Norwood Financial Corp announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results

Full Year Highlights:

HONESDALE, Pa., Jan. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Norwood Financial Corp (Nasdaq Global Market-NWFL) and its subsidiary, Wayne Bank, announced results for the three months and full year ended December 31, 2025.

Jim Donnelly, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We finished the year on a positive note in the fourth quarter, as we continued to maintain solid growth, while improving profitability and efficiency. Our disciplined approach and commitment to core values propels us to be able to deliver strong results for our shareholders. I am proud of the performance of the entire Norwood team as they remain focused on delivering the products and services that help our customers achieve their goals. This gives us great momentum as we enter 2026.

“On January 5, we closed on the acquisition of Presence Bank, giving us a larger geographic presence, greater assets, and a talented team dedicated to serving our communities. I am energized by this combination and believe that we are on our way to creating a bright future for us, our customers, and our shareholders.”

Discussion of financial results for the three months and full year ended December 31, 2025 (all comparisons are year-over-year):

Norwood Financial Corp is the parent company of Wayne Bank, which operates from fifteen offices throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania and fourteen offices in Delaware, Sullivan, Ontario, Otsego and Yates Counties, New York. The Company’s stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “NWFL”.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Non-GAAP Measures

In addition to presenting information in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), this news release contains financial information determined by methods other than GAAP (non-GAAP). The following measures used in this release, which are commonly utilized by financial institutions, have not been specifically exempted by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and may constitute "non-GAAP financial measures" within the meaning of the SEC's rules.

The Company has provided in this news release supplemental disclosures for the calculation of

Management believes that the non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the Company from time to time are useful in evaluating the Company's performance and that such information should be considered as supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for or superior to the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Our non-GAAP financial measures may differ from similar measures presented by other companies. Refer to the tables on pages 10-12 for Non-GAAP to GAAP reconciliations.