# City Holding Sets $2.43 EPS Record as Income for Common Shareholders Falls

By John Kim

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Published: 2026-10-26T12:50:19.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-26T12:50:19.000Z
Section: Business

> Net income available to common shareholders fell to $34.609 million, while loans grew 1.1% to $4.55 billion.

City Holding Company posted record diluted earnings per share of $2.43 for the three months through Sept. 30, 2026, while income available to common shareholders declined from a year earlier.

The Charleston, West Virginia-based bank holding company announced the results Monday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 a.m. ET (11:30 a.m. UTC). Net income available to common shareholders was $34.609 million, down from $35.188 million in the third quarter of 2025. Diluted EPS was $2.41 in that year-earlier quarter.

Net interest income and noninterest income together totaled $84.036 million, compared with $81.630 million a year earlier. Net interest income was $62.605 million, up from $61.107 million, while noninterest income rose to $21.431 million from $20.523 million.

Net interest margin, which measures the spread between interest earned and interest paid, was 4.04%, compared with 3.97% in the second quarter of 2026. Loans increased by $48.4 million, or 1.1%, from June 30 to $4.55 billion at the end of September.

City Holding is the parent company of City National Bank of West Virginia, which operates 95 branches in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia and Ohio. The reported results are preliminary and unaudited, and the company may adjust them before filing its quarterly report.