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United Bankshares, Inc. Announces Earnings for the Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2023
WASHINGTON & CHARLESTON, W.Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: UBSI) (“United”), today reported earnings for the third quarter of 2023 of
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[{"type":"text","content":" WASHINGTON & CHARLESTON, W.Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nUnited Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: UBSI) (“United”), today reported earnings for the third quarter of 2023 of $96.2 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, as compared to earnings of $92.5 million, or $0.68 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2023. Earnings for the third quarter of 2022 were $102.6 million, or $0.76 per diluted share.\n\n\n“Third quarter results saw accelerated growth and profitability, while maintaining our strong capital, liquidity, and asset quality positions,” stated Richard M. Adams, Jr., United’s Chief Executive Officer. “I’m pleased with the resilient performance we continue to deliver in this environment.”\n\n\nThird quarter of 2023 results produced annualized returns on average assets, average equity and average tangible equity, a non-GAAP measure, of 1.31%, 8.14% and 13.71%, respectively, compared to annualized returns on average assets, average equity and average tangible equity of 1.26%, 7.96% and 13.47%, respectively, for the second quarter of 2023. Annualized returns on average assets, average equity and average tangible equity were 1.41%, 8.96% and 15.46%, respectively, for the third quarter of 2022.\n\n\nThird quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2023\n\n\nNet interest income for the third quarter of 2023 increased $992 thousand, or less than 1%, from the second quarter of 2023. Tax-equivalent net interest income, a non-GAAP measure which adjusts for the tax-favored status of income from certain loans and investments, for the third quarter of 2023 increased $717 thousand, or less than 1%, from the second quarter of 2023. Net interest income and tax-equivalent net interest income for the third quarter of 2023 benefited from the impact of rising market interest rates on earning assets, a change in the asset mix to higher earning assets and lower average balances of long-term borrowings. Partially offsetting the increase in net interest income and tax-equivalent net interest income was higher interest expense primarily driven by the impact of deposit rate repricing and higher average balances of interest-bearing deposits. The yield on average earning assets increased 19 basis points from the second quarter of 2023 to 5.52%. Average net loans and loans held for sale increased $245.6 million from the second quarter of 2023 and the yi...