Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (CFR) Interest Expense - Debt (2009 - 2026)
Cullen's Interest Expense - Debt was $1.73 million in Q2 2026, down 10.9% from $1.94 million a year earlier and down 0.5% from the prior quarter.
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (CFR) Interest Expense - Debt (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Cullen's Interest Expense - Debt was $7.27 million through Jun 30, 2026, down 11.3% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $7.69 million, down 13.3% from FY2024.
- Interest Expense - Debt shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Interest Expense - Debt was $8.87 million in FY2024 (+2.6%), $8.65 million in FY2023 (+85.7%), $4.66 million in FY2022 (unchanged) and $4.66 million in FY2021 (unchanged).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Interest Expense - Debt since Q4 2022.
- Compared with a year earlier, Interest Expense - Debt has declined for eight straight quarters, with an average decline of 10.7% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Interest Expense - Debt over five years was Q4 2023 (growth of 96.8%); the worst was Q2 2025 (a decline of 15.7%).
- Per Business Quant data, CFR's Interest Expense - Debt in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was $1.74 million (Q1 2026), $1.87 million (Q4 2025) and $1.94 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.73 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.74 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.87 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.94 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.94 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.95 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.12 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.20 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.30 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.26 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.29 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.26 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.11 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.99 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.17 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.16 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.16 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.16 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.17 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.16 Mn |
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. Interest Expense - Debt API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "interest-expense-debt", "ticker": "CFR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
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const data = await res.json();