---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000007789-26-000138"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASB"
cik: "0000007789"
company_name: "ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:43:38.605066+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Associated Banc-Corp Q1 2026 EPS $0.70; C&I loans up 13% YoY; net income $117M

## Summary
- Net income available to common equity of $117M ($0.70 diluted EPS) vs $134M ($0.80) in Q4 2025 and $99M ($0.59) in Q1 2025.
- Total loans $31.8B (+2% QoQ, +5% YoY); C&I loans $12.3B (+5% QoQ, +13% YoY).
- Core customer deposits $30.4B (+3% QoQ, +4% YoY); net interest margin 3.03%.
- Net charge-offs annualized 0.07%; allowance for credit losses / loans 1.34%.
- CEO cites over $500M C&I loan growth, key hires, and closing of American National Corporation acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000007789-26-000138
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASB
- cik: 0000007789
- company_name: ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7789/000000778926000138/0000007789-26-000138-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7789/000000778926000138/asb-20260423.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000007789-26-000138.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP reported the quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: net income $117 million, EPS $0.70 per common share.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Net income: $117 million
  - EPS: $0.70 per common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Associated Banc-Corp Reports First Quarter 2026 Net Income Available to Common Equity of $117 Million, or $0.70 per Common Share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7789/000000778926000138/0000007789-26-000138-index.htm

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