NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORP /DC/
For the period ended Feb 28, 2026. Filed Apr 10, 2026.
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Feb 28, 2026 · Filed Apr 10, 2026
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Consolidated Balance Sheet Analysis
Total assets increased $1,568 million, or 4%, to $39,893 million as of February 28, 2026 compared with May 31, 2025, primarily due to growth in our loan portfolio. We experienced an increase in total liabilities of $1,575 million, or 4%, to $36,796 million as of February 28, 2026 compared with May 31, 2025, largely due to the issuances of debt to fund the growth in our loan portfolio. Total equity decreased $7 million to $3,097 million as of February 28, 2026, primarily attributable to the CFC Board of Directors’ authorized patronage capital retirementof$53 million in YTD FY2026, partially offset by our reported net income of $47 million for the period.
Below is a discussion of changes in the major components of our assets and liabilities during YTD FY2026. Period-end balance sheet amounts may vary from average balance sheet amounts due to liquidity and balance sheet management activities that are intended to manage our liquidity requirements and market risk exposure in accordance with our risk appetite framework.
Loan Portfolio
We segregate our loan portfolio into segments, by legal entity, based on the borrower member class, which consists of CFC distribution, CFC power supply, CFC statewide and associate, NCSC electric and NCSC telecom. We offer both long-term and line of credit loans to our borrowers. Under our long-term loan facilities, a borrower may select a fixed interest rate or a variable interest rate at the time of each loan advance. Line of credit loans are revolving loan facilities and generally have a variable interest rate. We describe and provide additional information on our member classes under “Item 1. Business—Members” and information about our loan programs and loan product types under “Item 1. Business—Loan and Guarantee Programs” in our 2025 Form 10-K.
Loans Outstanding
Loans to members totaled $38,750 million and $37,080 million as of February 28, 2026 and May 31, 2025, respectively. Loans to CFC distribution and power supply borrowers accounted for 94% and 95% of total loans to members as of February 28, 2026 and May 31, 2025, respectively. The increase in loans to members of $1,670 million, or 5%, from May 31, 2025, was primarily attributable to net increases in long-term and line of credit loans of $1,076 million and $594 million, respectively. We experienced increases in CFC distribution loans, CFC power supply loans, CFC statewide and associate loans, NCSC electric and NCSC telecom loans of $1,125 million, $393 million, $22 million, $84 million and $44 million, respectively during YTD FY2026.
Long-term loan advances totaled $2,404 million during YTD FY2026, of which approximately 97% was provided to members for capital expenditures, 1% was provided for bridge financing, 1% was provided for the refinancing of loans made by other lenders, and 1% was provided for other purposes. In comparison, long-term loan advances totaled $2,083 million during YTD FY2025, of which approximately 97% was provided to members for capital expenditures, 2% was provided for the refinancing of loans made by other lenders and 1% was provided for other purposes. Of the $2,404 million total long-term loans advanced during YTD FY2026, $2,014 million were fixed-rate loan advances with a weighted average fixed-rate term of seven years. In comparison, of the $2,083 million total long-term loans advanced during YTD FY2025, $1,911 million were fixed-rate loan advances with a weighted average fixed-rate term of eight years.
Our aggregate loans outstanding to CFC electric distribution cooperative members relating to broadband projects, which we started tracking in October 2017, increased to an estimated $3,483 million asof February 28, 2026, from approximately $3,441 million as of May 31, 2025. Although we expect our member electric cooperatives to continue in their efforts to expand broadband access to unserved and underserved communities, their investment in broadband projects has slowed down in recent years and is expected to increase at a slower rate. As a result, we expect broadband related loan advances to moderate.
We provide information on the credit performance and risk profile of our loan portfolio below under the section “Credit Risk—Loan Portfolio Credit Risk” in this Report. Also refer to“Note 4—Loans” in this Report for addition information on our loans to members.
Debt
We utilize both secured and unsecured short-term borrowings and long-term debt as part of our funding strategy and asset/liability interest rate risk management. We seek to maintain diversified funding sources, including our members, affiliates, the capital markets and other private funding sources. Our funding strategy consists of various products and programs across markets to manage funding concentrations and reduce our liquidity or debt rollover risk.
Debt Outstanding
Table 13 displays the composition, by product type, of our outstanding debt as of February 28, 2026 and May 31, 2025. Table 13 also displays the composition of our debt based on several additional selected attributes.
Table 13: Debt—Total Debt Outstanding
| (Dollars in thousands) | February 28, 2026 | May 31, 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debt product type: | |||
| Commercial paper: | |||
| Members, at par | $945,435 | $785,608 | $159,827 |
| Dealer, net of discounts | 2,192,686 | 2,206,451 | (13,765) |
| Total commercial paper | 3,138,121 | 2,992,059 | 146,062 |
| Select notes to members | 1,301,078 | 1,304,240 | (3,162) |
| Daily liquidity fund notes to members | 294,776 | 343,916 | (49,140) |
| Medium-term notes: | |||
| Members, at par | 732,680 | 870,849 | (138,169) |
| Dealer(1)(2) | 12,372,710 | 9,611,038 | 2,761,672 |
| Total medium-term notes | 13,105,390 | 10,481,887 | 2,623,503 |
| Collateral trust bonds(1)(3) | 6,497,499 | 6,895,702 | (398,203) |
| Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable | 5,743,393 | 6,456,852 | (713,459) |
| Farmer Mac notes payable | 3,929,086 | 3,780,461 | 148,625 |
| Subordinated deferrable debt(1)(4) | 1,209,713 | 1,329,485 | (119,772) |
| Members’ subordinated certificates: | |||
| Membership subordinated certificates | 627,266 | 628,637 | (1,371) |
| Loan and guarantee subordinated certificates | 253,843 | 309,914 | (56,071) |
| Member capital securities | 246,797 | 246,163 | 634 |
| Total members’ subordinated certificates | 1,127,906 | 1,184,714 | (56,808) |
| Total debt outstanding | $36,346,962 | $34,769,316 | $1,577,646 |
| Security type: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Secured debt | 44% | 49% |
| Unsecured debt | 56 | 51 |
| Total | 100% | 100% |
| Funding source: | ||
| Members | 12% | 13% |
| Other non-capital markets: | ||
| Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable | 16 | 18 |
| Farmer Mac notes payable | 11 | 11 |
| Total other non-capital markets | 27 | 29 |
| Capital markets | 61 | 58 |
| Total | 100% | 100% |
| Interest rate type: | ||
| Fixed-rate debt | 79% | 81% |
| Variable-rate debt | 21 | 19 |
| Total | 100% | 100% |
| Interest rate type including swaps impact: | ||
| Fixed-rate debt(5) | 91% | 94% |
| Variable-rate debt(6) | 9 | 6 |
| Total | 100% | 100% |
| Maturity classification:(7) | ||
| Short-term borrowings | 14% | 15% |
| Long-term and subordinated debt(8) | 86 | 85 |
| Total | 100% | 100% |
(1)Amount is presented net of unamortized discounts, premium and issuance costs as applicable.
(2)Amount includes medium-term notes issued to both institutional and retail investors in the capital markets.
(3)Amount includes collateral trust bonds issued to investors through both public offerings and private placement transactions.
(4)Amount includes subordinated deferrable debt issued to institutional and retail investors through public offerings transactions. Amount as of February 28, 2026 also includes subordinated deferrable debt issued to investors through private placement transactions. See “Note 8—Subordinated Deferrable Debt” for details on the private placement of subordinated deferrable debt.
(5)Includes variable-rate debt that has been swapped to a fixed rate, net of any fixed-rate debt that has been swapped to a variable rate.
(6)Includes fixed-rate debt that has been swapped to a variable rate, net of any variable-rate debt that has been swapped to a fixed rate. Also includes commercial paper notes, which generally have maturities of less than 90 days. The interest rate on commercial paper notes does not change once the note has been issued; however, the interest rate for new commercial paper issuances changes daily.
(7)Borrowings with an original contractual maturity of one year or less are classified as short-term borrowings. Borrowings with an original contractual maturity of greater than one year are classified as long-term debt.
(8)Consists of long-term debt, subordinated deferrable debt and total members’ subordinated certificates reported on our consolidated balance sheets. Maturity classification is based on the original contractual maturity as of the date of issuance of the debt.
We issue debt primarily to fund growth in our loan portfolio. As such, our debt outstanding generally increases and decreases in response to member loan demand. Total debt outstanding increased $1,578 million, or 5%, to $36,347 million as of February 28, 2026 compared with May 31, 2025, due to borrowings to fund the increase in loans to members. We provide additional information on our financing activities during YTD FY2026 in the below section “Liquidity Risk” of this Report.
Member Investments
Debt securities issued to our members represent an important, stable source of funding. Table 14 displays member debt outstanding, by product type, as of February 28, 2026 and May 31, 2025.
Table 14: Debt—Member Investments
| February 28, 2026 · May 31, 2025 · Change | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Dollars in thousands) · Amount · % of Total(1) · Amount · % of Total(1) | |||||||
| Member investment product type: | |||||||
| Commercial paper | $945,435 | 30% | $785,608 | 26% | $159,827 | ||
| Select notes | 1,301,078 | 100 | 1,304,240 | 100 | (3,162) | ||
| Daily liquidity fund notes | 294,776 | 100 | 343,916 | 100 | (49,140) | ||
| Medium-term notes | 732,680 | 6 | 870,849 | 8 | (138,169) | ||
| Members’ subordinated certificates | 1,127,906 | 100 | 1,184,714 | 100 | (56,808) | ||
| Total member investments | $4,401,875 | $4,489,327 | $(87,452) | ||||
| Percentage of total debt outstanding | 12% | 13% | |||||
(1)Represents outstanding debt attributable to members for each debt product type as a percentage of the total outstanding debt for each debt product type.
Member investments accounted for 12% and 13% of total debt outstanding as of February 28, 2026 and May 31, 2025, respectively. Over the last twelve fiscal quarters, our member investments, including both short-term and long-term investments, have averaged $4,786 million, calculated based on outstanding member investments as of the end of each fiscal quarter.
Short-Term Borrowings
Short-term borrowings consist of borrowings with an original contractual maturity of one year or less and do not include the current portion of long-term debt. Short-term borrowings increased $9 million to $5,101 million as of February 28, 2026, compared with May 31, 2025, primarily driven by an increase inshort-term member investments of $23 million, partially offset by a decrease indealer commercial paper of $14 million during YTD FY2026. Short-term borrowings accounted for 14% and 15% of total debt outstanding as of February 28, 2026 and May 31, 2025, respectively.
See “Liquidity Risk” below and “Note 6—Short-Term Borrowings” for information on the composition of our short-term borrowings.
Long-Term and Subordinated Debt
Long-term debt, defined as debt with an original contractual maturity term of greater than one year, primarily consists of medium-term notes, collateral trust bonds, notes payable under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program and notes payable under the Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreement. Subordinated debt consists of subordinated deferrable debt and members’ subordinated certificates. Our subordinated deferrable debt and members’ subordinated certificates have original contractual maturity terms of greater than one year.
Long-term and subordinated debt was $31,246 million as of February 28, 2026, compared with $29,678 million as of May 31, 2025. The increase of $1,568 million reflects net issuances of $2,763 million and $149 million in dealer medium-term notes and long-term notes payable under the Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreement, respectively. These were partially offset by net repayments of $713 million, $413 million, $121 million, $57 million, and $54 million in notes payable under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program, collateral trust bonds, subordinated deferrable debt, members’ subordinated certificates, and member medium-term notes, respectively. Long-term and subordinated debt accounted for 86% and 85% of total debt outstanding as of February 28, 2026 and May 31, 2025, respectively.
We provide additional information on our long-term debt below under the section “Liquidity Risk” and “Note 7—Long-Term Debt” and “Note 8—Subordinated Deferrable Debt” in this Report.
Equity
Table 15 presents the components of total CFC equity and total equity as of February 28, 2026 and May 31, 2025.
Table 15: Equity
| (Dollars in thousands) | February 28, 2026 | May 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Equity components: | ||
| Membership fees and educational fund: | ||
| Membership fees | $967 | $966 |
| Educational fund | 1,917 | 2,658 |
| Total membership fees and educational fund | 2,884 | 3,624 |
| Patronage capital allocated | 894,736 | 948,526 |
| Members’ capital reserve | 1,632,421 | 1,631,609 |
| Total allocated equity | 2,530,041 | 2,583,759 |
| Unallocated net income (loss): | ||
| Prior fiscal year-end cumulative derivative forward value gains(1) | 501,663 | 606,215 |
| Year-to-date derivative forward value losses(1) | (133,532) | (104,552) |
| Period-end cumulative derivative forward value gains(1) | 368,131 | 501,663 |
| Other unallocated net income (loss) | 179,574 | (709) |
| Unallocated net income | 547,705 | 500,954 |
| CFC retained equity | 3,077,746 | 3,084,713 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (2,231) | (2,236) |
| Total CFC equity | 3,075,515 | 3,082,477 |
| Noncontrolling interests | 21,214 | 20,989 |
| Total equity | $3,096,729 | $3,103,466 |
(1)Represents derivative forward value gains (losses) for CFC only, as total CFC equity does not include the noncontrolling interests of the variable interest entities, which we are required to consolidate. We present the consolidated total derivative forward value gains (losses) in Table 32 in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations” section below. Also, see “Note 14—Business Segments” in this Report for the statements of operations for CFC.
Total equity decreased $7 million to $3,097 million as of February 28, 2026, compared with May 31, 2025, attributable primarily to the CFC Board of Directors’ authorized patronage capital retirementof$53 million in YTD FY2026, partially offset by our reported net income of $47 million for the period.
Allocation and Retirement of Patronage Capital
We are subject to District of Columbia law governing cooperatives, under which CFC is required to make annual allocations of net earnings, if any, in accordance with the provisions of the District of Columbia statutes. We describe the allocation requirements under “Item 7. MD&A—Consolidated Balance Sheet Analysis—Equity—Allocation and Retirement of Patronage Capital” in our 2025 Form 10-K. The amount of patronage capital allocated each year by CFC’s Board of Directors is based on non-GAAP adjusted net income, which excludes the impact of derivative forward value gains (losses). We provide a reconciliation of our adjusted net income to our reported net income and an explanation of the adjustments below in “Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations.”
In May 2025, the CFC Board of Directors authorized the allocation of $1 million of net earnings for fiscal year 2025 to the cooperative educational fund. In July 2025, the CFC Board of Directors authorized the allocation of fiscal year 2025 adjusted net income as follows: $67 million to members in the form of patronage capital and $176 million to the members’ capital reserve.
In July 2025, the CFC Board of Directors also authorized the retirement of patronage capital totaling $53 million, of which $34 million represented 50% of the patronage capital allocation for fiscal year 2025, and $19 million represented the portion of the allocation from fiscal year 2000 net earnings that has been held for 25 years pursuant to the CFC Board of Directors’ policy. This amount was returned to members in cash in September 2025. The remaining portion of the patronage capital allocation for fiscal year 2025 will be retained by CFC for 25 years pursuant to the guidelines adopted by the CFC Board of Directors in June 2009.
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