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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, notwithstanding that such statements are not specifically identified. Any statements about our expectations, beliefs, plans, predictions, forecasts, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance are not historical facts and may be forward-looking. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “predict,” “seek,” “potential,” “will,” “estimate,” “target,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “intend” and similar words or phrases. These statements are only predictions and involve estimates, known and unknown risks, assumptions and uncertainties. We have based these statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, business strategy and growth prospects.
Forward-looking statements involve certain important risks, uncertainties and other factors, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such statements and, therefore, the reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
● the impact of potential regulatory changes to capital requirements, treatment of investment securities and FDIC deposit insurance levels and costs;
● our ability to execute our business strategy, including our digital strategy, as well as changes in our business
strategy or development plans;
● business and economic conditions generally and in the financial services industry;
● effects of any potential government shutdowns;
● economic, market, operational, liquidity, credit and interest rate risks associated with our business, including increased competition for deposits due to prevailing market interest rates and banking sector volatility;
● effects of any changes in trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including the interest rate policies of the Federal Reserve Board;
● changes imposed by regulatory agencies to increase our capital to a level greater than the current level required for well-capitalized financial institutions;
● effects of inflation, including its associated impact on labor costs, as well as interest rate, securities market and monetary supply fluctuations;
● changes in the economy or supply-demand imbalances affecting local real estate values;
● changes in consumer spending, borrowings and savings habits;
● changes in the fair value of our investment securities due to market conditions outside of our control;
● financial or reputational impacts associated with the increased prevalence of fraud or other financial crimes;
● with respect to our mortgage business, our inability to negotiate our fees with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae or other investors for the purchase of our loans, our obligation to indemnify purchasers or to repurchase the related loans if the loans fail to meet certain criteria, or higher rate of delinquencies and defaults as a result of the geographic concentration of our servicing portfolio;
● our ability to identify potential candidates for, obtain regulatory approval for, and consummate, acquisitions, consolidations or other expansion opportunities on attractive terms, or at all;
● our ability to integrate acquisitions or consolidations and to achieve synergies, operating efficiencies and/or other expected benefits within expected timeframes, or at all, or within expected cost projections, and to preserve the goodwill of acquired financial institutions;
● our ability to realize the anticipated benefits from enhancements or updates to our core operating systems from time to time without significant change in our client service or risk to our control environment;
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● our dependence on information technology and telecommunications systems of third-party service providers and the risk of system failures, interruptions or breaches of security, including those that could result in disclosure or misuse of confidential or proprietary client or other information;
● our ability to achieve organic loan and deposit growth and the competition for, and composition of, such growth;
● changes in sources and uses of funds, including loans, deposits and borrowings;
● increased competition in the financial services industry, nationally, regionally or locally, resulting in, among other things, lower returns;
● continued consolidation in the financial services industry;
● our ability to maintain or increase market share and control expenses;
● regulatory and financial impacts associated with the Company growing to over $10 billion in consolidated assets;
● increases in claims and litigation related to our fiduciary responsibilities in connection with our trust and wealth
management business;
● the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by the regulatory agencies, as well as the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and other accounting standard setters;
● the trading price of shares of the Company's stock;
● the effects of tax legislation, including the potential of future changes to prevailing tax rates, or challenges to our
positions;
● our ability to realize deferred tax assets or the need for a valuation allowance, or the effects of changes in tax laws on our deferred tax assets;
● costs and effects of changes in laws and regulations and of other legal and regulatory developments, including, but not limited to, changes in regulation that affect the fees that we charge, the resolution of legal proceedings or regulatory or other governmental inquiries, and the results of regulatory examinations, reviews or other inquiries; and changes in regulations that apply to us as a Colorado state-chartered bank and a Wyoming state-chartered bank;
● technological changes, including with respect to the advancement of artificial intelligence;
● the timely development and acceptance of new products and services, including in the digital technology space and our digital solution 2UniFiSM, and perceived overall value of these products and services by our clients;
● changes in our management personnel and our continued ability to attract, hire and retain qualified personnel;
● ability to implement and/or improve operational management and other internal risk controls and processes and our reporting system and procedures;
● regulatory limitations on dividends from our bank subsidiaries;
● changes in estimates of future credit reserve requirements based upon the periodic review thereof under relevant regulatory and accounting requirements;
● financial, reputational, or strategic risks associated with our investments in financial technology companies and initiatives;
● widespread natural and other disasters, dislocations, political instability, pandemics, acts of war or terrorist activities, cyberattacks or international hostilities through impacts on the economy and financial markets generally or on us or our counterparties specifically;
● a cybersecurity incident, data breach or a failure of a key information technology system;
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● impact of reputational risk on such matters as business generation and retention;
● other risks and uncertainties listed from time to time in the Company’s reports and documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
● our success at managing the risks involved in the foregoing items.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances, except as required by applicable law.
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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NATIONAL BANK HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition (Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
ASSETS | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | | $ | | ||
Investment securities available-for-sale (at fair value) | | | ||||
Investment securities held-to-maturity (fair value of $ | | | ||||
Non-marketable securities | | | ||||
Loans | | | ||||
Allowance for credit losses | ( | ( | ||||
Loans, net | | | ||||
Loans held for sale | | | ||||
Other real estate owned | | | ||||
Premises and equipment, net | | | ||||
Goodwill | | | ||||
Intangible assets, net | | | ||||
Other assets | | | ||||
Total assets | $ | | $ | | ||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||
Deposits: | ||||||
Non-interest bearing demand deposits | $ | | $ | | ||
Interest bearing demand deposits | | | ||||
Savings and money market | | | ||||
Time deposits | | | ||||
Total deposits | | | ||||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase | | | ||||
Long-term debt, net | | | ||||
Federal Home Loan bank advances | — | | ||||
Other liabilities | | | ||||
Total liabilities | | | ||||
Shareholders' equity: | ||||||
Common stock, par value $ | | | ||||
Additional paid-in capital | | | ||||
Retained earnings | | | ||||
Treasury stock of | ( | ( | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax | ( | ( | ||||
Total shareholders' equity | | | ||||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | | $ | | ||
See accompanying notes to the consolidated interim financial statements.
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NATIONAL BANK HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | |||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
Interest and dividend income: | ||||||||||||
Interest and fees on loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Interest and dividends on investment securities | | | | | ||||||||
Dividends on non-marketable securities | | | | | ||||||||
Interest on interest bearing bank deposits | | | | | ||||||||
Total interest and dividend income | | | | | ||||||||
Interest expense: | ||||||||||||
Interest on deposits | | | | | ||||||||
Interest on borrowings | | | | | ||||||||
Total interest expense | | | | | ||||||||
Net interest income before provision for credit losses | | | | | ||||||||
Provision for credit loss expense | | | | | ||||||||
Net interest income after provision for credit losses | | | | | ||||||||
Non-interest income: | ||||||||||||
Service charges | | | | | ||||||||
Bank card fees | | | | | ||||||||
Mortgage banking income | | | | | ||||||||
Bank-owned life insurance income | | | | | ||||||||
Other non-interest income | | | | | ||||||||
Total non-interest income | | | | | ||||||||
Non-interest expense: | ||||||||||||
Salaries and benefits | | | | | ||||||||
Occupancy and equipment | | | | | ||||||||
Data processing | | | | | ||||||||
Marketing and business development | | | | | ||||||||
FDIC deposit insurance | | | | | ||||||||
Bank card expenses | | | | | ||||||||
Professional fees | | | | | ||||||||
Other non-interest expense | | | | | ||||||||
Other intangible assets amortization | | | | | ||||||||
Total non-interest expense | | | | | ||||||||
Income before income taxes | | | | | ||||||||
Income tax expense | | | | | ||||||||
Net income | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Earnings per share—basic | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Earnings per share—diluted | | | | | ||||||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||
Basic | | | | | ||||||||
Diluted | | | | | ||||||||
See accompanying notes to the consolidated interim financial statements.
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NATIONAL BANK HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)
(In thousands)
For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | |||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
Net income | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax: | ||||||||||||
Securities available-for-sale: | ||||||||||||
Net unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period, net of tax (expense) benefit of ($ | | ( | | ( | ||||||||
Less: amortization of net unrealized holding gains to income, net of tax benefit of $ | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||
Cash flow hedges: | ||||||||||||
Net unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period, net of tax (expense) benefit of ($ | | ( | | ( | ||||||||
Less: reclassification adjustment for losses (gains) included in net income, net of tax benefit of $ | | | ( | | ||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | | ( | | ( | ||||||||
Comprehensive income | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
See accompanying notes to the consolidated interim financial statements.
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NATIONAL BANK HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
For the three months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||||
Additional | other | |||||||||||||||||
Common | paid-in | Retained | Treasury | comprehensive | ||||||||||||||
stock | capital | earnings | stock | (loss) income, net | Total | |||||||||||||
Balance, June 30, 2023 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | | ||||||
Net income | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | — | | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||
Issuance of stock under purchase and equity compensation plans, including gain on reissuance of treasury stock of $ | — | | — | | — | | ||||||||||||
Cash dividends declared ($ | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||
Balance, September 30, 2023 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | | ||||||
Balance, June 30, 2024 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | | ||||||
Net income | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | — | | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||
Issuance of stock under purchase and equity compensation plans, including gain on reissuance of treasury stock of $ | — | | — | | — | | ||||||||||||
Cash dividends declared ($ | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | | | ||||||||||||
Balance, September 30, 2024 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | | ||||||
For the nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||||
Additional | other | |||||||||||||||||
Common | paid-in | Retained | Treasury | comprehensive | ||||||||||||||
stock | capital | earnings | stock | (loss) income, net | Total | |||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2022 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | | ||||||
Net income | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | — | | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||
Issuance of stock under purchase and equity compensation plans, including gain on reissuance of treasury stock of $ | — | ( | — | | — | ( | ||||||||||||
Cash dividends declared ($ | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
Balance, September 30, 2023 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | | ||||||
Balance, December 31, 2023 | $ | | | $ | | $ | ( | ( | $ | | ||||||||
Net income | — | — | | - | — | — | | |||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | — | | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||
Issuance of stock under purchase and equity compensation plans, including gain on reissuance of treasury stock of $ | — | ( | — | | — | | ||||||||||||
Cash dividends declared ($ | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | | | ||||||||||||
Balance, September 30, 2024 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | | ||||||
See accompanying notes to the consolidated interim financial statements.
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NATIONAL BANK HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(In thousands)
For the nine months ended September 30, | ||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||
Net income | $ | | $ | | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||
Provision for credit loss expense | | | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | | | ||||
Change in current income tax receivable | | | ||||
Change in deferred income taxes | | ( | ||||
Discount accretion, net of premium amortization on securities | ( | ( | ||||
Gain on sale of mortgages, net | ( | ( | ||||
Origination of loans held for sale, net of repayments | ( | ( | ||||
Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale | | | ||||
Originations of mortgage servicing rights | ( | ( | ||||
Proceeds from sales of mortgage servicing rights | — | | ||||
Gain on sale of mortgage servicing rights | — | ( | ||||
Impairment on fixed assets related to banking center consolidations | — | | ||||
Gain on sale of fixed assets | ( | ( | ||||
Stock-based compensation | | | ||||
Operating lease payments | ( | ( | ||||
Change in other assets | ( | ( | ||||
Change in other liabilities | | | ||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | | | ||||
Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||
Proceeds from non-marketable securities | | | ||||
Proceeds from maturities and paydowns of investment securities available-for-sale | | | ||||
Proceeds from maturities and paydowns of investment securities held-to-maturity | | | ||||
Proceeds from sales of other real estate owned | | | ||||
Purchases of non-marketable securities | ( | ( | ||||
Purchases of investment securities available-for-sale | ( | — | ||||
Purchases of investment securities held-to-maturity | — | ( | ||||
Purchases of premises and equipment, net | ( | ( | ||||
Net increase in loans | ( | ( | ||||
Net cash activity for acquisitions | — | ( | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ( | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||
Net increase in deposits | | | ||||
Net (decrease) increase in repurchase agreements and other short-term borrowings | ( | | ||||
Net payments to the Federal Home Loan Bank | ( | ( | ||||
Issuance of stock under purchase and equity compensation plans | ( | ( | ||||
Proceeds from exercise of stock options | | | ||||
Payment of dividends | ( | ( | ||||
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | ( | | ||||
(Decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash(1) | ( | | ||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of the year(1) | | | ||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period(1) | $ | | $ | | ||
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information during the period: | ||||||
Cash paid for interest | $ | | $ | | ||
Net tax payments | | | ||||
Supplemental schedule of non-cash activities: | ||||||
Loans transferred from loans held for sale to loans | | | ||||
(1) | Included in restricted cash at September 30, 2023 was $ |
See accompanying notes to the consolidated interim financial statements.
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NATIONAL BANK HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
September 30, 2024
Note 1 Basis of Presentation
National Bank Holdings Corporation ("NBHC" or the "Company") is a bank holding company that was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 2009. The Company is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, and its primary operations are conducted through its wholly owned subsidiaries NBH Bank and Bank of Jackson Hole Trust. NBH Bank is a Colorado state-chartered bank and a member of the Federal Reserve System, and Bank of Jackson Hole Trust is a Wyoming state-chartered bank and a member of the Federal Reserve System. The Company provides a variety of banking products to both commercial and consumer clients through a network of over
The accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements serve to update the National Bank Holdings Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, NBH Bank, Bank of Jackson Hole Trust and 2UniFi, LLC. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and, where applicable, with general practices in the banking industry or guidelines prescribed by bank regulatory agencies. However, they may not include all information and notes necessary to constitute a complete set of financial statements under GAAP applicable to annual periods and accordingly should be read in conjunction with the financial information contained in the Company's most recent Form 10-K. The unaudited consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of the results presented. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain reclassifications of prior years' amounts are made whenever necessary to conform to current period presentation. The results of operations for the interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year or any other interim period. All amounts are in thousands, except share data, or as otherwise noted.
GAAP requires management to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. By their nature, estimates are based on judgment and available information. Management has made significant estimates in certain areas, such as the fair values of financial instruments, contingent liabilities and the allowance for credit losses (“ACL”). Because of the inherent uncertainties associated with any estimation process and future changes in market and economic conditions, it is possible that actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
The Company's significant accounting policies followed in the preparation of the unaudited consolidated financial statements are disclosed in note 2 of the audited financial statements and notes for the year ended December 31, 2023 and are contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K. There have been no significant changes to the application of significant accounting policies since December 31, 2023.
Note 2 Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company has not adopted any recent accounting pronouncements in addition to those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Note 3 Investment Securities
The Company’s investment securities portfolio is comprised of available-for-sale and held-to-maturity investment securities. These investment securities totaled $
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Available-for-sale
Available-for-sale securities are summarized as follows as of the dates indicated:
September 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||
Amortized | Gross | Gross | ||||||||||
cost | unrealized gains | unrealized losses | Fair value | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | $ | | $ | — | $ | ( | $ | | ||||
Mortgage-backed securities: | — | |||||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | | ( | | ||||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | | ( | | ||||||||
Municipal securities | | — | — | | ||||||||
Corporate debt | | — | ( | | ||||||||
Other securities | | — | — | | ||||||||
Total investment securities available-for-sale | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | ||||
December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||
Amortized | Gross | Gross | ||||||||||
cost | unrealized gains | unrealized losses | Fair value | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | $ | | $ | — | $ | ( | $ | | ||||
Mortgage-backed securities: | ||||||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | | ( | | ||||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | — | ( | | ||||||||
Municipal securities | | — | ( | | ||||||||
Corporate debt | | — | ( | | ||||||||
Other securities | | — | — | | ||||||||
Total investment securities available-for-sale | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | ||||
During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, purchases of available-for-sale securities totaled $
At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company’s available-for-sale investment portfolio was primarily comprised of U.S. Treasury securities and mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”). All mortgage-backed securities were backed by government sponsored enterprises (“GSE”) collateral such as Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”) and Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) and the government owned agency Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”).
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The tables below summarize the available-for-sale securities with unrealized losses as of the dates shown, along with the length of the impairment period:
September 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less than 12 months | 12 months or more | Total | ||||||||||||||||
Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | |||||||||||||
value | losses | value | losses | value | losses | |||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | ||||||
Mortgage-backed securities: | ||||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | — | — | | ( | | ( | ||||||||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | ( | | ( | | ( | ||||||||||||
Municipal securities | — | — | | — | | — | ||||||||||||
Corporate debt | — | — | | ( | | ( | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | ||||||
December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less than 12 months | 12 months or more | Total | ||||||||||||||||
Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | |||||||||||||
value | losses | value | losses | value | losses | |||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | ||||||
Mortgage-backed securities: | ||||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | — | | ( | | ( | ||||||||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | ( | | ( | | ( | ||||||||||||
Municipal securities | — | — | | ( | | ( | ||||||||||||
Corporate debt | — | — | | ( | | ( | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | ||||||
Management regularly monitors the investment securities portfolio in its entirety and further evaluates all of the available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position. The portfolio included
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The tables below summarize the credit quality indicators, by fair value, of available-for-sale securities as of the dates shown:
September 30, 2024 | |||||||||
AA+ | Not rated | Total | |||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | $ | | $ | — | $ | | |||
Mortgage-backed securities: | |||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | — | | ||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | — | | ||||||
Municipal securities | — | | | ||||||
Corporate debt | — | | | ||||||
Other securities | — | | | ||||||
Total investment securities available-for-sale | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
December 31, 2023 | |||||||||
AAA | Not rated | Total | |||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | $ | | $ | — | $ | | |||
Mortgage-backed securities: | |||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | — | | ||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | — | | ||||||
Municipal securities | — | | | ||||||
Corporate debt | — | | | ||||||
Other securities | — | | | ||||||
Total investment securities available-for-sale | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
Based upon the downgrade of U.S. government securities by certain rating agencies, the Company updated the rating from AAA to AA+. Certain securities are pledged as collateral for public deposits, securities sold under agreements to repurchase and to secure borrowing capacity at the Federal Reserve Bank (“FRB”), if needed. The fair value of available-for-sale investment securities pledged as collateral totaled $
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A summary of the available-for-sale securities by maturity is shown in the following table as of September 30, 2024. Mortgage-backed securities may have actual maturities that differ from contractual maturities depending on the repayment characteristics and experience of the underlying financial instruments and are therefore not included in the table below. Additionally, the Company holds other available-for-sale securities with an amortized cost and of $
September 30, 2024 | ||||||||
Weighted | ||||||||
Amortized cost | Fair value | average yield | ||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | ||||||||
Within one year | $ | | $ | | ||||
After one but within five years | | | ||||||
Total U.S. Treasury securities | | | ||||||
Municipal securities | ||||||||
Within one year | | | ||||||
Corporate debt | ||||||||
After five but within ten years | | | ||||||
Total | $ | | $ | | ||||
As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, accrued interest receivable (“AIR”) from available-for-sale investment securities totaled $
Held-to-maturity
Held-to-maturity investment securities are summarized as follows as of the dates indicated:
September 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Gross |
| Gross |
| ||||||||
Amortized | unrealized | unrealized | ||||||||||
cost | gains | losses | Fair value | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | $ | | $ | — | $ | ( | $ | | ||||
Mortgage-backed securities: | ||||||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | | ( | | ||||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | | ( | | ||||||||
Total investment securities held-to-maturity | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | ||||
December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Gross |
| Gross |
| ||||||||
Amortized | unrealized | unrealized | ||||||||||
cost | gains | losses | Fair value | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | $ | | $ | — | $ | ( | $ | | ||||
Mortgage-backed securities: | ||||||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | | ( | | ||||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | | ( | | ||||||||
Total investment securities held-to-maturity | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | ||||
During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were
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The held-to-maturity portfolio included
September 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less than 12 months | 12 months or more | Total | ||||||||||||||||
Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | |||||||||||||
value | losses | value | losses | value | losses | |||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | ||||||
Mortgage-backed securities: | ||||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | — | — | | ( | | ( | ||||||||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | — | — | | ( | | ( | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | ||||||
December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less than 12 months | 12 months or more | Total | ||||||||||||||||
Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | |||||||||||||
value | losses | value | losses | value | losses | |||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | ||||||
Mortgage-backed securities: | ||||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | ( | | ( | | ( | ||||||||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | ( | | ( | | ( | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | ||||||
The Company does not measure expected credit losses on a financial asset, or group of financial assets, in which historical credit loss information adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts results in an expectation that nonpayment of the amortized cost basis is zero. Management evaluated held-to-maturity securities noting they are backed by loans guaranteed by either U.S. government agencies or U.S. government sponsored entities, and management believes that default is highly unlikely given this governmental backing and long history without credit losses. Additionally, management notes that yields on which the portfolio generally trades are based upon market views of prepayment and liquidity risk and not credit risk. The Company has no intention to sell any held-to-maturity securities and believes it will not be required to sell any held-to-maturity securities before the recovery of their amortized cost.
The tables below summarize the credit quality indicators, by amortized cost, of held-to-maturity securities as of the dates shown:
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
AA+ | AAA | |||||
U.S. Treasury securities | $ | | $ | | ||
Mortgage-backed securities: | ||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | | ||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | | | ||||
Total investment securities held-to-maturity | $ | | $ | | ||
Based upon the downgrade of U.S. government securities by certain rating agencies, the Company updated the rating from AAA to AA+. Certain securities are pledged as collateral for public deposits, securities sold under agreements to repurchase and to secure borrowing capacity at the FRB, if needed. The carrying value of held-to-maturity investment securities pledged as collateral totaled $
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A summary of the held-to-maturity securities by maturity is shown in the following table as of September 30, 2024. Actual maturities of mortgage-backed securities may differ from scheduled maturities depending on the repayment characteristics and experience of the underlying financial instruments and are therefore not included in the table below.
September 30, 2024 | ||||||||
Weighted | ||||||||
Amortized cost | Fair value | average yield | ||||||
U.S. Treasury securities | ||||||||
Within one year | $ | | $ | | ||||
After one but within five years | | | ||||||
Total | $ | | $ | | ||||
As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, AIR from held-to-maturity investment securities totaled $
Note 4 Non-marketable Securities
The carrying balance of non-marketable securities are summarized as follows as of the dates indicated:
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
Federal Reserve Bank stock | $ | | $ | | ||
Federal Home Loan Bank stock | | | ||||
Convertible preferred stock | | | ||||
Equity method investments | | | ||||
Total | $ | | $ | | ||
Non-marketable securities included FRB stock, FHLB stock, convertible preferred stock and equity method investments. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, purchases of non-marketable securities totaled $
FRB and FHLB stock
At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company held FRB stock and FHLB stock for regulatory or debt facility purposes. These are restricted securities which, lacking a market, are carried at cost. There have been
Convertible preferred stock
Non-marketable securities include convertible preferred stock without a readily determinable fair value. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded $
Equity method investments
Non-marketable securities also include equity method investments totaling $
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Note 5 Loans
The loan portfolio is comprised of loans originated by the Company and loans that were acquired in connection with the Company’s acquisitions.
September 30, 2024 | ||||
Total loans | % of total | |||
Commercial | $ | | ||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied | | |||
Residential real estate | | |||
Consumer | | |||
Total | $ | | ||
December 31, 2023 | ||||
Total loans | % of total | |||
Commercial | $ | | ||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied | | |||
Residential real estate | | |||
Consumer | | |||
Total | $ | | ||
Information about delinquent and non-accrual loans is shown in the following tables at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
September 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
Greater | ||||||||||||||||||
30-89 days | than 90 days | Total past | ||||||||||||||||
past due and | past due and | Non-accrual | due and | |||||||||||||||
accruing | accruing | loans | non-accrual | Current | Total loans | |||||||||||||
Commercial: | ||||||||||||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||
Municipal and non-profit | | — | — | | | | ||||||||||||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | | — | | | | | ||||||||||||
Food and agribusiness | — | — | | | | | ||||||||||||
Total commercial | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | ||||||||||||||||||
Construction | — | — | — | — | | | ||||||||||||
Acquisition/development | | — | — | | | | ||||||||||||
Multifamily | — | — | — | — | | | ||||||||||||
Non-owner occupied | | — | | | | | ||||||||||||
Total commercial real estate non-owner occupied | | — | | | | | ||||||||||||
Residential real estate: | ||||||||||||||||||
Senior lien | | — | | | | | ||||||||||||
Junior lien | | — | | | | | ||||||||||||
Total residential real estate | | — | | | | | ||||||||||||
Consumer | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
Total loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||
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September 30, 2024 | |||||||||
Non-accrual loans | Non-accrual loans | ||||||||
with a related | with no related | ||||||||
allowance for | allowance for | Non-accrual | |||||||
credit loss | credit loss | loans | |||||||
Commercial: | |||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | | | | ||||||
Food and agribusiness | | | | ||||||
Total commercial | | | | ||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | |||||||||
Non-owner occupied | — | | | ||||||
Total commercial real estate non-owner occupied | — | | | ||||||
Residential real estate: | |||||||||
Senior lien | | | | ||||||
Junior lien | | | | ||||||
Total residential real estate | | | | ||||||
Consumer | | — | | ||||||
Total loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
Greater | ||||||||||||||||||
30-89 days | than 90 days | Total past | ||||||||||||||||
past due and | past due and | Non-accrual | due and | |||||||||||||||
accruing | accruing | loans | non-accrual | Current | Total loans | |||||||||||||
Commercial: | ||||||||||||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | | $ | — | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||
Municipal and non-profit | — | — | — | — | | | ||||||||||||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | — | — | | | | | ||||||||||||
Food and agribusiness | — | | | | | | ||||||||||||
Total commercial | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | ||||||||||||||||||
Construction | — | — | — | — | | | ||||||||||||
Acquisition/development | | — | — | | | | ||||||||||||
Multifamily | — | — | — | — | | | ||||||||||||
Non-owner occupied | | — | | | | | ||||||||||||
Total commercial real estate non-owner occupied | | — | | | | | ||||||||||||
Residential real estate: | ||||||||||||||||||
Senior lien | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
Junior lien | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
Total residential real estate | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
Consumer | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
Total loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||
December 31, 2023 | |||||||||
Non-accrual loans | Non-accrual loans | ||||||||
with a related | with no related | ||||||||
allowance for | allowance for | Non-accrual | |||||||
credit loss | credit loss | loans | |||||||
Commercial: | |||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | | $ | — | $ | | |||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | | — | | ||||||
Food and agribusiness | | | | ||||||
Total commercial | | | | ||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | |||||||||
Non-owner occupied | | — | | ||||||
Total commercial real estate non-owner occupied | | — | | ||||||
Residential real estate: | |||||||||
Senior lien | | | | ||||||
Junior lien | | — | | ||||||
Total residential real estate | | | | ||||||
Consumer | | — | | ||||||
Total loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
Loans are considered past due or delinquent when the contractual principal or interest due in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement remains unpaid after the due date of the scheduled payment. Loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulties may be modified. Modified loans are discussed in more detail below. There was
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The Company’s internal risk rating system uses a series of grades, which reflect our assessment of the credit quality of loans based on an analysis of the borrower's financial condition, liquidity and ability to meet contractual debt service requirements and are categorized as “Pass,” “Special mention,” “Substandard” and “Doubtful”. For a description of the general characteristics of the risk grades, refer to note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our audited consolidated financial statements in our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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The amortized cost basis and current period gross charge-offs for all loans as determined by the Company’s internal risk rating system and year of origination is shown in the following tables as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the year ended December 31, 2023:
September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revolving | Revolving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
loans | loans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Origination year | amortized | converted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | Prior | cost basis | to term | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
Commercial: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial and industrial: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||||||
Special mention | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Doubtful | — | | | | | | — | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total commercial and industrial | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Commercial and industrial | — | — | — | | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Municipal and non-profit: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | — | — | — | — | | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total municipal and non-profit | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner occupied commercial real estate: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | — | — | | | — | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Doubtful | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total owner occupied commercial real estate | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Owner occupied commercial real estate | — | — | | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Food and agribusiness: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | — | — | — | | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | — | — | — | | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total food and agribusiness | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Food and agribusiness | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total commercial | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Commercial | — | — | | | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | — | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | — | — | | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total construction | | | | | | — | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition/development: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total acquisition/development | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Multifamily: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total multifamily | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-owner occupied | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | | | — | | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | — | — | — | | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Doubtful | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total non-owner occupied | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Non-owner occupied | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total commercial real estate non-owner occupied | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Commercial real estate non-owner occupied | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Residential real estate: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior lien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | | | | | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Doubtful | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total senior lien | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Junior lien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | — | — | — | | — | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Substandard | | — | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total junior lien | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total residential real estate | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Consumer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total consumer | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Consumer | | | | | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Total loans | | | | | | | — | — | |
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December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revolving | Revolving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
loans | loans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Origination year | amortized | converted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Prior | cost basis | to term | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
Commercial: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial and industrial: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||||||
Special mention | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Doubtful | | — | — | | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total commercial and industrial | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Commercial and industrial | — | | | — | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Municipal and non-profit: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total municipal and non-profit | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner occupied commercial real estate: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | | | | — | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | — | | | — | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Doubtful | — | | — | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total owner occupied commercial real estate | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Food and agribusiness: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | — | — | | — | — | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | — | — | | — | — | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Doubtful | — | — | — | — | — | — | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total food and agribusiness | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total commercial | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Commercial | — | | | — | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | — | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total construction | | | | | | — | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition/development: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | — | | — | — | — | — | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total acquisition/development | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Multifamily: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total multifamily | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-owner occupied | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | — | — | — | | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Doubtful | — | — | — | | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total non-owner occupied | | | | | | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total commercial real estate non-owner occupied | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Residential real estate: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior lien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | | | | | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Doubtful | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total senior lien | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Senior lien | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Junior lien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Special mention | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | | | | | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total junior lien | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total residential real estate | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Residential real estate | — | — | — | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Consumer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pass | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Substandard | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total consumer | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Consumer | | | | | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
Total loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||||||
Gross charge-offs: Total loans | | | | | | | — | — | | ||||||||||||||||||
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Loans evaluated individually
We evaluate loans individually when they no longer share risk characteristics with pooled loans. These loans include loans on non-accrual status, loans in bankruptcy, and modified loans as described below. If a specific allowance is warranted based on the borrower’s overall financial condition, the specific allowance is calculated based on discounted expected cash flows using the loan’s initial contractual effective interest rate or the fair value of the collateral less selling costs for collateral-dependent loans.
A loan is considered collateral-dependent when the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and repayment is expected to be provided substantially through the operation or sale of the collateral. Management individually evaluates collateral-dependent loans with an amortized cost basis of $
September 30, 2024 | |||||||||
Total amortized | |||||||||
Real property | Business assets | cost basis | |||||||
Commercial: | |||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | | — | | ||||||
Food and agribusiness | | — | | ||||||
Total commercial | | | | ||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | |||||||||
Non-owner occupied | | — | | ||||||
Total commercial real estate non-owner occupied | | — | | ||||||
Residential real estate: | |||||||||
Senior lien | | — | | ||||||
Junior lien | | | | ||||||
Total residential real estate | | | | ||||||
Total loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
December 31, 2023 | |||||||||
Total amortized | |||||||||
Real property | Business assets | cost basis | |||||||
Commercial: | |||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | | — | | ||||||
Food and agribusiness | | | | ||||||
Total commercial | | | | ||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | |||||||||
Non-owner occupied | | — | | ||||||
Total commercial real estate non-owner occupied | | — | | ||||||
Residential real estate: | |||||||||
Senior lien | | — | | ||||||
Total residential real estate | | — | | ||||||
Total loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
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Loan modifications
The Company’s policy is to review each prospective credit to determine the appropriateness and the adequacy of security or collateral prior to making a loan. In the event of borrower default, the Company seeks recovery in compliance with lending laws, the respective loan agreements, and credit monitoring and remediation procedures that may include modifying a loan to provide a concession by the Company to the borrower from their original terms due to borrower financial difficulties in order to facilitate repayment. The Company considers loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulties, where such a concession is utilized, to be troubled debt modifications (“TDM”). TDMs may include principal forgiveness, interest rate reductions, other-than-insignificant-payment delays, term extensions or any combination thereof.
The following schedule presents, by loan class, the amortized cost basis for loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty that remain outstanding and were modified within the three months ended September 30, 2024:
As of and for the three months ended September 30, 2024 | ||||||||||
Combination - interest rate | ||||||||||
Payment delay | reduction and term extension | |||||||||
Amortized | % of loan | Amortized | % of loan | |||||||
cost basis | class | cost basis | class | |||||||
Commercial: | ||||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | | $ | — | ||||||
Total commercial | | — | ||||||||
Residential real estate: | ||||||||||
Junior lien | — | | ||||||||
Total residential real estate | — | | ||||||||
Total loans | $ | | $ | | ||||||
The following schedules present, by loan class, the amortized cost basis for loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty that remain outstanding and were modified within the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:
As of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Combination - interest rate | Combination - term extension | |||||||||||||||||||
Term extension | Payment delay | reduction and term extension | and payment delay | |||||||||||||||||
Amortized | % of loan | Amortized | % of loan | Amortized | % of loan | Amortized | % of loan | |||||||||||||
cost basis | class | cost basis | class | cost basis | class | cost basis | class | |||||||||||||
Commercial: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | — | | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Total commercial | | | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Non-owner occupied | | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Total commercial real estate non-owner occupied | | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Residential real estate: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Senior lien | — | | | | ||||||||||||||||
Junior lien | — | — | | — | ||||||||||||||||
Total residential real estate | — | | | | ||||||||||||||||
Total loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||||||
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September 30, 2023 | ||||||||||
Term extension | Payment delay | |||||||||
Amortized | % of loan | Amortized | % of loan | |||||||
cost basis | class | cost basis | class | |||||||
Commercial: | ||||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | — | $ | | ||||||
Total commercial | — | | ||||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | ||||||||||
Non-owner occupied | | — | ||||||||
Total commercial real estate non-owner occupied | | — | ||||||||
Residential real estate: | ||||||||||
Senior lien | | |||||||||
Total residential real estate | | — | ||||||||
Total loans | $ | | $ | | ||||||
The following schedules present, by loan class, the payment status of loans that have been modified in the last twelve months as of the dates presented on an amortized cost basis:
September 30, 2024 | |||||||||
Current | 30-89 days past due | Non-accrual | |||||||
Commercial: | |||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | | — | — | ||||||
Total commercial | | | | ||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | |||||||||
Non-owner occupied | | | — | ||||||
Total commercial real estate non-owner occupied | | | — | ||||||
Residential real estate: | |||||||||
Senior lien | | — | | ||||||
Junior lien | — | — | | ||||||
Total residential real estate | | — | | ||||||
Total loans | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||
September 30, 2023 | |||||||||
Current | 30-89 days past due | Non-accrual | |||||||
Commercial: | |||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | |||
Total commercial | | — | — | ||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | |||||||||
Non-owner occupied | | — | | ||||||
Total commercial real estate non-owner occupied | | — | | ||||||
Residential real estate: | |||||||||
Senior lien | | — | — | ||||||
Total residential real estate | | — | — | ||||||
Total loans | $ | | $ | — | $ | | |||
Accrual of interest is resumed on loans that were previously on non-accrual only after the loan has performed sufficiently for a period of time. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company had
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The following schedules present the financial effect of the modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty as of and for the periods indicated:
As of and for the three months ended September 30, 2024 | As of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||
Financial effect | Financial effect | |||||||||||
Payment delay | Combination - Interest rate reduction and Term extension | Term extension | Payment delay | Combination - Interest rate reduction and Term extension | Combination - Term extension and Payment delay | |||||||
Commercial: | ||||||||||||
Commercial and industrial | Extended a weighted average of | Extended a weighted average of | Delayed payments for a weighted average of | |||||||||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | Delayed payments for a weighted average of | |||||||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | ||||||||||||
Non-owner occupied | Extended a weighted average of | |||||||||||
Residential real estate: | ||||||||||||
Senior lien | Delayed payments for a weighted average of | Reduced weighted average contractual interest rate by | Extended a weighted average of | |||||||||
Junior lien | Reduced weighted average contractual interest rate by | Reduced weighted average contractual interest rate by | ||||||||||
September 30, 2023 | ||||||
Financial effect | ||||||
Term extension | Payment delay | Combination - Interest rate reduction and Term extension | ||||
Commercial: | ||||||
Commercial and industrial | Delayed payments for a weighted average of | |||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied: | ||||||
Non-owner occupied | Extended a weighted average of | |||||
Residential real estate: | ||||||
Senior lien | Reduced weighted average contractual interest rate by | |||||
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Note 6 Allowance for Credit Losses
The tables below detail the Company’s allowance for credit losses as of the dates shown:
Three months ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Non-owner | |||||||||||||||
occupied | |||||||||||||||
commercial | Residential | ||||||||||||||
Commercial | real estate | real estate | Consumer | Total | |||||||||||
Beginning balance | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||
Charge-offs | ( | ( | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||
Recoveries | | — | | | | ||||||||||
Provision expense for credit losses | | | | | | ||||||||||
Ending balance | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||
Nine months ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Non-owner | |||||||||||||||
occupied | |||||||||||||||
commercial | Residential | ||||||||||||||
Commercial | real estate | real estate | Consumer | Total | |||||||||||
Beginning balance | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||
Charge-offs | ( | ( | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||
Recoveries | | | | | | ||||||||||
Provision expense for credit losses | | | | | | ||||||||||
Ending balance | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||
Three months ended September 30, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Non-owner | |||||||||||||||
occupied | |||||||||||||||
commercial | Residential | ||||||||||||||
Commercial | real estate | real estate | Consumer | Total | |||||||||||
Beginning balance | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||
Charge-offs | ( | — | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||
Recoveries | | | | | | ||||||||||
Provision expense (release) for credit losses | | ( | ( | | | ||||||||||
Ending balance | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||
Nine months ended September 30, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Non-owner | |||||||||||||||
occupied | |||||||||||||||
commercial | Residential | ||||||||||||||
Commercial | real estate | real estate | Consumer | Total | |||||||||||
Beginning balance | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||
Charge-offs | ( | — | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||
Recoveries | | | | | | ||||||||||
Provision expense (release) for credit losses | | ( | | | | ||||||||||
Ending balance | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||
In evaluating the loan portfolio for an appropriate ACL level, excluding loans evaluated individually, loans were grouped into segments based on broad characteristics such as primary use and underlying collateral. Within the segments, the portfolio was further disaggregated into classes of loans with similar attributes and risk characteristics for purposes of developing the underlying data used within the discounted cash flow model including, but not limited to, prepayment and recovery rates as well as loss rates tied to macro-economic conditions within management’s reasonable and supportable forecast. The ACL also includes subjective adjustments based upon qualitative risk factors including asset quality, loss trends, lending management, portfolio growth and loan review/internal audit results.
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The Company recorded a decrease in the allowance for credit losses of $
The Company recorded an increase in the allowance for credit losses of $
The Company has elected to exclude AIR from the allowance for credit losses calculation. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, AIR from loans totaled $
Note 7 Other Real Estate Owned
A summary of the activity in other real estate owned (“OREO”) during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 is as follows:
For the nine months ended September 30, | |||||
2024 | 2023 | ||||
Beginning balance | $ | | $ | | |
Impairments | — | ( | |||
Sales | ( | ( | |||
Ending balance | $ | | $ | | |
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company sold OREO properties with net book balances of $
Note 8 Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill and other intangible assets
In connection with our acquisitions, the Company’s goodwill was $
The gross carrying amount of other intangible assets and the associated accumulated amortization at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, are presented as follows:
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Gross | Net | Gross | Net | |||||||||||||||
carrying | Accumulated | carrying | carrying | Accumulated | carrying | |||||||||||||
amount | amortization | amount | amount | amortization | amount | |||||||||||||
Core deposit intangible | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | ||||||
Customer relationship intangible | | ( | | | ( | | ||||||||||||
Internally developed technology | | ( | | | ( | | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | ||||||
The Company is amortizing intangibles from acquisitions over a weighted average period of
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September 30, 2024, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recognized other intangible assets amortization expense of $
The following table shows the estimated future amortization expense during the next five years for other intangible assets as of September 30, 2024:
Years ending December 31, | Amount | |
For the three months ending December 31, 2024 | $ | |
For the year ending December 31, 2025 | | |
For the year ending December 31, 2026 | | |
For the year ending December 31, 2027 | | |
For the year ending December 31, 2028 | |
Servicing Rights
Mortgage servicing rights
Mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) represent rights to service loans originated by the Company and sold to government-sponsored enterprises including FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA and FHLB and are included in other assets in the consolidated statements of financial condition. Mortgage loans serviced for others were $
Below are the changes in the MSRs for the periods presented:
For the nine months ended September 30, | ||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||
Beginning balance | $ | | $ | | ||
Originations | | | ||||
Sales | — | ( | ||||
( | | |||||
Amortization | ( | ( | ||||
Ending balance | | | ||||
Fair value of mortgage servicing rights | $ | | $ | | ||
During the third quarter of 2023, the Company sold rights to service loans totaling $
The fair value of MSRs was determined based upon a discounted cash flow analysis. The cash flow analysis included assumptions for discount rates and prepayment speeds. Discount rates ranged from
MSRs are evaluated and impairment is recognized to the extent fair value is less than the carrying amount. The Company evaluates impairment by stratifying MSRs based on the predominant risk characteristics of the underlying loans, including loan type and loan term. The Company is amortizing the MSRs in proportion to and over the period of the estimated net servicing income of the underlying loans.
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The following table shows the estimated future amortization expense during the next five years for the MSRs as of September 30, 2024:
Years ending December 31, | Amount | |
For the three months ending December 31, 2024 | $ | |
For the year ending December 31, 2025 | | |
For the year ending December 31, 2026 | | |
For the year ending December 31, 2027 | | |
For the year ending December 31, 2028 | |
SBA servicing asset
The SBA servicing asset represents the value associated with servicing small business real estate loans that have been sold to outside investors with servicing retained. The SBA servicing asset is evaluated and impairment is recognized to the extent fair value is less than the carrying amount. The Company evaluates impairment by stratifying the SBA servicing asset based on the predominant risk characteristics of the underlying loans, including loan type and loan term. The Company is amortizing the SBA servicing asset in proportion to and over the period of the estimated net servicing income of the underlying loans. The Company serviced $
Below are the changes in the SBA servicing asset for the periods presented:
For the nine months ended September 30, | ||||||
2024 | 2023 | |||||
Beginning balance | $ | | $ | | ||
Originations | | | ||||
Disposals | ( | ( | ||||
Recovery | | | ||||
Amortization | ( | ( | ||||
Ending balance | | | ||||
Fair value of mortgage servicing rights | $ | | $ | | ||
The Company uses assumptions and estimates in determining the fair value of SBA loan servicing rights. These assumptions include prepayment speeds, discount rates, and other assumptions. The assumptions used in the valuation were based on input from buyers, brokers and other qualified personnel, as well as market knowledge. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the key assumptions used to determine the fair value of the Company’s SBA loan servicing rights included weighted average lifetime constant prepayment rates equal to
The following table shows the estimated future amortization expense during the next five years for the SBA servicing asset as of September 30, 2024:
Years ending December 31, | Amount | |
For the three months ending December 31, 2024 | $ | |
For the year ending December 31, 2025 | | |
For the year ending December 31, 2026 | | |
For the year ending December 31, 2027 | | |
For the year ending December 31, 2028 | |
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Note 9 Borrowings
Borrowings consist of securities sold under agreements to repurchase, long-term debt and FHLB advances.
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
The Company enters into repurchase agreements to facilitate the needs of its clients. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company sold securities under agreements to repurchase totaling $
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
As a member of the FHLB, the Banks have access to a line of credit and term financing from the FHLB with total available credit of $
Long-term debt
The Company holds a subordinated note purchase agreement to issue and sell a fixed-to-floating rate note totaling $
The note is subordinated, unsecured and matures on November 15, 2031. Payments consist of interest only. Interest expense on the note is payable semi-annually in arrears and will bear interest at
As part of the acquisition of Bank of Jackson Hole (“BOJH”) on October 1, 2022, the Company assumed
The
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arrears, and the interest rate shall reset quarterly to an interest rate per annum equal to the then current three-month term SOFR plus
Note 10 Regulatory Capital
As a bank holding company that has elected to be treated as a financial holding company, the Company, NBH Bank and Bank of Jackson Hole Trust are subject to regulatory capital adequacy requirements implemented by the Federal Reserve and, for NBH Bank and Bank of Jackson Hole Trust, the FDIC, including maintaining capital positions at the “well-capitalized” level. The federal banking agencies have risk based capital adequacy regulations intended to provide a measure of capital adequacy that reflects the degree of risk associated with a banking organization’s operations. Under these regulations, assets are assigned to one of several risk categories, and nominal dollar amounts of assets and credit equivalent amounts of off-balance-sheet items are multiplied by a risk adjustment percentage for the category. Regulatory authorities can initiate certain mandatory actions if the Company, NBH Bank or Bank of Jackson Hole Trust fail to meet the minimum capital requirements, which could have a material effect on our financial statements.
Under the Basel III requirements, at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company and the Banks met all capital requirements, including the capital conservation buffer of
September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Required to be | Required to be | ||||||||||||||
well capitalized under | considered | ||||||||||||||
prompt corrective | adequately | ||||||||||||||
Actual | action provisions | capitalized(1) | |||||||||||||
Ratio | Amount | Ratio | Amount | Ratio | Amount | ||||||||||
Tier 1 leverage ratio: | |||||||||||||||
Consolidated | $ | | N/A | N/A | $ | | |||||||||
NBH Bank | | $ | | | |||||||||||
Bank of Jackson Hole Trust | | | | ||||||||||||
Common equity tier 1 risk based capital: | |||||||||||||||
Consolidated | $ | | N/A | N/A | $ | | |||||||||
NBH Bank | | $ | | | |||||||||||
Bank of Jackson Hole Trust | | | | ||||||||||||
Tier 1 risk based capital ratio: | |||||||||||||||
Consolidated | $ | | N/A | N/A | $ | | |||||||||
NBH Bank | | $ | | | |||||||||||
Bank of Jackson Hole Trust | | | | ||||||||||||
Total risk based capital ratio: | |||||||||||||||
Consolidated | $ | | N/A | N/A | $ | | |||||||||
NBH Bank | | $ | | | |||||||||||
Bank of Jackson Hole Trust | | | | ||||||||||||
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December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Required to be | Required to be | ||||||||||||||
well capitalized under | considered | ||||||||||||||
prompt corrective | adequately | ||||||||||||||
Actual | action provisions | capitalized(1) | |||||||||||||
Ratio | Amount | Ratio | Amount | Ratio | Amount | ||||||||||
Tier 1 leverage ratio: | |||||||||||||||
Consolidated | $ | | N/A | N/A | $ | | |||||||||
NBH Bank | | $ | | | |||||||||||
Bank of Jackson Hole Trust | | | | ||||||||||||
Common equity tier 1 risk based capital: | |||||||||||||||
Consolidated | $ | | N/A | N/A | $ | | |||||||||
NBH Bank | | $ | | | |||||||||||
Bank of Jackson Hole Trust | | | | ||||||||||||
Tier 1 risk based capital ratio: | |||||||||||||||
Consolidated | $ | | N/A | N/A | $ | | |||||||||
NBH Bank | | $ | | | |||||||||||
Bank of Jackson Hole Trust | | | | ||||||||||||
Total risk based capital ratio: | |||||||||||||||
Consolidated | $ | | N/A | N/A | $ | | |||||||||
NBH Bank | | $ | | | |||||||||||
Bank of Jackson Hole Trust | | | | ||||||||||||
(1) |
| Includes the capital conservation buffer of |
Note 11 Revenue from Contracts with Clients
Revenue is recognized when obligations under the terms of a contract with clients are satisfied. Below is the detail of the Company’s revenue from contracts with clients, including service charges and other deposit account related fees, bank card fees and other non-interest income. Other non-interest income includes trust and wealth management fees and Cambr Solutions, LLC (“Cambr”) fee income.
Service charges and other account-related fees
Service charge fees are primarily comprised of monthly service fees, check orders and other deposit account related fees. Other fees include revenue from processing wire transfers, bill pay service, cashier’s checks and other services. The Company’s performance obligation for account analysis fees and monthly service fees is generally satisfied, and the related revenue recognized, over the period in which the service is provided. Check orders and other deposit account-related fees are largely transactional based, and therefore, the Company’s performance obligation is satisfied, and related revenue recognized, at a point in time. Payment for service charges on deposit accounts is primarily received immediately or in the following month through a direct charge to clients’ accounts.
Bank card fees
Bank card fees are primarily comprised of debit card income, ATM fees, merchant services income and other fees. Debit card income is primarily comprised of interchange fees earned whenever the Company’s debit cards are processed through card payment networks such as Visa. ATM fees are primarily generated when a Bank cardholder uses a non-Bank ATM or a non-Bank cardholder uses a Bank ATM. Merchant services income mainly represents fees charged to merchants to process their debit card transactions. The Company’s performance obligation for bank card fees are largely satisfied, and related revenue recognized, when the services are rendered or upon completion. Payment is typically received immediately or in the following month.
Other non-interest income
Trust and wealth management fees
The trust and wealth management business offers separately managed investment account solutions and trustee services to clients. Services may include custody of securities, trust investments and wealth management services, directed trusts or fixed income portfolio management and irrevocable life insurance trusts. The Company charges an asset-based fee earned for personal and corporate accounts. Additional fees may include minimum annual fees, fees for additional tax reporting and preparation for irrevocable trust
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returns or annual flat fees for certain trusts. The performance obligations related to this revenue include items such as performing investment advisory services, custody and record-keeping services, and fund administrative and accounting services. The performance obligations are satisfied upon completion of service and fees are generally a fixed flat rate or based on a percentage of the account’s market value per the contract with the client. These fees are recorded within other non-interest income in the consolidated statements of operations.
Cambr fee income
Cambr operates a deposit acquisition and processing platform that generates core deposits from accounts offered through third-party embedded finance companies. Cambr’s platform facilitates the movement of embedded finance companies’ client deposits into FDIC-insured accounts at banks within Cambr’s network. Cambr generates fee income by charging a percentage-based fee of the client’s deposit balance placed into the Cambr network. The performance obligation is satisfied upon completion of service, and Cambr fee income is recorded within other non-interest income in the consolidated statements of operations.
Other non-interest expense
Included within other non-interest expense are gains and losses from OREO sales, which are recognized when the Company meets its performance obligation to transfer title to the buyer. The gain or loss is measured as the excess of the proceeds received compared to the OREO carrying value. Sales proceeds are received in cash at the time of transfer.
The following table presents non-interest income, segregated by revenue streams in-scope and out-of-scope of FASB ASC Topic 606 (“Topic 606”), and non-interest expense in-scope of Topic 606 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:
For the three months ended September 30, | For the nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
Non-interest income | ||||||||||||
In-scope of Topic 606: | ||||||||||||
Service charges and other account-related fees | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Bank card fees | | | | | ||||||||
Other non-interest income | | | | | ||||||||
Non-interest income (in-scope of Topic 606) | | | | | ||||||||
Non-interest income (out-of-scope of Topic 606) | | | | | ||||||||
Total non-interest income | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Non-interest expense | ||||||||||||
In-scope of Topic 606: | ||||||||||||
Other non-interest expense | $ | | $ | — | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||
Total revenue in-scope of Topic 606 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Contract acquisition costs
The Company utilizes the practical expedient which allows entities to expense immediately contract acquisition costs when the asset that would have resulted from capitalizing these costs would have been amortized in one year or less. The Company has not capitalized any contract acquisition costs.
Note 12 Stock-based Compensation and Benefits
The Company provides stock-based compensation in accordance with shareholder-approved plans. On May 9, 2023, shareholders approved the 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "2023 Plan"). The 2023 Plan replaces the 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Prior Plan"), pursuant to which the Company granted equity awards prior to the approval of the 2023 Plan. Pursuant to the 2023 Plan, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors has the authority to grant, from time to time, awards of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units, other stock-based awards, or any combination thereof to eligible persons.
As of September 30, 2024, the aggregate number of Class A common stock available for issuance under the 2023 Plan is
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To date, the Company has issued stock options, restricted stock and performance stock units under the Prior Plan and 2023 Plan. The Compensation Committee sets the option exercise price at the time of grant, but in no case is the exercise price less than the fair market value of a share of stock at the date of grant.
During 2023, the Compensation Committee approved the adoption of the 2023 Equity Unit Incentive Plan (the “2UniFi Plan”), an equity incentive plan with respect to class B units of 2Unifi, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The 2UniFi Plan provides for the grant of up to
Stock options
The Company issues stock options, which are primarily time-vesting with vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversary of the date of grant or date of hire. The expense associated with the awarded stock options was measured at fair value using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The outstanding option awards vest on a graded basis over
The following table summarizes stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2024:
Weighted | ||||||||||
average | ||||||||||
Weighted | remaining | |||||||||
average | contractual | Aggregate | ||||||||
exercise | term in | intrinsic | ||||||||
Options | price | years | value | |||||||
Outstanding at December 31, 2023 | | $ | | $ | | |||||
Granted | — | — | ||||||||
Exercised | ( | | ||||||||
Forfeited | ( | | ||||||||
Outstanding at September 30, 2024 | | | | |||||||
Options exercisable at September 30, 2024 | | | | |||||||
Options vested and expected to vest | | | | |||||||
Stock option expense is a component of salaries and benefits expense in the consolidated statements of operations and totaled $
Restricted stock awards
The Company issues primarily time-based restricted stock awards that vest over a range of a
Performance stock units
The Company grants performance stock units (“PSU”) which represent initial target awards and do not reflect potential increases or decreases resulting from the final performance results, which are to be determined at the end of the
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Company’s cumulative total shareholder return (“TSR”) during the performance period. On the vesting date, the Company’s annual ROTA will be compared to the respective ROTAs of companies comprising the S&P 600 Regional Banks group. The Company’s ranking will be averaged over the measurement period to determine the shares awarded. The fair value of the ROTA award was determined based on the closing stock price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. On the vesting date, the Company’s TSR will be compared to the respective TSRs of the companies comprising the S&P 600 Regional Banks group at the grant date to determine the shares awarded. The fair value of the TSR target portion of the award was determined using a Monte Carlo Simulation at the grant date. The fair value of the EPS target portion of the award was determined based on the closing stock price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date.
The weighted-average grant date fair value per unit for the awards granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 of the EPS target portion, ROTA target portion and TSR target portion were $
For PSU components granted in 2023 and 2022,
The following table summarizes restricted stock and performance stock unit activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2024:
Weighted | Weighted | |||||||||
Restricted | average grant- | Performance | average grant- | |||||||
stock shares | date fair value | stock units | date fair value | |||||||
Unvested at December 31, 2023 | | $ | | | $ | | ||||
Granted | | | | | ||||||
Adjustment due to performance | — | — | ( | | ||||||
Vested | ( | | ( | | ||||||
Forfeited | ( | | ( | | ||||||
Unvested at September 30, 2024 | | $ | | | $ | | ||||
As of September 30, 2024, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to the non-vested restricted stock awards and performance stock units totaled $
Employee stock purchase plan
The 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) is intended to be a qualified plan within the meaning of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and allows eligible employees to purchase shares of common stock through payroll deductions up to a limit of $
Under the ESPP, employees purchased
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Note 13 Common Stock
The Company had
On May 9, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $
Note 14 Earnings Per Share
The Company calculates earnings per share under the two-class method, as certain non-vested share awards contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends. As such, these awards are considered securities that participate in the earnings of the Company. Non-vested shares are discussed further in note 12.
The Company had
The following table illustrates the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:
For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | |||||||||||
September 30, 2024 | September 30, 2023 | September 30, 2024 | September 30, 2023 | |||||||||
Net income | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Less: income allocated to participating securities | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||
Income allocated to common shareholders | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Weighted average shares outstanding for basic earnings per common share | | | | | ||||||||
Dilutive effect of equity awards | | | | | ||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding for diluted earnings per common share | | | | | ||||||||
Basic earnings per share | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Diluted earnings per share | | | | | ||||||||
The Company had
Note 15 Derivatives
Risk management objective of using derivatives
The Company is exposed to certain risks arising from both its business operations and economic conditions. The Company has established policies stipulating that neither carrying value nor fair value at risk should exceed established guidelines. The Company has designed strategies to confine these risks within the established limits and identify appropriate trade-offs in the financial structure of its balance sheet. These strategies include the use of derivative financial instruments to help achieve the desired balance sheet repricing structure while meeting the desired objectives of its clients. Currently, the Company employs certain interest rate swaps that
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are designated as fair value hedges, cash flow hedges and economic hedges. The Company manages a matched book with respect to its derivative instruments in order to minimize its net risk exposure resulting from such transactions.
Fair values of derivative instruments on the balance sheet
The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as well as their classification in the consolidated statements of financial condition as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Information about the valuation methods used to measure fair value is provided in note 17.
Asset derivatives fair value | Liability derivatives fair value | |||||||||||||||
Balance Sheet | September 30, | December 31, | Balance Sheet | September 30, | December 31, | |||||||||||
location | 2024 | 2023 | location | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | ||||||||||||||||
Interest rate products | Other assets | $ | | $ | | Other liabilities | $ | | $ | | ||||||
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: | ||||||||||||||||
Interest rate products | Other assets | $ | | $ | | Other liabilities | $ | | $ | | ||||||
Interest rate lock commitments | Other assets | | | Other liabilities | | | ||||||||||
Forward contracts | Other assets | | — | Other liabilities | | | ||||||||||
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Cash flow hedges
The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to interest income and to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, the Company primarily uses floors and collars as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate floors designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty if interest rates fall below the strike rate on the contract in exchange for an up-front premium. Interest rate collars designated as cash flow hedges involve the payments of variable-rate amounts if interest rates rise above the cap strike rate on the contract and receipt of variable-rate amounts if interest rates fall below the floor strike rate on the contract.
For derivatives that qualify and are designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk, the gain or loss on the derivative is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassified into interest income in the same periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Gains and losses on the derivative representing hedge components excluded from the assessment of effectiveness are recognized over the life of the hedge on a systematic and rational basis. The earnings recognition of excluded components is included in interest income. Amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income related to derivatives will be reclassified to interest income as interest payments are received on the Company’s variable-rate assets. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had cash flow hedges with a notional amount of $
Fair value hedges
Interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without the exchange of the underlying notional amount. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had interest rate swaps with a notional amount of $
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For derivatives designated and that qualify as fair value hedges, the gain or loss on the derivative as well as the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in earnings. The Company includes the gain or loss on the hedged items in the same line item as the offsetting loss or gain on the related derivatives.
Non-designated hedges
Derivatives not designated as hedges are not speculative and consist of interest rate swaps with commercial banking clients that facilitate their respective risk management strategies. Interest rate swaps are simultaneously hedged by offsetting interest rate swaps that the Company executes with a third party, such that the Company minimizes its net risk exposure resulting from such transactions. As the interest rate swaps associated with this program do not meet the strict hedge accounting requirements, changes in the fair value of both the client swaps and the offsetting swaps are recognized directly in earnings. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had matched interest rate swap transactions with an aggregate notional amount of $
As part of its mortgage banking activities, the Company enters into interest rate lock commitments, which are commitments to originate loans where the interest rate on the loan is determined prior to funding and the clients have locked into that interest rate. The Company then locks in the loan and interest rate with an investor and commits to deliver the loan if settlement occurs ("best efforts") or commits to deliver the locked loan in a binding ("mandatory") delivery program with an investor. Fair value changes of certain loans under interest rate lock commitments are hedged with forward sales contracts of MBS. Forward sales contracts of MBS are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in non-interest income. Interest rate lock commitments and commitments to deliver loans to investors are considered derivatives. The market value of interest rate lock commitments and best efforts contracts are not readily ascertainable with precision because they are not actively traded in stand-alone markets. The Company determines the fair value of interest rate lock commitments and delivery contracts by measuring the fair value of the underlying assets. The fair value of the underlying assets is impacted by current interest rates, remaining origination fees, costs of production to be incurred and the probability that the interest rate lock commitments will close or will be funded.
Certain additional risks arise from these forward delivery contracts in that the counterparties to the contracts may not be able to meet the terms of the contracts. The Company does not expect any counterparty to any MBS contract to fail to meet its obligation. Additional risks inherent in mandatory delivery programs include the risk that, if the Company fails to deliver the loans subject to interest rate risk lock commitments, it will still be obligated to “pair off” MBS to the counterparty. Should this be required, the Company could incur significant costs in acquiring replacement loans and such costs could have an adverse effect on the consolidated financial statements.
The fair value of the mortgage banking derivative is recorded as a freestanding asset or liability with the change in value being recognized in current earnings during the period of change.
The Company had interest rate lock commitments with a notional value of $
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Effect of derivative instruments on the consolidated statements of operations and accumulated other comprehensive income
The tables below present the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments in the consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:
Location of gain (loss) | Amount of (loss) gain recognized in income on derivatives | |||||||||||||
recognized in income on | For the three months ended September 30, | For the nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||
Derivatives in hedging relationships | derivatives | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
Interest rate products | Interest and fees on loans | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | |||||
Location of gain (loss) | Amount of gain (loss) recognized in income on hedged items | |||||||||||||
recognized in income on | For the three months ended September 30, | For the nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||
Hedged items | hedged items | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
Interest rate products | Interest and fees on loans | $ | | $ | ( | $ | | $ | ( | |||||
Location of gain (loss) | Amount of gain recognized in income on derivatives | |||||||||||||
Derivatives not designated | recognized in income on | For the three months ended September 30, | For the nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||
as hedging instruments | derivatives | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
Interest rate products | Other non-interest expense | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||
Interest rate lock commitments | Mortgage banking income | | | | | |||||||||
Forward contracts | Mortgage banking income | ( | | | | |||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||||
The tables below present the effect of cash flow hedge accounting on AOCI as of the dates presented.
For the three months ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Gain recognized in OCI on derivatives | Gain recognized in OCI included component | Gain recognized in OCI excluded component | Location of loss recognized from AOCI into income | Loss reclassified from AOCI into income | Loss reclassified from AOCI into income included component | Loss reclassified from AOCI into income excluded component | |||||||||||||||
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships: | |||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate products | $ | | $ | | $ | | Interest income | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Loss recognized in OCI on derivatives | Loss recognized in OCI included component | Loss recognized in OCI excluded component | Location of loss recognized from AOCI into income | Loss reclassified from AOCI into income | Loss reclassified from AOCI into income included component | Loss reclassified from AOCI into income excluded component | |||||||||||||||
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships: | |||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate products | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | Interest income | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||
For the three months ended September 30, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Loss recognized in OCI on derivatives | Loss recognized in OCI included component | Loss recognized in OCI excluded component | Location of loss recognized from AOCI into income | Loss reclassified from AOCI into income | Loss reclassified from AOCI into income included component | Loss reclassified from AOCI into income excluded component | |||||||||||||||
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships: | |||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate products | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | Interest income | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Loss recognized in OCI on derivatives | Loss recognized in OCI included component | Loss recognized in OCI excluded component | Location of loss recognized from AOCI into income | Loss reclassified from AOCI into income | Loss reclassified from AOCI into income included component | Loss reclassified from AOCI into income excluded component | |||||||||||||||
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships: | |||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate products | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | Interest income | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||
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Credit-risk-related contingent features
The Company has agreements with its derivative counterparties that contain a provision where if the Company defaults on any of its indebtedness for reasons other than an error or omission of an administrative or operational nature, including default where repayment of the indebtedness has not been accelerated by the lender, then the Company could also be declared in default on its derivative obligations.
The Company also has agreements with certain of its derivative counterparties that contain a provision where if the Company fails to maintain its status as a well/adequately capitalized institution, then the counterparty has the right to terminate the derivative positions and the Company would be required to settle its obligations under the agreements.
As of September 30, 2024, the termination value of derivatives in a net liability position related to these agreements was
Note 16 Commitments and Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into various off-balance sheet commitments to help meet the financing needs of clients. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit, commercial and consumer lines of credit and standby letters of credit. The same credit policies are applied to these commitments as the loans in the consolidated statements of financial condition; however, these commitments involve varying degrees of credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated statements of financial condition. The total amounts of unused commitments do not necessarily represent future credit exposure or cash requirements, as commitments often expire without being drawn upon. However, the contractual amount of these commitments, offset by any additional collateral pledged, represents the Company’s potential credit loss exposure.
Total unfunded commitments at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows:
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
Commitments to fund loans | $ | | $ | | ||
Credit card lines of credit | | | ||||
Unfunded commitments under lines of credit | | | ||||
Commercial and standby letters of credit | | | ||||
Total unfunded commitments | $ | | $ | | ||
Commitments to fund loans—Commitments to fund loans are legally binding agreements to lend to clients in accordance with predetermined contractual provisions providing there have been no violations of any conditions specified in the contract. These commitments are generally at variable interest rates and are for specific periods or contain termination clauses and may require the payment of a fee. The total amounts of unused commitments are not necessarily representative of future credit exposure or cash requirements, as commitments often expire without being drawn upon.
Credit card lines of credit—The Company extends lines of credit to clients through the use of credit cards issued by NBH Bank. These lines of credit represent the maximum amounts allowed to be funded, many of which will not exhaust the established limits, and as such, these amounts are not necessarily representations of future cash requirements or credit exposure.
Unfunded commitments under lines of credit—In the ordinary course of business, the Company extends revolving credit to its clients. These arrangements may require the payment of a fee.
Commercial and standby letters of credit—As a provider of financial services, the Company routinely issues commercial and standby letters of credit, which may be financial standby letters of credit or performance standby letters of credit. These are various forms of “back-up” commitments to guarantee the performance of a client to a third party. While these arrangements represent a potential cash outlay for the Company, the majority of these letters of credit will expire without being drawn upon. Letters of credit are subject to the same underwriting and credit approval process as traditional loans, and as such, many of them have various forms of collateral securing the commitment, which may include real estate, personal property, receivables or marketable securities.
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Contingencies
Mortgage loans sold to investors may be subject to repurchase or indemnification in the event of specific default by the borrower or subsequent discovery that underwriting standards were not met. The Company established a reserve liability for expected losses related to these representations and warranties based upon management’s evaluation of actual and historic loss history, delinquency trends or other documentation or deficiency findings in the portfolio and economic conditions. Charges against the reserve during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 totaling $
The following table summarizes mortgage repurchase reserve activity for the periods presented:
For the three months ended September 30, | For the nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
Beginning balance | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Provision released from operating expense, net | — | — | ( | ( | ||||||||
Charge-offs | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||
Ending balance | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
In the ordinary course of business, the Company and NBH Bank may be subject to litigation. Based upon the available information and advice from the Company’s legal counsel, management does not believe that any potential, threatened or pending litigation to which it is a party will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity, financial condition or results of operations.
Note 17 Fair Value Measurements
The Company uses fair value measurements to record fair value adjustments to certain assets and liabilities and to disclose the fair value of its financial instruments. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. For disclosure purposes, the Company groups its financial and non-financial assets and liabilities into three different levels based on the nature of the instrument and the availability and reliability of the information that is used to determine fair value. The three levels are defined as follows:
| ● | Level 1—Includes assets or liabilities in which the valuation methodologies are based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. |
| ● | Level 2—Includes assets or liabilities in which the inputs to the valuation methodologies are based on similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable, such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds and other inputs obtained from observable market input. |
| ● | Level 3—Includes assets or liabilities in which the inputs to the valuation methodology are based on at least one significant assumption that is not observable in the marketplace. These valuations may rely on management’s judgment and may include internally-developed model-based valuation techniques. |
Level 1 inputs are considered to be the most transparent and reliable and level 3 inputs are considered to be the least transparent and reliable. The Company assumes the use of the principal market to conduct a transaction of each particular asset or liability being measured and then considers the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability. Whenever possible, the Company first looks for quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets (level 1 inputs) to value each asset or liability. However, when inputs from identical assets or liabilities on active markets are not available, the Company utilizes market observable data for similar assets and liabilities. The Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and limits the use of unobservable inputs to occasions when observable inputs are not available. The need to use unobservable inputs generally results from the lack of market liquidity of the actual financial instrument or of the underlying collateral. While third-party price indications may be available in those cases, limited trading activity can challenge the observability of those inputs.
Changes in the valuation inputs used for measuring the fair value of financial instruments may occur due to changes in current market conditions or other factors. Such changes may necessitate a transfer of the financial instruments to another level in the hierarchy based
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on the new inputs used. The Company recognizes these transfers at the end of the reporting period that the transfer occurs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were
The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of each instrument under the valuation hierarchy:
Fair Value of Financial Instruments Measured on a Recurring Basis
Investment securities available-for-sale—Investment securities available-for-sale are carried at fair value on a recurring basis. To the extent possible, observable quoted prices in an active market are used to determine fair value and, as such, these securities are classified as level 1. When quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities are not available, quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics, discounted cash flows or other pricing characteristics are used to estimate fair values and the securities are then classified as level 2.
Loans held for sale—The Company has elected to record loans originated and intended for sale in the secondary market at estimated fair value. The portfolio consists primarily of fixed rate residential mortgage loans that are sold within
Interest rate swap derivatives—The Company's derivative instruments are limited to interest rate swaps that may be accounted for as fair value hedges or non-designated hedges. The fair values of the swaps incorporate credit valuation adjustments in order to appropriately reflect nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. The credit valuation adjustment is the dollar amount of the fair value adjustment related to credit risk and utilizes a probability weighted calculation to quantify the potential loss over the life of the trade. The credit valuation adjustments are calculated by determining the total expected exposure of the derivatives (which incorporates both the current and potential future exposure) and then applying the respective counterparties’ credit spreads to the exposure offset by marketable collateral posted, if any. Certain derivative transactions are executed with counterparties who are large financial institutions ("dealers"). International Swaps and Derivative Association Master Agreements ("ISDA") and Credit Support Annexes ("CSA") are employed for all contracts with dealers. These contracts contain bilateral collateral arrangements. The fair value inputs of these financial instruments are determined using discounted cash flow analysis through the use of third-party models whose significant inputs are readily observable market parameters, primarily yield curves, with appropriate adjustments for liquidity and credit risk, and are classified as level 2.
Mortgage banking derivatives—The Company relies on a third-party pricing service to value its mortgage banking derivative financial assets and liabilities, which the Company classifies as a level 3 valuation. The external valuation model to estimate the fair value of its interest rate lock commitments to originate residential mortgage loans held for sale includes grouping the interest rate lock commitments by interest rate and terms, applying an average
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The tables below present the financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 in the consolidated statements of financial condition utilizing the hierarchy structure described above:
September 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Assets: | ||||||||||||
Investment securities available-for-sale | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasuries | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | ||||
Mortgage-backed securities: | ||||||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | — | | — | | ||||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | — | | — | | ||||||||
Municipal securities | — | | — | | ||||||||
Corporate debt | — | | — | | ||||||||
Loans held for sale | — | | — | | ||||||||
Interest rate swap derivatives | — | | — | | ||||||||
Mortgage banking derivatives | — | — | | | ||||||||
Total assets at fair value | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||||||
Interest rate swap derivatives | $ | — | $ | | $ | — | $ | | ||||
Mortgage banking derivatives | — | — | | | ||||||||
Total liabilities at fair value | $ | — | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Assets: | ||||||||||||
Investment securities available-for-sale | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasuries | $ | | $ | — | $ | — | $ | | ||||
Mortgage-backed securities: | ||||||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | — | | — | | ||||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | — | | — | | ||||||||
Municipal securities | — | | — | | ||||||||
Corporate debt | — | | — | | ||||||||
Loans held for sale | — | | — | | ||||||||
Interest rate swap derivatives | — | | — | | ||||||||
Mortgage banking derivatives | — | — | | | ||||||||
Total assets at fair value | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||||||
Interest rate swap derivatives | $ | — | $ | | $ | — | $ | | ||||
Mortgage banking derivatives | — | — | | | ||||||||
Total liabilities at fair value | $ | — | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
The table below details the changes in level 3 financial instruments during the nine months ended September 30, 2024:
Mortgage banking | |||
derivatives, net | |||
Balance at December 31, 2023 | $ | | |
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Fees and costs included in earnings, net | ( | ||
Balance at September 30, 2024 | $ | | |
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments Measured on a Non-recurring Basis
Certain assets may be recorded at fair value on a non-recurring basis as conditions warrant. These non-recurring fair value measurements typically result from the application of lower of cost or fair value accounting or a write-down occurring during the period.
Individually evaluated loans—The Company records individually evaluated loans based on the fair value of the collateral when it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all contractual amounts due in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement. The Company relies on third-party appraisals and internal assessments, utilizing a discount rate in the range of
OREO—OREO is recorded at the fair value of the collateral less estimated selling costs using a range of
Mortgage servicing rights—MSRs represent the value associated with servicing residential real estate loans that have been sold to outside investors with servicing retained. The fair value for servicing assets is determined through discounted cash flow analysis and utilizes a discount rate and weighted average rate ranging from
SBA servicing asset— The SBA servicing asset represents the value associated with servicing small business real estate loans that have been sold to outside investors with servicing retained. The fair value for the SBA servicing asset is determined through a discounted cash flow analysis and utilizes a weighted average discount rate of
The Company may be required to record fair value adjustments on other available-for-sale and municipal securities valued at par on a non-recurring basis.
The tables below provide information regarding losses from assets recorded at fair value on a non-recurring basis during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:
September 30, 2024 | ||||||
Total | Losses from fair value changes | |||||
Individually evaluated loans | $ | | $ | | ||
Mortgage servicing rights | | | ||||
Total | $ | | $ | | ||
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September 30, 2023 | ||||||
Total | Losses from fair value changes | |||||
Individually evaluated loans | $ | | $ | | ||
Other real estate owned | | | ||||
Premises and equipment | | | ||||
Total | $ | | $ | | ||
The Company did
Note 18 Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be exchanged between willing parties, other than in a forced liquidation. Fair value is determined based upon quoted market prices to the extent possible; however, in many instances, there are no quoted market prices for the Company’s various financial instruments. In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair values are based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques that may be significantly impacted by the assumptions used, including the discount rate and estimates of future cash flows. Changes in any of these assumptions could significantly affect the fair value estimates. The fair value of the financial instruments listed below does not reflect a premium or discount that could result from offering all of the Company’s holdings of financial instruments at one time, nor does it reflect the underlying value of the Company, as ASC Topic 825 excludes certain financial instruments and all non-financial instruments from its disclosure requirements. The estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Company using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies and are based on the exit price concept within ASC Topic 825 and applied to this disclosure on a prospective basis. Considerable judgment is required to interpret market data in order to develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could realize in a current market exchange.
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The fair value of financial instruments at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are set forth below:
Level in fair value | September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||
measurement | Carrying | Estimated | Carrying | Estimated | ||||||||||
hierarchy | amount | fair value | amount | fair value | ||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | Level 1 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||
U.S. Treasury securities - AFS | Level 1 | | | | | |||||||||
U.S. Treasury securities - HTM | Level 1 | | | | | |||||||||
Mortgage-backed securities—residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises available-for-sale | Level 2 | | | | | |||||||||
Mortgage-backed securities—other residential mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises available-for-sale | Level 2 | | | | | |||||||||
Municipal securities available-for-sale | Level 2 | | | | | |||||||||
Corporate debt available-for-sale | Level 2 | | | | | |||||||||
Other available-for-sale securities | Level 3 | | | | | |||||||||
Mortgage-backed securities—residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises held-to-maturity | Level 2 | | | | | |||||||||
Mortgage-backed securities—other residential mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises held-to-maturity | Level 2 | | | | | |||||||||
FHLB and FRB stock | Level 2 | | | | | |||||||||
Loans receivable | Level 3 | | | | | |||||||||
Loans held for sale | Level 2 | | | | | |||||||||
Accrued interest receivable | Level 2 | | | | | |||||||||
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LIABILITIES | ||||||||||||||
Deposit transaction accounts | Level 2 | | | | | |||||||||
Time deposits | Level 2 | | | | | |||||||||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase | Level 2 | | | | | |||||||||
Long-term debt | Level 2 | | | | | |||||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank advances | Level 2 | — | — | | | |||||||||
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Note 19 Acquisition Activities
Cambr Solutions, LLC
On April 3, 2023, NBH Bank completed the acquisition of Cambr Solutions, LLC. Upon closing, Cambr became a stand-alone subsidiary of NBH Bank. The transaction was valued at $
Cambr is a deposit acquisition and processing platform that generates core deposits from accounts offered through third-party embedded finance companies. At the time of acquisition, Cambr administered approximately $
Cambr acquisition-related costs totaled $
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The table below summarizes net assets acquired (at fair value) and consideration transferred in connection with the Cambr acquisition:
April 3, 2023 | |||
Assets: | |||
Cash and due from banks | $ | | |
Other intangibles | | ||
Other assets | | ||
Total assets acquired | | ||
Liabilities: | |||
Other liabilities | $ | | |
Total liabilities assumed | | ||
Identifiable net assets acquired | $ | | |
Consideration: | |||
Cash | $ | | |
Total | | ||
Goodwill | $ | | |
In connection with the Cambr acquisition, the Company recorded $
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Item 2: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
The following management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, and with our annual report on Form 10-K (file number 001-35654), which includes our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes as of and for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results to differ materially from management's expectations. Factors that could cause such differences are discussed in the section entitled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” located elsewhere in this quarterly report and in Item 1A“Risk Factors” in the annual report on Form 10-K, referenced above, and should be read herewith.
All amounts are in thousands, except share and per share data, or as otherwise noted.
Overview
Our focus is on building relationships by creating a win-win scenario for our clients and our Company. We believe in providing solutions and services to our clients that are based on fairness and simplicity. We have established a solid financial services franchise with a sizable presence for deposit gathering and building client relationships necessary for growth. We have executed on strategic acquisition opportunities to expand our presence in attractive markets and to diversify our revenue streams. Additionally, we are innovating and building strategic fintech partnerships with the goal of delivering a comprehensive digital financial ecosystem for our clients. We are focused on providing small and medium-sized businesses with alternative digital access to address borrowing, depository and cash management needs, while also providing information management and access to digital payment tools, under the safety of a regulated bank. We believe that our established presence in our core markets of Colorado, the greater Kansas City region, Utah, Wyoming, Texas, New Mexico and Idaho, as well as our ongoing investment in digital solutions and strategic acquisitions position us well for growth opportunities. As of September 30, 2024, we had $9.9 billion in assets, $7.7 billion in loans, $8.5 billion in deposits, $1.3 billion in equity and $967.7 million in assets under management in our trust and wealth management business.
Operating Highlights
Profitability and returns
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| Net income totaled $90.6 million, or $2.36 per diluted share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to net income of $108.9 million, or $2.85 per diluted share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period during the prior year was largely driven by lower net interest income due to an increase in cost of funds outpacing the increase in interest income. Partially offsetting this decrease was a 4.7% increase in non-interest income driven by our diversified sources of fee revenue. |
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| The return on average tangible assets was 1.33% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 1.61% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. |
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| The return on average tangible common equity was 14.14% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 18.81% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. |
Strategic execution
● | Continued to invest in digital solutions for our clients through our financial eco-system, 2UniFi, for small and medium-sized businesses that we believe will increase access to financial services while reducing the costs of banking services. | |
● | The Company’s balance sheet funding mix improved during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, and the Company utilized funding provided by deposit growth to pay down Federal Home Loan Bank advances from $340.0 million at December 31, 2023 to zero at September 30, 2024. |
Loan portfolio
● | Loans totaled $7.7 billion at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. |
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● | Generated loan fundings totaling $1.1 billion, during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, with a weighted average new loan origination rate of 8.5%. Commercial and industrial loan fundings totaled $0.4 billion with a weighted average new loan origination rate of 8.4%. | |
● | Maintained a conservatively structured loan portfolio represented by diverse industries and concentrations with industry sector concentrations at 15% or less of total loans and all concentration levels remain well below our self-imposed limits. | |
● | Non-owner occupied CRE loans were 157.5% of the Company’s risk based capital, or 23.8% of total loans, and no specific property type comprised more than 10.0% of total loans at September 30, 2024. | |
● | The Company maintains very little exposure to non-owner occupied CRE retail properties and office properties, comprising 2.0% and 1.3% of total loans, respectively, at September 30, 2024. | |
● | Multifamily loans totaled $335.7 million, or 4.4% of total loans at September 30, 2024. | |
● | We do not originate high-dollar non-amortizing or balloon payment mortgage loans to our clients. |
Credit quality
● | Allowance for credit losses totaled 1.23% of total loans at September 30, 2024, compared to 1.27% at December 31, 2023. | |
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| The Company recorded provision expense for credit losses totaling $4.8 million and $3.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. |
● | Credit quality remained strong, as non-performing loans (comprised of non-accrual loans and non-accrual modified loans) totaled 0.31% of total loans at September 30, 2024, compared to 0.37% at December 31, 2023. Non-performing assets to total loans and OREO improved 10 basis points to 0.32% at September 30, 2024, compared to 0.42% at December 31, 2023. | |
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| Net charge-offs of $7.6 million and $0.8 million were recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Annualized net charge-offs to average total loans totaled 0.13% and 0.02% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. |
Client deposit funded balance sheet
● | Average total deposits for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased 5.3% to $8.3 billion, compared to $7.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. | |
● | Average transaction deposits for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased 5.3% to $7.3 billion, compared to $6.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. | |
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| The mix of transaction deposits to total deposits was 87.8% at September 30, 2024 and 2023. |
● | Cost of deposits totaled 2.27% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 1.18% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. | |
● | Approximately 78% of our deposits were FDIC insured as of September 30, 2024. |
Liquidity
● | On-balance sheet liquidity totaled $654.6 million as of September 30, 2024 and was comprised of $180.8 million of cash and $473.8 million of unencumbered investments. | |
● | Liquidity is monitored and managed to ensure that sufficient funds are available on-demand to meet our business needs. At September 30, 2024, the Company’s available secured and committed borrowing capacity at the FHLB and Federal Reserve totaled $2.7 billion. The Company also accesses a variety of other short-term and long-term unsecured funding sources, which includes access to Cambr platform deposits, multiple brokered deposit platform options and lines of credit. | |
● | Our investment securities portfolio has a short average duration and is largely backed by U.S government or government sponsored entities giving us confidence that we will not realize material losses. Regarding the fair value of investment securities, our accumulated other comprehensive loss does not have a material impact on our capital position. Our tangible common equity capital ratio, which includes accumulated other comprehensive loss, totaled 9.8% as of September 30, 2024, compared to 9.0% as of December 31, 2023. |
Revenues
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| Fully taxable equivalent (“FTE”) net interest income totaled $260.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $276.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. |
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| The FTE net interest margin narrowed 32 basis points to 3.80% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The yield on earning assets increased 51 basis points, led by a 57 basis point |
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increase in the loan portfolio yield. The cost of funds totaled 2.31% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 1.40% during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. | ||
● | Non-interest income increased 4.7% to $50.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $47.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, driven by increases from our diversified sources of fee revenue including gains on SBA loan sales, trust income, Cambr income and treasury management fees. Mortgage banking income decreased $2.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the same period in the prior year as the sustained higher-interest rate environment has lowered mortgage volume. |
Expenses
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| Non-interest expense totaled $190.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, representing an increase of $10.2 million, or 5.7%, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023, largely due to ongoing investments in technology. Salaries and benefits increased $7.6 million, occupancy and equipment increased $2.4 million and data processing increased $2.3 million. Other intangible assets amortization increased $0.6 million due to our Cambr acquisition in April of 2023. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $2.5 million in professional fees. |
● | The FTE efficiency ratio, excluding other intangible assets amortization, during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 totaled 59.28%, compared to 53.74% during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. | |
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| Income tax expense totaled $19.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $27.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 driven by lower pre-tax income. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 18.0%, compared to 19.1% for the full year 2023. |
Strong capital position
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| Capital ratios continue to be strong and in excess of federal bank regulatory agency “well capitalized” thresholds. As of September 30, 2024, our consolidated tier 1 leverage ratio was 10.44%, and our consolidated common equity tier 1 and tier 1 risk based capital ratios were 12.88%. |
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| At September 30, 2024, common book value per share was $34.01. The tangible common book value per share increased $2.14 to $24.91 during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as earnings and a $0.36 decrease in accumulated other comprehensive loss, driven by changes in the interest rate environment, outpaced the quarterly dividends. |
Key Challenges
Macroeconomic pressures have resulted in volatility and uncertainty in the banking industry. The sustained higher-interest rate environment, declines in the fair value of securities, lack of available funding, uninsured deposits and risk from concentrations in loan and deposit segments along with declines in commercial real estate property values are drawing increased scrutiny on financial institutions. Liquidity within the financial services sector has tightened, and we expect the intense competition for deposits throughout our markets to continue. While these are widespread challenges for the banking industry, the Company has not experienced a material impact to our financial condition, operations, customer base, liquidity, capital position or risk profile.
Additionally, we face continual challenges implementing our business strategy. These include growing our assets, particularly loans, and deposits amidst intense competition, changing interest rates, adhering to changes in the regulatory environment and identifying and consummating disciplined acquisition and other expansionary opportunities in a very competitive and inflationary environment. In connection with our digital growth strategy and our digital solution 2UniFi, we have made and will continue to make investments in and also partner with third party fintech companies. The innovations these companies develop for utilization by 2UniFi may prove difficult to successfully integrate into our existing operations and may require additional operational and control systems to manage fraud, cybersecurity, operational, legal and compliance risks.
Future growth in our interest income will ultimately be dependent on our ability to originate high-quality loans and other high-quality earning assets such as investment securities as well as our ability to access liquidity and manage our cost of funds. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Federal Reserve increased prevailing interest rates by a total of 100 and 425 basis points, respectively. In September 2024, the Federal Reserve decreased the prevailing interest rate by 50 basis points. Our future earnings will be impacted by the Federal Reserve’s future interest rate policy decisions. Management employs risk management policies to monitor and limit exposure to changes in market rates, which is discussed in more detail in the Asset/Liability Management and Interest Rate Risk section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
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Performance Overview
In evaluating our consolidated statements of financial condition and results of operations financial statement line items, we evaluate and manage our performance based on key earnings indicators, balance sheet ratios, asset quality metrics and regulatory capital ratios, among others. The table below presents some of the primary performance indicators that we use to analyze our business on a regular basis for the periods indicated:
Key Metrics(1)
As of and for the three months ended | As of and for the nine months ended | ||||||||||||||
September 30, | December 31, | September 30, | September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||
Return on average assets | 1.32% | 1.33% | 1.46% | 1.22% | 1.50% | ||||||||||
Return on average tangible assets(2) | 1.43% | 1.44% | 1.58% | 1.33% | 1.61% | ||||||||||
Return on average equity | 10.33% | 11.10% | 12.26% | 9.70% | 12.71% | ||||||||||
Return on average tangible common equity(2) | 14.84% | 16.56% | 18.38% | 14.14% | 18.81% | ||||||||||
Loan to deposit ratio (end of period)(3) | 90.79% | 94.00% | 91.77% | 90.79% | 91.77% | ||||||||||
Non-interest bearing deposits to total deposits (end of period) | 26.70% | 28.83% | 30.47% | 26.70% | 30.47% | ||||||||||
Net interest margin(4) | 3.79% | 3.88% | 3.85% | 3.73% | 4.06% | ||||||||||
Net interest margin FTE(2)(4)(5) | 3.87% | 3.95% | 3.92% | 3.80% | 4.12% | ||||||||||
Interest rate spread FTE(5)(6) | 2.86% | 3.00% | 3.03% | 2.81% | 3.36% | ||||||||||
Yield on earning assets(7) | 5.97% | 5.84% | 5.53% | 5.87% | 5.37% | ||||||||||
Yield on earning assets FTE(2)(5)(7) | 6.05% | 5.91% | 5.60% | 5.95% | 5.44% | ||||||||||
Cost of interest bearing liabilities | 3.19% | 2.91% | 2.57% | 3.14% | 2.08% | ||||||||||
Cost of deposits | 2.34% | 1.94% | 1.64% | 2.27% | 1.18% | ||||||||||
Non-interest income to total revenue FTE(5)(8) | 17.05% | 14.98% | 17.81% | 16.13% | 14.74% | ||||||||||
Non-interest expense to average assets | 2.56% | 2.49% | 2.46% | 2.56% | 2.47% | ||||||||||
Efficiency ratio | 60.51% | 58.82% | 56.56% | 62.24% | 56.16% | ||||||||||
Efficiency ratio excluding other intangible assets amortization FTE(2)(5) | 57.65% | 56.03% | 53.90% | 59.28% | 53.74% | ||||||||||
Pre-provision net revenue | $ | 41,880 | $ | 43,470 | $ | 46,539 | $ | 115,298 | $ | 140,427 | |||||
Pre-provision net revenue FTE(2)(5) | 43,696 | 45,137 | 48,114 | 120,518 | 144,859 | ||||||||||
Total Loans Asset Quality Data(3)(9)(10) | |||||||||||||||
Non-performing loans to total loans | 0.31% | 0.37% | 0.44% | 0.31% | 0.44% | ||||||||||
Non-performing assets to total loans and OREO | 0.32% | 0.42% | 0.49% | 0.32% | 0.49% | ||||||||||
Allowance for credit losses to total loans | 1.23% | 1.27% | 1.25% | 1.23% | 1.25% | ||||||||||
Allowance for credit losses to non-performing loans | 403.68% | 346.99% | 281.36% | 403.68% | 281.36% | ||||||||||
Net charge-offs to average loans | 0.18% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.13% | 0.02% | ||||||||||
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| Ratios are annualized. |
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| Ratio represents non-GAAP financial measure. See non-GAAP reconciliations below. |
(3) | Total loans are net of unearned discounts and fees. | |
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| Net interest margin represents net interest income, including accretion income on interest earning assets, as a percentage of average interest earning assets. |
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| Presented on an FTE basis using the statutory rate of 21% for all periods presented. The taxable equivalent adjustments included above are $1,816, $1,667 and $1,575 for the three months ended September 30, 2024, December 31, 2023 and September 30, 2023, respectively. The taxable equivalent adjustments included above are $5,220 and $4,432 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively. |
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| Interest rate spread represents the difference between the weighted average yield on interest earning assets, including FTE income, and the weighted average cost of interest bearing liabilities. Ratio represents non-GAAP financial measure. |
(7) | Interest earning assets include assets that earn interest/accretion or dividends. Any market value adjustments on investment securities are excluded from interest earning assets. | |
(8) | Non-interest income to total revenue represents non-interest income divided by the sum of net interest income FTE and non-interest income. Ratio represents a non-GAAP financial measure. | |
(9) | Non-performing loans consist of non-accruing loans and restructured loans on non-accrual. | |
(10) | Non-performing assets include non-performing loans and OREO. |
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About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Certain of the financial measures and ratios we present, including “tangible assets,” “average tangible assets,” “return on average tangible assets,” “tangible common equity,” “tangible common equity to tangible assets,” “return on average tangible common equity,” “tangible common book value,” “tangible common book value per share,” “tangible common equity to tangible assets,” “tangible common book value, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax,” “tangible common book value per share, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax,” “net income excluding other intangible assets amortization expense, after tax,” “non-interest expense excluding other intangible assets amortization,” “efficiency ratio excluding other intangible assets amortization FTE,” “pre-provision net revenue,” “tangible common book value, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax,” “tangible common book value per share, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax,” “net income excluding the impact of other intangible assets amortization expense, after tax,” “net income excluding the impact of other intangible assets amortization expense, after tax,” and “fully taxable equivalent” metrics, are supplemental measures that are not required by, or are not presented in accordance with, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). We refer to these financial measures and ratios as “non-GAAP financial measures.” We consider the use of select non-GAAP financial measures and ratios to be useful for financial and operational decision making and useful in evaluating period-to-period comparisons. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance by excluding certain expenditures or assets that we believe are not indicative of our primary business operating results or by presenting certain metrics on an FTE basis. We believe that management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting, analyzing and comparing past, present and future periods.
These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP and you should not rely on non-GAAP financial measures alone as measures of our performance. The non-GAAP financial measures we present may differ from non-GAAP financial measures used by our peers or other companies. We compensate for these limitations by providing the equivalent GAAP measures whenever we present the non-GAAP financial measures and by including a reconciliation of the impact of the components adjusted for in the non-GAAP financial measure so that both measures and the individual components may be considered when analyzing our performance.
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A reconciliation of our GAAP financial measures to the comparable non-GAAP financial measures is as follows:
Tangible Common Book Value Ratios
September 30, | December 31, | September 30, | |||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2023 | |||||||
Total shareholders' equity | $ | 1,291,997 | $ | 1,212,807 | $ | 1,163,585 | |||
Less: goodwill and other intangible assets, net | (358,754) | (364,716) | (366,724) | ||||||
Add: deferred tax liability related to goodwill | 13,203 | 12,208 | 11,876 | ||||||
Tangible common equity (non-GAAP) | $ | 946,446 | $ | 860,299 | $ | 808,737 | |||
Total assets | $ | 9,993,283 | $ | 9,951,064 | $ | 9,866,283 | |||
Less: goodwill and other intangible assets, net | (358,754) | (364,716) | (366,724) | ||||||
Add: deferred tax liability related to goodwill | 13,203 | 12,208 | 11,876 | ||||||
Tangible assets (non-GAAP) | $ | 9,647,732 | $ | 9,598,556 | $ | 9,511,435 | |||
Tangible common equity to tangible assets calculations: | |||||||||
Total shareholders' equity to total assets | 12.93% | 12.19% | 11.79% | ||||||
Less: impact of goodwill and other intangible assets, net | (3.12)% | (3.23)% | (3.29)% | ||||||
Tangible common equity to tangible assets (non-GAAP) | 9.81% | 8.96% | 8.50% | ||||||
Tangible common book value per share calculations: | |||||||||
Tangible common equity (non-GAAP) | $ | 946,446 | $ | 860,299 | $ | 808,737 | |||
Divided by: ending shares outstanding | 37,988,364 | 37,784,851 | 37,739,776 | ||||||
Tangible common book value per share (non-GAAP) | $ | 24.91 | $ | 22.77 | $ | 21.43 | |||
Tangible common book value per share, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss calculations: | |||||||||
Tangible common equity (non-GAAP) | $ | 946,446 | $ | 860,299 | $ | 808,737 | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax | 62,485 | 76,401 | 100,853 | ||||||
Tangible common book value, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax (non-GAAP) | 1,008,931 | 936,700 | 909,590 | ||||||
Divided by: ending shares outstanding | 37,988,364 | 37,784,851 | 37,739,776 | ||||||
Tangible common book value per share, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax (non-GAAP) | $ | 26.56 | $ | 24.79 | $ | 24.10 | |||
Return on Average Tangible Assets and Return on Average Tangible Equity
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September 30, | December 31, | September 30, | September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||
Net income | $ | 33,105 | $ | 33,121 | $ | 36,087 | $ | 90,631 | $ | 108,927 | |||||
Add: impact of other intangible assets amortization expense, after tax | 1,517 | 1,541 | 1,541 | 4,575 | 4,128 | ||||||||||
Net income excluding the impact of other intangible assets amortization expense, after tax (non-GAAP) | $ | 34,622 | $ | 34,662 | $ | 37,628 | $ | 95,206 | $ | 113,055 | |||||
Average assets | $ | 9,960,730 | $ | 9,889,054 | $ | 9,788,909 | $ | 9,913,724 | $ | 9,725,130 | |||||
Less: average goodwill and other intangible assets, net of deferred tax liability related to goodwill | (346,757) | (353,712) | (356,083) | (348,717) | (342,826) | ||||||||||
Average tangible assets (non-GAAP) | $ | 9,613,973 | $ | 9,535,342 | $ | 9,432,826 | $ | 9,565,007 | $ | 9,382,304 | |||||
Average shareholders' equity | $ | 1,274,873 | $ | 1,184,164 | $ | 1,168,199 | $ | 1,248,202 | $ | 1,146,210 | |||||
Less: average goodwill and other intangible assets, net of deferred tax liability related to goodwill | (346,757) | (353,712) | (356,083) | (348,717) | (342,826) | ||||||||||
Average tangible common equity (non-GAAP) | $ | 928,116 | $ | 830,452 | $ | 812,116 | $ | 899,485 | $ | 803,384 | |||||
Return on average assets | 1.32% | 1.33% | 1.46% | 1.22% | 1.50% | ||||||||||
Return on average tangible assets (non-GAAP) | 1.43% | 1.44% | 1.58% | 1.33% | 1.61% | ||||||||||
Return on average equity | 10.33% | 11.10% | 12.26% | 9.70% | 12.71% | ||||||||||
Return on average tangible common equity (non-GAAP) | 14.84% | 16.56% | 18.38% | 14.14% | 18.81% | ||||||||||
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Fully Taxable Equivalent Yield on Earning Assets and Net Interest Margin
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2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||
Interest income | $ | 138,003 | $ | 134,703 | $ | 126,110 | $ | 402,182 | $ | 360,712 | |||||
Add: impact of taxable equivalent adjustment | 1,816 | 1,667 | 1,575 | 5,220 | 4,432 | ||||||||||
Interest income FTE (non-GAAP) | $ | 139,819 | $ | 136,370 | $ | 127,685 | $ | 407,402 | $ | 365,144 | |||||
Net interest income | $ | 87,653 | $ | 89,501 | $ | 87,777 | $ | 255,257 | $ | 272,450 | |||||
Add: impact of taxable equivalent adjustment | 1,816 | 1,667 | 1,575 | 5,220 | 4,432 | ||||||||||
Net interest income FTE (non-GAAP) | $ | 89,469 | $ | 91,168 | $ | 89,352 | $ | 260,477 | $ | 276,882 | |||||
Average earning assets | $ | 9,192,454 | $ | 9,147,977 | $ | 9,039,864 | $ | 9,146,020 | $ | 8,981,033 | |||||
Yield on earning assets | 5.97% | 5.84% | 5.53% | 5.87% | 5.37% | ||||||||||
Yield on earning assets FTE (non-GAAP) | 6.05% | 5.91% | 5.60% | 5.95% | 5.44% | ||||||||||
Net interest margin | 3.79% | 3.88% | 3.85% | 3.73% | 4.06% | ||||||||||
Net interest margin FTE (non-GAAP) | 3.87% | 3.95% | 3.92% | 3.80% | 4.12% | ||||||||||
Efficiency Ratio and Pre-Provision Net Revenue
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September 30, | December 31, | September 30, | September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||
Net interest income | $ | 87,653 | $ | 89,501 | $ | 87,777 | $ | 255,257 | $ | 272,450 | |||||
Add: impact of taxable equivalent adjustment | 1,816 | 1,667 | 1,575 | 5,220 | 4,432 | ||||||||||
Net interest income FTE (non-GAAP) | $ | 89,469 | $ | 91,168 | $ | 89,352 | $ | 260,477 | $ | 276,882 | |||||
Non-interest income | $ | 18,389 | $ | 16,064 | $ | 19,365 | $ | 50,112 | $ | 47,853 | |||||
Non-interest expense | $ | 64,162 | $ | 62,095 | $ | 60,603 | $ | 190,071 | $ | 179,876 | |||||
Less: other intangible assets amortization | (1,977) | (2,008) | (2,008) | (5,962) | (5,378) | ||||||||||
Non-interest expense excluding other intangible assets amortization (non-GAAP) | $ | 62,185 | $ | 60,087 | $ | 58,595 | $ | 184,109 | $ | 174,498 | |||||
Efficiency ratio | 60.51% | 58.82% | 56.56% | 62.24% | 56.16% | ||||||||||
Efficiency ratio excluding other intangible assets amortization FTE (non-GAAP) | 57.65% | 56.03% | 53.90% | 59.28% | 53.74% | ||||||||||
Pre-provision net revenue (non-GAAP) | $ | 41,880 | $ | 43,470 | $ | 46,539 | $ | 115,298 | $ | 140,427 | |||||
Pre-provision net revenue, FTE (non-GAAP) | 43,696 | 45,137 | 48,114 | 120,518 | 144,859 | ||||||||||
Application of Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Estimates
We use accounting principles and methods that conform to GAAP and general banking practices. We are required to apply significant judgment and make material estimates in the preparation of our financial statements and with regard to various accounting, reporting and disclosure matters. Assumptions and estimates are required to apply these principles where actual measurement is not possible or practical. The most significant of these estimates relate to the determination of the ACL.
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Allowance for credit losses
The determination of the ACL, which represents management’s estimate of lifetime credit losses inherent in our loan portfolio at the balance sheet date, involves a high degree of judgment and complexity. The Company estimates the ACL by first disaggregating the loan portfolio into segments based upon broad characteristics such as primary use and underlying collateral. Within these segments, the portfolio is further disaggregated into classes of loans with similar attributes and risk characteristics. The ACL is determined at the class level, analyzing loss history based upon specific loss drivers and risk factors affecting each loan class. The Company utilizes a discounted cash flow (“DCF”) model developed within a third-party software tool that incorporates forecasts of certain national macroeconomic factors (reasonable and supportable forecasts) which drive the losses predicted in establishing the Company’s ACL. Management accounts for the inherent uncertainty of the underlying economic forecast by reviewing and weighting alternate forecast scenarios. For periods beyond the reasonable and supportable forecast period, the Company reverts to historical long-term average loss rates on a straight-line basis. Additionally, the ACL calculation includes subjective adjustments for qualitative risk factors that are likely to cause estimated credit losses to differ from historical experience. Changes in these assumptions, estimates or the conditions surrounding them may have a material impact on our financial condition.
Future Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The update requires disclosure of incremental segment information on an annual and interim basis for all public entities to enable investors to develop more decision-useful financial analyses. The amendments in this update do not change how a public entity identifies its operating segments, aggregates those operating segments, or applies the quantitative thresholds to determine its reportable segments. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact from ASU 2023-07, and does not expect the adoption of this pronouncement to have a material impact on its financial statements.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The update requires public business entities to disclose specific categories related to rate reconciliation. It also requires more detailed information for reconciling items, provided certain quantitative thresholds are met. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 and are to be applied on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact from ASU 2023-09, and does not expect the adoption of this pronouncement to have a material impact on its financial statements apart from the inclusion of additional disclosures.
In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-01, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope Application of Profits Interest and Similar Awards. This update improves GAAP by adding an illustrative example that includes four fact patterns to demonstrate how an entity should apply the scope guidance in paragraph 718-10-15-3 to determine whether a profit interest award should be accounted for in accordance with Topic 718. The amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted for both interim and annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Company is evaluating the impact from ASU 2024-01, and does not expect the adoption of this pronouncement to have a material impact on its financial statements.
On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a new set of rules that require a wide range of climate-related disclosures. The disclosures will include material climate-related risks, information on any climate-related targets or goals that are material to the registrant’s business, results of operations, or financial condition, Scope 1 and Scope 2 Greenhouse Gas emissions and disclosure of the financial statement effects of severe weather events and other natural conditions including costs and losses. Disclosures on Greenhouse Gas emissions will be subject to adoption on a phased-in basis by certain larger registrants when those emissions are material, and an attestation report covering the same will also need to be filed. Compliance dates under the final rule are phased in by registrant category. Multiple lawsuits have been filed challenging the SEC’s new climate rules, which have been consolidated and will be heard in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. On April 4, 2024, the SEC issued an order staying the final rules until judicial review is complete.
Financial Condition
Total assets were $9.9 billion at September 30, 2024, increasing $42.2 million, or 0.4%, from December 31, 2023. Cash and cash equivalents decreased $10.0 million from December 31, 2023, and investment securities increased $33.3 million. Loans totaled $7.7 billion at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, and the allowance for credit losses decreased $2.9 million to $95.0 million at
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September 30, 2024. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, lower cost demand, savings, and money market deposits ("transaction deposits") increased $236.3 million, or 4.4% annualized, to $7.4 billion, compared to December 31, 2023. Total deposits increased $306.7 million, or 5.0% annualized, to $8.5 billion at September 30, 2024, compared to December 31, 2023.
Investment securities
Available-for-sale
Total investment securities available-for-sale increased 12.7% during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 to $0.7 billion. Purchases of available-for-sale securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 totaled $199.1 million. There were no purchases of available-for-sale securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Paydowns and maturities totaled $137.6 million and $71.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Our available-for-sale investment securities portfolio is summarized in the following table as of the dates indicated. The weighted average yield was calculated based on amortized cost. Yields on tax exempt securities have not been adjusted for tax exempt status.
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
Weighted | Weighted | |||||||||||||||||||
Amortized | Fair | Percent of | average | Amortized | Fair | Percent of | average | |||||||||||||
cost | value | portfolio | yield | cost | value | portfolio | yield | |||||||||||||
Treasury securities | $ | 49,757 | $ | 49,190 | 6.9% | 2.67% | $ | 74,508 | $ | 73,044 | 11.6% | 2.54% | ||||||||
Mortgage-backed securities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | 222,443 | 196,530 | 27.7% | 1.85% | 233,264 | 201,809 | 32.1% | 1.71% | ||||||||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | 514,924 | 460,496 | 65.0% | 2.63% | 417,155 | 351,242 | 55.9% | 1.69% | ||||||||||||
Municipal securities | 80 | 80 | 0.0% | 3.14% | 80 | 79 | 0.0% | 3.17% | ||||||||||||
Corporate debt | 2,000 | 1,962 | 0.3% | 5.86% | 2,000 | 1,843 | 0.3% | 5.87% | ||||||||||||
Other securities | 729 | 729 | 0.1% | 0.00% | 812 | 812 | 0.1% | 0.00% | ||||||||||||
Total investment securities available-for-sale | $ | 789,933 | $ | 708,987 | 100.0% | 2.42% | $ | 727,819 | $ | 628,829 | 100.0% | 1.80% | ||||||||
As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, nearly all the available-for-sale investment portfolio was backed by mortgages. The residential mortgage pass-through securities portfolio is comprised of both fixed rate and adjustable rate FHLMC, FNMA and GNMA securities. The other mortgage-backed securities are comprised of securities backed by FHLMC, FNMA and GNMA securities.
Mortgage-backed securities may have actual maturities that differ from contractual maturities depending on the repayment characteristics and experience of the underlying financial instruments. The estimated weighted average life of the available-for-sale mortgage-backed securities portfolio was 4.4 years and 5.2 years at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. This estimate is based on assumptions and actual results may differ. At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the duration of the total available-for-sale investment portfolio was 3.6 years and 4.3 years, respectively.
At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, adjustable rate securities comprised 8.1% and 13.0%, respectively, of the available-for-sale MBS portfolio. The remainder of the portfolio was comprised of fixed rate amortizing securities with 10 to 30 year contractual maturities, with a weighted average coupon of 2.46% per annum and 1.73% per annum at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
The available-for-sale investment portfolio included $82.7 million of unrealized losses and $1.7 million of unrealized gains at September 30, 2024. At December 31, 2023, the available-for-sale investment portfolio included $99.0 million of unrealized losses and $0.1 million of unrealized gains. We believe any unrealized losses are a result of prevailing interest rates, and as such, we do not believe that any of the securities with unrealized losses were impaired. Management believes that default of the available-for-sale securities is highly unlikely. FHLMC, FNMA and GNMA guaranteed mortgage-backed securities and U.S. Treasury securities have a long history of zero credit losses, an explicit guarantee by the U.S. government (although limited for FNMA and FHLMC securities) and yields that generally trade based on market views of prepayment and liquidity risk rather than credit risk.
Our investment security portfolio consists of high-quality securities, which are largely backed by either U.S. government agencies or U.S. government sponsored entities. We regularly model liquidity stress scenarios to assess potential liquidity issues. The results of
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our stress testing on our debt security portfolio at September 30, 2024, illustrated that we would continue to meet all capital adequacy requirements, even in a 200 basis point up or down rate shock scenario.
Held-to-maturity
Held-to-maturity investment securities totaled $538.2 million at September 30, 2024, compared to $585.1 million at December 31, 2023, a decrease of $46.9 million, or 8.0%. There were no purchases of held-to-maturity securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Purchases during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 totaled $2.5 million. Paydowns and maturities totaled $47.4 million and $53.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Held-to-maturity investment securities are summarized as follows as of the dates indicated:
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
Weighted | Weighted | |||||||||||||||||||
Amortized | Fair | Percent of | average | Amortized | Fair | Percent of | average | |||||||||||||
cost | value | portfolio | yield | cost | value | portfolio | yield | |||||||||||||
Treasury securities | $ | 49,563 | $ | 49,157 | 9.2% | 3.14% | $ | 49,338 | $ | 48,334 | 8.4% | 3.14% | ||||||||
Mortgage-backed securities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage pass-through securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | 270,518 | 242,837 | 50.3% | 2.22% | 299,337 | 265,011 | 51.2% | 2.20% | ||||||||||||
Other residential MBS issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises | 218,076 | 178,780 | 40.5% | 1.60% | 236,377 | 190,983 | 40.4% | 1.60% | ||||||||||||
Total investment securities held-to-maturity | $ | 538,157 | $ | 470,774 | 100.0% | 2.05% | $ | 585,052 | $ | 504,328 | 100.0% | 2.04% | ||||||||
The residential mortgage pass-through and other residential MBS held-to-maturity investment portfolios are comprised of fixed rate FHLMC, FNMA and GNMA securities.
The fair value of the held-to-maturity investment portfolio included $68.1 million of unrealized losses and $0.7 million of unrealized gains at September 30, 2024. At December 31, 2023, the held-to-maturity investment portfolio included $81.0 million of unrealized losses and $0.2 million of unrealized gains.
The Company does not measure expected credit losses on a financial asset, or groups of financial assets, in which historical credit loss information adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts results in an expectation that nonpayment of the amortized cost basis is zero. Management evaluated held-to-maturity securities noting they are backed by loans guaranteed by either U.S. government agencies or U.S. government sponsored entities, and management believes that default is highly unlikely given this governmental backing and long history without credit losses. Additionally, management notes that yields on which the portfolio generally trades are based upon market views of prepayment and liquidity risk and not credit risk. The Company has no intention to sell the securities and believes it will not be required to sell the securities before the recovery of their amortized cost.
Mortgage-backed securities may have actual maturities that differ from contractual maturities depending on the repayment characteristics and experience of the underlying financial instruments. The estimated weighted average expected life of the held-to-maturity mortgage-backed securities portfolio as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was 5.3 years and 5.7 years, respectively. This estimate is based on assumptions and actual results may differ. The duration of the total held-to-maturity investment portfolio was 4.3 years and 4.6 years as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
Non-marketable securities
The carrying balance of non-marketable securities are summarized as follows as of the dates indicated:
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
Federal Reserve Bank stock | $ | 24,062 | $ | 24,062 | ||
Federal Home Loan Bank stock | 567 | 16,828 | ||||
Convertible preferred stock | 20,508 | 25,000 | ||||
Equity method investments | 27,216 | 24,587 | ||||
Total | $ | 72,353 | $ | 90,477 | ||
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Non-marketable securities included FRB stock, FHLB stock, convertible preferred stock and equity method investments. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, purchases of non-marketable securities totaled $26.2 million of FHLB stock, and proceeds from redemptions and sales of non-marketable securities totaled $42.6 million, primarily from FHLB stock. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, purchases of non-marketable securities totaled $93.9 million, and proceeds from redemptions and sales of non-marketable securities totaled $90.3 million. Changes in the Company’s FHLB stock holdings were directly correlated to FHLB line of credit advances and paydowns.
FRB and FHLB stock
At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company held FRB stock and FHLB stock for regulatory or debt facility purposes. These are restricted securities which, lacking a market, are carried at cost. There have been no identified events or changes in circumstances that may have an adverse effect on the FRB and FHLB stock carried at cost.
Convertible preferred stock
Non-marketable securities include convertible preferred stock without a readily determinable fair value. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded $3.9 million of impairment on convertible preferred stock related to venture capital investments, included in other non-interest income in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recorded $4.0 million of impairment on convertible preferred stock related to venture capital investments. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company sold convertible preferred stock totaling $1.0 million, which generated realized gains of $0.1 million recorded in other non-interest income in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The Company purchased zero and $0.4 million of convertible preferred stock during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.
Equity method investments
Non-marketable securities also include equity method investments totaling $25.4 million and $24.6 million at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, and equity method investments without a readily determinable fair value totaling $1.8 million and zero at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded net unrealized gains on equity method investments totaling $0.4 million and $0.7 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recorded net unrealized losses on equity method investments totaling zero and $0.4 million, respectively. These gains and losses were recorded in other non-interest income in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Carrying values of equity method investments without a readily determinable fair value are updated periodically and impairments may be taken to reflect a new basis. The Company recorded no impairment related to equity method investments without a readily determinable fair value for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 or the year ended December 31, 2023.
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Loans overview
At September 30, 2024, our loan portfolio was comprised of new loans that we have originated and loans that were acquired in connection with our acquisitions.
The table below shows the loan portfolio composition at the respective dates:
September 30, 2024 vs. | |||||||
December 31, 2023 | |||||||
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | % Change | |||||
Originated: | |||||||
Commercial: | |||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | 1,894,830 | $ | 1,825,425 | 3.8% | ||
Municipal and non-profit | 1,096,842 | 1,083,457 | 1.2% | ||||
Owner-occupied commercial real estate | 949,331 | 879,686 | 7.9% | ||||
Food and agribusiness | 257,743 | 265,902 | (3.1)% | ||||
Total commercial | 4,198,746 | 4,054,470 | 3.6% | ||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied | 1,113,796 | 1,071,529 | 3.9% | ||||
Residential real estate | 933,644 | 919,139 | 1.6% | ||||
Consumer | 13,600 | 16,686 | (18.5)% | ||||
Total originated | 6,259,786 | 6,061,824 | 3.3% | ||||
Acquired: | |||||||
Commercial: | |||||||
Commercial and industrial | 116,683 | 141,484 | (17.5)% | ||||
Municipal and non-profit | 282 | 299 | (5.7)% | ||||
Owner-occupied commercial real estate | 221,928 | 244,087 | (9.1)% | ||||
Food and agribusiness | 43,733 | 58,695 | (25.5)% | ||||
Total commercial | 382,626 | 444,565 | (13.9)% | ||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied | 720,384 | 785,221 | (8.3)% | ||||
Residential real estate | 349,916 | 404,648 | (13.5)% | ||||
Consumer | 1,783 | 2,500 | (28.7)% | ||||
Total acquired | 1,454,709 | 1,636,934 | (11.1)% | ||||
Total loans | $ | 7,714,495 | $ | 7,698,758 | 0.2% | ||
The Company maintains a granular and well-diversified loan portfolio with self-imposed concentration limits. The loan portfolio increased $15.7 million from December 31, 2023 to September 30, 2024. Loan fundings during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 totaled $1.1 billion, led by commercial loan fundings of $699.9 million.
Our commercial and industrial loan portfolio is highly diversified across industry sectors and geography. At September 30, 2024, there were no industry sectors representing more than 15.0% of our total loan portfolio. Key sectors included government/non-profit loans of $823.1 million, or 10.7% of total loans, and health care/hospital loans of $510.1 million, or 6.6% of total loans.
Non-owner occupied CRE loans were 157.8% of the Company’s risk based capital, or 23.8% of total loans, and no specific property type comprised more than 10.0% of total loans. The Company maintains little exposure to non-owner occupied CRE retail properties and office properties, comprising 3.3% of total loans. Multifamily loans totaled $335.6 million, or 4.4% of total loans, as of September 30, 2024.
The agriculture industry continues to be impacted by volatile commodity prices and generally by higher input costs, combining to stress margins. Our food and agribusiness portfolio is 3.9% of total loans and is well-diversified across food production, crop and livestock types. Crop and livestock loans represent 1.0% of total loans. We have maintained relationships with food and agribusiness clients that generally possess low leverage and, correspondingly, low bank debt to assets, minimizing any potential credit losses in the future.
New loan origination is a direct result of our ability to recruit and retain top banking talent, connect with clients in our markets and provide needed services at competitive rates. Loan fundings totaled $1.5 billion over the trailing 12 months, led by commercial loan fundings of $1.0 billion. Fundings are defined as closed-end funded loans and revolving lines of credit advances, net of any current period paydowns. Management utilizes this more conservative definition of fundings to better approximate the impact of fundings on loans outstanding and ultimately net interest income.
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The following table represents new loan fundings for the periods presented:
Third quarter | Second quarter | First quarter | Fourth quarter | Third quarter | |||||||||||
2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | |||||||||||
Commercial: | |||||||||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | 93,711 | $ | 241,910 | $ | 53,978 | $ | 135,954 | $ | 89,297 | |||||
Municipal and non-profit | 35,677 | 28,785 | 14,564 | 79,650 | 18,657 | ||||||||||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | 70,517 | 102,615 | 35,128 | 75,631 | 67,322 | ||||||||||
Food and agribusiness | 19,205 | 11,040 | (7,204) | 10,646 | 16,191 | ||||||||||
Total commercial | 219,110 | 384,350 | 96,466 | 301,881 | 191,467 | ||||||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied | 91,809 | 83,184 | 73,789 | 107,738 | 88,434 | ||||||||||
Residential real estate | 47,322 | 36,124 | 29,468 | 48,925 | 42,514 | ||||||||||
Consumer | 1,010 | 1,547 | 234 | 1,849 | 1,689 | ||||||||||
Total | $ | 359,251 | $ | 505,205 | $ | 199,957 | $ | 460,393 | $ | 324,104 | |||||
Included in fundings are net fundings (paydowns) under revolving lines of credit totaling $16,302, $19,281, $(59,523), $16,954 and ($12,877) for the dates noted in the table above, respectively.
The tables below show the contractual maturities of our total loans for the dates indicated:
September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Due within | Due after 1 but | Due after 5 but | Due after | ||||||||||||
1 year | within 5 years | within 15 years | 15 years | Total | |||||||||||
Commercial: | |||||||||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | 288,733 | $ | 1,343,744 | $ | 368,145 | $ | 10,891 | $ | 2,011,513 | |||||
Municipal and non-profit | 20,816 | 160,604 | 595,165 | 320,539 | 1,097,124 | ||||||||||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | 104,852 | 486,197 | 486,848 | 93,362 | 1,171,259 | ||||||||||
Food and agribusiness | 150,802 | 40,371 | 92,390 | 17,913 | 301,476 | ||||||||||
Total commercial | 565,203 | 2,030,916 | 1,542,548 | 442,705 | 4,581,372 | ||||||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied | 436,531 | 933,705 | 451,432 | 12,512 | 1,834,180 | ||||||||||
Residential real estate | 28,279 | 200,978 | 311,424 | 742,879 | 1,283,560 | ||||||||||
Consumer | 5,155 | 8,001 | 2,224 | 3 | 15,383 | ||||||||||
Total loans | $ | 1,035,168 | $ | 3,173,600 | $ | 2,307,628 | $ | 1,198,099 | $ | 7,714,495 | |||||
December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Due within | Due after 1 but | Due after 5 but | Due after | ||||||||||||
1 year | within 5 years | within 15 years | 15 years | Total | |||||||||||
Commercial: | |||||||||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | 282,560 | $ | 1,377,991 | $ | 295,659 | $ | 10,699 | $ | 1,966,909 | |||||
Municipal and non-profit | 36,505 | 158,561 | 561,112 | 327,578 | 1,083,756 | ||||||||||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | 86,299 | 413,032 | 518,950 | 105,492 | 1,123,773 | ||||||||||
Food and agribusiness | 121,595 | 93,227 | 94,591 | 15,184 | 324,597 | ||||||||||
Total commercial | 526,959 | 2,042,811 | 1,470,312 | 458,953 | 4,499,035 | ||||||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied | 395,426 | 921,056 | 527,645 | 12,623 | 1,856,750 | ||||||||||
Residential real estate | 58,323 | 188,452 | 350,519 | 726,493 | 1,323,787 | ||||||||||
Consumer | 6,459 | 10,871 | 1,851 | 5 | 19,186 | ||||||||||
Total loans | $ | 987,167 | $ | 3,163,190 | $ | 2,350,327 | $ | 1,198,074 | $ | 7,698,758 | |||||
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The stated interest rate (which excludes the effects of non-refundable loan origination and commitment fees, net of costs and the accretion of fair value marks) of total loans with maturities over one year is as follows at the dates indicated:
September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Fixed | Variable | Total | |||||||||||||
Weighted | Weighted | Weighted | |||||||||||||
Balance | average rate | Balance | average rate | Balance | average rate | ||||||||||
Commercial: | |||||||||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | 570,772 | 5.62% | $ | 1,152,008 | 8.05% | $ | 1,722,780 | 7.25% | ||||||
Municipal and non-profit(1) | 1,071,903 | 4.00% | 20,549 | 5.85% | 1,092,452 | 4.09% | |||||||||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | 339,739 | 4.93% | 726,668 | 7.52% | 1,066,407 | 6.82% | |||||||||
Food and agribusiness | 32,508 | 6.62% | 118,166 | 8.70% | 150,674 | 8.25% | |||||||||
Total commercial | 2,014,922 | 4.72% | 2,017,391 | 7.88% | 4,032,313 | 6.33% | |||||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied | 459,507 | 4.48% | 938,142 | 6.74% | 1,397,649 | 6.00% | |||||||||
Residential real estate | 510,738 | 4.29% | 744,543 | 5.38% | 1,255,281 | 4.93% | |||||||||
Consumer | 7,499 | 6.29% | 2,728 | 8.24% | 10,227 | 6.81% | |||||||||
Total loans with > 1 year maturity | $ | 2,992,666 | 4.62% | $ | 3,702,804 | 7.09% | $ | 6,695,470 | 6.00% | ||||||
December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Fixed | Variable | Total | |||||||||||||
Weighted | Weighted | Weighted | |||||||||||||
Balance | average rate | Balance | average rate | Balance | average rate | ||||||||||
Commercial: | |||||||||||||||
Commercial and industrial | $ | 644,128 | 5.37% | $ | 1,040,219 | 8.30% | $ | 1,684,347 | 7.18% | ||||||
Municipal and non-profit(1) | 1,048,816 | 3.81% | 21,029 | 5.46% | 1,069,845 | 3.93% | |||||||||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | 401,464 | 4.67% | 636,010 | 7.12% | 1,037,474 | 6.27% | |||||||||
Food and agribusiness | 33,539 | 5.73% | 169,464 | 8.07% | 203,003 | 7.68% | |||||||||
Total commercial | 2,127,947 | 4.52% | 1,866,722 | 7.84% | 3,994,669 | 6.11% | |||||||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied | 533,105 | 4.54% | 928,219 | 6.55% | 1,461,324 | 5.82% | |||||||||
Residential real estate | 550,974 | 4.16% | 714,490 | 5.29% | 1,265,464 | 4.80% | |||||||||
Consumer | 8,931 | 5.88% | 3,796 | 8.32% | 12,727 | 6.60% | |||||||||
Total loans with > 1 year maturity | $ | 3,220,957 | 4.47% | $ | 3,513,227 | 6.98% | $ | 6,734,184 | 5.80% | ||||||
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| Included in municipal and non-profit fixed rate loans are loans totaling $355,596 and $351,015 that have been swapped to variable rates at current market pricing at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Included in the municipal and non-profit segment are tax exempt loans totaling $903,935 and $868,842 with an FTE weighted average rate of 4.67% and 4.31% at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. |
Asset quality
Asset quality is fundamental to our success and remains a strong point, driven by our disciplined adherence to our self-imposed concentration limits across industry sector and real estate property type. Accordingly, for the origination of loans, we have established a credit policy that allows for responsive, yet controlled lending with credit approval requirements that are scaled to loan size. Within the scope of the credit policy, each prospective loan is reviewed in order to determine the appropriateness and the adequacy of the loan characteristics and the security or collateral prior to making a loan. We have established underwriting standards and loan origination procedures that require appropriate documentation, including financial data and credit reports. For loans secured by real property, we require property appraisals, title insurance or a title opinion, hazard insurance and flood insurance, in each case where appropriate.
Additionally, we have implemented procedures to timely identify loans that may become problematic in order to ensure the most beneficial resolution for the Company. Asset quality is monitored by our credit risk management department and evaluated based on quantitative and subjective factors such as the timeliness of contractual payments received. Additional factors that are considered, particularly with commercial loans over $500,000, include the financial condition and liquidity of individual borrowers and guarantors, if any, and the value of our collateral. To facilitate the oversight of asset quality, loans are categorized based on the number of days past due and on an internal risk rating system, and both are discussed in more detail below.
The Company’s policy is to review each prospective credit to determine the appropriateness and the adequacy of security or collateral prior to making a loan. In the event of borrower default, the Company seeks recovery in compliance with lending laws, the respective
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loan agreements, and credit monitoring and remediation procedures that may include modifying a loan to provide a concession by the Company to the borrower from their original terms due to borrower financial difficulties in order to facilitate repayment. Such modified loans are considered TDMs. TDMs may include principal forgiveness, interest rate reductions, other-than-insignificant-payment delays, term extensions or any combination thereof. Assets that have been foreclosed on or acquired through deed-in-lieu of foreclosure are classified as OREO until sold, and are carried at the fair value of the collateral less estimated costs to sell, with any initial valuation adjustments charged to the ACL and any subsequent declines in carrying value charged to impairments on OREO.
Non-performing assets and past due loans
Non-performing assets consist of non-accrual loans and OREO. Interest income that would have been recorded had non-accrual loans performed in accordance with their original contract terms during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $0.4 million and $1.4 million, respectively, and $0.8 million and $1.6 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.
Past due status is monitored as an indicator of credit deterioration. Loans are considered past due or delinquent when the contractual principal or interest due in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement remains unpaid after the due date of the scheduled payment. Loans that are 90 days or more past due are put on non-accrual status unless the loan is well secured and in the process of collection.
The following table sets forth the non-performing assets and past due loans as of the dates presented:
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
Non-accrual loans: | ||||||
Non-accrual loans, excluding modified loans | $ | 17,743 | $ | 14,756 | ||
Modified loans on non-accrual | 5,802 | 13,472 | ||||
Non-performing loans | 23,545 | 28,228 | ||||
OREO | 1,432 | 4,088 | ||||
Total non-performing assets | $ | 24,977 | $ | 32,316 | ||
Loans 30-89 days past due and still accruing interest | $ | 31,253 | $ | 12,232 | ||
Loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing interest | 9,509 | 591 | ||||
Non-accrual loans | 23,545 | 28,228 | ||||
Total past due and non-accrual loans | $ | 64,307 | $ | 41,051 | ||
Accruing modified loans | $ | 19,126 | $ | 15,148 | ||
Allowance for credit losses | 95,047 | 97,947 | ||||
Non-performing loans to total loans | 0.31% | 0.37% | ||||
Total 90 days past due and still accruing interest and non-accrual loans to total loans | 0.43% | 0.37% | ||||
Total non-performing assets to total loans and OREO | 0.32% | 0.42% | ||||
ACL to non-performing loans | 403.68% | 346.99% | ||||
During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, total non-performing loans decreased $4.7 million, or 16.6%, from December 31, 2023. Loans 30-89 days past due and still accruing interest were 0.41% and 0.16% of total loans at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing interest were 0.12% and 0.01% of total loans at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
Allowance for credit losses
The ACL represents the amount that we believe is necessary to absorb estimated lifetime credit losses inherent in the loan portfolio at the balance sheet date and involves a high degree of judgment and complexity. The Company utilizes a DCF model developed within a third-party software tool to establish expected lifetime credit losses for the loan portfolio. The ACL is calculated as the difference between the amortized cost basis and the projections from the DCF analysis. The DCF model allows for individual lifetime loan cash flow modeling, excluding extensions and renewals, using loan-specific interest rates and repayment schedules including estimated prepayment rates and loss recovery timing delays. The model incorporates forecasts of certain national macro-economic factors, including unemployment rates, home price index (“HPI”), retail sales and gross domestic product (“GDP”), which drive correlated loss rates. The determination and application of the ACL accounting policy involves judgments, estimates and uncertainties that are
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subject to change. For periods beyond the reasonable and supportable forecast period, the Company reverts to historical long-term average loss rates on a straight-line basis.
We measure expected credit losses for groups of loans included in segments with similar risk characteristics. We have identified four primary loan segments within the ACL model that are further stratified into 11 loan classes to provide more granularity in analyzing loss history and to allow for more definitive qualitative adjustments based upon specific risk factors affecting each loan class. Generally, the underlying risk of loss for each of these loan segments will follow certain norms/trends in various economic environments. Loans that do not share risk characteristics are evaluated on an individual basis and are not included in the collective evaluation. Following are the loan classes within each of the four primary loan segments:
Non-owner occupied | ||||||
Commercial | commercial real estate | Residential real estate | Consumer | |||
Commercial and industrial | Construction | Senior lien | Consumer | |||
Owner occupied commercial real estate | Acquisition and development | Junior lien | ||||
Food and agribusiness | Multifamily | |||||
Municipal and non-profit | Non-owner occupied |
Loans on non-accrual, in bankruptcy and TDMs with a balance greater than $250,000 are excluded from the pooled analysis and are evaluated individually. If management determines that foreclosure is probable, expected credit losses are evaluated based on the criteria listed below, adjusted for selling costs as appropriate. Typically, these loans consist of commercial, commercial real estate and agriculture loans and exclude homogeneous loans such as residential real estate and consumer loans. Specific allowances are determined by collectively analyzing:
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| the borrower’s resources, ability and willingness to repay in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement; |
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| the likelihood of receiving financial support from any guarantors; |
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| the adequacy and present value of future cash flows, less disposal costs, of any collateral; and |
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| the impact current economic conditions may have on the borrower’s financial condition and liquidity or the value of the collateral. |
The resulting ACL for loans is calculated as the sum of the general reserves, specific reserves on individually evaluated loans, and qualitative factor adjustments. While these amounts are calculated by individual loan or by segment and class, the entire ACL is available for any loan that, in our judgment, should be charged-off. The determination and application of the ACL accounting policy involves judgments, estimates, and uncertainties that are subject to change. Changes in these assumptions, estimates or the conditions surrounding them may have a material impact on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded a decrease in the allowance for credit losses of $1.4 million and $2.9 million, respectively, due to a decrease in specific reserves related to the resolution of non-performing loans. The allowance for credit losses increased $1.6 million as of September 30, 2024, compared to September 30, 2023, driven by higher reserve requirements from changes in the CECL model’s underlying economic forecast.
Net charge-offs on loans during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 totaled $3.4 million and $7.6 million, respectively, and the ratio of annualized net charge-offs to average total loans totaled 0.18% and 0.13%, respectively. Specific reserves on loans totaled $4.7 million at September 30, 2024.
Net charge-offs on loans during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 totaled $0.3 million and $0.8 million, respectively, and the ratio of annualized net charge-offs to average total loans totaled 0.01% and 0.02%, respectively. Specific reserves on loans totaled $6.1 million at September 30, 2023.
The Company has elected to exclude AIR from the ACL calculation. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, AIR from loans totaled $45.7 million and $42.4 million, respectively. When a loan is placed on non-accrual, any recorded AIR is reversed against interest income.
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Total ACL
After considering the above mentioned factors, we believe that the ACL of $95.0 million is adequate to cover estimated lifetime losses inherent in the loan portfolio at September 30, 2024. However, it is likely that future adjustments to the ACL will be necessary. Any changes to the underlying assumptions, circumstances or estimates, including but not limited to changes in the underlying macro-economic forecast, used in determining the ACL, could negatively or positively affect the Company's results of operations, liquidity or financial condition.
The following schedules present, by class stratification, the changes in the ACL during the periods listed:
As of and for the three months ended | ||||||||||
September 30, 2024 | September 30, 2023 | |||||||||
Total loans | % NCOs(1) | Total loans | % NCOs(1) | |||||||
Beginning allowance for credit losses | $ | 96,457 | $ | 92,581 | ||||||
Charge-offs: | ||||||||||
Commercial | (2,930) | 0.15% | (239) | 0.00% | ||||||
Commercial real estate non owner-occupied | (293) | 0.02% | — | 0.00% | ||||||
Residential real estate | — | 0.00% | — | 0.00% | ||||||
Consumer | (282) | 0.01% | (301) | 0.01% | ||||||
Total charge-offs | (3,505) | (540) | ||||||||
Recoveries | 95 | 280 | ||||||||
Net charge-offs | (3,410) | 0.18% | (260) | 0.01% | ||||||
Provision expense for credit losses | 2,000 | 1,125 | ||||||||
Ending allowance for credit losses | $ | 95,047 | $ | 93,446 | ||||||
Average total loans outstanding during the period | $ | 7,714,765 | $ | 7,443,869 | ||||||
As of and for the nine months ended | ||||||||||
September 30, 2024 | September 30, 2023 | |||||||||
Total loans | % NCOs(1) | Total loans | % NCOs(1) | |||||||
Beginning allowance for credit losses | $ | 97,947 | $ | 89,553 | ||||||
Charge-offs: | ||||||||||
Commercial | (2,954) | 0.05% | (242) | 0.00% | ||||||
Commercial real estate non owner-occupied | (4,715) | 0.08% | — | 0.00% | ||||||
Residential real estate | — | 0.00% | (46) | 0.00% | ||||||
Consumer | (718) | 0.01% | (930) | 0.02% | ||||||
Total charge-offs | (8,387) | (1,218) | ||||||||
Recoveries | 781 | 386 | ||||||||
Net charge-offs | (7,606) | 0.13% | (832) | 0.02% | ||||||
Provision expense for credit losses | 4,706 | 4,725 | ||||||||
Ending allowance for credit losses | $ | 95,047 | $ | 93,446 | ||||||
Ratio of ACL to total loans outstanding at period end | 1.23% | 1.25% | ||||||||
Ratio of ACL to total non-performing loans at period end | 403.68% | 281.36% | ||||||||
Total loans | $ | 7,714,495 | $ | 7,478,438 | ||||||
Average total loans outstanding during the period | 7,643,563 | 7,347,380 | ||||||||
Non-performing loans | 23,545 | 33,212 | ||||||||
(1) | Ratio of annualized net charge-offs to average total loans. |
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The following tables present the allocation of the ACL and the percentage of the total amount of loans in each loan category listed as of the dates presented:
September 30, 2024 | ||||||||||
ACL as a % | ||||||||||
Total loans | % of total loans | Related ACL | of total ACL | |||||||
Commercial | $ | 4,581,372 | 59.4% | $ | 46,250 | 48.7% | ||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied | 1,834,180 | 23.8% | 28,056 | 29.5% | ||||||
Residential real estate | 1,283,560 | 16.6% | 20,400 | 21.4% | ||||||
Consumer | 15,383 | 0.2% | 341 | 0.4% | ||||||
Total | $ | 7,714,495 | 100.0% | $ | 95,047 | 100.0% | ||||
December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
ACL as a % | ||||||||||
Total loans | % of total loans | Related ACL | of total ACL | |||||||
Commercial | $ | 4,499,035 | 58.4% | $ | 45,304 | 46.3% | ||||
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied | 1,856,750 | 24.1% | 32,665 | 33.3% | ||||||
Residential real estate | 1,323,787 | 17.2% | 19,550 | 20.0% | ||||||
Consumer | 19,186 | 0.3% | 428 | 0.4% | ||||||
Total | $ | 7,698,758 | 100.0% | $ | 97,947 | 100.0% | ||||
Deposits
Deposits from banking clients serve as a primary funding source for our banking operations, and our ability to gather and manage deposit levels is critical to our success. Deposits not only provide a lower-cost funding source for our loans, but also provide a foundation for the client relationships that are critical to future loan growth. We maintain a granular and well diversified deposit base with no exposure to venture capital or crypto deposits. The following table presents information regarding our deposit composition at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
Increase (decrease) | |||||||||||||||
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | Amount | % Change | ||||||||||||
Non-interest bearing demand deposits | $ | 2,268,801 | 26.7% | $ | 2,361,367 | 28.8% | $ | (92,566) | (3.9)% | ||||||
Interest bearing demand deposits | 1,407,668 | 16.6% | 1,480,042 | 18.1% | (72,374) | (4.9)% | |||||||||
Savings accounts | 609,045 | 7.2% | 661,244 | 8.1% | (52,199) | (7.9)% | |||||||||
Money market accounts | 3,159,165 | 37.2% | 2,705,768 | 33.0% | 453,397 | 16.8% | |||||||||
Total transaction deposits | 7,444,679 | 87.7% | 7,208,421 | 88.0% | 236,258 | 3.3% | |||||||||
Time deposits < $250,000 | 751,895 | 8.8% | 692,696 | 8.5% | 59,199 | 8.5% | |||||||||
Time deposits ≥ $250,000 | 300,554 | 3.5% | 289,274 | 3.5% | 11,280 | 3.9% | |||||||||
Total time deposits | 1,052,449 | 12.3% | 981,970 | 12.0% | 70,479 | 7.2% | |||||||||
Total deposits | $ | 8,497,128 | 100.0% | $ | 8,190,391 | 100.0% | $ | 306,737 | 3.7% | ||||||
The following table shows uninsured time deposits by scheduled maturity as of September 30, 2024:
September 30, 2024 | |||
Three months or less | $ | 63,041 | |
Over 3 months through 6 months | 49,397 | ||
Over 6 months through 12 months | 102,086 | ||
Thereafter | 53,183 | ||
Total uninsured time deposits | $ | 267,707 | |
At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, time deposits that were scheduled to mature within 12 months totaled $842.9 million and $689.0 million, respectively. Of the time deposits scheduled to mature within 12 months at September 30, 2024, $254.2 million were in denominations of $250,000 or more, and $588.7 million were in denominations less than $250,000. Approximately 78% of our total deposits were FDIC insured at September 30, 2024. Additionally, the Company participates in the IntraFi Cash Service program,
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which allows depositors to receive reciprocal FDIC insurance coverage. The Company had $960.9 million and $944.3 million of deposits in the program as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
Long-term debt
The Company holds a subordinated note purchase agreement to issue and sell a fixed-to-floating rate note totaling $40.0 million. The balance on the note at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, net of long-term debt issuance costs totaling $0.2 million, totaled $39.8 million. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, interest expense totaling $0.3 million and $0.9 million, respectively, was recorded in the consolidated statements of operations.
The note is subordinated, unsecured and matures on November 15, 2031. Payments consist of interest only. Interest expense on the note is payable semi-annually in arrears and will bear interest at 3.00% per annum until November 15, 2026 (or any earlier redemption date). From November 15, 2026 until November 15, 2031 (or any earlier redemption date) payments will be made quarterly in arrears, and the interest rate shall reset quarterly to an interest rate per annum equal to the then current three-month term SOFR plus 203 basis points. The Company deployed the net proceeds from the sale of the note for general corporate purposes. Prior to November 5, 2026, the Company may redeem the note only under certain limited circumstances. Beginning on November 5, 2026 through maturity, the note may be redeemed, at the Company’s option, on any scheduled interest payment date. Any redemption by the Company would be at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the note being redeemed, together with any accrued and unpaid interest on the note being redeemed up to but excluding the date of redemption. The note is not subject to redemption at the option of the holder.
As part of the acquisition of BOJH on October 1, 2022, the Company assumed three subordinated note purchase agreements to issue and sell fixed-to-floating rates totaling $15.0 million. The balance on the notes at September 30, 2024, net of a fair value adjustment related to the acquisition totaling $0.3 million, totaled $14.6 million. At December 31, 2023, the balance on the notes, net of the fair value adjustment from the acquisition totaling $0.5 million, totaled $14.5 million. Interest expense related to the notes totaling $0.1 million and $0.4 million was recorded in the consolidated statements of operations during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, interest expense related to the notes totaled $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively.
The three notes, containing similar terms, are subordinated, unsecured and mature on June 15, 2031. Payments consist of interest only. Interest expense on the notes is payable semi-annually in arrears and will bear interest at 3.75% per annum until June 15, 2026 (or any earlier redemption date). From June 15, 2026 until June 15, 2031 (or any earlier redemption date) payments will be made quarterly in arrears, and the interest rate shall reset quarterly to an interest rate per annum equal to the then current three-month term SOFR plus 306 basis points. Prior to June 15, 2026, the Company may redeem the notes only under certain limited circumstances. Beginning on June 15, 2026 through maturity, the notes may be redeemed, at the Company’s option, on any scheduled interest payment date. Any redemption by the Company would be at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed, together with any accrued and unpaid interest on the notes being redeemed up to but excluding the date of redemption. The notes are not subject to redemption at the option of the holder.
Other borrowings
As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company sold securities under agreements to repurchase totaling $19.5 million and $19.6 million, respectively. In addition, as a member of the FHLB, the Company has access to a line of credit and term financing from the FHLB with total available credit of $1.8 billion at September 30, 2024. The Company may utilize the FHLB line of credit as a funding mechanism for originated loans and loans held for sale. At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Banks had zero and $340.0 million, respectively, of outstanding borrowings with the FHLB. The Company may pledge investment securities and loans as collateral for FHLB advances. There were no investment securities pledged at September 30, 2024 or December 31, 2023. Loans pledged were $2.6 billion at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The Company incurred $0.5 million and $3.8 million of interest expense related to FHLB advances or other short-term borrowings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, interest expense related to FHLB advances or other short-term borrowings totaled $4.4 million and $17.1 million, respectively.
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Regulatory Capital
Our subsidiary banks and the holding company are subject to the regulatory capital adequacy requirements of the Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC, as applicable. Failure to meet the minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly further discretionary actions by regulators that could have a material adverse effect on us. At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, our subsidiary banks and the consolidated holding company exceeded all capital ratio requirements under prompt corrective action and other regulatory requirements, as further detailed in note 10 of our consolidated financial statements.
Results of Operations
Our net income depends largely on net interest income, which is the difference between interest income from interest earning assets and interest expense on interest bearing liabilities. Our results of operations are also affected by provisions for credit losses and non-interest income, such as service charges, bank card income, swap fee income, and gain on sale of mortgages. Our primary operating expenses, aside from interest expense, consist of salaries and benefits, occupancy costs, telecommunications data processing expense, FDIC deposit insurance and intangible assets amortization. Any expenses related to the resolution of problem assets are also included in non-interest expense.
Overview of results of operations
Net income totaled $33.1 million and $90.6 million, or $0.86 and $2.36 per diluted share, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, net income totaled $36.1 million and $108.9 million, or $0.94 and $2.85 per diluted share, respectively. The decrease in net income was largely driven by lower net interest income due to an increase in cost of funds outpacing the increase in interest income. Partially offsetting this decrease were increases in non-interest income driven by our diversified sources of fee revenue. The return on average tangible assets was 1.43% and 1.33% during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and the return on average tangible common equity was 14.84% and 14.14%, respectively.
Net interest income
We regularly review net interest income metrics to provide us with indicators of how the various components of net interest income are performing. We regularly review: (i) our loan mix and the yield on loans; (ii) the investment portfolio and the related yields; (iii) our deposit mix and the cost of deposits; and (iv) net interest income simulations for various forecast periods.
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The effects of trade-date accounting of investment securities for which the cash had not settled are not considered interest earning assets and are excluded from this presentation for timeframes prior to their cash settlement, as are the market value adjustments on the investment securities available-for-sale and loans.
The table below presents the components of net interest income on an FTE basis for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.
For the three months ended | For the three months ended | |||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2024 | September 30, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Average balance | Interest | Average rate | Average balance | Interest | Average rate | |||||||||||||
Interest earning assets: | ||||||||||||||||||
Originated loans FTE(1)(2)(3) | $ | 6,251,827 | $ | 108,403 | 6.90% | $ | 5,803,157 | $ | 92,813 | 6.35% | ||||||||
Acquired loans | 1,487,002 | 22,660 | 6.06% | 1,671,595 | 26,115 | 6.20% | ||||||||||||
Loans held for sale | 18,078 | 319 | 7.02% | 22,154 | 383 | 6.86% | ||||||||||||
Investment securities available-for-sale | 790,268 | 5,132 | 2.60% | 761,892 | 3,783 | 1.99% | ||||||||||||
Investment securities held-to-maturity | 548,120 | 2,344 | 1.71% | 611,712 | 2,685 | 1.76% | ||||||||||||
Other securities | 26,213 | 405 | 6.18% | 39,115 | 701 | 7.17% | ||||||||||||
Interest earning deposits | 70,946 | 556 | 3.12% | 130,239 | 1,205 | 3.67% | ||||||||||||
Total interest earning assets FTE(2) | $ | 9,192,454 | $ | 139,819 | 6.05% | $ | 9,039,864 | $ | 127,685 | 5.60% | ||||||||
Cash and due from banks | $ | 86,887 | $ | 104,308 | ||||||||||||||
Other assets | 777,758 | 737,568 | ||||||||||||||||
Allowance for credit losses | (96,369) | (92,831) | ||||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 9,960,730 | $ | 9,788,909 | ||||||||||||||
Interest bearing liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest bearing demand, savings and money market deposits | $ | 5,134,650 | $ | 40,146 | 3.11% | $ | 4,535,183 | $ | 27,211 | 2.38% | ||||||||
Time deposits | 1,039,563 | 9,220 | 3.53% | 992,755 | 6,212 | 2.48% | ||||||||||||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 17,146 | 5 | 0.12% | 19,288 | 6 | 0.12% | ||||||||||||
Long-term debt, net | 54,383 | 519 | 3.80% | 54,074 | 519 | 3.81% | ||||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank advances | 32,641 | 460 | 5.61% | 316,723 | 4,385 | 5.49% | ||||||||||||
Total interest bearing liabilities | $ | 6,278,383 | $ | 50,350 | 3.19% | $ | 5,918,023 | $ | 38,333 | 2.57% | ||||||||
Demand deposits | $ | 2,226,807 | $ | 2,553,619 | ||||||||||||||
Other liabilities | 180,667 | 149,068 | ||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 8,685,857 | 8,620,710 | ||||||||||||||||
Shareholders' equity | 1,274,873 | 1,168,199 | ||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 9,960,730 | $ | 9,788,909 | ||||||||||||||
Net interest income FTE(2) | $ | 89,469 | $ | 89,352 | ||||||||||||||
Interest rate spread FTE(2) | 2.86% | 3.03% | ||||||||||||||||
Net interest earning assets | $ | 2,914,071 | $ | 3,121,841 | ||||||||||||||
Net interest margin FTE(2) | 3.87% | 3.92% | ||||||||||||||||
Average transaction deposits | $ | 7,361,457 | $ | 7,088,802 | ||||||||||||||
Average total deposits | 8,401,020 | 8,081,557 | ||||||||||||||||
Ratio of average interest earning assets to average interest bearing liabilities | 146.41% | 152.75% | ||||||||||||||||
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| Originated loans are net of deferred loan fees, less costs, which are included in interest income over the life of the loan. |
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| Presented on an FTE basis using the statutory tax rate of 21% for all periods presented. The taxable equivalent adjustments included above are $1,816 and $1,575 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. |
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| Loan fees included in interest income totaled $3,647 and $2,719 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. |
Net interest income totaled $87.7 million and $87.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Net interest income on an FTE basis totaled $89.5 million and $89.4 million during the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the FTE net interest margin narrowed five basis points to 3.87%, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023. The yield on earning assets increased 45 basis points, driven by an increase in loan yields. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the cost of funds increased 56 basis points to 2.36%, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023.
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Average loans comprised $7.7 billion, or 84.2%, of total average interest earning assets during the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $7.5 billion, or 82.7%, during the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increase in average loan balances was driven by loan originations during the period.
Average investment securities comprised 14.6% and 15.2% of total interest earning assets during the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Average interest bearing cash balances totaled $70.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $130.2 million for the same period in the prior year.
Average interest bearing liabilities increased $0.4 billion during the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, driven by organic balance sheet growth. The increase was driven by higher interest bearing demand, savings and money market deposits totaling $599.5 million and time deposits totaling $46.8 million. The increase was partially offset by a decrease in FHLB advances totaling $284.1 million and securities sold under agreements to repurchase of $2.1 million.
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The table below presents the components of net interest income on an FTE basis for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:
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Average balance | Interest | Average rate | Average balance | Interest | Average rate | |||||||||||||
Interest earning assets: | ||||||||||||||||||
Originated loans FTE(1)(2)(3) | $ | 6,124,757 | $ | 311,112 | 6.79% | $ | 5,656,309 | $ | 258,528 | 6.11% | ||||||||
Acquired loans | 1,546,482 | 70,413 | 6.08% | 1,718,523 | 79,526 | 6.19% | ||||||||||||
Loans held for sale | 15,661 | 862 | 7.35% | 23,494 | 1,189 | 6.77% | ||||||||||||
Investment securities available-for-sale | 781,454 | 14,336 | 2.45% | 786,087 | 11,655 | 1.98% | ||||||||||||
Investment securities held-to-maturity | 563,975 | 7,277 | 1.72% | 629,507 | 8,364 | 1.77% | ||||||||||||
Other securities | 28,771 | 1,398 | 6.48% | 46,480 | 2,513 | 7.21% | ||||||||||||
Interest earning deposits | 84,920 | 2,004 | 3.15% | 120,633 | 3,369 | 3.73% | ||||||||||||
Total interest earning assets FTE(2) | $ | 9,146,020 | $ | 407,402 | 5.95% | $ | 8,981,033 | $ | 365,144 | 5.44% | ||||||||
Cash and due from banks | $ | 96,510 | $ | 110,902 | ||||||||||||||
Other assets | 768,521 | 724,305 | ||||||||||||||||
Allowance for credit losses | (97,327) | (91,110) | ||||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 9,913,724 | $ | 9,725,130 | ||||||||||||||
Interest bearing liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest bearing demand, savings and money market deposits | $ | 5,064,386 | $ | 116,240 | 3.07% | $ | 4,197,603 | $ | 55,070 | 1.75% | ||||||||
Time deposits | 1,015,081 | 25,340 | 3.33% | 965,750 | 14,545 | 2.01% | ||||||||||||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 17,839 | 16 | 0.12% | 19,863 | 17 | 0.11% | ||||||||||||
Long-term debt, net | 54,307 | 1,555 | 3.82% | 53,997 | 1,555 | 3.85% | ||||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank advances | 89,918 | 3,774 | 5.61% | 449,060 | 17,075 | 5.08% | ||||||||||||
Total interest bearing liabilities | $ | 6,241,531 | $ | 146,925 | 3.14% | $ | 5,686,273 | $ | 88,262 | 2.08% | ||||||||
Demand deposits | $ | 2,253,986 | $ | 2,751,537 | ||||||||||||||
Other liabilities | 170,005 | 141,110 | ||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 8,665,522 | 8,578,920 | ||||||||||||||||
Shareholders' equity | 1,248,202 | 1,146,210 | ||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 9,913,724 | $ | 9,725,130 | ||||||||||||||
Net interest income FTE(2) | $ | 260,477 | $ | 276,882 | ||||||||||||||
Interest rate spread FTE(2) | 2.81% | 3.36% | ||||||||||||||||
Net interest earning assets | $ | 2,904,489 | $ | 3,294,760 | ||||||||||||||
Net interest margin FTE(2) | 3.80% | 4.12% | ||||||||||||||||
Average transaction deposits | $ | 7,318,372 | $ | 6,949,140 | ||||||||||||||
Average total deposits | 8,333,453 | 7,914,890 | ||||||||||||||||
Ratio of average interest earning assets to average interest bearing liabilities | 146.53% | 157.94% | ||||||||||||||||
(1) |
| Originated loans are net of deferred loan fees, less costs, which are included in interest income over the life of the loan. |
(2) |
| Presented on a fully taxable equivalent basis using the statutory tax rate of 21% for all periods presented. The taxable equivalent adjustments included above are $5,220 and $4,432 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. |
(3) |
| Loan fees included in interest income totaled $9,859 and $8,120 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. |
Net interest income totaled $255.3 million and $272.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Net interest income on an FTE basis totaled $260.5 million and $276.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the FTE net interest margin narrowed 32 basis points to 3.80%, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The yield on earning assets increased 51 basis points, driven by an increase in earning assets and increases in the Federal Reserve Bank’s interest rates. The cost of funds increased 91 basis points to 2.31% during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Average loans comprised $7.7 billion, or 83.9%, of total average interest earning assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $7.4 billion, or 82.1%, during the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase in average loan balances was driven by loan originations during the period.
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Average investment securities comprised 14.7% and 15.8% of total interest earning assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Average interest bearing cash balances totaled $84.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $120.6 million for the same period in the prior year.
Average balances of interest bearing liabilities increased $0.6 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2023, driven by organic balance sheet and strategic acquisition growth. The increase was driven by higher interest bearing demand, savings and money market deposits totaling $0.9 billion and time deposits totaling $49.3 million. The increase was partially offset by a decrease in FHLB advances totaling $359.1 million and securities sold under agreements to repurchase of $2.0 million. The cost of funds increased 91 basis points to 2.31% during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 1.40% during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
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The following table summarizes the changes in net interest income on an FTE basis by major category of interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities, identifying changes related to volume and changes related to rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023:
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Volume | Rate | Net | Volume | Rate | Net | |||||||||||||
Interest income: | ||||||||||||||||||
Originated loans FTE(1)(2)(3) | $ | 7,780 | $ | 7,810 | $ | 15,590 | $ | 23,795 | $ | 28,789 | $ | 52,584 | ||||||
Acquired loans | (2,813) | (642) | (3,455) | (7,833) | (1,280) | (9,113) | ||||||||||||
Loans held for sale | (72) | 8 | (64) | (431) | 104 | (327) | ||||||||||||
Investment securities available-for-sale | 184 | 1,165 | 1,349 | (85) | 2,766 | 2,681 | ||||||||||||
Investment securities held-to-maturity | (272) | (69) | (341) | (846) | (241) | (1,087) | ||||||||||||
Other securities | (199) | (97) | (296) | (860) | (255) | (1,115) | ||||||||||||
Interest earning deposits | (465) | (184) | (649) | (843) | (522) | (1,365) | ||||||||||||
Total interest income | $ | 4,143 | $ | 7,991 | $ | 12,134 | $ | 12,897 | $ | 29,361 | $ | 42,258 | ||||||
Interest expense: | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest bearing demand, savings and money market deposits | $ | 4,687 | $ | 8,248 | $ | 12,935 | $ | 19,895 | $ | 41,275 | $ | 61,170 | ||||||
Time deposits | 415 | 2,593 | 3,008 | 1,231 | 9,564 | 10,795 | ||||||||||||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase | (1) | — | (1) | (2) | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||
Long-term debt, net | 3 | (3) | — | 9 | (9) | — | ||||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank advances | (4,003) | 78 | (3,925) | (15,074) | 1,773 | (13,301) | ||||||||||||
Total interest expense | 1,101 | 10,916 | 12,017 | 6,059 | 52,604 | 58,663 | ||||||||||||
Net change in net interest income | $ | 3,042 | $ | (2,925) | $ | 117 | $ | 6,838 | $ | (23,243) | $ | (16,405) | ||||||
(1) |
| Originated loans are net of deferred loan fees, less costs, which are included in interest income over the life of the loan. |
(2) |
| Presented on an FTE basis using the statutory tax rate of 21% for all periods presented. The taxable equivalent adjustments included above are $1,816 and $1,575 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The taxable equivalent adjustments included above are $5,220 and $4,432 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. |
(3) |
| Loan fees included in interest income totaled $3,647 and $2,719 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Loan fees included in interest income totaled $9,859 and $8,120 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. |
Below is a breakdown of average deposits and the average rates paid during the periods indicated:
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Average | Average | Average | Average | |||||||||||||||||
Average | rate | Average | rate | Average | rate | Average | rate | |||||||||||||
balance | paid | balance | paid | balance | paid | balance | paid | |||||||||||||
Non-interest bearing demand | $ | 2,226,807 | 0.00% | $ | 2,553,619 | 0.00% | $ | 2,253,986 | 0.00% | $ | 2,751,537 | 0.00% | ||||||||
Interest bearing demand | 1,340,770 | 2.86% | 1,336,562 | 2.44% | 1,394,962 | 2.96% | 1,186,197 | 1.92% | ||||||||||||
Money market accounts | 3,177,041 | 3.62% | 2,503,368 | 2.85% | 3,034,221 | 3.56% | 2,246,463 | 2.10% | ||||||||||||
Savings accounts | 616,839 | 1.03% | 695,253 | 0.58% | 635,203 | 0.95% | 764,943 | 0.47% | ||||||||||||
Time deposits | 1,039,563 | 3.53% | 992,755 | 2.48% | 1,015,081 | 3.33% | 965,750 | 2.01% | ||||||||||||
Total average deposits | $ | 8,401,020 | 2.34% | $ | 8,081,557 | 1.64% | $ | 8,333,453 | 2.27% | $ | 7,914,890 | 1.18% | ||||||||
Provision for credit losses
The provision for credit losses represents the amount of expense that is necessary to bring the ACL to a level that we deem appropriate to absorb estimated lifetime losses inherent in the loan portfolio as of the balance sheet date. The determination of the ACL, and the resultant provision for credit losses, is subjective and involves significant estimates and assumptions.
The Company recorded provision for credit loss expense totaling $2.0 million and $4.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, driven by higher reserve requirements from changes in the CECL model’s underlying economic forecast. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recorded provision expense for credit losses of
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$1.1 million and $3.7 million, respectively. Included in the provision for credit losses was zero and $0.1 million of provision release for unfunded loan commitments during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. The allowance for credit losses totaled 1.23% of total loans for September 30, 2024 and 2023.
Non-interest income
The table below details the components of non-interest income for the periods presented:
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Service charges | $ | 4,912 | $ | 4,849 | $ | 13,598 | $ | 13,394 | $ | 63 | 1.3% | $ | 204 | 1.5% | ||||||||
Bank card fees | 4,832 | 4,993 | 14,292 | 14,721 | (161) | (3.2)% | (429) | (2.9)% | ||||||||||||||
Mortgage banking income | 2,981 | 4,688 | 8,932 | 11,614 | (1,707) | (36.4)% | (2,682) | (23.1)% | ||||||||||||||
Bank-owned life insurance income | 759 | 882 | 2,228 | 2,559 | (123) | (13.9)% | (331) | (12.9)% | ||||||||||||||
Other non-interest income | 4,905 | 3,953 | 11,062 | 5,565 | 952 | 24.1% | 5,497 | 98.8% | ||||||||||||||
Total non-interest income | $ | 18,389 | $ | 19,365 | $ | 50,112 | $ | 47,853 | $ | (976) | (5.0)% | $ | 2,259 | 4.7% | ||||||||
Non-interest income totaled $18.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $19.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Other non-interest income increased $1.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, driven by our diversified sources of fee revenue including gains on SBA loan sales and trust income. Mortgage banking income decreased $1.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023 due to the sustained higher-interest rate environment driving lower mortgage volume.
Non-interest income totaling $50.1 million increased $2.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $47.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The increase was driven by our diversified sources of fee revenue including increases of $2.1 million from gains on sales of SBA loans, $0.5 million from swap fee income and $0.4 million from trust income, in addition to Cambr fee income, all included in other non-interest income. Mortgage banking income decreased $2.7 million, as the sustained higher-interest rate environment has lowered mortgage volume. Included in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $3.2 million in net impairments related to venture capital investments classified as non-marketable securities, compared to $4.4 million in net impairments in the same period during the prior year.
Non-interest expense
The table below details the components of non-interest expense for the periods presented:
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2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | Amount | % Change | Amount | % Change | |||||||||||||||
Salaries and benefits | $ | 37,331 | $ | 35,027 | $ | 110,784 | $ | 103,231 | $ | 2,304 | 6.6% | $ | 7,553 | 7.3% | ||||||||
Occupancy and equipment | 9,697 | 9,167 | 29,758 | 27,366 | 530 | 5.8% | 2,392 | 8.7% | ||||||||||||||
Data processing | 4,398 | 3,546 | 12,581 | 10,257 | 852 | 24.0% | 2,324 | 22.7% | ||||||||||||||
Marketing and business development | 1,091 | 1,037 | 2,836 | 2,997 | 54 | 5.2% | (161) | (5.4)% | ||||||||||||||
FDIC deposit insurance | 1,297 | 1,686 | 4,073 | 5,433 | (389) | (23.1)% | (1,360) | (25.0)% | ||||||||||||||
Bank card expenses | 1,176 | 1,667 | 3,916 | 4,260 | (491) | (29.5)% | (344) | (8.1)% | ||||||||||||||
Professional fees | 2,111 | 2,215 | 5,463 | 7,951 | (104) | (4.7)% | (2,488) | (31.3)% | ||||||||||||||
Other non-interest expense | 5,084 | 4,250 | 14,698 | 13,003 | 834 | 19.6% | 1,695 | 13.0% | ||||||||||||||
Other intangible assets amortization | 1,977 | 2,008 | 5,962 | 5,378 | (31) | (1.5)% | 584 | 10.9% | ||||||||||||||
Total non-interest expense | $ | 64,162 | $ | 60,603 | $ | 190,071 | $ | 179,876 | $ | 3,559 | 5.9% | $ | 10,195 | 5.7% | ||||||||
During the three months ended September 30, 2024, non-interest expense increased $3.6 million, or 5.9%, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2023, largely due to ongoing investments in technology. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, salaries and benefits increased $2.3 million, compared to the same period during the prior year. Data processing increased $0.9 million and occupancy and equipment increased $0.5 million.
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, non-interest expense totaled $190.1 million, an increase of 5.7%, compared to $179.9 million for the same period during the prior year, largely due to ongoing investments in technology and the Cambr acquisition in April 2023. Salaries and benefits increased $7.6 million, occupancy and equipment increased $2.4 million and data processing increased $2.3 million. Other intangible assets amortization increased $0.6 million due to our Cambr acquisition in April of 2023. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $2.5 million in professional fees and a decrease of $1.4 million in FDIC deposit insurance.
Income taxes
Income tax expense totaled $6.8 million and $19.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. Income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 totaled $9.3 million and $27.8 million, respectively. The decreases over the prior periods were driven by lower pre-tax income. The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 17.0% and 18.0%, respectively, compared to 20.5% and 20.3% for the same periods in the prior year.
Additional information regarding income taxes can be found in note 19 of our audited consolidated financial statements in our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity
Liquidity risk management is an important element in our asset/liability management. The Company maintains a robust liquidity profile at its holding company and the Banks collectively as well as separately. The Company is prudently managing liquidity in the current environment and maintains a liquidity profile focused on core deposits and stable long-term funding sources. Liquidity is supplemented with a variety of secured and unsecured wholesale funding sources across the maturity spectrum, which allows for the effective management of concentration and rollover risk. The Company’s corporate treasury team measures liquidity needs through daily cash monitoring, weekly cash projections and monthly liquidity measures reviewed in conjunction with Board-approved liquidity policy limits. The Company also regularly conducts stress tests to its Board-approved contingency funding plan to assess potential liquidity outflows or funding concerns resulting from economic disruptions, volatility in the financial markets, unexpected credit events or other significant occurrences deemed problematic by management. These scenarios are incorporated into the contingency funding plan, which provides the basis for the identification of our liquidity needs and are monitored monthly by our Asset and Liability Committee.
The Company’s primary sources of funds include revenue from interest income and noninterest income as well as cash flows from loan repayments, payments from securities related to maturities and amortization, the sale of loans, and funds generated by core deposits, in addition to the use of private debt offerings.
On-balance sheet liquidity is represented by our cash and cash equivalents, and unencumbered investment securities, and is detailed in the table below as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
Cash and due from banks | $ | 180,796 | $ | 190,826 | ||
Unencumbered investment securities, at fair value | 473,831 | 338,555 | ||||
Total | $ | 654,627 | $ | 529,381 | ||
Total on-balance sheet liquidity increased $125.2 million at September 30, 2024 compared to December 31, 2023, due to higher unencumbered investment securities of $135.3 million, partially offset by lower cash and due from banks of $10.0 million.
The Company’s investment portfolio remains positioned in liquid and readily marketable instruments and is a significant source of on-balance sheet collateral to secure borrowing capacity. Our investment securities portfolio is evaluated under established Asset and Liability Committee objectives and is structured as a liquidity portfolio, and only security fair values are used for the liquidity assessment. The fair value of total investment securities was $1.2 billion at September 30, 2024, compared to $1.1 billion at December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the fair value was inclusive of pre-tax net unrealized losses of $80.9 million on the available-for-sale securities portfolio. Additionally, our held-to-maturity securities portfolio had $67.4 million of pre-tax net unrealized losses. The gross unrealized gains and losses are detailed in note 3 of our consolidated financial statements. As of September 30, 2024, our
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investment securities portfolio consisted primarily of MBS, all of which were issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or sponsored enterprises. The anticipated repayments and marketability of these securities offer substantial resources and flexibility to meet new loan demand, reinvest in the investment securities portfolio, or provide optionality for reductions in our deposit funding base. At September 30, 2024, the duration of the investment securities portfolio was 3.9 years and the weighted average life was 4.8 years.
As part of its liquidity management activities, the Company pledges collateral at its secured funding providers to ensure immediate availability of funding, which includes maintaining borrowing capacity at both the FHLB and the Federal Reserve. The Company does not consider borrowing capacity at the Federal Reserve a primary source of funding; however, it could be used as a potential source of funds in a stressed environment or during a market disruption. The amount of available contingent secured borrowing capacity may fluctuate based on the level of borrowings outstanding and level of assets pledged. The table below details those amounts as of the dates shown:
September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
Available FHLB borrowing capacity | $ | 1,769,506 | $ | 1,409,077 | ||
Federal Reserve Bank discount window | 899,332 | 102,078 | ||||
Total off-balance sheet funds available | $ | 2,668,838 | $ | 1,511,155 | ||
The Company had pledged $2.6 billion of loans as collateral to the FHLB at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. FHLB borrowing capacity totaled $1.8 billion at September 30, 2024, including outstanding borrowings and the remaining FHLB funds available shown in the table above. At September 30, 2024, the Company had no outstanding borrowings with the FHLB, compared to $340.0 million at December 31, 2023. At September 30, 2024, the Company’s available secured and committed borrowing capacity at the FHLB and Federal Reserve totaled $2.7 billion, compared to $1.5 billion at December 31, 2023.
In addition to core deposit and secured funding, the Company also accesses a variety of other short-term and long-term unsecured funding sources, which includes access to Cambr platform deposits, multiple brokered deposit platform options and lines of credit. Management does not rely on any one source of liquidity and manages availability in response to changing balance sheet needs, as well as within prudently defined concentration and policy limits. The Company executes periodic test trades to assess the level of access and operational processes associated with its secured and unsecured funding sources.
We anticipate that the sources of funds discussed above will provide adequate funding and liquidity for at least a 12-month period and the foreseeable future, and we may utilize any combination of these funding sources for long-term liquidity needs if deemed prudent.
Our primary uses of funds are loan fundings, investment security purchases, withdrawals of deposits, capital expenditures, operating expenses, and share repurchases.
At present, financing activities primarily consist of changes in deposits and repurchase agreements, and advances from the FHLB, in addition to the payment of dividends and the repurchase of our common stock. Maturing time deposits represent a potential use of funds. As of September 30, 2024, $842.9 million of time deposits were scheduled to mature within 12 months. Based on the current interest rate environment and market conditions, our consumer banking strategy is to focus on attracting and maintaining both lower cost transaction accounts and time deposits.
During 2021, the Company entered into a subordinated note purchase agreement to issue and sell a fixed-to-floating note. The Company deployed the net proceeds from the sale of the note for general corporate purposes. The note is not subject to redemption at the option of the holder. Additionally, as part of the acquisition of BOJH on October 1, 2022, the Company assumed three subordinated note purchase agreements to issue and sell fixed-to-floating rate notes. The balance on all subordinated notes totaled $54.4 million at September 30, 2024. At December 31, 2023, the balance on the notes, totaled $54.2 million.
Capital
Under the Basel III requirements, at September 30, 2024, the Company, NBH Bank and Bank of Jackson Hole Trust met all capital adequacy requirements, and the Banks had regulatory capital ratios in excess of the levels established for well-capitalized institutions. For more information on regulatory capital, see note 10 in our consolidated financial statements.
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Our shareholders' equity is impacted by earnings, changes in unrealized gains and losses on securities, net of tax, stock-based compensation activity, share repurchases, shares issued in connection with acquisitions and the payment of dividends.
The Board of Directors has from time to time authorized multiple programs to repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock either in open market or in privately negotiated transactions in accordance with applicable regulations of the SEC. On May 9, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a new program to repurchase up to $50.0 million of the Company’s stock. The remaining authorization under the program as of September 30, 2024 was $50.0 million.
On October 22, 2024, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.29 per common share, payable on December 13, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 29, 2024.
Asset/Liability Management and Interest Rate Risk
The Board of Directors meets as often as necessary, but no less than quarterly, to review financial statements, public filings, significant accounting policy changes and any risk management issues. The Board also oversees the performance of our internal audit function as well as serves as an independent and objective body to monitor and assess our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements as well as internal control systems. Management and the Board of Directors are responsible for managing interest rate risk and employing risk management policies that monitor and limit this exposure. Interest rate risk is measured using net interest income simulations and market value of portfolio equity analyses. These analyses use various assumptions, including the nature and timing of interest rate changes, yield curve shape, prepayments on loans and securities, deposit decay rates, pricing decisions on loans and deposits, and reinvestment/replacement of asset and liability cash flows.
Interest rate risk results from following:
● | Repricing risk — timing differences in the repricing and maturity of interest-earning assets and interest bearing liabilities; | |
● | Option risk — changes in the expected maturities of assets and liabilities, such as borrowers’ ability to prepay loans at any time and depositors’ ability to redeem certificates of deposit before maturity; | |
● | Yield curve risk — changes in the yield curve where interest rates increase or decrease in a nonparallel fashion; and | |
● | Basis risk — changes in spread relationships between different yield curves. |
The Asset Liability Committee, a cross-functional committee comprised of executive management and senior leaders, meets monthly to review, among other things, the sensitivity of the Company's assets and liabilities to interest rate changes, local and national market conditions and interest rates. The Asset Liability Committee also reviews the liquidity, capital, deposit mix, loan mix and investment positions of the Company. The Company's principal objective regarding asset and liability management is to evaluate interest rate risk within the balance sheet and pursue a controlled assumption of interest rate risk while preserving adequate levels of liquidity and capital.
Instantaneous parallel rate shift scenarios are modeled and utilized to evaluate risk and establish exposure limits for acceptable changes in net interest margin. These scenarios, known as rate shocks, simulate an instantaneous change in interest rates and utilize various assumptions, including, but not limited to, prepayments on loans and securities, deposit decay rates, pricing decisions on loans and deposits, reinvestment and replacement of asset and liability cash flows.
We also analyze the economic value of equity as a secondary measure of interest rate risk. This is a complementary measure to net interest income where the calculated value is the result of the market value of assets less the market value of liabilities. The economic value of equity is a longer term view of interest rate risk because it measures the present value of the net future cash flows. The impact of changes in interest rates on this calculation is analyzed for the risk to our future earnings and is used in conjunction with the analyses on net interest income.
Our interest rate risk model indicated that the Company was in a relatively neutral position in terms of interest rate sensitivity at September 30, 2024. The table below illustrates the impact of an immediate and sustained 200 and 100 basis point increase and a 100
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and 200 basis point decrease in interest rates on net interest income based on the interest rate risk model at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
Hypothetical | ||||
shift in interest | % change in projected net interest income | |||
rates (in bps) | September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||
200 | 1.16% | (0.18)% | ||
100 | 0.60% | (0.06)% | ||
(100) | (0.73)% | (0.09)% | ||
(200) | (1.49)% | (0.33)% | ||
Many assumptions are used to calculate the impact of interest rate fluctuations. Actual results may be significantly different than our projections due to several factors, including the timing and frequency of rate changes, market conditions and the shape of the yield curve. The computations of interest rate risk shown above do not include actions that management may undertake to manage the risks in response to anticipated changes in interest rates and actual results may also differ due to any actions taken in response to the changing rates.
As part of the asset/liability management strategy to manage primary market risk exposures expected to be in effect in future reporting periods, management has executed interest rate derivatives primarily using floors and collars. For further discussion of the Company’s derivative contracts refer to note 15. The strategy with respect to liabilities has been to continue to emphasize transaction deposit growth, particularly non-interest or low interest bearing non-maturing deposit accounts while building long-term client relationships. Non-maturing deposit accounts totaled 87.6% of total deposits at September 30, 2024, compared to 88.0% at December 31, 2023.
Impact of Inflation and Changing Prices
The primary impact of inflation on our operations is reflected in increasing operating costs and non-interest expense. Unlike most industrial companies, virtually all of our assets and liabilities are monetary in nature. As a result, changes in interest rates have a more significant impact on our performance than do changes in the general rate of inflation and changes in prices. Interest rate changes do not necessarily move in the same direction, nor have the same magnitude, as changes in the prices of goods and services. Inflationary factors may have some impact on our total assets, earnings, capital levels, our ability to grow, and, particularly, our clients. While we plan to continue our disciplined approach to expense management, an inflationary environment may cause wage pressures and general increases in our cost of doing business, which may increase our non-interest expense.
Off-Balance Sheet Activities
In the normal course of business, we are a party to various contractual obligations, commitments and other off-balance sheet activities that contain credit, market, and operational risk that are not required to be reflected in our consolidated financial statements. The most significant of these are the loan commitments that we enter into to meet the financing needs of clients, including commitments to extend credit, commercial and consumer lines of credit and standby letters of credit. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we had loan commitments totaling $1.5 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively, and standby letters of credit totaling $14.2 million and $13.0 million, respectively. Unused commitments do not necessarily represent future credit exposure or cash requirements, as commitments often expire without being drawn upon.
Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The information called for by this item is provided under the caption Asset/Liability Management and Interest Rate Risk in Part I, Item 2-Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of September 30, 2024. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2024.
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During the most recently completed fiscal quarter, there were no changes made in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II: OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, we are a party to various litigation matters incidental to the conduct of our business. We are not presently party to any legal proceedings the resolution of which we believe would have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition, liquidity, results of operation, cash flows or capital levels.
Item 1A. RISK FACTORS
There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Item 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
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Total number of | approximate dollar | |||||||||
shares purchased | value of shares | |||||||||
as part of publicly | that may yet be | |||||||||
Total number | Average price | announced plans | purchased under the | |||||||
Period | of shares purchased | paid per share | or programs | plans or programs(2) | ||||||
July 1 - July 31, 2024(1) | 1,480 | 41.88 | — | 50,000,000 | ||||||
August 1 - August 31, 2024(1) | 1,932 | 41.37 | — | 50,000,000 | ||||||
Total | 3,412 | 41.59 | — | |||||||
(1) | Represents shares purchased other than through publicly announced plans purchased pursuant to the Company’s stock incentive plans at the then current market value in satisfaction of stock option exercise prices, settlements of restricted stock and tax withholdings. | |
(2) |
| On May 9, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a new program to repurchase up to $50.0 million of the Company’s stock from time to time in either the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The remaining authorization under the program as of September 30, 2024 was $50.0 million. |
Item 5. OTHER INFORMATION
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