• Equity Bancshares posted net income of $16.97 million, or $0.80 per diluted share, for quarter ended March 31, 2026, up $1.9 million year over year.
• Net interest income climbed to $73.66 million, lifting net interest margin by 6 basis points to 4.33%.
• Provision for credit losses rose to $5.96 million from $2.72 million a year earlier, while non-interest expense increased to $54.97 million from $39.05 million.
• Total assets rose to $7.67 billion at March 31, 2026, while total deposits increased 22.6% to $6.3 billion versus Dec. 31, 2025.
• Management said results reflected completion of Frontier merger, citing $5.7 million of merger and acquisition expenses and $6.1 million of provisioning tied to the transaction.

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