Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Announces 2025 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

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A Year of Return to Profitability and Termination of Consent Order RICHMOND, Va. , Jan. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE American: BRBS), the holding company of Blue Ridge Bank, National Association ("Blue Ridge Bank" or the "Bank") and BRB Financial Group, Inc., today announced financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025. For the quarter ended December 31, 2025, the Company reported net income of $4.2 million, or $0.04 per diluted common share, compared to net income of $5.6 million, or $0.06 per diluted common share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, and a net loss of $2.0 million, or ($0.03) per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter of 2024. Net income for the third quarter of 2025 included after-tax loan fee income of $2.3 million due to the payoff of the Company's largest out-of-market loan, while net income for the fourth and third quarters of 2025 included after-tax income of $0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively, on the 2024 sale of mortgage servicing rights ("MSRs"). For the fourth quarter of 2024, the net loss of $2.0 million included an after-tax loss of $2.0 million on the sale of MSRs. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company reported net income of $10.7 million, or $0.11 per diluted common share, compared to a net loss of $15.4 million, or ($0.31) per diluted common share, for the year ended December 31, 2024. For 2024, the Company reported $3.6 million of after-tax regulatory remediation expenses, while none were reported in 2025. A Message From Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. President and CEO, G. William "Billy" Beale: "2025 was a breakthrough year for Blue Ridge! The hard work and progress of the last 30 months was rewarded in November with termination of the January 2024 Consent Order issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC"). The termination of the Consent Order has a cascading impact on the Bank in areas such as borrowing costs, FDIC insurance premiums, and operating costs. It lessens barriers to capital decisions and strategic opportunities. In the quarter, we received regulatory approval to upstream capital from the Bank to pay a special $0.25 per share dividend to our shareholders. "We continue to make progress in reducing our noninterest expenses. For example, headcount was reduced by over 30% from year-end 2024 to year-end 2025. You will see reductions in consulting and professional fees as well. The result was much improved earnings over the last two years. "We are disappointed that our loan portfolio continues to contract mostly because of non-footprint loans made under prior management. We are seeing our loan pipeline increase due to the efforts of our relationship management teams. Despite a very competitive market, we are projecting mid-single digit balance sheet growth and positive momentum as we start the new year." Q4 2025 Highlights (Comparisons for Fourth Quarter 2025 are relative to Third Quarter 2025 unless otherwise noted.) Net Income: Net Interest Income / Net Interest Margin: Capital: Asset Quality: Noninterest Income / Noninterest Expense: Income Tax: Balance Sheet: Income Statement: Net interest income was $18.1 million and $21.9 million for the fourth and third quarters of 2025, compared to $19.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2024. The third quarter of 2025 reflected $3.0 million of fee income related to the payoff of the aforementioned out-of-market loan. Net interest income for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $78.9 million compared to $78.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Average balances of interest-earning assets were $2.38 billion for the three months ended December 31, 2025, a decrease of $54.0 million to relative to the prior quarter, and a decrease of $353.3 million from the fourth quarter of 2024. Relative to the prior quarter and the year-ago period, the decrease reflected primarily lower average balances of loans held for investment, loans held for sale, and interest-earning deposits at other banks, partially offset by higher average balances of securities available for sale. The yield on loans held for investment was 5.66% and 6.40% for the fourth and third quarters of 2025, respectively, and 5.83% for the fourth quarter of 2024. Fee income from the payoff of the aforementioned out-of-market loan positively affected the yield on loans held for investment in the third quarter of 2025 by 62 basis points. Average balances of interest-bearing liabilities were $1.70 billion for the three months ended December 31, 2025, a decrease of $41.9 million relative to the prior quarter, and a decrease of $324.7 million from the fourth quarter of 2024. The decline relative to the prior quarter was primarily attributable to maturing wholesale time deposits. The decline in average balances of interest-bearing liabilities relative to the fourth quarter of 2024 was primarily due to reductions of wholesale time deposits ($163.8 million) and borrowings ($25.1 million of subordinated debt and $23.9 million of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta). Cost of funds was 2.54% for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to 2.65% for the third quarter of 2025, and 3.01% for the fourth quarter of 2024, while cost of deposits was 2.40%, 2.51%, and 2.86%, for the same respective periods. Cost of deposits, excluding wholesale deposits, was 2.04% for the quarter, compared to 2.13% for the prior quarter, and 2.39% for the year-ago quarter period. Net interest margin was 3.04% for the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to 3.60% in the prior quarter and 2.80% in the fourth quarter of 2024. Fee income from the aforementioned paid off out-of-market loan had a positive 49 basis point effect on net interest margin for the third quarter of 2025. Excluding the effect of the third quarter loan fee, fourth quarter of 2025 net interest margin declined 7 basis points from the third quarter of 2025. Recoveries of credit losses of $1.5 million, $1.8 million, and $1.0 million were reported for the fourth quarter of 2025, third quarter of 2025, and fourth quarter of 2024, respectively. The recovery of credit losses in the current quarter was due to loan portfolio balance reductions, net loan recoveries, including a $0.9 million recovery on a loan charged off in a prior year, and reductions to reserves on individually evaluated loans. The recovery of credit losses in the prior quarter was primarily due to loan portfolio balance reductions and net loan recoveries, including a $0.8 million partial recovery on a specialty finance loan charged off in a prior year. The recovery of credit losses in the fourth quarter of 2024 reflected lower reserve needs due to loan portfolio balance reductions, partially offset by charge-offs of the non-guaranteed portion of certain government guaranteed loans and certain purchased loans. Noninterest income was $2.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to $3.8 million for the third quarter of 2025, and $2.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2024. Noninterest income in the fourth and third quarters of 2025 included $0.4 million and $0.7 million, respectively, of released reserves associated with the 2024 sales of MSRs. The reserves related to the Company providing certain documentation to the buyers subsequent to the sales in exchange for contractually heldback sales proceeds. All such documentation was delivered, and the heldback sales proceeds were received in 2025. For the year ended December 31, 2025, total noninterest income was $12.8 million compared to $13.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. In the first quarter of 2025, the Company sold its mortgage division, and as a result, residential mortgage banking income was $0.9 million in 2025 compared to $9.8 million in 2024. Additionally, the Company reported a negative fair value adjustment of $8.5 million in 2024 to write-down an investment in a fintech company compared to a nominal amount reported in 2025. Noninterest expense decreased $3.1 million from the prior quarter and $8.7 million from the year-ago period. The largest contributor to these declines was lower salaries and employee benefits expense, which was $9.2 million, $11.4 million, and $13.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, third quarter of 2025, and fourth quarter of 2024, respectively. The majority of the decline in salaries and employee benefits expense in the current versus prior quarter was due to lower incentives, while lower expense compared to the year-ago period was primarily due to reduced headcount, which declined by 140 employees, or over 30%, since year-end 2024, as the Company transitioned to a more traditional community banking model and remediated the requirements under the now-terminated Consent Order. For the year ended December 31, 2025, total noninterest expense was $81.9 million compared to $113.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Of the $31.9 million decline, $12.0 million was attributable to lower salaries and benefits expense, while $4.7 million, $4.7 million, and $6.4 million was due to lower consulting expense, regulatory remediation expense, and other noninterest expense, respectively. The decline in salaries and employee benefits expense was primarily attributable to a reduction in headcount, while the lower consulting, regulatory remediation, and other noninterest expenses were primarily attributable to the remediation of the Consent Order. Balance Sheet: Loans held for investment were $1.87 billion at December 31, 2025, compared to $1.91 billion at September 30, 2025, and $2.11 billion at December 31, 2024. The $47.0 million decline relative to the prior quarter end was partially due to payoffs and paydowns of approximately $27.8 million of out-of-market loans. Loans held for investment declined $246.1 million in 2025, primarily attributable to payoffs and paydowns of approximately $119.4 million of out-of-market loans as the Company transitioned to a more traditional community banking model. Total deposits were $1.91 billion at December 31, 2025, a decrease of $39.9 million and $268.3 million from September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively. Wholesale deposit balances were $238.7 million and $267.9 million at the end of the fourth and third quarters of 2025, respectively, and $402.5 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024. The Company had secured brokered deposits to enhance liquidity during the fintech BaaS depository operations wind down, which began in the first quarter 2024 and was completed by the end of 2024. Brokered deposits as a percentage of total deposits declined to 12.5% at December 31, 2025 from 18.5% at December 31, 2024. Excluding wholesale deposits, total deposits decreased $10.7 million from September 30, 2025 and $104.5 million from December 31, 2024. Noninterest-bearing deposits represented 20.9%, 21.1%, and 20.8% of total deposits at December 31, 2025, September 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively. Excluding brokered deposits, noninterest-bearing deposits represented 23.8%, 24.4%, and 25.5% of total deposits as of the same respective dates. Subordinated notes were $14.7 million at December 31, 2025, a decrease of $25.1 million from December 31, 2024. On June 1, 2025, the Company completed the redemption of its $15.0 million fixed-to-floating rate subordinated note maturing June 1, 2030. On July 15, 2025, the Company completed a $10.0 million partial redemption of its $25.0 million of subordinated notes maturing October 15, 2029. About Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.: Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. is the holding company for Blue Ridge Bank and BRB Financial Group, Inc. The Company, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides a wide range of financial services including retail and commercial banking, and retail mortgage lending. The Company also provides investment and wealth management services and management services for personal and corporate trusts, including estate planning and trust administration. Visit www.mybrb.com  for more information. Reclassifications: Certain amounts presented in the consolidated financial statements of prior periods have been reclassified to conform to current period presentations. The reclassifications had no effect on net income (loss), net income (loss) per share, or stockholders' equity, as previously reported. Non-GAAP Financial Measures: The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and prevailing practices in the banking industry. However, management uses certain non-GAAP measures, including tangible assets, tangible common equity, tangible book value per common share, and tangible common equity to tangible total assets to supplement the evaluation of the Company's financial condition and performance. Management believes presentations of these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful supplemental information that is essential to a proper understanding of the financial condition and capital position of the Company's business. These non-GAAP disclosures should not be viewed as a substitute for financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP, nor are they necessarily comparable to non-GAAP performance measures that may be presented by other companies. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP measures are included at the end of this release. Forward-Looking Statements: This release of the Company contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements represent plans, estimates, objectives, goals, guidelines, expectations, intentions, projections, and statements of the Company's beliefs concerning future events, business plans, objectives, expected operating results and the assumptions upon which those statements are based. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate, or imply future results, performance or achievements, and are typically identified with words such as "may," "could," "should," "will," "would," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "aim," "intend," "plan," or words or phrases of similar meaning. The Company cautions that the forward-looking statements are based largely on its expectations and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based on factors which are, in many instances, beyond the Company's control. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those contemplated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause the Company's financial performance to differ materially from that expressed in such forward-looking statements: The foregoing factors should not be considered exhaustive and should be read together with other cautionary statements that are included in filings the Company makes from time to time with the SEC. Any one of these risks or factors could have a material adverse impact on the Company's results of operations or financial condition, or cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, forward-looking information and statements contained in this release. Moreover, new risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on its forward-looking statements. Therefore, the Company cautions not to place undue reliance on its forward-looking information and statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. The Company does not undertake to, and will not, update or revise these forward-looking statements after the date hereof, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. 1 Non-GAAP financial measure. Further information can be found at the end of this press release.         View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blue-ridge-bankshares-inc-announces-2025-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-results-302674535.html

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