve to unfunded commitments (off balance sheet)

0.60 %

†        Unfunded commitments exclude unconditionally cancelable commitments and letters of credit.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call to discuss its second quarter results at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on July 24, 2026.  Callers wishing to participate may call toll-free by dialing (833) 461-5787 within the US. The numbers for international participants are listed at https://help.events.q4inc.com/eahc/international-dial-in-numbers.  The conference ID number is 404525610.   Alternatively, individuals may listen to the live webcast of the presentation by visiting SouthStateBank.com.  A replay of the live webcast is expected to be available by the evening of July 24, 2026 on the Investor Relations section of SouthStateBank.com.

SouthState is a financial services company headquartered in Winter Haven, Florida. SouthState Bank, N.A., the company's nationally chartered bank subsidiary, provides consumer, commercial, mortgage and wealth management solutions to more than 1.8 million customers throughout Florida, Texas, the Carolinas, Georgia, Colorado, Alabama, Virginia and Tennessee.  The bank also serves clients nationwide through its correspondent banking division.  Additional information is available at SouthStateBank.com.

Non-GAAP Measures

Statements included in this press release include non-GAAP measures and should be read along with the accompanying tables that provide a reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to GAAP measures.  Although other companies may use calculation methods that differ from those used by SouthState for non-GAAP measures, management believes that these non-GAAP measures provide additional useful information, which allows readers to evaluate the ongoing performance of the Company.  Non-GAAP measures should not be considered as an alternative to any measure of performance or financial condition as promulgated under GAAP, and investors should consider the Company's performance and financial condition as reported under GAAP and all other relevant information when assessing the performance or financial condition of the Company.  Non-GAAP measures have limitations as analytical tools, and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company's results or financial condition as reported under GAAP.

(Dollars in thousands)

Three Months Ended

PRE-PROVISION NET REVENUE ("PPNR") (NON-GAAP)

Jun. 30, 2026

Mar. 31, 2026

Dec. 31, 2025

Sep. 30, 2025

Jun. 30, 2025

Net income (GAAP)

$

230,022

$

225,820

$

247,722

$

246,641

$

215,224

Provision for credit losses

15,919

10,808

6,605

5,085

7,505

Income tax provision

68,985

65,551

67,686

74,715

66,975

Merger, branch consolidation, severance related and other expense (8)

—

—

4,494

20,889

24,379

FDIC special assessment

—

—

(3,835)

—

—

Pre-provision net revenue (PPNR) (Non-GAAP)

$

314,926

$

302,179

$

322,672

$

347,330

$

314,083

(Dollars in thousands)

Three Months Ended

NET INTEREST MARGIN ("NIM"), TE (NON-GAAP)

Jun. 30, 2026

Mar. 31, 2026

Dec. 31, 2025

Sep. 30, 2025

Jun. 30, 2025

Net interest income (GAAP)

$

575,949

$

561,605

$

581,115

$

599,697

$

577,948

Total average interest-earning assets

61,133,759

60,201,176

59,872,113

58,727,110

57,710,001

NIM, non-tax equivalent

3.78

%

3.78

%

3.85

%

4.05

%

4.02

%

Tax equivalent adjustment (included in NIM, TE)

751

760

800

718

672

Net interest income, tax equivalent (Non-GAAP)

$

576,700

$

562,365

$

581,915

$

600,415

$

578,620

NIM, TE (Non-GAAP)

3.78

%

3.79

%

3.86

%

4.06

%

4.02

%

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

Jun. 30,

Mar. 31,

Dec. 31,

Sep. 30,

Jun. 30,

Jun. 30,

Jun. 30,

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP

2026

2026

2025

2025

2025

2026

2025

Adjusted Net Income (non-GAAP) (2)

Net income (GAAP)

$

230,022

$

225,820

$

247,722

$

246,641

$

215,224

$

455,842

$

304,304

Securities losses, net of tax

—

—

—

—

—

—

178,639

Gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs and tax

—

—

—

—

—

—

(179,004)

PCL - Non-PCD loans and UFC, net of tax

—

—

—

—

—

—

71,892

Merger, branch consolidation, severance related and other expense,

net of tax (8)

—

—

3,529

16,032

18,593

—

71,687

Deferred tax asset remeasurement

—

—

—

—

—

—

5,581

FDIC special assessment, net of tax

—

—

(3,012)

—

—

—

—

Adjusted net income (non-GAAP)

$

230,022

$

225,820

$

248,239

$

262,673

$

233,817

$

455,842

$

453,099

Adjusted Net Income per Common Share - Basic (non-GAAP) (2)

Earnings per common share - Basic (GAAP)

$

2.36

$

2.29

$

2.48

$

2.44

$

2.12

$

4.66

$

3.00

Effect to adjust for securities losses, net of tax

—

—

—

—

—

—

1.76

Effect to adjust for gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs and tax

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1.76)

Effect to adjust for PCL - Non-PCD loans and UFC, net of tax

—

—

—

—

—

—

0.71

Effect to adjust for merger, branch consolidation, severance related

and other expense, net of tax (8)

—

—

0.03

0.16

0.18

—

0.70

Effect to adjust for deferred tax asset remeasurement

—

—

—

—

—

—

0.06

Effect to adjust for FDIC special assessment, net of tax

—

—

(0.03)

—

—

—

—

Adjusted net income per common share - Basic (non-GAAP)

$

2.36

$

2.29

$

2.48

$

2.60

$

2.30

$

4.66

$

4.47

Adjusted Net Income per Common Share - Diluted (non-GAAP) (2)

Earnings per common share - Diluted (GAAP)

$

2.35

$

2.28

$

2.46

$

2.42

$

2.11

$

4.64

$

2.99

Effect to adjust for securities losses, net of tax

—

—

—

—

—

—

1.76

Effect to adjust for gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs and tax

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1.76)

Effect to adjust for PCL - Non-PCD loans and UFC, net of tax

—

—

—

—

—

—

0.71

Effect to adjust for merger, branch consolidation, severance related

and other expense, net of tax (8)

—

—

0.04

0.16

0.19

—

0.70

Effect to adjust for deferred tax remeasurement

—

—

—

—

—

—

0.05

Effect to adjust for FDIC special assessment, net of tax

—

—

(0.03)

—

—

—

—

Adjusted net income per common share - Diluted (non-GAAP)

$

2.35

$

2.28

$

2.47

$

2.58

$

2.30

$

4.64

$

4.45

Adjusted Return on Average Assets (non-GAAP) (2)

Return on average assets (GAAP)

1.36

%

1.37

%

1.47

%

1.49

%

1.34

%

1.36

%

0.95

%

Effect to adjust for securities losses, net of tax

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

0.56

%

Effect to adjust for gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs and tax

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

(0.56)

%

Effect to adjust for PCL - Non-PCD loans and UFC, net of tax

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

0.23

%

Effect to adjust for merger, branch consolidation, severance related

and other expense, net of tax (8)

—

%

—

%

0.03

%

0.10

%

0.11

%

—

%

0.22

%

Effect to adjust for deferred tax remeasurement

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

0.02

%

Effect to adjust for FDIC special assessment, net of tax

—

%

—

%

(0.02)

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

Adjusted return on average assets (non-GAAP)

1.36

%

1.37

%

1.48

%

1.59

%

1.45

%

1.36

%

1.42

%

Adjusted Return on Average Common Equity (non-GAAP) (2)

Return on average common equity (GAAP)

10.19

%

10.11

%

10.90

%

11.04

%

9.93

%

10.15

%

7.17

%

Effect to adjust for securities losses, net of tax

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

4.21

%

Effect to adjust for gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs and tax

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

(4.22)

%

Effect to adjust for PCL - Non-PCD loans and UFC, net of tax

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

1.69

%

Effect to adjust for merger, branch consolidation, severance related

and other expense, net of tax (8)

—

%

—

%

0.15

%

0.71

%

0.86

%

—

%

1.70

%

Effect to adjust for deferred tax remeasurement

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

0.13

%

Effect to adjust for FDIC special assessment, net of tax

—

%

—

%

(0.13)

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

Adjusted return on average common equity (non-GAAP)

10.19

%

10.11

%

10.92

%

11.75

%

10.79

%

10.15

%

10.68

%

Return on Average Common Tangible Equity (non-GAAP) (3)

Return on average common equity (GAAP)

10.19

%

10.11

%

10.90

%

11.04

%

9.93

%

10.15

%

7.17

%

Effect to adjust for intangible assets

7.43

%

7.48

%

8.20

%

8.58

%

8.24

%

7.45

%

6.56

%

Return on average tangible equity (non-GAAP)

17.62

%

17.59

%

19.10

%

19.62

%

18.17

%

17.60

%

13.73

%

Adjusted Return on Average Common Tangible Equity (non-GAAP) (2) (3)

Return on average common equity (GAAP)

10.19

%

10.11

%

10.90

%

11.04

%

9.93

%

10.15

%

7.17

%

Effect to adjust for securities losses, net of tax

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

4.21

%

Effect to adjust for gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs and tax

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

(4.22)

%

Effect to adjust for PCL - Non-PCD loans and UFC, net of tax

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

1.69

%

Effect to adjust for merger, branch consolidation, severance related

and other expense, net of tax (8)

—

%

—

%

0.15

%

0.71

%

0.86

%

—

%

1.70

%

Effect to adjust for deferred tax remeasurement

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

0.13

%

Effect to adjust for FDIC special assessment, net of tax

—

%

—

%

(0.13)

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

Effect to adjust for intangible assets, net of tax

7.43

%

7.48

%

8.22

%

9.06

%

8.82

%

7.45

%

9.04

%

Adjusted return on average common tangible equity (non-GAAP)

17.62

%

17.59

%

19.14

%

20.81

%

19.61

%

17.60

%

19.72

%

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

Jun. 30,

Mar. 31,

Dec. 31,

Sep. 30,

Jun. 30,

Jun. 30,

Jun. 30,

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP

2026

2026

2025

2025

2025

2026

2025

Adjusted Efficiency Ratio (non-GAAP) (4)

Efficiency ratio

50.00

%

51.05

%

49.65

%

49.88

%

52.75

%

50.52

%

56.75

%

Effect to adjust for securities losses

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

(7.44)

%

Effect to adjust for gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

7.46

%

Effect to adjust for merger, branch consolidation, severance related

and other expense, net of tax (8)

—

%

—

%

(0.65)

%

(2.99)

%

(3.66)

%

—

%

(7.12)

%

Effect to adjust for FDIC special assessment

—

%

—

%

0.56

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

—

%

Adjusted efficiency ratio (non-GAAP)

50.00

%

51.05

%

49.56

%

46.89

%

49.09

%

50.52

%

49.65

%

Tangible Book Value Per Common Share (non-GAAP) (3)

Book value per common share (GAAP)

$

94.17

$

92.21

$

91.38

$

89.14

$

86.71

Effect to adjust for intangible assets

(35.45)

(35.31)

(35.11)

(34.66)

(34.75)

Tangible book value per common share (non-GAAP)

$

58.72

$

56.90

$

56.27

$

54.48

$

51.96

Tangible Equity-to-Tangible Assets (non-GAAP) (3)

Equity-to-assets (GAAP)

13.25

%

13.28

%

13.48

%

13.64

%

13.36

%

Effect to adjust for intangible assets

(4.55)

%

(4.64)

%

(4.72)

%

(4.83)

%

(4.90)

%

Tangible equity-to-tangible assets (non-GAAP)

8.70

%

8.64

%

8.76

%

8.81

%

8.46

%

Certain prior period information has been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation, and these reclassifications have no impact on net income or equity as previously reported.

Footnotes to tables:

(1)

Includes loan accretion (interest) income related to the discount on acquired loans of $33.1 million, $38.8 million, $50.3 million, $83.0 million, and $63.5 million during the quarters ended June 30, 2026, March 31, 2026, December 31, 2025, September 30, 2025, and June 30, 2025, respectively, and $71.8 million and $125.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

(2)

Adjusted earnings, adjusted return on average assets, adjusted EPS, and adjusted return on average equity are non-GAAP measures and exclude the gains or losses on sales of securities, gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs, PCL on non-PCD loans and unfunded commitments, deferred tax asset remeasurement, merger, branch consolidation, severance related and other expense, and FDIC special assessments.  Management believes that non-GAAP adjusted measures provide additional useful information that allows readers to evaluate the ongoing performance of the Company.  Non-GAAP measures should not be considered as an alternative to any measure of performance or financial condition as promulgated under GAAP, and investors should consider the Company's performance and financial condition as reported under GAAP and all other relevant information when assessing the performance or financial condition of the Company.  Non-GAAP measures have limitations as analytical tools, and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company's results or financial condition as reported under GAAP.  Adjusted earnings and the related adjusted return measures (non-GAAP) exclude the following from net income (GAAP) on an after-tax basis: (a) pre-tax merger, branch consolidation, severance related and other expense of $4.5 million, $20.9 million, and $24.4 million for the quarters ended December 31, 2025, September 30, 2025, and June 30, 2025, respectively, and $92.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025; (b) pre-tax net securities losses of $(228.8) million for the six months ended June 30, 2025; (c) pre-tax gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs of $229.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025; (d) pre-tax PCL on non-PCD loans and unfunded commitments of $92.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025; (e) pre-tax FDIC special assessment of $(3.8) million for the quarter ended December 31, 2025; and (f) deferred tax asset remeasurement of $5.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025.

(3)

The tangible measures are non-GAAP measures and exclude the effect of period end or average balance of intangible assets.  The tangible returns on equity and common equity measures also add back the after-tax amortization of intangibles to GAAP basis net income.  Management believes that these non-GAAP tangible measures provide additional useful information, particularly since these measures are widely used by industry analysts for companies with prior merger and acquisition activities.  Non-GAAP measures should not be considered as an alternative to any measure of performance or financial condition as promulgated under GAAP, and investors should consider the Company's performance and financial condition as reported under GAAP and all other relevant information when assessing the performance or financial condition of the Company.  Non-GAAP measures have limitations as analytical tools, and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company's results or financial condition as reported under GAAP. The sections titled "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP" provide tables that reconcile GAAP measures to non-GAAP.

(4)

Adjusted efficiency ratio is calculated by taking the noninterest expense excluding transaction costs on merger, branch consolidation, severance related and other expenses, FDIC special assessment, and amortization of intangible assets, divided by net interest income and noninterest income excluding gains (losses) on sales of securities, net, and gain on sale leaseback, net of transaction costs.  The pre-tax amortization expenses of intangible assets were $21.0 million, $21.3 million, $23.4 million, $23.4 million, and $24.0 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2026, March 31, 2026, December 31, 2025, September 30, 2025, and June 30, 2025, respectively, and $42.3 million and $47.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

(5)

The dividend payout ratio is calculated by dividing total dividends paid during the period by the total net income for the same period.

(6)

June 30, 2026 ratios are estimated and may be subject to change pending the final filing of the FR Y-9C; all other periods are presented as filed. 

(7)

Loan data excludes loans held for sale.

(8)

Includes pre-tax cyber incident net reimbursement of $(3.6) million for the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and $(3.5) million for the six months ended June 30, 2025.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements

Statements included in this communication contain forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of management of SouthState Bank Corporation ("SouthState") and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward looking statements.

Factors that could cause SouthState's actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward looking statements are discussed in SouthState's Annual Report on Form 10 K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on SouthState's website (https://southstatecorporation.q4ir.com/SEC-Filings/Documents/default.aspx), and on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website (www.sec.gov). SouthState undertakes no obligation to update any forward looking statements.

SOURCE SouthState Bank Corporation