Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. released a May 2026 credit performance update showing modest portfolio growth with improved loss and delinquency metrics versus May 2025.
End-of-period credit card and other loans were $18,363 million, with average loans of $18,169 million, a 2.6% year-over-year increase in average balances. Net principal losses were $108 million with a 6.98% net principal loss rate, compared with $120 million and a 7.97% rate a year earlier. The 30-days-plus delinquency rate was 5.24% on $853 million of delinquent principal, versus 5.71% on $926 million in May 2025. The company notes prior hurricane-related delinquency freezes in late 2024 affected loss patterns in 2024 and 2025.
Bread Financial Holdings President and CEO Ralph J. Andretta reported selling 15,000 shares of the company’s common stock in open-market transactions on May 29, 2026. The shares were sold in three trades at weighted average prices ranging between approximately $88 and $90 per share, with detailed price ranges disclosed in the footnotes. The sales were executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on February 27, 2026, indicating they were scheduled in advance. After these transactions, Andretta continues to hold more than 500,000 shares directly.
BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. director John J. Fawcett made an open-market purchase of common stock. On the reported date, he bought 698 shares at a price of $86.43 per share. After this transaction, he directly owned 11,000 shares of the company’s common stock.
His beneficial holdings consist of 8,198 unrestricted shares and 2,802 unvested restricted stock units that were granted on June 16, 2025. This filing reflects a net increase in his direct ownership position through a routine open-market purchase.
BFH submitted a Form 144 notice reporting the potential sale of 18,000 shares of Common Stock tied to restricted stock vesting, listed as Issuer compensation on 05/20/2026. The filing also records a prior disposition by Roger H. Ballou of 9,687 shares on 04/24/2026 for $874,930.81.