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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2023
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ______to________
Commission file number 0-22208
QCR HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
42-1397595
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3551 7th Street, Moline, Illinois 61265
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(309) 736-3580
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value
QCRH
The Nasdaq Global Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☒
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐
Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date: As of November 1, 2023, the Registrant had outstanding 16,732,384 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value per share.
QCR HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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Part I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1
Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Consolidated Balance Sheets As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022
4
Consolidated Statements of Income For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
5
Consolidated Statements of Income
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
6
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
7
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
8
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
9
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
11
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Note 2. Investment Securities
13
Note 3. Loans/Leases Receivable
16
Note 4. Derivatives and Hedging Activities
26
Note 5. Income Taxes
29
Note 6. Earnings Per Share
30
Note 7. Fair Value
Note 8. Business Segment Information
32
Note 9. Regulatory Capital Requirements
33
Note 10. Commitments
34
Item 2
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Introduction
35
General
Critical Accounting Policies and Critical Accounting Estimates
Executive Overview
36
Strategic Financial Metrics
37
Strategic Developments
38
GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations
39
Net Interest Income - (Tax Equivalent Basis)
41
Results of Operations
45
Interest Income
Interest Expense
46
Provision for Credit Losses
Noninterest Income
47
2
Noninterest Expense
50
Income Taxes
53
Financial Condition
Investment Securities
Loans/Leases
54
Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans/Leases and OBS Exposures
56
Nonperforming Assets
58
Deposits
Borrowings
59
Stockholders' Equity
61
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Special Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
63
Item 3
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
65
Item 4
Controls and Procedures
67
Part II
OTHER INFORMATION
Legal Proceedings
68
Item 1A
Risk Factors
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds, and IssuerPurchases of Equity Securities
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 5
Other Information
Item 6
Exhibits
69
Signatures
Throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we use certain acronyms and abbreviations, as defined in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
3
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022
September 30,
December 31,
2023
2022
(dollars in thousands)
Assets
Cash and due from banks
$
104,265
59,723
Federal funds sold
20,300
56,910
Interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions
60,350
67,360
Securities held to maturity, at amortized cost, net of allowance for credit losses
615,115
587,142
Securities available for sale, at fair value
281,279
340,960
Total securities
896,394
928,102
Loans receivable held for sale
278,893
1,480
Loans/leases receivable held for investment
6,327,414
6,137,391
Gross loans/leases receivable
6,606,307
6,138,871
Less allowance for credit losses
(87,669)
(87,706)
Net loans/leases receivable
6,518,638
6,051,165
Bank-owned life insurance
107,389
106,580
Premises and equipment, net
118,943
117,948
Restricted investment securities
43,748
42,501
Other real estate owned, net
120
133
Goodwill
139,027
137,607
Intangibles
14,537
16,759
Derivatives
291,295
177,631
Other assets
225,051
186,418
Total assets
8,540,057
7,948,837
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Liabilities:
Deposits:
Noninterest-bearing
1,027,791
1,262,981
Interest-bearing
5,467,061
4,721,236
Total deposits
6,494,852
5,984,217
Short-term borrowings
470
129,630
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
430,000
415,000
Subordinated notes
232,958
232,662
Junior subordinated debentures
48,698
48,602
320,220
200,701
Other liabilities
184,476
165,301
Total liabilities
7,711,674
7,176,113
Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred stock, $1 par value; shares authorized 250,000 September 2023 and December 2022 - no shares issued or outstanding
—
Common stock, $1 par value; shares authorized 20,000,000 September 2023 - 16,731,646 shares issued and outstanding December 2022 - 16,795,942 shares issued and outstanding
16,732
16,796
Additional paid-in capital
369,833
370,712
Retained earnings
523,142
450,114
Accumulated other comprehensive loss:
Securities available for sale
(55,061)
(44,677)
(26,263)
(20,221)
Total stockholders' equity
828,383
772,724
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
(dollars in thousands, except share data)
Interest and dividend income:
Loans/leases, including fees:
Taxable
73,396
58,143
Nontaxable
23,725
11,712
Securities:
3,788
3,304
5,510
4,955
1,206
380
659
673
284
100
Total interest and dividend income
108,568
79,267
Interest expense:
43,575
12,570
10
84
5,724
2,584
Other borrowings
3,307
2,518
697
689
Total interest expense
53,313
18,498
Net interest income
55,255
60,769
Provision for credit losses
3,806
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
51,449
Noninterest income:
Trust fees
2,863
2,537
Investment advisory and management fees
947
921
Deposit service fees
2,107
2,214
Gains on sales of residential real estate loans, net
476
641
Gains on sales of government guaranteed portions of loans, net
Capital markets revenue
15,596
10,545
Earnings on bank-owned life insurance
1,807
605
Debit card fees
1,584
1,453
Correspondent banking fees
450
189
Loan related fee income
800
652
Fair value gain (loss) on derivatives
(336)
904
Other
299
384
Total noninterest income
26,593
21,095
Noninterest expense:
Salaries and employee benefits
32,098
29,175
Occupancy and equipment expense
6,228
6,033
Professional and data processing fees
4,456
4,477
Acquisition costs
315
Post-acquisition compensation, transition and integration costs
62
FDIC insurance, other insurance and regulatory fees
1,721
1,497
Loan/lease expense
826
390
Net cost of and gains/losses on operations of other real estate
19
Advertising and marketing
1,429
1,437
Communication and data connectivity
478
639
Supplies
335
289
Bank service charges
568
Correspondent banking expense
232
218
Intangibles amortization
691
787
Payment card processing
733
477
Trust expense
432
227
814
1,136
Total noninterest expense
51,081
47,746
Net income before income taxes
26,961
34,118
Federal and state income tax expense
1,840
4,824
Net income
25,121
29,294
Basic earnings per common share
1.50
1.73
Diluted earnings per common share
1.49
1.71
Weighted average common shares outstanding
16,717,303
16,900,968
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding
16,847,951
17,110,691
Cash dividends declared per common share
0.06
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
208,449
147,366
60,582
26,489
10,847
8,792
15,715
13,750
3,151
584
1,677
1,439
741
114
301,162
198,534
111,800
21,231
142
87
11,898
3,447
9,922
5,888
2,130
1,926
135,892
32,632
165,270
165,902
11,340
8,284
Net interest income after provision for loan/lease losses
153,930
157,618
8,613
7,997
2,812
2,940
6,169
5,992
1,288
1,943
55,109
29,971
Securities losses, net
(451)
3,352
1,301
4,639
3,959
1,197
710
2,221
1,814
(680)
2,242
656
572
84,955
59,510
Noninterest expenses:
95,560
82,774
18,242
15,948
12,048
12,513
4,139
207
4,858
5,022
4,201
2,034
1,418
Net cost of (income from) and gains/losses on operations of other real estate
(64)
77
4,401
3,396
1,614
1,626
772
1,831
1,719
663
630
2,222
2,067
1,820
1,365
983
609
2,089
2,207
Total noninterest expenses
149,593
140,319
89,292
76,809
8,589
8,649
80,703
68,160
4.82
4.25
4.79
4.20
16,731,847
16,030,371
16,863,203
16,243,921
0.18
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
Three Months Ended September 30,
Other comprehensive loss:
Unrealized losses on securities available for sale:
Unrealized holding losses arising during the period before tax
(19,072)
(23,069)
Unrealized losses on derivatives:
(7,019)
(8,955)
Less reclassification adjustment for caplet amortization before tax
(224)
(261)
(6,795)
(8,694)
Other comprehensive loss, before tax
(25,867)
(31,763)
Tax benefit
(6,452)
(6,980)
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax
(19,415)
(24,783)
Comprehensive income
5,706
4,511
Nine Months Ended September 30,
(14,808)
(76,814)
Less reclassification adjusted for impairment losses included in net income before tax
(989)
Less reclassification adjustment for sales losses included in net income before tax
(13,368)
(9,152)
(23,769)
(638)
(723)
(8,514)
(23,046)
(21,882)
(99,860)
(5,456)
(23,451)
(16,426)
(76,409)
Comprehensive income (loss)
64,277
(8,249)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (UNAUDITED)
Accumulated
Additional
Common
Paid-In
Retained
Comprehensive
Stock
Capital
Earnings
(Loss)
Total
Balance December 31, 2022
(64,898)
27,157
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
9,325
Common cash dividends declared, $0.06 per share
(1,010)
Repurchase and cancellation of 152,500 shares of common stock
as a result of a share repurchase program
(153)
(3,356)
(4,210)
(7,719)
Stock-based compensation expense
953
Issuance of common stock under employee benefit plans
71
(7)
64
Balance, March 31, 2023
16,714
368,302
472,051
(55,573)
801,494
28,425
(6,336)
(1,003)
Repurchase and cancellation of 22,500 shares of common stock
(23)
(495)
(449)
(967)
23
403
Balance, June 30, 2023
368,860
499,024
(61,909)
822,689
527
18
446
464
Balance, September 30, 2023
(81,324)
Income (Loss)
Balance December 31, 2021
15,613
273,768
386,077
1,552
677,010
23,624
(27,340)
(939)
Repurchase and cancellation of 77,500 shares of common stock
(77)
(1,338)
(3,000)
(4,415)
751
44
(811)
(767)
Balance, March 31, 2022
15,580
272,370
405,762
(25,788)
667,924
15,242
(24,286)
(1,059)
Issuance of 2,071,291 shares of common stock
as a result of acquisition of Guaranty Federal Bancshares
2,071
115,143
117,214
Repurchase and cancellation of 602,500 shares of common stock
(603)
(13,258)
(19,155)
(33,016)
545
558
574
Balance, June 30, 2022
17,064
375,358
400,790
(50,074)
743,138
Other comprehensive (loss), net of tax
Repurchase and cancellation of 190,000 shares of common stock
(190)
(4,181)
(6,114)
(10,485)
(1,012)
382
538
Balance, September 30, 2022
16,885
372,086
422,958
(74,857)
737,072
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation
6,132
5,699
2,153
1,678
Deferred compensation expense accrued
4,188
3,027
Gains on other real estate owned, net
(84)
(19)
Amortization of premiums on securities, net
964
939
Caplet amortization
638
723
Fair value (gain) loss on derivatives
680
(2,242)
451
Loans originated for sale
(55,271)
(82,009)
Proceeds on sales of loans
57,171
88,010
Gains on sales of residential real estate loans
(1,288)
(1,943)
Gains on sales of government guaranteed portions of loans
(30)
(69)
Losses on sales and disposals of premises and equipment
386
520
Amortization of intangibles
Accretion of acquisition fair value adjustments, net
(1,501)
(2,893)
Increase in cash value of bank-owned life insurance
(2,221)
(1,301)
Gain on bank-owned life insurance death benefits
(1,131)
Increase in other assets
(34,126)
(33,840)
Decrease in other liabilities
13,973
21,843
Net cash provided by operating activities
85,349
76,634
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Net (increase) decrease in federal funds sold
36,610
(15,840)
Net decrease in interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions
7,010
49,593
Proceeds from sales of other real estate owned
295
223
Activity in securities portfolio:
Purchases
(102,669)
(173,331)
Calls, maturities and redemptions
76,011
30,597
Paydowns
11,660
27,311
Sales
30,556
111,375
Activity in restricted investment securities:
(4,908)
(19,885)
Redemptions
3,661
2,159
Net increase in loans/leases originated and held for investment
(479,757)
(524,877)
Purchase of premises and equipment
(8,023)
(27,119)
Proceeds from sales of premises and equipment
510
413
Purchase of bank-owned life insurance
(10,000)
Proceeds from bank-owned life insurance death benefits
2,543
Net cash acquired from acquisition
144,973
Net cash used in investing activities
(426,501)
(404,408)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net increase (decrease) in deposit accounts
510,635
(58,310)
Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings
(129,160)
81,380
Activity in Federal Home Loan Bank advances:
Term advances
135,000
Net change in short-term and overnight advances
(120,000)
320,000
Prepayments
(16,000)
Activity in other borrowings:
Proceeds from other borrowings
10,000
Calls, maturities and scheduled principal payments
Proceeds from subordinated notes
100,000
Payment of cash dividends on common stock
(3,026)
(2,933)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net
931
345
Repurchase and cancellation of shares
(8,686)
(47,916)
Net cash provided by financing activities
385,694
376,566
Net increase in cash and due from banks
44,542
48,792
Cash and due from banks, beginning
37,490
Cash and due from banks, ending
86,282
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information, cash payments (receipts) for:
Interest
(258,779)
32,046
Income/franchise taxes
107
Supplemental schedule of noncash investing activities:
Change in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale and derivative instruments, net
Increase in fair value of fair value hedges
3,997
Transfers of loans to other real estate owned
326
Increase (decrease) in the fair value of back-to-back interest rate swap assets and liabilities
110,641
(48,195)
Dividends payable
1,003
1,012
Transfer of loans to loans held for sale
277,995
Measurement period adjustment to goodwill
1,420
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information for acquisitions:
Fair value of assets acquired:
171,844
17,134
Securities
143,017
Loans receivable, net
801,697
32,100
16,257
2,220
Other real estate owned
55
10,264
23,685
Total assets acquired
1,218,273
Fair value of liabilities assumed:
1,076,573
FHLB advances
16,000
Subordinated debentures
19,621
10,310
15,225
Total liabilities assumed
1,137,729
Net assets acquired
80,544
Consideration paid:
Cash paid *
26,871
Common stock
Total consideration paid
144,085
63,541
*Net cash acquired at closing totaled $145.0 million for acquisition of Guaranty Bank in 2022.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
September 30, 2023
NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of presentation: The interim unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contained herein should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2023. Accordingly, footnote disclosures, which would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the audited Consolidated Financial Statements, have been omitted.
The financial information of the Company included herein has been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial reporting and has been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations for reporting on Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Such information reflects all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations for the periods presented. Any differences appearing between the numbers presented in financial statements and management's discussion and analysis are due to rounding. The results of the interim period ended September 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the year ending December 31, 2023, or for any other period.
The acronyms and abbreviations identified below are used throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. It may be helpful to refer back to this page as you read this report.
ACL: Allowance for credit losses
GFED: Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc.
Allowance: Allowance for credit losses
HTM: Held to maturity
AOCI: Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
LIBOR: London Inter-Bank Offered Rate
ASC: Accounting Standards Codification
LIHTC: Low-income housing tax credit
ASU: Accounting Standards Update
m2: m2 Equipment Finance, LLC
BOLI: Bank-owned life insurance
NIM: Net interest margin
Caps: Interest rate cap derivatives
NPA: Nonperforming asset
CECL: Current Expected Credit Losses
NPL: Nonperforming loan
Community National: Community National Bancorporation
OBS: Off-balance sheet
Company: QCR Holdings, Inc.
OREO: Other real estate owned
COVID-19: Coronavirus Disease 2019
OTTI: Other-than-temporary impairment
CRBT: Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust Company
PCAOB: Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
CRE: Commercial real estate
PCD: Purchase credit deteriorated loan
CSB: Community State Bank
PCI: Purchased credit impaired
C&I: Commercial and industrial
PPP: Paycheck Protection Program
EBA: Excess balance account
Provision: Provision for credit losses
EPS: Earnings per share
QCBT: Quad City Bank & Trust Company
Exchange Act: Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
ROAA: Return on average assets
amended
ROAE: Return on average equity
FASB: Financial Accounting Standards Board
SEC: Securities and Exchange Commission
FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
SFCB: Springfield First Community Bank
Federal Reserve: Board of Governors of the Federal
SFG: Specialty Finance Group
Reserve System
SOFR: Secured Overnight Financing Rate
FHLB: Federal Home Loan Bank
TA: Tangible Assets
FRB: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
TBV: Tangible book value
Guaranty: Guaranty Bank, formerly known as Springfield First
TCE: Tangible common equity
Community Bank
TDRs: Troubled debt restructurings
TEY: Tax equivalent yield
The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries which include the accounts of four commercial banks: QCBT, CRBT, CSB and GB. All four banks are state-chartered commercial banks and all are members of the Federal Reserve system. The Company also engages in direct financing lease contracts through m2, a wholly owned subsidiary of QCBT. The company also engages in wealth management services through its banking subsidiaries. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
The acquisition of GFED, the holding company of GB, headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, occurred on April 1, 2022 and on April 2, 2022, GB was merged into SFCB, the Company’s Springfield-based charter. The combined bank changed its name to Guaranty Bank. The financial results for the periods since the acquisition and merger are included in this report. See Note 2 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 for additional information about the acquisition and merger.
Recent accounting developments: In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-4, “Reference Rate Reform,” which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to loan and lease agreements, derivative contracts, and other transactions affected by the anticipated transition away from LIBOR toward new interest rate benchmarks. ASU 2020-04 is effective March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. An entity may elect to apply ASU 2020-04 for contract modifications as of January 1, 2020, or prospectively from a date within an interim period that includes or is subsequent to March 12, 2020, up to the date that the financial statements are available to be issued. In December 2022, in response to the postponement of the cessation date of LIBOR, the FASB issued ASU 2022-06 which defers the sunset date of the ASU 2020-4 guidance to December 31, 2024, after which entities will no longer be permitted to apply the relief.
Management has assessed the impacts of ASU 2020-04 and the related opportunities and risks involved in the LIBOR transition. Specifically, management has identified all of the financial instruments with LIBOR exposure, which include certain commercial loans, interest rate swaps, interest rate caps, and certain securities. In all cases, management has determined a plan of transition from LIBOR to a different index. This transition occurred prior to the expiration of published LIBOR rates on June 30, 2023 and did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In April 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-02, “Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures.” Under the standard, the accounting guidance on troubled debt restructurings for creditors in ASC 310-40 is eliminated and guidance on “vintage disclosures” is amended to require disclosure of current-period gross write-offs by year of origination. The ASU also updates the requirements related to accounting for credit losses under ASC 326 and adds enhanced disclosures for creditors with respect to loan refinancings and restructurings for borrowers experiencing financial difficulty. For public companies that have adopted ASC 326, the changes take effect in reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022. This standard was adopted on January 1, 2023 and did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In March 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-02, “Investments – Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Accounting for Investments in Tax Credit Structures Using the Proportional Amortization Method (a Consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force).” Under the standard, the accounting guidance expands use of the proportional amortization method of accounting to equity investments in tax credit programs beyond those in LIHTC programs. The ASU also prescribes specific information reporting entities must disclose about tax credit investments each period. The ASU is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2023, for public business entities, with all other entities having an extra year to adopt. Entities will have the option of applying the ASU using either a modified retrospective or retrospective adoption approach. For some changes related to existing LIHTC investments, prospective application is permitted. The standard is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
Reclassifications: Certain amounts in the prior year’s Consolidated Financial Statements have been reclassified, with no effect on net income or stockholders’ equity, to conform with the current period presentation.
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NOTE 2– INVESTMENT SECURITIES
The amortized cost and fair value of investment securities as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 are summarized as follows:
Allowance
Gross
Amortized
for Credit
Unrealized
Fair
Cost
(Losses)
Gains
Value
September 30, 2023:
Securities HTM:
Municipal securities
614,245
(180)
2,448
(92,718)
523,795
Other securities
1,050
(26)
1,024
615,295
(92,744)
524,819
Securities AFS:
U.S. treasuries and govt. sponsored agency securities
19,130
(3,141)
16,002
Residential mortgage-backed and related securities
66,433
(8,487)
57,946
207,318
(57,546)
149,772
Asset-backed securities
16,226
144
(44)
16,326
46,531
(4,311)
41,233
355,638
159
(73,529)
December 31, 2022:
586,272
5,292
(56,798)
534,586
587,322
535,636
U.S. govt. sponsored agency securities
19,745
(2,783)
16,981
73,438
(7,223)
66,215
239,812
66
(46,700)
193,178
18,885
48
(205)
18,728
48,631
27
(2,800)
45,858
400,511
160
(59,711)
The Company's HTM municipal securities consist largely of private issues of municipal debt. The large majority of the municipalities are located within the Midwest. The municipal debt investments are underwritten using specific guidelines with ongoing monitoring.
The Company's residential mortgage-backed and related securities portfolio consists entirely of government sponsored or government guaranteed securities. The Company has not invested in private mortgage-backed securities or pooled trust preferred securities.
Gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, are summarized in the tables below. Securities available-for-sale, for which an allowance for credit losses has been provided, are not included in these disclosures.
Less than 12 Months
12 Months or More
Losses
235,313
(20,751)
237,690
(71,967)
473,003
523
235,836
(20,777)
473,526
1,649
(1)
13,377
(3,140)
15,026
57,869
(8,486)
1,067
(38)
148,159
(57,508)
149,226
10,521
3,823
(427)
34,190
(3,884)
38,013
6,616
(467)
264,116
(73,062)
270,732
347,651
5,138
(326)
10,591
(2,457)
15,729
48,469
(3,327)
17,690
(3,896)
66,159
178,172
(42,661)
9,809
(4,039)
187,981
13,684
35,206
(2,404)
4,122
(396)
39,328
280,669
(48,923)
42,212
(10,788)
322,881
At September 30, 2023, the investment portfolio included 644 securities. Of this number, 621 securities were in an unrealized loss position. The aggregate losses of these securities totaled approximately 17.1% of the total amortized cost of the portfolio. Of these 621 securities, there were 480 securities that had an unrealized loss for twelve months or more due to the current rate environment.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company’s impairment evaluation determined that one publicly traded debt security experienced a decline in fair value due to credit quality, rather than market factors. As a result, the Company recognized a credit loss expense of $989 thousand in the first quarter and established an ACL on the related AFS security. For the quarters ended June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2023, there has been no change to the ACL on the related AFS security.
The following table presents the activity in the allowance for credit losses for held to maturity and available for sale securities by major security type for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2022
Securities HTM
Securities AFS
Municipal
Corporate
securities
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning balance
180
989
198
Provision for credit loss expense
Balance, ending
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There were no sales of securities for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. All sales of securities for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 were securities identified as AFS.
Proceeds from sales of securities
30,568
Gross gains from sales of securities
Gross losses from sales of securities
(507)
The amortized cost and fair value of securities as of September 30, 2023 by contractual maturity are shown below. Expected maturities of residential mortgage-backed and related securities and asset-backed securities may differ from contractual maturities because the residential mortgages underlying the securities may be prepaid without any penalties. Therefore, these securities are not included in the maturity categories in the following table.
Amortized Cost
Fair Value
Due in one year or less
1,907
1,882
Due after one year through five years
27,159
27,700
Due after five years
586,229
495,237
3,160
3,146
14,338
12,239
255,481
191,622
272,979
207,007
Portions of the U.S. government sponsored agency securities and municipal securities as of September 30, 2023, contain call options, which, at the discretion of the issuer, terminate the security at par and at predetermined dates prior to the stated maturity, summarized as follows:
230,493
194,222
205,747
148,235
45,577
40,277
251,324
188,512
As of September 30, 2023, the Company's municipal securities portfolios were comprised of general obligation bonds issued by 81 issuers with fair values totaling $80.4 million and revenue bonds, issued by 166 issuers, primarily consisting of states, counties, towns, villages and school districts with fair values totaling $593.2 million. The Company also held investments in general obligation bonds in 18 states, including seven states in which the aggregate fair value exceeded $5.0 million, and in revenue bonds in 30 states, including 14 states in which the aggregate fair value exceeded $5.0 million.
As of December 31, 2022, the Company's municipal securities portfolios were comprised of general obligation bonds issued by 118 issuers with fair values totaling $110.6 million and revenue bonds, issued by 181 issuers, primarily consisting of states, counties, towns, villages and school districts with fair values totaling $617.2 million. The Company also held investments in general obligation bonds in 22 states, including seven states in which the aggregate fair value exceeded $5.0 million, and in revenue bonds in 29 states, including 12 states in which the aggregate fair value exceeded $5.0 million.
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Both general obligation and revenue bonds are diversified across many issuers. As of September 30, 2023 and as of December 31, 2022, the Company held revenue bonds of two issuers, both located in Ohio, of which the aggregate book or market value exceeded 5% of the Company’s stockholders’ equity. The issuers’ financial conditions are strong and the sources of repayment are diversified. The Company monitors the investments and concentration closely. Of the general obligation and revenue bonds in the Company's portfolio, the majority are unrated bonds that represent small, private issuances. All unrated bonds were underwritten according to the Company’s loan underwriting standards and have an average loan risk rating of 2, indicating very high quality. Additionally, many of these bonds are funding essential municipal services such as water, sewer, education, and medical facilities.
The Company's municipal securities are owned by the four charters, whose investment policies set forth limits for various subcategories within the municipal securities portfolio. The investments of each charter are monitored individually, and as of September 30, 2023, all were within policy limitations approved by the Company’s board of directors. Policy limits are calculated as a percentage of each charter's total risk-based capital.
As of September 30, 2023, the Company's standard monitoring of its municipal securities portfolio had not uncovered any facts or circumstances resulting in significantly different credit ratings than those assigned by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or in the case of unrated bonds, the rating assigned using the credit underwriting standards.
NOTE 3 – LOANS/LEASES RECEIVABLE
The composition of the loan/lease portfolio as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 is presented as follows:
December 31, 2022
C&I:
C&I - revolving
299,588
296,869
C&I - other * / **
1,487,568
1,451,693
1,787,156
1,748,562
CRE - owner occupied
610,618
629,367
CRE - non-owner occupied
955,552
963,239
Construction and land development**
1,394,054
1,192,061
Multi-family**
1,156,980
963,803
Direct financing leases***
34,401
31,889
1-4 family real estate****
539,931
499,529
Consumer
127,615
110,421
Allowance for credit losses
*** Direct financing leases:
Net minimum lease payments to be received
38,729
34,754
Estimated unguaranteed residual values of leased assets
165
Unearned lease/residual income
(4,493)
(3,030)
Plus deferred lease origination costs, net of fees
226
34,501
32,115
(1,081)
(970)
33,420
31,145
* Includes equipment financing agreements outstanding at m2, totaling $306.6 million and $278.0 million as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
** As of September 30, 2023, there were C&I – other, construction and land development and multi-family loans held for sale in preparation for securitization totaling $278.0 million. The balances in these loan classes as of September 30, 2023 were $359 thousand, $12.7 million and $265.0 million, respectively. There were no loans held for sale in preparation for securitization at December 31, 2022.
*** Management performs an evaluation of the estimated unguaranteed residual values of leased assets on an annual basis, at a minimum. The evaluation consists of discussions with reputable and current vendors, which is combined with management's expertise and understanding of the current states of particular industries to determine informal valuations of the equipment. As necessary and where available, management will utilize valuations by independent appraisers. The majority of leases with residual values contain a lease options rider, which requires the lessee to pay the residual value directly, finance the payment of the residual value, or extend the lease term to pay the residual value. In these cases, the residual value is protected and the risk of loss is minimal.
**** Includes residential real estate held for sale totaling $898 thousand and $1.5 million as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
Accrued interest on loans, which is excluded from the amortized cost of loans, totaled $31.3 million and $24.3 million at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, and was included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets.
Changes in discounts on acquired loans for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, are presented as follows:
For the Three Months Ended
Performing
Loans
Balance at the beginning of the period
(5,104)
(12,989)
(6,088)
(1,533)
Discount added at acquisition
(13,381)
Accretion recognized
540
1,148
1,524
3,073
Balance at the end of the period
(4,564)
(11,841)
The aging of the loan/lease portfolio by classes of loans/leases as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 is presented as follows:
As of September 30, 2023
Accruing Past
30-59 Days
60-89 Days
Due 90 Days or
Nonaccrual
Classes of Loans/Leases
Current
Past Due
More
C&I - other
1,464,582
6,609
6,155
10,222
606,998
3,487
950,286
88
5,178
Construction and land development
1,389,601
4,453
Multi-family
1,148,808
8,172
Direct financing leases
33,694
151
241
1-4 family real estate
537,271
405
2,255
126,983
20
52
560
6,557,811
7,165
6,763
34,568
As a percentage of total loan/lease portfolio
99.27
%
0.11
0.10
0.52
100.00
As of December 31, 2022
C&I
1,442,629
4,800
1,124
3,135
625,611
1,166
2,590
962,444
421
374
1,191,929
132
31,557
141
135
495,936
1,030
517
2,046
110,041
353
6,120,819
7,585
1,697
8,765
99.71
0.12
0.03
0.00
0.14
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NPLs by classes of loans/leases as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 are presented as follows:
Percentage of
with an ACL
without an ACL
Total NPLs
-
7,521
2,701
29.57
1,225
2,262
10.09
2,040
3,138
14.98
1,930
2,523
12.88
23.64
152
89
0.70
1,861
394
6.52
1.62
15,289
19,279
2,775
360
3,140
35.80
1,738
852
29.53
306
4.26
1.51
80
1.54
1,641
23.33
4.03
6,787
1,978
8,770
The Company did not recognize any interest income on nonaccrual loans during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
Changes in the ACL loans/leases by portfolio segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, are presented as follows:
Three Months Ended September 30, 2023
CRE
Construction
1-4
C&I -
Owner
Non-Owner
and Land
Multi-
Family
Revolving
Other*
Occupied
Development
Real Estate
Balance, beginning
4,101
27,162
8,731
11,968
15,888
11,229
5,213
1,505
85,797
Change in ACL for writedown of LHFS to fair value
175
Provision
368
1,111
192
(313)
992
875
(45)
3,260
Charge-offs
(1,734)
(14)
(1,816)
Recoveries
215
253
4,469
26,754
8,912
11,681
16,842
12,279
5,168
1,564
87,669
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
Other**
4,457
27,753
9,965
11,749
14,262
13,186
4,963
1,371
87,706
(5)
(147)
(3,659)
(3,811)
3,986
(834)
(99)
2,777
2,752
200
237
9,031
(5,709)
(222)
(50)
(57)
(6,038)
729
31
781
* Included within the C&I – Other column are ACL on leases with a beginning balance of $1.0 million, provision of $165 thousand, charge-offs of $133 thousand and recoveries of $43 thousand. ACL on leases was $1.1 million as of September 30, 2023.
** Included within the C&I – Other column are ACL on leases with a beginning balance of $970 thousand, provision of $224 thousand, charge-offs of $186 thousand and recoveries of $73 thousand. ACL on leases was $1.1 million as of September 30, 2023.
Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
5,179
28,093
11,065
12,049
16,388
12,783
5,513
1,355
92,425
1
1,652
(606)
(161)
(693)
437
(276)
331
(1,915)
(562)
(2,489)
176
43
222
5,180
28,006
10,459
11,888
15,133
13,263
5,232
1,328
90,489
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
Other***
3,907
25,982
8,501
8,549
16,972
9,339
4,541
930
78,721
Initial ACL recorded for PCD loans
600
2,481
1,076
1,100
481
137
5,902
Provision**
4,185
(529)
2,328
(2,377)
3,400
559
8,623
(2,790)
(193)
(15)
(3,565)
622
128
808
* Included within the C&I – Other column are ACL on leases with adoption impact of $1.6 million, provision of $91 thousand, charge-offs of $708 thousand and recoveries of $65 thousand. ACL on leases was $1.0 million as of September 30, 2022.
** Provision for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, included $11.0 million related to the acquired Guaranty Bank non-PCD loans.
*** Included within the C&I - Other column are ACL on leases with a beginning balance of $1.5 million, provision of $249 thousand, charge-offs of $931 thousand and recoveries of $173 thousand. ACL on leases was $1.0 million as of September 30, 2022.
The composition of the ACL loans/leases by portfolio segment based on evaluation method are as follows:
Amortized Cost of Loans Receivable
Allowance for Credit Losses
Individually
Collectively
Evaluated for
Credit Losses
C&I :
3,358
296,230
944
3,525
C&I - other*
19,468
1,502,501
1,521,969
2,380
24,374
22,826
1,798,731
1,821,557
3,324
27,899
31,223
23,952
586,666
2,844
6,068
20,456
935,096
836
10,845
307
16,535
9,539
1,147,441
427
11,852
2,906
537,025
4,915
717
126,898
72
1,492
84,849
6,521,458
8,063
79,606
* Included within the C&I – Other category are leases individually evaluated of $241 thousand with a related allowance for credit losses of $55 thousand and leases collectively evaluated of $34.2 million with a related allowance for credit losses of $1.0 million.
3,386
293,483
961
3,496
9,358
1,474,224
1,483,582
1,445
26,308
12,744
1,767,707
1,780,451
2,406
29,804
32,210
24,880
604,487
2,853
7,112
21,588
941,651
869
10,880
10,394
1,181,667
14,249
1,302
962,501
395
12,791
3,177
496,352
317
4,646
109,680
75
1,296
74,826
6,064,045
6,928
80,778
* Included within the C&I – Other category are leases individually evaluated of $135 thousand with a related allowance for credit losses of $24 thousand and leases collectively evaluated of $31.8 million with a related allowance for credit losses of $946 thousand.
The following table presents the amortized cost basis of collateral dependent loans, by the primary collateral type, which are individually evaluated to determine expected credit losses as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
Non
Commercial
Owner-occupied
Owner-Occupied
Owner Occupied
Equipment
C & I:
3,253
105
631
5,533
12,916
388
3,884
13,021
23,888
150
4,303
2,879
119
526
24,038
34,444
3,469
460
* Included within the C&I – Other category are leases individually evaluated of $241 thousand with primary collateral of equipment.
3,281
1,589
210
108
7,289
162
4,870
7,394
24,814
3,144
608
25,024
33,437
3,818
* Included within the C&I – Other category are leases individually evaluated of $135 thousand with primary collateral of equipment.
For certain C&I loans, all CRE loans, certain construction and land development loans, all multifamily loans, certain 1-4 family residential loans and certain consumer loans, the Company’s credit quality indicator consists of internally assigned risk ratings. Each such loan is assigned a risk rating upon origination. The risk rating is reviewed every 15 months, at a minimum, and on an as-needed basis depending on the specific circumstances of the loan.
For certain C&I loans (including equipment financing agreements and direct financing leases), certain construction and land development, certain 1-4 family real estate loans, and certain consumer loans, the Company’s credit quality indicator is performance determined by delinquency status. Delinquency status is updated daily by the Company’s loan system.
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The following tables show the credit quality indicator of loans by class of receivable and year of origination as of September 30, 2023:
Term Loans
Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
Internally Assigned
Risk Rating
2021
2020
2019
Prior
Cost Basis
Pass (Ratings 1 through 5)
272,848
Special Mention (Rating 6)
23,632
Substandard (Rating 7)
3,108
Doubtful (Rating 8)
Total C&I - revolving
372,511
318,783
156,021
85,298
69,736
139,089
1,141,438
12,149
8,936
4,225
3,757
801
321
30,189
101
123
250
3,152
5,675
9,301
Total C&I - other
384,761
327,842
160,496
89,055
73,689
145,085
1,180,928
71,080
130,033
148,170
112,315
30,875
62,220
11,670
566,363
5,046
720
8,873
5,820
871
22,186
1,945
711
1,044
16,045
1,186
1,138
22,069
Total CRE - owner occupied
78,071
131,464
158,087
134,180
32,531
63,744
12,541
107,668
290,689
199,435
131,797
74,778
84,855
6,412
895,634
12,623
17,277
2,385
6,868
39,462
3,919
1,331
157
14,996
Total CRE - non-owner occupied
124,210
292,079
199,685
149,231
92,159
91,723
6,465
353,940
491,807
286,614
187,894
8,686
8,083
26,905
1,363,929
10,109
2,773
1,267
Total Construction and land development
354,353
494,580
297,990
1,378,491
246,633
224,208
239,039
230,271
110,450
95,149
96
1,145,846
1,595
8,208
Total Multi-family
248,228
247,247
231,602
55,287
48,557
53,234
26,292
11,171
6,963
3,606
205,110
25
Total 1-4 family real estate
55,341
11,173
205,166
416
373
447
24
727
8,279
10,355
280
93
Total Consumer
696
820
10,771
1,245,096
1,519,426
1,117,112
818,701
328,712
411,567
357,480
5,798,094
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Delinquency Status *
113,677
116,539
47,024
15,549
3,665
296,780
Nonperforming
616
6,437
2,442
293
9,860
114,293
122,976
49,466
15,842
3,732
306,640
13,912
1,306
274
15,563
12,138
12,548
3,706
3,248
2,075
445
34,160
187
Total Direct financing leases
12,564
3,728
3,435
2,091
56,490
58,926
80,455
69,330
15,705
51,527
332,513
219
642
418
327
646
2,252
59,145
81,097
69,748
16,032
52,173
334,765
15,252
10,104
2,562
2,973
1,310
83,653
116,564
2,583
2,986
83,707
116,844
212,085
206,100
137,148
92,021
22,567
54,505
83,787
808,213
* Performing = loans/leases accruing and less than 90 days past due. Nonperforming = loans/leases on nonaccrual and accruing loans/leases that are greater than or equal to 90 days past due.
The following table shows the gross charge-offs of loans and leases by class of receivable and year of origination for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023:
Gross Charge-off by Origination Year
1,130
204
1,601
2,990
1,063
1,053
238
138
5,523
208
186
57
1,224
254
246
1,816
1,336
1,095
261
153
6,038
The following tables show the credit quality indicator of loans by class of receivable and year of origination as of December 31, 2022:
2018
275,888
17,595
496,445
279,412
127,803
87,054
59,675
105,184
1,155,573
9,542
679
901
308
12,153
125
661
4,535
310
106
5,924
506,174
280,216
129,365
92,312
59,985
105,598
1,173,650
146,211
182,440
142,596
33,571
27,088
45,993
13,460
591,359
6,190
6,379
484
1,346
269
14,668
3,750
171
16,336
1,396
490
23,340
156,151
182,611
165,311
35,451
28,285
47,829
13,729
310,163
221,953
173,478
89,337
56,898
40,923
7,510
900,262
2,824
882
18,920
12,917
6,198
41,741
5,651
15,217
211
21,236
318,638
222,835
192,555
104,554
69,815
47,121
7,721
479,016
330,434
240,778
31,607
30,300
29,647
1,141,782
1,465
9,200
10,665
10,262
480,613
349,896
1,162,841
237,839
254,056
224,920
134,378
99,695
7,875
2,227
960,990
1,467
1,511
254,100
226,222
135,845
61,953
57,731
33,737
12,687
5,813
6,002
5,855
183,778
28
61,981
12,692
183,811
511
493
122
621
10,226
13,028
282
112
406
793
505
366
13,434
1,762,189
1,348,190
988,473
412,583
294,259
215,046
366,274
5,387,014
170,180
69,694
25,540
8,066
1,804
79
275,363
1,110
1,320
155
95
2,680
171,290
71,014
25,695
8,161
278,043
14,578
5,172
5,700
4,398
1,536
370
31,754
5,204
5,788
4,405
1,544
28,785
29,220
69,094
92,762
75,153
17,089
11,381
48,136
90
313,705
267
524
487
279
448
2,013
69,361
93,286
75,640
17,368
11,389
48,584
315,718
14,685
3,844
3,717
1,123
1,140
1,325
70,974
96,808
110
179
14,692
1,143
1,384
71,084
96,987
298,706
173,708
110,850
31,060
15,942
50,417
71,174
751,857
The following table shows the amortized cost basis of the loans and leases modified to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty by class of receivable and type of concession granted for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.
For the three months ended
For the nine months ended
Payment
% of Class of
Delay
Receivable
Direct Financing Leases
325
At September 30, 2023, there were no commitments to extend credit to any of the borrowers experiencing financial difficulty.
There were no loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty that had a payment default during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, that had been modified in the twelve-month period prior to the default.
The Company closely monitors the performance of the loans and leases that are modified to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty to understand the effectiveness of its modification efforts. None of these loan or lease modifications were past due as of September 30, 2023.
Changes in the ACL for OBS exposures for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 are presented as follows:
6,326
6,878
5,552
6,886
Provisions (credited) to expense
546
(331)
(339)
6,872
6,547
NOTE 4 – DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
Derivatives are summarized as follows as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
Assets:
Hedged Derivatives
Cash Flow Hedges
Interest rate caps
5,196
8,327
Interest rate swaps
3,334
Fair Value Hedges
3,977
Unhedged Derivatives
1,533
2,213
277,255
166,614
(42,095)
(33,824)
Interest rate collars
(870)
(263)
(277,255)
(166,614)
(320,220)
(200,701)
The Company uses interest rate swap, cap and collar instruments to manage interest rate risk related to the variability of interest payments due to changes in interest rates.
The Company has entered into interest rate caps to hedge against the risk of rising interest rates on liabilities. The liabilities consist of $300.0 million of deposits and the benchmark rates hedged vary at 1-month SOFR, 3-month SOFR and the Prime Rate. The interest rate caps are designated as cash flow hedges in accordance with ASC 815. An initial premium of $3.5 million was paid upfront for the caps executed. The details of the interest rate caps are as follows:
Balance Sheet
Fair Value as of
Hedged Item
Effective Date
Maturity Date
Location
Notional Amount
Strike Rate
1/1/2020
1/1/2023
Derivatives - Assets
25,000
1.75
1/1/2024
714
50,000
1.57
474
1,566
1.80
783
1/1/2025
1,010
1,264
2,212
2,700
1,106
1,350
225,000
The Company has entered into interest rate swaps to hedge against the risk of rising rates on its variable rate trust preferred securities. All of the interest rate swaps are designated as cash flow hedges in accordance with ASC 815. The details of the interest rate swaps are as follows:
Receive Rate
Pay Rate
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust II
9/30/2018
9/30/2028
8.51
5.85
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust III
8,000
372
QCR Holdings Statutory Trust V
7/7/2018
7/7/2028
7.12
4.54
459
Community National Statutory Trust II
9/20/2018
9/20/2028
3,000
7.83
5.17
212
140
Community National Statutory Trust III
9/15/2018
9/15/2028
3,500
7.42
4.75
247
163
Guaranty Bankshares Statutory Trust I
4,500
318
209
Guaranty Statutory Trust II*
5/23/2019
2/23/2026
7.09
4.09
588
49,310
2,284
* Acquired on 4/1/2022 with GFED acquisition.
The Company has entered into interest rate swaps to hedge against the risk of declining interest rates on floating rate loans. The interest rate swaps are designated as cash flow hedges in accordance with ASC 815. The details of the interest rate swaps are as follows:
7/1/2021
7/1/2031
Derivatives - Liabilities
35,000
1.40
5.31
(6,776)
(5,646)
(9,680)
(8,066)
40,000
(7,755)
(6,464)
10/1/2022
1.30
(4,877)
(4,018)
4/1/2022
4/1/2027
15,000
1.91
(1,144)
(4,335)
(3,812)
(3,035)
(2,669)
(4,336)
300,000
(35,631)
The Company uses interest rate collars in an effort to manage future interest rate exposure on variable rate loans. The collar hedging strategy stabilizes interest rate fluctuations by setting both a floor and a cap. The collar is designated as a cash flow hedge in accordance with ASC 815. The details of the interest rate collars are as follows:
Cap Strike Rate
Floor Strike Rate
10/1/2026
4.40
2.44
The Company has entered into interest rate swaps to hedge against the risk of rising rates on loans. The interest rate swaps are designated as fair value hedges in accordance with ASC 815. The details of the interest rate swaps are as follows:
7/12/2023
2/1/2026
4.38
N/A
8/1/2026
30,000
4.21
304
2/1/2027
32,500
4.08
409
8/1/2027
3.98
488
2/1/2028
3.90
532
225
8/1/2025
4.60
20,000
203
252
376
325,000
Changes in fair values of derivative financial instruments accounted for as cash flow hedges, to the extent that they are included in the assessment of effectiveness, are recorded as a component of AOCI. Changes in fair values of derivative financial instruments accounted for as fair value hedges, to the extent that they are included in the assessment of effectiveness, are recorded as a component of interest income/expense.
For derivative instruments that are designated as unhedged, the change in fair value of the derivative instrument is recognized into current earnings. The details of the unhedged interest rate caps are as follows:
1/3/2023
1.90
2/1/2020
2/1/2024
822
3/1/2020
3/3/2025
1,223
1,388
75,000
The Company has also entered into interest rate swap contracts that are not designated as hedging instruments. These derivative contracts relate to transactions in which the Company enters into an interest rate swap with a customer while at the same time entering into an equal and offsetting interest rate swap with a third-party financial institution. Additionally, the Company receives an upfront, non-refundable fee from the counterparty, dependent upon the pricing that is recognized upon receipt from the counterparty. Because the Company acts as an intermediary for the customer, changes in the fair value of the underlying derivative contracts, for the most part, offset each other and do not significantly impact the Company’s results of operations.
Interest rate swaps that are not designated as hedging instruments are summarized as follows:
Estimated Fair Value
Non-Hedging Interest Rate Derivatives Assets:
Interest rate swap contracts
2,967,392
2,528,949
Non-Hedging Interest Rate Derivatives Liabilities:
The effect of cash flow hedging and fair value accounting on the consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 are as follows:
Interest and
Dividend Income
Expense
Income and expense line items presented in the consolidated statements of income
The effects of cash flow hedging:
Gain on interest rate caps on deposits
(2,066)
Gain on interest rate swaps on junior subordinated debentures
(328)
73
Loss on interest rate swaps and collars on loans
(2,495)
(426)
The effects of fair value hedging:
Gain on interest rate swaps on loans
828
(5,522)
199
(830)
536
(6,757)
715
The Company’s hedged interest rate swaps and non-hedged interest rate swaps are collateralized with cash and investment securities with carrying values as follows:
Cash
1,275
1,272
3,945
8,227
5,778
29,257
10,998
38,756
The Company may be exposed to credit risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparties to its interest rate derivative agreements. The Company assesses the credit risk of its financial institution counterparties by monitoring publicly available credit ratings and financial information. Additionally, the Company manages financial institution counterparty credit risk by entering into interest rate derivatives only with primary and highly rated counterparties, and uses ISDA master agreements, central clearing mechanisms and counterparty limits. The agreements contain bilateral collateral agreements with the amount of collateral to be posted generally governed by the settlement value of outstanding swaps. The Company manages the risk of default by its borrower/customer counterparties through its normal loan underwriting and credit monitoring policies and procedures. The Company underwrites the combination of the base loan amount and potential swap exposure and focuses on high quality borrowers with strong collateral values. The majority of the Company’s swapped loan portfolio consists of loans on projects, with loan-to-values, including the potential swap exposure, below 65%. The Company does not currently anticipate any losses from failure of interest rate derivative counterparties to honor their obligations.
NOTE 5 – INCOME TAXES
A reconciliation of the expected federal income tax expense to the income tax expense included in the consolidated statements of income is as follows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022:
For the Three Months Ended September 30,
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
% of
Pretax
Amount
Income
Computed "expected" tax expense
5,661
21.0
18,751
16,130
Tax exempt income, net
(3,705)
(13.7)
(3,003)
(8.8)
(10,103)
(11.3)
(7,701)
(10.0)
(376)
(1.4)
(127)
(0.4)
(700)
(0.8)
(273)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit, current year
955
3.5
1,616
4.7
3,383
3.8
3,889
5.1
Provision adjustment from accounting method change
(1,181)
(1.5)
Tax credits
(202)
(0.7)
(359)
(1.1)
(411)
(0.5)
(890)
(1.2)
Income from tax credit equity investments
(1.7)
(337)
(1.0)
(1,340)
78
0.2
0.6
Excess tax benefit on stock options exercised and restricted stock awards vested
(0.0)
(46)
(0.1)
(520)
(37)
(0.2)
(163)
(540)
(0.6)
(316)
6.8
14.1
9.6
11.3
NOTE 6 - EARNINGS PER SHARE
The following information was used in the computation of EPS on a basic and diluted basis:
Three months ended
Nine months ended
Basic EPS
Diluted EPS
Weighted average common shares issuable upon exercise of stock options
and under the employee stock purchase plan
130,648
209,723
131,356
213,550
NOTE 7 – FAIR VALUE
Accounting guidance on fair value measurement uses a hierarchy intended to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. This hierarchy includes three levels and is based upon the valuation techniques used to measure assets and liabilities. The three levels are as follows:
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis comprise the following at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
Quoted Prices
Significant
in Active
Markets for
Observable
Unobservable
Identical Assets
Inputs
(Level 1)
(Level 2)
(Level 3)
Total assets measured at fair value
572,574
Total liabilities measured at fair value
518,591
The securities AFS portfolio consists of securities whereby the Company obtains fair values from an independent pricing service. The fair values are determined by pricing models that consider observable market data, such as interest rate volatilities, LIBOR yield curve, credit spreads and prices from market makers and live trading systems (Level 2 inputs).
Interest rate caps, swaps and collars are used for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk on various financial assets and liabilities, further described in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Interest rate swaps are also executed for select commercial customers. The fair values are determined by pricing models that consider observable market data for derivative instruments with similar structures (Level 2 inputs).
Certain financial assets are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis; that is, the assets are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances (for example, when a loan/lease is collaterally dependent).
Assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis comprised the following at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Loans/leases evaluated individually
35,197
Loans receivable held for sale in preparation for securitization
OREO
313,312
30,765
30,909
Loans/leases evaluated individually are valued at the lower of cost or fair value and are classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Fair value is measured based on the value of the collateral securing these loans/leases. Collateral may be comprised of real estate and/or business assets, including equipment, inventory and/or accounts receivable, and is determined based on appraisals by qualified licensed appraisers hired by the Company. Appraised and reported values are discounted based on management's historical knowledge, changes in market conditions from the time of valuation, and/or management's expertise and knowledge of the client and client's business.
Loans receivable held for sale in preparation for securitization are valued at the lower of cost or fair value in the aggregate by type and are classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Fair value is estimated considering the loans have a floating interest rate with a spread that is commensurate with current market pricing, in addition to factoring in a discount for credit risk.
OREO in the table above consists of property acquired through foreclosures and settlements of loans. Property acquired is carried at the estimated fair value of the property, less disposal costs, and is classified as a Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The estimated fair value of the property are generally determined based on appraisals by qualified licensed appraisers hired by the Company. Appraised and reported values are discounted based on management’s historical knowledge, changes in market conditions from the time of valuation, and/or management’s expertise and knowledge of the property.
The following table presents additional quantitative information about assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis for which the Company has utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value:
Quantitative Information about Level Fair Value Measurements
Valuation Technique
Unobservable Input
Range
Appraisal of collateral
Appraisal adjustments
-10.00
to
-30.00
Market prices for similar loans
Market price adjustments
n/a
130
-35.00
For the loans/leases evaluated individually, the Company records carrying value at fair value less disposal or selling costs. The amounts reported in the tables above are fair values before the adjustment for disposal or selling costs.
For the loans receivable held for sale in preparation for securitization, the Company records carrying value at fair value factoring in a discount for credit risk.
There have been no changes in valuation techniques used for any assets or liabilities measured at fair value during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
The following table presents the carrying values and estimated fair values of financial assets and liabilities carried on the Company's consolidated balance sheets, including those financial assets and liabilities that are not measured and reported at fair value on a recurring basis or non-recurring basis:
Hierarchy
Carrying
Estimated
Level
Investment securities:
HTM
AFS
Loans/leases receivable, net
310,585
313,192
28,486
6,208,053
5,907,226
6,022,679
5,896,443
Nonmaturity deposits
5,522,283
5,199,633
Time deposits
972,569
966,026
784,584
766,294
429,450
249,002
250,613
40,204
41,545
NOTE 8 – BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION
Selected financial and descriptive information is required to be disclosed for reportable operating segments, applying a “management perspective” as the basis for identifying reportable segments. The management perspective is determined by the view that management takes of the segments within the Company when making operating decisions, allocating resources, and measuring performance. The segments of the Company have been defined by the structure of the Company's internal organization, focusing on the financial information that the Company's operating decision-makers routinely use to make decisions about operating matters.
The Company’s Commercial Banking business is geographically divided by markets into the operating segments which are the four subsidiary banks wholly owned by the Company: QCBT, CRBT, CSB, and GB. Each of these operating segments offers similar products and services, but is managed separately due to different pricing, product demand, and consumer markets. Each offers commercial, consumer, and mortgage loans and deposit services.
The Company's All Other segment includes the corporate operations of the parent and operations of all other consolidated subsidiaries and/or defined operating segments that fall below the segment reporting thresholds.
Selected financial information on the Company's business segments is presented as follows as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022:
Commercial Banking
Intercompany
Consolidated
QCBT
CRBT
CSB
GB
All other
Eliminations
Total revenue
38,165
43,592
19,225
34,498
31,878
(32,197)
135,161
17,198
16,852
11,136
13,743
(3,958)
2,686
503
275
342
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
5,856
13,175
4,740
6,801
25,641
(31,092)
3,223
14,980
9,888
110,936
950
1,579
12,008
2,433,084
2,442,263
1,417,249
2,242,638
1,146,137
(1,141,314)
26,583
34,157
14,127
25,523
36,283
(36,311)
100,362
18,117
17,160
10,183
18,196
(3,242)
355
Provision for loan/lease losses
554
(35)
(269)
(250)
7,758
14,475
4,106
9,196
29,542
(35,783)
109,516
1,344
2,184
14,018
17,546
2,218,166
2,108,614
1,270,426
2,107,407
1,045,774
(1,020,338)
7,730,049
106,664
138,018
53,126
90,443
101,472
(103,606)
386,117
50,590
50,254
32,683
42,716
(11,911)
938
7,879
2,499
965
(3)
17,710
48,928
14,113
17,344
82,266
(99,658)
72,785
91,083
37,534
57,036
91,989
(92,383)
258,044
53,971
46,576
29,365
42,789
(7,845)
1,046
(88)
(971)
(554)
9,897
26,153
38,860
11,606
13,327
68,982
(90,768)
NOTE 9 – REGULATORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
The Company (on a consolidated basis) and the subsidiary banks are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company and the subsidiary banks' financial statements.
Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company and the subsidiary banks must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of their assets, liabilities, and certain OBS items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors. Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the Company and the subsidiary banks to maintain minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the following table) of total common equity Tier 1 and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets and of Tier 1 capital to average assets, each as defined by regulation. Management believes, as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, that the Company and the subsidiary banks met all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.
Under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, to be categorized as “well capitalized,” an institution must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based, Tier 1 leverage and common equity Tier 1 ratios as set forth in the following tables. The Company and the subsidiary banks’ actual capital amounts and ratios as of September 30, 2023 and
December 31, 2022 are presented in the following tables (dollars in thousands). As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, each of the subsidiary banks met such capital requirements to be “well capitalized”.
For Capital
To Be Well
Adequacy Purposes
Capitalized Under
With Capital
Prompt Corrective
Actual
Conservation Buffer
Action Provisions
Ratio
( dollars in thousands)
As of September 30, 2023:
Company:
Total risk-based capital
1,135,262
14.54
624,805
>
8.00
820,057
10.50
781,007
10.00
Tier 1 risk-based capital
807,582
10.34
468,604
6.00
663,856
8.50
Tier 1 leverage
9.92
325,480
4.00
406,850
5.00
Common equity Tier 1
758,884
9.72
351,453
4.50
546,705
7.00
507,654
6.50
Quad City Bank & Trust:
295,319
12.90
183,095
240,313
228,869
266,688
11.65
137,321
194,539
11.10
96,111
120,139
102,991
160,208
148,765
Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust:
358,150
17.05
168,021
220,527
210,026
331,423
15.78
126,016
178,522
14.60
90,799
113,498
94,512
147,018
136,517
Community State Bank:
177,296
13.57
137,227
130,693
152,596
11.68
78,416
111,089
11.24
54,303
67,879
58,812
91,485
84,950
Guaranty Bank:
258,732
12.53
165,160
216,772
206,450
236,071
11.43
123,870
175,482
11.22
84,130
105,162
92,902
144,515
134,192
As of December 31, 2022:
1,055,177
14.28
591,132
775,861
738,915
734,977
9.95
443,349
628,078
9.61
305,959
382,449
686,375
9.29
332,512
517,241
480,295
275,337
13.07
168,588
221,272
210,735
248,978
11.81
126,441
179,125
11.01
90,419
133,023
94,831
147,514
136,978
308,153
14.84
166,168
218,096
207,711
282,258
13.59
124,626
176,554
13.17
85,707
107,134
93,470
145,397
135,012
142,974
12.04
94,981
124,662
118,726
128,130
10.79
71,236
100,917
50,799
63,499
53,427
83,108
77,172
243,106
12.24
158,903
208,560
198,629
218,647
119,177
168,834
10.90
80,229
100,286
89,383
139,040
129,109
NOTE 10 - COMMITMENTS
The Company entered into a construction contract in 2023 for the construction of a new CRBT facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Company will pay the contractor a contract price of approximately $17.0 million, subject to additions and deductions as provided in the contract documents. As of September 30, 2023, the Company has paid $1.2 million of the contract price, resulting in a remaining future commitment of $15.8 million. Construction is anticipated to be completed in 2024.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
INTRODUCTION
This section reviews the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries as of and for the three months ending September 30, 2023. Some tables may include additional periods to comply with disclosure requirements or to illustrate trends. When reading this discussion, also refer to the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes in this report. Page locations and specific sections and notes that are referred to in this discussion are listed in the table of contents.
Additionally, a comprehensive list of the acronyms and abbreviations used throughout this discussion is included in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
GENERAL
The Company was formed in February 1993 for the purpose of organizing QCBT. Over the past thirty years, the Company has grown to include four banking subsidiaries and a number of nonbanking subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $8.5 billion in consolidated assets, including $6.5 billion in net loans/leases, and $6.5 billion in deposits. The financial results of acquired entities for the periods since their acquisition are included in this report. Further information related to acquired entities has been presented in the annual reports previously filed with the SEC corresponding to the year of each acquisition.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
The Company's financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The financial information contained within these statements is, to a significant extent, financial information that is based on approximate measures of the financial effects of transactions and events that have already occurred. The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term relate to the determination of the allowance, impairment of goodwill and the fair value of financial instruments.
Based on its consideration of accounting policies that involve the most complex and subjective decisions and assessments, management has identified the following as critical accounting policies and estimates:
A more detailed discussion of these critical accounting policies and estimates can be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – continued
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
The Company reported net income of $25.1 million and diluted EPS of $1.49 for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. By comparison, for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, the Company reported net income of $28.4 million and diluted EPS of $1.69. For the quarter ended September 30, 2022, the Company reported net income of $29.3 million, and diluted EPS of $1.71. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company reported net income of $80.7 million and diluted EPS of $4.79. By comparison, for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company reported net income of $68.2 million and diluted EPS of $4.20.
The third quarter of 2023 was also highlighted by the following results and events:
Following is a table that represents various net income measurements for the Company.
June 30, 2023
1.69
16,799,527
The Company reported adjusted net income (non-GAAP) of $25.4 million, with adjusted diluted EPS of $1.51 for the three months ended September 30, 2023. See section titled “GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations” for additional information. Adjusted net income for the three months ended September 30, 2023 excludes a number of non-recurring items, after-tax, as set forth in the GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation section. The Company reported adjusted net income (non-GAAP) of $81.8 million, with adjusted diluted EPS of $4.85 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Adjusted net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 excludes a number of non-recurring items, after-tax, as set forth in the GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation section.
Following is a table that represents the major income and expense categories for the Company:
53,205
Noninterest income
32,520
Noninterest expense
49,727
3,967
Following are some noteworthy changes in the Company's financial results:
STRATEGIC FINANCIAL METRICS
The Company has established certain strategic financial metrics by which it manages its business and measures its performance. The goals are periodically updated to reflect changes in business developments. While the Company is determined to work prudently to achieve these metrics, there is no assurance that they will be met. Moreover, the Company's ability to achieve these metrics may be affected by the factors discussed under “Forward Looking Statements” as well as the factors detailed in the “Risk Factors” section included under Item 1A. of Part I of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company's long-term strategic financial metrics are as follows:
The following table shows the evaluation of the Company’s strategic financial metrics:
Year to Date*
Strategic Financial Metric*
Key Metric
Target
Loan and lease growth organically **
Loans and leases growth
> 9% annually
10.2
12.2
15.7
Fee income growth ***
Fee income growth
> 6% annually
45.8
54.2
(23.9)
Improve operational efficiencies and hold noninterest expense growth
Noninterest expense growth
< 5% annually
8.8
15.1
* Ratios and amounts provided for these measurements represent year-to-date actual amounts for the respective period that are then annualized for comparison to the prior year actual. The calculations provided exclude non-core noninterest income and noninterest expense.
** Loan and lease growth excludes the initial loan balances from the GFED acquisition.
***Fee income growth and noninterest expense growth are both impacted by the GFED acquisition.
It should be noted that these initiatives are long-term targets.
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS
The Company has taken the following actions during the third quarter of 2023 to support its corporate strategy:
GAAP TO NON-GAAP RECONCILIATIONS
The following table presents certain non-GAAP financial measures related to the “TCE/TA ratio”, “adjusted net income”, “adjusted EPS”, “adjusted ROAA and adjusted ROAE”, “NIM (TEY)”, “adjusted NIM (TEY)” and “efficiency ratio”. In compliance with applicable rules of the SEC, all non-GAAP measures are reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, as follows:
The TCE/TA non-GAAP ratio has been a focus for investors and management believes that this ratio may assist investors in analyzing the Company’s capital position without regard to the effects of intangible assets.
The following tables also include several “adjusted” non-GAAP measurements of financial performance. The Company’s management believes that these measures are important to investors as they exclude non-recurring income and expense items; therefore, they provide a better comparison for analysis and may provide a better indicator of future performance.
NIM (TEY) is a financial measure that the Company’s management utilizes to take into account the tax benefit associated with certain tax-exempt loans and securities. It is standard industry practice to measure net interest margin using tax-equivalent measures. In addition, the Company calculates NIM without the impact of acquisition accounting net accretion (adjusted NIM), as accretion amounts can fluctuate widely, making comparisons difficult.
The efficiency ratio is a ratio that management utilizes to compare the Company to its peers. It is a standard ratio used to calculate overhead as a percentage of revenue in the banking industry and is widely utilized by investors.
Non-GAAP financial measures have inherent limitations, are not required to be uniformly applied, and are not audited. Although these non-GAAP financial measures are frequently used by investors to evaluate a company, they have
limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analyses of results as reported under GAAP.
As of
GAAP TO NON-GAAP
June 30,
RECONCILIATIONS
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
TCE/TA RATIO
Stockholders' equity (GAAP)
Less: Intangible assets
153,564
154,255
155,153
TCE (non-GAAP)
674,819
668,434
581,919
Total assets (GAAP)
8,226,673
TA (non-GAAP)
8,386,493
8,072,418
7,574,896
TCE/TA ratio (non-GAAP)
8.05
8.28
7.68
For the Quarter Ended
For the Nine Months Ended
ADJUSTED NET INCOME
Net income (GAAP)
Less non-core items (post-tax) (*):
Income:
Securities gains (losses), net
(356)
Fair value gain(loss) on derivatives, net
(265)
(537)
1,771
Total non-core income (non-GAAP)
(893)
Expense:
3,715
164
3,837
CECL Day 2 credit loss expense on acquired loans
8,651
CECL Day 2 credit loss expense on acquired OBS exposure
Total non-core expense (non-GAAP)
369
17,343
Adjusted net income (non-GAAP)
25,386
28,350
28,949
81,760
83,732
ADJUSTED EPS
Adjusted net income (non-GAAP) (from above)
16,701,950
Adjusted EPS (non-GAAP):
Basic
1.52
1.70
4.89
5.22
Diluted
4.85
5.15
ADJUSTED ROAA and ADJUSTED ROAE (non-GAAP)
Average Assets
8,287,813
7,924,597
7,652,463
8,041,141
7,005,988
Adjusted ROAA (non-GAAP)
1.23
1.43
1.36
1.59
Adjusted ROAE (non-GAAP)
12.12
13.88
15.21
13.35
14.99
ADJUSTED NIM (TEY)*
Net interest income (GAAP)
Plus: Tax equivalent adjustment
7,771
6,542
4,459
20,283
10,785
Net interest income - tax equivalent (non-GAAP)
63,026
59,747
65,228
185,553
176,687
Less: Acquisition accounting net accretion
539
134
1,080
1,501
2,893
Adjusted net interest income
62,487
59,613
64,148
184,052
173,794
Average earning assets
7,573,785
7,283,286
6,975,857
7,369,420
6,452,867
NIM (GAAP)
2.89
2.93
3.46
3.00
3.44
NIM (TEY) (non-GAAP)
3.31
3.29
3.71
3.37
3.66
Adjusted NIM (TEY) (non-GAAP)
3.28
3.65
3.34
3.60
EFFICIENCY RATIO
Noninterest expense (GAAP)
Noninterest income (GAAP)
Total income
81,848
85,725
81,864
250,225
225,412
Efficiency ratio (noninterest expense/total income) (non-GAAP)
62.41
58.01
58.32
59.78
62.25
* Nonrecurring items (after-tax) are calculated using an estimated effective federal tax rate of 21% with the exception of acquisition costs which have an estimated effective federal tax rate of 13.62%.
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NET INTEREST INCOME - (TAX EQUIVALENT BASIS)
Net interest income, on a GAAP basis, decreased 9% for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, compared to the same quarter of the prior year. Net interest income, on a tax equivalent basis (non-GAAP), decreased 3% for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, compared to the same quarter of the prior year.
A comparison of yields, spread and margin on a tax equivalent and GAAP basis is as follows:
GAAP
Tax Equivalent Basis
Average Yield on Interest-Earning Assets
5.73
5.40
4.55
6.10
5.78
4.76
Average Cost of Interest-Bearing Liabilities
3.54
3.20
Net Interest Spread
2.19
2.21
3.10
2.56
2.58
3.33
NIM (TEY) (Non-GAAP)
NIM Excluding Acquisition Accounting Net Accretion
2.91
3.47
4.10
5.83
4.33
3.17
0.95
1.37
3.16
2.66
3.38
3.49
2.47
Acquisition accounting net accretion can fluctuate mostly depending on the payoff activity of the acquired loans. In evaluating net interest income and NIM, it’s important to understand the impact of acquisition accounting net accretion when comparing periods. The above table reports NIM with and without the acquisition accounting net accretion to allow for more appropriate comparisons. A comparison of acquisition accounting net accretion included in NIM is as follows:
Acquisition Accounting Net Accretion in NIM
The Company’s management closely monitors and manages NIM. From a profitability standpoint, an important challenge for the Company’s subsidiary banks and leasing company is focusing on quality growth in conjunction with the improvement of their NIMs. Management continually addresses this issue with pricing and other balance sheet strategies which include better loan pricing, reducing reliance on very rate-sensitive funding, closely managing deposit rate changes and finding additional ways to manage cost of funds through derivatives.
The Company’s average balances, interest income/expense, and rates earned/paid on major balance sheet categories, as well as the components of change in net interest income, are presented in the following tables:
Average
Earned
Yield or
Balance
or Paid
ASSETS
Interest earning assets:
21,526
5.23
16,224
2.45
86,807
1,205
5.51
54,799
381
2.76
Investment securities - taxable
344,657
354,366
Investment securities - nontaxable (1)
600,693
6,974
4.64
591,730
6,299
43,590
5.91
42,638
674
6.18
Gross loans/leases receivable (1) (2) (3)
6,476,512
103,428
6.34
5,916,100
72,969
Total interest earning assets
116,338
83,727
Noninterest-earning assets:
76,135
88,477
Premises and equipment
118,757
115,816
Less allowance
(85,778)
(92,164)
604,914
474,477
7,562,463
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Interest-bearing deposits
4,264,208
33,562
3.12
3,862,556
10,889
1.12
999,488
10,003
3.97
593,490
1,681
1,514
5.28
11,376
2.94
425,870
5.26
418,239
2.42
4,239
4.93
232,890
5.68
181,177
5.56
48,678
5.59
48,551
Total interest-bearing liabilities
5,972,648
5,119,628
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits
1,078,643
1,435,152
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities
398,788
246,255
7,450,079
6,801,035
Stockholders' equity
837,734
761,428
63,025
65,229
Net interest spread
Net interest margin
Net interest margin (TEY)(Non-GAAP)
Adjusted net interest margin (TEY)(Non-GAAP)
Ratio of average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities
126.81
136.26
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Analysis of Changes of Interest Income/Interest Expense
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2023
Inc./(Dec.)
Components
from
of Change (1)
Prior Period (1)
Rate
Volume
2023 vs. 2022
INTEREST INCOME
184
143
824
1,045
(561)
Investment securities - nontaxable (2)
676
577
98
Gross loans/leases receivable (2) (3)
30,459
23,084
7,375
Total change in interest income
32,612
25,281
7,330
INTEREST EXPENSE
22,673
21,426
1,248
8,322
6,559
1,763
(311)
3,092
(53)
(27)
789
734
Total change in interest expense
34,815
31,356
3,458
Total change in net interest income
(2,203)
(6,075)
3,872
19,267
5.14
8,937
83,783
5.03
63,740
340,140
4.24
331,222
3.53
599,070
19,892
4.43
558,860
17,494
4.17
38,817
5.70
34,071
5.57
6,288,343
285,136
6.06
5,456,037
180,896
321,444
209,319
72,767
80,157
118,408
103,409
Less allowance for estimated losses on loans/leases
(86,840)
(84,360)
567,386
453,915
Interest-bearing demand deposits
4,099,789
84,565
3,629,735
17,704
0.65
1,020,421
27,225
3.57
508,067
3,527
0.93
3,588
5.66
4,945
2.37
311,740
264,718
1.72
4.90
232,784
143,104
5.49
48,646
5.77
44,457
5.71
5,716,968
4,596,455
1,151,873
1,419,815
355,709
244,849
7,224,550
6,261,119
816,591
744,869
185,552
Ratio of average interest earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities
128.90
140.39
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023
627
399
228
Interest-bearing deposits at other financial institutions
2,567
2,329
2,055
1,812
243
2,398
1,113
1,285
104,240
30,551
112,125
79,376
32,749
66,861
64,296
2,565
23,698
17,486
6,212
(43)
8,451
7,737
4,034
182
103,260
89,832
13,427
8,865
(10,456)
19,322
The Company’s operating results are also impacted by various sources of noninterest income, including trust department fees, investment advisory and management fees, deposit service fees, capital markets revenue, gains from the sales of residential real estate loans and government guaranteed loans, earnings on BOLI and other income. Offsetting these items, the Company incurs noninterest expenses, which include salaries and employee benefits, occupancy and equipment expense, professional and data processing fees, FDIC and other insurance expense, loan/lease expense and other administrative expenses.
The Company’s operating results are also affected by economic and competitive conditions, particularly changes in interest rates, income tax rates, government policies and actions of regulatory authorities.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Interest income increased $29.3 million, comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same period of 2022, and increased $102.6 million when comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the same period of 2022. Interest income (tax equivalent) increased $32.6 million, comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same period of 2022, and increased $112.1 million when comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the same period of 2022. This was primarily due to the GFED acquisition, but also due to continued loan growth and repricing of the Company’s floating rate loan portfolio with rapidly rising interest rates.
The Company intends to continue to grow quality loans and leases as well as its private placement tax-exempt securities portfolio to maximize yield while minimizing credit and interest rate risk.
Interest expense increased $34.8 million, comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same period of 2022, and increased $103.3 million when comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the same period of 2022. The increase is primarily due to the GFED acquisition in conjunction with a significant increase in cost of funds given the sharp rising rate environment. The Company’s cost of funds was 3.54% for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, which was up from 1.43% for the quarter ended September 30, 2022. The Company’s cost of funds was 3.17% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, which was up from 0.95% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The Company has also experienced a shift of the composition of our deposits from noninterest and lower interest beta deposits to higher beta deposits.
PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES
The ACL is established through provision expense to provide an estimated ACL. The following table shows the components of the provision for credit losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
Provision for credit losses - loans and leases
Provision for credit losses - off-balance sheet exposures
Provision for credit losses - held to maturity securities
Provision for credit losses - available for sale securities
Total provision for credit losses
The Company had total provision for credit losses on loans and leases of $3.3 million for the third quarter of 2023, which was up from $331 thousand for the same period of 2022, primarily driven by loan growth during the quarter. The provision related to OBS was $546 thousand for the third quarter of 2023 compared to a negative $331 thousand for the for the third quarter of 2022. The increase was due to an increase in the balance of OBS exposures. There was no provision related to HTM securities for the third quarter of 2023 or 2022. There was no provision related to AFS securities for the third quarter of 2023 or 2022.
Provision for loans and leases for the first nine months of 2023 totaled $9.0 million, up from $8.6 million in the first nine months of 2022. The increase in provision on loans and leases was driven by loan growth and higher criticized loan balances. The provision related to OBS was $1.3 million for the first nine months of 2023, compared to a negative $339 thousand for the for the first nine months of 2022. The increase was due to an increase in the balance of OBS exposures. There was no provision related to HTM securities for the first nine months of 2023 or 2022. The provision related to AFS securities was $989 thousand in the first nine months of 2023 as compared to no provision for the first nine months of 2022. The increase was entirely due to an impairment of one subordinated debt investment in a failed bank in the first quarter of 2023. This was a legacy investment acquired as part of the 2022 GFED acquisition and an allowance was established for the entire balance of the investment.
The ACL for loans and leases is established based on a number of factors, including the Company's historical loss experience, delinquencies and charge-off trends, economic and other forecasts, the local, state and national economies and risk associated with the loans/leases and securities in the portfolio, as described in more detail in the “Critical Accounting Policies and Critical Accounting Estimates” section of this discussion.
The Company had an ACL for loans/leases held for investment of 1.39% of total gross loans/leases held for investment at September 30, 2023, compared to 1.41% at June 30, 2023 and 1.51% at September 30, 2022. Management has evaluated the allowance needed on the loans acquired prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2021, factoring in the
remaining discount, which was $4.6 million and $11.8 million at September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively.
Additional discussion of the Company's allowance can be found in the “Financial Condition” section of this Report.
NONINTEREST INCOME
The following table sets forth the various categories of noninterest income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
$ Change
% Change
12.8
2.8
(107)
(4.8)
(165)
(25.7)
(100.0)
5,051
47.9
1,202
198.7
131
9.0
138.1
148
22.7
(1,240)
(137.2)
(85)
(22.1)
5,498
26.1
7.7
(128)
(4.4)
177
3.0
(655)
(33.7)
(39)
(56.5)
25,138
83.9
2,051
157.6
17.2
68.6
407
22.4
(2,922)
(130.3)
14.7
25,445
42.8
The Company continues to be successful in expanding its wealth management client base and new assets under management. Trust fees continue to be a significant contributor to noninterest income. Assets under management decreased $556.2 million since June 30, 2023 due to market fluctuation but have increased by $529.3 million since September 30, 2022. Income is generated primarily from fees charged based on assets under administration for corporate and personal trusts and for custodial services. Trust fees are primarily determined based on the market value of the investments within the fully-managed trusts. Trust fees increased 13%, comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same period of the prior year, and increased 8% when comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022 due to market volatility. The Company expects trust fees to be negatively impacted during periods of significantly lower market valuations and positively impacted during periods of significantly higher market valuations.
Investment advisory and management fees increased 3% comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same period of the prior year, and they decreased 4% when comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. Similar to trust fees, investment advisory and management fees are largely determined based on the market value of the investments managed. As a result, fee income from this line of business fluctuates with market valuations.
Deposit service fees decreased 5% comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same period of the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in NSF and service charge fee income. Deposit service fees increased 3% when comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. This increase was primarily due to the GFED acquisition. The Company continues to be successful in expanding its core deposit base.
Gains on sales of residential real estate loans, net, decreased 26% when comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same period of the prior year, and they decreased 34% when comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. The decreases were due to decreased volume of residential real estate purchases and the refinancing of residential real estate loans with the sharp increase in mortgage rates.
The Company has grown its interest rate swap program significantly over the past several years. The Company’s interest rate swap program consists of back-to-back interest rate swaps with two types of commercial borrowers: (1) traditional commercial loans of a certain minimum size and sophistication, and (2) LIHTC permanent loans. Most of the growth has been in the latter category as the Company has grown relationships with strong LIHTC developers with many years of experience. The LIHTC industry is strong and growing with an increased need for affordable housing. The interest rate swaps allow commercial borrowers to pay a fixed interest rate while the Company receives a variable interest rate as well as an upfront nonrefundable fee dependent upon the pricing.
Capital markets revenue totaled $15.6 million for the second quarter of 2023, compared to $10.5 million for the third quarter of 2022. Capital markets revenue totaled $55.1 million for the first nine months of 2023 compared to $30.0 million for the first nine months of 2022. The increase was primarily due to higher capital markets revenue from swap fees due to improvements in the supply chain and resetting of deal stacks for the current interest rate environment. In the traditional commercial portfolio, the pricing is more competitive and the duration is shorter as compared to the LIHTC permanent loans. The mix of loans with interest rate swaps continued to be heavily weighted towards LIHTC permanent loans. The demand for low-income housing remains healthy and the economics associated with these tax credit projects continue to be favorable. Future levels of swap fees are dependent upon the needs of our traditional commercial and LIHTC borrowers, and the size of the related nonrefundable swap fee may fluctuate depending on the interest rate environment. The Company has one LIHTC securitization that closed in October and one LIHTC securitization scheduled to close prior to the end of November. LIHTC securitizations will continue on an ongoing basis, as a tool to provide capacity for continued LIHTC loan production and the corresponding capital markets revenue generated from this business.
There were no securities gains or losses for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022. Securities losses totaled $451 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. There were no securities gains or losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The Company sold $29 million of securities during the first quarter of 2023. The securities sold were part of a strategy to partially deleverage the balance sheet with an anticipated rapid earn back of the modest loss before the end of the calendar year.
Earnings on BOLI increased 199% comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the third quarter of 2022, and increased 158% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. The increase was primarily due to income of $1.1 million on death benefit proceeds of a former executive that were received in the third quarter of 2023. There were no purchases of BOLI in the first nine months of 2023. BOLI purchases totaled $10.0 million in 2022 related to the GFED acquisition. Notably, a portion of the Company's BOLI is variable rate whereby returns are determined by the performance of the equity markets. Management intends to continue to review its BOLI investments to be consistent with policy and regulatory limits in conjunction with the rest of its earning assets in an effort to maximize returns while minimizing risk.
Debit card fees are the interchange fees paid on certain debit card customer transactions. Debit card fees increased 9% comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same period of the prior year, and increased 17% comparing the first nine
months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. The increase was primarily due to the GFED acquisition. The fees can vary based on customer debit card usage, so fluctuations from period to period may occur. As an opportunity to maximize fees, the Company offers a deposit product with a higher interest rate that incentivizes debit card activity.
Correspondent banking fees increased 138% comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same period of the prior year, and increased 69% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. The increase was primarily due to a shift of correspondent banking balances from non-interest bearing accounts to interest bearing accounts, in light of increasing rates. Fees from correspondent banks generally increase when non-interest bearing account balances decrease. Correspondent banking continues to be a core strategy for the Company, as this line of business provides a high level of deposits that can be used to fund loan growth as well as a steady source of fee income. The Company now serves approximately 180 banks in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin.
Loan-related fee income increased 23% comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same period of the prior year, and increased 22% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. The increase was primarily due to the increase in loan growth.
Fair value loss on derivatives was $336 thousand in the third quarter of 2023, as compared to $904 thousand in gains in the same period of the prior year. Fair value loss on derivatives was $680 thousand in the first nine months of 2023 as compared to $2.2 million in fair value gain on derivatives in the first nine months of 2022. The decrease was due to the rapidly rising interest rate environment. The Company uses cap instruments to manage interest rate risk related to the variability of interest payments due to changes in interest rates. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Other noninterest income decreased 22% comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same period of the prior year. Other noninterest income increased 15% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. Included in other noninterest income is income on equity investments. Income on equity investments is largely determined based on the market value of the investments managed. As a result, income fluctuates with market valuations.
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NONINTEREST EXPENSE
The following tables set forth the various categories of noninterest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
2,923
10.0
195
3.2
(21)
(315)
(62)
224
15.0
436
111.8
Net cost of and gains/losses on operations of real estate
(16)
(84.2)
(8)
(25.2)
15.9
6.5
6.4
(96)
(12.2)
256
53.7
205
90.3
(322)
(28.3)
3,335
7.0
12,786
15.4
2,294
14.4
(465)
(3.7)
(4,139)
(4,651)
(95.7)
821
19.5
43.4
(141)
(183.1)
1,005
29.6
(12)
149
19.3
5.2
7.5
455
33.3
61.4
(118)
(5.3)
9,274
6.6
Management places a strong emphasis on overall cost containment and is committed to improving the Company's general efficiency.
Salaries and employee benefits, which is the largest component of noninterest expense, increased from the third quarter of 2022 to the third quarter of 2023 by 10%, and increased from the first nine months of 2022 to the first nine months of 2023
by 15%. The increased expense was primarily related to higher variable compensation and to the GFED acquisition, which resulted in an increase of 165 full-time equivalent employees.
Occupancy and equipment expense increased 3% comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same period of the prior year, and increased 14% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. The increase was due to higher depreciation expense and computer hardware expense related to the GFED acquisition.
Professional and data processing fees remained stable comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same period in 2022, and decreased 4% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. Generally, professional and data processing fees can fluctuate depending on certain one-time project costs. Management will continue to focus on minimizing such one-time costs and driving recurring costs down through contract negotiation or managed reduction in activity where costs are determined on a usage basis.
There were no acquisition costs incurred in the third quarter of 2023 or in the first nine months of 2023. Acquisition costs totaled $315 thousand the third quarter of 2022 and $4.1 million the first nine months of 2022. The acquisition costs, comprised primarily of legal, accounting and other professional fees, related to the acquisition of GFED.
There were no post-acquisition compensation, transition and integration costs in the third quarter of 2023, whereas such costs totaled $207 thousand in the first nine months of 2023. Post-acquisition compensation, transition and integration costs totaled $62 thousand in the third quarter of 2022 and totaled $4.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2022. These costs were comprised primarily of IT integration and data conversion costs related to the acquisition of GFED.
FDIC insurance, other insurance and regulatory fee expense increased 15%, comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the third quarter of 2022, and increased 20% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. The increase in expense was due to a 30% increase in the asset size of the Company and an increase in announced FDIC rates for 2023, which increased the Company’s insurance rates and expenses.
Loan/lease expense increased 112% when comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same quarter of 2022, and increased 43% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. Generally, loan/lease expense has a direct relationship with the level of NPLs; however, it may deviate depending upon the individual NPLs. NPLs have increased 97% since September 30, 2022.
Net income from and gains/losses on operations of other real estate includes gains/losses on the sale of OREO, write-downs of OREO and all income/expenses associated with OREO. Net cost of and gains/losses on operations of other real estate for the third quarter of 2023 totaled $3 thousand, compared to net cost of and gains/losses on operations of other real estate of $19 thousand for the third quarter of 2022. Net income from and gains/losses on operations of other real estate totaled $64 thousand for the first nine months of 2023, compared to net cost of and gains/losses on operations of other real estate of $77 thousand for the first nine months of 2022. The gain on sale of OREO for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was related to the sale of three properties.
Advertising and marketing expense remained stable comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the third quarter of 2022, and increased 30% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. The increase in expense was primarily due to the GFED acquisition and increased marketing of our deposit products.
Communication and data connectivity expense decreased 25% comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the third quarter of 2022 primarily due to a reduction in long distance charges, cell phone and air card expenses as the Company continues to improve operational efficiencies. Communication and data connectivity expense remained stable comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022.
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Supplies expense increased 16% comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the third quarter of 2022, and increased 19% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. This increase is primarily due to an increase in supply stock and the GFED acquisition.
Bank service charges, a large portion of which includes indirect costs incurred to provide services to QCBT's correspondent banking customer portfolio, increased 7% when comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same quarter of 2022, and increased 7% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. As transaction volumes continue to increase, the associated expenses are expected to also increase.
Correspondent banking expense increased 6% when comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same quarter of 2022, and increased 5% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. These are direct costs incurred to provide services to QCBT's correspondent banking customer portfolio, including safekeeping and cash management services.
Intangibles amortization expense decreased 12% when comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same quarter of 2022, and increased 8% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. The year-to-date increase is due to the GFED acquisition. These expenses will naturally decrease as intangibles become fully amortized unless there is an addition to intangible assets.
Payment card processing expense increased 54% when comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same quarter of 2022 due to one-time charges and adjustments, and increased 33% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022 due to the GFED acquisition as they have a large client base.
Trust expense increased 90% when comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the same quarter of 2022, and increased 61% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. The increase was due to new relationships added in 2023 totaling $576.8 million of new assets under management as well as costs for a conversion to a new core system.
Other noninterest expense decreased 28% when comparing the third quarter of 2023 to the third quarter of 2022. The decrease was primarily due to a higher loss on disposal of fixed assets in the third quarter of 2022. Other noninterest expense decreased 5% comparing the first nine months of 2023 to the first nine months of 2022. Included in other noninterest expense are items such as meals and entertainment, subscriptions, loss on disposal of fixed assets, sales and use tax and expenses related to wealth management.
INCOME TAXES
In the third quarter of 2023, the Company incurred income tax expense of $1.8 million. During the first nine months of the year, the Company incurred income tax expense of $8.6 million. The Company benefitted in the third quarter of 2023 from a full quarter of strong growth in tax-exempt loan and bond portfolios that was added during the late portion of the second quarter and throughout the third quarter. As a result, this has helped drive the Company’s effective tax rate lower. Refer to the reconciliation of the expected income tax rate to the effective tax rate that is included in Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional detail.
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Following is a table that represents the major categories of the Company’s balance sheet.
Cash, federal funds sold, and interest-bearing deposits
184,915
259,096
183,993
157,325
882,888
879,450
Net loans/leases
6,293,523
76
5,918,121
170,294
185,037
648,815
620,872
607,946
590,116
6,606,720
81
5,941,035
Total borrowings
712,126
418,368
825,894
701,491
195,841
209,479
183,055
140,972
During the third quarter of 2023, the Company's total assets increased $313.4 million, or 4%, from June 30, 2023, to a total of $8.5 billion. The Company’s net loans/leases increased $225.1 million in the third quarter of 2023. The increase in net loans/leases was driven primarily by strength in our low-income housing tax credit lending business. The Company also experienced improved loan demand from its traditional commercial lending/leasing businesses.
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
The composition of the Company’s securities portfolio is managed to meet liquidity needs while prioritizing the impact on interest rate risk, maximizing return and minimizing credit risk. Over the years, the Company has further invested in tax-exempt municipal securities made up of 89% general obligation bonds and 11% revenue bonds. The majority are privately placed tax-exempt debt issuances by municipalities located in the Midwest (with some in or near the Company's existing markets) and diversified across many issuers. The Company monitors the investments and concentration closely. Of the general obligation and revenue bonds in the Company's portfolio, the majority are unrated bonds that represent small, private issuances that require a thorough underwriting process before investment and are generated by our specialty finance group.
Following is a breakdown of the Company's securities portfolio by type:
18,942
20,527
764,017
85
743,608
779,270
724,006
83
60,957
68,844
17,393
19,630
42,283
42,168
46,908
46,443
896,574
883,068
Securities as a % of total assets
10.73
11.38
Net unrealized losses as a % of Amortized Cost
(16.86)
(9.81)
(11.26)
(10.27)
Duration (in years)
5.5
5.7
Quarterly yield on investment securities (tax equivalent)
4.31
3.99
4.05
Due to increases in intermediate and long-term interest rates during 2023, which directly impact the fair value of the Company’s AFS portfolio, the AFS portfolio declined $59.7 million, or 17.5%, from December 31, 2022 to September 30, 2023, primarily attributable to an increase in unrealized losses.
The Company has not invested in non-agency commercial or residential mortgage-backed securities or pooled trust preferred securities. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the Company's investment securities.
LOANS/LEASES
Total loans/leases grew 10.2% on an annualized basis during the first nine months of 2023. The mix of the loan/lease types within the Company's loan/lease portfolio is presented in the following table.
304,617
332,996
C&I - other *
1,402,553
1,415,996
609,717
627,558
963,814
920,876
1,307,766
1,149,503
1,100,794
933,118
32,937
33,503
535,405
487,508
121,717
107,552
Total loans/leases
6,379,320
6,008,610
(85,797)
(90,489)
As CRE loans have historically been the Company's largest portfolio segment, management places a strong emphasis on monitoring the composition of the Company's CRE loan portfolio. For example, management tracks the level of owner-occupied CRE loans relative to non-owner-occupied loans because owner-occupied loans are generally considered to have less risk. As of September 30, 2023 and June 30, 2023, approximately 14% and 15% of the CRE loan portfolio (as defined below) was owner-occupied, respectively.
Following is a listing of significant industries within the Company's CRE loan portfolio. These include loans in the following portfolio segments as of September 30, 2023: CRE owner occupied, CRE non-owner occupied, certain construction and land development, multifamily and certain 1-4 family real estate. Within the CRE Loan portfolio, there is minimal office exposure, totaling $188.9 million or 2.9% of total loans at September 30, 2023.
As of September 30,
As of June 30,
As of December 31,
Lessors of Residential Buildings
2,213,149
2,091,510
1,861,197
1,745,720
Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings
610,919
591,128
537,940
618,190
Hotels
128,177
131,832
145,662
121,310
New Multifamily Housing Construction
83,142
80,338
82,905
40,787
New Housing For-Sale Builders
81,054
76,592
71,991
64,895
Other *
1,201,135
1,211,059
1,216,679
1,020,214
Total CRE Loans
4,317,576
4,182,459
3,916,374
3,611,116
* “Other” consists of all other industries. None of these had concentrations greater than $60.7 million, or approximately 1.4% of total CRE loans in the most recent period presented.
The Company’s construction and land development loan portfolio includes the following:
LIHTC
921,359
870,084
743,075
705,487
Construction (commercial)
389,947
359,202
352,941
353,007
Land development
67,186
61,973
66,825
70,830
Construction (residential)
15,562
16,507
20,179
Total construction and land development
The Company's 1-4 family real estate loan portfolio includes the following:
The remaining 1-4 family real estate loans originated by the Company were sold on the secondary market to avoid the interest rate risk associated with longer term fixed rate loans. Loans originated for this purpose were classified as held for sale and are included in the residential real estate loans above. The Company has not originated any subprime, Alt-A, no documentation, or stated income residential real estate loans throughout its history.
Following is a listing of significant equipment types within the m2 loan and lease portfolio:
Trucks, Vans and Vocational Vehicles
77,383
74,534
70,821
69,328
Freightliners
25,081
27,171
26,433
22,256
Trailers
24,360
25,406
23,186
22,074
Tractor
20,822
20,410
17,740
17,297
Manufacturing - General
19,424
18,263
17,493
17,079
Construction - General
18,104
17,882
16,256
15,845
Food Processing Equipment
14,164
13,838
14,304
14,566
Marine - Travelifts
13,646
13,375
14,653
13,930
Computer Equipment
13,006
9,388
7,736
7,874
Aesthetic Equipment
10,235
9,684
8,311
7,190
Computer Hardware
8,953
12,794
9,617
8,945
95,863
85,733
83,382
84,370
Total m2 loans and leases
341,041
328,478
309,932
300,754
* “Other” consists of all other equipment types. None of these had concentrations greater than 3% of total m2 loan and lease portfolio in the most recent period presented.
See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the Company's loan and lease portfolio.
ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES ON LOANS/LEASES AND OFF-BALANCE SHEET EXPOSURES
The adequacy of the ACL was determined by management based on factors that included the overall composition of the loan/lease portfolio, types of loans/leases, historical loss experience, loan/lease delinquencies, potential substandard and doubtful credits, economic conditions, collateral positions, government guarantees and other factors that, in management's judgment, deserved evaluation. To ensure that an adequate ACL was maintained, provisions were made based on a number of factors, including the increase in loans/leases and a detailed analysis of the loan/lease portfolio. The loan/lease portfolio is reviewed and analyzed quarterly with specific detailed reviews completed on all credits risk-rated less than “fair quality”, as described in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, and carrying aggregate exposure in excess of $250 thousand. The adequacy of the allowance is monitored by the credit administration staff and reported to management and the board of directors.
Changes in the ACL for loans/leases for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 are presented as follows:
The Company's levels of criticized and classified loans are reported in the following table.
Internally Assigned Risk Rating *
127,202
116,910
98,333
63,973
Substandard (Rating 7)/Classified loans
69,369
63,956
66,021
77,317
Doubtful (Rating 8)/Classified loans
Criticized Loans
196,571
180,866
164,354
141,290
Criticized Loans as a % of Total Loans/Leases
2.98
2.84
2.68
2.35
Classified Loans as a % of Total Loans/Leases
1.05
1.00
1.08
1.29
* Amounts above include the government guaranteed portion, if any. For the calculation of ACL, the Company assigns internal risk ratings of Pass (Rating 2) for the government guaranteed portion.
Criticized loans increased 8% and classified loans increased 9% from June 30, 2023 to September 30, 2023 due to the downgrade of four large relationships that are still performing. The Company continues its strong focus on maintaining credit quality in an effort to limit NPLs.
ACL for loans/leases / Total loans/leases held for investment
1.39
1.41
ACL for loans/leases / NPLs
253.61
328.16
1,000.07
516.67
Although management believes that the ACL at September 30, 2023 was at a level adequate to absorb losses on existing loans/leases, there can be no assurance that such losses will not exceed the estimated amounts or that the Company will not be required to make additional provisions in the future. Unpredictable future events could adversely affect cash flows for both commercial and individual borrowers, which could cause the Company to experience increases in problem assets, delinquencies and losses on loans/leases, and require further increases in the provision for credit losses. Asset quality is a priority for the Company and its subsidiaries. The ability to grow profitably is in part dependent upon the ability to maintain that quality. The Company continually focuses efforts at its subsidiary banks and equipment financing company with the intention to improve the overall quality of the Company's loan/lease portfolio.
See Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the Company's ACL.
NONPERFORMING ASSETS
The table below presents the amount of NPAs and related ratios.
Nonaccrual loans/leases (1)
26,062
17,511
Accruing loans/leases past due 90 days or more
26,145
17,514
Other repossessed assets
340
Total NPAs
34,688
8,903
18,031
NPLs to total loans/leases
0.41
0.29
NPAs to total loans/leases plus repossessed property
0.53
0.15
0.30
NPAs to total assets
0.32
0.23
Nonaccrual loans/leases to total loans/leases
ACL to nonaccrual loans
329.20
1,000.64
516.76
NPAs at September 30, 2023 were $34.7 million, up $8.5 million from June 30, 2023, and $16.7 million from September 30, 2022. The increase in NPAs during the quarter was driven by three client relationships from unrelated industries. Approximately one-third of total NPAs consist of one credit and the Company believes this credit will be resolved without a loss. The ratio of NPAs to total assets was 0.41% at September 30, 2023, up from 0.32% at June 30, 2023, and up from 0.23% at September 30, 2022.
The majority of the NPAs consist of nonaccrual loans/leases. For nonaccrual loans/leases, management has thoroughly reviewed these loans/leases and has provided specific allowances as appropriate.
OREO is carried at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.
The Company's lending/leasing practices remain unchanged and asset quality remains a priority for management.
DEPOSITS
Deposits decreased $111.9 million during the third quarter of 2023. During the third quarter of 2023, the Company’s deposits, excluding brokered deposits, decreased $9.0 million to a total of $6.2 billion, or 0.1%. The Company reduced $102.8 million of brokered deposits in the third quarter.
The table below presents the composition of the Company's deposit portfolio.
Noninterest bearing demand deposits
1,101,605
1,315,555
Interest bearing demand deposits
4,416,725
4,374,847
3,875,497
3,904,303
788,692
765,801
744,593
672,133
Brokered deposits
261,644
364,467
101,146
49,044
Estimated total uninsured and uncollateralized deposits represented 20.1% of total consolidated deposits at September 30, 2023. The Company maintained approximately $3.0 billion of available liquidity sources at September 30, 2023, which includes $1.1 billion of immediately available liquidity.
The Company actively participates in the ICS/CDARS program, which is a trusted resource that provides FDIC insurance coverage for clients that maintain larger deposit balances. Deposits in the ICS/CDARS program totaled $2.1 billion, or 31.6% of all deposits, as of September 30, 2023.
The Company’s correspondent bank deposit portfolio and funds managed consists of the following:
Management will continue to focus on growing its core deposit portfolio, including its correspondent banking business at QCBT, as well as shifting the mix from brokered and other higher cost deposits to lower cost core deposits. With the significant success achieved by QCBT in growing its correspondent banking business, QCBT has developed procedures to proactively monitor this industry concentration of deposits and loans. Other deposit-related industry concentrations and large accounts are monitored by the internal asset liability management committees.
BORROWINGS
The subsidiary banks purchase federal funds for short-term funding needs from the FRB or from their correspondent banks. The table below presents the composition of the Company's short-term borrowings.
Federal funds purchased
1,850
85,180
The Company's federal funds purchased fluctuate based on the short-term funding needs of the Company's subsidiary banks.
As a result of their memberships in the FHLB of Des Moines, the subsidiary banks have the ability to borrow funds for short or long-term purposes under a variety of programs. The subsidiary banks can utilize FHLB advances for loan matching as a hedge against the possibility of changing interest rates and when these advances provide a less costly or more readily available source of funds than customer deposits.
The table below presents the Company's FHLB advances.
Term FHLB advances
Overnight FHLB advances
295,000
335,000
The Company had an increase in overnight FHLB advances of $295.0 million from June 30, 2023 to September 30, 2023. The increase was primarily due to the need to fund strong loan growth. The Company had no change in term FHLB advances from June 30, 2023 to September 30, 2023.
It is management's intention to reduce its reliance on wholesale funding, including FHLB advances and brokered deposits. Replacement of this funding with core deposits helps to reduce interest expense as wholesale funding tends to be higher cost. However, the Company may choose to utilize advances and/or brokered deposits to supplement funding needs, as this is a way for the Company to effectively and efficiently manage interest rate risk.
The table below presents the maturity schedule including weighted average interest cost for the Company's combined wholesale funding portfolio (defined as FHLB advances and brokered deposits).
Weighted
Maturity:
Amount Due
Interest Rate
Year ending December 31:
429,252
5.44
516,146
4.69
2024
127,392
2025
2026
45,000
5.01
2027
Thereafter
Total Wholesale Funding
691,644
During the first nine months of 2023, wholesale funding increased $175.5 million due to intentionally bolstering on-balance sheet liquidity and funding strong loan growth.
The Company renewed its revolving credit note in the second quarter of 2023. At renewal, the line amount totaled $50.0 million. Interest on the revolving line of credit is calculated at the greater of: (a) the effective Prime Rate less 0.50% and (b) 3.00% per annum. The collateral on the revolving line of credit is 100% of the outstanding stock of the Company’s bank subsidiaries. There was no outstanding balance on the revolving line of credit at September 30, 2023.
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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
The table below presents the composition of the Company's stockholders' equity.
Additional paid in capital
AOCI
TCE / TA ratio (non-GAAP)
7.93
* TCE/TA ratio is defined as total common stockholders' equity excluding goodwill and other intangibles divided by total assets. This ratio is a non-GAAP financial measure. See GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations.
AOCI decreased $19.4 million during the third quarter of 2023 due to a decrease in the value of the Company’s AFS securities portfolio and certain derivatives resulting from the change in interest rates during the third quarter.
On May 19, 2022, the board of directors of the Company approved a share repurchase program under which the Company is authorized to repurchase, from time to time as the Company deems appropriate, up to 1,500,000 shares of its outstanding common stock, or approximately 10% of the outstanding shares as of December 31, 2021. As of September 30, 2023, the Company had purchased 745,000 shares under the program and all shares purchased have been retired. No shares were repurchased during the third quarter of 2023.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Liquidity measures the ability of the Company to meet maturing obligations and its existing commitments, to withstand fluctuations in deposit levels, to fund its operations, and to provide for customer credit needs. The Company monitors liquidity risk through contingency planning stress testing on a regular basis. The Company seeks to avoid an over-concentration of funding sources and to establish and maintain contingent funding facilities that can be drawn upon if normal funding sources become unavailable. One source of liquidity is cash and short-term assets, such as interest-bearing deposits in other banks and federal funds sold, which totaled $184.9 million at September 30, 2023. The Company’s liquidity sources as of September 30, 2023 are summarized as follows:
(dollars in billions)
Excess cash
0.1
Borrowing capacity at FHLB
0.7
Borrowing capacity at FRB
Secured line of credit with upstream counterparty
Immediately available liquidity
1.1
Fed funds lines of credit
0.5
Brokered deposit capacity limited by Company policy
1.4
Total available liquidity excluding unpledged AFS/HTM securities
Including unpledged AFS and HTM securities of approximately $867.8 million, the Company’s total liquidity is strong at over 45% of total assets.
The subsidiary banks have a variety of sources of short-term liquidity available to them, including federal funds purchased from correspondent banks, FHLB advances, wholesale structured repurchase agreements, brokered deposits, lines of credit, borrowing at the Federal Reserve Discount Window, sales of securities AFS, and loan/lease participations or sales. The Company also generates liquidity from the regular principal payments and prepayments made on its loan/lease portfolio, and on the regular monthly payments on its securities portfolio.
During the third quarter of 2023, the Company’s core deposits, excluding brokered deposits, remained static at a total of $6.2 billion. Total uninsured and uncollateralized deposits represented 20.1% of total consolidated deposits. The Company maintained approximately $1.1 billion of immediately available liquidity at quarter-end.
The Company has increased pledging of loans to FHLB and the Fed in an effort to strengthen this contingent source of liquidity.
At September 30, 2023, the subsidiary banks had 25 unsecured lines of credit totaling $450.8 million with upstream correspondent banks. The subsidiary banks also had availability of $144.3 million with the FRB which was secured. At September 30, 2023, the Company had the full $595.1 million available.
At December 31, 2022, the subsidiary banks had 27 unsecured lines of credit totaling $470.8 million with upstream correspondent banks. The subsidiary banks also had availability of $31.0 million with the FRB which was secured. At December 31, 2022, $372.8 million of the $501.8 million was available.
At September 30, 2023, the subsidiary banks had availability of $730.1 million with the FHLB which was secured by loans totaling $2.2 billion. At December 31, 2022, the subsidiary banks had availability of $551.6 million with the FHLB which was secured by loans totaling $1.7 billion.
As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $401.2 million in actual correspondent banking deposits spread over 180 relationships. While the Company believes that these funds are relatively stable, there is the potential for large fluctuations that can impact liquidity. Seasonality and the liquidity needs of these correspondent banks can impact balances. Management closely monitors these fluctuations and runs stress scenarios to measure the impact on liquidity and interest rate risk with various levels of correspondent deposit run-off.
Investing activities used cash of $426.5 million during the first nine months of 2023, compared to $404.4 million for the same period of 2022. The net decrease in federal funds sold was $36.6 million for the first nine months of 2023, compared to a net increase of $15.8 million for the same period of 2022. The net decrease in interest-bearing deposits at financial institutions was $7.0 million for the first nine months of 2023, compared to a net decrease of $49.6 million for the same period of 2022. Proceeds from calls, maturities, and paydowns of securities were $87.7 million for the first nine months of 2023, compared to $57.9 million for the same period of 2022. Purchases of securities used cash of $102.7 million for the first nine months of 2023, compared to $173.3 million for the same period of 2022. Proceeds from sales of securities were $30.6 million for the first nine months of 2023, compared to $111.4 million for the same period of 2022. The net increase in loans/leases used cash of $479.8 million for the first nine months of 2023 compared to $524.9 million for the same period of 2022.
Financing activities provided cash of $385.7 million for the first nine months of 2023, compared to $376.6 million for same period of 2022. Net increases in deposits totaled $510.6 million for the first nine months of 2023, compared to net decreases in deposits of $58.3 million for the same period of 2022. During the first nine months of 2023, the Company's short-term borrowings decreased $129.2 million, compared to an increase in short-term borrowings of $81.4 million for the same period of 2022. There were long-term FHLB advances of $135.0 million during the first nine months of 2023 compared to no long-term FHLB advances during the same period of 2022. There were no maturities and principal payments on FHLB term advances in the first nine months of 2023. There was a $16.0 million prepayment of FHLB term advances in the first nine months of 2022. Net decrease in overnight advances totaled $120.0 million for the first nine months of 2023 as compared to net increase of $320.0 million for the same period of 2022. There were no proceeds from subordinated notes in the first nine months of 2023. Proceeds from subordinated notes totaled $100.0 million in the first
nine months of 2022. Repurchase and cancellation of shares totaled $8.7 million in the first nine months of 2023, as compared to $47.9 million for the same period of 2022.
Total cash provided by operating activities was $85.3 million for the first nine months of 2023, compared to $76.6 million for the same period of 2022.
Throughout its history, the Company has secured additional capital through various sources, including the issuance of common and preferred stock, as well as trust preferred securities and subordinated notes.
The Company has one LIHTC securitization that closed in October and one LIHTC securitization scheduled to close prior to the end of November. LIHTC securitizations will continue to be an ongoing tool in managing liquidity and capital.
The Company (on a consolidated basis) and the subsidiary banks are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company and subsidiary banks' financial statements. Refer to Note 9 of the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding regulatory capital.
SPECIAL NOTE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This document (including information incorporated by reference) contains, and future oral and written statements of the Company and its management may contain, forward-looking statements, within the meaning of such term in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business of the Company. Forward-looking statements, which may be based upon beliefs, expectations and assumptions of the Company's management and on information currently available to management, are generally identifiable by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “bode,” “predict,” “suggest,” “project,” “appear,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate,” “annualize,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “likely,” “might,” “potential,” “continue,” “target,” “outlook,” as well as the negative forms of those words or other similar expressions. Additionally, all statements in this document, including forward-looking statements, speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any statement in light of new information or future events.
The Company's ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Factors that could have a material adverse effect on the operations and future prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries include, but are not limited to, the following:
These risks and uncertainties should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. For a discussion of the factors that could have a material adverse effect on the operations and future prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, see the “Risk Factors” section included under Item 1A of Part I of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The Company, like other financial institutions, is subject to direct and indirect market risk. Direct market risk exists from changes in interest rates. The Company's net income is dependent on its net interest income. Net interest income is susceptible to interest rate risk to the degree that interest-bearing liabilities mature or reprice on a different basis than interest-earning assets. When interest-bearing liabilities mature or reprice more quickly than interest-earning assets in a given period, a significant increase in market rates of interest could adversely affect net interest income. Similarly, when interest-earning assets mature or reprice more quickly than interest-bearing liabilities, falling interest rates could result in a decrease in net interest income.
In an attempt to manage the Company's exposure to changes in interest rates, management monitors the Company's interest rate risk. Each subsidiary bank has an asset/liability management committee of the board of directors that meets quarterly to review the bank's interest rate risk position and profitability, and to make or recommend adjustments for consideration by the full board of each bank.
Internal asset/liability management teams, consisting of members of the subsidiary banks’ management, meet bi-weekly to manage the mix of assets and liabilities to maximize earnings and liquidity and minimize interest rate and other risks. Management also reviews the subsidiary banks' securities portfolios, formulates investment strategies, and oversees the timing and implementation of transactions to assure attainment of the board's objectives in an effective manner. Notwithstanding the Company's interest rate risk management activities, the potential for changing interest rates is an uncertainty that can have an adverse effect on net income.
In adjusting the Company's asset/liability position, the board of directors and management attempt to manage the Company's interest rate risk while maintaining or enhancing net interest margins. At times, depending on the level of general interest rates, the relationship between long-term and short-term interest rates, market conditions and competitive factors, the board of directors and management may decide to increase the Company's interest rate risk position somewhat in order to increase its net interest margin. The Company's results of operations and net portfolio values remain vulnerable to increases in interest rates and to fluctuations in the difference between long-term and short-term interest rates.
One method used to quantify interest rate risk is a short-term earnings at risk summary, which is a detailed and dynamic simulation model used to quantify the estimated exposure of net interest income to sustained interest rate changes. This simulation model captures the impact of changing interest rates on the interest income received and interest expense paid on all interest sensitive assets and liabilities reflected on the Company's consolidated balance sheet. This sensitivity analysis demonstrates net interest income exposure annually over a five-year horizon, assuming no balance sheet growth, no balance sheet mix change, and various interest rate scenarios including no change in rates; 100, 200, 300, and 400 basis point upward and downward shifts; where interest-bearing assets and liabilities reprice at their earliest possible repricing date.
The model assumes parallel and pro rata shifts in interest rates over a twelve-month period for the 100, 200 and 300 basis point upward and downward shifts. For the 400 basis point upward shift, the model assumes a parallel and pro rata shift in interest rates over a twenty-four month period.
Further, in recent years, the Company added additional interest rate scenarios where interest rates experience a parallel and instantaneous shift (a “shock”) upward and downward of 100, 200, 300, and 400 basis points. The Company will run additional interest rate scenarios on an as-needed basis.
The asset/liability management committees of the subsidiary bank boards of directors have established policy limits of a 10% decline in net interest income for the 200-basis point upward and downward parallel shift. For the 300-basis point upward and downward shock, the established policy limit is a 30% decline in net interest income. The increased policy limit is appropriate as the shock scenario is extreme and unlikely and warrants a higher limit than the more realistic and traditional parallel/pro-rata shift scenarios.
Application of the simulation model analysis for select interest rate scenarios at the most recent quarter-end available is presented in the following table:
NET INTEREST INCOME EXPOSURE in YEAR 1
INTEREST RATE SCENARIO
POLICY LIMIT
300 basis point downward shock
(30.0)
(6.1)
200 basis point downward shift
1.5
200 basis point upward shift
(2.1)
(1.3)
3.1
300 basis point upward shock
(5.2)
(2.3)
11.6
With the shift in funding from non-interest bearing and lower beta deposits to higher beta deposits, the Company’s balance sheet is now moderately liability sensitive. Notably, management is conservative with the repricing assumptions on loans and deposits. For example, management does not model any delay in loan and deposit betas despite historical experience and practice of delays in deposit betas. Additionally, management does not model mix shift or growth in its standard scenarios which can be impactful. As an alternative, management runs separate scenarios to capture the impact on delayed beta performance and various shifts in mix of loans and deposits. Finally, management models a variety of scenarios including some that stress key assumptions to help capture and isolate the impact of the management’s more conservative approach to the assumptions in the base model.
The simulation is within the board-established policy limits for all four scenarios. Additionally, for all of the various interest rate scenarios modeled and measured by management (as described above), the results at September 30, 2023 were within established risk tolerances as established by policy or by best practice (if the interest rate scenario didn't have a specific policy limit).
Interest rate risk is considered to be one of the most significant market risks affecting the Company. For that reason, the Company engages the assistance of a national consulting firm and its risk management system to monitor and control the Company's interest rate risk exposure. Other types of market risk, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk and commodity price risk, do not arise in the normal course of the Company's business activities.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act of 1934) as of September 30, 2023. Based on that evaluation, the Company's management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of the end of the period covered by this report, to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports filed and submitted under the Exchange Act was recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There have been no significant changes to the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1 Legal Proceedings
There are no material pending legal proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to their respective businesses.
Item 1A Risk Factors
There have been no material changes in the risk factors applicable to the Company from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1.A, “Risk Factors”, in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. Please refer to that section of the Company’s Form 10-K for disclosures regarding the risks and uncertainties related to the Company’s business.
Item 2 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
On May 19, 2022, the board of directors of the Company approved a share repurchase program under which the Company is authorized to repurchase, from time to time as the Company deems appropriate, up to 1,500,000 shares of its outstanding common stock, or approximately 10% of the outstanding shares as of December 31, 2021. The repurchase program does not have an expiration date. There were no shares repurchased under the share repurchase program during the third quarter of 2023.
Total number of shares
Maximum number
purchased as part of
of shares that may yet
Total number of
Average price
publicly announced
be purchased under
Period
shares purchased
paid per share
plans or programs
the plans or programs
July 1-31, 2023
755,000
August 1-31, 2023
September 1-30, 2023
$ -
Item 3 Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None
Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable
Item 5 Other Information
During the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023, none of the Company’s directors or executive officers adopted or terminated a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of Company securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule10b5-1(c) or any non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement.
Item 6 Exhibits
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).
31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).
32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Inline XBRL Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022; (iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022; (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022; and (vi) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
104
Inline XBRL cover page interactive data file pursuant to Rule 406 of Regulation S-T for the interactive data files referenced in Exhibit 101.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant)
Date
November 8, 2023
/s/ Larry J. Helling
Larry J. Helling
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Todd A. Gipple
Todd A. Gipple
President
Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Nick W. Anderson
Nick W. Anderson
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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