United Community Banks Completes Balance Sheet Repositioning, Boosts Buyback

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United Community Banks, Inc. announced the completion of strategic initiatives that simplify and strengthen its balance sheet, including a $2.0 billion securities sale and a $100 million increase to its share repurchase authorization. Following the September 1 sale of Navitas Credit Corp. and NLFC Reinsurance Corp, which netted approximately $2.0 billion, the company reclassified $2.2 billion in held-to-maturity securities to available-for-sale and sold about $2.6 billion of lower-yielding securities with a weighted average yield of 2.20%. Proceeds are being redeployed into cash and short-duration securities yielding approximately 4.5%, reducing interest rate risk and improving future earnings, despite an expected pre-tax loss of about $300 million. The company projects its CET1 ratio will remain above 13% for the third quarter of 2026, and it has repurchased $87 million of shares in 2026, including $50 million in the third quarter, offsetting dilution from the recently completed acquisition of Peach State Bancshares, Inc.

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United Community Banks, Inc.
UCB
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Completed balance-sheet repositioning with $2.6B securities sale, $100M buyback increase, and $87M repurchased in 2026, improving future earnings despite a $300M pre-tax loss.

Off-coverage companies 2

Navitas Credit Corp.Private± Mixed
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Navitas Credit Corp. was sold on September 1 as part of the repositioning, netting ~$2.0B, but no standalone impact on it is described.

NLFC Reinsurance Corp.Private± Mixed
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NLFC Reinsurance Corp. was sold alongside Navitas, netting ~$2.0B, with no separate impact on it described.

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