TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES INC/TX (TCBI)
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SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1077428. Latest filing source: 0001077428-26-000010.
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Business
Read TCBI's verbatim Item 1 Business section from its latest 10-K: Business.
Risk Factors
Read TCBI's verbatim Item 1A Risk Factors from its latest 10-K: Risk Factors.
Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1,771,785,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-10 |
| Net income | 330,244,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-10 |
| Assets | 31,540,274,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-10 |
Financials
Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-02-10. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001077428.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.
| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 703,408,000 | 879,299,000 | 1,164,193,000 | 1,354,823,000 | 1,039,407,000 | 876,529,000 | 1,144,244,000 | 1,629,923,000 | 1,729,550,000 | 1,771,785,000 |
| Net income | 155,119,000 | 196,081,000 | 293,387,000 | 312,015,000 | 66,289,000 | 253,939,000 | 332,478,000 | 189,141,000 | 77,508,000 | 330,244,000 |
| Diluted EPS | 3.11 | 3.73 | 5.64 | 5.99 | 1.12 | 4.60 | 6.18 | 3.54 | 1.28 | 6.79 |
| Operating cash flow | -726,293,000 | 132,161,000 | -679,715,000 | -240,189,000 | 2,639,869,000 | 657,315,000 | 147,970,000 | 373,740,000 | 480,088,000 | 360,154,000 |
| Capital expenditures | 2,176,000 | 12,265,000 | 7,651,000 | 16,651,000 | 2,796,000 | 4,127,000 | 11,270,000 | 16,381,000 | 64,841,000 | 12,569,000 |
| Share buybacks | 0.00 | 0.00 | 115,302,000 | 105,024,000 | 81,508,000 | 185,850,000 | ||||
| Assets | 21,697,134,000 | 25,075,645,000 | 28,257,767,000 | 32,548,069,000 | 37,726,096,000 | 34,731,738,000 | 28,414,642,000 | 28,356,266,000 | 30,731,883,000 | 31,540,274,000 |
| Liabilities | 19,687,577,000 | 22,885,573,000 | 25,777,459,000 | 29,746,748,000 | 34,854,872,000 | 31,522,122,000 | 25,359,291,000 | 25,157,124,000 | 27,363,947,000 | 27,908,892,000 |
| Stockholders' equity | 1,997,890,000 | 2,190,072,000 | 2,480,308,000 | 2,801,321,000 | 2,871,224,000 | 3,209,616,000 | 3,055,351,000 | 3,199,142,000 | 3,367,936,000 | 3,631,382,000 |
| Free cash flow | -728,469,000 | 119,896,000 | -687,366,000 | -256,840,000 | 2,637,073,000 | 653,188,000 | 136,700,000 | 357,359,000 | 415,247,000 | 347,585,000 |
Ratios
| Metric | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 22.05% | 22.30% | 25.20% | 23.03% | 6.38% | 28.97% | 29.06% | 11.60% | 4.48% | 18.64% |
| Return on equity | 7.76% | 8.95% | 11.83% | 11.14% | 2.31% | 7.91% | 10.88% | 5.91% | 2.30% | 9.09% |
| Return on assets | 0.71% | 0.78% | 1.04% | 0.96% | 0.18% | 0.73% | 1.17% | 0.67% | 0.25% | 1.05% |
| Liabilities / equity | 9.85 | 10.45 | 10.39 | 10.62 | 12.14 | 9.82 | 8.30 | 7.86 | 8.12 | 7.69 |
Industry Peer Context
Net margin peer context
ROE peer context
ROA peer context
Financial Bridges
Free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital expenditures
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2025. Operating cash flow: accession 0001077428-26-000010; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | Capital expenditures: accession 0001077428-26-000010; concept PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | Free cash flow: accession 0001077428-26-000010; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Financial Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001077428-26-000010; filed 2026-02-10. Concept: InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating. Source concepts: us-gaap:InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001077428-26-000010; filed 2026-02-10. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001077428-26-000010; filed 2026-02-10. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001077428-26-000010; filed 2026-02-10. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001077428-26-000010; filed 2026-02-10. Concept: PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001077428-26-000010; filed 2026-02-10. Concept: PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001077428-26-000010; filed 2026-02-10. Concept: Assets. Source concepts: us-gaap:Assets.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001077428-26-000010; filed 2026-02-10. Concept: Liabilities. Source concepts: us-gaap:Liabilities.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001077428-26-000010; filed 2026-02-10. Concept: StockholdersEquity. Source concepts: us-gaap:StockholdersEquity.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001077428-26-000010; filed 2026-02-10. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
Quarterly
Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-07-23. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001077428.json.
| Quarter | End Date | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-Q3 | 2022-09-30 | 0.74 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q1 | 2023-03-31 | 0.70 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q2 | 2023-06-30 | 1.33 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q3 | 2023-09-30 | 425,769,000 | 61,679,000 | 1.18 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2023-Q4 | 2023-12-31 | 417,072,000 | 20,150,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2024-Q1 | 2024-03-31 | 417,378,000 | 26,142,000 | 0.46 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q2 | 2024-06-30 | 422,068,000 | 41,662,000 | 0.80 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q3 | 2024-09-30 | 452,533,000 | -61,319,000 | -1.41 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q4 | 2024-12-31 | 437,571,000 | 71,023,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2025-Q1 | 2025-03-31 | 427,289,000 | 47,047,000 | 0.92 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q2 | 2025-06-30 | 439,567,000 | 77,328,000 | 1.58 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q3 | 2025-09-30 | 460,615,000 | 105,210,000 | 2.18 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-12-31 | 444,314,000 | 100,659,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2026-Q1 | 2026-03-31 | 419,094,000 | 73,788,000 | 1.56 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q2 | 2026-06-30 | 439,930,000 | 84,948,000 | 1.83 | reported discrete quarter |
Quarterly Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-06-30; accession 0001077428-26-000059; filed 2026-07-23. Concept: InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating. Source concepts: us-gaap:InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-06-30; accession 0001077428-26-000059; filed 2026-07-23. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-06-30; accession 0001077428-26-000059; filed 2026-07-23. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Macro Cross-References
- CPIAUCSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average
- UNRATE - Unemployment Rate
- FEDFUNDS - Federal Funds Effective Rate
- CES0500000003 - Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private
- DFEDTARU - Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit
- DFEDTARL - Federal Funds Target Range - Lower Limit
- DGS3MO - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 3-Month Constant Maturity
- DGS2 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 2-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS10 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS30 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 30-Year Constant Maturity
- T10Y2Y - 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity
- CPILFESL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items Less Food and Energy
- CPIUFDSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food
- CPIENGSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Energy
- CUSR0000SAH1 - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Shelter
- PCEPI - Personal Consumption Expenditures: Chain-type Price Index
- PCEPILFE - Personal Consumption Expenditures Excluding Food and Energy: Chain-type Price Index
- PPIACO - Producer Price Index by Commodity: All Commodities
- T10YIE - 10-Year Breakeven Inflation Rate
- U6RATE - Total Unemployed, Plus All Marginally Attached Workers Plus Total Employed Part Time for Economic Reasons
- PAYEMS - All Employees, Total Nonfarm
- CIVPART - Labor Force Participation Rate
- EMRATIO - Employment-Population Ratio
- UNEMPLOY - Unemployed
- CE16OV - Employment Level
- ICSA - Initial Claims
- JTSJOL - Job Openings: Total Nonfarm
- JTSQUR - Quits: Total Nonfarm
- GDPC1 - Real Gross Domestic Product
- A191RL1Q225SBEA - Real Gross Domestic Product: Percent Change from Preceding Period
- INDPRO - Industrial Production: Total Index
- TCU - Capacity Utilization: Total Index
- HOUST - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units
- PERMIT - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places: Total Units
- RSAFS - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade
- PCE - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- DSPIC96 - Real Disposable Personal Income
- PSAVERT - Personal Saving Rate
- M2SL - M2
- BOPGSTB - U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Balance
- MSPUS - Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States
- HSN1F - New One Family Houses Sold: United States
- RHORUSQ156N - Homeownership Rate in the United States
- TTLCONS - Total Construction Spending: Total Construction in the United States
- RRVRUSQ156N - Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States
- TOTALSL - Total Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- REVOLSL - Revolving Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- DRCCLACBS - Delinquency Rate on Credit Card Loans, All Commercial Banks
- GDP - Gross Domestic Product
- GPDI - Gross Private Domestic Investment
- GCE - Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment
- PCEC - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- NETEXP - Net Exports of Goods and Services
- GFDEBTN - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt
- GFDEGDQ188S - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product
- FYFSD - Federal Surplus or Deficit
- FGRECPT - Federal Government Current Receipts
- FGEXPND - Federal Government: Current Expenditures
- MANEMP - All Employees, Manufacturing
- USCONS - All Employees, Construction
- USTRADE - All Employees, Retail Trade
- USFIRE - All Employees, Financial Activities
- USGOVT - All Employees, Government
- AWHAETP - Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Total Private
- DGORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Durable Goods
- NEWORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft
- BUSINV - Total Business Inventories
- EXPGS - Exports of Goods and Services
- IMPGS - Imports of Goods and Services
- IR - Import Price Index (End Use): All Commodities
- PPIFIS - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Final Demand
Latest quarter (10-Q)
Latest 10-Q source: 0001077428-26-000059.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 should be read in conjunction with its audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements included in the 2025 Form 10-K. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the year ending December 31, 2026 or any future period.
Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of and pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding, among other things, the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, business plans and future performance. These statements are not historical in nature and may often be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “projects,” “expects,” “may,” “estimates,” “should,” “plans,” “targets,” “intends” “could,” “would,” “anticipates,” “potential,” “confident,” “optimistic” or the negative thereof, or other variations thereon, or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, objectives, estimates, trends, guidance, expectations and future plans.
Because forward-looking statements relate to future results and occurrences, they are subject to inherent and various uncertainties, risks, and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict, may change over time, are based on management’s expectations and assumptions at the time the statements are made and are not guarantees of future results. Numerous risks and other factors, many of which are beyond management’s control, could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. While there can be no assurance that any list of risks is complete, important risks and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: economic or business conditions in Texas, the United States or globally that impact TCBI or its customers; negative credit quality developments arising from the foregoing or other factors, including trade policies, geopolitical conflicts, inflation, including increased energy costs, unemployment rates and interest rates; TCBI’s ability to innovate, to anticipate the needs of our current and future customers and to manage increased or expanded competition from banks and other financial service providers in TCBI’s markets; TCBI’s ability to effectively manage its liquidity and maintain adequate regulatory capital to support its businesses; TCBI’s ability to pursue and execute upon growth plans, whether as a function of capital, liquidity or other limitations; TCBI’s ability to successfully execute its business strategy, including its strategic plan and developing and executing new lines of business, products and services; risks related to potential strategic acquisitions, including the risk that TCBI may not be able to consummate acquisitions on favorable terms, if at all, and the risk that TCBI may not realize the anticipated benefits from acquisitions; the extensive regulations to which TCBI is subject and its ability to comply with applicable governmental regulations, including legislative and regulatory changes; TCBI’s ability to effectively manage information technology systems, including third party vendors, cyber or data privacy incidents or other failures, outages, disruptions or security breaches; TCBI’s ability to use technology to provide products and services to its customers; risks related to the development and use of artificial intelligence; changes in interest rates, including the impact of interest rates on TCBI’s securities portfolio and funding costs, as well as related balance sheet implications stemming from the fair value of our assets and liabilities; the effectiveness of TCBI’s risk management processes strategies and monitoring; fluctuations in commercial and residential real estate values, especially as they relate to the value of collateral supporting TCBI’s loans; TCBI’s ability to manage any unexpected outflows of uninsured deposits and avoid selling investment securities or other assets at an unfavorable time or at a loss; adverse developments in the banking industry and the potential impact of such developments on customer confidence, liquidity and regulatory responses to these developments, including in the context of regulatory examinations and related findings and actions; negative press and social media attention with respect to the banking industry or TCBI, in particular; claims, litigation or regulatory investigations and actions that TCBI may become subject to; the failure to identify, attract and retain key personnel and other employees and to engage in adequate succession planning; severe weather, natural disasters, climate change, acts of war, terrorism, global or other geopolitical conflicts, or other external events, as well as related legislative and regulatory initiatives; and the risks and factors more fully described in TCBI’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other documents and filings with the SEC. The information contained in this communication speaks only as of its date. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, we disclaim any obligation to update such factors or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements included herein to reflect future events or developments.
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Results of Operations
Selected income statement data and key performance indicators are presented in the table below:
| Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands except per share data) | 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 260,377 | $ | 253,395 | $ | 515,096 | $ | 489,429 | ||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 18,000 | 15,000 | 34,000 | 32,000 | ||||||||||
| Non-interest income | 75,118 | 54,069 | 144,384 | 98,513 | ||||||||||
| Non-interest expense | 205,493 | 190,276 | 419,061 | 393,296 | ||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 112,002 | 102,188 | 206,419 | 162,646 | ||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 27,054 | 24,860 | 47,683 | 38,271 | ||||||||||
| Net income | 84,948 | 77,328 | 158,736 | 124,375 | ||||||||||
| Preferred stock dividends | 4,312 | 4,312 | 8,625 | 8,625 | ||||||||||
| Net income available to common stockholders | $ | 80,636 | $ | 73,016 | $ | 150,111 | $ | 115,750 | ||||||
| Basic earnings per common share | $ | 1.85 | $ | 1.59 | $ | 3.42 | $ | 2.52 | ||||||
| Diluted earnings per common share | $ | 1.83 | $ | 1.58 | $ | 3.39 | $ | 2.49 | ||||||
| Net interest margin | 3.28 | % | 3.35 | % | 3.35 | % | 3.27 | % | ||||||
| Return on average assets (“ROA”) | 1.03 | % | 0.99 | % | 0.99 | % | 0.80 | % | ||||||
| Return on average common equity (“ROE”) | 9.56 | % | 9.17 | % | 8.96 | % | 7.40 | % | ||||||
| Efficiency ratio(1) | 61.3 | % | 61.9 | % | 63.5 | % | 66.9 | % | ||||||
| Non-interest income to average earning assets | 0.95 | % | 0.72 | % | 0.94 | % | 0.66 | % | ||||||
| Non-interest expense to average earning assets | 2.59 | % | 2.52 | % | 2.72 | % | 2.63 | % |
(1) Non-interest expense divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income.
Three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to three months ended June 30, 2025
The Company reported net income of $84.9 million and net income available to common stockholders of $80.6 million for the second quarter of 2026, compared to net income of $77.3 million and net income available to common stockholders of $73.0 million for the second quarter of 2025. On a fully diluted basis, earnings per common share was $1.83 for the second quarter of 2026, compared to $1.58 for the same period in 2025. ROE was 9.56% and ROA was 1.03% for the second quarter of 2026, compared to 9.17% and 0.99%, respectively, for the same period in 2025. The increase in net income for the second quarter of 2026 compared to the second quarter of 2025 resulted primarily from increases in net interest income and non-interest income, partially offset by an increase in non-interest expense.
Six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to six months ended June 30, 2025
The Company reported net income of $158.7 million and net income available to common stockholders of $150.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to net income of $124.4 million and net income available to common stockholders of $115.8 million for the same period in 2025. On a fully diluted basis, earnings per common share was $3.39 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to $2.49 for the same period in 2025. ROE was 8.96% and ROA was 0.99% for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to 7.40% and 0.80%, respectively, for the same period in 2025. The increase in net income for the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025 resulted primarily from increases in net interest income and non-interest income, partially offset by an increase in non-interest expense.
Details of the changes in the various components of net income are discussed below.
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Taxable Equivalent Net Interest Income Analysis - Quarterly(1)
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Latest 10-K MD&A
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Results of Operations
Selected income statement data and key performance indicators are presented in the table below:
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands except per share data) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 1,028,637 | $ | 901,300 | $ | 914,123 | ||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 55,000 | 67,000 | 72,000 | |||||||||||
| Non-interest income | 227,142 | 31,046 | 161,419 | |||||||||||
| Non-interest expense | 768,069 | 758,285 | 756,947 | |||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 432,710 | 107,061 | 246,595 | |||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 102,466 | 29,553 | 57,454 | |||||||||||
| Net income | 330,244 | 77,508 | 189,141 | |||||||||||
| Preferred stock dividends | 17,250 | 17,250 | 17,250 | |||||||||||
| Net income available to common stockholders | $ | 312,994 | $ | 60,258 | $ | 171,891 | ||||||||
| Basic earnings per common share | $ | 6.86 | $ | 1.29 | $ | 3.58 | ||||||||
| Diluted earnings per common share | $ | 6.79 | $ | 1.28 | $ | 3.54 | ||||||||
| Net interest margin | 3.35 | % | 3.03 | % | 3.17 | % | ||||||||
| Return on average assets (“ROA”) | 1.04 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.64 | % | ||||||||
| Return on average common equity (“ROE”) | 9.59 | % | 2.04 | % | 6.15 | % | ||||||||
| Efficiency ratio(1) | 61.2 | % | 81.3 | % | 70.4 | % | ||||||||
| Non-interest income to average earning assets | 0.74 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.57 | % | ||||||||
| Non-interest expense to average earning assets | 2.50 | % | 2.57 | % | 2.66 | % |
(1) Non-interest expense divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income.
Year ended December 31, 2025 compared to year ended December 31, 2024
The Company reported net income of $330.2 million and net income available to common stockholders of $313.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to net income of $77.5 million and net income available to common stockholders of $60.3 million for the same period in 2024. On a fully diluted basis, earnings per common share was $6.79 for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $1.28 for the same period in 2024. ROE was 9.59% and ROA was 1.04% for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to 2.04% and 0.25%, respectively, for the same period in 2024. The increase in net income for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 resulted primarily from increases in net interest income and non-interest income. The increase in non-interest income was primarily the result of a $179.6 million loss on sale of available-for-sale debt securities recognized in 2024 in connection with a strategic balance sheet repositioning undertaken by the Company.
Details of the changes in the various components of net income are discussed below.
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Taxable Equivalent Net Interest Income Analysis - Year to Date(1)
| Year Ended December 31, 2025 | Year Ended December 31, 2024 | Year Ended December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (dollars in thousands) | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities(2) | $ | 4,575,954 | $ | 188,990 | 4.03 | % | $ | 4,386,458 | $ | 148,219 | 3.17 | % | $ | 4,162,931 | $ | 108,294 | 2.37 | % | ||||||||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents | 3,203,594 | 137,815 | 4.30 | % | 3,940,590 | 203,406 | 5.16 | % | 4,353,911 | 220,976 | 5.08 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans held for sale(3) | 95 | 2 | 2.60 | % | 25,855 | 2,432 | 9.41 | % | 33,166 | 2,856 | 8.61 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, mortgage finance(4) | 5,171,878 | 218,157 | 4.22 | % | 4,612,994 | 179,233 | 3.89 | % | 4,080,263 | 171,366 | 4.20 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment(3)(4) | 17,996,607 | 1,229,207 | 6.83 | % | 16,746,912 | 1,196,673 | 7.15 | % | 16,076,646 | 1,126,843 | 7.01 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Less: Allowance for credit losses on loans | 276,641 | — | — | % | 263,279 | — | — | % | 249,180 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, net | 22,891,844 | 1,447,364 | 6.32 | % | 21,096,627 | 1,375,906 | 6.52 | % | 19,907,729 | 1,298,209 | 6.52 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total earning assets | 30,671,487 | 1,774,171 | 5.76 | % | 29,449,530 | 1,729,963 | 5.82 | % | 28,457,737 | 1,630,335 | 5.65 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 1,156,587 | 1,163,665 | 1,079,607 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 31,828,074 | $ | 30,613,195 | $ | 29,537,344 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | $ | 2,275,219 | $ | 55,094 | 2.42 | % | $ | 2,049,720 | $ | 65,215 | 3.18 | % | $ | 1,466,583 | $ | 42,561 | 2.90 | % | ||||||||
| Savings deposits | 14,051,757 | 541,712 | 3.86 | % | 12,143,539 | 572,126 | 4.71 | % | 10,921,264 | 480,106 | 4.40 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | 2,263,568 | 100,966 | 4.46 | % | 1,946,341 | 98,855 | 5.08 | % | 1,573,294 | 65,108 | 4.14 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest bearing deposits | 18,590,544 | 697,772 | 3.75 | % | 16,139,600 | 736,196 | 4.56 | % | 13,961,141 | 587,775 | 4.21 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Short-term borrowings | 328,499 | 14,377 | 4.38 | % | 933,896 | 49,994 | 5.35 | % | 1,323,039 | 70,642 | 5.34 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | 637,535 | 30,999 | 4.86 | % | 739,136 | 42,060 | 5.69 | % | 882,904 | 57,383 | 6.50 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest bearing liabilities | 19,556,578 | 743,148 | 3.80 | % | 17,812,632 | 828,250 | 4.65 | % | 16,167,084 | 715,800 | 4.43 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Non-interest bearing deposits | 8,220,254 | 9,013,038 | 9,814,517 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 486,843 | 532,058 | 460,779 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity | 3,564,399 | 3,255,467 | 3,094,964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 31,828,074 | $ | 30,613,195 | $ | 29,537,344 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 1,031,023 | $ | 901,713 | $ | 914,535 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest margin | 3.35 | % | 3.03 | % | 3.17 | % |
(1)Taxable equivalent rates used where applicable.
(2)Yields on investment securities are calculated using available-for-sale securities at amortized cost.
(3)Average balances include non-accrual loans. Loan interest income includes loan fees totaling $68.8 million, $54.6 million and $47.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
(4)In the first quarter of 2024, enhancements were made to the Company’s methodology for applying relationship pricing credits to mortgage client loans. To conform to the current period presentation, certain prior period interest income amounts have been reclassified from loans held for investment, mortgage finance to loans held for investment and related yields have been adjusted accordingly.
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Volume/Rate Analysis
The following table presents the changes in taxable equivalent net interest income and identifies the changes due to differences in the average volume of earning assets and interest bearing liabilities and the changes due to differences in the average interest rate on those assets and liabilities.
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/2024 | 2024/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Change | Change Due To(1) | Net Change | Change Due To(1) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | Volume | Yield/Rate(2) | Volume | Yield/Rate(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | $ | 40,771 | $ | 6,007 | $ | 34,764 | $ | 39,925 | $ | 5,298 | $ | 34,627 | ||||||||||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents | (65,591) | (38,029) | (27,562) | (17,570) | (20,997) | 3,427 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for sale | (2,430) | (2,424) | (6) | (424) | (629) | 205 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, mortgage finance | 38,924 | 21,741 | 17,183 | 7,867 | 22,375 | (14,508) | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment | 32,534 | 89,353 | (56,819) | 69,830 | 46,986 | 22,844 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total interest income | 44,208 | 76,648 | (32,440) | 99,628 | 53,033 | 46,595 | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | (10,121) | 7,171 | (17,292) | 22,654 | 16,911 | 5,743 | ||||||||||||||||
| Savings deposits | (30,414) | 89,877 | (120,291) | 92,020 | 53,780 | 38,240 | ||||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | 2,111 | 16,115 | (14,004) | 33,747 | 15,444 | 18,303 | ||||||||||||||||
| Short-term borrowings | (35,617) | (32,389) | (3,228) | (20,648) | (20,780) | 132 | ||||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | (11,061) | (5,781) | (5,280) | (15,323) | (9,345) | (5,978) | ||||||||||||||||
| Total interest expense | (85,102) | 74,993 | (160,095) | 112,450 | 56,010 | 56,440 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 129,310 | $ | 1,655 | $ | 127,655 | $ | (12,822) | $ | (2,977) | $ | (9,845) |
(1)Yield/rate and volume variances are allocated to yield/rate.
(2)Taxable equivalent rates used where applicable.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income was $1.0 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to $901.3 million for 2024. The increase was primarily due to an increase in average earning assets and a decrease in funding costs, partially offset by a decrease in earning asset yields and an increase in average interest bearing liabilities.
Average earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased $1.2 billion compared to the same period in 2024, which included increases of $1.8 billion in average total loans and $189.5 million in average investment securities, partially offset by a $737.0 million decrease in average interest bearing cash and cash equivalents. Average interest bearing liabilities increased $1.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to a $2.5 billion increase in average interest bearing deposits, partially offset by decreases of $605.4 million in average short-term borrowings and $101.7 million in average long-term debt. Average non-interest bearing deposits for the year ended December 31, 2025 decreased to $8.2 billion from $9.0 billion for the same period in 2024.
Net interest margin for the year ended December 31, 2025 was 3.35% compared to 3.03% for 2024. The increase was primarily due to a decrease in funding costs.
The yield on total loans held for investment, net, decreased to 6.32% for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to 6.52% for the same period in 2024 and the yield on earning assets decreased to 5.76% for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to 5.82% for the same period in 2024. The average cost of total deposits decreased to 2.60% for 2025 from 2.93% for the same period in 2024 and total funding costs, including all deposits, long-term debt and stockholders' equity, decreased to 2.37% for 2025 compared to 2.75% for the same period 2024.
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Non-interest Income
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||
| Service charges on deposit accounts | $ | 32,544 | $ | 25,546 | $ | 20,874 | ||||||||
| Wealth management and trust fee income | 15,899 | 15,315 | 13,955 | |||||||||||
| Brokered loan fees | 9,233 | 8,961 | 8,918 | |||||||||||
| Investment banking and advisory fees | 104,587 | 104,965 | 63,670 | |||||||||||
| Trading income | 27,093 | 21,635 | 22,512 | |||||||||||
| Available-for-sale debt securities losses | (1,886) | (179,581) | 489 | |||||||||||
| Other | 39,672 | 34,205 | 31,001 | |||||||||||
| Total non-interest income | $ | 227,142 | $ | 31,046 | $ | 161,419 |
Non-interest income was $227.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, a $196.1 million increase as compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to the inclusion of a $179.6 million loss on sale of available-for-sale debt securities recognized during the third quarter of 2024, as well as increases in service charges on deposit accounts, trading income and other non-interest income.
Non-interest Expense
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||
| Salaries and benefits | $ | 480,502 | $ | 466,578 | $ | 459,700 | ||||||||
| Occupancy expense | 47,619 | 45,266 | 38,494 | |||||||||||
| Marketing | 17,449 | 22,349 | 25,854 | |||||||||||
| Legal and professional | 50,112 | 53,783 | 64,924 | |||||||||||
| Communications and technology | 98,853 | 93,085 | 81,262 | |||||||||||
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance assessment | 17,911 | 23,351 | 36,775 | |||||||||||
| Other | 55,623 | 53,873 | 49,938 | |||||||||||
| Total non-interest expense | $ | 768,069 | $ | 758,285 | $ | 756,947 |
Non-interest expense was $768.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, an increase of $9.8 million as compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to increases in salaries and benefits and communications and technology expense, partially offset by decreases in marketing expense and FDIC insurance assessment. FDIC insurance assessment for 2025 included a release of $2.2 million in special assessment accruals upon determination by the FDIC that the extended collection period was no longer necessary, while FDIC insurance assessment for 2024 included an additional $2.8 million FDIC special assessment accrual.
Analysis of Financial Condition
Loans Held for Investment
The following table summarizes the Company’s loans held for investment by portfolio segment. See Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for details of these portfolio segments.
| (in thousands) | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | $ | 12,252,805 | $ | 11,145,591 | ||
| Mortgage finance | 6,064,019 | 5,215,574 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 5,395,753 | 5,616,282 | ||||
| Consumer | 434,425 | 565,376 | ||||
| Gross loans held for investment | 24,147,002 | 22,542,823 | ||||
| Unearned income (net of direct origination costs) | (106,800) | (92,757) | ||||
| Total loans held for investment | $ | 24,040,202 | $ | 22,450,066 |
Total loans held for investment were $24.0 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of $1.6 billion from December 31, 2024, as increases in commercial and mortgage finance loans were partially offset by decreases in commercial real estate and consumer loans. Mortgage finance loans include legal ownership interests in mortgage loans that the Company purchases from unaffiliated mortgage originators, either directly or through a special purpose entity structure, that are typically sold within 10 to 20 days and represent 25% and 23% of gross loans held for investment at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Volumes fluctuate based on the level of market demand for the product and the number of days between purchase
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and sale of the loans, which can be affected by changes in overall market interest rates, and tend to peak at the end of each month.
The Company originates a substantial majority of all loans held for investment. The Company also participates in shared national credits, both as a participant and as an agent. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had $6.2 billion in shared national credits, $1.2 billion of which the Company administered as agent. All syndicated loans, whether the Company acts as agent or participant, are underwritten to the same standards as all other loans the Company originates. As of December 31, 2025, approximately $55.8 million of the Company’s shared national credits were on non-accrual.
Portfolio Concentrations
Although more than 50% of the Company’s total loan exposure is outside of Texas and more than 50% of deposits are sourced outside of Texas, Texas concentration remains significant. As of December 31, 2025, a majority of the loans held for investment, excluding mortgage finance and other national lines of business, were to businesses with headquarters or operations in Texas. This geographic concentration subjects the Company’s loan portfolio to the general economic conditions within Texas. The risks created by this concentration have been considered by management in determining the appropriateness of the allowance for credit losses.
The table below summarizes the industry concentrations of loans held for investment on a gross basis at December 31, 2025:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Financials (excluding banks) | $ | 3,764,023 | 15.5 | % | ||
| Oil & gas and pipelines | 1,841,479 | 7.5 | % | |||
| Technology, telecom and media | 1,393,835 | 5.8 | % | |||
| Healthcare and pharmaceuticals | 842,902 | 3.5 | % | |||
| Real estate related services (not secured by real estate) | 737,390 | 3.1 | % | |||
| Commercial services | 595,923 | 2.5 | % | |||
| Machinery, equipment and parts manufacturing | 455,561 | 1.9 | % | |||
| Retail | 403,580 | 1.7 | % | |||
| Government and education | 375,036 | 1.6 | % | |||
| Entertainment and recreation | 257,256 | 1.1 | % | |||
| Utilities | 231,023 | 1.0 | % | |||
| Transportation services | 206,192 | 0.9 | % | |||
| Food and beverage manufacturing and wholesale | 198,066 | 0.8 | % | |||
| Materials and commodities | 192,376 | 0.8 | % | |||
| Consumer services | 170,039 | 0.7 | % | |||
| Diversified or miscellaneous | 588,124 | 2.4 | % | |||
| Total commercial | 12,252,805 | 50.8 | % | |||
| Mortgage finance | 6,064,019 | 25.1 | % | |||
| Commercial real estate | 5,395,753 | 22.3 | % | |||
| Consumer | 434,425 | 1.8 | % | |||
| Total | $ | 24,147,002 | 100.0 | % |
The Company’s largest concentration of commercial loans held for investment in any single industry is in financials excluding banks. Loans extended to borrowers in the financials excluding banks category are comprised largely of loans to companies who loan money to businesses and consumers for various purposes including, but not limited to, insurance, consumer goods and real estate. This category also includes loans to companies involved in investment management and securities and commodities trading. The majority of the loans in this category plus the mortgage finance loan category make up the majority of the Company’s loans to non-depository financial institutions, as defined in the regulatory guidance for the Company’s consolidated financial report for bank holding companies.
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The Company believes the loans it originates are appropriately collateralized under its credit standards. Approximately 97% of the Company’s loans held for investment are secured by collateral. The table below sets forth information regarding the distribution of loans held for investment on a gross basis among various types of collateral at December 31, 2025:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Business assets | $ | 10,631,461 | 44.1 | % | ||
| Highly liquid assets | 380,494 | 1.6 | % | |||
| Other assets | 203,311 | 0.8 | % | |||
| Municipal tax- and revenue-secured | 188,962 | 0.8 | % | |||
| Rolling stock | 59,233 | 0.2 | % | |||
| U.S. Government guaranty | 26 | — | % | |||
| Unsecured | 789,318 | 3.3 | % | |||
| Total commercial | 12,252,805 | 50.8 | % | |||
| Mortgage finance | 6,064,019 | 25.1 | % | |||
| Commercial real estate | 5,395,753 | 22.3 | % | |||
| Consumer | 434,425 | 1.8 | % | |||
| Total | $ | 24,147,002 | 100.0 | % |
As noted in the tables above, approximately 22% of loans held for investment as of December 31, 2025 are commercial real estate loans that are generally secured by real property. The commercial real estate portfolio is comprised primarily of non-owner occupied construction/development financing and limited term financing provided to professional real estate developers, owners/managers of commercial real estate projects and properties and residential builders/developers. Collateral properties include office buildings, warehouse/distribution buildings, shopping centers, hotels/motels, senior living, apartment buildings, residential and commercial tract developments and raw land or lots to be developed into single-family homes. The primary source of repayment on these loans is generally expected to come from the sale, permanent financing or lease of the real property collateral. As a result, the performance of these loans is generally impacted by fluctuations in collateral values, the ability of the borrower to obtain permanent financing and, in the case of loans to residential builder/developers, volatility in consumer demand.
The table below summarizes the commercial real estate loan portfolio on a gross basis by property type as of December 31, 2025:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment/condominium buildings | $ | 2,184,619 | 40.4 | % | ||
| Industrial buildings | 1,154,578 | 21.4 | % | |||
| 1-4 Family dwellings (other than condominium) | 402,550 | 7.5 | % | |||
| Senior housing buildings | 337,554 | 6.3 | % | |||
| Office buildings | 259,507 | 4.8 | % | |||
| Commercial buildings | 243,414 | 4.5 | % | |||
| Shopping center/mall buildings | 222,878 | 4.1 | % | |||
| Self-storage buildings | 108,387 | 2.0 | % | |||
| Hotel/motel buildings | 103,403 | 1.9 | % | |||
| Hospital/medical office | 84,731 | 1.6 | % | |||
| Commercial lots | 68,252 | 1.3 | % | |||
| Residential lots | 53,561 | 1.0 | % | |||
| Other | 172,319 | 3.2 | % | |||
| Total commercial real estate loans | $ | 5,395,753 | 100.0 | % |
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The table below summarizes the Company’s commercial real estate portfolio on a gross basis at December 31, 2025 as segregated by the geographic region in which the property is located. Approximately 52% of the commercial real estate collateral is located in Texas.
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas geographic region: | ||||||
| Dallas/Fort Worth | $ | 956,411 | 17.8 | % | ||
| Houston | 713,740 | 13.2 | % | |||
| San Antonio | 567,056 | 10.5 | % | |||
| Austin | 415,657 | 7.7 | % | |||
| Other Texas cities | 173,649 | 3.2 | % | |||
| Total Texas | 2,826,513 | 52.4 | % | |||
| Other states | 2,569,240 | 47.6 | % | |||
| Total commercial real estate loans | $ | 5,395,753 | 100.0 | % |
The determination of collateral value is critically important when financing real estate. As a result, obtaining current and objectively prepared appraisals is a major part of the underwriting and monitoring processes. The Company engages a variety of professional firms to supply appraisals, market studies and feasibility reports, environmental assessments and project site inspections to complement its internal resources to underwrite and monitor these credit exposures. Generally, the credit policy requires a new appraisal every three years. However, in periods of economic uncertainty where real estate market conditions may change rapidly, more current appraisals are obtained when warranted by conditions such as a borrower’s deteriorating financial condition, their possible inability to perform on the loan or other indicators of increasing risk of reliance on collateral value as the sole source of repayment of the loan. Annual appraisals are generally obtained for loans graded substandard or worse where real estate is a material portion of the collateral value and/or the income from the real estate or sale of the real estate is the primary source of debt service.
Appraisals are, in substantially all cases, reviewed by a third party to determine the reasonableness of the appraised value. The third-party reviewer will challenge whether or not the data used is appropriate and relevant, form an opinion as to the appropriateness of the appraisal methods and techniques used, and determine if overall the analysis and conclusions of the appraiser can be relied upon. Additionally, the third-party reviewer provides a detailed report of that analysis. Further review may be conducted by credit officers, including the Bank’s managed asset committee as conditions warrant. These additional steps of review are undertaken to confirm that the underlying appraisal and the third-party analysis can be relied upon. If differences arise, management addresses those with the reviewer and determines an appropriate resolution. Both the appraisal process and the appraisal review process can be less reliable in establishing accurate collateral values during and following periods of economic weakness due to the lack of comparable sales and the limited availability of financing to support an active market of potential purchasers.
Interest Reserve Loans
As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had $588.4 million and $797.3 million, respectively, in loans held for investment that included interest reserve arrangements, representing approximately 11% and 14%, respectively, of outstanding commercial real estate loans. The use of interest reserves is common in construction loans and is carefully controlled by underwriting standards, which consider the feasibility of the project, the creditworthiness of the borrower and guarantors and the loan-to-value coverage of the collateral. The interest reserve allows the borrower to draw loan funds to pay interest charges on the outstanding balance of the loan when financial condition precedents are met. When drawn, the interest is capitalized and added to the loan balance, subject to conditions specified during the initial underwriting and at the time the credit is approved. The Company has ongoing controls for monitoring compliance with loan covenants, advancing funds and determining default conditions.
When the Company finances land on which improvements will be constructed, construction funds are generally not advanced until the borrower has received lease or purchase commitments which will meet cash flow coverage requirements and/or an analysis of market conditions and project feasibility indicates to management’s satisfaction that such lease or purchase commitments are forthcoming or other sources of repayment have been identified to repay the loan. It is the general policy to require a substantial equity investment by the borrower to complement the Bank's credit commitment. Any such required borrower investment is first contributed and invested in the project before any draws are allowed under the Bank's credit commitment. The Company requires current financial statements of the borrowing entity and guarantors, as well as conducts periodic inspections of the project and analyzes whether the project is on schedule or delayed. Updated appraisals are ordered when necessary to validate the collateral values to support advances, including interest reserves. Advances of interest reserves are discontinued if collateral values do not support the advances or if the borrower does not comply with other terms and conditions in the loan agreements. If at any time management believes that the collateral position is jeopardized, the Company
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retains the right to stop the use of interest reserves. As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, none of the loans with interest reserves were on non-accrual.
Large Credit Relationships
The Company originates and maintains large credit relationships with numerous customers in the ordinary course of business. The legal lending limit of the Bank is approximately $592.7 million. The Company, however, generally employs lower house limits which vary by assigned risk grade, product and collateral type. Such house limits, which generally range from $20 million to $60 million, may be exceeded with appropriate authorization for exceptionally strong borrowers and otherwise where business opportunity and assessed credit risk warrant a larger investment. The Company considers large credit relationships to be those with commitments equal to or in excess of $20.0 million. The following table provides additional information on large held for investment credit relationships outstanding at year-end:
| December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period End Balances | Period End Balances | |||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Number of Relationships | Committed | Outstanding | Number of Relationships | Committed | Outstanding | ||||||||||||
| $30.0 million and greater | 449 | $ | 24,032,107 | $ | 15,751,422 | 373 | $ | 20,195,542 | $ | 13,965,661 | ||||||||
| $20.0 million to $29.9 million | 234 | 5,831,795 | 3,747,527 | 225 | 5,516,052 | 3,792,528 |
Loan Maturities and Interest Rate Sensitivity
The following table shows the contractual maturity distribution of loans held for investment on a gross basis as of December 31, 2025:
| (in thousands) | Within 1 Year | 1-5 Years | 5-15 Years | After 15 Years | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | $ | 2,339,872 | $ | 9,444,271 | $ | 266,077 | $ | 202,585 | $ | 12,252,805 | ||||||||
| Mortgage finance | 6,064,019 | — | — | — | 6,064,019 | |||||||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 2,469,996 | 2,654,123 | 199,994 | 71,640 | 5,395,753 | |||||||||||||
| Consumer | 22,340 | 7,621 | 3,689 | 400,775 | 434,425 | |||||||||||||
| Total loans held for investment | $ | 10,896,227 | $ | 12,106,015 | $ | 469,760 | $ | 675,000 | $ | 24,147,002 |
The following table shows the interest rate composition of loans held for investment on a gross basis with a maturity date over one year as of December 31, 2025:
| (in thousands) | Fixed Interest Rate | Floating Interest Rate | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | $ | 701,592 | $ | 9,211,341 | $ | 9,912,933 | ||||
| Mortgage finance | — | — | — | |||||||
| Commercial real estate | 245,864 | 2,679,893 | 2,925,757 | |||||||
| Consumer | 16,800 | 395,285 | 412,085 | |||||||
| Total loans held for investment | $ | 964,256 | $ | 12,286,519 | $ | 13,250,775 |
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Non-performing Assets
Non-performing assets include non-accrual loans and leases, and repossessed assets. The table below summarizes non-accrual loans by portfolio segment and by type of property securing the credit.
| (dollars in thousands) | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-accrual loans held for investment | ||||||
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Business assets | $ | 92,725 | $ | 64,481 | ||
| Accounts receivable and inventory | 1,177 | 6,315 | ||||
| Machinery and equipment | — | 2,729 | ||||
| Unsecured | 2,244 | 60 | ||||
| Highly liquid assets | — | 1,340 | ||||
| Other | — | 639 | ||||
| Total commercial | 96,146 | 75,564 | ||||
| Commercial real estate: | ||||||
| Industrial buildings | 19,200 | 20,637 | ||||
| Commercial building | 1,534 | — | ||||
| Office buildings | — | 14,000 | ||||
| Total commercial real estate | 20,734 | 34,637 | ||||
| Consumer: | ||||||
| Single family residences | — | 964 | ||||
| Total consumer | — | 964 | ||||
| Total non-accrual loans held for investment | 116,880 | 111,165 | ||||
| Non-accrual loans held for sale(1) | 4,361 | — | ||||
| Other real estate owned (“OREO”) | — | — | ||||
| Total non-performing assets | $ | 121,241 | $ | 111,165 | ||
| Non-accrual loans held for investment to total loans held for investment | 0.49 | % | 0.50 | % | ||
| Total non-performing assets to total assets | 0.38 | % | 0.36 | % | ||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to non-accrual loans held for investment | 2.3x | 2.4x | ||||
| Loans held for investment past due 90 days and accruing | $ | 19,353 | $ | 4,265 | ||
| Loans held for investment past due 90 days to total loans held for investment | 0.08 | % | 0.02 | % | ||
| Loans held for sale past due 90 days and accruing | $ | — | $ | — |
(1) Non-accrual loans held for sale at December 31, 2025 include non-accrual loans previously reported in loans held for investment that were transferred at fair value to held for sale as of December 31, 2025.
Summary of Credit Loss Experience
The provision for credit losses, comprised of a provision for loans and off-balance sheet credit losses, is a charge to earnings to maintain the allowance for credit losses at a level consistent with management’s assessment of expected losses at each balance sheet date.
The Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $55.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to a provision of $67.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The provision for credit losses for the year ended December 31, 2025 reflects an increase in total loans held for investment and $47.2 million in net charge-offs recorded during the year ended December 31, 2025, partially offset by a decline in criticized loans. Criticized loans totaled $634.9 million at December 31, 2025, compared to $714.0 million at December 31, 2024.
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The table below presents key metrics related to the Company’s credit loss experience:
| December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to total loans held for investment | 1.13 | % | 1.21 | % | ||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to average total loans held for investment | 1.17 | % | 1.27 | % | ||
| Total allowance for credit losses to total loans held for investment | 1.38 | % | 1.45 | % | ||
| Total provision for credit losses to average total loans held for investment | 0.24 | % | 0.31 | % |
The table below details net charge-offs/(recoveries) as a percentage of average total loans by portfolio segment:
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Net Charge-offs | Net Charge-offsto AverageLoans | Net Charge-offs | Net Charge-offs to Average Loans(1) | ||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 46,207 | 0.39 | % | $ | 32,612 | 0.31 | % | ||||||
| Mortgage finance | — | — | % | — | — | % | ||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 1,042 | 0.02 | % | 8,246 | 0.15 | % | ||||||||
| Consumer | (20) | — | % | 15 | — | % | ||||||||
| Total | $ | 47,229 | 0.20 | % | $ | 40,873 | 0.19 | % |
The allowance for credit losses on loans totaled $270.6 million at December 31, 2025 and $271.7 million at December 31, 2024. The following table presents a summary of the Company’s allowance for credit losses on loans by portfolio segment for the past two years:
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans | % of Loans in each Category to Total Loans | Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans | % of Loans in each Category to Total Loans | ||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 202,029 | 51 | % | $ | 198,423 | 49 | % | ||||||
| Mortgage finance | 6,221 | 25 | % | 2,755 | 23 | % | ||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 60,559 | 22 | % | 68,825 | 25 | % | ||||||||
| Consumer | 1,748 | 2 | % | 1,706 | 3 | % | ||||||||
| Total | $ | 270,557 | 100 | % | $ | 271,709 | 100 | % |
See Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 4 - Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for details of the allowance for credit losses on loans.
Deposits
The Company primarily competes for deposits by offering a full suite of deposit products and services to its customers. While this includes offering competitive interest rates and fees, the primary means of competing for deposits is convenience and service to customers, tailored to the strategy of maintaining a branch-lite network. The Company offers banking centers, courier services and online and mobile banking. Bask Bank, the Bank’s digital-only online banking division, serves customers on a 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week basis solely through online banking.
Average total deposits for the year ended December 31, 2025 increased $1.7 billion compared to 2024. Average non-interest bearing deposits for the year ended December 31, 2025 decreased $792.8 million compared to 2024 and average interest bearing deposits increased $2.5 billion compared to 2024. The average cost of total deposits decreased to 2.60% in 2025 from 2.93% in 2024.
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The following table discloses average deposits and weighted-average cost of deposits by type:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Average Balance | Average Rate Paid | Average Balance | Average Rate Paid | |||||||||
| Non-interest bearing | $ | 8,220,254 | — | % | $ | 9,013,038 | — | % | |||||
| Interest bearing transaction | 2,275,219 | 2.42 | % | 2,049,720 | 3.18 | % | |||||||
| Savings | 14,051,757 | 3.86 | % | 12,143,539 | 4.71 | % | |||||||
| Time deposits | 2,263,568 | 4.46 | % | 1,946,341 | 5.08 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 26,810,798 | 2.60 | % | $ | 25,152,638 | 2.93 | % |
The following table shows scheduled maturities of time deposits greater than $250,000:
| (in thousands) | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months to maturity: | ||||||
| Three or less | $ | 198,937 | $ | 181,982 | ||
| Over three through six | 123,202 | 84,889 | ||||
| Over six through twelve | 261,436 | 186,469 | ||||
| Over twelve | 16,497 | 42,148 | ||||
| Total | $ | 600,072 | $ | 495,488 |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity
In general terms, liquidity is a measurement of the Company’s ability to meet its cash needs. The Company’s objectives in managing its liquidity are to maintain the ability to meet loan commitments, repurchase investment securities and repay deposits and other liabilities in accordance with their terms, without an adverse impact on current or future earnings. The Company’s liquidity strategy is guided by policies, formulated and monitored by senior management and the Asset and Liability Management Committee (“ALCO”), which take into account the demonstrated marketability of the Company’s assets, the sources and stability of its funding and the level of unfunded commitments. The Company regularly evaluates all of its various funding sources with an emphasis on accessibility, stability, reliability and cost-effectiveness. The Company’s principal source of funding is customer deposits, supplemented by short-term borrowings, primarily from federal funds purchased and FHLB borrowings, brokered deposits and long-term debt. The Company also relies on the availability of the mortgage secondary market provided by Ginnie Mae and government sponsored entities to support the liquidity of mortgage finance loans.
The following table summarizes the Company’s interest bearing cash and cash equivalents:
| (dollars in thousands) | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,897,803 | $ | 3,012,307 | |||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents as a percent of: | |||||||
| Total loans held for investment | 7.9 | % | 13.4 | % | |||
| Total earning assets | 6.2 | % | 10.2 | % | |||
| Total deposits | 7.2 | % | 11.9 | % |
The Company aims to obtain as much of its funding as possible from customer deposits, which are generated through digital acquisition or as a result of development of long-term customer relationships, with a significant focus on treasury management products. In addition, the Company also has access to deposits through brokered channels. The following table summarizes period-end total deposits:
| December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands) | Balance | % of Total | Balance | % of Total | |||||||||
| Customer deposits | $ | 25,719,595 | 97.2 | % | $ | 24,704,091 | 97.9 | % | |||||
| Brokered deposits | 729,172 | 2.8 | % | 534,508 | 2.1 | % | |||||||
| Total deposits | $ | 26,448,767 | 100.0 | % | $ | 25,238,599 | 100.0 | % |
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Estimated uninsured deposits, including accrued interest, were 42% and 41% of total deposits at both December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The uninsured amounts are estimated based on the methodologies and assumptions used for the Bank’s regulatory reporting requirements.
The Company has short-term borrowing sources available to supplement deposits and meet its funding needs. Such borrowings are generally used to fund mortgage finance loans, due to their liquidity, short duration and interest spreads available. These borrowing sources include federal funds purchased from downstream correspondent bank relationships (which consist of banks that are smaller than the Bank) and from upstream correspondent bank relationships (which consist of banks that are larger than the Bank) and advances from the FHLB and the Federal Reserve. The following table summarizes short-term borrowings, all of which mature within one year:
| (in thousands) | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal funds purchased | $ | 30,000 | $ | — | |||
| FHLB borrowings | 300,000 | 885,000 | |||||
| Total short-term borrowings | $ | 330,000 | $ | 885,000 |
The following table summarizes the Company’s short-term borrowing capacities net of balances outstanding:
| (in thousands) | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FHLB borrowing capacity relating to loans and pledged securities | $ | 2,570,596 | $ | 4,664,703 | ||
| FHLB borrowing capacity relating to unencumbered securities | 4,594,553 | 4,189,993 | ||||
| Total FHLB borrowing capacity(1) | $ | 7,165,149 | $ | 8,854,696 | ||
| Unused federal funds lines available from commercial banks | $ | 1,520,000 | $ | 1,370,000 | ||
| Unused Federal Reserve borrowings capacity | $ | 9,174,238 | $ | 5,436,652 | ||
| Unused revolving line of credit(2) | $ | 75,000 | $ | 75,000 |
(1)FHLB borrowings are collateralized by a blanket floating lien on certain real estate secured loans and certain pledged securities.
(2)Unsecured revolving, non-amortizing line of credit with maturity date of February 8, 2027. Proceeds may be used for general corporate purposes, including funding regulatory capital infusions into the Bank. The loan agreement contains customary financial covenants and restrictions. No borrowings were made against this line of credit during the year ended December 31, 2025 or 2024.
The Company has long-term debt outstanding of $620.6 million as of December 31, 2025, comprised of trust preferred securities and subordinated notes with maturity dates ranging from January 2026 to December 2036. See Note 8 - Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term Debt in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information. The Company may consider raising additional capital, if needed, in public or private offerings of debt or equity securities to supplement deposits and meet its long-term funding needs.
As the Company is a holding company and is a separate operating entity from the Bank, the Company’s primary sources of liquidity are dividends received from the Bank and borrowings from outside sources. Banking regulations may limit the amount of dividends that may be paid by the Bank. See Note 10 - Regulatory Ratios and Capital in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information regarding dividend restrictions and “Liquidity Risks” included in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Periodically, based on market conditions and other factors, and subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations and the terms of its existing indebtedness, the Company may repay, repurchase, exchange or redeem outstanding indebtedness, or otherwise enter into transactions regarding debt or capital structure. For example, the Company periodically evaluates and may engage in liability management transactions, including repurchases or redemptions of outstanding subordinated notes, which may be funded by the issuance of, or exchanges of, newly issued unsecured borrowings to actively manage the debt maturity profile and interest cost.
Capital Resources
The Company’s equity capital averaged $3.6 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to $3.3 billion for the same period in 2024. The Company has not paid any cash dividends on common stock since operations commenced.
On January 22, 2025, the Company’s board of directors authorized a share repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to $200.0 million in shares of its outstanding common stock, excluding the effect of excise tax expense incurred on net stock repurchases. Effective December 12, 2025, the Company’s board of directors authorized a new share repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to $200.0 million in shares of its outstanding common stock, excluding the effect of excise tax expense incurred on the net stock repurchases. The share repurchase program will expire on December 31, 2026, but may be suspended or discontinued at any time. The remaining repurchase authorization under the January 22, 2025 share repurchase program was terminated upon authorization of this new program. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company repurchased 2,246,265 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price, including excise tax expense, of $185.8 million, at a weighted average price of $82.01 per share.
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Any repurchases under the Company’s repurchase program will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws from time to time in open market or private transactions. The extent to which the Company repurchases shares, and the timing of such repurchases, will be at management’s discretion and will depend upon a variety of factors, including market conditions, the Company’s capital position and amount of retained earnings, regulatory requirements and other considerations.
For additional information on the Company’s capital and stockholders’ equity, see Note 10 - Regulatory Ratios and Capital, in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
Critical Accounting Estimates
SEC guidance requires disclosure of “critical accounting estimates.” The SEC defines “critical accounting estimates” as those estimates made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles that involve a significant level of estimation uncertainty and have had or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on the financial condition or results of operations of the registrant.
The Company follows financial accounting and reporting policies that are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The more significant of these policies are summarized in Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. Not all significant accounting policies require management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments. However, the policy noted below could be deemed to meet the SEC’s definition of a critical accounting estimate.
Allowance for Credit Losses
Management considers the policies related to the allowance for credit losses as the most critical to the financial statement presentation. The total allowance for credit losses includes activity related to allowances calculated in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 326, Credit Losses. The allowance for credit losses is established through a provision for credit losses charged to current earnings. The amount maintained in the allowance reflects management’s continuing evaluation of the credit losses expected to be recognized over the life of the loans in the Company’s portfolio. The allowance for credit losses on loans is a valuation account that is deducted from the loans' amortized cost basis to present the net amount expected to be collected on the loans. The allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet financial instruments is recorded in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. For purposes of determining the allowance for credit losses, the loan portfolio is segregated into pools first by portfolio segment and then by past due status or credit grade. Each pool is assigned a loss estimate, reflecting historical loss rates that incorporate probability of default and severity of losses over the estimated remaining life of the loans. Loans that do not share risk characteristics are evaluated on an individual basis and are not included in the collective (pool) evaluation. Management estimates the allowance balance using relevant available information from internal and external sources relating to past events, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Modifications to loss estimates are made to incorporate a reasonable and supportable forecast of future losses at the pool level, as well as any necessary qualitative adjustments using a Portfolio Level Qualitative Factor (“PLQF”) and/or a Portfolio Segment Level Qualitative Factor (“SLQF”). A similar process is employed to calculate a reserve assigned to off-balance sheet financial instruments, specifically unfunded loan commitments and letters of credit. Modified loss estimates are assigned based on the balance of the commitments estimated to be outstanding at the time of default. The PLQF and SLQF are utilized to address factors that are not present in historical loss rates and are otherwise unaccounted for in the quantitative process. A reserve is recorded upon origination or purchase of a loan. See “Summary of Credit Loss Experience” above and Note 4 - Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for further discussion of the risk factors considered by management in establishing the allowance for credit losses.
Management considers a range of macroeconomic scenarios in connection with the allowance estimation process. Within the various economic scenarios considered as of December 31, 2025, the quantitative estimate of the allowance for credit loss would increase by approximately $108.7 million under sole consideration of the most severe downside scenario. The quoted sensitivity calculation reflects the sensitivity of the modeled allowance estimate to macroeconomic forecast data, but is absent of qualitative overlays and other qualitative adjustments that are part of the quarterly reserving process and does not necessarily reflect the nature and extent of future changes in the allowance for reasons including increases or decreases in qualitative adjustments, changes in the risk profile and size of the portfolio, changes in the severity of the macroeconomic scenario and the range of scenarios under management consideration.
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK
Market risk represents the potential economic loss on trading and non-trading portfolios and financial instruments due to adverse price movements in markets including interest rates, foreign exchange rates, credit spreads, commodity prices and equity and related implied volatility levels. The Company is subject to market risk primarily through the effect of changes in interest rates on its portfolio of assets held for purposes other than trading and interest rate derivative instruments that are used for managing interest rate risk. In addition, the Company has exposure to market risk through its trading desks that engage in securities, derivatives and foreign exchange transactions to support the capital raising, investing and hedging activities of customers. The Company may manage or reduce market risk through the use of hedging, short sale or other similar transactions intended to reduce market risk to be within tolerance levels designated by the Company’s market risk management strategy. The Company uses Value-at-Risk (“VaR”) as a means to measure, monitor, and limit aggregate market risk on the trading portfolio. VaR is a statistical risk measure estimating potential loss at the 95th percentile based on a one-year history of market risk factors associated with the trading portfolio. VaR provides a consistent cross-asset measure for risk profiles and allows for diversification benefit based on historical correlations across market moves. As of December 31, 2025, the Company’s exposure through its trading desk does not pose a significant market risk to the Company. All statistical models involve a degree of uncertainty and VaR is calculated at a statistical confidence interval of the 95th percentile based on one-year daily historic market moves. Larger economic losses are possible, particularly during stressed macroeconomic and market conditions.
The responsibility for managing market risk rests with the ALCO, which operates under policy guidelines established by the Company’s board of directors. Oversight of the Company’s compliance with the guidelines is the ongoing responsibility of the ALCO, with exceptions reported to the Executive Risk Committee and the board of directors, if necessary, on a quarterly basis.
Interest Rate Risk Management
The Company’s interest rate sensitivity as of December 31, 2025 is illustrated in the following table. The table reflects rate-sensitive positions as of December 31, 2025 and is not necessarily indicative of positions on other dates. The table does not take into account the effect of the Company’s derivatives designated as cash flow hedges. The balances of interest rate sensitive assets and liabilities are presented in the periods in which they next reprice to market rates or mature and are aggregated to show the interest rate sensitivity gap. The mismatch between repricings or maturities within a time period is commonly referred to as the “gap” for that period. A positive gap (asset sensitive), where interest rate sensitive assets exceed interest rate sensitive liabilities, generally will result in the net interest margin increasing in a rising rate environment and decreasing in a falling rate environment. A negative gap (liability sensitive) will generally have the opposite results on the net interest margin. Certain variable rate loans have embedded floors which limit the decline in yield on those loans at times when market interest rates are extraordinarily low. The degree of asset sensitivity, spreads on loans and net interest margin may be reduced until rates increase by an amount sufficient to eliminate the effects of floors. The adverse effect of floors as market rates increase may also be offset by the positive gap, the extent to which rates on deposits and other funding sources lag increasing market rates for loans and changes in composition of funding.
| (in thousands) | 0-3 months | 4-12 months | 1-3 years | 3+ years | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,897,803 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,897,803 | ||||||||
| Investment securities(1) | 56,719 | 748 | 20,901 | 4,644,731 | 4,723,099 | |||||||||||||
| Variable loans | 22,439,164 | 255,576 | 116,443 | 231,026 | 23,042,209 | |||||||||||||
| Fixed loans | 42,637 | 102,260 | 264,148 | 700,109 | 1,109,154 | |||||||||||||
| Total loans(2) | 22,481,801 | 357,836 | 380,591 | 931,135 | 24,151,363 | |||||||||||||
| Total interest sensitive assets | $ | 24,436,323 | $ | 358,584 | $ | 401,492 | $ | 5,575,866 | $ | 30,772,265 | ||||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest bearing customer deposits | $ | 17,372,121 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 17,372,121 | ||||||||
| CDs | 783,200 | 1,272,452 | 58,357 | 3,540 | 2,117,549 | |||||||||||||
| Total interest bearing deposits | 18,155,321 | 1,272,452 | 58,357 | 3,540 | 19,489,670 | |||||||||||||
| Short-term borrowings | 330,000 | — | — | — | 330,000 | |||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | 247,915 | — | — | 372,660 | 620,575 | |||||||||||||
| Total borrowings | 577,915 | — | — | 372,660 | 950,575 | |||||||||||||
| Total interest sensitive liabilities | $ | 18,733,236 | $ | 1,272,452 | $ | 58,357 | $ | 376,200 | $ | 20,440,245 | ||||||||
| GAP | $ | 5,703,087 | $ | (913,868) | $ | 343,135 | $ | 5,199,666 | $ | — | ||||||||
| Cumulative GAP | $ | 5,703,087 | $ | 4,789,219 | $ | 5,132,354 | $ | 10,332,020 | $ | 10,332,020 | ||||||||
| Non-interest bearing deposits | 6,959,097 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity | 3,631,382 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 10,590,479 |
(1)Available-for-sale debt securities, equity securities and trading securities based on fair market value.
(2)Total loans include gross loans held for investment and loans held for sale.
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While a gap interest table is useful in analyzing interest rate sensitivity, an interest rate sensitivity simulation provides a better illustration of the sensitivity of earnings to changes in interest rates. Earnings are also affected by the effects of changing interest rates on the value of funding derived from non-interest bearing deposits and stockholders’ equity. Management performs a sensitivity analysis to identify interest rate risk exposure on net interest income. Management also quantifies and measures interest rate risk exposure using a model to dynamically simulate the effect of changes in net interest income relative to changes in interest rates over the next twelve months based on different interest rate scenarios. These are a static rate scenario and “shock test” scenarios, as described below.
These scenarios are based on interest rates as of the last day of a reporting period published by independent sources and incorporate relevant spreads of instruments that are actively traded in the open market. The Federal Reserve’s federal funds target affects short-term borrowing; the prime lending rate, SOFR and other alternative indexes are the basis for most of the variable-rate loan pricing. The 10-year treasury rate is also monitored because of its effect on prepayment speeds for mortgage-backed securities. These are the Company’s primary interest rate exposures. Interest rate derivative contracts may be used to manage exposure to adverse fluctuations in these primary interest rate exposures as is discussed in more detail under the heading Use of Derivatives to Manage Interest Rate and Other Risks below.
For modeling purposes, the “shock test” scenarios as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 assume immediate parallel, sustained 100 and 200 basis point increases in interest rates as well as 100 and 200 basis point decreases in interest rates. The Company will continue to evaluate these scenarios as interest rates change.
The Company’s interest rate risk exposure model incorporates assumptions regarding the level of interest rate, including indeterminable maturity deposits (non-interest bearing deposits, interest bearing transaction accounts and savings accounts) and loan and security prepayment behaviors for a given level of market rate change. In the current environment of changing short-term rates, deposit pricing can vary by product and customer. These assumptions have been developed through a combination of historical analysis and projection of future expected pricing behavior. Changes in prepayment behavior of mortgage-backed securities and residential and commercial mortgage loans in each rate environment are captured using industry estimates of prepayment speeds for various coupon segments of the portfolio. The impact of these changes is factored into the simulation model results and indicated interest rate sensitivity as follows:
| Annualized Hypothetical Change in Net Interest Income | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||
| + 200 basis points | 6.8 | % | 6.8 | % | ||
| + 100 basis points | 3.6 | % | 3.4 | % | ||
| - 100 basis points | (6.7) | % | (6.8) | % | ||
| - 200 basis points | (12.9) | % | (13.7) | % |
The simulations used to manage interest rate risk are based on numerous assumptions regarding the effect of changes in interest rates on the timing and extent of repricing characteristics, future cash flows and customer behavior. These assumptions are inherently uncertain and, as a result, the model cannot precisely estimate net interest income or precisely predict the impact of higher or lower interest rates on net interest income. Actual results will differ from simulated results due to timing, magnitude and frequency of interest rate changes as well as changes in market conditions, customer behavior and management strategies, among other factors.
Use of Derivatives to Manage Interest Rate and Other Risks
In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into derivative transactions to manage various risks and to accommodate the business requirements of its customers.
On the date the Company enters into a derivative contract, the derivative is designated as either a fair value hedge, cash flow hedge, net investment hedge, or a designation is not made as it is a customer-related transaction, an economic hedge for asset/liability risk management purposes or another stand-alone derivative created through the Company’s operations.
To manage the sensitivity of earnings and capital to interest rate, prepayment, credit, price and foreign currency fluctuations (asset and liability management positions), the Company may enter into derivative transactions. In addition, the Company enters into interest rate and foreign exchange derivative contracts to support the business requirements of its customers (customer-related positions).
For additional information regarding derivatives, see Note 14 - Derivative Financial Instruments in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
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MD&A history
Prior-year 10-K MD&A spans are extracted from SEC filings with the same bounded parser used for the latest filing. The latest 10-K appears above; prior years are below.
FY 2024 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001077428-25-000036.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Results of Operations
Selected income statement data and key performance indicators are presented in the table below:
| For the Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands except per share data) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 901,300 | $ | 914,123 | $ | 875,765 | ||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 67,000 | 72,000 | 66,000 | |||||||||||
| Non-interest income | 31,046 | 161,419 | 349,522 | |||||||||||
| Non-interest expense | 758,285 | 756,947 | 727,532 | |||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 107,061 | 246,595 | 431,755 | |||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 29,553 | 57,454 | 99,277 | |||||||||||
| Net income | 77,508 | 189,141 | 332,478 | |||||||||||
| Preferred stock dividends | 17,250 | 17,250 | 17,250 | |||||||||||
| Net income available to common stockholders | $ | 60,258 | $ | 171,891 | $ | 315,228 | ||||||||
| Basic earnings per common share | $ | 1.29 | $ | 3.58 | $ | 6.25 | ||||||||
| Diluted earnings per common share | $ | 1.28 | $ | 3.54 | $ | 6.18 | ||||||||
| Net interest margin | 3.03 | % | 3.17 | % | 2.79 | % | ||||||||
| Return on average assets (“ROA”) | 0.25 | % | 0.64 | % | 1.04 | % | ||||||||
| Return on average common equity (“ROE”) | 2.04 | % | 6.15 | % | 11.33 | % | ||||||||
| Efficiency ratio(1) | 81.3 | % | 70.4 | % | 59.4 | % | ||||||||
| Non-interest income to average earning assets | 0.11 | % | 0.57 | % | 1.12 | % | ||||||||
| Non-interest expense to average earning assets | 2.57 | % | 2.66 | % | 2.34 | % |
(1) Non-interest expense divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income.
Year ended December 31, 2024 compared to year ended December 31, 2023
The Company reported net income of $77.5 million and net income available to common stockholders of $60.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to net income of $189.1 million and net income available to common stockholders of $171.9 million for the same period in 2023. On a fully diluted basis, earnings per common share was $1.28 for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $3.54 for the same period in 2023. ROE was 2.04% and ROA was 0.25% for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to 6.15% and 0.64%, respectively, for the same period in 2023. The decrease in net income for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023 resulted primarily from a decrease in non-interest income, primarily as a result of the $179.6 million loss on sale of available-for-sale debt securities recognized during the third quarter of 2024 in connection with strategic balance sheet repositioning undertaken by the Company.
Details of the changes in the various components of net income are discussed below.
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Taxable Equivalent Net Interest Income Analysis - Year to Date(1)
| Year Ended December 31, 2024 | Year Ended December 31, 2023 | Year Ended December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands) | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities(2) | $ | 4,386,458 | $ | 148,219 | 3.17 | % | $ | 4,162,931 | $ | 108,294 | 2.37 | % | $ | 3,525,986 | $ | 64,021 | 1.69 | % | ||||||||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents | 3,940,590 | 203,406 | 5.16 | % | 4,353,911 | 220,976 | 5.08 | % | 5,967,329 | 97,271 | 1.63 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans held for sale | 25,855 | 2,432 | 9.41 | % | 33,166 | 2,856 | 8.61 | % | 528,973 | 23,555 | 4.45 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, mortgage finance(4) | 4,612,994 | 179,233 | 3.89 | % | 4,080,263 | 171,366 | 4.20 | % | 5,285,612 | 201,680 | 3.82 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment(3)(4) | 16,746,912 | 1,196,673 | 7.15 | % | 16,076,646 | 1,126,843 | 7.01 | % | 16,063,437 | 758,965 | 4.72 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Less: Allowance for credit losses on loans | 263,279 | — | — | 249,180 | — | — | 221,639 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, net | 21,096,627 | 1,375,906 | 6.52 | % | 19,907,729 | 1,298,209 | 6.52 | % | 21,127,410 | 960,645 | 4.55 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total earning assets | 29,449,530 | 1,729,963 | 5.82 | % | 28,457,737 | 1,630,335 | 5.65 | % | 31,149,698 | 1,145,492 | 3.65 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 1,163,665 | 1,079,607 | 900,121 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 30,613,195 | $ | 29,537,344 | $ | 32,049,819 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | $ | 2,049,720 | $ | 65,215 | 3.18 | % | $ | 1,466,583 | $ | 42,561 | 2.90 | % | $ | 1,659,476 | $ | 18,099 | 1.09 | % | ||||||||
| Savings deposits | 12,143,539 | 572,126 | 4.71 | % | 10,921,264 | 480,106 | 4.40 | % | 9,983,571 | 151,400 | 1.52 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | 1,946,341 | 98,855 | 5.08 | % | 1,573,294 | 65,108 | 4.14 | % | 1,313,483 | 21,164 | 1.61 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest bearing deposits | 16,139,600 | 736,196 | 4.56 | % | 13,961,141 | 587,775 | 4.21 | % | 12,956,530 | 190,663 | 1.47 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Short-term borrowings | 933,896 | 49,994 | 5.35 | % | 1,323,039 | 70,642 | 5.34 | % | 1,829,751 | 29,077 | 1.59 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | 739,136 | 42,060 | 5.69 | % | 882,904 | 57,383 | 6.50 | % | 927,847 | 48,739 | 5.25 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest bearing liabilities | 17,812,632 | 828,250 | 4.65 | % | 16,167,084 | 715,800 | 4.43 | % | 15,714,128 | 268,479 | 1.71 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Non-interest bearing deposits | 9,013,038 | 9,814,517 | 12,951,134 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 532,058 | 460,779 | 301,251 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity | 3,255,467 | 3,094,964 | 3,083,306 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 30,613,195 | $ | 29,537,344 | $ | 32,049,819 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 901,713 | $ | 914,535 | $ | 877,013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest margin | 3.03 | % | 3.17 | % | 2.79 | % |
(1)Taxable equivalent rates used where applicable.
(2)Yields on investment securities are calculated using available-for-sale securities at amortized cost.
(3)Average balances include non-accrual loans. Loan interest income includes loan fees totaling $54.6 million, $47.2 million and $37.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
(4)In the first quarter of 2024, enhancements were made to the Company’s methodology for applying relationship pricing credits to mortgage client loans. To conform to the current period presentation, certain prior period interest income amounts have been reclassified from loans held for investment, mortgage finance to loans held for investment and related yields have been adjusted accordingly.
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Volume/Rate Analysis
The following table presents the changes in taxable equivalent net interest income and identifies the changes due to differences in the average volume of earning assets and interest bearing liabilities and the changes due to differences in the average interest rate on those assets and liabilities.
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/2023 | 2023/2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Change | Change Due To(1) | Net Change | Change Due To(1) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | Volume | Yield/Rate(2) | Volume | Yield/Rate(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | $ | 39,925 | $ | 5,298 | $ | 34,627 | $ | 44,273 | $ | 10,764 | $ | 33,509 | ||||||||||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents | (17,570) | (20,997) | 3,427 | 123,705 | (26,299) | 150,004 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for sale | (424) | (629) | 205 | (20,699) | (22,063) | 1,364 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, mortgage finance | 7,867 | 22,375 | (14,508) | (30,314) | (46,044) | 15,730 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment | 69,830 | 46,986 | 22,844 | 367,878 | 623 | 367,255 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total interest income | 99,628 | 53,033 | 46,595 | 484,843 | (83,019) | 567,862 | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | 22,654 | 16,911 | 5,743 | 24,462 | (2,103) | 26,565 | ||||||||||||||||
| Savings deposits | 92,020 | 53,780 | 38,240 | 328,706 | 14,253 | 314,453 | ||||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | 33,747 | 15,444 | 18,303 | 43,944 | 4,183 | 39,761 | ||||||||||||||||
| Short-term borrowings | (20,648) | (20,780) | 132 | 41,565 | (8,057) | 49,622 | ||||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | (15,323) | (9,345) | (5,978) | 8,644 | (2,360) | 11,004 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total interest expense | 112,450 | 56,010 | 56,440 | 447,321 | 5,916 | 441,405 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | (12,822) | $ | (2,977) | $ | (9,845) | $ | 37,522 | $ | (88,935) | $ | 126,457 |
(1)Yield/rate and volume variances are allocated to yield/rate.
(2)Taxable equivalent rates used where applicable.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income was $901.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $914.1 million for 2023. The decrease was primarily due to increases in average interest bearing liabilities and deposit costs, partially offset by increases in average earning assets and yields on average earning assets.
Average earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2024 increased $1.0 billion compared to the same period in 2023, which included increases of $1.2 billion in average total loans and $223.5 million in average investment securities, partially offset by a $413.3 million decrease in average interest bearing cash and cash equivalents. Average interest bearing liabilities increased $1.6 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to a $2.2 billion increase in average interest bearing deposits, partially offset by decreases of $389.1 million in average short-term borrowings and $143.8 million in average long-term debt. Average non-interest bearing deposits for the year ended December 31, 2024 decreased to $9.0 billion from $9.8 billion for the same period in 2023.
Net interest margin for the year ended December 31, 2024 was 3.03% compared to 3.17% for 2023. The decrease was primarily due to an increase in interest bearing deposit yields, partially offset by higher yields on investment securities compared to the same period in 2023.
The yield on total loans held for investment, net, of 6.52% for the year ended December 31, 2024 was unchanged compared to the same period in 2023 and the yield on earning assets increased to 5.82% for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to 5.65% for the same period in 2023. The average cost of total deposits increased to 2.93% for 2024 from 2.47% for the same period in 2023 and total funding costs, including all deposits, long-term debt and stockholders' equity, increased to 2.75% for 2024 compared to 2.46% for the same period 2023.
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Non-interest Income
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||
| Service charges on deposit accounts | $ | 25,546 | $ | 20,874 | $ | 23,266 | ||||||||
| Wealth management and trust fee income | 15,315 | 13,955 | 15,036 | |||||||||||
| Brokered loan fees | 8,961 | 8,918 | 14,159 | |||||||||||
| Investment banking and advisory fees | 104,965 | 63,670 | 24,974 | |||||||||||
| Trading income | 21,635 | 22,512 | 10,080 | |||||||||||
| Gain on disposal of subsidiary | — | — | 248,526 | |||||||||||
| Available-for-sale debt securities gains/(losses), net | (179,581) | 489 | — | |||||||||||
| Other | 34,205 | 31,001 | 13,481 | |||||||||||
| Total non-interest income | $ | 31,046 | $ | 161,419 | $ | 349,522 |
Non-interest income was $31.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, a $130.4 million decrease as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to the $179.6 million loss on sale of available-for-sale debt securities recognized during the third quarter of 2024, partially offset by an increase in investment banking and advisory fees.
Non-interest Expense
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||
| Salaries and benefits | $ | 466,578 | $ | 459,700 | $ | 434,906 | ||||||||
| Occupancy expense | 45,266 | 38,494 | 44,222 | |||||||||||
| Marketing | 22,349 | 25,854 | 32,388 | |||||||||||
| Legal and professional | 53,783 | 64,924 | 75,858 | |||||||||||
| Communications and technology | 93,085 | 81,262 | 69,253 | |||||||||||
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance assessment | 23,351 | 36,775 | 14,344 | |||||||||||
| Other | 53,873 | 49,938 | 56,561 | |||||||||||
| Total non-interest expense | $ | 758,285 | $ | 756,947 | $ | 727,532 |
Non-interest expense was $758.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $1.3 million as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to increases in salaries and benefits, occupancy expense and communications and technology expense, partially offset by decreases in legal and professional expense and FDIC insurance assessment. Non-interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2024 included restructuring expenses of $4.4 million recorded in salaries and benefits, $476,000 recorded in occupancy expense and $3.1 million recorded in communications and technology expense. The decrease in legal and professional expense for the year ended December 31, 2024 resulted primarily from declines in professional services, partially offset by a $5.0 million legal settlement expense recognized in the first quarter of 2024. FDIC insurance assessment included a $2.8 million special assessment expense in 2024, as compared to a $19.9 million special assessment expense in 2023.
Analysis of Financial Condition
Loans Held for Investment
The following table summarizes the Company’s loans held for investment by portfolio segment. See Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for details of these portfolio segments.
| (in thousands) | December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | $ | 11,145,591 | $ | 10,410,766 | ||
| Mortgage finance | 5,215,574 | 3,978,328 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 5,616,282 | 5,500,774 | ||||
| Consumer | 565,376 | 530,948 | ||||
| Gross loans held for investment | 22,542,823 | 20,420,816 | ||||
| Unearned income (net of direct origination costs) | (92,757) | (80,258) | ||||
| Total loans held for investment | $ | 22,450,066 | $ | 20,340,558 |
Total loans held for investment were $22.5 billion at December 31, 2024, an increase of $2.1 billion from December 31, 2023. The Company experienced loan growth in all loan categories as it has continued to execute on its long-term strategy. Commercial loan growth includes the impact of the acquisition of a $332.0 million loan portfolio completed during the third
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quarter of 2024. Mortgage finance loans include legal ownership interests in mortgage loans that the Company purchases from unaffiliated mortgage originators, either directly or through a special purpose entity structure, that are typically sold within 10 to 20 days and represent 23% and 19% of gross loans held for investment at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Volumes fluctuate based on the level of market demand for the product and the number of days between purchase and sale of the loans, which can be affected by changes in overall market interest rates, and tend to peak at the end of each month.
The Company originates a substantial majority of all loans held for investment. The Company also participates in shared national credits, both as a participant and as an agent. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $5.7 billion in shared national credits, $1.1 billion of which the Company administered as agent. All syndicated loans, whether the Company acts as agent or participant, are underwritten to the same standards as all other loans the Company originates. As of December 31, 2024, approximately $34.7 million of the Company’s shared national credits were on non-accrual.
Portfolio Concentrations
Although more than 50% of the Company’s total loan exposure is outside of Texas and more than 50% of deposits are sourced outside of Texas, Texas concentration remains significant. As of December 31, 2024, a majority of the loans held for investment, excluding mortgage finance and other national lines of business, were to businesses with headquarters or operations in Texas. This geographic concentration subjects the Company’s loan portfolio to the general economic conditions within this state. The risks created by this concentration have been considered by management in determining the appropriateness of the allowance for credit losses.
The table below summarizes the industry concentrations of loans held for investment on a gross basis at December 31, 2024:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Financials (excluding banks) | $ | 3,991,253 | 17.7 | % | ||
| Energy | 1,226,290 | 5.4 | % | |||
| Technology, telecom and media | 1,141,324 | 5.1 | % | |||
| Real estate related services (not secured by real estate) | 960,319 | 4.3 | % | |||
| Healthcare and pharmaceuticals | 651,417 | 2.9 | % | |||
| Commercial services | 584,910 | 2.6 | % | |||
| Retail | 388,120 | 1.7 | % | |||
| Machinery, equipment and parts manufacturing | 361,545 | 1.6 | % | |||
| Entertainment and recreation | 283,499 | 1.3 | % | |||
| Government and education | 226,498 | 1.0 | % | |||
| Food and beverage manufacturing and wholesale | 185,241 | 0.8 | % | |||
| Materials and commodities | 180,240 | 0.8 | % | |||
| Transportation services | 172,949 | 0.8 | % | |||
| Consumer services | 139,321 | 0.6 | % | |||
| Utilities | 77,780 | 0.3 | % | |||
| Diversified or miscellaneous | 574,885 | 2.6 | % | |||
| Total commercial | 11,145,591 | 49.5 | % | |||
| Mortgage finance | 5,215,574 | 23.1 | % | |||
| Commercial real estate | 5,616,282 | 24.9 | % | |||
| Consumer | 565,376 | 2.5 | % | |||
| Total | $ | 22,542,823 | 100.0 | % |
The Company’s largest concentration of commercial loans held for investment in any single industry is in financials excluding banks. Loans extended to borrowers in the financials excluding banks category are comprised largely of loans to companies who loan money to businesses and consumers for various purposes including, but not limited to, insurance, consumer goods and real estate. This category also includes loans to companies involved in investment management and securities and commodities trading.
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The Company believes the loans it originates are appropriately collateralized under its credit standards. Approximately 97% of the Company’s loans held for investment are secured by collateral. The table below sets forth information regarding the distribution of loans held for investment on a gross basis among various types of collateral at December 31, 2024:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Business assets | $ | 9,733,194 | 43.2 | % | ||
| Highly liquid assets | 320,950 | 1.4 | % | |||
| Other assets | 174,560 | 0.8 | % | |||
| Municipal tax- and revenue-secured | 99,844 | 0.4 | % | |||
| Rolling stock | 37,604 | 0.2 | % | |||
| U. S. Government guaranty | 448 | — | % | |||
| Unsecured | 778,991 | 3.5 | % | |||
| Total commercial | 11,145,591 | 49.5 | % | |||
| Mortgage finance | 5,215,574 | 23.1 | % | |||
| Commercial real estate | 5,616,282 | 24.9 | % | |||
| Consumer | 565,376 | 2.5 | % | |||
| Total | $ | 22,542,823 | 100.0 | % |
As noted in the tables above, approximately 25% of loans held for investment as of December 31, 2024 are commercial real estate loans that are generally secured by real property. The commercial real estate portfolio is comprised primarily of non-owner occupied construction/development financing and limited term financing provided to professional real estate developers, owners/managers of commercial real estate projects and properties, and residential builders/developers. Collateral properties include office buildings, warehouse/distribution buildings, shopping centers, hotels/motels, senior living, apartment buildings, residential and commercial tract developments, and raw land or lots to be developed into single-family homes. The primary source of repayment on these loans is generally expected to come from the sale, permanent financing or lease of the real property collateral. As a result, the performance of these loans is generally impacted by fluctuations in collateral values, the ability of the borrower to obtain permanent financing, and, in the case of loans to residential builder/developers, volatility in consumer demand.
The table below summarizes the commercial real estate loan portfolio on a gross basis, by property type as of December 31, 2024:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment/condominium buildings | $ | 2,347,883 | 41.8 | % | ||
| Industrial buildings | 1,092,380 | 19.5 | % | |||
| 1-4 Family dwellings (other than condominium) | 390,235 | 6.9 | % | |||
| Office buildings | 361,941 | 6.4 | % | |||
| Senior housing buildings | 318,580 | 5.7 | % | |||
| Shopping center/mall buildings | 285,257 | 5.1 | % | |||
| Commercial buildings | 210,702 | 3.8 | % | |||
| Hotel/motel buildings | 136,767 | 2.4 | % | |||
| Self-storage buildings | 113,861 | 2.0 | % | |||
| Student housing | 72,695 | 1.3 | % | |||
| Commercial lots | 67,705 | 1.2 | % | |||
| Residential lots | 46,265 | 0.8 | % | |||
| Other | 172,011 | 3.1 | % | |||
| Total commercial real estate loans | $ | 5,616,282 | 100.0 | % |
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The table below summarizes the Company’s commercial real estate portfolio on a gross basis at December 31, 2024 as segregated by the geographic region in which the property is located. Approximately 55% of the commercial real estate collateral is located in Texas.
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas geographic region: | ||||||
| Dallas/Fort Worth | $ | 975,287 | 17.3 | % | ||
| Houston | 745,756 | 13.3 | % | |||
| San Antonio | 627,445 | 11.2 | % | |||
| Austin | 537,600 | 9.6 | % | |||
| Other Texas cities | 179,083 | 3.2 | % | |||
| Total Texas | 3,065,171 | 54.6 | % | |||
| Other states | 2,551,111 | 45.4 | % | |||
| Total commercial real estate loans | $ | 5,616,282 | 100.0 | % |
The determination of collateral value is critically important when financing real estate. As a result, obtaining current and objectively prepared appraisals is a major part of the underwriting and monitoring processes. The Company engages a variety of professional firms to supply appraisals, market studies and feasibility reports, environmental assessments and project site inspections to complement its internal resources to underwrite and monitor these credit exposures. Generally, the credit policy requires a new appraisal every three years. However, in periods of economic uncertainty where real estate market conditions may change rapidly, more current appraisals are obtained when warranted by conditions such as a borrower’s deteriorating financial condition, their possible inability to perform on the loan or other indicators of increasing risk of reliance on collateral value as the sole source of repayment of the loan. Annual appraisals are generally obtained for loans graded substandard or worse where real estate is a material portion of the collateral value and/or the income from the real estate or sale of the real estate is the primary source of debt service.
Appraisals are, in substantially all cases, reviewed by a third party to determine the reasonableness of the appraised value. The third-party reviewer will challenge whether or not the data used is appropriate and relevant, form an opinion as to the appropriateness of the appraisal methods and techniques used, and determine if overall the analysis and conclusions of the appraiser can be relied upon. Additionally, the third-party reviewer provides a detailed report of that analysis. Further review may be conducted by credit officers, including the Bank’s managed asset committee as conditions warrant. These additional steps of review are undertaken to confirm that the underlying appraisal and the third-party analysis can be relied upon. If differences arise, management addresses those with the reviewer and determines an appropriate resolution. Both the appraisal process and the appraisal review process can be less reliable in establishing accurate collateral values during and following periods of economic weakness due to the lack of comparable sales and the limited availability of financing to support an active market of potential purchasers.
Interest Reserve Loans
As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had $797.3 million and $788.9 million, respectively, in loans held for investment that included interest reserve arrangements, representing approximately 6% and 14%, respectively, of outstanding commercial real estate loans. The use of interest reserves is common in construction loans and is carefully controlled by underwriting standards, which consider the feasibility of the project, the creditworthiness of the borrower and guarantors and the loan-to-value coverage of the collateral. The interest reserve allows the borrower to draw loan funds to pay interest charges on the outstanding balance of the loan when financial condition precedents are met. When drawn, the interest is capitalized and added to the loan balance, subject to conditions specified during the initial underwriting and at the time the credit is approved. The Company has ongoing controls for monitoring compliance with loan covenants, advancing funds and determining default conditions.
When the Company finances land on which improvements will be constructed, construction funds are generally not advanced until the borrower has received lease or purchase commitments which will meet cash flow coverage requirements and/or an analysis of market conditions and project feasibility indicates to management’s satisfaction that such lease or purchase commitments are forthcoming or other sources of repayment have been identified to repay the loan. It is the general policy to require a substantial equity investment by the borrower to complement the Bank's credit commitment. Any such required borrower investment is first contributed and invested in the project before any draws are allowed under the Bank's credit commitment. The Company requires current financial statements of the borrowing entity and guarantors, as well as conduct periodic inspections of the project and analysis of whether the project is on schedule or delayed. Updated appraisals are ordered when necessary to validate the collateral values to support advances, including reserve interest. Advances of interest reserves are discontinued if collateral values do not support the advances or if the borrower does not comply with other terms and conditions in the loan agreements. If at any time management believes that the collateral position is jeopardized, the Company
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retains the right to stop the use of interest reserves. As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, none of the loans with interest reserves were on non-accrual.
Large Credit Relationships
The Company originates and maintains large credit relationships with numerous customers in the ordinary course of business. The legal lending limit of the Bank is approximately $595.2 million. The Company, however, generally employs lower house limits which vary by assigned risk grade, product and collateral type. Such house limits, which generally range from $20 million to $60 million, may be exceeded with appropriate authorization for exceptionally strong borrowers and otherwise where business opportunity and assessed credit risk warrant a somewhat larger investment. The Company considers large credit relationships to be those with commitments equal to or in excess of $20.0 million. The following table provides additional information on large held for investment credit relationships outstanding at year-end:
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period End Balances | Period End Balances | |||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Number of Relationships | Committed | Outstanding | Number of Relationships | Committed | Outstanding | ||||||||||||
| $30.0 million and greater | 373 | $ | 20,195,542 | $ | 13,965,661 | 344 | $ | 18,053,123 | $ | 11,794,216 | ||||||||
| $20.0 million to $29.9 million | 225 | 5,516,052 | 3,792,528 | 215 | 5,245,658 | 3,493,601 |
Loan Maturities and Interest Rate Sensitivity
The following table shows the contractual maturity distribution of loans held for investment on a gross basis as of December 31, 2024:
| (in thousands) | Within 1 Year | 1-5 Years | 5-15 Years | After 15 Years | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | $ | 1,945,669 | $ | 8,854,449 | $ | 332,219 | $ | 13,254 | $ | 11,145,591 | ||||||||
| Mortgage finance | 5,215,574 | — | — | — | 5,215,574 | |||||||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 1,941,802 | 3,405,219 | 225,391 | 43,870 | 5,616,282 | |||||||||||||
| Consumer | 222,541 | 13,551 | 4,180 | 325,104 | 565,376 | |||||||||||||
| Total loans held for investment | $ | 9,325,586 | $ | 12,273,219 | $ | 561,790 | $ | 382,228 | $ | 22,542,823 |
The following table shows the interest rate composition of loans held for investment on a gross basis with a maturity date over one year as of December 31, 2024:
| (in thousands) | Fixed Interest Rate | Floating Interest Rate | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | $ | 667,754 | $ | 8,532,168 | $ | 9,199,922 | ||||
| Mortgage finance | — | — | — | |||||||
| Commercial real estate | 270,721 | 3,403,759 | 3,674,480 | |||||||
| Consumer | 13,498 | 329,337 | 342,835 | |||||||
| Total loans held for investment | $ | 951,973 | $ | 12,265,264 | $ | 13,217,237 |
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Non-performing Assets
Non-performing assets include non-accrual loans and leases, and repossessed assets. The table below summarizes non-accrual loans by portfolio segment and by type of property securing the credit.
| (dollars in thousands) | December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-accrual loans held for investment | ||||||
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Business assets | $ | 64,481 | $ | 63,094 | ||
| Oil and gas properties | — | 2,543 | ||||
| Accounts receivable and inventory | 6,315 | — | ||||
| Machinery and equipment | 2,729 | 3,332 | ||||
| Unsecured | 60 | 79 | ||||
| Highly liquid assets | 1,340 | — | ||||
| Other | 639 | — | ||||
| Total commercial | 75,564 | 69,048 | ||||
| Commercial real estate: | ||||||
| Industrial buildings | 20,637 | — | ||||
| Office buildings | 14,000 | — | ||||
| Hotel/motel buildings | — | 12,350 | ||||
| Total commercial real estate | 34,637 | 12,350 | ||||
| Consumer: | ||||||
| Single family residences | 964 | — | ||||
| Total consumer | 964 | — | ||||
| Total non-accrual loans held for investment | 111,165 | 81,398 | ||||
| Non-accrual loans held for sale | — | — | ||||
| Other real estate owned (“OREO”) | — | — | ||||
| Total non-performing assets | $ | 111,165 | $ | 81,398 | ||
| Non-accrual loans held for investment to total loans held for investment | 0.50 | % | 0.40 | % | ||
| Total non-performing assets to total assets | 0.36 | % | 0.29 | % | ||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to non-accrual loans held for investment | 2.4x | 3.1x | ||||
| Loans held for investment past due 90 days and accruing | $ | 4,265 | $ | 19,523 | ||
| Loans held for investment past due 90 days to total loans held for investment | 0.02 | % | 0.10 | % | ||
| Loans held for sale past due 90 days and accruing | $ | — | $ | — |
Summary of Credit Loss Experience
The provision for credit losses, comprised of a provision for loans and off-balance sheet credit losses, is a charge to earnings to maintain the allowance for credit losses at a level consistent with management’s assessment of expected losses at each balance sheet date.
The Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $67.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to a provision of $72.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The provision for credit losses for the year ended December 31, 2024 reflects growth in loans held for investment and $40.9 million in net charge-offs recorded during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $50.9 million in net charge-offs during the same period in 2023. Criticized loans totaled $714.0 million at December 31, 2024, compared to $738.2 million at December 31, 2023.
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The table below presents key metrics related to the Company’s credit loss experience:
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to total loans held for investment | 1.21 | % | 1.23 | % | ||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to average total loans held for investment | 1.27 | % | 1.24 | % | ||
| Total allowance for credit losses to total loans held for investment | 1.45 | % | 1.46 | % | ||
| Total provision for credit losses to average total loans held for investment | 0.31 | % | 0.36 | % |
The table below details net charge-offs/(recoveries) as a percentage of average total loans by portfolio segment:
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Net Charge-offs | Net Charge-offs to Average Loans | Net Charge-offs | Net Charge-offs to Average Loans | ||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 32,612 | 0.31 | % | $ | 45,395 | 0.44 | % | ||||||
| Mortgage finance | — | — | % | — | — | % | ||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 8,246 | 0.15 | % | 5,496 | 0.10 | % | ||||||||
| Consumer | 15 | — | % | 36 | 0.01 | % | ||||||||
| Total | $ | 40,873 | 0.19 | % | $ | 50,927 | 0.25 | % |
The allowance for credit losses on loans totaled $271.7 million at December 31, 2024 and $250.0 million at December 31, 2023. The following table presents a summary of the Company’s allowance for credit losses on loans by portfolio segment for the past two years:
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans | % of Loans in each Category to Total Loans | Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans | % of Loans in each Category to Total Loans | ||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 198,423 | 49 | % | $ | 171,437 | 51 | % | ||||||
| Mortgage finance | 2,755 | 23 | % | 4,173 | 19 | % | ||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 68,825 | 25 | % | 71,829 | 27 | % | ||||||||
| Consumer | 1,706 | 3 | % | 2,534 | 3 | % | ||||||||
| Total | $ | 271,709 | 100 | % | $ | 249,973 | 100 | % |
See Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 4 - Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for details of the allowance for credit losses on loans.
Deposits
The Company competes for deposits by offering a full suite of deposit products and services to its customers. While this includes offering competitive interest rates and fees, the primary means of competing for deposits is convenience and service to customers, tailored to the strategy of maintaining a branch-lite network. The Company offers banking centers, courier services and online and mobile banking. Bask Bank, the Bank’s digital-only online banking division, serves customers on a 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week basis solely through online banking.
Average total deposits for the year ended December 31, 2024 increased $1.4 billion compared to 2023. Average non-interest bearing deposits for the year ended December 31, 2024 decreased $801.5 million compared to 2023 and average interest bearing deposits increased $2.2 billion compared to 2023. The average cost of total deposits increased to 2.93% in 2024 from 2.47% in 2023.
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The following table discloses average deposits and weighted-average cost of deposits by type:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Average Balance | Average Rate Paid | Average Balance | Average Rate Paid | |||||||||
| Non-interest bearing | $ | 9,013,038 | — | % | $ | 9,814,517 | — | % | |||||
| Interest bearing transaction | 2,049,720 | 3.18 | % | 1,466,583 | 2.90 | % | |||||||
| Savings | 12,143,539 | 4.71 | % | 10,921,264 | 4.40 | % | |||||||
| Time deposits | 1,946,341 | 5.08 | % | 1,573,294 | 4.14 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 25,152,638 | 2.93 | % | $ | 23,775,658 | 2.47 | % |
The following table shows scheduled maturities of time deposits greater than $250,000:
| (in thousands) | December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months to maturity: | ||||||
| Three or less | $ | 181,982 | $ | 79,162 | ||
| Over three through six | 84,889 | 127,289 | ||||
| Over six through twelve | 186,469 | 150,382 | ||||
| Over twelve | 42,148 | 19,535 | ||||
| Total | $ | 495,488 | $ | 376,368 |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity
In general terms, liquidity is a measurement of the Company’s ability to meet its cash needs. The Company’s objectives in managing its liquidity are to maintain the ability to meet loan commitments, repurchase investment securities and repay deposits and other liabilities in accordance with their terms, without an adverse impact on current or future earnings. The Company’s liquidity strategy is guided by policies, formulated and monitored by senior management and the Asset and Liability Management Committee (“ALCO”), which take into account the demonstrated marketability of the Company’s assets, the sources and stability of its funding and the level of unfunded commitments. The Company regularly evaluates all of its various funding sources with an emphasis on accessibility, stability, reliability and cost-effectiveness. The Company’s principal source of funding is customer deposits, supplemented by short-term borrowings, primarily from federal funds purchased and Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) borrowings, which are generally used to fund mortgage finance loans, and long-term debt. The Company also relies on the availability of the mortgage secondary market provided by Ginnie Mae and government sponsored entities to support the liquidity of mortgage finance loans.
The following table summarizes the Company’s interest bearing cash and cash equivalents:
| (dollars in thousands) | December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3,012,307 | $ | 3,042,357 | |||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents as a percent of: | |||||||
| Total loans held for investment | 13.4 | % | 15.0 | % | |||
| Total earning assets | 10.2 | % | 11.1 | % | |||
| Total deposits | 11.9 | % | 13.6 | % |
The Company’s goal is to obtain as much of its funding for loans held for investment and other earning assets as possible from customer deposits, which are generated through digital acquisition or as a result of development of long-term customer relationships, with a significant focus on treasury management products. In addition, the Company also has access to deposits through brokered channels. The following table summarizes period-end total deposits:
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands) | Balance | % of Total | Balance | % of Total | |||||||||
| Customer deposits | $ | 24,704,091 | 97.9 | % | $ | 21,454,568 | 95.9 | % | |||||
| Brokered deposits | 534,508 | 2.1 | % | 917,271 | 4.1 | % | |||||||
| Total deposits | $ | 25,238,599 | 100.0 | % | $ | 22,371,839 | 100.0 | % |
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Estimated uninsured deposits, including accrued interest, were 41% of total deposits at December 31, 2024, compared to 43% of total deposits at December 31, 2023. The uninsured amounts are estimated based on the methodologies and assumptions used for the Bank’s regulatory reporting requirements.
The Company has short-term borrowing sources available to supplement deposits and meet its funding needs. Such borrowings are generally used to fund mortgage finance loans, due to their liquidity, short duration and interest spreads available. These borrowing sources include federal funds purchased from downstream correspondent bank relationships (which consist of banks that are smaller than the Bank) and from upstream correspondent bank relationships (which consist of banks that are larger than the Bank), customer repurchase agreements and advances from the FHLB and the Federal Reserve. The following table summarizes short-term borrowings, all of which mature within one year:
| (in thousands) | December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FHLB borrowings | $ | 885,000 | $ | 1,500,000 | |||
| Total short-term and other borrowings | $ | 885,000 | $ | 1,500,000 |
The following table summarizes the Company’s short-term borrowing capacities net of balances outstanding:
| (in thousands) | December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FHLB borrowing capacity relating to loans and pledged securities | $ | 4,664,703 | $ | 2,602,092 | ||
| FHLB borrowing capacity relating to unencumbered securities | 4,189,993 | 3,737,615 | ||||
| Total FHLB borrowing capacity(1) | $ | 8,854,696 | $ | 6,339,707 | ||
| Unused federal funds lines available from commercial banks | $ | 1,370,000 | $ | 1,188,000 | ||
| Unused Federal Reserve borrowings capacity | $ | 5,436,652 | $ | 4,094,801 | ||
| Unused revolving line of credit(2) | $ | 75,000 | $ | 100,000 |
(1)FHLB borrowings are collateralized by a blanket floating lien on certain real estate secured loans, mortgage finance loans and certain pledged securities.
(2)Unsecured revolving, non-amortizing line of credit with maturity date of February 8, 2026. Proceeds may be used for general corporate purposes, including funding regulatory capital infusions into the Bank. The loan agreement contains customary financial covenants and restrictions. No borrowings were made against this line of credit during the year ended months ended December 31, 2024 or 2023.
The Company has long-term debt outstanding of $660.3 million as of December 31, 2024, comprised of trust preferred securities and subordinated notes with maturity dates ranging from January 2026 to December 2036. See Note 8 - Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term Debt in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information. The Company may consider raising additional capital, if needed, in public or private offerings of debt or equity securities to supplement deposits and meet its long-term funding needs.
As the Company is a holding company and is a separate operating entity from the Bank, the Company’s primary sources of liquidity are dividends received from the Bank and borrowings from outside sources. Banking regulations may limit the amount of dividends that may be paid by the Bank. See Note 10 - Regulatory Ratios and Capital in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information regarding dividend restrictions and “Liquidity Risks” included in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Periodically, based on market conditions and other factors, and subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations and the terms of its existing indebtedness, the Company may repay, repurchase, exchange or redeem outstanding indebtedness, or otherwise enter into transactions regarding debt or capital structure. For example, the Company periodically evaluates and may engage in liability management transactions, including repurchases or redemptions of outstanding subordinated notes, which may be funded by the issuance of, or exchanges of, newly issued unsecured borrowings to actively manage the debt maturity profile and interest cost.
Capital Resources
The Company’s equity capital averaged $3.3 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $3.1 billion for the same period in 2023. The Company has not paid any cash dividends on common stock since operations commenced and has no plans to do so in the foreseeable future.
On January 17, 2024, the Company’s board of directors authorized a share repurchase program under which the Company could repurchase up to $150.0 million in shares of its outstanding common stock, excluding the effect of excise tax expense incurred on net stock repurchases. Remaining repurchase authorization under the January 18, 2023 share repurchase program was terminated upon authorization of this new program. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company repurchased 1,381,436 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price, including excise tax expense, of $81.5 million, at a weighted average price of $58.57 per share.
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On January 22, 2025, the Company’s board of directors authorized a new share repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to $200.0 million in shares of its outstanding common stock, excluding the effect of excise tax expense incurred on net stock repurchases. The share repurchase program expires on January 31, 2026, but may be suspended or discontinued at any time. Remaining repurchase authorization under the January 17, 2024 share repurchase program was terminated upon authorization of this new program.
Any repurchases under the Company’s repurchase program will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws from time to time in open market or private transactions. The extent to which the Company repurchases shares, and the timing of such repurchases, will be at management’s discretion and will depend upon a variety of factors, including market conditions, the Company’s capital position and amount of retained earnings, regulatory requirements and other considerations.
For additional information on the Company’s capital and stockholders’ equity, see Note 10 - Regulatory Ratios and Capital, in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
Critical Accounting Estimates
SEC guidance requires disclosure of “critical accounting estimates.” The SEC defines “critical accounting estimates” as those estimates made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles that involve a significant level of estimation uncertainty and have had or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on the financial condition or results of operations of the registrant.
The Company follows financial accounting and reporting policies that are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The more significant of these policies are summarized in Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. Not all significant accounting policies require management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments. However, the policy noted below could be deemed to meet the SEC’s definition of a critical accounting estimate.
Allowance for Credit Losses
Management considers the policies related to the allowance for credit losses as the most critical to the financial statement presentation. The total allowance for credit losses includes activity related to allowances calculated in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 326, Credit Losses. The allowance for credit losses is established through a provision for credit losses charged to current earnings. The amount maintained in the allowance reflects management’s continuing evaluation of the credit losses expected to be recognized over the life of the loans in the Company’s portfolio. The allowance for credit losses on loans is a valuation account that is deducted from the loans' amortized cost basis to present the net amount expected to be collected on the loans. The allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet financial instruments is recorded in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. For purposes of determining the allowance for credit losses, the loan portfolio is segregated into pools first by portfolio segment and then by past due status or credit grade. Each pool is assigned a loss estimate, reflecting historical loss rates that incorporate probability of default and severity of losses over the estimated remaining life of the loans. Loans that do not share risk characteristics are evaluated on an individual basis and are not included in the collective (pool) evaluation. Management estimates the allowance balance using relevant available information from internal and external sources relating to past events, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Modifications to loss estimates are made to incorporate a reasonable and supportable forecast of future losses at the pool level, as well as any necessary qualitative adjustments using a Portfolio Level Qualitative Factor (“PLQF”) and/or a Portfolio Segment Level Qualitative Factor (“SLQF”). A similar process is employed to calculate a reserve assigned to off-balance sheet financial instruments, specifically unfunded loan commitments and letters of credit. Modified loss estimates are assigned based on the balance of the commitments estimated to be outstanding at the time of default. The PLQF and SLQF are utilized to address factors that are not present in historical loss rates and are otherwise unaccounted for in the quantitative process. A reserve is recorded upon origination or purchase of a loan. See “Summary of Credit Loss Experience” above and Note 4 - Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for further discussion of the risk factors considered by management in establishing the allowance for credit losses.
Management considers a range of macroeconomic scenarios in connection with the allowance estimation process. Within the various economic scenarios considered as of December 31, 2024, the quantitative estimate of the allowance for credit loss would increase by approximately $139.6 million under sole consideration of the most severe downside scenario. The quoted sensitivity calculation reflects the sensitivity of the modeled allowance estimate to macroeconomic forecast data, but is absent of qualitative overlays and other qualitative adjustments that are part of the quarterly reserving process and does not necessarily reflect the nature and extent of future changes in the allowance for reasons including increases or decreases in qualitative adjustments, changes in the risk profile and size of the portfolio, changes in the severity of the macroeconomic scenario and the range of scenarios under management consideration.
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FY 2023 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001077428-24-000040.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Overview
Recent Industry Developments
During 2023, the banking industry experienced significant volatility with multiple high-profile bank failures and industry wide concerns related to liquidity, deposit outflows, unrealized securities losses, eroding consumer confidence and increased regulatory scrutiny. Despite these negative industry developments, the Company’s liquidity position and balance sheet remains robust. Furthermore, the Company’s capital remains at historically high levels with CET1 and total capital ratios of 12.6% and 17.1%, respectively, as of December 31, 2023. The Company’s total deposits decreased by 2% as compared to December 31, 2022, to $22.4 billion at December 31, 2023. In response to the industry-wide concerns, the Company took a number of preemptive actions, which included pro-active outreach to clients and an enhanced review of its borrowing and liquidity positions to ensure that the Company’s liquidity and capital positions remain strong and that the Company is positioned to best serve its clients.
Results of Operations
Selected income statement data and key performance indicators are presented in the table below:
| For the Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands except per share data) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 914,123 | $ | 875,765 | $ | 768,781 | ||||||||
| Provision for credit losses | 72,000 | 66,000 | (30,000) | |||||||||||
| Non-interest income | 161,419 | 349,522 | 138,286 | |||||||||||
| Non-interest expense | 756,947 | 727,532 | 599,012 | |||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 246,595 | 431,755 | 338,055 | |||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 57,454 | 99,277 | 84,116 | |||||||||||
| Net income | 189,141 | 332,478 | 253,939 | |||||||||||
| Preferred stock dividends | 17,250 | 17,250 | 18,721 | |||||||||||
| Net income available to common stockholders | $ | 171,891 | $ | 315,228 | $ | 235,218 | ||||||||
| Basic earnings per common share | $ | 3.58 | $ | 6.25 | $ | 4.65 | ||||||||
| Diluted earnings per common share | $ | 3.54 | $ | 6.18 | $ | 4.60 | ||||||||
| Net interest margin | 3.17 | % | 2.79 | % | 2.07 | % | ||||||||
| Return on average assets (“ROA”) | 0.64 | % | 1.04 | % | 0.67 | % | ||||||||
| Return on average common equity (“ROE”) | 6.15 | % | 11.33 | % | 8.35 | % | ||||||||
| Efficiency ratio(1) | 70.4 | % | 59.4 | % | 66.0 | % | ||||||||
| Non-interest income to average earning assets | 0.57 | % | 1.12 | % | 0.37 | % | ||||||||
| Non-interest expense to average earning assets | 2.66 | % | 2.34 | % | 1.61 | % |
(1) Non-interest expense divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income.
Year ended December 31, 2023 compared to year ended December 31, 2022
The Company reported net income of $189.1 million and net income available to common stockholders of $171.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to net income of $332.5 million and net income available to common stockholders of $315.2 million for the same period in 2022. On a fully diluted basis, earnings per common share were $3.54 for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to $6.18 for the same period in 2022. ROE was 6.15% and ROA was 0.64% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, compared to 11.33% and 1.04%, respectively, for the same period in 2022. The decrease in net income for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 resulted primarily from a decrease in non-interest income.
Details of the changes in the various components of net income are discussed below.
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Taxable Equivalent Net Interest Income Analysis - Year to Date(1)
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities(2) | $ | 4,162,931 | $ | 108,294 | 2.37 | % | $ | 3,525,986 | $ | 64,021 | 1.69 | % | $ | 3,588,565 | $ | 44,636 | 1.24 | % | ||||||||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents | 4,353,911 | 220,976 | 5.08 | % | 5,967,329 | 97,271 | 1.63 | % | 10,549,153 | 13,233 | 0.13 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans held for sale | 33,166 | 2,856 | 8.61 | % | 528,973 | 23,555 | 4.45 | % | 90,066 | 2,481 | 2.75 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, mortgage finance | 4,080,263 | 107,111 | 2.63 | % | 5,285,612 | 189,843 | 3.59 | % | 7,881,791 | 239,205 | 3.03 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment(3) | 16,076,646 | 1,191,098 | 7.41 | % | 16,063,437 | 770,802 | 4.80 | % | 15,328,390 | 579,157 | 3.78 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Less: Allowance for credit losses on loans | 249,180 | — | — | 221,639 | — | — | 234,973 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, net | 19,907,729 | 1,298,209 | 6.52 | % | 21,127,410 | 960,645 | 4.55 | % | 22,975,208 | 818,362 | 3.56 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total earning assets | 28,457,737 | 1,630,335 | 5.65 | % | 31,149,698 | 1,145,492 | 3.65 | % | 37,202,992 | 878,712 | 2.36 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 1,079,607 | 900,121 | 937,264 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 29,537,344 | $ | 32,049,819 | $ | 38,140,256 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | $ | 1,466,583 | $ | 42,561 | 2.90 | % | $ | 1,659,476 | $ | 18,099 | 1.09 | % | $ | 3,447,849 | $ | 20,657 | 0.60 | % | ||||||||
| Savings deposits | 10,921,264 | 480,106 | 4.40 | % | 9,983,571 | 151,400 | 1.52 | % | 11,180,645 | 36,459 | 0.33 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | 1,573,294 | 65,108 | 4.14 | % | 1,313,483 | 21,164 | 1.61 | % | 1,716,642 | 8,391 | 0.49 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest bearing deposits | 13,961,141 | 587,775 | 4.21 | % | 12,956,530 | 190,663 | 1.47 | % | 16,345,136 | 65,507 | 0.40 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Short-term borrowings | 1,323,039 | 70,642 | 5.34 | % | 1,829,751 | 29,077 | 1.59 | % | 2,399,280 | 4,613 | 0.19 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | 882,904 | 57,383 | 6.50 | % | 927,847 | 48,739 | 5.25 | % | 802,112 | 37,628 | 4.69 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest bearing liabilities | 16,167,084 | 715,800 | 4.43 | % | 15,714,128 | 268,479 | 1.71 | % | 19,546,528 | 107,748 | 0.55 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Non-interest bearing deposits | 9,814,517 | 12,951,134 | 15,186,455 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 460,779 | 301,251 | 274,357 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity | 3,094,964 | 3,083,306 | 3,132,916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 29,537,344 | $ | 32,049,819 | $ | 38,140,256 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 914,535 | $ | 877,013 | $ | 770,964 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest margin | 3.17 | % | 2.79 | % | 2.07 | % |
(1)Taxable equivalent rates used where applicable.
(2)Yields on investment securities are calculated using available-for-sale securities at amortized cost.
(3)Average balances include non-accrual loans. Loan interest income includes loan fees totaling $47.2 million, $37.2 million and $47.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
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Volume/Rate Analysis
The following table presents the changes in taxable equivalent net interest income and identifies the changes due to differences in the average volume of earning assets and interest bearing liabilities and the changes due to differences in the average interest rate on those assets and liabilities.
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/2022 | 2022/2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Change | Change Due To(1) | Net Change | Change Due To(1) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | Volume | Yield/Rate(2) | Volume | Yield/Rate(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | $ | 44,273 | $ | 10,764 | $ | 33,509 | $ | 19,385 | $ | (752) | $ | 20,137 | ||||||||||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents | 123,705 | (26,299) | 150,004 | 84,038 | (5,731) | 89,769 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for sale | (20,699) | (22,063) | 1,364 | 21,074 | 6,995 | 14,079 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, mortgage finance | (82,732) | (43,272) | (39,460) | (49,362) | (78,274) | 28,912 | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment | 420,296 | 634 | 419,662 | 191,645 | 27,721 | 163,924 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total interest income | 484,843 | (80,236) | 565,079 | 266,780 | (50,041) | 316,821 | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | 24,462 | (2,103) | 26,565 | (2,558) | (10,747) | 8,189 | ||||||||||||||||
| Savings deposits | 328,706 | 14,253 | 314,453 | 114,941 | (3,947) | 118,888 | ||||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | 43,944 | 4,183 | 39,761 | 12,773 | (2,273) | 15,046 | ||||||||||||||||
| Short-term borrowings | 41,565 | (8,057) | 49,622 | 24,464 | (1,315) | 25,779 | ||||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | 8,644 | (2,360) | 11,004 | 11,111 | 6,287 | 4,824 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total interest expense | 447,321 | 5,916 | 441,405 | 160,731 | (11,995) | 172,726 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 37,522 | $ | (86,152) | $ | 123,674 | $ | 106,049 | $ | (38,046) | $ | 144,095 |
(1)Yield/rate and volume variances are allocated to yield/rate.
(2)Taxable equivalent rates used where applicable assuming a 21% tax rate.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income was $914.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $875.8 million for 2022. The increase was primarily due to an increase in yields on average earning assets, partially offset by an increase in funding costs and a decrease in average earning assets.
Average earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2023 decreased $2.7 billion compared to the same period in 2022, which included a $1.6 billion decrease in average interest bearing cash and cash equivalents and a $1.7 billion decrease in average total loans, partially offset by a $636.9 million increase in investment securities. Average interest bearing liabilities increased $453.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, primarily due to a $1.0 billion increase in average interest bearing deposits, partially offset by a $506.7 million decrease in average short-term borrowings and a $44.9 million decrease in average long-term debt. Average non-interest bearing deposits for the year ended December 31, 2023 decreased to $9.8 billion from $13.0 billion for the same period in 2022.
Net interest margin for the year ended December 31, 2023 was 3.17% compared to 2.79% for 2022. The increase was primarily due to the effect of rising interest rates on earning asset yields and a shift in earning asset composition, partially offset by higher funding costs, also as a result of rising interest rates, compared to the same period in 2022.
The yield on total loans held for investment, net, increased to 6.52% for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to 4.55% for the same period in 2022 and the yield on earning assets increased to 5.65% for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to 3.65% for the same period in 2022. The average cost of total deposits increased to 2.47% for 2023 from 0.74% for the same period in 2022 and total funding costs, including all deposits, long-term debt and stockholders' equity, increased to 2.46% for 2023 compared to 0.85% for the same period 2022.
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Non-interest Income
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||
| Service charges on deposit accounts | $ | 20,874 | $ | 23,266 | $ | 19,054 | ||||||||
| Wealth management and trust fee income | 13,955 | 15,036 | 13,173 | |||||||||||
| Brokered loan fees | 8,918 | 14,159 | 27,954 | |||||||||||
| Investment banking and trading income | 86,182 | 35,054 | 24,441 | |||||||||||
| Gain on disposal of subsidiary | — | 248,526 | — | |||||||||||
| Other | 31,490 | 13,481 | 53,664 | |||||||||||
| Total non-interest income | $ | 161,419 | $ | 349,522 | $ | 138,286 |
Non-interest income decreased by $188.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2023 to $161.4 million, compared to $349.5 million for the same period in 2022. The decrease was primarily due to a non-recurring $248.5 million gain related to the sale of our premium finance subsidiary recorded in 2022, partially offset by increases in investment banking and trading income and other non-interest income.
Non-interest Expense
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||
| Salaries and benefits | $ | 459,700 | $ | 434,906 | $ | 350,197 | ||||||||
| Occupancy expense | 38,494 | 44,222 | 33,232 | |||||||||||
| Marketing | 25,854 | 32,388 | 10,006 | |||||||||||
| Legal and professional | 64,924 | 75,858 | 41,152 | |||||||||||
| Communications and technology | 81,262 | 69,253 | 75,185 | |||||||||||
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance assessment | 36,775 | 14,344 | 21,027 | |||||||||||
| Servicing-related expenses | — | — | 27,765 | |||||||||||
| Other | 49,938 | 56,561 | 40,448 | |||||||||||
| Total non-interest expense | $ | 756,947 | $ | 727,532 | $ | 599,012 |
Non-interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2023 increased $29.4 million compared to the same period in 2022 primarily due to an increase in salaries and benefits, communications and technology and FDIC insurance assessment, which included $19.9 million in special assessment expense in 2023, partially offset by a decrease in legal and professional expense. Full-year 2022 legal and professional expense included $15.9 million in expenses related to the sale of our premium finance subsidiary.
Analysis of Financial Condition
Loans Held for Investment
As discussed in Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report, in the second quarter of 2023, changes were made to certain estimates used in the Company’s current expected credit loss model which resulted in adjustments being made to the Company’s portfolio segments. As a result, certain prior period balances below have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation of portfolio segments.
The following table summarizes the Company’s loans held for investment by portfolio segment. See Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for details of these portfolio segments.
| (in thousands) | December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | $ | 10,410,766 | $ | 9,832,676 | ||
| Mortgage finance | 3,978,328 | 4,090,033 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 5,500,774 | 4,875,363 | ||||
| Consumer | 530,948 | 552,848 | ||||
| Gross loans held for investment | 20,420,816 | 19,350,920 | ||||
| Unearned income (net of direct origination costs) | (80,258) | (63,580) | ||||
| Total loans held for investment | $ | 20,340,558 | $ | 19,287,340 |
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Total loans held for investment were $20.3 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $1.1 billion from December 31, 2022. The Company experienced loan growth in the commercial and commercial real estate categories as it has continued to execute on its long-term strategy. Mortgage finance loans relate to the mortgage warehouse lending operations in which the Company purchases mortgage loan ownership interests that are typically sold within 10 to 20 days and represent 19% and 21% of gross loans held for investment at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Volumes fluctuate based on the level of market demand for the product and the number of days between purchase and sale of the loans, which can be affected by changes in overall market interest rates, and tend to peak at the end of each month.
The Company originates a substantial majority of all loans held for investment. The Company also participates in shared national credits, both as a participant and as an agent. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had $5.3 billion in shared national credits, $1.2 billion of which the Company administered as agent. All syndicated loans, whether the Company acts as agent or participant, are underwritten to the same standards as all other loans the Company originates. As of December 31, 2023, approximately $6.5 million of the Company’s shared national credits were on non-accrual.
Portfolio Concentrations
Although more than 50% of the Company’s total loan exposure is outside of Texas and more than 50% of deposits are sourced outside of Texas, Texas concentration remains significant. As of December 31, 2023, a majority of the loans held for investment, excluding mortgage finance and other national lines of business, were to businesses with headquarters or operations in Texas. This geographic concentration subjects the Company’s loan portfolio to the general economic conditions within this state. The risks created by this concentration have been considered by management in the determination of the appropriateness of the allowance for credit losses.
The table below summarizes the industry concentrations of loans held for investment on a gross basis at December 31, 2023:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Financials (excluding banks) | $ | 3,950,879 | 19.4 | % | ||
| Oil and gas and pipelines | 1,205,100 | 5.9 | % | |||
| Technology, telecom and media | 1,004,186 | 4.9 | % | |||
| Real estate related services (not secured by real estate) | 947,494 | 4.6 | % | |||
| Commercial services | 419,065 | 2.1 | % | |||
| Retail | 410,162 | 2.0 | % | |||
| Machinery, equipment and parts manufacturing | 300,606 | 1.5 | % | |||
| Entertainment and recreation | 291,146 | 1.4 | % | |||
| Transportation services | 236,100 | 1.2 | % | |||
| Healthcare and pharmaceuticals | 217,558 | 1.1 | % | |||
| Government and education | 208,828 | 1.0 | % | |||
| Food and beverage manufacturing and wholesale | 179,673 | 0.9 | % | |||
| Materials and commodities | 173,574 | 0.8 | % | |||
| Utilities | 146,923 | 0.7 | % | |||
| Consumer services | 137,823 | 0.7 | % | |||
| Diversified or miscellaneous | 581,649 | 2.8 | % | |||
| Total commercial | 10,410,766 | 51.0 | % | |||
| Mortgage finance | 3,978,328 | 19.5 | % | |||
| Commercial real estate | 5,500,774 | 26.9 | % | |||
| Consumer | 530,948 | 2.6 | % | |||
| Total | $ | 20,420,816 | 100.0 | % |
The Company’s largest concentration of commercial loans held for investment in any single industry is in financials excluding banks. Loans extended to borrowers in the financials excluding banks category are comprised largely of loans to companies who loan money to businesses and consumers for various purposes including, but not limited to, insurance, consumer goods and real estate. This category also includes loans to companies involved in investment management and securities and commodities trading.
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The Company believes the loans it originates are appropriately collateralized under its credit standards. Approximately 96% of the Company’s loans held for investment are secured by collateral. The table below sets forth information regarding the distribution of loans held for investment on a gross basis among various types of collateral at December 31, 2023:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Business assets | $ | 8,848,736 | 43.4 | % | ||
| Other assets | 337,444 | 1.7 | % | |||
| Highly liquid assets | 330,767 | 1.6 | % | |||
| Municipal tax- and revenue-secured | 89,079 | 0.4 | % | |||
| Rolling stock | 30,415 | 0.1 | % | |||
| U. S. Government guaranty | 1,261 | — | % | |||
| Unsecured | 773,064 | 3.8 | % | |||
| Total commercial | 10,410,766 | 51.0 | % | |||
| Mortgage finance | 3,978,328 | 19.5 | % | |||
| Commercial real estate | 5,500,774 | 26.9 | % | |||
| Consumer | 530,948 | 2.6 | % | |||
| Total | $ | 20,420,816 | 100.0 | % |
As noted in the tables above, approximately 27% of loans held for investment as of December 31, 2023 are commercial real estate loans that are generally secured by real property. The commercial real estate portfolio is comprised primarily of non-owner occupied construction/development financing and limited term financing provided to professional real estate developers, owners/managers of commercial real estate projects and properties, and residential builders/developers. Collateral properties include office buildings, warehouse/distribution buildings, shopping centers, hotels/motels, senior living, apartment buildings, residential and commercial tract developments, and raw land or lots to be developed into single-family homes. The primary source of repayment on these loans is generally expected to come from the sale, permanent financing or lease of the real property collateral. As a result, the performance of these loans is generally impacted by fluctuations in collateral values, the ability of the borrower to obtain permanent financing, and, in the case of loans to residential builder/developers, volatility in consumer demand. Commercial real estate net charge-offs totaled $5.5 million in 2023, primarily related to a single hospitality loan that was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as compared to $350,000 in 2022.
The table below summarizes the commercial real estate loan portfolio, by property type as of December 31, 2023:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment/condominium buildings | $ | 2,196,299 | 39.9 | % | ||
| Industrial buildings | 1,032,647 | 18.8 | % | |||
| Office buildings | 451,660 | 8.2 | % | |||
| 1-4 Family dwellings (other than condominium) | 340,632 | 6.2 | % | |||
| Shopping center/mall buildings | 265,938 | 4.8 | % | |||
| Senior housing buildings | 260,656 | 4.7 | % | |||
| Self-storage buildings | 212,571 | 3.9 | % | |||
| Commercial buildings | 166,405 | 3.0 | % | |||
| Hotel/motel buildings | 162,585 | 3.0 | % | |||
| Residential lots | 92,037 | 1.7 | % | |||
| Student housing | 84,003 | 1.5 | % | |||
| Commercial lots | 78,192 | 1.4 | % | |||
| Other | 157,149 | 2.9 | % | |||
| Total commercial real estate loans | $ | 5,500,774 | 100.0 | % |
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The table below summarizes the Company’s commercial real estate portfolio at December 31, 2023 as segregated by the geographic region in which the property is located. Approximately 59% of the commercial real estate collateral is located in Texas.
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas geographic region: | ||||||
| Dallas/Fort Worth | $ | 1,140,779 | 20.7 | % | ||
| Houston | 881,487 | 16.0 | % | |||
| San Antonio | 515,875 | 9.4 | % | |||
| Austin | 503,052 | 9.2 | % | |||
| Other Texas cities | 181,278 | 3.3 | % | |||
| Total Texas | 3,222,471 | 58.6 | % | |||
| Other states | 2,278,303 | 41.4 | % | |||
| Total commercial real estate loans | $ | 5,500,774 | 100.0 | % |
The determination of collateral value is critically important when financing real estate. As a result, obtaining current and objectively prepared appraisals is a major part of the underwriting and monitoring processes. The Company engages a variety of professional firms to supply appraisals, market studies and feasibility reports, environmental assessments and project site inspections to complement its internal resources to underwrite and monitor these credit exposures. Generally, the credit policy requires a new appraisal every three years. However, in periods of economic uncertainty where real estate market conditions may change rapidly, more current appraisals are obtained when warranted by conditions such as a borrower’s deteriorating financial condition, their possible inability to perform on the loan or other indicators of increasing risk of reliance on collateral value as the sole source of repayment of the loan. Annual appraisals are generally obtained for loans graded substandard or worse where real estate is a material portion of the collateral value and/or the income from the real estate or sale of the real estate is the primary source of debt service.
Appraisals are, in substantially all cases, reviewed by a third party to determine the reasonableness of the appraised value. The third-party reviewer will challenge whether or not the data used is appropriate and relevant, form an opinion as to the appropriateness of the appraisal methods and techniques used, and determine if overall the analysis and conclusions of the appraiser can be relied upon. Additionally, the third-party reviewer provides a detailed report of that analysis. Further review may be conducted by credit officers, including the Bank’s managed asset committee as conditions warrant. These additional steps of review are undertaken to confirm that the underlying appraisal and the third-party analysis can be relied upon. If differences arise, management addresses those with the reviewer and determines an appropriate resolution. Both the appraisal process and the appraisal review process can be less reliable in establishing accurate collateral values during and following periods of economic weakness due to the lack of comparable sales and the limited availability of financing to support an active market of potential purchasers.
Interest Reserve Loans
As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had $788.9 million and $854.5 million, respectively, in loans held for investment that included interest reserve arrangements, representing approximately 14% and 18%, respectively, of outstanding commercial real estate loans. The use of interest reserves is common in construction loans and is carefully controlled by underwriting standards, which consider the feasibility of the project, the creditworthiness of the borrower and guarantors and the loan-to-value coverage of the collateral. The interest reserve allows the borrower to draw loan funds to pay interest charges on the outstanding balance of the loan when financial condition precedents are met. When drawn, the interest is capitalized and added to the loan balance, subject to conditions specified during the initial underwriting and at the time the credit is approved. The Company has ongoing controls for monitoring compliance with loan covenants, advancing funds and determining default conditions.
When the Company finances land on which improvements will be constructed, construction funds are generally not advanced until the borrower has received lease or purchase commitments which will meet cash flow coverage requirements and/or an analysis of market conditions and project feasibility indicates to management’s satisfaction that such lease or purchase commitments are forthcoming or other sources of repayment have been identified to repay the loan. It is the general policy to require a substantial equity investment by the borrower to complement the Bank's credit commitment. Any such required borrower investment is first contributed and invested in the project before any draws are allowed under the Bank's credit commitment. The Company requires current financial statements of the borrowing entity and guarantors, as well as conduct periodic inspections of the project and analysis of whether the project is on schedule or delayed. Updated appraisals are ordered when necessary to validate the collateral values to support advances, including reserve interest. Advances of interest reserves are discontinued if collateral values do not support the advances or if the borrower does not comply with other terms and conditions in the loan agreements. If at any time management believes that the collateral position is jeopardized, the Company
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retains the right to stop the use of interest reserves. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, none of the loans with interest reserves were on non-accrual.
Large Credit Relationships
The Company originates and maintains large credit relationships with numerous customers in the ordinary course of business. The legal lending limit of the Bank is approximately $593.9 million. The Company, however, generally employs lower house limits which vary by assigned risk grade, product and collateral type. Such house limits, which generally range from $20 million to $60 million, may be exceeded with appropriate authorization for exceptionally strong borrowers and otherwise where business opportunity and assessed credit risk warrant a somewhat larger investment. The Company considers large credit relationships to be those with commitments equal to or in excess of $20.0 million. The following table provides additional information on large held for investment credit relationships outstanding at year-end:
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period End Balances | Period End Balances | |||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Number of Relationships | Committed | Outstanding | Number of Relationships | Committed | Outstanding | ||||||||||||||
| $30.0 million and greater | 344 | $ | 18,053,123 | $ | 11,794,216 | 315 | $ | 16,287,723 | $ | 10,515,253 | ||||||||||
| $20.0 million to $29.9 million | 215 | 5,245,658 | 3,493,601 | 216 | 5,262,032 | 3,485,755 |
Loan Maturities and Interest Rate Sensitivity
| December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | Total | Within 1 Year | 1-5 Years | 5-15 Years | After 15 Years | |||||||||||||
| Loan maturity: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 10,410,766 | $ | 1,897,320 | $ | 7,870,372 | $ | 635,042 | $ | 8,032 | ||||||||
| Mortgage finance | 3,978,328 | 3,978,328 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 5,500,774 | 1,516,284 | 3,643,612 | 303,895 | 36,983 | |||||||||||||
| Consumer | 530,948 | 207,616 | 19,220 | 4,242 | 299,870 | |||||||||||||
| Total loans held for investment | $ | 20,420,816 | $ | 7,599,548 | $ | 11,533,204 | $ | 943,179 | $ | 344,885 | ||||||||
| Interest rate sensitivity for selected loans with: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fixed interest rates | $ | 1,133,129 | $ | 72,272 | $ | 506,292 | $ | 536,237 | $ | 18,328 | ||||||||
| Floating or adjustable interest rates | 19,287,687 | 7,527,276 | 11,026,912 | 406,942 | 326,557 | |||||||||||||
| Total loans held for investment | $ | 20,420,816 | $ | 7,599,548 | $ | 11,533,204 | $ | 943,179 | $ | 344,885 |
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Non-performing Assets
Non-performing assets include non-accrual loans and leases and repossessed assets. The table below summarizes non-accrual loans by portfolio segment and by type of property securing the credit.
| (dollars in thousands) | December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-accrual loans held for investment | ||||||
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Business assets | $ | 63,094 | $ | 41,448 | ||
| Oil and gas properties | 2,543 | 3,658 | ||||
| Machinery and equipment | 3,332 | — | ||||
| Accounts receivable and inventory | — | 1,405 | ||||
| Other | 79 | 531 | ||||
| Total commercial | 69,048 | 47,042 | ||||
| Commercial real estate: | ||||||
| Hotel/motel | 12,350 | — | ||||
| Commercial property | — | 1,263 | ||||
| Total commercial real estate | 12,350 | 1,263 | ||||
| Consumer | ||||||
| Other | — | 33 | ||||
| Total consumer | — | 33 | ||||
| Total non-accrual loans held for investment | 81,398 | 48,338 | ||||
| Non-accrual loans held for sale | — | — | ||||
| Other real estate owned (“OREO”) | — | — | ||||
| Total non-performing assets | $ | 81,398 | $ | 48,338 | ||
| Non-accrual loans held for investment to total loans held for investment | 0.40 | % | 0.25 | % | ||
| Total non-performing assets to total assets | 0.29 | % | 0.17 | % | ||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to non-accrual loans held for investment | 3.1x | 5.2x | ||||
| Loans held for investment past due 90 days and accruing | $ | 19,523 | $ | 131 | ||
| Loans held for investment past due 90 days to total loans held for investment | 0.10 | % | — | % | ||
| Loans held for sale past due 90 days and accruing | $ | — | $ | — |
Summary of Credit Loss Experience
The provision for credit losses, comprised of a provision for loans and off-balance sheet credit losses, is a charge to earnings to maintain the allowance for credit losses at a level consistent with management’s assessment of expected losses at each balance sheet date. Below is a discussion of provision for credit losses on loans. The changes made to the Company’s current expected credit loss model, as discussed in Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report, resulted in a reallocation of the allowance for credit losses between loan portfolio segments and allowance balances allocated to off-balance sheet financial instruments. The changes made result in a higher allocation of losses to off-balance sheet financial statements. See Note 9 - Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for presentation of the activity in the allowance for credit losses for off-balance asset credit losses.
The Company recorded a provision for credit losses on loans of $47.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to a provision of $61.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The provision for credit losses on loans for the year ended December 31, 2023 reflects increases in total loans held for investment, criticized and non-accrual loans and net charge-offs during the year ended December 31, 2023. The Company recorded $50.9 million in net charge-offs during the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $19.9 million in net charge-offs during the same period in 2022. Criticized loans totaled $738.2 million at December 31, 2023, compared to $513.2 million at December 31, 2022.
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The table below presents key metrics related to the Company’s credit loss experience:
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to total loans held for investment | 1.23 | % | 1.31 | % | ||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to average total loans held for investment | 1.24 | % | 1.19 | % | ||
| Total allowance for credit losses to total loans held for investment | 1.46 | % | 1.43 | % | ||
| Total provision for credit losses to average total loans held for investment | 0.36 | % | 0.31 | % |
The table below details net charge-offs/(recoveries) as a percentage of average total loans by portfolio segment:
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands) | Net Charge-offs | Net Charge-offs to Average Loans(1) | Net Charge-offs | Net Charge-offs to Average Loans(1) | ||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 45,395 | 0.44 | % | $ | 19,542 | 0.18 | % | ||||||
| Mortgage finance | — | — | % | — | — | % | ||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 5,496 | 0.10 | % | 350 | 0.01 | % | ||||||||
| Consumer | 36 | 0.01 | % | (23) | — | % | ||||||||
| Total | $ | 50,927 | 0.25 | % | $ | 19,869 | 0.09 | % |
The allowance for credit losses on loans totaled $250.0 million at December 31, 2023 and $253.5 million at December 31, 2022. The following table presents a summary of the Company’s allowance for credit losses on loans by portfolio segment for the past two years:
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans | % of Loans in each Category to Total Loans | Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans | % of Loans in each Category to Total Loans | ||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 171,437 | 51 | % | $ | 185,303 | 51 | % | ||||||
| Mortgage finance | 4,173 | 19 | % | 10,745 | 21 | % | ||||||||
| Commercial real estate | 71,829 | 27 | % | 54,268 | 25 | % | ||||||||
| Consumer | 2,534 | 3 | % | 3,153 | 3 | % | ||||||||
| Total | $ | 249,973 | 100 | % | $ | 253,469 | 100 | % |
See Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 4 - Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for details of the allowance for credit losses on loans.
Deposits
The Company competes for deposits by offering a full suite of deposit products and services to its customers. While this includes offering competitive interest rates and fees, the primary means of competing for deposits is convenience and service to customers, tailored to the strategy of maintaining a branch-lite network. The Company offers banking centers, courier services and online and mobile banking. Bask Bank, the Company’s online banking division, serves customers on a 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week basis solely through online banking.
Average total deposits for the year ended December 31, 2023 decreased $2.1 billion compared to 2022. Average non-interest bearing deposits for the year ended December 31, 2023 decreased $3.1 billion compared to 2022 and average interest bearing deposits increased $1.0 billion. The average cost of total deposits increased to 2.47% in 2023 from 0.74% in 2022 primarily due to rising interest rates.
The following table discloses average deposits and weighted-average cost of deposits by type:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Average Balance | Average Rate Paid | Average Balance | Average Rate Paid | |||||||||
| Non-interest bearing | $ | 9,814,517 | — | % | $ | 12,951,134 | — | % | |||||
| Interest bearing transaction | 1,466,583 | 2.90 | % | 1,659,476 | 1.09 | % | |||||||
| Savings | 10,921,264 | 4.40 | % | 9,983,571 | 1.52 | % | |||||||
| Time deposits | 1,573,294 | 4.14 | % | 1,313,483 | 1.61 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 23,775,658 | 2.47 | % | $ | 25,907,664 | 0.74 | % |
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Estimated uninsured deposits at December 31, 2023 were $9.7 billion (43% of total deposits), compared to $12.4 billion (54% of total deposits) at December 31, 2022. The uninsured amounts are estimated based on the methodologies and assumptions used for the Bank’s regulatory reporting requirements.
The following table shows scheduled maturities of time deposits greater than $250,000:
| (in thousands) | December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months to maturity: | ||||||
| Three or less | $ | 79,162 | $ | 70,008 | ||
| Over three through six | 127,289 | 50,282 | ||||
| Over six through twelve | 150,382 | 117,435 | ||||
| Over twelve | 19,535 | 20,715 | ||||
| Total | $ | 376,368 | $ | 258,440 |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity
In general terms, liquidity is a measurement of the Company’s ability to meet its cash needs. The Company’s objectives in managing its liquidity are to maintain the ability to meet loan commitments, repurchase investment securities and repay deposits and other liabilities in accordance with their terms, without an adverse impact on current or future earnings. The Company’s liquidity strategy is guided by policies, formulated and monitored by senior management and the Asset and Liability Management Committee (“ALCO”), which take into account the demonstrated marketability of the Company’s assets, the sources and stability of its funding and the level of unfunded commitments. The Company regularly evaluates all of its various funding sources with an emphasis on accessibility, stability, reliability and cost-effectiveness. The Company’s principal source of funding is customer deposits, supplemented by short-term borrowings, primarily from federal funds purchased and Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) borrowings, which are generally used to fund mortgage finance assets, and long-term debt. The Company also relies on the availability of the mortgage secondary market provided by Ginnie Mae and government sponsored entities to support the liquidity of mortgage finance assets.
The following table summarizes the Company’s interest bearing cash and cash equivalents:
| (dollars in thousands) | December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3,042,357 | $ | 4,778,623 | |||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents as a percent of: | |||||||
| Total loans held for investment | 15.0 | % | 24.8 | % | |||
| Total earning assets | 11.1 | % | 17.4 | % | |||
| Total deposits | 13.6 | % | 20.9 | % |
The Company’s goal is to obtain as much of its funding for loans held for investment and other earning assets as possible from customer deposits, which are generated principally through development of long-term customer relationships, with a significant focus on treasury management products. In addition, the Company also has access to deposits through brokered channels. The following table summarizes period-end total deposits:
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands) | Balance | % of Total | Balance | % of Total | |||||||||
| Customer deposits | $ | 21,454,568 | 95.9 | % | $ | 21,247,999 | 93.0 | % | |||||
| Brokered deposits | 917,271 | 4.1 | % | 1,608,881 | 7.0 | % | |||||||
| Total deposits | $ | 22,371,839 | 100.0 | % | $ | 22,856,880 | 100.0 | % |
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The Company has short-term borrowing sources available to supplement deposits and meet its funding needs. Such borrowings are generally used to fund mortgage finance loans, due to their liquidity, short duration and interest spreads available. These borrowing sources include federal funds purchased from downstream correspondent bank relationships (which consist of banks that are smaller than the Bank) and from upstream correspondent bank relationships (which consist of banks that are larger than the Bank), customer repurchase agreements and advances from the FHLB and the Federal Reserve. The following table summarizes short-term borrowings, all of which mature within one year:
| (in thousands) | December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repurchase agreements | $ | — | $ | 1,142 | |||
| FHLB borrowings | 1,500,000 | 1,200,000 | |||||
| Total short-term and other borrowings | $ | 1,500,000 | $ | 1,201,142 |
The following table summarizes the Company’s short-term borrowing capacities net of balances outstanding:
| (in thousands) | December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FHLB borrowing capacity relating to loans and pledged securities | $ | 2,602,092 | $ | 2,621,218 | ||
| FHLB borrowing capacity relating to unencumbered securities | 3,737,615 | 3,539,297 | ||||
| Total FHLB borrowing capacity(1) | $ | 6,339,707 | $ | 6,160,515 | ||
| Unused federal funds lines available from commercial banks | $ | 1,188,000 | $ | 1,479,000 | ||
| Unused Federal Reserve borrowings capacity | $ | 4,094,801 | $ | 3,574,762 | ||
| Unused revolving line of credit(2) | $ | 100,000 | $ | 75,000 |
(1)FHLB borrowings are collateralized by a blanket floating lien on certain real estate secured loans, mortgage finance assets and certain pledged securities.
(2)Unsecured revolving, non-amortizing line of credit with maturity date of February 8, 2025. Proceeds may be used for general corporate purposes, including funding regulatory capital infusions into the Bank. The loan agreement contains customary financial covenants and restrictions. No borrowings were made against this line of credit during the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 or 2022. The line of credit was reduced to $75.0 million in the first quarter of 2024.
The Company has long-term debt outstanding of $859.1 million as of December 31, 2023, comprised of trust preferred securities, subordinated notes and senior unsecured credit linked notes with maturity dates ranging from September 2024 to December 2036. In the second quarter of 2023, the Company partially paid down $75.0 million of the senior unsecured credit-linked notes in accordance with the terms of the notes. See Note 8 - Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term Debt in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information. The Company may consider raising additional capital, if needed, in public or private offerings of debt or equity securities to supplement deposits and meet its long-term funding needs.
As the Company is a holding company and is a separate operating entity from the Bank, the Company’s primary sources of liquidity are dividends received from the Bank and borrowings from outside sources. Banking regulations may limit the amount of dividends that may be paid by the Bank. See Note 10 - Regulatory Ratios and Capital in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information regarding dividend restrictions and “Liquidity Risks” included in Part I, Item 1A of the 2022 Form 10-K.
Periodically, based on market conditions and other factors, and subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations and the terms of its existing indebtedness, the Company may repay, repurchase, exchange or redeem outstanding indebtedness, or otherwise enter into transactions regarding debt or capital structure. For example, the Company periodically evaluates and may engage in liability management transactions, including repurchases or redemptions of outstanding subordinated notes, which may be funded by the issuance of, or exchanges of, newly issued unsecured borrowings to actively manage the debt maturity profile and interest cost.
Capital Resources
The Company’s equity capital averaged $3.1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $3.1 billion for the same period in 2022. The Company has not paid any cash dividends on common stock since operations commenced and has no plans to do so in the foreseeable future.
On April 19, 2022, the Company’s board of directors authorized a share repurchase program under which the Company could repurchase up to $150.0 million in shares of its outstanding common stock. In January 2023, the Company repurchased 564,206 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $61.50, completing the full $150.0 million of repurchases authorized under this plan. A new share repurchase program was approved on January 18, 2023 under which the Company could repurchase up to $150.0 million in shares of outstanding common stock. From March 2023 through December 2023, the Company repurchased 1,257,326 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $69.4 million, at a weighted average price of $55.22 per share under this plan. The aggregate purchase price and weighted average price per share does not include the effect of excise tax expense incurred on net stock repurchases.
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On January 17, 2024, the Company’s board of directors authorized a new share repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to $150.0 million in shares of its outstanding common stock. Any repurchases under the repurchase program will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws from time to time in open market or private transactions. The extent to which the Company repurchases shares, and the timing of such repurchases, will be at management’s discretion and will depend upon a variety of factors, including market conditions, our capital position and amount of retained earnings, regulatory requirements and other considerations. The share repurchase program is set to expire on January 31, 2025, and the program may be suspended or discontinued at any time. Remaining repurchase authorization under the January 18, 2023 share repurchase program was terminated upon authorization of this new program.
For additional information on the Company’s capital and stockholders’ equity, see Note 10 - Regulatory Ratios and Capital, in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
Critical Accounting Estimates
SEC guidance requires disclosure of “critical accounting estimates.” The SEC defines “critical accounting estimates” as those estimates made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles that involve a significant level of estimation uncertainty and have had or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on the financial condition or results of operations of the registrant.
The Company follows financial accounting and reporting policies that are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The more significant of these policies are summarized in Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. Not all significant accounting policies require management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments. However, the policy noted below could be deemed to meet the SEC’s definition of a critical accounting policy.
Allowance for Credit Losses
Management considers the policies related to the allowance for credit losses as the most critical to the financial statement presentation. The total allowance for credit losses includes activity related to allowances calculated in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 326, Credit Losses. The allowance for credit losses is established through a provision for credit losses charged to current earnings. The amount maintained in the allowance reflects management’s continuing evaluation of the credit losses expected to be recognized over the life of the loans in the Company’s portfolio. The allowance for credit losses on loans is a valuation account that is deducted from the loans' amortized cost basis to present the net amount expected to be collected on the loans. The allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet financial instruments is recorded in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. For purposes of determining the allowance for credit losses, the loan portfolio is segregated into pools first by portfolio segment and then by past due status or credit grade. Each pool is assigned a loss estimate, reflecting historical loss rates that incorporate probability of default and severity of losses over the estimated remaining life of the loans. Loans that do not share risk characteristics are evaluated on an individual basis and are not included in the collective (pool) evaluation. Management estimates the allowance balance using relevant available information from internal and external sources relating to past events, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Modifications to loss estimates are made to incorporate a reasonable and supportable forecast of future losses at the pool level, as well as any necessary qualitative adjustments using a Portfolio Level Qualitative Factor (“PLQF”) and/or a Portfolio Segment Level Qualitative Factor (“SLQF”). A similar process is employed to calculate a reserve assigned to off-balance sheet financial instruments, specifically unfunded loan commitments and letters of credit. Modified loss estimates are assigned based on the balance of the commitments estimated to be outstanding at the time of default. The PLQF and SLQF are utilized to address factors that are not present in historical loss rates and are otherwise unaccounted for in the quantitative process. A reserve is recorded upon origination or purchase of a loan. See “Summary of Credit Loss Experience” above and Note 4 - Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for further discussion of the risk factors considered by management in establishing the allowance for credit losses.
Management considers a range of macroeconomic scenarios in connection with the allowance estimation process. Within the various economic scenarios considered as of December 31, 2023, the quantitative estimate of the allowance for credit loss would increase by approximately $220.4 million under sole consideration of the most severe downside scenario. The quoted sensitivity calculation reflects the sensitivity of the modeled allowance estimate to macroeconomic forecast data, but is absent of qualitative overlays and other qualitative adjustments that are part of the quarterly reserving process and does not necessarily reflect the nature and extent of future changes in the allowance for reasons including increases or decreases in qualitative adjustments, changes in the risk profile and size of the portfolio, changes in the severity of the macroeconomic scenario and the range of scenarios under management consideration.
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FY 2022 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001077428-23-000014.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 should be read in conjunction with its audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K may cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements appearing in this discussion and analysis. Refer to “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s 2021 Annual Report on Form 10K filed with the SEC on February 9, 2022, for discussion of the Company’s results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements and financial analysis contained in this report that are not historical facts may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on beliefs, assumptions and expectations of future performance taking into account all information available to us at the time such statements are made. Forward-looking statements may often be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “projects,” “expects,” “may,” “estimates,” “should,” “plans,” “targets,” “intends,” “could,” “would,” “anticipates,” “potential,” “confident,” “optimistic” or the negative thereof, or other variations thereon, or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, objectives, estimates, guidance, expectations and future plans.
Forward-looking statements may include, among other things and without limitation, statements about the credit quality of loan portfolio, liquidity, general economic conditions in the United States and in the Company’s markets, including with respect to interest rates and the market generally, the continued impact on customers from volatility in oil and gas prices, the material risks and uncertainties for the U.S. and world economies, and for the business, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, expectations regarding rates of default and loan losses, volatility in the mortgage industry, business strategies (including new lines of business, products and services) and expectations about future financial performance, future growth and earnings, the appropriateness of the allowance for credit losses and provision for credit losses, the impact of changing regulatory requirements and legislative changes on the business, increased competition, and technologies (including new technologies and information security risks).
Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which change over time, are based on management’s expectations and assumptions at the time the statements are made and are not guarantees of future results. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:
•Deterioration of the credit quality of the loan portfolio or declines in the value of collateral due to external factors or otherwise.
•The unpredictability of economic and business conditions that may impact us or customers.
•The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on us and customers, employees and third-party service providers. This includes related costs and liabilities associated with legal and regulatory proceedings, investigations, inquiries and related matters with respect to the financial services industry, including those directly involving us or the Bank and arising from the participation in government stimulus programs responding to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
•The ability to effectively manage liquidity risk and any growth plans and the availability of capital and funding.
•The ability to effectively manage the information technology systems (including external vendors), on which the Company is highly dependent. This also includes the ability to, among other things, manage such risks and to prevent cyber-incidents against us, the customers or third-party vendors, or to manage risks from failures, disruptions or security breaches affecting us, customers or third-party vendors.
•The costs and effects of cyber-incidents or other failures, disruptions or security breaches of systems or those of the third-party providers.
•Changes in interest rates.
•Changes in market risk associated primarily with the Company’s sales and trading activities.
•Changes in the method of determining LIBOR, or the replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate.
•Adverse or unexpected economic or market conditions and other factors in Texas, the United States or internationally that could affect the credit quality of the loan portfolio, operating performance or the ability to access the capital markets or other sources of funding to become less advantageous.
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•The failure to effectively balance funding sources with cash demands by depositors and borrowers, the failure to maintain capital ratios as a result of adverse changes in operating performance or financial condition or changes in applicable regulations or interpretations of regulations that impact the business or the characterization or risk weight of assets.
•Material failures of accounting estimates and risk management processes based on management judgment, or the supporting assumptions or models.
•The failure to effectively manage interest rate risk.
•The failure of enterprise risk management framework (including risk management strategies and procedures and related controls), the compliance program, or corporate governance and supervisory oversight functions to timely identify and address emerging risks adequately.
•Uncertainty regarding the upcoming transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, toward new interest rate benchmarks and the ability to successfully implement any new interest rate benchmarks.
•The ability to comply with applicable governmental regulations, including legislative and regulatory changes that may impose further restrictions and costs on the business, any regulatory enforcement actions that may be brought against us and the effect of changes in laws, regulations, policies and guidelines (including, among others, those concerning taxes, banking, accounting, securities and monetary and fiscal policies) with which the Company must generally comply.
•Risks related to the U.S. federal government actions impacting us, such as the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
•Claims and litigation that may arise in the ordinary course of business, including those that may not be covered by insurers.
•The failure to successfully execute business strategy, which may include expanding into new markets, developing and launching new lines of business or new products and services, completing planned transactions or to successfully manage the risks related to certain aspects of the business strategy.
•The failure to identify, attract and retain key personnel.
•Increased or more effective competition from banks and other financial service providers in Company markets.
•The susceptibility of fraud on the business.
•The failure to maintain adequate regulatory capital to support the business.
•Environmental liability associated with properties related to lending activities.
•Severe weather, natural disasters, acts of war or terrorism and other external events.
•Climate change and related legislative and regulatory initiatives.
•Risks relating to securities, including the volatility of stock price, trading volume, rights of holders of the indebtedness and preferred stock, the decision to not currently pay dividends on common stock, and other related factors.
Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed in the Company’s forward-looking statements and from its historical financial results due to the factors discussed elsewhere in this report or disclosed in the Company’s other SEC filings. Forward-looking statements included herein speak only as of the date hereof and should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the date of this report. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to revise any forward-looking statements contained in this report, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The factors discussed herein are not intended to be a complete summary of all risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company’s businesses. Though management strives to monitor and mitigate risk, the Company cannot anticipate all potential economic, operational and financial developments that may adversely impact its operations and the financial results. Forward-looking statements should not be viewed as predictions and should not be the primary basis upon which investors evaluate an investment in the Company’s securities.
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Overview of Business Operations
Early in 2021, the Company embarked on an enterprise-wide transformation which included detailed reviews of the Company’s business lines, operating model, investment spend and overall strategy. On September 1, 2021 management announced key updates to the Company’s long-term strategy, focused on building a Texas-based full-service financial services firm positioned to serve clients in its markets through the entirety of their life cycle. This new plan included focusing on building an operating model organized around client delivery and investing in technology. 2022 was a year focused on strategic alignment, including reorganizing the Company’s operating model around client delivery emphasizing client experience; realigning the expense base and investing in technology; expanding coverage, products and services; and enhancing accountability while maintaining financial resiliency.
On September 6, 2022, the Company announced the sale of BankDirect Capital Finance, LLC (“BDCF”), its insurance premium finance subsidiary, to AFCO Credit Corporation, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Truist Financial Corporation. The sale of BDCF included its business operations and loan portfolio of approximately $3.1 billion. The sale was an all-cash transaction for a purchase price of $3.4 billion, representing a pre-tax gain of $248.5 million. This sale was completed on November 1, 2022.
Results of Operations
Year ended December 31, 2022 compared to year ended December 31, 2021
Selected income statement data and key performance indicators are presented in the table below:
| For the Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands except per share data) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 875,758 | $ | 768,837 | $ | 851,321 | ||||
| Provision for credit losses | 66,000 | (30,000) | 258,000 | |||||||
| Non-interest income | 349,529 | 138,230 | 202,981 | |||||||
| Non-interest expense | 727,532 | 599,012 | 704,356 | |||||||
| Income before income taxes | 431,755 | 338,055 | 91,946 | |||||||
| Income tax expense | 99,277 | 84,116 | 25,657 | |||||||
| Net income | 332,478 | 253,939 | 66,289 | |||||||
| Preferred stock dividends | 17,250 | 18,721 | 9,750 | |||||||
| Net income available to common stockholders | $ | 315,228 | $ | 235,218 | $ | 56,539 | ||||
| Basic earnings per common share | $ | 6.25 | $ | 4.65 | $ | 1.12 | ||||
| Diluted earnings per common share | $ | 6.18 | $ | 4.60 | $ | 1.12 | ||||
| Net interest margin | 2.79 | % | 2.07 | % | 2.34 | % | ||||
| Return on average assets (“ROA”) | 1.04 | % | 0.67 | % | 0.18 | % | ||||
| Return on average common equity (“ROE”) | 11.33 | % | 8.35 | % | 2.10 | % | ||||
| Non-interest income to average earning assets | 1.12 | % | 0.37 | % | 0.56 | % | ||||
| Efficiency ratio(1) | 59.4 | % | 66.0 | % | 66.8 | % | ||||
| Non-interest expense to average earning assets | 2.34 | % | 1.61 | % | 1.93 | % |
(1) Non-interest expense divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income.
The Company reported net income of $332.5 million and net income available to common stockholders of $315.2 million, or $6.18 per diluted common share, for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to net income of $253.9 million and net income available to common stockholders of $235.2 million, or $4.60 per diluted common share, for 2021. ROE was 11.33% and ROA was 1.04% for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to 8.35% and 0.67%, respectively, for 2021. The increase in net income, ROE and ROA for the year ended December 31, 2022 resulted primarily from a $106.9 million increase in net interest income and a $211.3 million increase in non-interest income, partially offset by a $96.0 million increase in the provision for credit losses and a $128.5 million increase in non-interest expense and a $15.2 million increase in income tax expense.
Details of the changes in the various components of net income are discussed in detail below.
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Taxable Equivalent Net Interest Income Analysis(1)
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities(2) | $ | 3,525,986 | $ | 64,021 | 1.69 | % | $ | 3,588,565 | $ | 44,636 | 1.24 | % | $ | 885,331 | $ | 19,432 | 2.19 | % | ||||||||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents | 5,967,329 | 97,271 | 1.63 | % | 10,549,153 | 13,233 | 0.13 | % | 9,767,270 | 28,262 | 0.29 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans held for sale | 528,973 | 23,555 | 4.45 | % | 90,066 | 2,481 | 2.75 | % | 1,114,311 | 36,369 | 3.26 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, mortgage finance | 5,285,612 | 189,843 | 3.59 | % | 7,881,791 | 239,205 | 3.03 | % | 8,589,762 | 285,212 | 3.32 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment(3) | 16,063,437 | 770,795 | 4.80 | % | 15,328,390 | 579,213 | 3.78 | % | 16,377,733 | 674,226 | 4.12 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Less: Allowance for credit losses on loans | 221,639 | — | — | 234,973 | — | — | 248,563 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, net | 21,127,410 | 960,638 | 4.55 | % | 22,975,208 | 818,418 | 3.56 | % | 24,718,932 | 959,438 | 3.88 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total earning assets | 31,149,698 | 1,145,485 | 3.65 | % | 37,202,992 | 878,768 | 2.36 | % | 36,485,844 | 1,043,501 | 2.86 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 900,121 | 937,264 | 1,030,357 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 32,049,819 | $ | 38,140,256 | $ | 37,516,201 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | $ | 1,659,476 | $ | 18,099 | 1.09 | % | $ | 3,447,849 | $ | 20,657 | 0.60 | % | $ | 4,090,591 | $ | 32,836 | 0.80 | % | ||||||||
| Savings deposits | 9,983,571 | 151,400 | 1.52 | % | 11,180,645 | 36,459 | 0.33 | % | 12,346,904 | 74,950 | 0.61 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | 1,313,483 | 21,164 | 1.61 | % | 1,716,642 | 8,391 | 0.49 | % | 2,867,579 | 38,331 | 1.34 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest bearing deposits | 12,956,530 | 190,663 | 1.47 | % | 16,345,136 | 65,507 | 0.40 | % | 19,305,074 | 146,117 | 0.76 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Short-term borrowings | 1,829,751 | 29,077 | 1.59 | % | 2,399,280 | 4,613 | 0.19 | % | 3,115,416 | 22,006 | 0.71 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | 927,847 | 48,739 | 5.25 | % | 802,112 | 37,628 | 4.69 | % | 395,705 | 19,963 | 5.05 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Total interest bearing liabilities | 15,714,128 | 268,479 | 1.71 | % | 19,546,528 | 107,748 | 0.55 | % | 22,816,195 | 188,086 | 0.82 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Non-interest bearing deposits | 12,951,134 | 15,186,455 | 11,567,549 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 301,251 | 274,357 | 295,710 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity | 3,083,306 | 3,132,916 | 2,836,747 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 32,049,819 | $ | 38,140,256 | $ | 37,516,201 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 877,006 | $ | 771,020 | $ | 855,415 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest margin | 2.79 | % | 2.07 | % | 2.34 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest spread | 1.94 | % | 1.81 | % | 2.04 | % |
(1)Taxable equivalent rates used where applicable.
(2)Yields on investment securities are calculated using available-for-sale securities at amortized cost.
(3)Average balances include non-accrual loans. Loan interest income includes loan fees totaling $37.2 million, $47.8 million and $43.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
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Volume/Rate Analysis
The following table presents the changes in taxable equivalent net interest income and identifies the changes due to differences in the average volume of earning assets and interest bearing liabilities and the changes due to differences in the average interest rate on those assets and liabilities.
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/2021 | 2021/2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Change | Change Due To(1) | Net Change | Change Due To(1) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | Volume | Yield/Rate(2) | Volume | Yield/Rate(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities | $ | 19,385 | $ | (752) | $ | 20,137 | $ | 25,204 | $ | 94,581 | $ | (69,377) | ||||||||||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents | 84,038 | (5,731) | 89,769 | (15,029) | 16,523 | (31,552) | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for sale | 21,074 | 6,995 | 14,079 | (33,888) | (33,403) | (485) | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, mortgage finance | (49,362) | (78,274) | 28,912 | (46,007) | (24,329) | (21,678) | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment | 191,582 | 27,721 | 163,861 | (95,013) | (43,539) | (51,474) | ||||||||||||||||
| Total interest income | 266,717 | (50,041) | 316,758 | (164,733) | 9,833 | (174,566) | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | (2,558) | (10,747) | 8,189 | (12,179) | (3,451) | (8,728) | ||||||||||||||||
| Savings deposits | 114,941 | (3,947) | 118,888 | (38,491) | (558) | (37,933) | ||||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | 12,773 | (2,273) | 15,046 | (29,940) | (14,728) | (15,212) | ||||||||||||||||
| Short-term borrowings | 24,464 | (1,315) | 25,779 | (17,393) | (4,304) | (13,089) | ||||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | 11,111 | 6,287 | 4,824 | 17,665 | 20,103 | (2,438) | ||||||||||||||||
| Total interest expense | 160,731 | (11,995) | 172,726 | (80,338) | (2,938) | (77,400) | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 105,986 | $ | (38,046) | $ | 144,032 | $ | (84,395) | $ | 12,771 | $ | (97,166) |
(1)Yield/rate and volume variances are allocated to yield/rate.
(2)Taxable equivalent rates used where applicable assuming a 21% tax rate.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income was $875.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $768.8 million for 2021. The increase was primarily due to an increase in yields on average earning assets, partially offset by an increase in funding costs.
Average earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2022 decreased $6.1 billion compared to the same period in 2021, which included a $4.6 billion decrease in average interest bearing cash and cash equivalents and a $1.4 billion decrease in average total loans. The decrease in average interest bearing cash and cash equivalents resulted primarily from the Company’s proactive exit of certain high-cost indexed deposit products beginning in the second half of 2021 and continuing throughout 2022. The decrease in average total loans resulted from declines in loans held for investment, mortgage finance. Average interest bearing liabilities decreased $3.8 billion for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, primarily due to a $3.4 billion decrease in average interest bearing deposits and a $569.5 million decrease in average short-term borrowings, partially offset by a $125.7 million increase in average long-term debt. Average non-interest bearing deposits for the year ended December 31, 2022 decreased to $13.0 billion from $15.2 billion for 2021.
Net interest margin for the year ended December 31, 2022 was 2.79% compared to 2.07% for 2021. The increase was primarily due to an increase in yields on average earning assets and a shift in earning asset composition, partially offset by an increase in funding costs. The increases in yields on earning assets and funding costs are attributed to the impact of rising interest rates during 2022.
The yield on total loans held for investment, net, increased to 4.55% for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to 3.56% for 2021 and the yield on earning assets increased to 3.65% for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to 2.36% for 2021. The average cost of total deposits increased to 0.74% for 2022 from 0.21% for 2021 and total funding costs, including all deposits, long-term debt and stockholders' equity, increased to 0.85% for 2022 compared to 0.28% for 2021. The increases in yields on earning assets and cost of funds are attributed to the impact of rising interest rates.
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Non-interest Income
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Service charges on deposit accounts | $ | 22,876 | $ | 18,674 | $ | 11,620 | ||||
| Wealth management and trust fee income | 15,036 | 13,173 | 9,998 | |||||||
| Brokered loan fees | 14,159 | 27,954 | 46,423 | |||||||
| Servicing income | 857 | 15,513 | 27,029 | |||||||
| Investment banking and trading income | 35,054 | 24,441 | 22,687 | |||||||
| Net gain/(loss) on sale of loans held for sale | (990) | 1,317 | 58,026 | |||||||
| Gain on disposal of subsidiary | 248,526 | — | — | |||||||
| Other | 14,011 | 37,158 | 27,198 | |||||||
| Total non-interest income | $ | 349,529 | $ | 138,230 | $ | 202,981 |
Non-interest income increased by $211.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2022 to $349.5 million, compared to $138.2 million for 2021. The increase was primarily due to a $248.5 million gain recognized on the sale of BDCF and an increase in investment banking and trading income. Offsetting these increases were decreases in brokered loan fees and servicing income as a result of the sale of the Company’s mortgage servicing rights portfolio and transition of the mortgage correspondent aggregation program in 2021, as well as a decrease in other non-interest income.
Non-interest Expense
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | |||||||
| Salaries and benefits | $ | 436,809 | $ | 350,930 | $ | 340,529 | ||||
| Occupancy expense | 44,222 | 33,232 | 34,955 | |||||||
| Marketing | 32,388 | 10,006 | 23,581 | |||||||
| Legal and professional | 75,858 | 41,152 | 52,132 | |||||||
| Communications and technology | 69,253 | 75,185 | 103,054 | |||||||
| FDIC insurance assessment | 14,344 | 21,027 | 25,955 | |||||||
| Servicing-related expenses | — | 27,765 | 64,585 | |||||||
| Merger-related expenses | — | — | 17,756 | |||||||
| Other | 54,658 | 39,715 | 41,809 | |||||||
| Total non-interest expense | $ | 727,532 | $ | 599,012 | $ | 704,356 |
Non-interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2022 increased $128.5 million compared to 2021. Full-year 2022 included $13.7 million in salaries and benefits expense and $15.9 million in legal and professional expense related to the sale of BDCF. Also contributing to the increase in non-interest expense were increases in salaries and benefits expense, resulting from an increase in headcount, marketing expense and other non-interest expense, which included an $8.0 million charitable contribution to the newly formed Texas Capital Bank Foundation. Offsetting these increases was a decrease in servicing-related expenses related to the 2021 sale of the Company’s MSR portfolio and transition of the mortgage correspondent aggregation (“MCA”) program to a third-party.
Analysis of Financial Condition
Loans Held for Investment
The following table summarizes the Company’s loans held for investment on a gross basis by portfolio segment. See Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for details of these portfolio segments.
| December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | ||||
| Commercial | $ | 8,902,948 | $ | 9,897,561 | ||
| Energy | 1,159,296 | 721,373 | ||||
| Mortgage finance | 4,090,033 | 7,475,497 | ||||
| Real estate | 5,198,643 | 4,777,530 | ||||
| Gross loans held for investment | $ | 19,350,920 | $ | 22,871,961 |
Gross loans held for investment were $19.4 billion at December 31, 2022, a decline of $3.5 billion from 2021. The decline in commercial loans in 2022 was impacted by the sale of BDCF and its related $3.1 billion commercial loan portfolio, as well as
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declines in mortgage finance loans. Excluding the sale of BDCF and its impact on the loan portfolio, the Company experienced loan growth across all loan categories, except for mortgage finance loans, as the Company executed on its long-term strategy. Mortgage finance loans relate to the mortgage warehouse lending operations in which the Company purchases mortgage loan ownership interests that are typically sold within 10 to 20 days and represent 21% of total loans held for investment at December 31, 2022 compared to 33% at December 31, 2021. Volumes fluctuate based on the level of market demand for the product and the number of days between purchase and sale of the loans, which can be affected by changes in overall market interest rates, and tend to peak at the end of each month. Mortgage finance loan balances have declined as compared to December 31, 2021 as interest rates have continued to rise during 2022.
The Company originates a substantial majority of all loans held for investment. The Company also participates in syndicated loan relationships, both as a participant and as an agent. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had $3.8 billion in syndicated loans, $903.0 million of which the Company administered as agent. All syndicated loans, whether the Company acts as agent or participant, are underwritten to the same standards as all other loans the Company originates. As of December 31, 2022, none of syndicated loans were on non-accrual.
Portfolio Concentrations
Although more than 50% of the Company’s total loan exposure is outside of Texas and more than 50% of deposits are sourced outside of Texas, Texas concentration remains significant. As of December 31, 2022, a majority of the loans held for investment, excluding mortgage finance and other national lines of business, were to businesses with headquarters or operations in Texas. This geographic concentration subjects the Company’s loan portfolio to the general economic conditions within this state. The risks created by this concentration have been considered by management in the determination of the appropriateness of the allowance for credit losses.
The table below summarizes the industry concentrations of loans held for investment on a gross basis at December 31, 2022:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Financials (excluding banks) | $ | 3,961,002 | 20.5 | % | ||
| Real estate related services (not secured by real estate) | 1,032,180 | 5.3 | % | |||
| Technology, telecom and media | 718,203 | 3.7 | % | |||
| Retail | 498,632 | 2.6 | % | |||
| Machinery, equipment and parts manufacturing | 363,696 | 1.9 | % | |||
| Commercial services | 326,659 | 1.7 | % | |||
| Oil & gas support services | 265,119 | 1.4 | % | |||
| Materials and commodities | 253,259 | 1.3 | % | |||
| Transportation services | 259,213 | 1.3 | % | |||
| Entertainment and recreation | 178,284 | 0.9 | % | |||
| Food and beverage manufacturing and wholesale | 177,549 | 0.9 | % | |||
| Healthcare and pharmaceuticals | 133,622 | 0.7 | % | |||
| Government and education | 100,176 | 0.5 | % | |||
| Consumer services | 95,002 | 0.5 | % | |||
| Diversified or miscellaneous | 540,352 | 2.8 | % | |||
| Total commercial | 8,902,948 | 46.0 | % | |||
| Energy | 1,159,296 | 6.0 | % | |||
| Mortgage finance | 4,090,033 | 21.1 | % | |||
| Real estate | 5,198,643 | 26.9 | % | |||
| Total | $ | 19,350,920 | 100.0 | % |
The Company’s largest concentration of commercial loans held for investment in any single industry is in financials excluding banks. Loans extended to borrowers in the financials excluding banks category are comprised largely of loans to companies who loan money to businesses and consumers for various purposes including, but not limited to, insurance, consumer goods and real estate. This category also includes loans to companies involved in investment management and securities and commodities trading. The next largest industry concentration of commercial loans held for investment is to commercial borrowers providing services to the real estate industry. Loans in this category are not secured by real property and are generally made to commercial borrowers that operate within the real estate industry, which include developers, contractors, professional service providers (such as architectural and interior design services), leasing, management, and other support type services.
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The Company believes the loans it originates are appropriately collateralized under its credit standards. Approximately 96% of the Company’s loans held for investment are secured by collateral. The table below sets forth information regarding the distribution of loans held for investment on a gross basis among various types of collateral at December 31, 2022:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Business assets | $ | 6,888,901 | 35.6 | % | ||
| Other assets | 561,575 | 2.9 | % | |||
| Highly liquid assets | 505,505 | 2.6 | % | |||
| U. S. Government guaranty | 1,826 | — | % | |||
| Municipal tax- and revenue-secured | 61,416 | 0.3 | % | |||
| Rolling stock | 20,614 | 0.1 | % | |||
| Unsecured | 863,111 | 4.5 | % | |||
| Total commercial | 8,902,948 | 46.0 | % | |||
| Energy | 1,159,296 | 6.0 | % | |||
| Mortgage finance | 4,090,033 | 21.1 | % | |||
| Real estate | 5,198,643 | 26.9 | % | |||
| Total | $ | 19,350,920 | 100.0 | % |
As noted in the tables above, approximately 27% of loans held for investment as of December 31, 2022 are real estate loans that are generally secured by real property. This portfolio primarily includes market risk real estate loans, consisting of commercial real estate loans and loans made to residential builders and developers. Loan amounts are determined in part from an analysis of pro forma cash flows. Loans are also underwritten to comply with product-type specific advance rates against both cost and market value. The Company extends commercial real estate loans, including both construction/development financing and limited term financing, to professional real estate developers and owners/managers of commercial real estate projects and properties who have a demonstrated record of past success with similar properties. Collateral properties generally include office buildings, warehouse/distribution buildings, shopping centers, hotels/motels, senior living, apartment buildings and residential and commercial tract development. The primary source of repayment on these loans is expected to come from the sale, permanent financing or lease of the real property collateral. Loans to residential builders are typically in the form of uncommitted guidance lines and are for the purpose of developing lots into single-family homes, while loans to developers are typically in the form of borrowing base lines extended for the purpose of acquiring and developing raw land into lots that can be further sold to home builders. The table below summarizes the total real estate loan portfolio, which includes real estate loans and construction loans, as segregated by the type of property securing the credit. Property type concentrations are stated as a percentage of year-end total real estate loans as of December 31, 2022:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property type: | ||||||
| Market risk | ||||||
| Apartment/condominium buildings | $ | 1,701,936 | 32.7 | % | ||
| Commercial buildings | 463,224 | 8.9 | % | |||
| Industrial buildings | 447,593 | 8.6 | % | |||
| 1-4 Family dwellings (other than condominium) | 385,422 | 7.4 | % | |||
| Self-storage building | 220,204 | 4.2 | % | |||
| Shopping center/mall buildings | 200,587 | 3.9 | % | |||
| Senior housing buildings | 181,527 | 3.5 | % | |||
| Residential lots | 152,233 | 2.9 | % | |||
| Hotel/motel buildings | 140,825 | 2.7 | % | |||
| Commercial lots | 61,499 | 1.2 | % | |||
| Other | 117,192 | 2.3 | % | |||
| Other than market risk | ||||||
| Industrial buildings | 393,465 | 7.6 | % | |||
| 1-4 Family dwellings (other than condominium) | 323,280 | 6.2 | % | |||
| Commercial buildings | 215,856 | 4.2 | % | |||
| Other | 193,800 | 3.7 | % | |||
| Total real estate loans | $ | 5,198,643 | 100.0 | % |
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The table below summarizes the Company’s market risk real estate portfolio at December 31, 2022 as segregated by the geographic region in which the property is located. Approximately 58% of the market risk real estate collateral is located in Texas.
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas geographic region: | ||||||
| Dallas/Fort Worth | $ | 823,670 | 20.2 | % | ||
| Houston | 598,010 | 14.7 | % | |||
| San Antonio | 371,028 | 9.1 | % | |||
| Austin | 459,681 | 11.3 | % | |||
| Other Texas cities | 94,596 | 2.3 | % | |||
| Total Texas | 2,346,985 | 57.6 | % | |||
| Other states | 1,725,257 | 42.4 | % | |||
| Total market risk real estate loans | $ | 4,072,242 | 100.0 | % |
The determination of collateral value is critically important when financing real estate. As a result, obtaining current and objectively prepared appraisals is a major part of the underwriting and monitoring processes. The Company engages a variety of professional firms to supply appraisals, market studies and feasibility reports, environmental assessments and project site inspections to complement its internal resources to underwrite and monitor these credit exposures. Generally, the credit policy requires a new appraisal every three years. However, in periods of economic uncertainty where real estate market conditions may change rapidly, more current appraisals are obtained when warranted by conditions such as a borrower’s deteriorating financial condition, their possible inability to perform on the loan or other indicators of increasing risk of reliance on collateral value as the sole source of repayment of the loan. Annual appraisals are generally obtained for loans graded substandard or worse where real estate is a material portion of the collateral value and/or the income from the real estate or sale of the real estate is the primary source of debt service.
Appraisals are, in substantially all cases, reviewed by a third party to determine the reasonableness of the appraised value. The third-party reviewer will challenge whether or not the data used is appropriate and relevant, form an opinion as to the appropriateness of the appraisal methods and techniques used, and determine if overall the analysis and conclusions of the appraiser can be relied upon. Additionally, the third-party reviewer provides a detailed report of that analysis. Further review may be conducted by credit officers, including the Bank’s managed asset committee as conditions warrant. These additional steps of review are undertaken to confirm that the underlying appraisal and the third-party analysis can be relied upon. If differences arise, management addresses those with the reviewer and determine an appropriate resolution. Both the appraisal process and the appraisal review process can be less reliable in establishing accurate collateral values during and following periods of economic weakness due to the lack of comparable sales and the limited availability of financing to support an active market of potential purchasers.
Large Credit Relationships
The Company originates and maintains large credit relationships with numerous customers in the ordinary course of business. The legal lending limit of the Bank is approximately $598.2 million. The Company, however and generally, employs lower house limits which vary by assigned risk grade, product and collateral type. Such house limits, which generally range from $20 million to $60 million, may be exceeded with appropriate authorization for exceptionally strong borrowers and otherwise where business opportunity and assessed credit risk warrant a somewhat larger investment. The Company considers large credit relationships to be those with commitments equal to or in excess of $20.0 million. The following table provides additional information on large held for investment credit relationships outstanding at year-end:
| December 31, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period End Balances | Period End Balances | |||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Number of Relationships | Committed | Outstanding | Number of Relationships | Committed | Outstanding | ||||||||||||||
| $30.0 million and greater | 315 | $ | 16,287,723 | $ | 10,515,253 | 263 | $ | 15,602,603 | $ | 11,469,402 | ||||||||||
| $20.0 million to $29.9 million | 216 | 5,262,032 | 3,485,755 | 189 | 4,546,986 | 2,755,013 |
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Loan Maturities and Interest Rate Sensitivity
| December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | Total | Within 1 Year | 1-5 Years | 5-15 Years | After 15 Years | |||||||||||||
| Loan maturity: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 8,902,948 | $ | 2,011,152 | $ | 6,180,529 | $ | 697,516 | $ | 13,751 | ||||||||
| Energy | 1,159,296 | 47,437 | 1,111,859 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Mortgage finance | 4,090,033 | 4,090,033 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Real estate | 5,198,643 | 1,115,349 | 3,367,345 | 370,795 | 345,154 | |||||||||||||
| Total loans held for investment | $ | 19,350,920 | $ | 7,263,971 | $ | 10,659,733 | $ | 1,068,311 | $ | 358,905 | ||||||||
| Interest rate sensitivity for selected loans with: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fixed interest rates | $ | 1,116,060 | $ | 74,586 | $ | 407,802 | $ | 613,330 | $ | 20,342 | ||||||||
| Floating or adjustable interest rates | 18,234,860 | 7,189,385 | 10,251,931 | 454,981 | 338,563 | |||||||||||||
| Total loans held for investment | $ | 19,350,920 | $ | 7,263,971 | $ | 10,659,733 | $ | 1,068,311 | $ | 358,905 |
Interest Reserve Loans
As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had $854.5 million and $456.1 million, respectively, in loans held for investment that included interest reserve arrangements, representing approximately 46% and 25%, respectively, of outstanding construction loans, which are a component of real estate loans. Interest reserve provisions are common in construction loans. The use of interest reserves is carefully controlled by underwriting standards, which consider the feasibility of the project, the creditworthiness of the borrower and guarantors and the loan-to-value coverage of the collateral. The interest reserve allows the borrower to draw loan funds to pay interest charges on the outstanding balance of the loan when financial conditions precedent are met. When drawn, the interest is capitalized and added to the loan balance, subject to conditions specified during the initial underwriting and at the time the credit is approved. The Company has ongoing controls for monitoring compliance with loan covenants, advancing funds and determining default conditions.
When the Company finances land on which improvements will be constructed, construction funds are generally not advanced until the borrower has received lease or purchase commitments which will meet cash flow coverage requirements and/or an analysis of market conditions and project feasibility indicates to management’s satisfaction that such lease or purchase commitments are forthcoming or other sources of repayment have been identified to repay the loan. It is the general policy to require a substantial equity investment by the borrower to complement the Bank's credit commitment. Any such required borrower investment is first contributed and invested in the project before any draws are allowed under the Bank's credit commitment. The Company requires current financial statements of the borrowing entity and guarantors, as well as conduct periodic inspections of the project and analysis of whether the project is on schedule or delayed. Updated appraisals are ordered when necessary to validate the collateral values to support advances, including reserve interest. Advances of interest reserves are discontinued if collateral values do not support the advances or if the borrower does not comply with other terms and conditions in the loan agreements. If at any time management believes that the collateral position is jeopardized, the Company retains the right to stop the use of interest reserves. As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, none of the loans with interest reserves were on non-accrual.
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Non-performing Assets
Non-performing assets include non-accrual loans and leases and repossessed assets. The table below summarizes non-accrual loans by type and by type of property securing the credit.
| As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | ||||
| Non-accrual loans held for investment(1) | ||||||
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Assets of the borrowers | $ | 41,448 | $ | 18,366 | ||
| Accounts receivable and inventory | 1,405 | 5,501 | ||||
| Other | 564 | 2,045 | ||||
| Total commercial | 43,417 | 25,912 | ||||
| Energy: | ||||||
| Oil and gas properties | 3,658 | 28,380 | ||||
| Total energy | 3,658 | 28,380 | ||||
| Real estate: | ||||||
| Assets of the borrowers | — | 13,741 | ||||
| Commercial property | 1,263 | 2,840 | ||||
| Single family residences | — | 1,629 | ||||
| Total real estate | 1,263 | 18,210 | ||||
| Total non-accrual loans held for investment | $ | 48,338 | $ | 72,502 | ||
| Non-accrual loans held for sale | — | — | ||||
| Other real estate owned (“OREO”) | — | — | ||||
| Total non-performing assets | $ | 48,338 | $ | 72,502 | ||
| Non-accrual loans held for investment to total loans held for investment | 0.25 | % | 0.32 | % | ||
| Total non-performing assets to total assets | 0.17 | % | 0.21 | % | ||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to non-accrual loans held for investment | 5.2x | 2.9x | ||||
| Loans held for investment past due 90 days and accruing | $ | 131 | $ | 3,467 | ||
| Loans held for investment past due 90 days to total loans held for investment | — | % | 0.02 | % | ||
| Loans held for sale past due 90 days and accruing(2) | $ | — | $ | 3,986 |
(1)As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, non-accrual loans held for investment included $531,000 and $19.4 million, respectively, in loans that met the criteria for restructured.
(2)Includes loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies that were repurchased out of Ginnie Mae securities. Loans are recorded as loans held for sale and carried at fair value on the balance sheet. Interest on these past due loans accrues at the debenture rate guaranteed by the U.S. government.
Summary of Credit Loss Experience
The provision for credit losses, comprised of a provision for loans and off-balance sheet credit losses, is a charge to earnings to maintain the allowance for credit losses at a level consistent with management’s assessment of expected losses at each balance sheet date. Below is a discussion of provision for credit losses on loans. See Note 10 - Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for presentation of the activity in the allowance for credit losses for off-balance asset credit losses.
The Company recorded a $66.0 million provision for credit losses on loans for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to a negative provision of $30.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The $66.0 million provision for credit losses resulted from updated views on the downside risks to the economic forecast and an increase in net charge-offs. The Company recorded $19.9 million in net charge-offs during the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $12.9 million during 2021. Criticized loans totaled $513.2 million at December 31, 2022, compared to $582.9 million at December 31, 2021.
The table below presents key metrics related to the Company’s credit loss experience:
| December 31, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to total loans held for investment | 1.31 | % | 0.93 | % | ||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to average total loans held for investment | 1.19 | % | 0.91 | % | ||
| Total allowance for credit losses to total loans held for investment | 1.43 | % | 1.00 | % | ||
| Total provision for credit losses to average total loans held for investment | 0.31 | % | (0.13) | % |
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The table below details net charge-offs/(recoveries) as a percentage of average total loans by loan category:
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Charge-offs | Net Charge-offs to Average Loans | Net Charge-offs | Net Charge-offs to Average Loans | |||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 16,932 | 0.17 | % | $ | 7,592 | 0.08 | % | ||||||
| Energy | 2,587 | 0.27 | % | 4,451 | 0.65 | % | ||||||||
| Mortgage finance | — | — | % | — | — | % | ||||||||
| Real Estate | 350 | 0.01 | % | 875 | 0.02 | % | ||||||||
| Total | $ | 19,869 | 0.09 | % | $ | 12,918 | 0.06 | % |
The allowance for credit losses on loans totaled $253.5 million at December 31, 2022 and $211.9 million at December 31, 2021. The following table presents a summary of the Company’s allowance for credit losses on loans by portfolio segment for the past two years:
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans | % of Loans in each Category to Total Loans | Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans | % of Loans in each Category to Total Loans | ||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 136,841 | 46 | % | $ | 102,202 | 43 | % | ||||||
| Energy | 49,000 | 6 | % | 52,568 | 3 | % | ||||||||
| Mortgage finance | 10,745 | 21 | % | 6,083 | 33 | % | ||||||||
| Real estate | 56,883 | 27 | % | 51,013 | 21 | % | ||||||||
| Total | $ | 253,469 | 100 | % | $ | 211,866 | 100 | % |
The overall increase in the allowance for credit losses on loans at December 31, 2022 compared to 2021 resulted primarily from management’s continued evaluation of changing market conditions and updated views on the downside risks to the economic forecast.
See Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 4 - Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for details of the allowance for credit losses on loans.
Loans Held for Sale
On April 20, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement to sell its portfolio of MSRs and to transition the MCA program to a third-party. The sale was completed on June 1, 2021 and the transfer of servicing on the underlying mortgage loans was completed on August 1, 2021. Transition activities began immediately following the execution of the agreement and were complete prior to December 31, 2021. The Company sold the remaining MSR balance of $1.2 million, which represented MSRs from loans sold after the cut-off date for the initial sale mentioned above. The sale of this MSR portfolio and the transfer of servicing on the underlying mortgage loans were completed on October 1, 2021, at which time all remaining MSR hedge positions were closed. During the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company sold the remaining loans held for sale associated to the MCA program and recorded a $990,000 loss on sale of loans held for sale.
Deposits
The Company competes for deposits by offering a full suite of deposit products and services to its customers. While this includes offering competitive interest rates and fees, the primary means of competing for deposits is convenience and service to customers, tailored to the strategy of maintaining a branch-lite network. The Company offers banking centers, courier services and online and mobile banking. Bask Bank, the Company’s online banking division, serves customers on a 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week basis solely through online banking.
Average total deposits for the year ended December 31, 2022 decreased $5.6 billion compared to 2021. Average non-interest bearing deposits for the year ended December 31, 2022 decreased $2.2 billion compared to 2021 and average interest bearing deposits decreased $3.4 billion. The average cost of total deposits increased to 0.74% in 2022 from 0.21% in 2021 primarily due to rising interest rates.
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The following table discloses average deposits and weighted-average cost of deposits by type:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Average Balance | Average Rate Paid | Average Balance | Average Rate Paid | |||||||||
| Non-interest bearing | $ | 12,951,134 | — | % | $ | 15,186,455 | — | % | |||||
| Interest bearing transaction | 1,659,476 | 1.09 | % | 3,447,849 | 0.60 | % | |||||||
| Savings | 9,983,571 | 1.52 | % | 11,180,645 | 0.33 | % | |||||||
| Time deposits | 1,313,483 | 1.61 | % | 1,716,642 | 0.49 | % | |||||||
| Total | $ | 25,907,664 | 0.74 | % | $ | 31,531,591 | 0.21 | % |
Estimated uninsured deposits at December 31, 2022 were $13.6 billion (59% of total deposits), compared to $16.1 billion (56% of total deposits) at December 31, 2021. The insured deposit data for 2022 and 2021 reflect the deposit insurance impact of “combined ownership segregation” of escrow and other accounts at an aggregate level but do not reflect an evaluation of all of the account styling distinctions that would determine the availability of deposit insurance to individual accounts based on FDIC regulations.
The following table shows scheduled maturities of time deposits greater than $250,000:
| December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | ||||
| Months to maturity: | ||||||
| Three or less | $ | 70,008 | $ | 70,736 | ||
| Over three through six | 50,282 | 18,013 | ||||
| Over six through twelve | 117,435 | 86,223 | ||||
| Over twelve | 20,715 | 11,059 | ||||
| Total | $ | 258,440 | $ | 186,031 |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity
In general terms, liquidity is a measurement of the Company’s ability to meet its cash needs. The Company’s objectives in managing its liquidity are to maintain the ability to meet loan commitments, repurchase investment securities and repay deposits and other liabilities in accordance with their terms, without an adverse impact on current or future earnings. The Company’s liquidity strategy is guided by policies, formulated and monitored by senior management and the Asset and Liability Management Committee (“ALCO”), which take into account the demonstrated marketability of the Company’s assets, the sources and stability of its funding and the level of unfunded commitments. The Company regularly evaluates all of its various funding sources with an emphasis on accessibility, stability, reliability and cost-effectiveness. The Company’s principal source of funding is customer deposits, supplemented by short-term borrowings, primarily from federal funds purchased and FHLB borrowings, which are generally used to fund mortgage finance assets and long-term debt. The Company also relies on the availability of the mortgage secondary market provided by Ginnie Mae and the GSEs to support the liquidity of mortgage finance assets.
During 2020 and into the first half of 2021, the Company significantly increased its interest bearing cash and cash equivalents to ensure that it had the balance sheet strength to serve its clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the second half of 2021 and throughout 2022, these balances have run off as the Company purchased investment securities and proactively exited certain high-cost indexed deposit products. The following table summarizes these balances:
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents | $ | 4,778,623 | $ | 7,765,996 | |||
| Interest bearing cash and cash equivalents as a percent of: | |||||||
| Total loans held for investment | 24.8 | % | 34.1 | % | |||
| Total earning assets | 17.4 | % | 22.9 | % | |||
| Total deposits | 20.9 | % | 27.6 | % |
Liquidity to support growth in loans held for investment has been fulfilled primarily through growth in customer deposits. The Company’s goal is to obtain as much of its funding for loans held for investment and other earning assets as possible from customer deposits, which are generated principally through development of long-term customer relationships, with a significant
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focus on treasury management products. In addition, the Company also has access to deposits through brokered channels. The following table summarizes period-end total deposits:
| December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||
| Balance | % of Total | Balance | % of Total | ||||||||
| Customer deposits | $ | 21,749,868 | 95.2 | % | $ | 25,409,180 | 90.4 | % | |||
| Brokered deposits | 1,107,012 | 4.8 | % | 2,700,185 | 9.6 | % | |||||
| Total deposits | $ | 22,856,880 | 100.0 | % | $ | 28,109,365 | 100.0 | % |
The Company has short-term borrowing sources available to supplement deposits and meet its funding needs. Such borrowings are generally used to fund mortgage finance loans, due to their liquidity, short duration and interest spreads available. These borrowing sources include federal funds purchased from downstream correspondent bank relationships (which consist of banks that are smaller than the Bank) and from upstream correspondent bank relationships (which consist of banks that are larger than the Bank), customer repurchase agreements and advances from the FHLB and the Federal Reserve. The following table summarizes short-term borrowings, all of which mature within one year:
| December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | ||||
| Repurchase agreements | 1,142 | 2,832 | ||||
| FHLB borrowings | 1,200,000 | 2,200,000 | ||||
| Total short-term and other borrowings | $ | 1,201,142 | $ | 2,202,832 |
The following table summarizes the Company’s short-term borrowing capacities net of balances outstanding:
| December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | ||||
| FHLB borrowing capacity relating to loans | $ | 2,621,218 | $ | 5,190,703 | ||
| FHLB borrowing capacity relating to securities | 3,539,297 | 3,352,111 | ||||
| Total FHLB borrowing capacity(1) | $ | 6,160,515 | $ | 8,542,814 | ||
| Unused federal funds lines available from commercial banks | $ | 1,479,000 | $ | 892,000 | ||
| Unused Federal Reserve borrowings capacity | $ | 3,574,762 | $ | 2,414,702 | ||
| Unused revolving line of credit(2) | $ | 75,000 | $ | 75,000 |
(1)FHLB borrowings are collateralized by a blanket floating lien on certain real estate secured loans, mortgage finance assets and certain pledged securities.
(2)Unsecured revolving, non-amortizing line of credit with maturity date of February 8, 2024. Proceeds may be used for general corporate purposes, including funding regulatory capital infusions into the Bank. The loan agreement contains customary financial covenants and restrictions. No borrowings were made against this line of credit during 2022 or 2021. The line of credit was increased to $100.0 million on February 8, 2023.
The Company has long-term debt outstanding of $931.4 million as of December 31, 2022, comprised of trust preferred securities, subordinated notes and senior unsecured credit linked notes with maturity dates ranging from September 2024 to December 2036. See Note 9 - Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term Debt in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information. The Company may consider raising additional capital, if needed, in public or private offerings of debt or equity securities to supplement deposits and meet its long-term funding needs.
For additional information on short-term borrowings and long-term debt, see Note 9 - Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term Debt in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
As the Company is a holding company and is a separate operating entity from the Bank, the Company’s primary sources of liquidity are dividends received from the Bank and borrowings from outside sources. Banking regulations may limit the amount of dividends that may be paid by the Bank. See Note 11 - Regulatory Ratios and Capital in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information regarding dividend restrictions and “Liquidity Risks” included in Part I, Item 1A of this report.
Periodically, based on market conditions and other factors, and subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations and the terms of its existing indebtedness, the Company may repay, repurchase, exchange or redeem outstanding indebtedness, or otherwise enter into transactions regarding debt or capital structure. For example, the Company periodically evaluates and may engage in liability management transactions, including repurchases or redemptions of outstanding subordinated notes, which may be funded by the issuance of, or exchanges of, newly issued unsecured borrowings to actively manage the debt maturity profile and interest cost.
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As of December 31, 2022, management is not aware of any events that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on liquidity, capital resources or operations. In addition, management is not aware of any regulatory recommendations regarding liquidity that would have a material adverse effect.
Capital Resources
The Company’s equity capital averaged $3.1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $3.1 billion in 2021. The Company has not paid any cash dividends on common stock since operations commenced and has no plans to do so in the foreseeable future.
On April 19, 2022, the Company’s board of directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to $150.0 million of its outstanding shares of common stock. Any repurchases under the repurchase program have been made in accordance with applicable securities laws in open market or private transactions. The extent to which the Company repurchases shares, and the timing of such repurchases, will be at management’s discretion and will depend upon a variety of factors, including market conditions, capital position and amount of retained earnings, regulatory requirements and other considerations. No time limit was set for the completion of the share repurchase program, and the program may be suspended or discontinued at any time. During 2022, the Company repurchased 2,083,118 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $115.3 million, at a weighted average price of $55.35 per share. On January 18, 2023, the Company’s board of directors authorized a new share repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to $150.0 million in shares of outstanding common stock.
For additional information on the Company’s capital and stockholders’ equity, Note 11 - Regulatory Ratios and Capital and Note 19 - Material Transactions Affecting Stockholders' Equity, respectively, in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
Critical Accounting Estimates
SEC guidance requires disclosure of “critical accounting estimates.” The SEC defines “critical accounting estimates” as those estimates made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles that involve a significant level of estimation uncertainty and have had or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on the financial condition or results of operations of the registrant.
The Company follows financial accounting and reporting policies that are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The more significant of these policies are summarized in Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. Not all significant accounting policies require management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments. However, the policy noted below could be deemed to meet the SEC’s definition of a critical accounting policy.
Allowance for Credit Losses
Management considers the policies related to the allowance for credit losses as the most critical to the financial statement presentation. The total allowance for credit losses includes activity related to allowances calculated in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 326, Credit Losses. The allowance for credit losses is established through a provision for credit losses charged to current earnings. The amount maintained in the allowance reflects management’s continuing evaluation of the credit losses expected to be recognized over the life of the loans in the Company’s portfolio. The allowance for credit losses on loans is a valuation account that is deducted from the loans' amortized cost basis to present the net amount expected to be collected on the loans. For purposes of determining the allowance for credit losses, the loan portfolio is segregated by product types in order to recognize differing risk profiles among categories, and then further segregated by credit grades. Loans that do not share risk characteristics are evaluated on an individual basis and are not included in the collective evaluation. Management estimates the allowance balance using relevant available information from internal and external sources relating to past events, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Adjustments to historical loss information are made to incorporate the reasonable and supportable forecast of future losses at the portfolio segment level, as well as any necessary qualitative adjustments using a Portfolio Level Qualitative Factor (“PLQF”) and/or a Portfolio Segment Level Qualitative Factor (“SLQF”). The PLQF and SLQF are utilized to address factors that are not present in historical loss rates and are otherwise unaccounted for in the quantitative process. A reserve is recorded upon origination or purchase of a loan. See “Summary of Credit Loss Experience” above and Note 4 - Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for further discussion of the risk factors considered by management in establishing the allowance for credit losses.
Management considers a range of macroeconomic scenarios in connection with the allowance estimation process. Within the various economic scenarios considered as of December 31, 2022, the quantitative estimate of the allowance for credit loss would increase by approximately $118.0 million under sole consideration of the most severe downside scenario. The quoted sensitivity calculation reflects the sensitivity of the modeled allowance estimate to macroeconomic forecast data, but is absent of qualitative overlays and other qualitative adjustments that are part of the quarterly reserving process and does not necessarily
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reflect the nature and extent of future changes in the allowance for reasons including increases or decreases in qualitative adjustments, changes in the risk profile and size of the portfolio, changes in the severity of the macroeconomic scenario and the range of scenarios under management consideration.
See “Summary of Credit Loss Experience” above and Note 4 – Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans in the accompanying notes to the consolidated unaudited financial statements included elsewhere in this report for further discussion of the risk factors considered by management in establishing the allowance for credit losses.
FY 2021 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001077428-22-000012.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain risks, uncertainties and other factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K may cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements appearing in this discussion and analysis. Refer to “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10K filed with the SEC on February 9, 2021, for discussion of our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements and financial analysis contained in this report that are not historical facts may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future performance taking into account all information available to us at the time such statements are made. Forward-looking statements may often be identified by the use of words such as “expects,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “goals,” “objectives,” “intends,” “seeks,” “likely,” “should,” “may,” “could” and other similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements may include, among other things and without limitation, statements about the credit quality of our loan portfolio, our liquidity, general economic conditions in the United States and in our markets, including with respect to interest rates and the market generally, the continued impact on our customers from volatility in oil and gas prices, the material risks and uncertainties for the U.S. and world economies, and for our business, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, expectations regarding rates of default and loan losses, volatility in the mortgage industry, our business strategies (including new lines of business, products and services) and our expectations about future financial performance, future growth and earnings, the appropriateness of our allowance for credit losses and provision for credit losses, the impact of changing regulatory requirements and legislative changes on our business, increased competition, and technologies (including new technologies and information security risks).
Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which change over time, are based on management’s expectations and assumptions at the time the statements are made and are not guarantees of future results. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:
•Deterioration of the credit quality of our loan portfolio or declines in the value of collateral due to external factors or otherwise.
•The unpredictability of economic and business conditions that may impact us or our customers.
•The COVID-19 pandemic on us and our customers, employees and third-party service providers. It is not possible to accurately predict the extent, severity or duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or to what level and when normal economic and operational conditions will return and remain. This includes related costs and liabilities associated with legal and regulatory proceedings, investigations, inquiries and related matters with respect to the financial services industry, including those directly involving us or our Bank and arising from our participation in government stimulus programs responding to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
•Our ability to effectively manage our liquidity risk and any growth plans and the availability of capital and funding to us.
•Our ability to effectively manage our information technology systems (including external vendors), on which we are highly dependent. This also includes our ability to, among other things, manage such risks and to prevent cyber-incidents against us, our customers or our third-party vendors, or to manage risks from failures, disruptions or security breaches affecting us, our customers or our third-party vendors.
•The costs and effects of cyber-incidents or other failures, disruptions or security breaches of our systems or those of our third-party providers.
•Changes in interest rates.
•Changes in the method of determining LIBOR, or the replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate.
•Adverse or unexpected economic or market conditions and other factors in Texas, the United States or internationally that could affect the credit quality of our loan portfolio, our operating performance or our ability to access the capital markets or other sources of funding to become less advantageous.
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•The failure to effectively balance our funding sources with cash demands by depositors and borrowers, the failure to maintain capital ratios as a result of adverse changes in our operating performance or financial condition or changes in applicable regulations or interpretations of regulations that impact our business or the characterization or risk weight of our assets.
•Material failures of our accounting estimates and risk management processes based on management judgment, or the supporting assumptions or models.
•The failure to effectively manage our interest rate risk.
•The failure of our enterprise risk management framework (including our risk management strategies and procedures and related controls), our compliance program, or our corporate governance and supervisory oversight functions to timely identify and address emerging risks adequately.
•Uncertainty regarding the upcoming transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, toward new interest rate benchmarks and our ability to successfully implement any new interest rate benchmarks.
•Our ability to comply with applicable governmental regulations, including legislative and regulatory changes that may impose further restrictions and costs on our business, any regulatory enforcement actions that may be brought against us and the effect of changes in laws, regulations, policies and guidelines (including, among others, those concerning taxes, banking, accounting, securities and monetary and fiscal policies) with which we must generally comply.
•Risks related to the U.S. federal government actions impacting us, such as a participating lender in the Small Business Administration’s PPP and the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on us and our customers.
•Claims and litigation that may arise in the ordinary course of business, including those that may not be covered by our insurers.
•The failure to successfully execute our business strategy, which may include expanding into new markets, developing and launching new lines of business or new products and services, completing planned transactions or to successfully manage the risks related to certain aspects of our business strategy.
•The failure to identify, attract and retain key personnel.
•Increased or more effective competition from banks and other financial service providers in our markets.
•The susceptibility of fraud on our business.
•The failure to maintain adequate regulatory capital to support our business.
•Environmental liability associated with properties related to our lending activities.
•Severe weather, natural disasters, acts of war or terrorism and other external events.
•Risks relating to our securities, including the volatility of our stock price, trading volume, rights of holders of our indebtedness and preferred stock, our decision to not currently pay dividends on our common stock, and other related factors.
Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed in our forward-looking statements and from our historical financial results due to the factors discussed elsewhere in this report or disclosed in our other SEC filings. Forward-looking statements included herein speak only as of the date hereof and should not be relied upon as representing our expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the date of this report. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to revise any forward-looking statements contained in this report, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The factors discussed herein are not intended to be a complete summary of all risks and uncertainties that may affect our businesses. Though we strive to monitor and mitigate risk, we cannot anticipate all potential economic, operational and financial developments that may adversely impact our operations and our financial results. Forward-looking statements should not be viewed as predictions and should not be the primary basis upon which investors evaluate an investment in our securities.
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Overview of Our Business Operations
We commenced our banking operations in December 1998. An important aspect of our growth strategy has been our ability to effectively service and manage a large number of loans and deposit accounts in multiple markets in Texas, as well as several lines of business serving a regional or national clientele of commercial borrowers. Early in 2021, we embarked on an enterprise-wide transformation which included detailed reviews of all of our business lines, our operating model, our investment spend and our overall strategy, which resulted in the September 1, 2021 announcement by management of our new long-term strategy. This new long-term strategy is intended to ensure that we are best positioned to serve clients and capitalize on business opportunities going forward. This new plan includes focusing on building an operating model organized around client delivery and investing in technology. To achieve these goals we are pursuing an aggressive hiring plan to significantly increase the number of client-facing professionals by 2025, and we are also investing in new technologies and lines of business to become a full-service financial services firm for our clients, with the goal of improving client relationships and fee income. We are investing in treasury solutions product and service offerings, building on our existing private wealth business and expanding the scope of our investment banking product and service offerings.
In May 2021 the Bank applied to the Texas Department of Banking to convert from a national association to a Texas state-chartered bank. The application was approved during the third quarter and the conversion was effective at open of business on September 15, 2021. Effective as of the date of conversion, the Texas Department of Banking is the Bank’s primary regulator, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is the Bank’s primary federal regulator and the Federal Reserve will continue to be the Company’s primary federal regulator.
In December 2021, the Company received approval from the SEC and FINRA for registration and FINRA membership of TCBI Securities, a wholly owned non-bank subsidiary of the Bank. TCBI Securities will provide investment banking products and services to our customers.
Significant transactions affecting our financial statements during the year ended December 31, 2021 included:
•Issuance of 5.75% fixed rate non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, Series B and issuance and sale of 12,000,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of the Series B Preferred Stock. Net proceeds from the sale totaled $289.7 million. The additional equity is being used for general corporate purposes, including funding regulatory capital infusions into the Bank, and was used to redeem our 6.5% non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock Series A, par value $0.01 per share, in accordance with its terms;
•Issuance of $275.0 million in senior unsecured credit-linked notes that mature on September 30, 2024. The net proceeds of the offering are being used to expand the Bank's warehouse lending program and better serve our clients in all market environments;
•Sale of our portfolio of MSRs and transition of the MCA program to a third-party. For additional information, see Note 5 - Certain Transfers of Financial Assets in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report;
•Issuance and sale of $375.0 million of 4.00% fixed-to-fixed rate subordinated notes due 2031. For additional information, see Note 11 - Long-Term Debt in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report;
•Redemption of our 6.50% non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, Series A. For additional information, see Note 20 - Material Transactions Affecting Stockholders' Equity in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report;
•Redemption of our 6.50% subordinated notes due 2042. For additional information, see Note 11 - Long-Term Debt in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report;
•Negative provision for credit losses of $30.0 million for full year 2021, primarily reflecting improvements in the economic outlook as the economy recovered from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic during 2021 combined with a decrease in criticized loans; and
•Write-off of $12.0 million of certain software assets to reposition our capitalized technology investment to align with the long-term strategy as announced by management in the third quarter of 2021.
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and continues to have, a significant impact on the global community. The related restrictive measures taken by governments, businesses and individuals have caused and continue to cause uncertainty, volatility and disruption in financial markets and in governmental, commercial and consumer activity in the United States and globally, including the markets that we serve. As the restrictive measures began to be eased during 2021, the U.S. economy has begun to
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improve from 2020, and with the availability and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, we anticipate continued improvements in commercial and consumer activity and the U.S. economy.
Effective June 1, 2021, we returned to pre-pandemic business operations and brought 100% of our workforce back into the office. Our branch locations are currently open and operating during normal business hours. We continue to take additional precautions within our branch locations, including enhanced cleaning procedures, to ensure the safety of our customers and our employees.
We have taken deliberative actions toward our goal of ensuring that we have the balance sheet strength to serve our clients and communities, including by seeking to increase our liquidity and manage our assets and liabilities in order to maintain a strong capital position; however, future economic conditions are subject to significant uncertainty. Uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic include the duration of any COVID-19 outbreaks and any related variants, the availability and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, the impact to our customers, employees and vendors and the impact to the economy as a whole. COVID-19 had a significant adverse impact on our business, financial position and operating results for the year ended December 31, 2020. While the economy began to recover in 2021, uncertainty still exists, but we believe we are well-positioned to operate effectively through the present economic environment.
Results of Operations
Year ended December 31, 2021 compared to year ended December 31, 2020
Selected income statement data and key performance indicators are presented in the table below:
| For the Year Ended December 31 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands except per share data) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 768,837 | $ | 851,321 | $ | 969,231 | ||||
| Provision for credit losses | (30,000) | 258,000 | 75,000 | |||||||
| Non-interest income | 138,230 | 202,981 | 102,368 | |||||||
| Non-interest expense | 599,012 | 704,356 | 600,289 | |||||||
| Income before income taxes | 338,055 | 91,946 | 396,310 | |||||||
| Income tax expense | 84,116 | 25,657 | 84,295 | |||||||
| Net income | 253,939 | 66,289 | 312,015 | |||||||
| Preferred stock dividends | 18,721 | 9,750 | 9,750 | |||||||
| Net income available to common stockholders | $ | 235,218 | $ | 56,539 | $ | 302,265 | ||||
| Earnings per common share - basic | $ | 4.65 | $ | 1.12 | $ | 6.01 | ||||
| Earnings per common share - diluted | $ | 4.60 | $ | 1.12 | $ | 5.99 | ||||
| Net interest margin | 2.07 | % | 2.34 | % | 3.24 | % | ||||
| Return on average assets | 0.67 | % | 0.18 | % | 1.01 | % | ||||
| Return on average common equity | 8.35 | % | 2.10 | % | 11.95 | % | ||||
| Non-interest income to average earning assets | 0.37 | % | 0.56 | % | 0.34 | % | ||||
| Efficiency ratio(1) | 66.0 | % | 66.8 | % | 56.0 | % | ||||
| Non-interest expense to average earning assets | 1.61 | % | 1.93 | % | 2.00 | % |
(1) Non-interest expense divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income.
We reported net income of $253.9 million and net income available to common stockholders of $235.2 million, or $4.60 per diluted common share, for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to net income of $66.3 million and net income available to common stockholders of $56.5 million, or $1.12 per diluted common share, for 2020. Return on average common equity (“ROE”) was 8.35% and return on average assets (“ROA”) was 0.67% for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to 2.10% and 0.18%, respectively, for 2020. The increase in net income, ROE and ROA for the year ended December 31, 2021 resulted primarily from a $288.0 million decrease in the provision for credit losses and a $105.3 million decrease in non-interest expense, partially offset by decreases of $82.5 million and $64.8 million in net interest income and non-interest income, respectively, and a $58.5 million increase in income tax expense.
Details of the changes in the various components of net income are discussed in detail below.
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Consolidated Daily Average Balances, Taxable-Equivalent Net Interest Income, and Yields/Rates
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | Average Balance | Revenue / Expense | Yield / Rate | |||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment Securities—taxable | $ | 3,401,558 | $ | 35,985 | 1.06 | % | $ | 689,590 | $ | 10,112 | 1.47 | % | $ | 37,574 | $ | 1,611 | 4.29 | % | ||||||
| Investment Securities—non-taxable(2) | 187,007 | 8,651 | 4.63 | % | 195,741 | 9,320 | 4.76 | % | 176,328 | 8,915 | 5.06 | % | ||||||||||||
| Federal funds sold | 1,511 | 1 | 0.09 | % | 114,141 | 693 | 0.61 | % | 73,946 | 1,529 | 2.07 | % | ||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits in other banks | 10,547,642 | 13,232 | 0.13 | % | 9,653,129 | 27,569 | 0.29 | % | 3,483,254 | 71,093 | 2.04 | % | ||||||||||||
| Loans held for sale | 90,066 | 2,481 | 2.75 | % | 1,114,311 | 36,369 | 3.26 | % | 2,688,677 | 112,526 | 4.19 | % | ||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, mortgage finance | 7,881,791 | 239,205 | 3.03 | % | 8,589,762 | 285,212 | 3.32 | % | 6,999,585 | 241,665 | 3.45 | % | ||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment(1)(2) | 15,328,390 | 579,213 | 3.78 | % | 16,377,733 | 674,226 | 4.12 | % | 16,803,930 | 923,739 | 5.50 | % | ||||||||||||
| Less reserve for loan losses | 234,973 | — | — | 248,563 | — | — | 200,283 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, net | 22,975,208 | 818,418 | 3.56 | % | 24,718,932 | 959,438 | 3.88 | % | 23,603,232 | 1,165,404 | 4.94 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total earning assets | 37,202,992 | 878,768 | 2.36 | % | 36,485,844 | 1,043,501 | 2.86 | % | 30,063,011 | 1,361,078 | 4.53 | % | ||||||||||||
| Cash and other assets | 937,264 | 1,030,357 | 952,994 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 38,140,256 | $ | 37,516,201 | $ | 31,016,005 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities and stockholders’ equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | $ | 3,447,849 | $ | 20,657 | 0.60 | % | $ | 4,090,591 | $ | 32,836 | 0.80 | % | $ | 3,535,282 | $ | 68,908 | 1.95 | % | ||||||
| Savings deposits | 11,180,645 | 36,459 | 0.33 | % | 12,346,904 | 74,950 | 0.61 | % | 9,780,532 | 168,856 | 1.73 | % | ||||||||||||
| Time deposits | 1,716,642 | 8,391 | 0.49 | % | 2,867,579 | 38,331 | 1.34 | % | 2,351,698 | 55,773 | 2.37 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 16,345,136 | 65,507 | 0.40 | % | 19,305,074 | 146,117 | 0.76 | % | 15,667,512 | 293,537 | 1.87 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other borrowings(3) | 2,399,280 | 4,613 | 0.19 | % | 3,115,416 | 22,006 | 0.71 | % | 3,038,095 | 70,265 | 2.31 | % | ||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | 802,112 | 37,628 | 4.69 | % | 395,705 | 19,963 | 5.05 | % | 395,342 | 21,790 | 5.51 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 19,546,528 | 107,748 | 0.55 | % | 22,816,195 | 188,086 | 0.82 | % | 19,100,949 | 385,592 | 2.02 | % | ||||||||||||
| Demand deposits | 15,186,455 | 11,567,549 | 8,989,104 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | 274,357 | 295,710 | 246,931 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity | 3,132,916 | 2,836,747 | 2,679,021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 38,140,256 | $ | 37,516,201 | $ | 31,016,005 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income(2) | $ | 771,020 | $ | 855,415 | $ | 975,486 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest margin | 2.07 | % | 2.34 | % | 3.24 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest spread | 1.81 | % | 2.04 | % | 2.51 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loan spread(4) | 3.35 | % | 3.36 | % | 3.55 | % |
(1)Average balances include non-accrual loans which are stated net of unearned income. Loan interest income includes loan fees totaling $47.8 million, $43.8 million and $46.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
(2)Taxable equivalent rates used where applicable.
(3)Includes federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements and FHLB borrowings. For additional details see Note 10 - Short-Term and Other Borrowings in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
(4)Yield on loans, net of reserves, less funding cost including all deposits and borrowed funds.
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Volume/Rate Analysis
The following table presents the changes in taxable-equivalent net interest income and identifies the changes due to differences in the average volume of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the changes due to differences in the average interest rate on those assets and liabilities.
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/2020 | 2020/2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Change | Change Due To(1) | Net Change | Change Due To(1) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | Volume | Yield/Rate(2) | Volume | Yield/Rate(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment securities(2) | $ | 25,204 | $ | 94,581 | $ | (69,377) | $ | 8,906 | $ | 34,391 | $ | (25,485) | ||||||||||
| Loans held for sale | (33,888) | (33,403) | (485) | (76,157) | (61,542) | (14,615) | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment, mortgage finance | (46,007) | (24,329) | (21,678) | 43,547 | 56,230 | (12,683) | ||||||||||||||||
| Loans held for investment(2) | (95,013) | (43,539) | (51,474) | (249,513) | (22,700) | (226,813) | ||||||||||||||||
| Federal funds sold | (692) | (683) | (9) | (836) | 1,092 | (1,928) | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits in other banks | (14,337) | 17,206 | (31,543) | (43,524) | 133,964 | (177,488) | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | (164,733) | 9,833 | (174,566) | (317,577) | 141,435 | (459,012) | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transaction deposits | (12,179) | (3,451) | (8,728) | (36,072) | 10,856 | (46,928) | ||||||||||||||||
| Savings deposits | (38,491) | (558) | (37,933) | (93,906) | 45,495 | (139,401) | ||||||||||||||||
| Time deposits | (29,940) | (14,728) | (15,212) | (17,442) | 12,330 | (29,772) | ||||||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | (17,393) | (4,304) | (13,089) | (48,259) | 1,741 | (50,000) | ||||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | 17,665 | 20,103 | (2,438) | (1,827) | 20 | (1,847) | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | (80,338) | (2,938) | (77,400) | (197,506) | 70,442 | (267,948) | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income(2) | $ | (84,395) | $ | 12,771 | $ | (97,166) | $ | (120,071) | $ | 70,993 | $ | (191,064) |
(1)Yield/rate and volume variances are allocated to yield/rate.
(2)Taxable equivalent rates used where applicable assuming a 21% tax rate.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income was $768.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to $851.3 million for 2020. The decrease was primarily due to decreases in total average loans and earning asset yields, partially offset by an increase in average investment securities as well as declining cost of funds.
Average earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2021 increased by $717.1 million compared to the same period in 2020, and included a $2.7 billion increase in average total investment securities, reflecting the deployment of excess liquidity into higher-yielding investment securities, and an $894.5 million increase in average interest-bearing deposits in other banks, partially offset by a $2.8 billion decrease in average total loans. Throughout 2020, management took deliberate actions to increase the balance of interest-bearing deposits in other banks to ensure we had the balance sheet strength to serve our clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, balances remained elevated, although began to run off in the later part of the year as we purchased investment securities and proactively exited certain high-cost indexed deposit products. The decrease in average loans held for sale resulted from the transition of the MCA program to a third-party in 2021. Average interest-bearing liabilities decreased $3.3 billion for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, primarily due to a $3.0 billion decrease in average interest-bearing deposits and a $716.1 million decrease in other borrowings, partially offset by a $406.4 million increase in average long-term debt. Average demand deposits for the year ended December 31, 2021 increased to $15.2 billion from $11.6 billion for 2020.
Net interest margin for the year ended December 31, 2021 was 2.07% compared to 2.34% for 2020. The decrease was primarily due to the effect of declining interest rates on earning asset yields and a shift in earning asset composition, primarily increases in lower-yielding investment securities and interest-bearing deposits in other banks, partially offset by lower funding costs compared to 2020.
The yield on total loans held for investment, net, decreased to 3.56% for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to 3.88% for 2020 and the yield on earning assets decreased to 2.36% for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to 2.86% for 2020. The average cost of total deposits decreased to 0.21% for 2021 from 0.47% for 2020 and total funding costs, including all deposits, long-term debt and stockholders' equity decreased to 0.28% for 2021 compared to 0.51% for 2020.
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Non-interest Income
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||
| Service charges on deposit accounts | $ | 18,674 | $ | 11,620 | $ | 11,320 | ||||
| Wealth management and trust fee income | 13,173 | 9,998 | 8,810 | |||||||
| Brokered loan fees | 27,954 | 46,423 | 29,738 | |||||||
| Servicing income | 15,513 | 27,029 | 13,439 | |||||||
| Investment banking and trading income | 24,441 | 22,687 | 14,876 | |||||||
| Net gain/(loss) on sale of loans held for sale | 1,317 | 58,026 | (20,259) | |||||||
| Other | 37,158 | 27,198 | 44,444 | |||||||
| Total non-interest income | $ | 138,230 | $ | 202,981 | $ | 102,368 |
Non-interest income decreased by $64.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2021 to $138.2 million, compared to $203.0 million for 2020. This decrease was primarily due to decreases in net gain/(loss) on sale of loans held for sale, brokered loan fees and servicing income, all resulting from the 2021 sale of our MSR portfolio and transition of the MCA program to a third-party. Offsetting these decreases were increases in service charges, related to a change in fee structure for our deposits on analysis, wealth management and trust fee income, related to increases in assets under management and market values, and in other non-interest income, primarily related to a gain on the sale of a foreclosed asset.
Non-interest Expense
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||
| Salaries and employee benefits | $ | 350,930 | $ | 340,529 | $ | 328,483 | ||||
| Net occupancy expense | 33,232 | 34,955 | 32,989 | |||||||
| Marketing | 10,006 | 23,581 | 53,355 | |||||||
| Legal and professional | 41,152 | 52,132 | 52,460 | |||||||
| Communications and technology | 75,185 | 103,054 | 44,826 | |||||||
| FDIC insurance assessment | 21,027 | 25,955 | 20,093 | |||||||
| Servicing-related expenses | 27,765 | 64,585 | 22,012 | |||||||
| Merger-related expenses | — | 17,756 | 1,370 | |||||||
| Other | 39,715 | 41,809 | 44,701 | |||||||
| Total non-interest expense | $ | 599,012 | $ | 704,356 | $ | 600,289 |
Non-interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 decreased $105.3 million compared to 2020. The decrease was primarily due to decreases in marketing, legal, communication and technology expenses, servicing-related expenses and merger-related expenses, partially offset by an increase in salaries and employee benefits, resulting primarily from increased headcount in 2021. The decrease in servicing-related expenses resulted from the 2021 sale of our MSR portfolio and transition of the MCA program to a third-party. Communications and technology expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 included a $12.0 million write-off of certain software assets, as is discussed above, compared to $36.0 million included in the same period of 2020.
Analysis of Financial Condition
Loans Held for Investment
The following table summarizes our loans held for investment on a gross basis by portfolio segment. See Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for details of these portfolio segments.
| December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | ||||
| Commercial | $ | 9,897,561 | $ | 8,861,580 | ||
| Energy | 721,373 | 766,217 | ||||
| Mortgage finance | 7,475,497 | 9,079,409 | ||||
| Real estate | 4,777,530 | 5,794,624 | ||||
| Gross loans held for investment | $ | 22,871,961 | $ | 24,501,830 |
Gross loans held for investment were $22.9 billion at December 31, 2021, a decline of $1.6 billion from 2020, primarily due to declines in mortgage finance and real estate loans, partially offset by an increase in commercial loans. Mortgage finance loans
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relate to our mortgage warehouse lending operations in which we purchase mortgage loan ownership interests that are typically sold within 10 to 20 days and represent 33% of total loans held for investment at December 31, 2021 compared to 37% at December 31, 2020. Volumes fluctuate based on the level of market demand for the product and the number of days between purchase and sale of the loans, which can be affected by changes in overall market interest rates, and tend to peak at the end of each month. Despite the decline in 2021, balances in this portfolio remain elevated related to increases in volumes driven by continued lower long-term interest rates. The decline in the real estate loan portfolio was primarily due to above-average payoffs during 2021.
We originate a substantial majority of all loans held for investment. We also participate in syndicated loan relationships, both as a participant and as an agent. As of December 31, 2021, we had $2.5 billion in syndicated loans, $688.2 million of which we administer as agent. All syndicated loans, whether we act as agent or participant, are underwritten to the same standards as all other loans we originate. As of December 31, 2021, $9.6 million of our syndicated loans were on non-accrual.
Portfolio Concentrations
Although more than 50% of our total loan exposure is outside of Texas and more than 50% of our deposits are sourced outside of Texas, our Texas concentration remains significant. As of December 31, 2021, a majority of our loans held for investment, excluding mortgage finance loans and other national lines of business, were to businesses with headquarters or operations in Texas. This geographic concentration subjects our loan portfolio to the general economic conditions within this state. The risks created by this concentration have been considered by management in the determination of the appropriateness of the allowance for credit losses.
The table below summarizes the industry concentrations of our loans held for investment on a gross basis at December 31, 2021:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Financials (excluding banks)(1) | $ | 5,733,059 | 25.0 | % | ||
| Real estate related services (not secured by real estate) | 1,021,030 | 4.4 | % | |||
| Technology, telecom and media | 428,699 | 1.9 | % | |||
| Retail | 372,467 | 1.6 | % | |||
| Commercial services | 295,332 | 1.3 | % | |||
| Oil & gas support services | 236,277 | 1.0 | % | |||
| Machinery, equipment and parts manufacturing | 225,156 | 1.0 | % | |||
| Materials and commodities | 210,093 | 0.9 | % | |||
| Food and beverage manufacturing and wholesale | 189,723 | 0.8 | % | |||
| Consumer services | 182,349 | 0.8 | % | |||
| Transportation services | 133,150 | 0.6 | % | |||
| Entertainment and recreation | 129,321 | 0.6 | % | |||
| Government and education | 127,229 | 0.6 | % | |||
| Healthcare and pharmaceuticals | 71,457 | 0.3 | % | |||
| Diversified or miscellaneous | 542,219 | 2.4 | % | |||
| Total commercial | 9,897,561 | 43.2 | % | |||
| Energy | 721,373 | 3.2 | % | |||
| Mortgage finance | 7,475,497 | 32.7 | % | |||
| Real estate | 4,777,530 | 20.9 | % | |||
| Total | $ | 22,871,961 | 100.0 | % |
(1)Includes premium finance loans that are generally secured by obligations of insurance carriers.
Our largest concentration of commercial loans held for investment in any single industry is in financials excluding banks. Loans extended to borrowers in the financials excluding banks category are comprised largely of loans to companies who loan money to businesses and consumers for various purposes including, but not limited to, insurance, consumer goods and real estate. This category also includes loans to companies involved in investment management and securities and commodities trading. The next largest industry concentration of commercial loans held for investment is to commercial borrowers providing services to the real estate industry. Loans in this category are not secured by real property and are generally made to commercial borrowers that operate within the real estate industry, which include developers, contractors, professional service providers (such as architectural and interior design services), leasing, management, and other support type services.
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We believe the loans we originate are appropriately collateralized under our credit standards. Approximately 96% of our loans held for investment are secured by collateral. The table below sets forth information regarding the distribution of our loans held for investment on a gross basis among various types of collateral at December 31, 2021:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial: | ||||||
| Business assets | $ | 8,035,080 | 35.0 | % | ||
| Other assets | 441,261 | 1.9 | % | |||
| Highly liquid assets | 436,345 | 1.9 | % | |||
| U. S. Government guaranty | 83,462 | 0.4 | % | |||
| Municipal tax- and revenue-secured | 67,613 | 0.3 | % | |||
| Rolling stock | 19,844 | 0.1 | % | |||
| Unsecured | 813,956 | 3.6 | % | |||
| Total commercial | 9,897,561 | 43.2 | % | |||
| Energy | 721,373 | 3.2 | % | |||
| Mortgage finance | 7,475,497 | 32.7 | % | |||
| Real estate | 4,777,530 | 20.9 | % | |||
| Total | $ | 22,871,961 | 100.0 | % |
As noted in the tables above, approximately 21% of our loans held for investment as of December 31, 2021 are real estate loans that are generally secured by real property. This portfolio primarily includes market risk real estate loans, consisting of commercial real estate loans and loans made to residential builders and developers. Loan amounts are determined in part from an analysis of pro forma cash flows. Loans are also underwritten to comply with product-type specific advance rates against both cost and market value. We extend commercial real estate loans, including both construction/development financing and limited term financing, to professional real estate developers and owners/managers of commercial real estate projects and properties who have a demonstrated record of past success with similar properties. Collateral properties generally include office buildings, warehouse/distribution buildings, shopping centers, hotels/motels, senior living, apartment buildings and residential and commercial tract development. The primary source of repayment on these loans is expected to come from the sale, permanent financing or lease of the real property collateral. Loans to residential builders are typically in the form of uncommitted guidance lines and are for the purpose of developing lots into single-family homes, while loans to developers are typically in the form of borrowing base lines extended for the purpose of acquiring and developing raw land into lots that can be further sold to home builders. The table below summarizes our total real estate loan portfolio, which includes real estate loans and construction loans, as segregated by the type of property securing the credit. Property type concentrations are stated as a percentage of year-end total real estate loans as of December 31, 2021:
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property type: | ||||||
| Market risk | ||||||
| Apartment/condominium buildings | $ | 870,506 | 18.1 | % | ||
| Commercial buildings | 543,341 | 11.4 | % | |||
| 1-4 Family dwellings (other than condominium) | 427,808 | 9.0 | % | |||
| Senior housing buildings | 352,384 | 7.4 | % | |||
| Self-storage building | 254,128 | 5.3 | % | |||
| Residential lots | 247,781 | 5.2 | % | |||
| Industrial buildings | 244,138 | 5.1 | % | |||
| Shopping center/mall buildings | 214,145 | 4.5 | % | |||
| Hotel/motel buildings | 205,974 | 4.3 | % | |||
| Commercial lots | 45,129 | 0.9 | % | |||
| Other | 152,957 | 3.2 | % | |||
| Other than market risk | ||||||
| Industrial buildings | 405,817 | 8.5 | % | |||
| 1-4 Family dwellings (other than condominium) | 325,618 | 6.8 | % | |||
| Commercial buildings | 255,657 | 5.4 | % | |||
| Other | 232,147 | 4.9 | % | |||
| Total real estate loans | $ | 4,777,530 | 100.0 | % |
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The table below summarizes our market risk real estate portfolio at December 31, 2021 as segregated by the geographic region in which the property is located. Approximately 56% of the market risk real estate collateral is located in Texas.
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount | Percent of Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas geographic region: | ||||||
| Dallas/Fort Worth | $ | 780,795 | 21.9 | % | ||
| Houston | 475,531 | 13.4 | % | |||
| San Antonio | 309,215 | 8.7 | % | |||
| Austin | 327,243 | 9.2 | % | |||
| Other Texas cities | 86,849 | 2.4 | % | |||
| Total Texas | 1,979,633 | 55.6 | % | |||
| Other states | 1,578,658 | 44.4 | % | |||
| Total market risk real estate loans | $ | 3,558,291 | 100.0 | % |
The determination of collateral value is critically important when financing real estate. As a result, obtaining current and objectively prepared appraisals is a major part of our underwriting and monitoring processes. We engage a variety of professional firms to supply appraisals, market studies and feasibility reports, environmental assessments and project site inspections to complement our internal resources to underwrite and monitor these credit exposures. Generally, our policy requires a new appraisal every three years. However, in periods of economic uncertainty where real estate market conditions may change rapidly, more current appraisals are obtained when warranted by conditions such as a borrower’s deteriorating financial condition, their possible inability to perform on the loan or other indicators of increasing risk of reliance on collateral value as the sole source of repayment of the loan. Annual appraisals are generally obtained for loans graded substandard or worse where real estate is a material portion of the collateral value and/or the income from the real estate or sale of the real estate is the primary source of debt service.
Appraisals are, in substantially all cases, reviewed by a third party to determine the reasonableness of the appraised value. The third party reviewer will challenge whether or not the data used is appropriate and relevant, form an opinion as to the appropriateness of the appraisal methods and techniques used, and determine if overall the analysis and conclusions of the appraiser can be relied upon. Additionally, the third party reviewer provides a detailed report of that analysis. Further review may be conducted by our credit officers, as well as by the Bank’s managed asset committee as conditions warrant. These additional steps of review are undertaken to confirm that the underlying appraisal and the third party analysis can be relied upon. If we have differences, we address those with the reviewer and determine an appropriate resolution. Both the appraisal process and the appraisal review process can be less reliable in establishing accurate collateral values during and following periods of economic weakness due to the lack of comparable sales and the limited availability of financing to support an active market of potential purchasers.
Large Credit Relationships
We originate and maintain large credit relationships with numerous customers in the ordinary course of business. The legal lending limit of our Bank is approximately $536.7 million. We employ much lower house limits which vary by assigned risk grade, product and collateral type. Such house limits, which generally range from $20 million to $60 million, may be exceeded with appropriate authorization for exceptionally strong borrowers and otherwise where business opportunity and assessed credit risk warrant a somewhat larger investment. We consider large credit relationships to be those with commitments equal to or in excess of $20.0 million. The following table provides additional information on our large held for investment credit relationships, excluding mortgage finance, outstanding at year-end:
| December 31, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period End Balances | Period End Balances | |||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Number of Relationships | Committed | Outstanding | Number of Relationships | Committed | Outstanding | ||||||||||||||
| $30.0 million and greater | 201 | $ | 9,447,783 | $ | 5,359,040 | 190 | $ | 8,650,588 | $ | 4,252,488 | ||||||||||
| $20.0 million to $29.9 million | 177 | 4,253,093 | 2,440,560 | 167 | 4,095,449 | 2,414,768 |
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Growth in period-end outstanding balances related to large credit relationships primarily resulted from an increase in the number of commitments. The following table summarizes the average committed and outstanding loan balances per relationship related to our large held for investment credit relationships, excluding mortgage finance, at year-end:
| 2021 Average Balance per Relationship | 2020 Average Balance per Relationship | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | Committed | Outstanding | Committed | Outstanding | ||||||||||
| $30.0 million and greater | $ | 47,004 | $ | 26,662 | $ | 45,529 | $ | 22,382 | ||||||
| $20.0 million to $29.9 million | 24,029 | 13,788 | 24,524 | 14,460 |
Loan Maturities and Interest Rate Sensitivity
| December 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | Total | Within 1 Year | 1-5 Years | 5-15 Years | After 15 Years | |||||||||||||
| Loan maturity: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 9,897,561 | $ | 4,725,249 | $ | 4,578,297 | $ | 579,267 | $ | 14,748 | ||||||||
| Energy | 721,373 | 178,721 | 542,652 | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Mortgage finance | 7,475,497 | 7,475,497 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Real estate | 4,777,530 | 1,255,544 | 2,734,023 | 444,034 | 343,929 | |||||||||||||
| Total loans held for investment | $ | 22,871,961 | $ | 13,635,011 | $ | 7,854,972 | $ | 1,023,301 | $ | 358,677 | ||||||||
| Interest rate sensitivity for selected loans with: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fixed interest rates | $ | 2,564,192 | $ | 1,523,439 | $ | 518,870 | $ | 491,121 | $ | 30,762 | ||||||||
| Floating or adjustable interest rates | 20,307,769 | 12,111,572 | 7,336,102 | 532,180 | 327,915 | |||||||||||||
| Total loans held for investment | $ | 22,871,961 | $ | 13,635,011 | $ | 7,854,972 | $ | 1,023,301 | $ | 358,677 |
Interest Reserve Loans
As of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we had $456.1 million and $549.1 million, respectively, in loans held for investment that included interest reserve arrangements, representing approximately 25% and 23%, respectively, of outstanding construction loans, which are a component of real estate loans. Interest reserve provisions are common in construction loans. The use of interest reserves is carefully controlled by our underwriting standards, which consider the feasibility of the project, the creditworthiness of the borrower and guarantors and the loan-to-value coverage of the collateral. The interest reserve allows the borrower to draw loan funds to pay interest charges on the outstanding balance of the loan when financial conditions precedent are met. When drawn, the interest is capitalized and added to the loan balance, subject to conditions specified during the initial underwriting and at the time the credit is approved. We have ongoing controls for monitoring compliance with loan covenants, advancing funds and determining default conditions.
When we finance land on which improvements will be constructed, construction funds are generally not advanced until the borrower has received lease or purchase commitments which will meet cash flow coverage requirements and/or our analysis of market conditions and project feasibility indicates to our satisfaction that such lease or purchase commitments are forthcoming or other sources of repayment have been identified to repay the loan. It is our general policy to require a substantial equity investment by the borrower to complement the Bank's credit commitment. Any such required borrower investment is first contributed and invested in the project before any draws are allowed under the Bank's credit commitment. We require current financial statements of the borrowing entity and guarantors, as well as conduct periodic inspections of the project and analysis of whether the project is on schedule or delayed. Updated appraisals are ordered when necessary to validate the collateral values to support advances, including reserve interest. Advances of interest reserves are discontinued if collateral values do not support the advances or if the borrower does not comply with other terms and conditions in the loan agreements. In addition, most of our construction lending is performed in Texas and our lenders are very familiar with trends in local real estate. If at any time we believe that our collateral position is jeopardized, we retain the right to stop the use of interest reserves. As of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, none of our loans with interest reserves were on non-accrual.
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Non-performing Assets
Non-performing assets include non-accrual loans and leases and repossessed assets. The table below summarizes our non-accrual loans by type and by type of property securing the credit. We did not have repossessed assets balances at December 31, 2021 or 2020.
| As of December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | ||||
| Non-accrual loans held for investment(1) | ||||||
| Commercial | ||||||
| Assets of the borrowers | $ | 18,366 | $ | 18,776 | ||
| Accounts receivable and inventory | 5,501 | 3,547 | ||||
| Other | 2,045 | 9,773 | ||||
| Total commercial | 25,912 | 32,096 | ||||
| Energy | ||||||
| Oil and gas properties | 28,380 | 51,724 | ||||
| Total energy | 28,380 | 51,724 | ||||
| Real estate | ||||||
| Assets of the borrowers | 13,741 | 14,496 | ||||
| Commercial property | 2,840 | 13,569 | ||||
| Hotel/motel | — | 4,619 | ||||
| Single family residences | 1,629 | 218 | ||||
| Other | — | 5,267 | ||||
| Total real estate | 18,210 | 38,169 | ||||
| Total non-accrual loans held for investment | $ | 72,502 | $ | 121,989 | ||
| Loans held for investment past due 90 days and accruing(2) | $ | 3,467 | $ | 12,541 | ||
| Loans held for sale non-accrual(3) | $ | — | $ | 6,966 | ||
| Loans held for sale past due 90 days and accruing(4) | $ | 3,986 | $ | 16,667 | ||
| Non-accrual loans held for investment to total loans held for investment | 0.32 | % | 0.50 | % | ||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to non-accrual loans held for investment | 2.9x | 2.1x |
(1)As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, non-accrual loans held for investment included $19.4 million and $45.4 million, respectively, in loans that met the criteria for restructured.
(2)At December 31, 2021 and 2020, loans past due 90 days and still accruing includes premium finance loans of $3.3 million and $6.4 million, respectively.
(3)Includes one non-accrual loan previously reported in loans held for investment that was transferred to loans held for sale as of December 31, 2020 and subsequently sold at carrying value.
(4)Includes loans guaranteed by U.S. government agencies that were repurchased out of Ginnie Mae securities. Loans are recorded as loans held for sale and carried at fair value on the balance sheet. Interest on these past due loans accrues at the debenture rate guaranteed by the U.S. government. Balances as of December 31, 2020 also include loans that, pursuant to Ginnie Mae servicing guidelines, we have the unilateral right, but not the obligation, to repurchase if defined delinquent loan criteria are met and therefore must record as loans held for sale on our balance sheet regardless of whether the repurchase option has been exercised.
Total non-accrual loans at December 31, 2021 decreased $49.5 million from December 31, 2020. The decrease during 2021 primarily related to declines in energy and real estate non-accrual loans.
Summary of Credit Loss Experience
The provision for credit losses, comprised of a provision for loans and off-balance sheet credit losses, is a charge to earnings to maintain the allowance for credit losses at a level consistent with management’s assessment of expected losses in the loan portfolio at the balance sheet date. Below is a discussion of provision for credit losses on loans. See Note 12 - Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for presentation of the activity in the allowance for credit losses for off-balance asset credit losses.
We recorded a negative $29.8 million provision for credit losses on loans for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to a $249.8 million provision for the year ended December 31, 2020. The year-over-year decrease resulted primarily from decreases in net charge-offs and criticized loans, as well as improvements in the economic outlook as the economy recovered from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic during 2021. We recorded $12.9 million in net charge-offs during the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to $198.8 million during 2020. Criticized loans totaled $582.9 million at December 31, 2021, compared to $918.4 million at December 31, 2020.
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The table below presents a summary of our credit loss experience on loans for the past two years:
| (dollars in thousands) | Commercial | Energy | Mortgage Finance | Real Estate | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year ended December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 73,061 | $ | 84,064 | $ | 4,699 | $ | 92,791 | $ | 254,615 | |||||
| Provision for credit losses on loans | 36,733 | (27,045) | 1,384 | (40,903) | (29,831) | ||||||||||
| Charge-offs | 11,987 | 6,418 | — | 1,192 | 19,597 | ||||||||||
| Recoveries | 4,395 | 1,967 | — | 317 | 6,679 | ||||||||||
| Net charge-offs | 7,592 | 4,451 | — | 875 | 12,918 | ||||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | 102,202 | $ | 52,568 | $ | 6,083 | $ | 51,013 | $ | 211,866 | |||||
| Net charge-offs to average loans held for investment | 0.08 | % | 0.65 | % | — | % | 0.02 | % | 0.06 | % | |||||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to loans held for investment | 0.93 | % | |||||||||||||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to average loans held for investment | 0.91 | % | |||||||||||||
| Total provision for credit losses to average loans held for investment(1) | (0.13) | % | |||||||||||||
| Total allowance for credit losses to loans held for investment(2) | 1.00 | % | |||||||||||||
| Year ended December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | 102,254 | $ | 60,253 | $ | 2,265 | $ | 30,275 | $ | 195,047 | |||||
| Impact of CECL adoptions | (15,740) | 24,154 | 2,031 | (1,860) | 8,585 | ||||||||||
| Provision for credit losses on loans | 58,630 | 126,180 | 403 | 64,556 | 249,769 | ||||||||||
| Charge-offs | 73,360 | 133,522 | — | 180 | 207,062 | ||||||||||
| Recoveries | 1,277 | 6,999 | — | — | 8,276 | ||||||||||
| Net charge-offs | 72,083 | 126,523 | — | 180 | 198,786 | ||||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | 73,061 | $ | 84,064 | $ | 4,699 | $ | 92,791 | $ | 254,615 | |||||
| Net charge-offs to average loans held for investment | 0.78 | % | 12.02 | % | — | % | — | % | 0.80 | % | |||||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to loans held for investment | 1.04 | % | |||||||||||||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans to average loans held for investment | 1.02 | % | |||||||||||||
| Total provision for credit losses to average loans held for investment(1) | 1.03 | % | |||||||||||||
| Total allowance for credit losses to loans held for investment(2) | 1.11 | % |
(1) Includes negative provision for off-balance sheet credit losses of $169,000 and provision for off-balance sheet credit losses of $8.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
(2) Includes allowance for off-balance sheet credit losses of $17.3 million and $17.4 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
The allowance for credit losses on loans totaled $211.9 million at December 31, 2021 and $254.6 million at December 31, 2020. The allowance for credit losses on loans as a percentage of loans held for investment decreased to 0.93% at December 31, 2021 from 1.04% at December 31, 2020. The decrease in the allowance for credit losses on loans as a percentage of loans held for investment at December 31, 2021, compared to December 31, 2020, is due primarily to a decrease in the allowance for credit losses on loans, resulting primarily from decreases in net charge-offs and criticized loans, as well as improvements in the economic outlook as the economy recovered from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic during 2021.
The following table presents a summary of our allowance for credit losses on loans by portfolio segment for the past two years:
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans | % of Loans in each Category to Total Loans | Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans | % of Loans in each Category to Total Loans | ||||||||||
| Loan category: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial | $ | 102,202 | 43 | % | $ | 73,061 | 36 | % | ||||||
| Energy | 52,568 | 3 | % | 84,064 | 3 | % | ||||||||
| Mortgage finance | 6,083 | 33 | % | 4,699 | 37 | % | ||||||||
| Real estate | 51,013 | 21 | % | 92,791 | 24 | % | ||||||||
| Total allowance for credit losses on loans | $ | 211,866 | 100 | % | $ | 254,615 | 100 | % |
The overall decrease in the allowance for credit losses on loans at December 31, 2021 compared to 2020 resulted primarily from an overall decrease in loans held for investment balances, coupled with reserve releases related to the improved credit quality and economic factors discussed above.
See Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 4 - Loans Held for Investment and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for details of the allowance for credit losses on loans.
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Loans Held for Sale
On April 20, 2021, we entered into an agreement to sell our portfolio of MSRs and to transition the MCA program to a third-party. The sale was completed on June 1, 2021 and the transfer of servicing on the underlying mortgage loans was completed on August 1, 2021. Transition activities began immediately following the execution of the agreement and were complete prior to December 31, 2021. We sold the remaining MSR balance of $1.2 million, which represented MSRs from loans sold after the cut-off date for the initial sale mentioned above. The sale of this MSR portfolio and the transfer of servicing on the underlying mortgage loans were completed on October 1, 2021, at which time all remaining MSR hedge positions were closed. At December 31, 2021, we have $8.1 million in loans held for sale remaining on our balance sheet. For additional information on our loans held for sale portfolio, see Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 5 - Certain Transfers of Financial Assets in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
Deposits
We compete for deposits by offering a broad range of products and services to our customers. While this includes offering competitive interest rates and fees, the primary means of competing for deposits is convenience and service to our customers, tailored to our strategy of maintaining a branch-lite network. Our Bank offers banking centers, courier services and online and mobile banking. BankDirect and Bask Bank, our online banking divisions, serve customers on a 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week basis solely through online banking.
Average total deposits for the year ended December 31, 2021 increased $659.0 million compared to 2020. Average demand deposits for the year ended December 31, 2021 increased $3.6 billion compared to 2020 and average interest-bearing deposits decreased $3.0 billion. The average cost of total deposits decreased to 0.21% in 2021 from 0.47% in 2020 as we proactively exited certain high-cost indexed deposit products in 2021.
The following table discloses our average deposits and weighted-average cost of deposits by type:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Average Balance | Average Rate Paid | Average Balance | Average Rate Paid | |||||||||
| Non-interest-bearing | $ | 15,186,455 | — | % | $ | 11,567,549 | — | % | |||||
| Interest-bearing transaction | 3,447,849 | 0.60 | % | 4,090,591 | 0.80 | % | |||||||
| Savings | 11,180,645 | 0.33 | % | 12,346,904 | 0.61 | % | |||||||
| Time deposits | 1,716,642 | 0.49 | % | 2,867,579 | 1.34 | % | |||||||
| Total average deposits | $ | 31,531,591 | 0.21 | % | $ | 30,872,623 | 0.47 | % |
Estimated uninsured deposits at December 31, 2021 were $16.1 billion (56% of total deposits), compared to $16.2 billion (52% of total deposits) at December 31, 2020. The insured deposit data for 2021 and 2020 reflect the deposit insurance impact of “combined ownership segregation” of escrow and other accounts at an aggregate level but do not reflect an evaluation of all of the account styling distinctions that would determine the availability of deposit insurance to individual accounts based on FDIC regulations.
The following table shows scheduled maturities of time deposits greater than $250,000:
| December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | ||||
| Months to maturity: | ||||||
| Three or less | $ | 70,736 | $ | 107,334 | ||
| Over three through six | 18,013 | 93,207 | ||||
| Over six through twelve | 86,223 | 140,484 | ||||
| Over twelve | 11,059 | 34,644 | ||||
| Total | $ | 186,031 | $ | 375,669 |
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity
In general terms, liquidity is a measurement of our ability to meet our cash needs. Our objectives in managing our liquidity are to maintain our ability to meet loan commitments, repurchase investment securities and repay deposits and other liabilities in accordance with their terms, without an adverse impact on our current or future earnings. Our liquidity strategy is guided by policies, formulated and monitored by our senior management and our Asset and Liability Management Committee (“ALCO”), which take into account the demonstrated marketability of our assets, the sources and stability of our funding and the level of unfunded commitments. We regularly evaluate all of our various funding sources with an emphasis on accessibility, stability, reliability and cost-effectiveness. Our principal source of funding is customer deposits, supplemented by short-term and long-term borrowings, primarily from federal funds purchased and FHLB borrowings, which are generally used to fund mortgage finance assets. We also rely on the availability of the mortgage secondary market provided by Ginnie Mae and the GSEs to support the liquidity of our mortgage finance assets.
Throughout 2020 we significantly increased our interest-bearing deposits in other banks to ensure that we have the balance sheet strength to serve our clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. These balances have remained elevated during 2021, although they are beginning to run off as we have purchased investment securities and proactively exited certain high-cost indexed deposit products. The following table summarizes these balances:
| December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| Interest-bearing deposits in other banks | $ | 7,765,996 | $ | 9,032,807 | |||
| Interest-bearing deposits in other banks as a percent of: | |||||||
| Total loans held for investment | 34.1 | % | 37.0 | % | |||
| Total earning assets | 22.9 | % | 24.6 | % | |||
| Total deposits | 27.6 | % | 29.1 | % |
Our liquidity needs to support growth in loans held for investment have been fulfilled primarily through growth in our core customer deposits. Our goal is to obtain as much of our funding for loans held for investment and other earning assets as possible from deposits of these core customers. These deposits are generated principally through development of long-term customer relationships, with a significant focus on treasury management products. In addition to deposits from our core customers, we also have access to deposits through brokered customer relationships.
We also have access to incremental deposits through brokered retail certificates of deposit, or CDs. These traditional brokered deposits are generally of short maturities and are used to fund temporary differences in the growth in loan balances as compared to customer deposits. The following table summarizes our period-end and average core customer deposits, relationship brokered deposits and traditional brokered deposits:
| December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dollars in thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | ||||
| Deposits from core customers | $ | 25,409,180 | $ | 27,581,532 | ||
| Deposits from core customers as a percent of total deposits | 90.4 | % | 89.0 | % | ||
| Relationship brokered deposits | $ | 1,855,892 | $ | 1,771,883 | ||
| Relationship brokered deposits as a percent of average total deposits | 6.6 | % | 5.7 | % | ||
| Traditional brokered deposits | $ | 844,293 | $ | 1,643,174 | ||
| Traditional brokered deposits as a percent of total deposits | 3.0 | % | 5.3 | % | ||
| Average deposits from core customers | $ | 28,734,460 | $ | 26,537,612 | ||
| Average deposits from core customers as a percent of average total deposits | 91.1 | % | 86.0 | % | ||
| Average relationship brokered deposits | $ | 1,608,587 | $ | 2,099,652 | ||
| Average relationship brokered deposits as a percent of average total deposits | 5.1 | % | 6.8 | % | ||
| Average traditional brokered deposits | $ | 1,188,544 | $ | 2,235,359 | ||
| Average traditional brokered deposits as a percent of average total deposits | 3.8 | % | 7.2 | % |
We have access to sources of traditional brokered deposits that we estimate to be $7.5 billion. Based on our internal guidelines, we have chosen to limit our use of these sources to a lesser amount.
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We have short-term borrowing sources available to supplement deposits and meet our funding needs. Such borrowings are generally used to fund our mortgage finance loans, due to their liquidity, short duration and interest spreads available. These borrowing sources include federal funds purchased from our downstream correspondent bank relationships (which consist of banks that are smaller than our Bank) and from our upstream correspondent bank relationships (which consist of banks that are larger than our Bank), customer repurchase agreements and advances from the FHLB and the Federal Reserve. The following table summarizes our short-term and other borrowings, all of which mature within one year:
| December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | ||||
| Federal funds purchased | $ | — | $ | 107,600 | ||
| Repurchase agreements | 2,832 | 4,151 | ||||
| FHLB borrowings | 2,200,000 | 3,000,000 | ||||
| Line of credit | — | — | ||||
| Total short-term and other borrowings | $ | 2,202,832 | $ | 3,111,751 |
For additional information on our short-term borrowings, see Note 10 - Short-Term and Other Borrowings in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
We also have long-term debt outstanding of $928.7 million as of December 31, 2021, comprised of trust preferred securities, subordinated notes and senior unsecured credit linked notes with maturity dates ranging from September 2024 to December 2036. See Note 11 - Long-Term Debt in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information. The Company may consider raising additional capital, if needed, in public or private offerings of debt or equity securities to supplement deposits and meet our long-term funding needs.
As the Company is a holding company and is a separate operating entity from our subsidiary bank, our primary sources of liquidity are dividends received from the Bank and borrowings from outside sources. Banking regulations may limit the amount of dividends that may be paid by the Bank. See Note 13 - Regulatory Restrictions in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information regarding dividend restrictions and “Liquidity Risks” included in Part I, Item 1A of this report.
As of December 31, 2021, management is not aware of any events that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, capital resources or operations. In addition, management is not aware of any regulatory recommendations regarding liquidity that would have a material adverse effect on us.
Capital Resources
Our equity capital averaged $3.1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to $2.8 billion in 2020. We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock since we commenced operations and have no plans to do so in the foreseeable future.
For additional information on our capital and stockholders’ equity, Note 13 - Regulatory Restrictions and Note 20 - Material Transactions Affecting Stockholders’ Equity, respectively, in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
Critical Accounting Estimates
SEC guidance requires disclosure of “critical accounting estimates.” The SEC defines “critical accounting estimates” as those estimates made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles that involve a significant level of estimation uncertainty and have had or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on the financial condition or results of operations of the registrant.
We follow financial accounting and reporting policies that are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The more significant of these policies are summarized in Note 1 - Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. Not all significant accounting policies require management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments. However, the policy noted below could be deemed to meet the SEC’s definition of a critical accounting policy.
Allowance for Credit Losses
Management considers the policies related to the allowance for credit losses as the most critical to the financial statement presentation. The total allowance for credit losses includes activity related to allowances calculated in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 326, Credit Losses. The allowance for credit losses is established through a provision for credit losses charged to current earnings. The amount maintained in the allowance reflects management’s continuing evaluation of the credit losses expected to be recognized over the life of the loans in our portfolio. The allowance for credit losses on loans is a valuation account that is deducted from the loans' amortized cost basis to present the net amount expected to be collected on
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the loans. For purposes of determining the allowance for credit losses, the loan portfolio is segregated by product types in order to recognize differing risk profiles among categories, and then further segregated by credit grades. Loans that do not share risk characteristics are evaluated on an individual basis and are not included in the collective evaluation. Management estimates the allowance balance using relevant available information from internal and external sources relating to past events, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Adjustments to historical loss information are made to incorporate our reasonable and supportable forecast of future losses at the portfolio segment level, as well as any necessary qualitative adjustments using a Portfolio Level Qualitative Factor (“PLQF”) and/or a Portfolio Segment Level Qualitative Factor (“SLQF”). The PLQF and SLQF are utilized to address factors that are not present in historical loss rates and are otherwise unaccounted for in the quantitative process. A reserve is recorded upon origination or purchase of a loan. See “Summary of Credit Loss Experience” above and Note 4 - Loans Held for Investment and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report for further discussion of the risk factors considered by management in establishing the allowance for credit losses.