---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000700564-26-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FULT"
cik: "0000700564"
company_name: "FULTON FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:57:46.854919+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fulton Financial Q1 EPS $0.51 ($0.55 operating); completes Blue Foundry deal

## Summary
- Q1 2026 GAAP EPS $0.51 (down from Q4); operating EPS $0.55 (up slightly).
- Completed Blue Foundry Bancorp acquisition effective April 1, 2026.
- Net interest margin 3.58%; loans +$121.5M to $24.3B; deposits +$178.9M to $26.8B.
- Non-performing assets fell to 0.55% of total assets from 0.58%.
- Repurchased 1.2M shares at avg $20.21 for $24.5M under 2026 program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000700564-26-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FULT
- cik: 0000700564
- company_name: FULTON FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700564/000070056426000010/0000700564-26-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700564/000070056426000010/fult-20260422.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000700564-26-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  FULTON FINANCIAL CORP reported first quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: net income $92.2 million, EPS $0.51 per diluted share.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Net income: $92.2 million
  - EPS: $0.51 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Fulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: FULT) (“Fulton” or the “Corporation”) reported net income available to common shareholders of $92.2 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2026, a decrease of $4.2 million in comparison to the fourth quarter of 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/700564/000070056426000010/0000700564-26-000010-index.htm

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