TOMPKINS FINANCIAL CORP (TMP)
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SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1005817. Latest filing source: 0001005817-26-000027.
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Business
Read TMP's verbatim Item 1 Business section from its latest 10-K: Business.
Risk Factors
Read TMP's verbatim Item 1A Risk Factors from its latest 10-K: Risk Factors.
Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 382,074,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-26 |
| Net income | 161,071,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-26 |
| Assets | 8,668,268,000 | USD | 2025 | 2026-02-26 |
Financials
Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-02-26. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001005817.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.
| Metric | 2012 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 202,739,000 | 226,764,000 | 251,592,000 | 261,378,000 | 254,330,000 | 241,318,000 | 251,324,000 | 297,358,000 | 347,574,000 | 382,074,000 | |
| Net income | 59,340,000 | 52,494,000 | 82,308,000 | 81,718,000 | 77,588,000 | 89,264,000 | 85,030,000 | 9,505,000 | 70,850,000 | 161,071,000 | |
| Diluted EPS | 3.91 | 3.43 | 5.35 | 5.37 | 5.20 | 6.05 | 5.89 | 0.66 | 4.97 | 11.24 | |
| Operating cash flow | 61,776,000 | 86,065,000 | 107,265,000 | 101,615,000 | 101,387,000 | 121,177,000 | 103,340,000 | 89,003,000 | 94,966,000 | 38,870,000 | |
| Capital expenditures | 16,274,000 | 35,290,000 | 18,084,000 | 6,014,000 | 4,551,000 | 4,741,000 | 8,168,000 | 6,762,000 | 6,209,000 | 6,921,000 | |
| Dividends paid | 26,603,000 | 27,627,000 | 29,634,000 | 30,637,000 | 31,359,000 | 32,415,000 | 33,565,000 | 34,512,000 | 35,049,000 | 36,092,000 | |
| Share buybacks | 1,166,000 | 0.00 | 2,448,000 | 29,867,000 | 9,414,000 | 23,773,000 | 15,430,000 | 8,726,000 | 0.00 | 1,650,000 | |
| Assets | 6,236,756,000 | 6,648,290,000 | 6,758,436,000 | 6,725,623,000 | 7,622,171,000 | 7,819,982,000 | 7,670,686,000 | 7,819,749,000 | 8,109,080,000 | 8,668,268,000 | |
| Liabilities | 5,687,351,000 | 6,072,088,000 | 6,137,565,000 | 6,062,569,000 | 6,904,482,000 | 7,091,041,000 | 7,053,296,000 | 7,149,815,000 | 7,395,636,000 | 7,729,891,000 | |
| Stockholders' equity | 549,405,000 | 576,202,000 | 620,871,000 | 663,054,000 | 717,689,000 | 728,941,000 | 617,390,000 | 669,934,000 | 713,444,000 | 938,377,000 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 63,954,000 | 84,303,000 | 80,389,000 | 137,982,000 | 388,462,000 | 63,107,000 | 77,837,000 | 79,542,000 | 134,398,000 | 132,817,000 | |
| Free cash flow | 50,775,000 | 89,181,000 | 95,601,000 | 96,836,000 | 116,436,000 | 95,172,000 | 82,241,000 | 88,757,000 | 31,949,000 |
Ratios
| Metric | 2012 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 29.27% | 23.15% | 32.71% | 31.26% | 30.51% | 36.99% | 33.83% | 3.20% | 20.38% | 42.16% | |
| Return on equity | 10.80% | 9.11% | 13.26% | 12.32% | 10.81% | 12.25% | 13.77% | 1.42% | 9.93% | 17.16% | |
| Return on assets | 0.95% | 0.79% | 1.22% | 1.22% | 1.02% | 1.14% | 1.11% | 0.12% | 0.87% | 1.86% | |
| Liabilities / equity | 10.35 | 10.54 | 9.89 | 9.14 | 9.62 | 9.73 | 11.42 | 10.67 | 10.37 | 8.24 |
Industry Peer Context
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Financial Bridges
Free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital expenditures
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2025. Operating cash flow: accession 0001005817-26-000027; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | Capital expenditures: accession 0001005817-26-000027; concept PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | Free cash flow: accession 0001005817-26-000027; 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 0001005817-26-000027; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating. Source concepts: us-gaap:InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001005817-26-000027; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001005817-26-000027; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001005817-26-000027; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001005817-26-000027; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001005817-26-000027; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001005817-26-000027; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001005817-26-000027; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: Assets. Source concepts: us-gaap:Assets.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001005817-26-000027; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: Liabilities. Source concepts: us-gaap:Liabilities.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001005817-26-000027; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest. Source concepts: us-gaap:StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001005817-26-000027; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue. Source concepts: us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-12-31; accession 0001005817-26-000027; filed 2026-02-26. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
Quarterly
Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-05-05. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001005817.json.
| Quarter | End Date | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-Q2 | 2022-06-30 | 1.45 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2022-Q3 | 2022-09-30 | 1.48 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q1 | 2023-03-31 | 1.35 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q2 | 2023-06-30 | 71,870,000 | 8,475,000 | 0.59 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2023-Q3 | 2023-09-30 | 75,465,000 | -33,354,000 | -2.35 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2023-Q4 | 2023-12-31 | 80,785,000 | 15,003,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2024-Q1 | 2024-03-31 | 83,183,000 | 16,872,000 | 1.18 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q2 | 2024-06-30 | 85,240,000 | 15,682,000 | 1.10 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q3 | 2024-09-30 | 89,129,000 | 18,638,000 | 1.30 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q4 | 2024-12-31 | 90,022,000 | 19,658,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2025-Q1 | 2025-03-31 | 89,462,000 | 19,679,000 | 1.37 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q2 | 2025-06-30 | 93,646,000 | 21,471,000 | 1.50 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q3 | 2025-09-30 | 98,056,000 | 23,673,000 | 1.65 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-12-31 | 100,910,000 | 96,248,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2026-Q1 | 2026-03-31 | 102,669,000 | 26,074,000 | 1.82 | reported discrete quarter |
Quarterly Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001005817-26-000049; filed 2026-05-05. Concept: InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating. Source concepts: us-gaap:InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001005817-26-000049; filed 2026-05-05. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001005817-26-000049; filed 2026-05-05. 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: 0001005817-26-000049.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
BUSINESS
Overview
Tompkins Financial Corporation ("Tompkins" or the "Company") is headquartered in Ithaca, New York and is registered as a Financial Holding Company with the Federal Reserve Board under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. The Company is a locally oriented, community-based financial services organization that offers a full array of products and services, including commercial and consumer banking, leasing, trust and investment management, and financial planning and wealth management. At March 31, 2026, the Company had one wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Tompkins Community Bank. Tompkins Community Bank provides a broad selection of wealth management services under the Tompkins Financial Advisors brand, including investment management, trust and estate, and financial and tax planning. On October 31, 2025, the Company sold all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of its wholly-owned insurance subsidiary, Tompkins Insurance Agencies, Inc. ("TIA"), to Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, LLC ("Gallagher"). The Company’s principal offices are located at 118 E. Seneca Street, P.O. Box 460, Ithaca, NY, 14850, and its telephone number is (888) 503-5753. The Company’s common stock is traded on the NYSE American under the Symbol "TMP."
Tompkins' strategy centers around our core values and a commitment to delivering long-term value to our clients, communities, and shareholders. A key strategic initiative for the Company is a focus on responsible and sustainable growth, including initiatives to grow organically through our current businesses, as well as through possible acquisitions of financial institutions, branches, and financial services businesses. As such, the Company has acquired, and from time to time considers acquiring, banks, thrift institutions, branch offices of banks or thrift institutions, or other businesses that would complement the Company’s business or its geographic reach. The Company generally targets merger or acquisition partners that are culturally similar and have experienced management and possess either significant market presence or have potential for improved profitability through financial management, economies of scale and expanded services.
Business Segments
Banking services consist primarily of attracting deposits from the areas served by Tompkins Community Bank, which has 54 banking offices (38 offices in New York and 16 offices in Pennsylvania) and using those deposits to originate a variety of commercial loans, agricultural loans, consumer loans, real estate loans, and leases. The Company’s lending function is managed within the guidelines of a comprehensive Board-approved lending policy. Reporting systems are in place to provide management with ongoing information related to loan production, loan quality, concentrations of credit, loan delinquencies, and nonperforming and potential problem loans. Banking services also include a full suite of products such as debit cards, credit cards, remote deposit, electronic banking, mobile banking, cash management, and safe deposit services.
Wealth management services consist of investment management, trust and estate, and financial and tax planning services. Wealth management services are provided under the trade name Tompkins Financial Advisors.
The Company operated its wholly-owned insurance subsidiary, TIA, from 2001 until its sale to Gallagher on October 31, 2025. TIA was a full-service insurance agency that offered services such as property and casualty insurance, employee benefit consulting, and life, long-term care and disability insurance. TIA's revenue and expenses were consolidated into the Company's financial statements through October 31, 2025.
The Company’s principal expenses are interest on deposits, interest on borrowings, and operating and general administrative expenses, as well as provisions for credit losses. Funding sources, other than deposits, include borrowings, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, and cash flow from lending and investing activities.
Competition
Competition for commercial banking and other financial services is strong in the Company’s market areas. In one or more aspects of its business, Tompkins Community Bank competes with other commercial banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, finance companies, internet-based financial services companies, mutual funds, brokerage and investment banking companies, and other financial intermediaries. Some of these competitors have substantially greater resources and lending capabilities and may offer services that the Company does not currently provide. The financial services industry continues to undergo rapid technological change with introductions of new technologies and services, including new ways that customers can make payments or manage their accounts, including through use of stablecoins and other forms of cryptocurrency, tokens, and other digital assets or alternative payment systems. The Company faces increasing competition from institutions not subject to the same the same extensive State and Federal regulations that govern financial holding companies and Federally-insured banks, including by financial technology companies, or "fintechs," which may offer bank-like products or services that compete directly with the Company’s products and services.
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Competition among financial institutions is based upon interest rates offered on deposit accounts, interest rates charged on loans and other credit and service charges, the quality and scope of the services rendered, the convenience of facilities and services, and, in the case of loans to commercial borrowers, relative lending limits. Management believes that a community-based financial organization is better positioned to establish personalized financial relationships with both commercial customers and individual households. The Company’s community commitment and involvement in its primary market areas, as well as its commitment to quality and personalized financial services, are factors that contribute to the Company’s competitiveness. Management believes that the Company’s subsidiary bank can compete successfully in its primary market areas by making prudent lending decisions quickly and more efficiently than its competitors, without compromising asset quality or profitability. In addition, the Company focuses on providing unparalleled customer service, which includes offering a strong suite of products and services, including products that are accessible to our customers through digital means. Although management feels that this business model has caused the Company to grow its customer base in recent years and allows it to compete effectively in the markets it serves, we cannot assure you that such factors will result in future success.
Regulation
Banking and wealth management are highly regulated. As a financial holding company including a community bank and a registered investment adviser, the Company and its subsidiary are subject to examination and regulation by the Federal Reserve Board ("FRB"), Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"), the New York State Department of Financial Services, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The following discussion is intended to provide an understanding of the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2026. It should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
In this Report, there are comparisons of the Company’s performance to that of a peer group, which is comprised of 200 domestic bank holding companies with $3 billion to $10 billion in total assets as defined in the Federal Reserve’s "Bank Holding Company Performance Report" for December 31, 2025 (the most recent report available). Although the peer group data is presented based upon financial information that is one fiscal quarter behind the financial information included in this report, the Company believes that it is relevant to include certain peer group information for comparison to current quarter numbers.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements contained in this Report that are not statements of historical fact may include forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements may be identified by use of such words as "may", "could", "should", "will", "would", "estimate", "intend", "continue", "believe", "expect", "plan", "commit", or "anticipate", as well as the negative and other variations of these terms and other similar words. Examples of forward-looking statements may include statements regarding; the sufficiency of liquidity sources; the Company's exposure to changes in interest rates, and to new, changed, or extended government/regulatory expectations; the need to sell securities before recovery of amortized cost; the impact of changes in accounting standards; and trends, plans, prospects, growth and strategies; projections of future financial condition, operating results, income, capital expenditures, costs or other financial items; anticipated regulatory and legislative changes; and other characterizations of future events or circumstances as well as other statements that are not statements of historical fact. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and are subject to uncertainties and factors relating to the Company’s operations and economic environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the Company, that could cause actual results of the Company to differ materially from those expressed and/or implied by forward-looking statements and historical performance. The following factors, in addition to those listed as Risk Factors in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, are among those that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements and historical performance: changes in general economic, market and regulatory conditions; our ability to attract and retain deposits and other sources of liquidity; gross domestic product growth and inflation trends; the impact of the interest rate and inflationary environment on the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations; other income or cash flow anticipated from the Company's operations, investment and/or lending activities; changes in laws and regulations affecting public companies, banks, bank holding companies and/or financial holding companies, including the Dodd-Frank Act, and other federal, state and local government mandates; the impact of any change in the FDIC insurance assessment rate or the rules and regulations related to the calculation of the FDIC insurance assessment amount; changes in supervisory and regulatory scrutiny of financial institutions; technological developments and
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changes; cybersecurity incidents and threats; the ability to continue to introduce competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis; governmental and public policy changes, including environmental regulation; reliance on large customers and the geographic concentration of our business; the ability to access financial resources in the amounts, at the t
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Latest 10-K MD&A
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following analysis is intended to provide the reader with a further understanding of the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries for the periods shown. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
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Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with other sections of this Report on Form 10-K, including Part I, "Item 1. Business," and Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data." For a comparison of our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024 to the year ended December 31, 2023, please refer to Part II, Item 7 of the Company's 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2025.
Overview
The Company is headquartered in Ithaca, New York and is registered as a Financial Holding Company with the Federal Reserve Board under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. The Company is a locally oriented, community-based financial services organization that offers a full array of products and services, including commercial and consumer banking, leasing, trust and investment management, and financial planning and wealth management. At December 31, 2025, the Company had one wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Tompkins Community Bank. Tompkins Financial Advisors, a division of Tompkins Community Bank, provides a full array of investment services, including investment management, trust and estate, financial and tax planning services. The Company’s principal offices are located at 118 E. Seneca Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850, and its telephone number is: (888) 503-5753. The Company’s common stock is traded on the NYSE American under the symbol "TMP."
Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements contained in this Report that are not statements of historical fact may include forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements may be identified by use of such words as "may", "could", "should", "will", "would", "estimate", "intend", "continue", "believe", "expect", "plan", "commit", or "anticipate", as well as the negative and other variations of these terms, and other similar words. Examples of forward-looking statements may include statements regarding the asset quality of the Company's loan portfolios; the level of the Company's allowance for credit losses; the sufficiency of collateral to cover exposure related to special mention and substandard loans; the sufficiency of liquidity sources; expectations regarding securities revenue in future periods; the Company's exposure to changes in interest rates, and to new, changed, or extended government/regulatory expectations; the need to sell securities before recovery of amortized cost; the impact of changes in accounting standards; trends, plans, prospects, growth and strategies; projections of future financial condition, operating results, income, capital expenditures, costs or other financial items; anticipated regulatory and legislative changes; and other characterizations of future events or circumstances as well as other statements that are not statements of historical fact. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and are subject to uncertainties and factors relating to the Company’s operations and economic environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the Company, that could cause actual results of the Company to differ materially from those expressed and/or implied by forward-looking statements and historical performance. The following factors, in addition to those listed as Risk Factors in Item 1A of this Report on Form 10-K, are among those that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements and historical performance: changes in general economic, market and regulatory conditions; our ability to attract and retain deposits and other sources of liquidity; gross domestic product growth and inflation trends; the impact of the interest rate and inflationary environment on the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations; other income or cash flow anticipated from the Company's operations, investment and/or lending activities; changes in laws and regulations affecting public companies, banks, bank holding companies and/or financial holding companies, including the Dodd-Frank Act, and other federal, state and local government mandates; the impact of any change in the FDIC insurance assessment rate or the rules and regulations related to the calculation of the FDIC insurance assessment amount; changes in supervisory and regulatory scrutiny of financial institutions; technological developments and changes; cybersecurity incidents and threats; the ability to continue to introduce competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis; governmental and public policy changes, including environmental regulation; reliance on large customers; the geographic concentration of our business; the ability to access financial resources in the amounts, at the times, and on the terms required to support the Company's future businesses; and the economic impact, including potential market volatility, of national and global events, including the response to bank failures, war and geopolitical matters (including continuing or increasing hostilities in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine), tariffs and trade wars, widespread protests, civil unrest, political uncertainty, and pandemics or other public health crises; and the related financial stress on borrowers and changes to customer behavior and credit risk as a result of any of the foregoing. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update its forward-looking statements.
Critical Accounting Policies
The accounting and reporting policies followed by the Company conform, in all material respects, to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and to general practices within the financial services industry. In the course of normal business
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activity, management must select and apply many accounting policies and methodologies and make estimates and assumptions that lead to the financial results presented in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. There are uncertainties inherent in making these estimates and assumptions, which could materially affect the Company’s results of operations and financial position.
Management considers accounting estimates to be critical to reported financial results if (i) the accounting estimates require management to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain, and (ii) different estimates that management reasonably could have used for the accounting estimate in the current period, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably likely to occur from period to period, could have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements. Management considers the accounting policies relating to the allowance for credit losses ("allowance", or "ACL") to be a critical accounting policy because of the uncertainty and subjectivity involved in this policy and the material effect that estimates related to this area can have on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
The Company’s methodology for estimating the allowance considers available relevant information about the collectability of cash flows, including information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Refer to "Allowance for Credit Losses" below, "Note 5 - Allowance for Credit Losses", and "Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for additional discussion regarding the allowance.
For information on the Company's significant accounting policies and to gain a greater understanding of how the Company’s financial performance is reported, refer to "Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The Company's significant accounting policies conform with GAAP and are described in "Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K. In applying those accounting policies, management of the Company is required to exercise judgment in determining many of the methodologies, assumptions and estimates to be utilized. Certain critical accounting estimates are more dependent on such judgment and in some cases may contribute to volatility in the Company's reported financial performance should the assumptions and estimates used change over time due to changes in circumstances. The most significant area in which management of the Company applies critical assumptions and estimates was the following:
•Accounting for credit losses - The Company accounts for the allowance for credit losses using the current expected credit loss model. Under this model, the allowance for credit losses represents a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of certain financial assets, including loans and leases, to present the net amount expected to be collected at the balance sheet date. A provision for credit losses is recorded to adjust the level of the allowance as deemed necessary by management. In estimating expected losses in the loan and lease portfolio, borrower-specific financial data and macro-economic assumptions are utilized to project losses over a reasonable and supportable forecast period. For certain loan pools that share similar risk characteristics, the Company utilizes statistically developed models to estimate amounts and timing of expected future cash flows, collateral values and other factors used to determine the borrowers' abilities to repay obligations. Such models consider historical correlations of credit losses with various macroeconomic assumptions including unemployment and gross domestic product. These forecasts may be adjusted for inherent limitations or biases of the models. Subsequent to the forecast period, the Company utilizes longer-term historical loss experience to estimate losses over the remaining contractual life of the loans. Changes in the circumstances considered when determining management's estimates and assumptions could result in changes in those estimates and assumptions, which could result in adjustment of the allowance for credit losses in future periods. A discussion of facts and circumstances considered by management in determining the allowance for credit losses is included herein in "Note 5 - Allowance for Credit Losses" in the Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
Results of Operations
General
The Company reported diluted earnings per share of $11.24 in 2025, an increase of 126.2% compared to diluted earnings per share of $4.97 in 2024. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2025, was $161.1 million, an increase of 127.3% compared to $70.9 million in 2024. The increase in both diluted earnings per share and net income included the sale of all of the
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issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Tompkins Insurance Agencies, Inc. ("TIA") to Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, LLC. (“Gallagher”) for approximately $223.0 million in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments, during the fourth quarter of 2025. The transaction generated a pre-tax gain of $188.2 million recognized in noninterest income. The Company also incurred $4.3 million of expenses related to the sale of TIA, which are included in noninterest expense. Partially offsetting the gain in 2025 was a sale of $564.2 million of available-for-sale debt securities, also during the fourth quarter of 2025, which resulted in an pre-tax loss on the sale of securities of $78.7 million. Management expects this sale to favorably impact securities revenue in future periods as the securities sold had an average yield of 1.56%, while the proceeds of the sale were largely reinvested into securities with an estimated yield of approximately 4.52%.
Excluding the impact of the sale of TIA and realized losses on sales of investment securities, adjusted net income, a non-GAAP financial measure, was $90.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, up $19.6 million, or 27.7%, when compared to the prior year. Earnings per diluted share, adjusted to exclude the impact of the sale of TIA and realized losses on sales of investment securities (“adjusted diluted earnings per share”), also a non-GAAP financial measure, of $6.31 for the year ended December 31, 2025, increased $1.35 or 27.2% compared to the prior year. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are presented in the "Non-GAAP Disclosure" on page 49.
In addition to earnings per share, key performance measurements for the Company include return on average shareholders’ equity (ROE) and return on average assets (ROA). ROE was 20.61% in 2025, compared to 10.33% in 2024, while ROA was 1.96% in 2025 and 0.90% in 2024. Tompkins’ 2025 ROE and ROA compared favorably with a peer ratio of 10.64%, and 1.09%, respectively. The peer group data presented here and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K is derived from the FRB's "Bank Holding Company Performance Report", which covers banks and bank holding companies with assets between $3.0 billion and $10.0 billion as of September 30, 2025 (the most recent report available). Although the peer group data is presented based upon financial information that is one fiscal quarter behind the financial information included in this report, the Company believes that it is relevant to include certain peer group information for comparison to current period numbers. ROE and ROA adjusted to exclude the impact of the sale of TIA and realized losses on sales of investment securities ("adjusted ROE" and "adjusted ROA", which are non-GAAP financial measures), were 11.56% and 1.10% for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to 10.33% and 0.90% for the year ended December 31, 2024. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are presented in "Non-GAAP Disclosure" on page 49.
Segment Reporting
Prior to October 31, 2025, the Company operated in three business segments: banking, insurance and wealth management. Following the sale of TIA on October 31, 2025, the Company operates in two business segments: banking and wealth management. Insurance was comprised of property and casualty insurance services and employee benefit consulting operated under the Tompkins Insurance subsidiary. Wealth management activities include the results of the Company’s trust, financial planning, and wealth management services provided by Tompkins Financial Advisors, a division of Tompkins Community Bank. All other activities are considered banking. For additional financial information on the Company’s segments, refer to "Note 22 - Segment and Related Information" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K. The Company adopted ASU No. 2023-07, "Segment Reporting: Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures", effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024.
Banking Segment
As previously mentioned, banking includes all activities of the Company except for insurance (which the Company engaged in through October 31, 2025), and wealth management. In addition to the operations of its banking subsidiary, the main other activity of the Company included in the banking segment is the operations of the parent holding company, Tompkins Financial Corporation, which has historically had minimal impact on the results of operations of the banking segment. As mentioned above, the Company sold TIA on October 31, 2025 and recognized a gain on the sale of $188.2 million, which is included in noninterest income. In addition, the Company recognized $4.3 million of noninterest expenses related to the sale. The net after-tax impact of the sale was approximately $129.0 million. Since the parent holding company was the sole owner of TIA, the transaction was recorded on the parent company's books, and is therefore included in the results of operations of the banking segment.
The banking segment reported net income of $149.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, up $90.3 million compared to net income of $59.2 million for 2024. Net income for 2025 included the gain and expenses related to the sale of TIA and pre-tax losses of $78.7 million from the sale of available-for-sale debt securities. Earnings performance in 2025 also benefited from
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increased net interest income, driven by increased loan volume, increases in average asset yields and lower average funding costs compared to 2024.
The provision for credit loss expense was $11.5 million in 2025, compared to a provision expense of $6.6 million in the prior year. The increase in the provision for credit losses in 2025 over 2024 was mainly driven by an increase in net loan charge-offs, loan growth, and model assumption updates. The ratio of the allowance to total loans at December 31, 2025 was 0.89%, down from 0.94% at December 31, 2024. For additional information, see the section titled "The Allowance for Credit Losses" below.
Noninterest income of $141.2 million in 2025 increased $111.2 million or 370.8% compared to 2024. Noninterest income included $188.2 million related to the sale of TIA, partially offset by pre-tax losses of $78.7 million from repositioning of the securities portfolio. The increase in 2025 compared to 2024 also included a $1.1 million increase in gains on sales of residential loans, which was partially offset by a $550,000 decrease in card services income. For the year ended December 31, 2025, derivative income related to customer swap arrangements decreased by $818,000 or 46.0% mainly due to a decrease in volume in 2025 compared to 2024.
Noninterest expense of $170.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, increased by $12.9 million or 8.2% compared to 2024. The increase was mainly attributable to an increase in salaries and wages and other employee benefits, up $10.1 million or 10.7%, and professional fees, up $3.0 million or 49.2%. The increase in salaries and wages and other employee benefits was mainly due to the previously mentioned $4.3 million in expenses related to the sale of TIA and normal merit adjustments.
Insurance Segment
The insurance segment reported net income of $8.1 million for 2025, which was up $247,000 or 3.2% compared to 2024. Noninterest revenue for 2025 decreased by $3.5 million or 8.7%, which was more than offset by a decrease in noninterest expense of $3.7 million or 12.9%. The decreases in both revenue and expense were largely due to the sale of TIA on October 31, 2025, which resulted in ten months of operating results in 2025 compared to 12 months in 2024.
Wealth Management Segment
The wealth management segment reported net income of $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, a decrease of $310,000 or 8.2% compared to 2024. Revenue of $21.4 million was up $945,000 or 4.6% compared to 2024. The increase reflects a higher non-recurring gain on the sale of certain customer accounts, with $921,000 recognized in 2025 compared to $558,000 in the prior year, as well as growth in advisory fee revenue driven by market appreciation and a more favorable business mix. Noninterest expense of $16.8 million was up by $1.4 million or 8.8% compared to 2024. The increase was mainly driven by salaries and employee benefits, up $809,000 or 8.0%, and intercompany service charges, up $431,000 or 19.8% compared to 2024. The fair value of assets under management or in custody at December 31, 2025 totaled $3.0 billion, representing a decrease of $122.9 million or 4.0% compared to $3.1 billion at year-end 2024. While new business production and market performance was favorable for the year, overall asset values declined due to the non-recurring sale of customer accounts totaling $188.5 million in assets, consisting largely of lower-yielding brokerage relationships sold, and additional low-yielding custody asset outflows.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income is the Company’s largest source of revenue, representing 55.9% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2025, and 70.6% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease in the ratio of net interest income to total revenue in 2025 was largely driven by the pre-tax gain of $188.2 million related to the sale of TIA, partially offset by the pre-tax loss of $78.7 million on the sale of available-for-sale debt securities in the fourth quarter 2025, both of which are reported in noninterest income. Net interest income is dependent on the volume and composition of interest earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the level of market interest rates. Table 1 – Average Statements of Condition and Net Interest Analysis shows average interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and the corresponding yield or cost associated with each.
Net interest income of $249.7 million for 2025 increased by $38.6 million or 18.3% over 2024. The increase was primarily due to increases in average loan balances and average loan yields, along with lower average funding costs in 2025 compared to 2024.
Net interest margin for 2025 was 3.17%, compared to 2.79% for 2024. The increase in net interest margin for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to the year ended December 31, 2024 was primarily due to increased yields on interest earning assets coupled with lower funding costs resulting from improved funding mix.
Net interest margin was 3.42% for the fourth quarter of 2025, up 22 basis points when compared to the immediate prior quarter, and up 49 basis points from 2.93% for the fourth quarter of 2024. The increase in net interest margin, when compared to the
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most recent prior quarter, was primarily due to securities purchased in the fourth quarter of 2025 yielding higher interest rates compared to securities sold during the same period in 2025, and lower funding costs as a result of lower rates and improved funding mix. The increase in net interest margin when compared to the same period prior year was mainly a result of higher yields on average interest earning assets and higher average loan balances, coupled with lower average funding costs.
Interest income increased $34.5 million or 9.9% in 2025 over 2024, driven by an increase in average interest-earning assets as well as higher interest-earning asset yields. Average interest-earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2025, increased $317.8 million, or 4.2%, compared to 2024, primarily due to an increase in average loans. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the average yield on interest-earning assets increased 25 basis points over 2024.
Interest income on loans for the year ended December 31, 2025, was up $32.6 million, or 10.8% compared to 2024, driven by higher average balances and higher average yields. Average loans and leases increased $409.4 million or 7.1% in 2025 compared to 2024, and represented 78.0% of average earning assets in 2025 compared to 75.9% in 2024. The average yield on loans for the year ended December 31, 2025, of 5.43%, was up 18 basis points over 2024.
Interest income on securities, excluding dividends on FHLB stock, for the year ended December 31, 2025, was up $2.5 million or 6.0% as compared to 2024, as higher average yields more than offset lower average balances. The average yield on total securities for the year ended December 31, 2025, increased 27 basis points, while average balances for securities decreased $89.1 million, or 5.0%, from 2024. The increase in average securities yields was driven by repositioning of the investment portfolio through the sale of approximately $564.2 million of available-for-sale investment securities in the fourth quarter of 2025. The securities sold had an average yield of 1.56%, while the proceeds of the sale were largely reinvested into securities with an average estimated yield of approximately 4.52%. The weighted average life of the securities purchased and sold was approximately 5.5 years.
Interest expense for 2025 decreased $4.1 million or 3.0% compared to 2024, driven mainly by the decrease in average rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities and improved funding mix, as deposit growth contributed to a decrease in average borrowings. The average cost of interest-bearing deposits was 2.23% in 2025, a decrease of 4 basis points from 2.27% in 2024, while the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased to 2.41% in 2025 from 2.60% in 2024.
Average interest-bearing deposits in 2025 increased $371.0 million or 8.1% compared to 2024, with average time deposits up $207.8 million or 20.4% and average interest-bearing checking, savings and money market deposits up $163.2 million or 4.6%. The growth in average time deposits included an increase in average brokered deposits of $79.3 million over prior year. Average noninterest bearing deposit balances in 2025 increased $13.1 million or 0.7% versus 2024 and represented 27.2% of average total deposits in 2025 compared to 28.7% in 2024.
Average other borrowings decreased by $131.9 million or 20.7% in 2025 compared to 2024. The average rate paid on other borrowings for the year ended December 31, 2025, was down 75 basis points compared to 2024.
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Table 1 - Average Statements of Condition and Net Interest Analysis
| For the Quarters Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | September 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollar amounts in thousands) | Average Balance (QTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (QTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (QTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | |||||||||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-earning assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing balances due from banks | $ | 17,795 | $ | 211 | 4.70 | % | $ | 18,474 | $ | 187 | 4.02 | % | $ | 19,065 | $ | 235 | 4.90 | % | ||||||
| Securities1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government securities | 1,595,043 | 12,244 | 3.04 | % | 1,616,048 | 10,466 | 2.57 | % | 1,619,973 | 9,471 | 2.33 | % | ||||||||||||
| State and municipal2 | 81,613 | 537 | 2.61 | % | 82,462 | 541 | 2.60 | % | 86,481 | 557 | 2.56 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other Securities2 | 3,298 | 52 | 6.25 | % | 3,283 | 54 | 6.52 | % | 3,287 | 55 | 6.66 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total securities | 1,679,954 | 12,833 | 3.03 | % | 1,701,793 | 11,061 | 2.58 | % | 1,709,741 | 10,083 | 2.35 | % | ||||||||||||
| FHLBNY and FRB stock | 24,113 | 593 | 9.76 | % | 31,023 | 598 | 7.65 | % | 30,665 | 894 | 11.60 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total loans and leases, net of unearned income2,3 | 6,336,565 | 87,612 | 5.48 | % | 6,216,384 | 86,522 | 5.52 | % | 5,931,771 | 79,126 | 5.31 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-earning assets | 8,058,427 | 101,249 | 4.98 | % | 7,967,674 | 98,368 | 4.90 | % | 7,691,242 | 90,338 | 4.67 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other assets | 313,860 | 329,774 | 282,490 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 8,372,287 | $ | 8,297,448 | $ | 7,973,732 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LIABILITIES & EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest bearing checking, savings, & money market | $ | 3,779,290 | $ | 16,695 | 1.75 | % | $ | 3,724,882 | $ | 17,306 | 1.84 | % | $ | 3,661,006 | $ | 17,223 | 1.87 | % | ||||||
| Time deposits | 1,282,009 | 11,150 | 3.45 | % | 1,228,830 | 10,967 | 3.54 | % | 1,076,300 | 10,331 | 3.82 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 5,061,299 | 27,845 | 2.18 | % | 4,953,712 | 28,273 | 2.26 | % | 4,737,306 | 27,554 | 2.31 | % | ||||||||||||
| Federal funds purchased & securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 42,221 | 21 | 0.20 | % | 41,524 | 23 | 0.22 | % | 39,519 | 11 | 0.11 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 380,920 | 3,983 | 4.15 | % | 535,327 | 5,882 | 4.36 | % | 534,219 | 6,176 | 4.60 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 5,484,440 | 31,849 | 2.30 | % | 5,530,563 | 34,178 | 2.45 | % | 5,311,044 | 33,741 | 2.53 | % | ||||||||||||
| Noninterest bearing deposits | 1,911,583 | 1,892,896 | 1,844,772 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 100,606 | 102,462 | 101,370 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | 7,496,629 | 7,525,921 | 7,257,186 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tompkins Financial Corporation Shareholders’ equity | 875,658 | 771,527 | 715,299 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Noncontrolling interest | 0 | 0 | 1,247 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 875,658 | 771,527 | 716,546 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 8,372,287 | $ | 8,297,448 | $ | 7,973,732 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest rate spread | 2.68 | % | 2.45 | % | 2.15 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income/margin on earning assets | 69,400 | 3.42 | % | 64,190 | 3.20 | % | 56,597 | 2.93 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent adjustment | (339) | (312) | (316) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 69,061 | $ | 63,878 | $ | 56,281 |
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| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollar amounts in thousands) | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | |||||||||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-earning assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing balances due from banks | $ | 17,136 | $ | 760 | 4.44 | % | $ | 14,052 | $ | 741 | 5.27 | % | $ | 13,064 | $ | 674 | 5.16 | % | ||||||
| Securities1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government securities | 1,605,011 | 42,177 | 2.63 | % | 1,689,411 | 39,580 | 2.34 | % | 1,920,678 | 32,433 | 1.69 | % | ||||||||||||
| State and municipal2 | 83,747 | 2,185 | 2.61 | % | 88,414 | 2,254 | 2.55 | % | 91,407 | 2,338 | 2.56 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other securities2 | 3,284 | 213 | 6.49 | % | 3,277 | 235 | 7.17 | % | 3,272 | 229 | 6.99 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total securities | 1,692,042 | 44,575 | 2.63 | % | 1,781,102 | 42,069 | 2.36 | % | 2,015,357 | 35,000 | 1.74 | % | ||||||||||||
| FHLBNY and FRB stock | 29,677 | 2,537 | 8.55 | % | 35,369 | 3,203 | 9.06 | % | 22,284 | 1,697 | 7.63 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total loans and leases, net of unearned income2,3 | 6,177,928 | 335,471 | 5.43 | % | 5,768,575 | 302,780 | 5.25 | % | 5,357,699 | 261,144 | 4.87 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-earning assets | 7,916,783 | 383,343 | 4.84 | % | 7,599,098 | 348,793 | 4.59 | % | 7,408,404 | 298,515 | 4.03 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other assets | 308,011 | 276,241 | 233,268 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 8,224,794 | $ | 7,875,339 | $ | 7,641,672 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LIABILITIES & EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest bearing checking, savings, & money market | $ | 3,717,100 | $ | 66,597 | 1.79 | % | $ | 3,553,942 | $ | 64,647 | 1.82 | % | $ | 3,697,780 | $ | 46,820 | 1.27 | % | ||||||
| Time deposits | 1,225,363 | 43,650 | 3.56 | % | 1,017,532 | 39,336 | 3.87 | % | 793,709 | 23,988 | 3.02 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 4,942,463 | 110,247 | 2.23 | % | 4,571,474 | 103,983 | 2.27 | % | 4,491,489 | 70,808 | 1.58 | % | ||||||||||||
| Federal funds purchased & securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 43,360 | 146 | 0.34 | % | 42,752 | 46 | 0.11 | % | 55,773 | 58 | 0.10 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 506,778 | 21,950 | 4.33 | % | 638,721 | 32,443 | 5.08 | % | 363,530 | 16,978 | 4.67 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 5,492,601 | 132,343 | 2.41 | % | 5,252,947 | 136,472 | 2.60 | % | 4,910,792 | 87,844 | 1.79 | % | ||||||||||||
| Noninterest bearing deposits | 1,851,128 | 1,838,036 | 1,994,861 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 99,370 | 98,542 | 101,287 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | 7,443,099 | 7,189,525 | 7,006,940 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tompkins Financial Corporation Shareholders’ equity | 781,695 | 684,417 | 633,267 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Noncontrolling interest | 0 | 1,397 | 1,465 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 781,695 | 685,814 | 634,732 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 8,224,794 | $ | 7,875,339 | $ | 7,641,672 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest rate spread | 2.43 | % | 1.99 | % | 2.24 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income/margin on earning assets | 251,000 | 3.17 | % | 212,321 | 2.79 | % | 210,671 | 2.84 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent adjustment | (1,269) | (1,219) | (1,157) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 249,731 | $ | 211,102 | $ | 209,514 |
1 Average balances and yields on available-for-sale debt securities are based on historical amortized cost.
2 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using the Federal income tax rate of 21.0% in 2025, 2024, and 2023 to increase tax exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
3 Nonaccrual loans are included in the average asset totals presented above. Payments received on nonaccrual loans have been recognized as disclosed in "Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" of the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in Part 1 of this Report on Form 10-K.
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Table 2 - Analysis of Changes in Net Interest Income
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| Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in Average | Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in Average | ||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands)(taxable equivalent) | Volume | Yield/Rate | Total | Volume | Yield/Rate | Total | |||||||||||
| INTEREST INCOME: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing balances due from bank | $ | 148 | $ | (129) | $ | 19 | $ | 52 | $ | 15 | $ | 67 | |||||
| Investments1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Taxable | (2,046) | 4,621 | 2,575 | (4,263) | 11,417 | 7,154 | |||||||||||
| Tax-exempt | (121) | 52 | (69) | (76) | (9) | (85) | |||||||||||
| FHLB and FRB stock | (494) | (172) | (666) | 1,141 | 365 | 1,506 | |||||||||||
| Loans, net1 | 23,401 | 9,290 | 32,691 | 21,989 | 19,647 | 41,636 | |||||||||||
| Total interest income | $ | 20,888 | $ | 13,662 | $ | 34,550 | $ | 18,843 | $ | 31,435 | $ | 50,278 | |||||
| INTEREST EXPENSE: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest checking, savings and money market | $ | 2,934 | $ | (984) | $ | 1,950 | $ | (1,886) | $ | 19,713 | $ | 17,827 | |||||
| Time | 8,153 | (3,839) | 4,314 | 8,307 | 7,041 | 15,348 | |||||||||||
| Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 0 | 100 | 100 | (14) | 2 | (12) | |||||||||||
| Other borrowings | (6,126) | (4,367) | (10,493) | 13,861 | 1,604 | 15,465 | |||||||||||
| Total interest expense | $ | 4,961 | $ | (9,090) | $ | (4,129) | $ | 20,268 | $ | 28,360 | $ | 48,628 | |||||
| Net interest income | $ | 15,927 | $ | 22,752 | $ | 38,679 | $ | (1,425) | $ | 3,075 | $ | 1,650 |
1 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using the Federal income tax rate of 21.0% in 2025, 2024 and 2023 to increase tax exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
Changes in net interest income occur from a combination of changes in the volume of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and in the rate of interest earned or paid on them. The above table illustrates changes in interest income and interest expense attributable to changes in volume (change in average balance multiplied by prior year rate), changes in rate (change in rate multiplied by prior year volume), and the net change in net interest income. The net change attributable to the combined impact of volume and rate has been allocated to each in proportion to the absolute dollar amounts of the change. In 2025, net interest income increased by $38.6 million, resulting from a $34.6 million increase in interest income, as well as a $4.1 million decrease in interest expense. The increase in interest income largely reflects increases in average loan balances and average loan and securities yields. The decrease in interest expense reflects lower rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities, both deposits and other borrowings, accompanied by lower average other borrowings.
Provision for Credit Loss Expense
The provision for credit loss expense represents management’s estimate of the expense necessary to maintain the allowance for credit losses at an appropriate level. The allowance for credit losses represented 0.89% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2025, from 0.94% at December 31, 2024. The decrease in the ratio of allowance to total loans from year-end 2024 was due to updated economic forecasts for unemployment and gross domestic product, as well as improved asset quality. The provision for credit loss expense was $11.5 million in 2025, compared to provision expense of $6.6 million in 2024. The increase was mainly driven by a charge-off of $4.7 million in the second quarter of 2025 on a commercial real estate relationship totaling $18.1 million, and a charge-off of $2.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 on a commercial real estate relationship totaling $7.4 million. At the time of the charge-offs these commercial real estate relationships had specific reserves of $4.2 million and $1.6 million, respectively. The provision for credit losses for 2025 included a provision credit of $30,000 related to off-balance sheet credit exposures compared to a provision credit of $807,000 for 2024. The section captioned "Financial Condition – The Allowance for Credit Losses" below has further details on the allowance for credit losses and asset quality metrics.
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Noninterest Income
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Insurance commissions and fees | $ | 35,569 | $ | 39,100 | $ | 37,351 | ||
| Wealth management fees | 20,115 | 19,589 | 17,951 | |||||
| Service charges on deposit accounts | 7,258 | 7,288 | 6,913 | |||||
| Card services income | 11,502 | 12,057 | 11,488 | |||||
| Gain on sale of TIA | 188,241 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Other income | 12,875 | 10,061 | 6,511 | |||||
| Net gain (loss) on securities transactions | (78,689) | 32 | (69,973) | |||||
| Total | $ | 196,871 | $ | 88,127 | $ | 10,241 |
Noninterest income of $196.9 million for the year-ended December 31, 2025 increased $108.7 million or 123.4% from 2024. Noninterest income represented 44.1% of total revenues in 2025, up from 29.5% in 2024.
As indicated by the above table, insurance commissions and fees decreased in 2025 compared to 2024 largely due to the sale of TIA on October 31, 2025, which resulted in ten months of operating results in 2025 compared to 12 months in 2024.
Wealth management fees of $20.1 million in 2025 increased $526,000 or 2.7% compared to 2024, reflecting market appreciation. Wealth management fees include fees from trust services, financial planning, wealth management services, and brokerage related services. The fair value of assets managed by, or in custody of, Tompkins was $3.0 billion at December 31, 2025, a decrease of $122.9 million or 4.0% from $3.1 billion at December 31, 2024. While new business production and market performance for the year was favorable, total asset levels declined due to the non‑recurring sale of certain customer accounts, consisting largely of lower-yielding brokerage relationships sold following the termination of our LPL relationship, and additional low-yielding custody outflows.
Service charges on deposit accounts of $7.3 million in 2025 were flat compared to 2024. A decrease in net overdraft fees was mainly offset by increases in service fees on personal and business accounts, reflective of increased transaction activity, resulting from marketing initiatives in 2025.
Card services income decreased $555,000 or 4.6% in 2025 compared to 2024. The primary components of card services income are fees related to interchange income and transaction fees for debit card transactions, credit card transactions, and ATM usage. The decrease was partially related to a $255,000 sign-on bonus related to the renewal of a card services contract in 2024, accompanied by decreases in interchange rates from NYCE income.
The gain on sale of TIA was related to the sale of the Company's insurance agency subsidiary to Gallagher in the fourth quarter of 2025 at a pre-tax gain of $188.2 million, as discussed above.
Other income of $12.9 million increased $2.8 million or 28.0% compared to 2024. The increase in 2025 compared to 2024 was mainly attributable to a $1.9 million gain on the sale of OREO and gains on sales of residential loans, which were up $1.2 million over 2024. These increases were partially offset by an $818,000 decrease in derivatives related income, and a $353,000 decrease in income related to bank owned life insurance.
The net loss on securities transactions for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $78.7 million, compared to gain of $32,000 for 2024. The loss was a result of the sale of $564.2 million of available-for-sale debt securities during the fourth quarter of 2025 as part of a previously discussed balance sheet repositioning.
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Noninterest Expense
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Salaries and wages | $ | 108,556 | $ | 101,150 | $ | 97,370 | ||
| Other employee benefits | 26,977 | 26,661 | 27,333 | |||||
| Net occupancy expense of premises | 12,953 | 12,634 | 13,278 | |||||
| Furniture and fixture expense | 7,476 | 7,666 | 8,663 | |||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 292 | 332 | 334 | |||||
| Other operating expense | 53,958 | 51,199 | 56,314 | |||||
| Total | $ | 210,212 | $ | 199,642 | $ | 203,292 |
Noninterest expense for the year ended 2025 of $210.2 million increased $10.6 million, or 5.3% compared to 2024. The increase in noninterest expense in 2025 over 2024 was mainly driven by higher salaries and wages and other expenses (professional fees, marketing, audit and examinations, and travel and meetings).
Expenses associated with salaries and wages and employee benefits are the largest component of total noninterest expense. In 2025, the $7.4 million or 7.3% increase in salaries and wages expense compared to 2024 was mainly attributable to $4.3 million in expense related to the sale of TIA as well as annual merit adjustments. The number of employees as measured by average full time equivalents (FTEs) for 2025 was 960, compared to 966 for 2024.
Other operating expenses of $54.0 million increased by $2.8 million or 5.4% compared to 2024, including increases in marketing, up $905,000; professional fees, up $2.9 million; and travel and meeting expense, up $401,000. Partially offsetting these increases was a $1.6 million decrease in certain post-retirement benefit expenses year-over-year, which was partially the result of curtailment gains of $916,000 related to certain benefit plans in connection with sale of TIA recognized in 2025.
Noncontrolling Interests
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests represented the portion of net income in consolidated majority-owned subsidiaries that is attributable to the minority owners of a subsidiary. The noncontrolling interests related to three real estate investment trusts ("REIT"), which were substantially owned by the Company through the fourth quarter of 2024. In the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company's bank subsidiary approved the dissolution of the three REITs effective as of December 31, 2024.
Income Tax Expense
The provision for income taxes provides for Federal, New York State, Pennsylvania and other miscellaneous state income taxes. The 2025 provision was $63.8 million, which increased $41.8 million or 189.9% compared to the 2024 provision. The effective tax rate for the Company was 28.4% in 2025, up from 23.7% in 2024. The effective rates for 2025 and 2024 differed from the U.S. statutory rate of 21.0% during those periods due to the effect of state taxes, tax-exempt income from loans, securities, and life insurance assets, investments in tax credits, and compensation related adjustments. In addition, the effective tax rate in 2025 was impacted by the sale of TIA which resulted in a significant increase to pre-tax income and an adjustment for goodwill with no tax-basis. A reconciliation from the statutory rate to the effective tax rate is provided in "Note 15 - Income Taxes" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
Financial Condition
Total assets were $8.7 billion at December 31, 2025, up by $559.2 million or 6.9% from the previous year end. The increase over prior year end was mainly in loans and securities and supported by deposit growth.
Loans and leases were 74.4% of total assets at December 31, 2025, compared to 74.2% of total assets at December 31, 2024. Total loan balances were $6.4 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of $426.3 million or 7.1% compared to the $6.0 billion reported at year-end 2024. The increase was mainly in commercial real estate loans and commercial and industrial loans. A more detailed discussion of the loan portfolio is provided below in this section under the caption "Loans and Leases".
As of December 31, 2025, total securities comprised 19.6% of total assets, compared to 19.1% of total assets at year-end 2024. Securities increased $150.6 million or 9.8% at December 31, 2025, compared to December 31, 2024. A more detailed discussion of the securities portfolio is provided below in this section under the caption "Securities".
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Total deposits at year-end 2025 increased by $466.0 million or 7.2% compared to December 31, 2024. Contributing to the increase, time deposit balances increased by $230.0 million or 21.5%; checking, savings and money market accounts increased by $183.5 million or 5.2%; and noninterest bearing deposits increased by $52.5 million or 2.8%. Other borrowings, consisting mainly of short-term advances with the FHLB, decreased $225.8 million or 28.6% from December 31, 2024. A more detailed discussion of deposits and borrowings is provided below in this section under the caption "Deposits and Other Liabilities".
Shareholders’ Equity
The Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity included in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company contained in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K, detail changes in equity capital over prior year end. Total shareholders’ equity increased $224.9 million or 31.5% to $938.4 million at December 31, 2025, from $713.4 million at December 31, 2024. The increase mainly reflects net income of $161.1 million, a decrease in accumulated other comprehensive loss of $99.4 million, and stock-based compensation of $3.0 million, partially offset by common stock dividends of $36.1 million and common stock repurchased of $1.6 million.
Accumulated other comprehensive loss decreased from $118.5 million at December 31, 2024 to $19.1 million at December 31, 2025, reflecting a $94.7 million increase in unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities and a $4.7 million decrease related to employee post-retirement benefit plans. The decrease in unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities was mainly a result of the sale of $564.2 million of available-for-sale securities at pre-tax loss of $78.7 million during the fourth quarter of 2025 as well as changes in market interest rates.
The Company increased cash dividends per share by 28.3% in 2025 over 2024, which followed an increase of 1.7% in 2024 over 2023. Dividends per share were $3.13 in 2025, compared to $2.44 in 2024, and $2.40 in 2023. Cash dividends paid represented 22.4%, 49.6%, and 364.6% of after-tax net income in 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
On July 20, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase plan (the “2023 Repurchase Plan”) under which the Company could repurchase up to 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock over the 24 months following adoption of the plan. The 2023 Repurchase Plan expired by its terms on July 20, 2025. The Company did not repurchase any shares under the 2023 Repurchase Plan.
On July 24, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a replacement share repurchase plan (the “2025 Repurchase Plan”) under which the Company may repurchase up to 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock over the 24 months following adoption of the plan. Shares may be repurchased from time to time under the 2025 Repurchase Plan in open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, or by other means in accordance with federal securities laws. The Company has no obligation to repurchase any shares and may discontinue repurchases at any time. As of December 31, 2025, 22,339 shares had been repurchased under the 2025 Repurchase Plan at an average price of $73.86 per share.
The Company and its subsidiary bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal bank regulatory agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action (PCA), banks must meet specific guidelines that involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications of the Company and its subsidiary bank are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators concerning components, risk weightings, and other factors. Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the maintenance of minimum amounts and ratios of common equity Tier 1 capital, Total capital and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, and of Tier 1 capital to average assets. Management believes that the Company and its subsidiary bank meet all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.
As of December 31, 2025, the capital ratios for the Company’s subsidiary bank exceeded the minimum levels required to be considered well capitalized. Additional information on the Company’s capital ratios and regulatory requirements is provided in "Note 20 - Regulations and Supervision" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
Securities
The Company maintains a portfolio of securities such as U.S. Treasuries, U.S. government sponsored entities securities, U.S. government agencies, non-U.S. Government agencies or sponsored entities mortgage-backed securities, obligations of states and political subdivisions thereof and equity securities. Management typically invests in securities with short to intermediate
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average lives in order to better match the interest rate sensitivities of its assets and liabilities. Investment decisions are made within policy guidelines established by the Company’s Board of Directors. The investment policy established by the Company’s Board of Directors is based on the asset/liability management goals of the Company, and is monitored by the Company’s Asset/Liability Management Committee and Investment Committee. The intent of the policy is to establish a portfolio of high-quality diversified securities, which optimizes net interest income within safety and liquidity limits deemed acceptable by the Asset/Liability Management Committee.
The Company classifies its securities at date of purchase as available-for-sale, held-to-maturity or trading. Most of the securities held by the Company are classified as available-for-sale. Securities available-for-sale may be used to enhance total return, provide additional liquidity, or reduce interest rate risk. Securities in the held-to-maturity portfolio would consist of obligations of the U.S. Government, U.S. Government sponsored entities and obligations of state and political subdivisions. Securities in the trading portfolio would reflect those securities that the Company elects to account for at fair value, with the adoption of ASC Topic 825, Financial Instruments.
The Company’s total securities portfolio at December 31, 2025 was $1.7 billion, compared to $1.5 billion at December 31, 2024. The table below shows the composition of the available-for-sale and held-to-maturity debt securities portfolios as of year-end 2025, 2024 and 2023. The increase in securities from year-end 2024 was largely driven by $812.6 million of securities purchases during 2025 which were partially offset by $564.2 million of sales of available-for-sale debt securities and $228.0 million of payments, maturities and calls during the year. Unrealized losses on the available-for-sale debt securities portfolio were $9.3 million at year-end 2025, down from $135.6 million at year-end 2024. The sale of securities and market conditions contributed to the decrease in unrealized losses at year-end 2025 from prior year end.
Additional information on the securities portfolio is available in "Note 3 - Securities" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K, which details the types of securities held, the carrying and fair values, and the contractual maturities as of December 31, 2025 and 2024.
| As of December 31, | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available-for-Sale Debt Securities | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | |||||||||||
| U.S. Treasuries | $ | 55,492 | $ | 53,780 | $ | 75,141 | $ | 71,497 | $ | 114,418 | $ | 109,904 | |||||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | 354,128 | 348,403 | 398,648 | 380,280 | 472,286 | 456,458 | |||||||||||
| Obligations of U.S. states and political subdivisions | 81,517 | 76,310 | 86,328 | 77,694 | 89,999 | 81,924 | |||||||||||
| Mortgage-backed securities-residential, issued by | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government agencies | 315,001 | 313,496 | 68,130 | 63,254 | 49,976 | 45,240 | |||||||||||
| U.S. Government sponsored entities | 582,741 | 587,632 | 736,376 | 636,360 | 819,303 | 720,830 | |||||||||||
| U.S. corporate debt securities | 2,500 | 2,447 | 2,500 | 2,447 | 2,500 | 2,294 | |||||||||||
| Total available-for-sale debt securities | $ | 1,391,379 | $ | 1,382,068 | $ | 1,367,123 | $ | 1,231,532 | $ | 1,548,482 | $ | 1,416,650 |
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| Held-to-Maturity Debt Securities | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | |||||||||||
| U. S. Treasuries | $ | 85,831 | $ | 78,794 | $ | 86,049 | $ | 74,688 | $ | 86,266 | $ | 75,215 | |||||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | 226,697 | 205,066 | 226,413 | 192,607 | 226,135 | 192,240 | |||||||||||
| Total held-to-maturity debt securities | $ | 312,528 | $ | 283,860 | $ | 312,462 | $ | 267,295 | $ | 312,401 | $ | 267,455 |
The Company evaluates available-for-sale debt securities for expected credit losses ("ECL") in unrealized loss positions at each measurement date to determine whether the decline in the fair value below the amortized cost basis (impairment) is due to credit-related factors or noncredit-related factors.
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Factors that may be indicative of ECL include, but are not limited to, the following:
•Extent to which the fair value is less than the amortized cost basis.
•Adverse conditions specifically related to the security, an industry, or geographic area (changes in technology, business practice).
•Payment structure of the debt security with respect to underlying issuer or obligor.
•Failure of the issuer to make scheduled payment of principal and/or interest.
•Changes to the rating of a security or issuer by a NRSRO.
•Changes in tax or regulatory guidelines that impact a security or underlying issuer.
For available-for-sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position, the Company evaluates the securities to determine whether the decline in the fair value below the amortized cost basis is the result of changes in interest rates or reflects a fundamental change in the creditworthiness of the underlying issuer. Any impairment that is not credit related is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes. Credit-related impairment is recognized as an allowance for credit losses ("ACL") on the Company's Statements of Condition, limited to the amount by which the amortized cost basis exceeds the fair value, with a corresponding adjustment to earnings. Both the ACL and the adjustment to net income may be reversed if conditions change.
Management measures expected credit losses on held-to-maturity debt securities on a collective basis by major security type with each type sharing similar risk characteristics and considers historical credit loss information that is adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Management has made the accounting policy election to exclude accrued interest receivable on held-to-maturity debt securities from the estimate of credit losses. As of December 31, 2025, the held-to-maturity portfolio consisted of U.S. Treasury securities and securities issued by U.S. government-sponsored enterprises, including Federal National Mortgage Agency, Federal Home Loan Bank, and Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation. U.S. Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of and/or guaranteed by the U.S. government, and it is expected that the securities will not be settled at prices less than the amortized cost bases of the securities. Securities issued by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored enterprises carry the explicit and/or implicit guarantee of the U.S. government, are widely recognized as "risk-free," and have a long history of zero credit loss. As such, the Company did not record an allowance for credit losses for these securities as of December 31, 2025.
The total gross unrealized losses, shown in the tables above, were primarily attributable to changes in interest rates and levels of market liquidity, relative to when the investment securities were purchased, and not due to the credit-related quality of the investment securities. The Company does not have the intent to sell these securities and does not believe it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities before a recovery of amortized cost.
The Company also holds non-marketable Federal Home Loan Bank New York ("FHLBNY") stock and non-marketable Atlantic Community Bankers Bank ("ACBB") stock, which are required to be held for regulatory purposes and for borrowing availability. The required investment in FHLBNY stock is tied to the Company’s borrowing levels with the FHLBNY. Holdings of FHLBNY stock and ACBB stock totaled $32.2 million and $95,000 at December 31, 2025, respectively, compared to $42.2 million and $95,000, respectively, at December 31, 2024. These securities are carried at par, which is also cost. During 2025, the FHLBNY continued to pay dividends and repurchase stock. As such, the Company has not recognized any impairment on its holdings of FHLBNY.
Management’s policy is to purchase investment grade securities that, on average, have relatively short expected durations. This policy helps mitigate interest rate risk and provides sources of liquidity without significant risk to capital. The contractual maturity distribution of debt securities and mortgage-backed securities as of December 31, 2025, along with the weighted average yield of each category, is presented in Table 3-Maturity Distribution below. Balances are shown at amortized cost and weighted average yields are calculated on a fully tax-equivalent basis. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities presented in Table 3-Maturity Distribution below, because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without penalty and mortgage-backed securities may pay throughout the periods prior to contractual maturity.
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Table 3 - Maturity Distribution
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| SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale1 | Securities Held-to-Maturity | |||||||||
| (dollar amounts in thousands) | Amount | Yield2 | Amount | Yield2 | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 14,976 | 2.03 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 35,614 | 2.79 | % | 75,880 | 1.37 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 4,902 | 1.62 | % | 9,951 | 1.34 | % | ||||
| $ | 55,492 | 2.48 | % | $ | 85,831 | 1.37 | % | |||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 55,606 | 4.16 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 162,238 | 2.52 | % | 98,990 | 1.45 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 136,284 | 4.22 | % | 127,708 | 1.79 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 0 | 0.00 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| $ | 354,128 | 3.43 | % | $ | 226,697 | 1.64 | % | |||
| Obligations of U.S. state and political subdivisions | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 3,642 | 3.29 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 38,561 | 3.13 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 39,314 | 2.55 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 0 | 0.00 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 81,517 | 2.86 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Mortgage-backed securities - residential | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 244 | 3.82 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 78,618 | 4.71 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 818,880 | 4.35 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 897,742 | 4.38 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Other securities | ||||||||||
| Over 1 to 5 years | $ | 2,500 | 6.75 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| $ | 2,500 | 6.75 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Total securities | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 74,224 | 3.69 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 239,157 | 2.70 | % | 174,870 | 1.42 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 259,118 | 4.07 | % | 137,659 | 1.76 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 818,880 | 4.35 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 1,391,379 | 3.98 | % | $ | 312,529 | 1.56 | % |
1 Balances of available-for-sale debt securities are shown at amortized cost.
2 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using a combined New York State and Federal effective income tax rate of 24.5% to increase tax-exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
The average tax-equivalent yield on the securities portfolio was 2.63% in 2025, 2.36% in 2024 and 1.74% in 2023.
At December 31, 2025, there were no holdings of any one issuer, other than the U.S. Government sponsored entities, in an amount greater than 10% of the Company’s shareholders’ equity.
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Loans and Leases
Table 4 - Composition of Loan and Lease Portfolio
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | ||||||||||||||
| Agriculture | $ | 114,475 | $ | 110,007 | $ | 101,211 | $ | 85,073 | $ | 99,172 | ||||
| Commercial and industrial other1 | 986,173 | 855,568 | 722,294 | 706,456 | 770,381 | |||||||||
| Subtotal commercial and industrial | 1,100,648 | 965,575 | 823,505 | 791,529 | 869,553 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | 448,901 | 385,931 | 303,406 | 201,116 | 178,582 | |||||||||
| Agriculture | 234,292 | 217,582 | 221,670 | 214,963 | 195,973 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate other | 2,978,842 | 2,776,304 | 2,587,591 | 2,437,339 | 2,278,599 | |||||||||
| Subtotal commercial real estate | 3,662,035 | 3,379,817 | 3,112,667 | 2,853,418 | 2,653,154 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | ||||||||||||||
| Home equity | 227,654 | 204,194 | 188,316 | 188,623 | 182,671 | |||||||||
| Mortgages | 1,363,532 | 1,366,646 | 1,373,275 | 1,346,318 | 1,290,911 | |||||||||
| Subtotal residential real estate | 1,591,186 | 1,570,840 | 1,561,591 | 1,534,941 | 1,473,582 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | ||||||||||||||
| Indirect | 68 | 229 | 841 | 2,224 | 4,655 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 86,399 | 96,163 | 96,942 | 75,412 | 67,396 | |||||||||
| Subtotal consumer and other | 86,467 | 96,392 | 97,783 | 77,636 | 72,051 | |||||||||
| Leases | 10,413 | 12,484 | 15,383 | 16,134 | 13,948 | |||||||||
| Total loans and leases | $ | 6,450,749 | $ | 6,025,108 | $ | 5,610,929 | $ | 5,273,658 | $ | 5,082,288 | ||||
| Less: unearned income and deferred costs and fees | (4,504) | (5,186) | (4,994) | (4,747) | (6,821) | |||||||||
| Total loans and leases, net of unearned income and deferred costs and fees | $ | 6,446,245 | $ | 6,019,922 | $ | 5,605,935 | $ | 5,268,911 | $ | 5,075,467 |
1 Commercial and industrial other includes $7,000, $159,000, $404,000, $756,000, and $71.3 million respectively, of Payment Protection Program "PPP" loans as of December 31, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.
The below table shows a more detailed breakout of commercial real estate ("CRE") loans as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRE Concentrations | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||
| (In thousands) | Balance | % CRE | Balance | % CRE | ||||||
| Construction | $ | 448,901 | 12.26 | % | $ | 385,931 | 11.40 | % | ||
| Multi-family/Single family real estate | 774,338 | 21.15 | % | 677,532 | 20.05 | % | ||||
| Agriculture | 234,292 | 6.40 | % | 217,582 | 6.44 | % | ||||
| Retail1 | 508,523 | 13.89 | % | 429,562 | 12.71 | % | ||||
| Hotels/motels | 181,026 | 4.94 | % | 182,437 | 5.40 | % | ||||
| Office space2 | 243,874 | 6.66 | % | 232,469 | 6.88 | % | ||||
| Industrial3 | 253,959 | 6.93 | % | 243,616 | 7.21 | % | ||||
| Mixed Use | 362,900 | 9.91 | % | 344,708 | 10.20 | % | ||||
| Medical4 | 150,499 | 4.11 | % | 148,009 | 4.38 | % | ||||
| Other | 503,723 | 13.75 | % | 517,971 | 15.33 | % | ||||
| Total | $ | 3,662,035 | 100.00 | % | $ | 3,379,817 | 100.00 | % |
1 Retail included 2.1% and 2.5%, respectively, of owner occupied real estate at December 31, 2025 and 2024.
2 Office space included 1.7%, respectively, of owner occupied real estate at both December 31, 2025 and 2024.
3 Industrial included 2.79% and 2.59%, respectively, of owner occupied real estate at December 31, 2025 and 2024.
4 Medical included 1.71% and 2.37%, respectively, of owner occupied real estate at December 31, 2025 and 2024.
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Total loans and leases of $6.4 billion at December 31, 2025 increased $426.3 million or 7.1% from December 31, 2024. The increase was mainly in commercial real estate loans and commercial and industrial loans. At December 31, 2025, total loans and leases represented 74.4% of total assets compared to 74.2% of total assets at December 31, 2024.
Residential real estate loans, including home equity loans, were $1.6 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of $20.3 million or 1.3% compared to $1.6 billion at year-end 2024. Residential real estate loans comprised 24.7% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2025 compared to 26.1% at December 31, 2024. Growth in residential loan balances is impacted by the Company’s decision to retain these loans or sell them in the secondary market due to interest rate considerations. The Company’s Asset/Liability Management Committee meets regularly and establishes standards for selling or retaining residential real estate mortgage originations.
Residential real estate loans are generally sold to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC") without recourse in accordance with standard secondary market loan sale agreements. These residential real estate loans also are subject to customary representations and warranties made by the Company, including representations and warranties related to gross incompetence and fraud. The Company has not had to repurchase any loans as a result of these representations and warranties.
During 2025, 2024, and 2023, the Company sold residential mortgage loans totaling $85.6 million, $40.1 million, and $4.5 million, respectively, and realized net gains on these sales of $2.2 million, $1.0 million, and $96,000, respectively. When residential mortgage loans are sold to FHLMC, the Company typically retains all servicing rights, which provides the Company with a source of fee income. In connection with the sales in 2025, 2024, and 2023, the Company recorded mortgage-servicing assets of $642,000, $299,000, and $34,000, respectively.
The Company originates fixed rate and adjustable rate residential mortgage loans. The Company also originates loans that have characteristics of both, such as a 7/6 adjustable rate mortgage, which has a fixed rate for the first seven years and then adjusts semi-annually thereafter. The majority of residential mortgage loans originated by the Company over the last several years have been fixed rate loans. Adjustable rate loans increased in 2024 and 2025 as a result of the higher interest rate environment. Adjustable rate residential real estate loans are underwritten based upon the initial rate when the fixed rate period is 5 years or longer. For loans with an initial fixed rate of less than 5 years, the fully indexed rate is utilized for ability to repay qualifying and underwriting. This underwriting practice matches secondary market guidelines.
Commercial real estate loans totaled $3.7 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of $282.2 million or 8.4% compared to December 31, 2024, and represented 56.8% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2025, compared to 56.1% at December 31, 2024.
Commercial and industrial loans totaled $1.1 billion at December 31, 2025, which was an increase of $135.1 million or 14.0% from December 31, 2024. Commercial and industrial loans represented 17.1% of total loans at December 31, 2025 compared to 16.0% at December 31, 2024.
As of December 31, 2025, agriculturally-related loans totaled $348.8 million or 5.4% of total loans and leases compared to $327.6 million or 5.4% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2024. Agriculturally-related loans include loans to dairy farms and cash and vegetable crop farms. Agriculturally related loans are primarily made based on identified cash flows of the borrower with consideration given to underlying collateral, personal guarantees, and government related guarantees. Agriculturally-related loans are generally secured by the assets or property being financed or other business assets such as accounts receivable, livestock, equipment or commodities/crops.
The consumer loan portfolio includes personal installment loans, indirect automobile financing, and overdraft lines of credit. Consumer and other loans were $86.5 million at December 31, 2025, compared to $96.4 million at December 31, 2024.
The lease portfolio decreased by 16.6% to $10.4 million at December 31, 2025 from $12.5 million at December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2025, commercial leases and municipal leases represented 100.0% of total leases.
The Company has adopted comprehensive lending policies, underwriting standards and loan review procedures. There were no significant changes to the Company’s existing policies, underwriting standards and loan review procedures during 2025. The Company’s Board of Directors approves the lending policies at least annually. The Company recognizes that exceptions to policy guidelines may occasionally occur and has established procedures for approving exceptions to these policy guidelines. Management has also implemented reporting systems to monitor loan originations, loan quality, concentrations of credit, loan delinquencies and nonperforming loans and potential problem loans.
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The Company’s loan and lease customers are located primarily in the New York and Pennsylvania communities served by its subsidiary bank. Although operating in numerous communities in New York and Pennsylvania, the Company is still dependent on the general economic conditions of these states and the local economic conditions of the communities within those states in which the Company does business.
Analysis of Past Due and Nonperforming Loans
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||||||
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| (In thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||
| Loans 90 days past due and accruing | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 25 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Residential real estate | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 145 | 314 | 101 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total loans 90 days past due and accruing | $ | 146 | $ | 323 | $ | 101 | $ | 25 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Nonaccrual loans | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 8,305 | $ | 1,542 | $ | 2,273 | $ | 618 | $ | 533 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 22,864 | 32,590 | 44,450 | 13,858 | 13,893 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 16,555 | 16,278 | 15,172 | 13,544 | 11,178 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 70 | 138 | 270 | 269 | 429 | |||||||||
| Total nonaccrual loans and leases | $ | 47,794 | $ | 50,548 | $ | 62,165 | $ | 28,289 | $ | 26,033 | ||||
| Troubled debt restructurings not included above | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,530 | 5,124 | |||||||||
| Total nonperforming loans and leases | $ | 47,940 | $ | 50,871 | $ | 62,266 | $ | 32,844 | $ | 31,157 | ||||
| Other real estate owned | 229 | 14,314 | 131 | 152 | 135 | |||||||||
| Total nonperforming assets | $ | 48,169 | $ | 65,185 | $ | 62,397 | $ | 32,996 | $ | 31,292 | ||||
| Total nonperforming loans and leases as a percentage of total loans and leases | 0.74 | % | 0.85 | % | 1.11 | % | 0.62 | % | 0.61 | % | ||||
| Total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets | 0.56 | % | 0.80 | % | 0.80 | % | 0.43 | % | 0.40 | % | ||||
| Allowance as a percentage of nonperforming loans and leases | 120.30 | % | 111.06 | % | 82.84 | % | 139.86 | % | 137.51 | % |
Asset quality measures were generally favorable at December 31, 2025 compared to December 31, 2024. The above table shows a decrease in nonperforming loans and nonperforming assets at year-end 2025 from year-end 2024. The Company’s total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets was 0.56% at December 31, 2025 compared to 0.80% at December 31, 2024, compared to its peer group's most recent ratio of 0.58% at September 30, 2025. The peer data is from the Federal Reserve Board and represents banks or bank holding companies with assets between $3.0 billion and $10.0 billion. The decrease in nonperforming assets was mainly due to a $14.2 million decrease related to one commercial property being transferred from commercial real estate loans into other real estate owned during the fourth quarter of 2024, and subsequently being sold in the first quarter of 2025.
Nonperforming loans and leases totaled $47.9 million at December 31, 2025 and decreased 5.8% from December 31, 2024. Nonperforming loans and leases represented 0.74% of total loans at December 31, 2025, compared to 0.85% of total loans at December 31, 2024. Nonperforming loans and leases in the commercial real estate portfolio at year-end 2025 decreased by $9.7 million compared to year-end 2024. During the fourth quarter of 2025, a $7.4 million commercial real estate loan was removed from nonaccrual loans, reflecting a payoff of $5.0 million, with a partial charge-off of $2.4 million.
Loans past due 30-89 days totaled $8.8 million or 0.14% of total loans at December 31, 2025, and $28.8 million or 0.48% of total loans at December 31, 2024. The decrease in loans past due 30-89 days when compared to December 31, 2024 was mainly due to one commercial real estate loan totaling $17.3 million being moved to nonaccrual loans and leases in the first quarter of 2025.
Loans internally-classified Special Mention or Substandard totaled $134.5 million at December 31, 2025, compared to $111.1 million at December 31, 2024. The increase at December 31, 2025 compared to prior year end was largely due to the downgrade of one performing commercial loan totaling $20.1 million to Substandard during 2025.
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The Company adopted ASU 2022-02 effective January 1, 2023. This standard eliminated the previous troubled debt restructuring ("TDR") accounting model and replaced it with guidance and disclosure requirements for identifying modifications to loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty. Modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty may include interest rate reductions, principal or interest forgiveness, forbearances, term extensions, and other actions intended to minimize economic loss and to avoid foreclosure or repossession of collateral. Prior year TDRs are included in the above table within the following categories: "loans 90 days past due and accruing", "nonaccrual loans", or "troubled debt restructurings not included above".
In general, the Company places a loan on nonaccrual status if principal or interest payments become 90 days or more past due and/or management deems the collectability of the principal and/or interest to be in question, as well as when called for by regulatory requirements. Although in nonaccrual status, the Company may continue to receive payments on these loans. These payments are generally recorded as a reduction to principal and interest income is recorded only after principal recovery is reasonably assured. For additional financial information on the difference between the interest income that would have been recorded if these loans and leases had been paid in accordance with their original terms and the interest income that was recorded, refer to "Note 4 - Loans and Leases" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
The Company’s recorded investment in loans and leases that are individually evaluated totaled $26.1 million at December 31, 2025, and $31.7 million at December 31, 2024. A loan is individually evaluated when, based on current information and events, it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Individually evaluated loans consist of our non-homogenous nonaccrual loans and loans that are 90 days or more past due. Specific reserves on individually evaluated loans that are not collateral dependent are measured based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the original effective interest rate of each loan. For loans that are collateral dependent, impairment is measured based on the fair value of the collateral less estimated selling costs, and such impaired amounts are generally charged off.
At December 31, 2025, there were specific reserves of $1.4 million, related to one commercial real estate relationship totaling $17.3 million and one residential real estate relationship totaling $2.4 million, compared to $1.7 million of specific reserves on three commercial real estate relationships totaling $7.5 million at December 31, 2024. The majority of the individually evaluated loans are collateral dependent loans that have limited exposure or require limited specific reserves because of the amount of collateral support with respect to these loans or the loans have been written down to fair value. Interest payments on individually evaluated loans are typically applied to principal unless collectability of the principal amount is reasonably assured. In these cases, interest is recognized on a cash basis. There was no interest income recognized on individually evaluated loans and leases for 2025, 2024 and 2023.
The ratio of the allowance to nonperforming loans was 120.30% at December 31, 2025, compared to 111.06% at December 31, 2024. The increase in the ratio from year-end 2025 from year-end 2024 was mainly due to the decrease in nonperforming loans discussed in more detail above and, to a lesser extent, the increase in the allowance for credit losses. The Company’s nonperforming loans are mostly made up of collateral dependent loans requiring little to no specific allowance due to the level of collateral available with respect to these loans and/or previous charge-offs.
Management reviews the loan portfolio for evidence of potential problem loans and leases. Potential problem loans and leases are loans and leases that are currently performing in accordance with contractual terms, but where known information about possible credit problems of the related borrowers causes management to have doubt as to the ability of such borrowers to comply with the present loan payment terms and may result in such loans and leases becoming nonperforming at some time in the future. Management considers loans and leases classified as Substandard, which continue to accrue interest, to be potential problem loans and leases. The Company, through its credit administration function, identified 12 commercial relationships in the loan portfolio totaling $5.0 million at December 31, 2025 that were potential problem loans. At December 31, 2024, there were 16 commercial relationships totaling $41.2 million that were considered potential problem loans. Of the 12 commercial relationships from the portfolio that were classified as potential problem loans at December 31, 2025, there was 1 relationship that individually equaled or exceeded $1.0 million, which totaled $1.6 million. The decrease in the aggregate amount of potential problem loans at year-end 2025 from year-end 2024 was mainly due to the downgrade of one commercial real estate loan totaling $17.3 million to being reported as individually evaluated.
Potential problem loans remain in a performing status due to a variety of factors, including payment history, the value of collateral supporting the credits, and personal or government guarantees. These factors, when considered in the aggregate, give management reason to believe that the current risk exposure on these loans does not warrant accounting for these loans as nonperforming. However, these loans do exhibit certain risk factors, which have the potential to cause them to become
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nonperforming. Accordingly, management’s attention is focused on these credits, which are reviewed on at least a quarterly basis.
The Allowance for Credit Losses
Management reviews the appropriateness of the ACL on a regular basis. Management considers the accounting policy relating to the ACL to be a critical accounting policy, given the inherent uncertainty in evaluating the levels of the ACL required to cover credit losses in the portfolio and the material effect that assumptions could have on the Company’s results of operations. The Company has developed a methodology to measure the amount of estimated credit loss exposure inherent in the loan portfolio to assure that an appropriate ACL is maintained. The Company’s methodology is based upon guidance provided in SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 119, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments ("CECL"), and Financial Instruments - Credit Losses and ASC Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses.
The Company uses a discounted cash flow ("DCF") method to estimate expected credit losses for all loan segments excluding the leasing segment. For each of these loan segments, the Company generates cash flow projections at the loan level wherein payment expectations are adjusted for estimated prepayment speeds, curtailments, recovery lag, probability of default, and loss given default. The modeling of expected prepayment speeds, curtailment rates, and time to recovery are based on internal historical data.
The Company uses regression analysis of historical internal and peer data to determine suitable loss drivers to utilize when modeling lifetime probability of default and loss given default. This analysis also determines how expected probability of default and loss given default will react to forecasted levels of the loss drivers. For all loans utilizing the DCF method, management utilizes and forecasts national unemployment and a one year percentage change in national gross domestic product as loss drivers in the model.
For all DCF models, management has determined that four quarters represents a reasonable and supportable forecast period and reverts back to a historical loss rate over eight quarters on a straight-line basis. Management leverages economic projections from a reputable and independent third party to inform its loss driver forecasts over the four-quarter forecast period. Other internal and external indicators of economic forecasts, and scenario weightings, are also considered by management when developing the forecast metrics.
The combination of adjustments for credit expectations and timing expectations produces an expected cash flow stream at the loan level. Instrument effective yield is calculated, net of the impacts of prepayment assumptions, and the instrument expected cash flows are then discounted at that effective yield to produce a net present value of expected cash flows ("NPV"). An ACL is established for the difference between the NPV and amortized cost basis.
The model also considers the need to qualitatively adjust expected loss estimates for information not already captured in the loss estimation process. These qualitative factors include, but are not limited to, those suggested by the Interagency Policy Statement on Allowances for Credit Losses. These qualitative factor adjustments may increase or decrease the Company's estimate of expected credit losses.
Due to the size and characteristics of the leasing portfolio, the remaining life method, using the historical loss rate of the commercial and industrial segment, is used to determine the allowance for credit losses.
Loans that do not share similar risk characteristics are evaluated on an individual basis. The ACL for individually evaluated loans is measured using the DCF method based on the loan's contractual interest rate, or at the loan's observable market price, or if the loan is collateral dependent, at the fair value of the collateral, less cost to sell.
Since the methodology is based upon historical experience and trends, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts, as well as management’s judgment, factors may arise that result in different estimates. While management’s evaluation of the allowance as of December 31, 2025 considers the allowance to be appropriate, under adversely different conditions or assumptions, the Company would need to increase or decrease the allowance. In addition, various federal regulatory agencies and the NYSDFS, as part of their examination process, review the Company's allowance and may require the Company to recognize additions to the allowance based on their judgments and information available to them at the time of their examinations.
Tables 5 and 6 below show additional information on the ACL as of December 31, 2025 and the prior four years.
The allocation of the Company’s allowance as of December 31, 2025, and each of the previous four years is illustrated in the below table. The table provides an allocation of the allowance for credit losses for inherent loan losses by type. The allocation is
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neither indicative of the specific amounts or the loan categories in which future charge-offs may occur, nor is it an indicator of future loss trends. The allocation of the allowance for credit losses to each category does not restrict the use of the allowance to absorb losses in any category. The table shows a fairly consistent allocation of the loan portfolio and allowance over the period with commercial real estate and residential real estate representing the largest proportion of total loans and the allowance.
Table 5 - Allocation of the Allowance for Credit Losses
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||
| Total loans outstanding at end of year | $ | 6,446,245 | $ | 6,019,922 | $ | 5,605,935 | $ | 5,268,911 | $ | 5,075,467 | ||||
| Allocation of the ACL by loan type: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 10,234 | $ | 7,684 | $ | 6,667 | $ | 6,039 | $ | 6,335 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 35,255 | 35,837 | 31,581 | 27,287 | 24,813 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 10,893 | 11,345 | 11,700 | 11,154 | 10,139 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 1,230 | 1,568 | 1,557 | 1,358 | 1,492 | |||||||||
| Leases | 59 | 62 | 79 | 96 | 64 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 57,671 | $ | 56,496 | $ | 51,584 | $ | 45,934 | $ | 42,843 | ||||
| Allocation of the ACL as a percentage of total allowance: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | 18 | % | 14 | % | 13 | % | 13 | % | 15 | % | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 61 | % | 63 | % | 61 | % | 60 | % | 58 | % | ||||
| Residential real estate | 19 | % | 20 | % | 23 | % | 24 | % | 24 | % | ||||
| Consumer and other | 2 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | ||||
| Leases | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
| Total | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | ||||
| Loan and lease types as a percentage of total loans and leases: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | 17 | % | 16 | % | 15 | % | 16 | % | 18 | % | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 57 | % | 56 | % | 55 | % | 54 | % | 52 | % | ||||
| Residential real estate | 25 | % | 26 | % | 28 | % | 29 | % | 29 | % | ||||
| Consumer and other | 1 | % | 2 | % | 2 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | ||||
| Leases | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
| Total | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % |
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Table 6 - Analysis of the Allowance for Credit Losses
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||||||
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| (In thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||
| Average loans outstanding during year | $ | 6,177,928 | $ | 5,768,575 | $ | 5,357,699 | $ | 5,142,099 | $ | 5,184,492 | ||||
| Balance of allowance at beginning of year | 56,496 | 51,584 | 45,934 | 42,843 | 51,669 | |||||||||
| Impact of adopting ASU 2022-02 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Loan charge-offs: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 1,541 | $ | 293 | $ | 34 | $ | 559 | $ | 274 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 7,310 | 249 | 0 | 50 | 6,957 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 0 | 0 | 20 | 53 | 77 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 2,359 | 2,598 | 1,045 | 544 | 438 | |||||||||
| Total loan charge-offs | $ | 11,210 | $ | 3,140 | $ | 1,099 | $ | 1,206 | $ | 7,746 | ||||
| Recoveries of loans previously charged-off: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 82 | $ | 40 | $ | 87 | $ | 195 | $ | 118 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 4 | 7 | 1,292 | 951 | 1,175 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 118 | 135 | 186 | 346 | 236 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 617 | 452 | 255 | 306 | 196 | |||||||||
| Total loan recoveries | $ | 821 | $ | 634 | $ | 1,820 | $ | 1,798 | $ | 1,725 | ||||
| Net loan charge-offs (recoveries) | 10,389 | 2,506 | (721) | (592) | 6,021 | |||||||||
| Additions/(Reductions) to allowance charged to operations | 11,564 | 7,418 | 4,865 | 2,499 | (2,805) | |||||||||
| Balance of allowance at end of year | $ | 57,671 | $ | 56,496 | $ | 51,584 | $ | 45,934 | $ | 42,843 | ||||
| Allowance as a percentage of total loans and leases outstanding | 0.89 | % | 0.94 | % | 0.92 | % | 0.87 | % | 0.84 | % | ||||
| Net charge-offs (recoveries) as a percentage of average loans and leases outstanding during the year | 0.17 | % | 0.04 | % | (0.01) | % | (0.01) | % | 0.12 | % |
The above table shows the activity in the allowance for credit losses over the past five years as well as the allowance coverage of total loans at the end of each of the past five years. As of December 31, 2025, the ACL was $57.7 million, an increase of $1.2 million or 2.1% from year-end 2024. The increase reflects provision for credit loss expense of $11.6 million, less net loan charge-offs of $10.4 million. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total loans was 0.89% at year-end 2025 compared to 0.94% at year-end 2024.
The increase in the ACL from year-end 2024 reflects loan growth, mainly in commercial real estate and commercial and industrial loans, partially offset by updated model assumptions based on the annual model review and a decrease in qualitative reserves driven by asset quality improvements. Reserves on loans individually evaluated for impairment decreased approximately $284,000 from year end 2024 primarily related to the sale of two commercial relationships. This portion of the ACL estimate reflects the difference between fair value of collateral less costs to sell and the amortized cost basis of the loans.
Provision for credit losses loans for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $11.6 million compared to $7.4 million for the same period in 2024. The increase in provision expense for 2025 compared to 2024 was mainly driven by a charge-off of $4.7 million in the second quarter of 2025 on a commercial real estate relationship totaling $18.1 million, and a charge-off of $2.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 on a commercial real estate relationship totaling $7.4 million. At the time of the charge-offs, the two commercial real estate relationships had specific reserves of $4.2 million and $1.6 million, respectively. Net charge-offs / (recoveries) as a percentage of average loans was 0.17% for 2025 compared to 0.04% in 2024, and (0.01)% in 2023.
Management believes that, based upon its evaluation as of December 31, 2025, the allowance is appropriate.
Loan Commitments and Allowance for Credit Losses on Off-Balance Sheet Credit Exposures
Financial instruments include off-balance sheet credit instruments, such as commitments to make loans, and commercial letters of credit. The Company's exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument
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for off-balance sheet loan commitments is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded. The Company records an allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures, unless the commitments to extend credit are unconditionally cancellable, through a charge to credit loss expense for off-balance sheet credit exposures included in other noninterest expense in the Company's consolidated statements of income. As of December 31, 2025, the Company's reserve for off-balance sheet credit exposures was $1.4 million, compared to $1.5 million at December 31, 2024.
Deposits and Other Liabilities
Total deposits were $6.9 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of $466.0 million or 7.2% compared to year-end 2024. The increase from year-end 2024 primarily consisted of increases in savings and money market balances which were up $183.5 million, and time deposits which were up $230.0 million. The increase in time deposits included $114.4 million of brokered time deposits.
The most significant source of funding for the Company is core deposits. The Company defines core deposits as total deposits less time deposits of $250,000 or more, brokered deposits, municipal money market deposits and reciprocal deposit relationships with municipalities. Core deposits increased by $255.4 million or 4.9% to $5.5 billion at year-end 2025 from $5.3 billion at year-end 2024. Core deposits represented 79.5% of total deposits at December 31, 2025, compared to 81.3% of total deposits at December 31, 2024.
Municipal money market accounts and reciprocal deposit relationships with municipalities totaled $404.0 million at year-end 2025, which decreased 5.3% from year-end 2024. In general, there is a seasonal pattern to municipal deposits starting with a low point during July and August. Account balances tend to increase throughout the fall and into the winter months from tax deposits and receive an additional inflow at the end of March from the electronic deposit of state funds.
The Company uses both retail and wholesale repurchase agreements. Retail repurchase agreements are arrangements with local customers of the Company, in which the Company agrees to sell securities to the customer with an agreement to repurchase those securities at a specified later date. Retail repurchase agreements totaled $45.6 million at December 31, 2025, and $37.0 million at December 31, 2024. Management generally views local repurchase agreements as an alternative to large time deposits. Refer to "Note 9 - Federal Funds Purchased and Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for further details on the Company’s repurchase agreements.
The Company’s other borrowings totaled $564.4 million at year-end 2025, which were down $225.8 million from prior year end. The $564.4 million in borrowings at December 31, 2025, included $395.0 million in overnight advances from the FHLB and $169.4 million in term advances from the FHLB. Borrowings of $790.2 million at year-end 2024 represented $247.0 million in overnight borrowings and $543.2 million in FHLB term advances. Of the $169.4 million in FHLB term advances at year-end 2025, $45.0 million were due within three months, $20.0 million were due between three months and six months, $29.4 million were due between six months and one year, and $75.0 million were due in over one year. Refer to "Note 10 - Other Borrowings" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for further details on the Company’s term borrowings with the FHLB.
Liquidity Management
The objective of liquidity management is to ensure the availability of adequate funding sources to satisfy anticipated demand for credit, deposit withdrawals, and business investment opportunities. The Company’s large, stable core deposit base and strong capital position are the foundation for the Company’s liquidity position. The Company uses a variety of resources to meet its liquidity needs, which include deposits, cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, cash flow from lending and investing activities, repurchase agreements, and borrowings. The Company’s Asset/Liability Management Committee monitors asset and liability positions of the Company’s subsidiary bank individually and on a combined basis. The Committee reviews periodic reports on liquidity and interest rate sensitivity positions. Comparisons with industry and peer groups are also monitored. The Company’s strong reputation in the communities it serves, along with its strong financial condition, provides access to numerous sources of liquidity as described below. Management believes these diverse liquidity sources provide sufficient means to meet all demands on the Company’s liquidity that are reasonably likely to occur. Management measures liquidity, including the level of cash, unencumbered securities, and the availability of dependable borrowing sources. The Board has set a policy limit stating that reliable sources of liquidity should remain in excess of 6% of total assets. The ratio was 16.2% at December 31, 2025 and 14.7% at December 31, 2024. In addition, the Company maintains access to the Federal Reserve Bank borrowing facility, which improved the reliable sources of liquidity ratio by an additional 2.9% at December 31, 2025, and 1.7% at December 31, 2024, to 19.1% and 16.4%, respectively. The Company also maintains board policy limits requiring that on-balance sheet liquidity, which includes liquid assets including cash, overnight funds sold, short-term investments, fair
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value of encumbered investment securities, and the guaranteed portion of government and agency loans, remain above 3% of total assets. As of December 31, 2025, this ratio was 11.1%.
Core deposits, discussed above under "Deposits and Other Liabilities", are a primary and low cost funding source obtained primarily through the Company’s branch network. In addition to core deposits, the Company uses non-core funding sources to support asset growth. These non-core funding sources include time deposits of $250,000 or more, municipal money market deposits, brokered deposits, reciprocal deposits, bank borrowings, securities sold under agreements to repurchase and overnight and term advances from the FHLB. Rates and terms are the primary determinants of the mix of these funding sources. Non-core funding sources of $2.1 billion at December 31, 2025 increased $43.3 million, or 2.1% as compared to December 31, 2024. Non-core funding sources, as a percentage of total liabilities, were 26.9% at December 31, 2025, compared to 27.5% at December 31, 2024.
Non-core funding sources may require securities to be pledged against the underlying liability. Securities carried at $887.5 million at December 31, 2025 were either pledged or sold under agreements to repurchase, compared to $904.2 million at December 31, 2024. Pledged securities or securities sold under agreements to repurchase represented 52.1% of total securities at December 31, 2025, compared to 53.8% of total securities at December 31, 2024.
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $132.8 million as of December 31, 2025 which decreased from $134.4 million at December 31, 2024. Short-term investments, consisting of securities due in one year or less, decreased from $99.2 million at December 31, 2024, to $74.1 million at December 31, 2025.
Cash flow from the loan and investment portfolios provides a significant source of liquidity. These assets may have stated maturities in excess of one year, but have monthly principal reductions. Total mortgage-backed securities, at fair value, were $901.1 million at December 31, 2025 compared with $699.6 million at December 31, 2024. Outstanding principal balances of residential mortgage loans, consumer loans, and leases totaled approximately $1.7 billion at December 31, 2025, up $8.4 million, or 0.5% compared with December 31, 2024. Aggregate amortization from monthly payments on these assets provides significant additional cash flow to the Company.
Liquidity is enhanced by ready access to national and regional wholesale funding sources including Federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements, brokered certificates of deposit, and FHLB advances. Through its subsidiary bank, the Company has borrowing relationships with the FHLB and correspondent banks, which provide secured and unsecured borrowing capacity. As members of the FHLB, the Company’s subsidiary banks can use certain unencumbered mortgage-related assets and securities to secure additional borrowings from the FHLB. At December 31, 2025, the established borrowing capacity with the FHLB was $1.3 billion, or 15.2% of total assets, with available unencumbered mortgage-related assets of $525.5 million. In addition to the $564.4 million of FHLB borrowings outstanding at December 31, 2025, the Company had utilized $225 million of availability at December 31, 2025, to collateralize municipal deposits through several standby letters of credit with the FHLB. Additional assets may also qualify as collateral for FHLB advances upon approval of the FHLB.
Through various programs at the Federal Reserve Bank, the Company has the ability to use certain unencumbered loans and securities to secure borrowings from the Federal Reserve Bank's Discount Window. At December 31, 2025 the available borrowing capacity with the Federal Reserve Bank was $252.8 million, secured by commercial and mortgage-related loans. In addition to the available borrowing lines at the FHLB and Federal Reserve Bank, the Company maintains $799.1 million of unencumbered securities which could be pledged to further enhance secured borrowing capacity.
The Company has not identified any trends or circumstances that are reasonably likely to result in material increases or decreases in liquidity in the near term.
Table 7 - Loan Maturity
| Remaining maturity of loans | December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | Total | Less than 1 year | After 1 year to 5 years | After 5 years to 15 years | After 15 years | |||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 1,100,647 | $ | 280,419 | $ | 361,786 | $ | 247,864 | $ | 210,578 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 3,662,035 | 189,871 | 866,965 | 1,623,513 | 981,686 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 1,591,187 | 1,379 | 22,305 | 251,850 | 1,315,653 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 6,353,869 | $ | 471,669 | $ | 1,251,056 | $ | 2,123,227 | $ | 2,507,917 |
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Of the loan amounts shown above in Table 7 - Loan Maturity, maturing over 1 year, $2.3 billion have fixed rates and $3.5 billion have adjustable rates.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
In the normal course of business, the Company is party to certain financial instruments, which in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, are not included in its Consolidated Statements of Condition. These transactions include commitments under standby letters of credit, unused portions of lines of credit, and commitments to fund new loans and are undertaken to accommodate the financing needs of the Company’s customers. Loan commitments are agreements by the Company to lend monies at a future date. These loan and letter of credit commitments are subject to the same credit policies and reviews as the Company’s loans. Because most of these loan commitments expire within one year from the date of issue, the total amount of these loan commitments as of December 31, 2025, are not necessarily indicative of future cash requirements. Further information on these commitments and contingent liabilities is provided in "Note 17 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
Contractual Obligations
The Company leases land, buildings, and equipment under operating lease arrangements extending to the year 2090. Most leases include options to renew for periods ranging from 5 to 20 years. In addition, the Company has a software contract for its core banking application through June 30, 2030 along with contracts for more specialized software programs through 2029. Further information on the Company’s lease arrangements is provided in "Note 7 - Premises and Equipment" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K. The Company’s contractual obligations as of December 31, 2025, are shown in Table 8-Contractual Obligations and Commitments below.
Table 8 - Contractual Obligations and Commitments
| Contractual cash obligations | At December 31, 2025 Payments due within | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | Total | 1 year | 1-3 years | 3-5 years | After 5 years | |||||||||
| Long-term debt | $ | 176,112 | $ | 98,962 | $ | 77,150 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Operating leases 1 | 35,965 | 3,724 | 6,887 | 6,098 | 19,256 | |||||||||
| Software contracts | 10,241 | 3,272 | 4,392 | 2,577 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total contractual cash obligations | $ | 222,318 | $ | 105,958 | $ | 88,429 | $ | 8,675 | $ | 19,256 |
1 Operating leases include renewals the Company considers reasonably certain to exercise.
Non-GAAP Disclosure
The following table summarizes the Company’s results of operations on a GAAP basis and on an operating (non-GAAP) basis for the periods indicated. The non-GAAP financial measures adjust GAAP measures to exclude the effects of non-operating items, such as the effects of the sales of available-for-sale debt securities, and significant nonrecurring income or expense on earnings, equity, and capital. The Company believes the non-GAAP measures provide meaningful comparisons of our underlying operational performance and facilitate management's and investors' assessments of business and performance trends in comparison to others in the financial services industry. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as a measure of the Company's profitability or liquidity; they are in addition to, and are not a substitute for, financial measures under GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures presented herein may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies, and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. In the future, the Company may utilize other measures to illustrate performance. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations since they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the Company's results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP.
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| Reconciliation of Net Income Available to Common Shareholders/Diluted Earnings Per Share (GAAP) to Adjusted Net Operating Income Available to Common Shareholders/Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share (Non-GAAP); Return on Average Assets and Return on Average Equity (GAAP) to Adjusted Return on Average Assets, Adjusted Return on Average Equity and Adjusted Operating Return on Average Shareholders' Tangible Common Equity (Non-GAAP) | ||||||||
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| For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||
| (In thousands, except per share data) | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Net income available to common shareholders | $ | 161,071 | $ | 70,850 | $ | 9,505 | ||
| Less: income attributable to unvested stock-based compensation awards | 0 | 0 | (42) | |||||
| Net earnings allocated to common shareholders (GAAP) | 161,071 | 70,850 | 9,463 | |||||
| Diluted earnings per share (GAAP) | 11.24 | 4.97 | 0.66 | |||||
| Adjustments for non-operating income and expense: | ||||||||
| (Gain) loss on sale of investment securities | 78,721 | (50) | 70,019 | |||||
| (Gain) from sale of Tompkins Insurance Agencies, Inc. | (183,902) | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total adjustments | $ | (105,181) | $ | (50) | $ | 70,019 | ||
| Tax expense | (34,509) | (12) | 17,155 | |||||
| Total adjustments, net of tax | $ | (70,672) | $ | (38) | $ | 52,864 | ||
| Adjusted net income or operating income (Non-GAAP) | 90,399 | 70,812 | 62,369 | |||||
| Adjusted net earnings allocated to common shareholders (Non-GAAP) | 90,399 | 70,812 | 0 | |||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding (basic) | 14,252,810 | 14,218,106 | 14,254,661 | |||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted) | 14,335,358 | 14,268,443 | 14,301,221 | |||||
| Adjusted/operating basic earnings per share (Non-GAAP) | 6.34 | 4.98 | 4.37 | |||||
| Adjusted/operating diluted earnings per share (Non-GAAP) | 6.31 | 4.96 | 4.36 | |||||
| Net income available to common shareholders | 161,071 | 70,850 | 9,505 | |||||
| Adjusted net income or operating income (Non-GAAP) | 90,399 | 70,812 | 62,369 | |||||
| Average total assets | 8,224,794 | 7,875,339 | 7,641,672 | |||||
| Return on average assets (GAAP) | 1.96 | % | 0.90 | % | 0.12 | % | ||
| Adjusted return on average assets (Non-GAAP) | 1.10 | % | 0.90 | % | 0.82 | % | ||
| Net income available to common shareholders | 161,071 | 70,850 | 9,505 | |||||
| Adjusted net income or operating income (Non-GAAP) | 90,399 | 70,812 | 62,369 | |||||
| Average total equity | 781,695 | 685,814 | 634,732 | |||||
| Return on average equity (GAAP) | 20.61 | % | 10.33 | % | 1.50 | % | ||
| Adjusted return on average equity (Non-GAAP) | 11.56 | % | 10.33 | % | 9.83 | % | ||
| Adjusted net income or operating income (Non-GAAP) | 90,399 | 70,812 | 62,327 | |||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' equity | 781,695 | 684,417 | 633,267 | |||||
| Amortization of intangibles | 292 | 332 | 334 | |||||
| Tax expense | 72 | 81 | 82 | |||||
| Amortization of intangibles, net of tax | 220 | 251 | 252 | |||||
| Adjusted net income or operating income (Non-GAAP) | 90,619 | 71,063 | 62,579 | |||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' equity | 781,695 | 684,417 | 633,267 | |||||
| Average goodwill and intangibles | 90,006 | 93,844 | 94,169 | |||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' tangible common equity (Non-GAAP) | $ | 691,689 | $ | 590,573 | $ | 539,098 | ||
| Adjusted operating return on average shareholders' tangible common equity (Non-GAAP) | 13.10 | % | 12.03 | % | 11.61 | % |
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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: 0001005817-25-000006.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following analysis is intended to provide the reader with a further understanding of the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its operating subsidiaries for the periods shown. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with other sections of this Report on Form 10-K, including Part I, "Item 1. Business," and Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data." For a comparison of our operating results for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, please refer to Part II, Item 7 of the Company's 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 29, 2024.
Overview
The Company is headquartered in Ithaca, New York and is registered as a Financial Holding Company with the Federal Reserve Board under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. The Company is a locally oriented, community-based financial services organization that offers a full array of products and services, including commercial and consumer banking, leasing, trust and investment management, financial planning and wealth management, and insurance services. In January 2022, the Company combined its four wholly-owned banking subsidiaries into one bank, with the Bank of Castile, Mahopac Bank, and VIST Bank merging with and into Tompkins Trust Company (the "Trust Company") with the Trust Company as the surviving institution. Immediately following the merger, the Trust Company changed its name to Tompkins Community Bank. At December 31, 2024, the Company had one wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Tompkins Community Bank, and one wholly-owned insurance agency subsidiary, Tompkins Insurance and Tompkins Financial Advisors, a division of Tompkins Community Bank, which provided a full array of investment services, including investment management, trust and estate, financial and tax planning services. The Company’s principal offices are located at 118 E. Seneca Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850, and its telephone number is: (888) 503-5753. The Company’s common stock is traded on the NYSE American under the symbol "TMP."
Forward-Looking Statements
This Report on Form 10-K contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements contained in this Report that are not statements of historical fact may include forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements may be identified by use of such words as "may", "will", "estimate", "intend", "continue", "believe", "expect", "plan", or "anticipate", as well as the negative and other variations of these terms and other similar words. Examples of forward-looking statements may include statements regarding the asset quality of the Company's loan portfolios; the level of the Company's allowance for credit losses; the sufficiency of liquidity sources; the Company's exposure to changes in interest rates, and to new, changed, or extended government/regulatory expectations; the need to sell securities before recovery of amortized cost; the expected increases in interest income attributable to recent sales of available-for-sale debt securities; the impact of changes in accounting standards; and trends, plans, prospects, growth and strategies. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and are subject to uncertainties and factors relating to the Company’s operations and economic environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the Company, that could cause actual results of the Company to differ materially from those expressed and/or implied by forward-looking statements and historical performance. The following factors, in addition to those listed as Risk Factors in Item 1A, are among those that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements and historical performance: changes in general economic, market and regulatory conditions; our ability to attract and retain deposits and other sources of liquidity; gross domestic product growth and inflation trends; the impact of the interest rate and inflationary environment on the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations; other income or cash flow anticipated from the Company's operations, investment and/or lending activities; changes in laws and regulations affecting banks, bank holding companies and/or financial holding companies, including the Dodd-Frank Act, and state and local government mandates; the impact of any change in the FDIC insurance assessment rate or the rules and regulations related to the calculation of the FDIC insurance assessment amount; increased supervisory and regulatory scrutiny of financial institutions; technological developments and changes; cybersecurity incidents and threats; the ability to continue to introduce competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis; governmental and public policy changes, including environmental regulation; reliance on large customers and the geographic concentration of our business; the ability to access financial resources in the amounts, at the times, and on the terms required to support the Company's future businesses; and the economic impact, including potential market volatility, of national and global events, including the response to bank failures, war and geopolitical matters (including the war in Israel and surrounding regions and the war in Ukraine), widespread protests, civil unrest, political uncertainty, and pandemics or other public health crises. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update its forward-looking statements.
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Critical Accounting Policies
The accounting and reporting policies followed by the Company conform, in all material respects, to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and to general practices within the financial services industry. In the course of normal business activity, management must select and apply many accounting policies and methodologies and make estimates and assumptions that lead to the financial results presented in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. There are uncertainties inherent in making these estimates and assumptions, which could materially affect the Company’s results of operations and financial position.
Management considers accounting estimates to be critical to reported financial results if (i) the accounting estimates require management to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain, and (ii) different estimates that management reasonably could have used for the accounting estimate in the current period, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably likely to occur from period to period, could have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements. Management considers the accounting policies relating to the allowance for credit losses ("allowance", or "ACL") to be a critical accounting policy because of the uncertainty and subjectivity involved in this policy and the material effect that estimates related to this area can have on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
The Company’s methodology for estimating the allowance considers available relevant information about the collectability of cash flows, including information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Refer to "Allowance for Credit Losses" below, "Note 4 - Allowance for Credit Losses", and "Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for additional discussion regarding the allowance.
For information on the Company's significant accounting policies and to gain a greater understanding of how the Company’s financial performance is reported, refer to "Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The Company's significant accounting policies conform with GAAP and are described in "Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.. In applying those accounting policies, management of the Company is required to exercise judgment in determining many of the methodologies, assumptions and estimates to be utilized. Certain critical accounting estimates are more dependent on such judgment and in some cases may contribute to volatility in the Company's reported financial performance should the assumptions and estimates used change over time due to changes in circumstances. The most significant area in which management of the Company applies critical assumptions and estimates include the following:
•Accounting for credit losses - the Company accounts for the allowance for credit losses using the current expected credit loss model. Under this model, the allowance for credit losses represents a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of certain financial assets, including loans and leases, to present the net amount expected to be collected at the balance sheet date. A provision for credit losses is recorded to adjust the level of the allowance as deemed necessary by management. In estimating expected losses in the loan and lease portfolio, borrower-specific financial data and macro-economic assumptions are utilized to project losses over a reasonable and supportable forecast period. For certain loan pools that share similar risk characteristics, the Company utilizes statistically developed models to estimate amounts and timing of expected future cash flows, collateral values and other factors used to determine the borrowers' abilities to repay obligations. Such models consider historical correlations of credit losses with various macroeconomic assumptions including unemployment and gross domestic product. These forecasts may be adjusted for inherent limitations or biases of the models. Subsequent to the forecast period, the Company utilizes longer-term historical loss experience to estimate losses over the remaining contractual life of the loans. Changes in the circumstances considered when determining management's estimates and assumptions could result in changes in those estimates and assumptions, which could result in adjustment of the allowance for credit losses in future periods. A discussion of facts and circumstances considered by management in determining the allowance for credit losses is included herein in "Note 4 - Allowance for Credit Losses" in the Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
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Results of Operations
General
The Company reported diluted earnings per share of $4.97 in 2024, an increase of 653.0% compared to diluted earnings per share of $0.66 in 2023. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2024, was $70.9 million, an increase of 645.4% compared to $9.5 million in 2023. The 2023 results included an after-tax loss of $52.9 million, or a loss of $3.69 per diluted share, related to the sale of $510.5 million of available-for-sale debt securities in 2023. The sale of securities and subsequent reinvestment of the proceeds from the sale in the second and third quarters of 2023 favorably impacted securities revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023 and in 2024 as the securities sold had an average yield of 0.86%, while the proceeds of the sale were largely reinvested into securities with an estimated yield of approximately 5.09%. Earnings performance in 2024 also benefited from increased net interest income, growth in fee-based businesses and lower operating expenses compared to 2023.
Excluding the impact of the realized losses on the sales of investment securities, adjusted net income, a non-GAAP financial measure, was $70.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, up $8.4 million, or 13.5%, when compared to the prior year. Earnings per diluted share, adjusted to exclude the impact of realized losses on sales of investment securities (“adjusted diluted earnings per share”), also a non-GAAP financial measure, of $4.96 for the year ended December 31, 2024, increased $0.60 or 13.8% compared to the prior year. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are presented in the "Non-GAAP Disclosure" on page 53.
In addition to earnings per share, key performance measurements for the Company include return on average shareholders’ equity (ROE) and return on average assets (ROA). ROE was 10.33% in 2024, compared to 1.50% in 2023, while ROA was 0.90% in 2024 and 0.12% in 2023. Tompkins’ 2024 ROE compared favorably with a peer ratio of 9.67%, while ROA trailed by 3 basis points when compared to peer ROA of 0.93%. The peer group data is derived from the FRB's "Bank Holding Company Performance Report", which covers banks and bank holding companies with assets between $3.0 billion and $10.0 billion as of September 30, 2024 (the most recent report available). Although the peer group data is presented based upon financial information that is one fiscal quarter behind the financial information included in this report, the Company believes that it is relevant to include certain peer group information for comparison to current period numbers. ROA and ROE adjusted to exclude the impact of realized losses on sales of investment securities ("adjusted ROA" and "adjusted ROE", which are non-GAAP financial measures), were 0.90% and 10.33% for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to 0.82% and 9.83% for the year ended December 31, 2023. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are presented in "Non-GAAP Disclosure" on page 53.
Segment Reporting
The Company operates in three business segments: banking, insurance and wealth management. Insurance is comprised of property and casualty insurance services and employee benefit consulting operated under the Tompkins Insurance subsidiary. Wealth management activities include the results of the Company’s trust, financial planning, and wealth management services provided by Tompkins Financial Advisors, a division of Tompkins Community Bank. All other activities are considered banking. For additional financial information on the Company’s segments, refer to "Note 21 - Segment and Related Information" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K. The Company adopted ASU No. 2023-07, "Segment Reporting: Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures", effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024.
Banking Segment
The banking segment reported net income of $59.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, up $59.2 million compared to net income of $74,000 for 2023. Results for 2023 included an after-tax loss of $52.9 million related to the sale of $510.5 million of available-for-sale debt securities. Earnings performance in 2024 also benefited from increased interest income, growth in fee-based businesses and lower operating expenses compared to 2023.
The provision for credit loss expense was $6.6 million in 2024, compared to a provision expense of $4.3 million in the prior year. The increase in the provision for credit losses in 2024 over 2023 was mainly driven by loan growth, an increase in net loan charge-offs, and model assumption updates. The ratio of the allowance to total loans at December 31, 2024 was 0.94%, up from 0.92% at December 31, 2023. For additional information, see the section titled "The Allowance for Credit Losses" below.
Noninterest income of $30.0 million in 2024 increased $73.7 million or 168.7% compared to 2023. Noninterest income in 2023 included a pre-tax loss of $70.0 million on the sales of available-for-sale debt securities in the second and third quarters of 2023. The increase in 2024 compared to 2023 also included growth in card services income, service charges on deposit
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accounts and other income. For the year ended December 31, 2024, derivative income increased by $1.3 million or 266.9% due mainly to fees collected from new customer interest rate swap arrangements, and bank owned life insurance earnings increased by $1.0 million or 60.3% over 2023 due to a $504,000 adjustment on BOLI policies surrendered in the previous year and settled in 2024.
Noninterest expense of $157.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, decreased $5.0 million or 3.1% from 2023 noninterest expense. The decrease was largely due to reductions in technology, marketing, and nonrecurring expenses in 2023, which included $879,000 of expenses related to branch closures; New York State minimum tax expense of $830,000, and approximately $640,000 in expenses related to staff restructuring charges. These decreases were partially offset by increases in salaries and benefits and FDIC insurance expense in 2024.
Insurance Segment
The insurance segment reported net income of $7.8 million for 2024, which was up $1.3 million or 19.6% compared to 2023. A $1.9 million or 5.0% increase in noninterest revenue was partially offset by an increase in noninterest expenses of $213,000 or 0.7%. The increase in revenue was mainly in property and casualty commissions, which were up $747,000 or 2.8% in 2024 over 2023. Contingency revenue was up $952,000 or 27.4% in 2024 compared to 2023. Revenue growth in 2024 benefited from business development efforts and generally higher policy premium levels. The increase in expenses was mainly in salaries and wages as a result of normal annual merit increases along with increases in profit sharing and incentives, which were partially offset by decreases in travel and meetings and other operating expenses.
Wealth Management Segment
The wealth management segment reported net income of $3.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $906,000 or 31.5% compared to 2023. Revenue of $20.5 million increased $2.2 million or 12.2% compared to 2023, mainly as a result of higher average assets under management, favorable market conditions and gains of $558,000 on the sale of certain customer accounts. Noninterest expenses increased by $1.0 million or 7.1% compared to 2023. The increase was mainly driven by salaries and employee benefits, and technology expense related to the core wealth platform. The fair value of assets under management or in custody at December 31, 2024 totaled $3.1 billion, representing a decrease of $27.5 million or 0.9% compared to $3.1 billion at year-end 2023. While the market performance for the year was favorable, increases in asset values were offset by sales of certain customer accounts totaling about $115.0 million.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income is the Company’s largest source of revenue, representing 70.6% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2024, and 95.3% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease in the ratio of net interest income to revenues in 2024 was largely driven by a pre-tax loss of $70.0 million on the sales of available-for-sale debt securities during 2023. Net interest income is dependent on the volume and composition of interest earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the level of market interest rates. Table 1 – Average Statements of Condition and Net Interest Analysis shows average interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and the corresponding yield or cost associated with each.
Net interest income of $211.1 million for 2024 increased by $1.6 million or 0.8% from 2023. The slight increase was primarily due to increases in both average loan balances and average loan yields, largely offset by higher average funding costs in 2024 compared to 2023.
Net interest margin for 2024 was 2.79%, compared to 2.84% for 2023. The decrease in net interest margin for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023 was due to increases in the average rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities outpacing increases on interest-earning assets yields due to the higher interest rate environment, as well as increases in higher rate average other borrowings.
The net interest margin was 2.93% for the fourth quarter of 2024, up 14 basis points when compared to the immediate prior quarter, and up 11 basis points from 2.82% for the fourth quarter of 2023. The increase in net interest margin, when compared to the most recent prior quarter, was mainly due to lower funding costs resulting from growth in average deposits and lower market rates. The increase in net interest margin when compared to the same period prior year was mainly a result of higher yields on average interest earning assets and higher average loan balances, and was partially offset by higher average funding costs.
Interest income increased $50.2 million or 16.9% in 2024 from 2023, driven by an increase in average interest-earning assets as well as higher interest earning asset yields due to the higher interest rate environment. Average interest-earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2024, increased $190.7 million, or 2.6%, compared to 2023. The growth in average interest-earning
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assets was mainly in average loans, partially offset by a decrease in average securities. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the average yield on interest-earning assets increased 56 basis points over 2023.
Interest income on loans for the year ended December 31, 2024, was up $41.5 million, or 15.9% compared to 2023, driven by higher average balances and higher average yields. Average loans and leases increased $410.9 million or 7.7% in 2024 compared to 2023, and represented 75.9% of average earning assets in 2024 compared to 72.3% in 2023. The increase was largely driven by growth in the commercial real estate and commercial and industrial portfolios. The average yield on loans for the year ended December 31, 2024, of 5.25%, was up 37 basis points from 2023. The increase in average loan yields was a result of market-related increases in interest rates on new loans, a significant increase in variable and adjustable rate loan yields driven by rising market interest rates, including the prime rate, and an increase in new loan originations.
Interest income on securities, excluding dividends on FHLB stock, for the year ended December 31, 2024, was up $7.1 million or 20.6% as compared to 2023, as higher average yields more than offset lower average balances. The average yield on total securities for the year ended December 31, 2024, increased 62 basis points, while average balances for securities decreased $234.3 million, or 11.6%, from 2023. The increase in average securities yields was driven by market interest rate increases and the repositioning of the investment portfolio through the sale of approximately $510.5 million of available-for-sale investment securities in the second and third quarters of 2023. The securities sold had an average yield of 0.86%, while the proceeds of the sale were largely reinvested into securities with an estimated average yield of approximately 5.09%. In 2024, the Company used the majority of cash flow from the securities portfolio to support loan growth.
Interest expense for 2024 increased $48.6 million or 55.4% compared to 2023, driven mainly by the increase in average rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities and funding mix, with an increase in average borrowings and average time deposits. The average cost of interest-bearing deposits was 2.27% in 2024, an increase of 69 basis points from 1.58% in 2023, while the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities increased to 2.60% in 2024 from 1.79% in 2023.
Average interest bearing deposits in 2024 increased $80.0 million or 1.8% compared to 2023, with average time deposits up $223.8 million or 28.2% and average interest-bearing checking, savings and money market deposits down $143.8 million or 3.9%. Average noninterest bearing deposit balances in 2024 decreased $156.8 million or 7.9% versus 2023 and represented 28.7% of average total deposits in 2024 compared to 30.8% in 2023.
Average other borrowings increased by $275.2 million or 75.7% in 2024 from 2023. The average rate paid on other borrowings for the year ended December 31, 2024, was up 41 basis points over 2023. The increase in the cost of average borrowings was primarily the result of the greater utilization of comparatively higher rate overnight borrowings to support loan growth.
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Table 1 - Average Statements of Condition and Net Interest Analysis
| For the Quarters Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | September 30, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollar amounts in thousands) | Average Balance (QTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (QTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (QTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | |||||||||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-earning assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing balances due from banks | $ | 19,065 | $ | 235 | 4.90 | % | $ | 13,189 | $ | 168 | 5.07 | % | $ | 14,351 | $ | 227 | 6.28 | % | ||||||
| Securities1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government securities | 1,619,973 | 9,471 | 2.33 | % | 1,664,611 | 9,740 | 2.33 | % | 1,789,043 | 10,411 | 2.31 | % | ||||||||||||
| State and municipal2 | 86,481 | 557 | 2.56 | % | 87,799 | 560 | 2.54 | % | 90,070 | 574 | 2.53 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other Securities2 | 3,287 | 55 | 6.66 | % | 3,282 | 60 | 7.27 | % | 3,242 | 60 | 7.37 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total securities | 1,709,741 | 10,083 | 2.35 | % | 1,755,692 | 10,360 | 2.35 | % | 1,882,355 | 11,045 | 2.33 | % | ||||||||||||
| FHLBNY and FRB stock | 30,665 | 894 | 11.60 | % | 38,534 | 888 | 9.17 | % | 24,555 | 584 | 9.44 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total loans and leases, net of unearned income2,3 | 5,931,771 | 79,126 | 5.31 | % | 5,830,899 | 78,040 | 5.32 | % | 5,486,715 | 69,197 | 5.00 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-earning assets | 7,691,242 | 90,338 | 4.67 | % | 7,638,314 | 89,456 | 4.66 | % | 7,407,976 | 81,053 | 4.34 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other assets | 282,490 | 276,610 | 259,006 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 7,973,732 | $ | 7,914,924 | $ | 7,666,982 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LIABILITIES & EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest bearing checking, savings, & money market | $ | 3,661,006 | $ | 17,223 | 1.87 | % | $ | 3,509,116 | $ | 16,635 | 1.89 | % | $ | 3,643,919 | $ | 14,915 | 1.62 | % | ||||||
| Time deposits | 1,076,300 | 10,331 | 3.82 | % | 1,016,949 | 10,076 | 3.94 | % | 925,790 | 8,560 | 3.67 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 4,737,306 | 27,554 | 2.31 | % | 4,526,065 | 26,711 | 2.35 | % | 4,569,709 | 23,475 | 2.04 | % | ||||||||||||
| Federal funds purchased & securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 39,519 | 11 | 0.11 | % | 42,449 | 11 | 0.10 | % | 51,903 | 14 | 0.10 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 534,219 | 6,176 | 4.60 | % | 709,474 | 9,214 | 5.17 | % | 398,932 | 4,937 | 4.91 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 5,311,044 | 33,741 | 2.53 | % | 5,277,988 | 35,936 | 2.71 | % | 5,020,544 | 28,426 | 2.25 | % | ||||||||||||
| Noninterest bearing deposits | 1,844,772 | 1,838,725 | 1,920,510 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 101,370 | 101,679 | 103,648 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | 7,257,186 | 7,218,392 | 7,044,702 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tompkins Financial Corporation Shareholders’ equity | 715,299 | 695,057 | 620,789 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Noncontrolling interest | 1,247 | 1,475 | 1,491 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 716,546 | 696,532 | 622,280 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 7,973,732 | $ | 7,914,924 | $ | 7,666,982 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest rate spread | 2.15 | % | 1.95 | % | 2.09 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income/margin on earning assets | 56,597 | 2.93 | % | 53,520 | 2.79 | % | 52,627 | 2.82 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent adjustment | (316) | (327) | (268) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 56,281 | $ | 53,193 | $ | 52,359 |
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| For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollar amounts in thousands) | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | |||||||||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-earning assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing balances due from banks | $ | 14,052 | $ | 741 | 5.27 | % | $ | 13,064 | $ | 674 | 5.16 | % | $ | 85,788 | $ | 371 | 0.43 | % | ||||||
| Securities1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government securities | 1,689,411 | 39,580 | 2.34 | % | 1,920,678 | 32,433 | 1.69 | % | 2,265,226 | 30,587 | 1.35 | % | ||||||||||||
| State and municipal2 | 88,414 | 2,254 | 2.55 | % | 91,407 | 2,338 | 2.56 | % | 97,283 | 2,490 | 2.56 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other securities2 | 3,277 | 235 | 7.17 | % | 3,272 | 229 | 6.99 | % | 3,329 | 135 | 4.06 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total securities | 1,781,102 | 42,069 | 2.36 | % | 2,015,357 | 35,000 | 1.74 | % | 2,365,838 | 33,212 | 1.40 | % | ||||||||||||
| FHLBNY and FRB stock | 35,369 | 3,203 | 9.06 | % | 22,284 | 1,697 | 7.63 | % | 13,354 | 646 | 4.84 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total loans and leases, net of unearned income2,3 | 5,768,575 | 302,780 | 5.25 | % | 5,357,699 | 261,144 | 4.87 | % | 5,142,098 | 218,494 | 4.25 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-earning assets | 7,599,098 | 348,793 | 4.59 | % | 7,408,404 | 298,515 | 4.03 | % | 7,607,078 | 252,723 | 3.32 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other assets | 276,241 | 233,268 | 221,442 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 7,875,339 | $ | 7,641,672 | $ | 7,828,520 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LIABILITIES & EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest bearing checking, savings, & money market | $ | 3,553,942 | $ | 64,647 | 1.82 | % | $ | 3,697,780 | $ | 46,820 | 1.27 | % | $ | 4,029,008 | $ | 10,389 | 0.26 | % | ||||||
| Time deposits | 1,017,532 | 39,336 | 3.87 | % | 793,709 | 23,988 | 3.02 | % | 611,708 | 5,779 | 0.94 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 4,571,474 | 103,983 | 2.27 | % | 4,491,489 | 70,808 | 1.58 | % | 4,640,716 | 16,168 | 0.35 | % | ||||||||||||
| Federal funds purchased & securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 42,752 | 46 | 0.11 | % | 55,773 | 58 | 0.10 | % | 57,126 | 60 | 0.10 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 638,721 | 32,443 | 5.08 | % | 363,530 | 16,978 | 4.67 | % | 195,110 | 4,815 | 2.47 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 5,252,947 | 136,472 | 2.60 | % | 4,910,792 | 87,844 | 1.79 | % | 4,892,952 | 21,043 | 0.43 | % | ||||||||||||
| Noninterest bearing deposits | 1,838,036 | 1,994,861 | 2,186,720 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 98,542 | 101,287 | 107,122 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | 7,189,525 | 7,006,940 | 7,186,795 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tompkins Financial Corporation Shareholders’ equity | 684,417 | 633,267 | 640,258 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Noncontrolling interest | 1,397 | 1,465 | 1,468 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 685,814 | 634,732 | 641,725 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 7,875,339 | $ | 7,641,672 | $ | 7,828,520 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest rate spread | 1.99 | % | 2.24 | % | 2.89 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent net interest income/margin on earning assets | 212,321 | 2.79 | % | 210,671 | 2.84 | % | 231,680 | 3.05 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Tax-equivalent adjustment | (1,219) | (1,157) | (1,399) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income | $ | 211,102 | $ | 209,514 | $ | 230,281 |
1 Average balances and yields on available-for-sale debt securities are based on historical amortized cost.
2 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using the Federal income tax rate of 21.0% in 2024, 2023, and 2022 to increase tax exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
3 Nonaccrual loans are included in the average asset totals presented above. Payments received on nonaccrual loans have been recognized as disclosed in "Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" of the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in Part 1 of this Report on Form 10-K.
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Table 2 - Analysis of Changes in Net Interest Income
| 2024 vs. 2023 | 2023 vs. 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in Average | Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in Average | ||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands)(taxable equivalent) | Volume | Yield/Rate | Total | Volume | Yield/Rate | Total | |||||||||||
| INTEREST INCOME: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing balances due from bank | $ | 52 | $ | 15 | $ | 67 | $ | (563) | $ | 866 | $ | 303 | |||||
| Investments1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Taxable | (4,263) | 11,417 | 7,154 | (5,095) | 7,035 | 1,940 | |||||||||||
| Tax-exempt | (76) | (9) | (85) | (150) | (2) | (152) | |||||||||||
| FHLB and FRB stock | 1,141 | 365 | 1,506 | 565 | 486 | 1,051 | |||||||||||
| Loans, net1 | 21,989 | 19,647 | 41,636 | 9,754 | 32,896 | 42,650 | |||||||||||
| Total interest income | $ | 18,843 | $ | 31,435 | $ | 50,278 | $ | 4,511 | $ | 41,281 | $ | 45,792 | |||||
| INTEREST EXPENSE: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest checking, savings and money market | $ | (1,886) | $ | 19,713 | $ | 17,827 | $ | (923) | $ | 37,354 | $ | 36,431 | |||||
| Time | 8,307 | 7,041 | 15,348 | 3,200 | 15,009 | 18,209 | |||||||||||
| Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase | (14) | 2 | (12) | (2) | 0 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 13,861 | 1,604 | 15,465 | 5,980 | 6,183 | 12,163 | |||||||||||
| Total interest expense | $ | 20,268 | $ | 28,360 | $ | 48,628 | $ | 8,255 | $ | 58,546 | $ | 66,801 | |||||
| Net interest income | $ | (1,425) | $ | 3,075 | $ | 1,650 | $ | (3,744) | $ | (17,265) | $ | (21,009) |
1 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using the Federal income tax rate of 21.0% in 2024, 2023 and 2022 to increase tax exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
Changes in net interest income occur from a combination of changes in the volume of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and in the rate of interest earned or paid on them. The above table illustrates changes in interest income and interest expense attributable to changes in volume (change in average balance multiplied by prior year rate), changes in rate (change in rate multiplied by prior year volume), and the net change in net interest income. The net change attributable to the combined impact of volume and rate has been allocated to each in proportion to the absolute dollar amounts of the change. In 2024, net interest income increased by $1.7 million, resulting from a $50.3 million increase in interest income, partially offset by a $48.6 million increase in interest expense. The increase in interest income largely reflects increases in average loan balances and average loan yields. The increase in interest expense reflects higher rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities, both deposits and other borrowings, and increases in average other borrowings.
Provision for Credit Loss Expense
The provision for credit loss expense represents management’s estimate of the expense necessary to maintain the allowance for credit losses at an appropriate level. The ratio of allowance to total loans and leases increased to 0.94% at December 31, 2024 from 0.92% at December 31, 2023. The increase in the ratio of allowance to total loans from year-end December 31, 2023 was mainly a result of changes in qualitative factors relating to loan growth and asset quality, model assumptions changes, and updates to economic forecasts for unemployment and gross domestic product. The increase in allowance for credit losses was partially offset by lower off-balance sheet reserves due to model changes related to utilization rates and a decrease in loan pipeline. The provision for credit loss expense was $6.6 million in 2024, compared to provision expense of $4.3 million in 2023. The provision for credit losses for 2024 included a provision credit of $807,000 related to off-balance sheet credit exposures compared to a provision credit of $526,000 for 2023. The section captioned "Financial Condition – The Allowance for Credit Losses" below has further details on the allowance for credit losses and asset quality metrics.
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Noninterest Income
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Insurance commissions and fees | $ | 39,100 | $ | 37,351 | $ | 36,201 | ||
| Wealth management fees | 19,589 | 17,951 | 18,091 | |||||
| Service charges on deposit accounts | 7,288 | 6,913 | 7,365 | |||||
| Card services income | 12,057 | 11,488 | 11,024 | |||||
| Other income | 10,061 | 6,511 | 5,925 | |||||
| Net gain (loss) on securities transactions | 32 | (69,973) | (634) | |||||
| Total | $ | 88,127 | $ | 10,241 | $ | 77,972 |
Noninterest income of $88.1 million for the year-ended December 31, 2024 increased $77.9 million or 760.5% from 2023. Noninterest income represented 29.5% of total revenues in 2024, up from 4.7% in 2023. The increase in noninterest income was largely due to the previously noted sales of available-for-sale debt securities, mainly in the third quarter of 2023, which resulted in the recognition of a pre-tax loss of $70.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Fee-based revenues, including insurance commissions and fees, wealth management fees, service charges on deposit accounts and card services income, for the year ended December 31, 2024, collectively, increased $4.3 million, or 5.9%, over 2023.
Insurance commissions and fees of $39.1 million increased $1.7 million or 4.7% in 2024 compared to $37.4 million for 2023. The increase was mainly in property and casualty commissions, which were up $747,000 or 2.8% in 2024 over 2023, and contingency revenue, which was up $952,000 or 27.4% in 2024 compared to 2023. Revenue growth in 2024 benefited from business development efforts and generally higher policy premium levels as a result of general market conditions.
Wealth management fees of $19.6 million in 2024 increased $1.6 million or 9.1% compared to 2023, reflecting favorable market conditions, and an increase in average assets under management. Wealth management fees include fees from trust services, financial planning, wealth management services, and brokerage related services. The fair value of assets managed by, or in custody of, Tompkins was $3.1 billion at December 31, 2024, a decrease of $27.5 million or 0.9% from $3.1 billion at December 31, 2023. While the market performance for the year was favorable, the increases in asset values were offset by sales of certain customer accounts.
Service charges on deposit accounts of $7.3 million increased $375,000 or 5.4% in 2024 compared to 2023. The increase was primarily in net overdraft fees and service fees on personal and business accounts, reflective of increased transaction activity, resulting in part from new initiatives in 2024.
Card services income increased $569,000 or 5.0% in 2024 over 2023. The primary components of card services income are fees related to interchange income and transaction fees for debit card transactions, credit card transactions and ATM usage. The increase in 2024 included a $255,000 sign-on bonus related to the renewal of a card services contract.
Other income of $10.1 million increased $3.6 million or 54.5% compared to 2023. The increase for 2024 compared to 2023 was mainly due to derivatives related income (up $1.3 million), higher earnings on bank owned life insurance (up $1.0 million), and gains on sale of residential loans (up $905,000). The year ended December 31, 2024 also included gains of $558,000 on the sale of certain customer accounts within the wealth management business.
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Noninterest Expense
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Salaries and wages | $ | 101,150 | $ | 97,370 | $ | 98,261 | ||
| Other employee benefits | 26,661 | 27,333 | 24,969 | |||||
| Net occupancy expense of premises | 12,634 | 13,278 | 13,093 | |||||
| Furniture and fixture expense | 7,666 | 8,663 | 8,058 | |||||
| FDIC insurance | 5,696 | 4,298 | 2,798 | |||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 332 | 334 | 873 | |||||
| Other operating expense | 45,503 | 52,016 | 47,699 | |||||
| Total | $ | 199,642 | $ | 203,292 | $ | 195,751 |
Noninterest expense for the year ended 2024 of $199.6 million, decreased $3.7 million, or 1.8% compared to 2023. The decrease in noninterest expense in 2024 over 2023 was mainly driven by lower other expenses (technology, marketing, professional fees, retirement plan expense, and travel and meeting expense), partially offset by higher FDIC insurance expense.
Expenses associated with salaries and wages and employee benefits are the largest component of total noninterest expense. In 2024, these expenses increased $3.1 million or 2.5% compared to 2023. Salaries and wages increased $3.8 million or 3.9% in 2024 over the prior year, driven mainly by annual merit pay increases and incentive related accruals. The number of employees as measured by average full time equivalents (FTEs) for 2024 were 966, compared to 1,014 for 2023. Other employee benefits decreased $672,000 or 2.5% over 2023, mainly in health insurance, which was down $880,000 or 7.7% in 2024 over 2023.
The decreases in net occupancy expense of premises and furniture and fixture expense in 2024 compared to 2023, were mainly due to a $669,000 decrease in furniture, fixtures and equipment depreciation expense and a $492,000 decrease in expenses related to branch closures.
Other operating expenses of $45.5 million decreased by $6.5 million or 12.5% compared to 2023, including decreases in technology, down $1.3 million; marketing, down $1.2 million; professional fees, down $1.0 million; retirement plan expense, down $709,000; and travel and meeting expense, down $667,000. Partially offsetting these decreases, FDIC insurance expense was up $1.4 million or 32.5% year-over-year.
Noncontrolling Interests
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests represents the portion of net income in consolidated majority-owned subsidiaries that is attributable to the minority owners of a subsidiary. The Company had net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of $123,000 in 2024, in line with 2023. The noncontrolling interests relate to three real estate investment trusts ("REIT"), which were substantially owned by the Company, through the fourth quarter of 2024, as discussed below under "Income Tax Expense".
Income Tax Expense
The provision for income taxes provides for Federal, New York State, Pennsylvania and other miscellaneous state income taxes. The 2024 provision was $22.0 million, which increased $19.5 million or 781.9% compared to the 2023 provision. The increase in income tax expense between comparable periods reflects an increase in pre-tax income, as the prior year reflected realized losses on the sale of certain available-for-sale debt securities. The effective tax rate for the Company was 23.7% in 2024, up from 20.8% in 2023. Contributing to the increase in the effective tax rate in 2024 was the loss of certain New York State tax benefits related to the Company's REIT subsidiaries, discussed below. The effective rates for 2024 and 2023 differed from the U.S. statutory rate of 21.0% during those periods due to the effect of tax-exempt income from loans, securities, and life insurance assets, investments in tax credits, and excess tax benefits of stock-based compensation.
In 2024, the Company's average assets exceeded the $8.0 billion threshold for receiving certain New York State tax benefits associated with the Company’s REIT subsidiaries. Therefore, the Company did not recognize any tax benefit in connection with the REITs in 2024. In the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company’s bank subsidiary approved the dissolution of the REITs.
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Financial Condition
Total assets were $8.1 billion at December 31, 2024, up by 3.7% or $289.3 million from the previous year end. Total loans increased $414.0 million or 7.4% from year-end 2023, while total securities decreased by $185.1 million or 10.7%. Total deposits at year-end 2024 increased $72.0 million or 1.1% from year-end 2023, while total borrowings increased $188.1 million or 31.3%.
Loans and leases were 74.2% of total assets at December 31, 2024, compared to 71.7% of total assets at December 31, 2023. Total loan balances were $6.0 billion at December 31, 2024, an increase of $414.0 million or 7.4% compared to the $5.6 billion reported at year-end 2023. The increase was mainly in commercial real estate loans and commercial and industrial loans. A more detailed discussion of the loan portfolio is provided below in this section under the caption "Loans and Leases".
As of December 31, 2024, total securities comprised 19.1% of total assets, compared to 22.1% of total assets at year-end 2023. Securities decreased $185.1 million or 10.7% at December 31, 2024, compared to December 31, 2023. Contributing to the decrease in securities from year-end 2023 was mainly maturities and principal payments on available-for-sale debt securities and, to a much lesser extent, sales of available-for-sale debt securities. These decreases were partially offset by securities purchases in 2024. A more detailed discussion of the securities portfolio is provided below in this section under the caption "Securities".
Total deposits at year-end 2024 increased by $72.0 million or 1.1% compared to December 31, 2023. At December 31, 2024 time deposit balances increased $70.4 million or 7.1%, checking, savings and money market accounts increased by $74.1 million or 2.1%, and noninterest bearing deposits decreased by $72.5 million or 3.8%, when compared to December 31, 2023. Other borrowings, consisting mainly of short-term advances with the FHLB, increased $188.1 million or 31.3% from December 31, 2023. A more detailed discussion of deposits and borrowings is provided below in this section under the caption "Deposits and Other Liabilities".
Shareholders’ Equity
The Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity included in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company contained in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K, detail changes in equity capital over prior year end. Total shareholders’ equity increased $43.5 million or 6.5% to $713.4 million at December 31, 2024, from $669.9 million at December 31, 2023. Additional paid-in capital increased by $2.9 million, from $297.2 million at December 31, 2023, to $300.1 million at December 31, 2024. The $2.9 million increase included $3.9 million attributed to stock-based compensation expense, partially offset by $1.2 million of restricted stock activity. Retained earnings increased by $35.6 million, reflecting net income of $70.9 million, less dividends paid of $35.1 million for the year-ended December 31, 2024.
Accumulated other comprehensive loss decreased from $125.0 million at December 31, 2023 to $118.5 million at December 31, 2024, reflecting a $2.2 million increase in unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities due to market interest rates and $8.7 million decrease related to employee post-retirement benefit plans. Under regulatory requirements, amounts reported as accumulated other comprehensive income/loss related to net unrealized gain or loss on available-for-sale debt securities and the funded status of the Company’s defined benefit post-retirement benefit plans do not increase or reduce regulatory capital and are not included in the calculation of risk-based capital and leverage capital ratios.
Total shareholders’ equity decreased $52.5 million or 8.5% to $669.9 million at December 31, 2023, from $617.4 million at December 31, 2022. Additional paid-in capital decreased by $5.6 million, from $302.8 million at December 31, 2022, to $297.2 million at December 31, 2023. The $5.6 million decrease included the following: an $8.7 million aggregate purchase price paid related to the Company's repurchase and retirement of 150,000 shares of its common stock in the first six months of 2023 pursuant to its publicly announced stock repurchase plan; and $1.3 million related to the exercise of stock options and restricted stock activity. These were partially offset by $4.1 million attributed to stock-based compensation expense, and $331,000 related to shares issued for the Company's director deferred compensation plan. Retained earnings decreased by $25.2 million, reflecting net income of $9.5 million, less dividends paid of $34.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Accumulated other comprehensive loss decreased from $208.7 million at December 31, 2022 to $125.0 million at December 31, 2023, reflecting a $79.3 million decrease in unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities due to market interest rates and the aforementioned $70.0 million pre-tax loss on available-for-sale debt securities sales, and $4.4 million related to employee post-retirement benefit plans.
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The Company increased cash dividends per share by 1.7% in 2024 over 2023, which followed an increase of 3.9% in 2023 over 2022. Dividends per share were $2.44 in 2024, compared to $2.40 in 2023, and $2.31 in 2022. Cash dividends paid represented 49.6%, 364.6%, and 39.5% of after-tax net income in 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
On October 22, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase plan (the "2021 Repurchase Plan") for the repurchase of up to 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock over the 24 months following adoption of the 2021 Repurchase Plan. Under the 2021 Repurchase Plan, the Company repurchased a total of 380,182 shares at an average cost of $70.14.
On July 20, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a replacement share repurchase plan (the “2023 Repurchase Plan”) under which the Company may repurchase up to 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock over the 24 months following adoption of the plan. Shares may be repurchased from time to time under the 2023 Repurchase Plan in open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, or by other means in accordance with federal securities laws, and the repurchase program may be suspended, modified or terminated by the Board of Directors at any time for any reason. As of December 31, 2024, there have been no shares repurchased under the 2023 Repurchase Plan.
The Company and its subsidiary bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal bank regulatory agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action (PCA), banks must meet specific guidelines that involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications of the Company and its subsidiary bank are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators concerning components, risk weightings, and other factors. Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the maintenance of minimum amounts and ratios of common equity Tier 1 capital, Total capital and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, and of Tier 1 capital to average assets. Management believes that the Company and its subsidiary bank meet all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.
As of December 31, 2024, the capital ratios for the Company’s subsidiary bank exceeded the minimum levels required to be considered well capitalized. Additional information on the Company’s capital ratios and regulatory requirements is provided in "Note 19 - Regulations and Supervision" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
Securities
The Company maintains a portfolio of securities such as U.S. Treasuries, U.S. government sponsored entities securities, U.S. government agencies, non-U.S. Government agencies or sponsored entities mortgage-backed securities, obligations of states and political subdivisions thereof and equity securities. Management typically invests in securities with short to intermediate average lives in order to better match the interest rate sensitivities of its assets and liabilities. Investment decisions are made within policy guidelines established by the Company’s Board of Directors. The investment policy established by the Company’s Board of Directors is based on the asset/liability management goals of the Company, and is monitored by the Company’s Asset/Liability Management Committee and Investment Committee. The intent of the policy is to establish a portfolio of high-quality diversified securities, which optimizes net interest income within safety and liquidity limits deemed acceptable by the Asset/Liability Management Committee.
The Company classifies its securities at date of purchase as available-for-sale, held-to-maturity or trading. Securities are generally classified as available-for-sale. Securities available-for-sale may be used to enhance total return, provide additional liquidity, or reduce interest rate risk. Securities in the held-to-maturity portfolio would consist of obligations of the U.S. Government, U.S. Government sponsored entities and obligations of state and political subdivisions. Securities in the trading portfolio would reflect those securities that the Company elects to account for at fair value, with the adoption of ASC Topic 825, Financial Instruments.
The Company’s total securities portfolio at December 31, 2024 was $1.5 billion, compared to $1.7 billion at December 31, 2023. The table below shows the composition of the available-for-sale and held-to-maturity debt securities portfolios as of year-end 2024, 2023 and 2022. The decrease in securities from year-end 2023 was mainly a result of $198.4 million of payments, maturities and calls on available-for-sale debt securities, and $39.9 million of sales of available-for-sale debt securities, partially offset by $55.9 million of securities purchases. Unrealized losses on the available-for-sale debt securities portfolio were $135.6
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million at year-end 2024, up from $131.8 million at year-end 2023. The increase in unrealized losses at year end 2024 over prior year end was primarily attributable to market conditions.
Additional information on the securities portfolio is available in "Note 2 - Securities" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K, which details the types of securities held, the carrying and fair values, and the contractual maturities as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.
| As of December 31, | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available-for-Sale Debt Securities | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | |||||||||||
| U.S. Treasuries | $ | 75,141 | $ | 71,497 | $ | 114,418 | $ | 109,904 | $ | 190,170 | $ | 167,251 | |||||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | 398,648 | 380,280 | 472,286 | 456,458 | 681,192 | 601,167 | |||||||||||
| Obligations of U.S. states and political subdivisions | 86,328 | 77,694 | 89,999 | 81,924 | 93,599 | 85,281 | |||||||||||
| Mortgage-backed securities-residential, issued by | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government agencies | 68,130 | 63,254 | 49,976 | 45,240 | 58,727 | 52,668 | |||||||||||
| U.S. Government sponsored entities | 736,376 | 636,360 | 819,303 | 720,830 | 805,603 | 686,222 | |||||||||||
| U.S. corporate debt securities | 2,500 | 2,447 | 2,500 | 2,294 | 2,500 | 2,378 | |||||||||||
| Total available-for-sale debt securities | $ | 1,367,123 | $ | 1,231,532 | $ | 1,548,482 | $ | 1,416,650 | $ | 1,831,791 | $ | 1,594,967 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Held-to-Maturity Debt Securities | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | |||||||||||
| U. S. Treasuries | $ | 86,049 | $ | 74,688 | $ | 86,266 | $ | 75,215 | $ | 86,478 | $ | 73,541 | |||||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | 226,413 | 192,607 | 226,135 | 192,240 | 225,866 | 188,151 | |||||||||||
| Total held-to-maturity debt securities | $ | 312,462 | $ | 267,295 | $ | 312,401 | $ | 267,455 | $ | 312,344 | $ | 261,692 |
The Company evaluates available-for-sale debt securities for expected credit losses ("ECL") in unrealized loss positions at each
measurement date to determine whether the decline in the fair value below the amortized cost basis (impairment) is due to credit-related factors or noncredit-related factors.
Factors that may be indicative of ECL include, but are not limited to, the following:
•Extent to which the fair value is less than the amortized cost basis.
•Adverse conditions specifically related to the security, an industry, or geographic area (changes in technology, business practice).
•Payment structure of the debt security with respect to underlying issuer or obligor.
•Failure of the issuer to make scheduled payment of principal and/or interest.
•Changes to the rating of a security or issuer by a NRSRO.
•Changes in tax or regulatory guidelines that impact a security or underlying issuer.
For available-for-sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position, the Company evaluates the securities to determine whether the decline in the fair value below the amortized cost basis is the result of changes in interest rates or reflects a fundamental change in the creditworthiness of the underlying issuer. Any impairment that is not credit related is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes. Credit-related impairment is recognized as an allowance for credit losses ("ACL") on the Company's Statements of Condition, limited to the amount by which the amortized cost basis exceeds the fair value, with a corresponding adjustment to earnings. Both the ACL and the adjustment to net income may be reversed if conditions change.
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Management measures expected credit losses on held-to-maturity debt securities on a collective basis by major security type with each type sharing similar risk characteristics and considers historical credit loss information that is adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Management has made the accounting policy election to exclude accrued interest receivable on held-to-maturity debt securities from the estimate of credit losses. As of December 31, 2024, the held-to-maturity portfolio consisted of U.S. Treasury securities and securities issued by U.S. government-sponsored enterprises, including Federal National Mortgage Agency, Federal Home Loan Bank, and Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation. U.S. Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of and/or guaranteed by the U.S. government, and it is expected that the securities will not be settled at prices less than the amortized cost bases of the securities. Securities issued by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored enterprises carry the explicit and/or implicit guarantee of the U.S. government, are widely recognized as "risk-free," and have a long history of zero credit loss. As such, the Company did not record an allowance for credit losses for these securities as of December 31, 2024.
The gross unrealized losses reported for residential mortgage-backed securities relate to investment securities issued by U.S. government sponsored entities such as Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC"), and U.S. government agencies such as Government National Mortgage Association. The total gross unrealized losses, shown in the tables above, were primarily attributable to changes in interest rates and levels of market liquidity, relative to when the investment securities were purchased, and not due to the credit-related quality of the investment securities. The Company does not have the intent to sell these securities and does not believe it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities before a recovery of amortized cost.
The Company also holds non-marketable Federal Home Loan Bank New York ("FHLBNY") stock and non-marketable Atlantic Community Bankers Bank ("ACBB") stock, which are required to be held for regulatory purposes and for borrowing availability. The required investment in FHLBNY stock is tied to the Company’s borrowing levels with the FHLBNY. Holdings of FHLBNY stock and ACBB stock totaled $42.2 million and $95,000 at December 31, 2024, respectively. These securities are carried at par, which is also cost. During 2024, the FHLBNY continued to pay dividends and repurchase stock. As such, the Company has not recognized any impairment on its holdings of FHLBNY. At December 31, 2023, the Company’s holdings of FHLBNY stock and ACBB stock totaled $33.6 million and $95,000, respectively.
Management’s policy is to purchase investment grade securities that, on average, have relatively short expected durations. This policy helps mitigate interest rate risk and provides sources of liquidity without significant risk to capital. The contractual maturity distribution of debt securities and mortgage-backed securities as of December 31, 2024, along with the weighted average yield of each category, is presented in Table 3-Maturity Distribution below. Balances are shown at amortized cost and weighted average yields are calculated on a fully tax-equivalent basis. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities presented in Table 3-Maturity Distribution below, because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without penalty and mortgage-backed securities may pay throughout the periods prior to contractual maturity.
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Table 3 - Maturity Distribution
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| SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale1 | Securities Held-to-Maturity | |||||||||
| (dollar amounts in thousands) | Amount | Yield2 | Amount | Yield2 | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 19,987 | 0.58 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 50,270 | 2.56 | % | 76,107 | 1.37 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 4,884 | 1.62 | % | 9,942 | 1.34 | % | ||||
| $ | 75,141 | 1.97 | % | $ | 86,049 | 1.37 | % | |||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 74,946 | 2.53 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 141,355 | 2.85 | % | 41,176 | 1.22 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 162,347 | 3.91 | % | 185,237 | 1.73 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 20,000 | 2.23 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| $ | 398,648 | 3.19 | % | $ | 226,413 | 1.64 | % | |||
| Obligations of U.S. state and political subdivisions | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 5,067 | 3.41 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 33,377 | 2.97 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 45,559 | 2.62 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 2,326 | 2.24 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 86,328 | 2.79 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Mortgage-backed securities - residential | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 189 | 2.97 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 16,489 | 2.38 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 261,565 | 1.90 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 526,263 | 2.45 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 804,506 | 2.27 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Other securities | ||||||||||
| Over 1 to 5 years | $ | 2,500 | 7.41 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| $ | 2,500 | 7.41 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Total securities | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 100,189 | 2.19 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 243,991 | 2.82 | % | 117,284 | 1.32 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 474,354 | 2.66 | % | 195,179 | 1.71 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 548,589 | 2.44 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 1,367,123 | 2.56 | % | $ | 312,463 | 1.56 | % |
1 Balances of available-for-sale debt securities are shown at amortized cost.
2 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using a combined New York State and Federal effective income tax rate of 24.5% to increase tax-exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
The average tax-equivalent yield on the securities portfolio was 2.36% in 2024, 1.74% in 2023 and 1.40% in 2022.
At December 31, 2024, there were no holdings of any one issuer, other than the U.S. Government sponsored entities, in an amount greater than 10% of the Company’s shareholders’ equity.
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Loans and Leases
Table 4 - Composition of Loan and Lease Portfolio
| Loans and Leases | As of December 31, | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | ||||||||||||||
| Agriculture | $ | 110,007 | $ | 101,211 | $ | 85,073 | $ | 99,172 | $ | 94,489 | ||||
| Commercial and industrial other1 | 855,568 | 722,294 | 706,456 | 770,381 | 1,084,239 | |||||||||
| Subtotal commercial and industrial | 965,575 | 823,505 | 791,529 | 869,553 | 1,178,728 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | 385,931 | 303,406 | 201,116 | 178,582 | 163,016 | |||||||||
| Agriculture | 217,582 | 221,670 | 214,963 | 195,973 | 201,866 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate other | 2,776,304 | 2,587,591 | 2,437,339 | 2,278,599 | 2,204,310 | |||||||||
| Subtotal commercial real estate | 3,379,817 | 3,112,667 | 2,853,418 | 2,653,154 | 2,569,192 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | ||||||||||||||
| Home equity | 204,194 | 188,316 | 188,623 | 182,671 | 200,827 | |||||||||
| Mortgages | 1,366,646 | 1,373,275 | 1,346,318 | 1,290,911 | 1,235,160 | |||||||||
| Subtotal residential real estate | 1,570,840 | 1,561,591 | 1,534,941 | 1,473,582 | 1,435,987 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | ||||||||||||||
| Indirect | 229 | 841 | 2,224 | 4,655 | 8,401 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 96,163 | 96,942 | 75,412 | 67,396 | 61,399 | |||||||||
| Subtotal consumer and other | 96,392 | 97,783 | 77,636 | 72,051 | 69,800 | |||||||||
| Leases | 12,484 | 15,383 | 16,134 | 13,948 | 14,203 | |||||||||
| Total loans and leases | $ | 6,025,108 | $ | 5,610,929 | $ | 5,273,658 | $ | 5,082,288 | $ | 5,267,910 | ||||
| Less: unearned income and deferred costs and fees | (5,186) | (4,994) | (4,747) | (6,821) | (7,583) | |||||||||
| Total loans and leases, net of unearned income and deferred costs and fees | $ | 6,019,922 | $ | 5,605,935 | $ | 5,268,911 | $ | 5,075,467 | $ | 5,260,327 |
1 Commercial and industrial other includes $159,000, $404,000, $756,000, $71.3 million, and $291.3 million respectively, of Payment Protection Program "PPP" loans as of December 31, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020.
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The below table shows a more detailed breakout of commercial real estate ("CRE") loans as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRE Concentrations | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||
| (In thousands) | Balance | % CRE | Balance | % CRE | ||||||
| Construction | $ | 385,931 | 11.40 | % | $ | 303,406 | 9.75 | % | ||
| Multi-family/Single family real estate | 677,532 | 20.05 | % | 603,118 | 19.38 | % | ||||
| Agriculture | 217,582 | 6.44 | % | 221,670 | 7.12 | % | ||||
| Retail1 | 429,562 | 12.71 | % | 425,871 | 13.68 | % | ||||
| Hotels/motels | 182,437 | 5.40 | % | 167,408 | 5.38 | % | ||||
| Office space2 | 232,469 | 6.88 | % | 236,721 | 7.61 | % | ||||
| Industrial3 | 243,616 | 7.21 | % | 215,459 | 6.92 | % | ||||
| Mixed Use | 344,708 | 10.20 | % | 349,985 | 11.24 | % | ||||
| Medical4 | 148,009 | 4.38 | % | 138,057 | 4.44 | % | ||||
| Other | 517,971 | 15.33 | % | 450,972 | 14.49 | % | ||||
| Total | $ | 3,379,817 | 100.00 | % | $ | 3,112,667 | 100.00 | % |
1 Retail included 2.7% and 2.9%, respectively, of owner occupied real estate at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
2 Office space included 1.4%, respectively, of owner occupied real estate at both December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
3 Industrial included 2.27% and 2.16%, respectively, of owner occupied real estate at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
4 Medical included 2.45% and 2.69%, respectively, of owner occupied real estate at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
Total loans and leases of $6.0 billion at December 31, 2024 increased $414.0 million or 7.4% from December 31, 2023. The increase was mainly in commercial real estate loans and commercial and industrial loans. At December 31, 2024, total loans and leases represented 74.2% of total assets compared to 71.7% of total assets at December 31, 2023.
Residential real estate loans, including home equity loans, were $1.6 billion at December 31, 2024, an increase of $9.2 million or 0.6% compared to $1.6 billion at year-end 2023. Residential real estate loans comprised 26.1% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2024 compared to 27.9% at December 31, 2023. Growth in residential loan balances is impacted by the Company’s decision to retain these loans or sell them in the secondary market due to interest rate considerations. The Company’s Asset/Liability Committee meets regularly and establishes standards for selling or retaining residential real estate mortgage originations.
The Company may sell residential real estate loans in the secondary market based on interest rate considerations. The Company's Asset/Liability Committee meets regularly and establishes standards for selling and retaining residential real estate mortgage originations. These residential real estate loans are generally sold to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC") without recourse in accordance with standard secondary market loan sale agreements. These residential real estate loans also are subject to customary representations and warranties made by the Company, including representations and warranties related to gross incompetence and fraud. The Company has not had to repurchase any loans as a result of these representations and warranties.
During 2024, 2023, and 2022, the Company sold residential mortgage loans totaling $40.1 million, $4.5 million, and $8.9 million, respectively, and realized net gains on these sales of $1.0 million, $96,000, and $155,000, respectively. When residential mortgage loans are sold to FHLMC or SONYMA, the Company typically retains all servicing rights, which provides the Company with a source of fee income. In connection with the sales in 2024, 2023, and 2022, the Company recorded mortgage-servicing assets of $299,000, $34,000, and $66,000, respectively.
The Company originates fixed rate and adjustable rate residential mortgage loans. The Company also originates loans that have characteristics of both, such as a 7/6 adjustable rate mortgage, which has a fixed rate for the first seven years and then adjusts semi-annually thereafter. The majority of residential mortgage loans originated over the last several years have been fixed rate loans. Adjustable rate loans increased in 2023 and 2024 as a result of the higher interest rate environment. Adjustable rate residential real estate loans are underwritten based upon the initial rate when the fixed rate period is 5 years or longer. For loans
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with an initial fixed rate of less than 5 years, the fully indexed rate is utilized for ability to repay qualifying and underwriting. This underwriting practice matches secondary market guidelines.
Commercial real estate loans totaled $3.4 billion at December 31, 2024, an increase of $267.2 million or 8.6% compared to December 31, 2023, and represented 56.1% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2024, compared to 55.5% at December 31, 2023.
Commercial and industrial loans totaled $965.6 million at December 31, 2024, which was an increase of $142.1 million or 17.3% from December 31, 2023. Commercial and industrial loans represented 16.0% of total loans at December 31, 2024 compared to 14.7% at December 31, 2023.
As of December 31, 2024, agriculturally-related loans totaled $327.6 million or 5.4% of total loans and leases compared to $322.9 million or 5.8% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2023. Agriculturally-related loans include loans to dairy farms and cash and vegetable crop farms. Agriculturally related loans are primarily made based on identified cash flows of the borrower with consideration given to underlying collateral, personal guarantees, and government related guarantees. Agriculturally-related loans are generally secured by the assets or property being financed or other business assets such as accounts receivable, livestock, equipment or commodities/crops.
The consumer loan portfolio includes personal installment loans, indirect automobile financing, and overdraft lines of credit. Consumer and other loans were $96.4 million at December 31, 2024, compared to $97.8 million at December 31, 2023.
The lease portfolio decreased by 18.8% to $12.5 million at December 31, 2024 from $15.4 million at December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2024, commercial leases and municipal leases represented 100.0% of total leases.
The Company has adopted comprehensive lending policies, underwriting standards and loan review procedures. There were no significant changes to the Company’s existing policies, underwriting standards and loan review procedures during 2024. The Company’s Board of Directors approves the lending policies at least annually. The Company recognizes that exceptions to policy guidelines may occasionally occur and has established procedures for approving exceptions to these policy guidelines. Management has also implemented reporting systems to monitor loan originations, loan quality, concentrations of credit, loan delinquencies and nonperforming loans and potential problem loans.
The Company’s loan and lease customers are located primarily in the New York and Pennsylvania communities served by its subsidiary bank. Although operating in numerous communities in New York and Pennsylvania, the Company is still dependent on the general economic conditions of these states and the local economic conditions of the communities within those states in which the Company does business.
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Analysis of Past Due and Nonperforming Loans
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| (In thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||
| Loans 90 days past due and accruing1 | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 25 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Residential real estate | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 314 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total loans 90 days past due and accruing | $ | 323 | $ | 101 | $ | 25 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Nonaccrual loans | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 1,542 | $ | 2,273 | $ | 618 | $ | 533 | $ | 1,775 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 32,590 | 44,450 | 13,858 | 13,893 | 23,627 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 16,278 | 15,172 | 13,544 | 11,178 | 13,145 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 138 | 270 | 269 | 429 | 429 | |||||||||
| Total nonaccrual loans and leases | $ | 50,548 | $ | 62,165 | $ | 28,289 | $ | 26,033 | $ | 38,976 | ||||
| Troubled debt restructurings not included above | 0 | 0 | 4,530 | 5,124 | 6,803 | |||||||||
| Total nonperforming loans and leases | $ | 50,871 | $ | 62,266 | $ | 32,844 | $ | 31,157 | $ | 45,779 | ||||
| Other real estate owned | 14,314 | 131 | 152 | 135 | 88 | |||||||||
| Total nonperforming assets | $ | 65,185 | $ | 62,397 | $ | 32,996 | $ | 31,292 | $ | 45,867 | ||||
| Total nonperforming loans and leases as a percentage of total loans and leases | 0.85 | % | 1.11 | % | 0.62 | % | 0.61 | % | 0.87 | % | ||||
| Total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets | 0.80 | % | 0.80 | % | 0.43 | % | 0.40 | % | 0.60 | % | ||||
| Allowance as a percentage of nonperforming loans and leases | 111.06 | % | 82.84 | % | 139.86 | % | 137.51 | % | 112.87 | % |
1 The 2020 column in the above table excludes $794,000 of acquired loans that were 90 days past due and accruing interest. These loans were originally recorded at fair value on the acquisition date of August 1, 2012. These loans are considered to be accruing as the Company can reasonably estimate future cash flows on these acquired loans and the Company expects to fully collect the carrying value of these loans. Therefore, the Company is accreting the difference between the carrying value of these loans and their expected cash flows into interest income.
The level of nonperforming assets as of the past five year-ends is illustrated in the table above. The Company’s total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets was 0.80% at both December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, compared to its peer group's most recent ratio of 0.49% at September 30, 2024. The peer data is from the Federal Reserve Board and represents banks or bank holding companies with assets between $3.0 billion and $10.0 billion.
Nonperforming loans and leases totaled $50.9 million at December 31, 2024 and decreased 18.3% from December 31, 2023. Nonperforming loans and leases represented 0.85% of total loans at December 31, 2024, compared to 1.11% of total loans at December 31, 2023, and 0.62% of total loans at December 31, 2022. Nonperforming loans and leases in the commercial real estate portfolio at year-end 2024 decreased by $11.9 million compared to year-end 2023. The decrease in nonperforming loans was mainly due to a $14.3 million decrease related to one commercial property being transferred from commercial real estate loans into other real estate owned ("OREO") during the fourth quarter of 2024.
The Company adopted ASU 2022-02 effective January 1, 2023. This standard eliminated the previous troubled debt restructuring ("TDR") accounting model and replaced it with guidance and disclosure requirements for identifying modifications to loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty. Modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty may include interest rate reductions, principal or interest forgiveness, forbearances, term extensions, and other actions intended to minimize economic loss and to avoid foreclosure or repossession of collateral. Prior year TDRs are included in the above table within the following categories: "loans 90 days past due and accruing", "nonaccrual loans", or "troubled debt restructurings not included above".
In general, the Company places a loan on nonaccrual status if principal or interest payments become 90 days or more past due and/or management deems the collectability of the principal and/or interest to be in question, as well as when called for by regulatory requirements. Although in nonaccrual status, the Company may continue to receive payments on these loans. These payments are generally recorded as a reduction to principal and interest income is recorded only after principal recovery is
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reasonably assured. For additional financial information on the difference between the interest income that would have been recorded if these loans and leases had been paid in accordance with their original terms and the interest income that was recorded, refer to "Note 3 - Loans and Leases" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
The Company’s recorded investment in loans and leases that are individually evaluated totaled $31.7 million at December 31, 2024, and $44.4 million at December 31, 2023. The decrease from December 31, 2023, was mainly due to the one commercial real estate loan being moved into OREO mentioned above. A loan is individually evaluated when, based on current information and events, it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Individually evaluated loans consist of our non-homogenous nonaccrual loans and loans that are 90 days or more past due. Specific reserves on individually evaluated loans that are not collateral dependent are measured based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the original effective interest rate of each loan. For loans that are collateral dependent, impairment is measured based on the fair value of the collateral less estimated selling costs, and such impaired amounts are generally charged off.
At December 31, 2024, there were specific reserves of $1.7 million, related to three commercial real estate relationships totaling $7.5 million compared to $1.1 million of specific reserves on one commercial real estate relationship totaling $7.4 million at December 31, 2023. The majority of the individually evaluated loans are collateral dependent loans that have limited exposure or require limited specific reserves because of the amount of collateral support with respect to these loans or the loans have been written down to fair value. Interest payments on individually evaluated loans are typically applied to principal unless collectability of the principal amount is reasonably assured. In these cases, interest is recognized on a cash basis. There was no interest income recognized on individually evaluated loans and leases for 2024, 2023 and 2022.
The ratio of the allowance to nonperforming loans was 111.06% at December 31, 2024, compared to 82.84% at December 31, 2023. The increase in the ratio from year-end 2023 to year-end 2024 was mainly due to the decrease in nonperforming loans discussed in more detail above and, to a lesser extent, the increase in the allowance for credit losses. The Company’s nonperforming loans are mostly made up of collateral dependent loans requiring little to no specific allowance due to the level of collateral available with respect to these loans and/or previous charge-offs.
Management reviews the loan portfolio for evidence of potential problem loans and leases. Potential problem loans and leases are loans and leases that are currently performing in accordance with contractual terms, but where known information about possible credit problems of the related borrowers causes management to have doubt as to the ability of such borrowers to comply with the present loan payment terms and may result in such loans and leases becoming nonperforming at some time in the future. Management considers loans and leases classified as Substandard, which continue to accrue interest, to be potential problem loans and leases. The Company, through its credit administration function, identified 16 commercial relationships in the loan portfolio totaling $41.2 million at December 31, 2024 that were potential problem loans. At December 31, 2023, there were 17 commercial relationships totaling $26.0 million that were considered potential problem loans. Of the 16 commercial relationships from the portfolio that were classified as potential problem loans at December 31, 2024, there were 4 relationships that individually equaled or exceeded $1.0 million, which in aggregate totaled $37.4 million. The increase in the aggregate amount of potential problem loans at year-end 2024 from year-end 2023 was mainly due to the addition of one commercial real estate loan totaling $17.4 million.
Potential problem loans remain in a performing status due to a variety of factors, including payment history, the value of collateral supporting the credits, and personal or government guarantees. These factors, when considered in the aggregate, give management reason to believe that the current risk exposure on these loans does not warrant accounting for these loans as nonperforming. However, these loans do exhibit certain risk factors, which have the potential to cause them to become nonperforming. Accordingly, management’s attention is focused on these credits, which are reviewed on at least a quarterly basis.
The Allowance for Credit Losses
Management reviews the appropriateness of the ACL on a regular basis. Management considers the accounting policy relating to the ACL to be a critical accounting policy, given the inherent uncertainty in evaluating the levels of the ACL required to cover credit losses in the portfolio and the material effect that assumptions could have on the Company’s results of operations. The Company has developed a methodology to measure the amount of estimated credit loss exposure inherent in the loan portfolio to assure that an appropriate ACL is maintained. The Company’s methodology is based upon guidance provided in SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 119, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments ("CECL"), and Financial Instruments - Credit Losses and ASC Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses.
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The Company uses a discounted cash flow ("DCF") method to estimate expected credit losses for all loan segments excluding the leasing segment. For each of these loan segments, the Company generates cash flow projections at the instrument level wherein payment expectations are adjusted for estimated prepayment speeds, curtailments, recovery lag, probability of default, and loss given default. The modeling of expected prepayment speeds, curtailment rates, and time to recovery are based on internal historical data.
The Company uses regression analysis of historical internal and peer data to determine suitable loss drivers to utilize when modeling lifetime probability of default and loss given default. This analysis also determines how expected probability of default and loss given default will react to forecasted levels of the loss drivers. For all loans utilizing the DCF method, management utilizes and forecasts national unemployment and a one year percentage change in national gross domestic product as loss drivers in the model.
For all DCF models, management has determined that four quarters represents a reasonable and supportable forecast period and reverts back to a historical loss rate over eight quarters on a straight-line basis. Management leverages economic projections from a reputable and independent third party to inform its loss driver forecasts over the four-quarter forecast period. Other internal and external indicators of economic forecasts, and scenario weightings, are also considered by management when developing the forecast metrics.
Due to the size and characteristics of the leasing portfolio, the Company uses the remaining life method, using the historical loss rate of the commercial and industrial segment, to determine the allowance for credit losses.
The combination of adjustments for credit expectations and timing expectations produces an expected cash flow stream at the instrument level. Instrument effective yield is calculated, net of the impacts of prepayment assumptions, and the instrument expected cash flows are then discounted at that effective yield to produce a net present value of expected cash flows ("NPV"). An ACL is established for the difference between the NPV and amortized cost basis.
Loans that do not share similar risk characteristics are evaluated on an individual basis. The ACL for individually evaluated loans is measured using the DCF method based on the loan's contractual interest rate, or at the loan's observable market price, or if the loan is collateral dependent, at the fair value of the collateral, less cost to sell.
Since the methodology is based upon historical experience and trends, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts, as well as management’s judgment, factors may arise that result in different estimates. While management’s evaluation of the allowance as of December 31, 2024 considers the allowance to be appropriate, under adversely different conditions or assumptions, the Company would need to increase or decrease the allowance. In addition, various federal regulatory agencies and the NYSDFS, as part of their examination process, review the Company's allowance and may require the Company to recognize additions to the allowance based on their judgments and information available to them at the time of their examinations.
As of December 31, 2024, the ACL was $56.5 million, an increase of $4.9 million or 9.5% from year-end 2023. The increase reflects provision for credit loss expense of $6.6 million, less net loan charge-offs of $2.5 million. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total loans was 0.94% at year-end 2024 compared to 0.92% at year-end 2023. The allowance coverage to nonperforming loans and leases was 111.06% at December 31, 2024 compared to 82.84% at December 31, 2023.
The increase in the ACL from year-end 2023 reflects loan growth, mainly in commercial real estate and commercial loans; updates to model assumptions, including prepayment speeds, curtailment rates, and recovery lag; as well as updated economic forecasts for unemployment and gross domestic product during the fourth quarter. Reserves totaling approximately $593,000 were added to the allowance during 2024 related to two commercial relationships that were individually evaluated for impairment. The ACL estimate reflects the difference between fair value of collateral less costs to sell and the amortized cost basis of the loans. Qualitative reserves were added to the commercial real estate portfolio at year-end 2024 driven by loan growth and asset quality, including higher than historical levels of past-due and nonaccrual loans.
Total loans were $6.0 billion at December 31, 2024, an increase of $414.0 million or 7.4% from December 31, 2023. The increase from year-end 2023 was mainly in the commercial real estate and commercial and industrial portfolios. Credit quality metrics at December 31, 2024, were mixed when compared to year-end 2023. Nonperforming assets represented 0.80% of total assets at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Nonperforming loans and leases decreased $11.4 million or 18.3% from year end 2023 and represented 0.85% of total loans at December 31, 2024 compared to 1.11% at December 31, 2023. Loans internally-classified Special Mention or Substandard decreased $14.9 million or 11.9% compared to December 31, 2023. The
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decrease in nonperforming loans and loans internally-classified Special Mention or Substandard was mainly due to one commercial relationship totaling $14.3 million being transferred to other real estate owned in 2024. Net loan charge-offs totaled $2.5 million in 2024, compared to net recoveries of $721,000 in 2023. Loans past due 30-89 days and accruing interest totaled $28.8 million at year-end 2024 compared to $4.2 million at year-end 2023. The increase was mainly the inclusion of one commercial real estate loan for $17.4 million becoming past due during the fourth quarter of 2024.
The allocation of the Company’s allowance as of December 31, 2024, and each of the previous four years is illustrated in Table 5 - Allocation of the Allowance for Credit Losses, below. The table provides an allocation of the allowance for credit losses for inherent loan losses by type. The allocation is neither indicative of the specific amounts or the loan categories in which future charge-offs may occur, nor is it an indicator of future loss trends. The allocation of the allowance for credit losses to each category does not restrict the use of the allowance to absorb losses in any category. The table shows a fairly consistent allocation of the loan portfolio and allowance over the period with commercial real estate and residential real estate representing the largest proportion of total loans and the allowance.
Table 5 - Allocation of the Allowance for Credit Losses
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||||||
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| (In thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||
| Total loans outstanding at end of year | $ | 6,019,922 | $ | 5,605,935 | $ | 5,268,911 | $ | 5,075,467 | $ | 5,260,327 | ||||
| Allocation of the ACL by loan type: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 7,684 | $ | 6,667 | $ | 6,039 | $ | 6,335 | $ | 9,239 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 35,837 | 31,581 | 27,287 | 24,813 | 30,546 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 11,345 | 11,700 | 11,154 | 10,139 | 10,257 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 1,568 | 1,557 | 1,358 | 1,492 | 1,562 | |||||||||
| Leases | 62 | 79 | 96 | 64 | 65 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 56,496 | $ | 51,584 | $ | 45,934 | $ | 42,843 | $ | 51,669 | ||||
| Allocation of the ACL as a percentage of total allowance: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | 14 | % | 13 | % | 13 | % | 15 | % | 18 | % | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 63 | % | 61 | % | 60 | % | 58 | % | 59 | % | ||||
| Residential real estate | 20 | % | 23 | % | 24 | % | 24 | % | 20 | % | ||||
| Consumer and other | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | ||||
| Leases | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
| Total | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | ||||
| Loan and lease types as a percentage of total loans and leases: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | 16 | % | 15 | % | 16 | % | 18 | % | 23 | % | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 56 | % | 55 | % | 54 | % | 52 | % | 49 | % | ||||
| Residential real estate | 26 | % | 28 | % | 29 | % | 29 | % | 27 | % | ||||
| Consumer and other | 2 | % | 2 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | ||||
| Leases | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
| Total | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % |
Table 6 - Analysis of the Allowance for Credit Losses shows the activity in the allowance for credit losses over the past five years. The allowance at December 31, 2024 was $56.5 million, an increase of $4.9 million from year-end 2023, reflecting a provision expense of $7.4 million and net charge-offs of $2.5 million for the year-ended December 31, 2024. Net charge-offs / (recoveries) as a percentage of average loans was 0.04% for 2024 compared to (0.01)% in 2023 and 2022.
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Table 6 - Analysis of the Allowance for Credit Losses
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| (In thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||
| Average loans outstanding during year | $ | 5,768,575 | $ | 5,357,699 | $ | 5,142,099 | $ | 5,184,492 | $ | 5,228,135 | ||||
| Balance of allowance at beginning of year | 51,584 | 45,934 | 42,843 | 51,669 | 39,892 | |||||||||
| Impact of adopting ASU 2022-02 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Impact of adopting ASU 2016-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2,534) | |||||||||
| Loan charge-offs: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 293 | $ | 34 | $ | 559 | $ | 274 | $ | 2 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 249 | 0 | 50 | 6,957 | 1,903 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 0 | 20 | 53 | 77 | 84 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 2,598 | 1,045 | 544 | 438 | 482 | |||||||||
| Leases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total loan charge-offs | $ | 3,140 | $ | 1,099 | $ | 1,206 | $ | 7,746 | $ | 2,471 | ||||
| Recoveries of loans previously charged-off: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 40 | $ | 87 | $ | 195 | $ | 118 | $ | 131 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 7 | 1,292 | 951 | 1,175 | 58 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 135 | 186 | 346 | 236 | 194 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 452 | 255 | 306 | 196 | 248 | |||||||||
| Total loan recoveries | $ | 634 | $ | 1,820 | $ | 1,798 | $ | 1,725 | $ | 631 | ||||
| Net loan charge-offs (recoveries) | 2,506 | (721) | (592) | 6,021 | 1,840 | |||||||||
| Additions/(Reductions) to allowance charged to operations | 7,418 | 4,865 | 2,499 | (2,805) | 16,151 | |||||||||
| Balance of allowance at end of year | $ | 56,496 | $ | 51,584 | $ | 45,934 | $ | 42,843 | $ | 51,669 | ||||
| Allowance as a percentage of total loans and leases outstanding | 0.94 | % | 0.92 | % | 0.87 | % | 0.84 | % | 0.98 | % | ||||
| Net charge-offs (recoveries) as a percentage of average loans and leases outstanding during the year | 0.04 | % | (0.01) | % | (0.01) | % | 0.12 | % | 0.04 | % |
As a result of the adoption of ASU 2016-13, the Company recorded a net cumulative-effect adjustment reducing the allowance for credit losses by $2.5 million from $39.9 million at December 31, 2019 to $37.4 million at January 1, 2020.
Management believes that, based upon its evaluation as of December 31, 2024, the allowance is appropriate.
Loan Commitments and Allowance for Credit Losses on Off-Balance Sheet Credit Exposures
Financial instruments include off-balance sheet credit instruments, such as commitments to make loans, and commercial letters of credit. The Company's exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for off-balance sheet loan commitments is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded. The Company records an allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures, unless the commitments to extend credit are unconditionally cancellable, through a charge to credit loss expense for off-balance sheet credit exposures included in other noninterest expense in the Company's consolidated statements of income. As of December 31, 2024, the Company's reserve for off-balance sheet credit exposures was $1.5 million, compared to $2.3 million at December 31, 2023.
Deposits and Other Liabilities
Total deposits were $6.5 billion at December 31, 2024, an increase of $72.0 million or 1.1% compared to year-end 2023. The increase from year-end 2023 consisted of savings and money market balances which were up $74.1 million, and time deposits which were up $70.4 million. These increases were partially offset by a $72.5 million decrease in non-interest bearing deposits.
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The most significant source of funding for the Company is core deposits. The Company defines core deposits as total deposits less time deposits of $250,000 or more, brokered deposits, municipal money market deposits and reciprocal deposit relationships with municipalities. Core deposits increased by $73.2 million or 1.4% to $5.3 billion at year-end 2024 from $5.2 billion at year-end 2023. Core deposits represented 81.3% of total deposits at December 31, 2024, compared to 81.1% of total deposits at December 31, 2023.
Municipal money market accounts and reciprocal deposit relationships with municipalities totaled $426.5 million at year-end 2024, which decreased 21.3% from year-end 2023. In general, there is a seasonal pattern to municipal deposits starting with a low point during July and August. Account balances tend to increase throughout the fall and into the winter months from tax deposits and receive an additional inflow at the end of March from the electronic deposit of state funds.
The Company uses both retail and wholesale repurchase agreements. Retail repurchase agreements are arrangements with local customers of the Company, in which the Company agrees to sell securities to the customer with an agreement to repurchase those securities at a specified later date. Retail repurchase agreements totaled $37.0 million at December 31, 2024, and $51.0 million at December 31, 2023. Management generally views local repurchase agreements as an alternative to large time deposits. Refer to "Note 8 - Federal Funds Purchased and Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for further details on the Company’s repurchase agreements.
The Company’s other borrowings totaled $790.2 million at year-end 2024, which were up $188.1 million over prior year end. Loan growth over year-end 2023 contributed to the increase in borrowings year-over-year. The $790.2 million in borrowings at December 31, 2024, included $247.0 million in overnight advances from the FHLB and $543.2 million in term advances from the FHLB. Borrowings of $602.1 million at year-end 2023 represented $477.1 million in overnight borrowings and $125.0 million in FHLB term advances. Of the $543.2 million in FHLB term advances at year-end 2024, $345.0 million are due within three months, $53.2 million are due between six months and one year, and $145.0 million are due in over one year. Refer to "Note 9 - Other Borrowings" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for further details on the Company’s term borrowings with the FHLB.
Liquidity Management
The objective of liquidity management is to ensure the availability of adequate funding sources to satisfy the demand for credit, deposit withdrawals, operating expenses, and business investment opportunities. The Company’s large, stable core deposit base and strong capital position are the foundation for the Company’s liquidity position. The Company uses a variety of resources to meet its liquidity needs, which include deposits, cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, cash flow from lending and investing activities, repurchase agreements, and borrowings. The Company may also use borrowings as part of a growth strategy. Asset and liability positions are monitored primarily through the Asset/Liability Management Committee of the Company’s subsidiary bank. This Committee reviews periodic reports on the liquidity and interest rate sensitivity positions. Comparisons with industry and peer groups are also monitored. The Company’s strong reputation in the communities it serves, along with its strong financial condition, provides access to numerous sources of liquidity as described below. Management believes these diverse liquidity sources provide sufficient means to meet all demands on the Company’s liquidity that are reasonably likely to occur. Management measures liquidity, including the level of cash, unencumbered securities, and the availability of dependable borrowing sources. The board has set a policy limit stating that reliable sources of liquidity should remain in excess of 6% of total assets. The ratio was 10.3% of total assets at December 31, 2024.
Core deposits, discussed above under "Deposits and Other Liabilities", are a primary and low cost funding source obtained primarily through the Company’s branch network. In addition to core deposits, the Company uses non-core funding sources to support asset growth. These non-core funding sources include time deposits of $250,000 or more, municipal money market deposits, brokered deposits, reciprocal deposits, bank borrowings, securities sold under agreements to repurchase and overnight and term advances from the FHLB. Rates and terms are the primary determinants of the mix of these funding sources. Non-core funding sources of $2.0 billion at December 31, 2024 increased $173.0 million, or 9.3% as compared to December 31, 2023. Non-core funding sources, as a percentage of total liabilities, were 27.5% at December 31, 2024, compared to 26.1% at December 31, 2023.
Non-core funding sources may require securities to be pledged against the underlying liability. Securities carried at $904.2 million at December 31, 2024 were either pledged or sold under agreements to repurchase, compared to $1.0 billion at December 31, 2023. Pledged securities or securities sold under agreements to repurchase represented 53.8% of total securities at December 31, 2024, compared to 54.8% of total securities at December 31, 2023.
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Cash and cash equivalents totaled $134.4 million as of December 31, 2024 which increased from $79.5 million at December 31, 2023. Short-term investments, consisting of securities due in one year or less, increased from $98.7 million at December 31, 2023, to $99.2 million on December 31, 2024.
Cash flow from the loan and investment portfolios provides a significant source of liquidity. These assets may have stated maturities in excess of one year, but have monthly principal reductions. Total mortgage-backed securities, at fair value, were $699.6 million at December 31, 2024 compared with $766.1 million at December 31, 2023. Outstanding principal balances of residential mortgage loans, consumer loans, and leases totaled approximately $1.7 billion at December 31, 2024, up $5.0 million, or 0.3% compared with December 31, 2023. Aggregate amortization from monthly payments on these assets provides significant additional cash flow to the Company.
Liquidity is enhanced by ready access to national and regional wholesale funding sources including Federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements, brokered certificates of deposit, and FHLB advances. Through its subsidiary bank, the Company has borrowing relationships with the FHLB and correspondent banks, which provide secured and unsecured borrowing capacity. As members of the FHLB, the Company’s subsidiary banks can use certain unencumbered mortgage-related assets and securities to secure additional borrowings from the FHLB. At December 31, 2024, the established borrowing capacity with the FHLB was $1.5 billion, or 18.4% of total assets, with available unencumbered mortgage-related assets of $502.8 million. In addition to the $790.2 million of FHLB borrowings outstanding at December 31, 2024, the Company had utilized $200 million of availability at December 31, 2024, to collateralize municipal deposits through several standby letters of credit with the FHLB. Additional assets may also qualify as collateral for FHLB advances upon approval of the FHLB.
Through various programs at the Federal Reserve Bank, the Company has the ability to use certain unencumbered mortgage-related assets and securities to secure borrowings from the Federal Reserve Bank's Discount Window. At December 31, 2024 the available borrowing capacity with the Federal Reserve Bank was $141.4 million, secured by investment securities. In addition to the available borrowing lines at the FHLB and Federal Reserve Bank, the Company maintains $606.1 million of unencumbered securities which could be pledged to further enhance secured borrowing capacity.
The Company has not identified any trends or circumstances that are reasonably likely to result in material increases or decreases in liquidity in the near term.
Table 7 - Loan Maturity
| Remaining maturity of loans | December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | Total | Less than 1 year | After 1 year to 5 years | After 5 years to 15 years | After 15 years | |||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 965,575 | $ | 248,210 | $ | 291,786 | $ | 226,986 | $ | 198,593 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 3,379,817 | 181,689 | 661,838 | 1,518,673 | 1,017,617 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 1,570,840 | 879 | 22,118 | 267,794 | 1,280,049 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 5,916,232 | $ | 430,778 | $ | 975,742 | $ | 2,013,453 | $ | 2,496,259 |
Of the loan amounts shown above in Table 7 - Loan Maturity, maturing over 1 year, $2.4 billion have fixed rates and $3.1 billion have adjustable rates.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
In the normal course of business, the Company is party to certain financial instruments, which in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, are not included in its Consolidated Statements of Condition. These transactions include commitments under standby letters of credit, unused portions of lines of credit, and commitments to fund new loans and are undertaken to accommodate the financing needs of the Company’s customers. Loan commitments are agreements by the Company to lend monies at a future date. These loan and letter of credit commitments are subject to the same credit policies and reviews as the Company’s loans. Because most of these loan commitments expire within one year from the date of issue, the total amount of these loan commitments as of December 31, 2024, are not necessarily indicative of future cash requirements. Further information on these commitments and contingent liabilities is provided in "Note 16 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
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Contractual Obligations
The Company leases land, buildings, and equipment under operating lease arrangements extending to the year 2090. Most leases include options to renew for periods ranging from 5 to 20 years. In addition, the Company has a software contract for its core banking application through June 30, 2030 along with contracts for more specialized software programs through 2029. Further information on the Company’s lease arrangements is provided in "Note 6 - Premises and Equipment" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K. The Company’s contractual obligations as of December 31, 2024, are shown in Table 8-Contractual Obligations and Commitments below.
Table 8 - Contractual Obligations and Commitments
| Contractual cash obligations | At December 31, 2024 Payments due within | |||||||||||||
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| (In thousands) | Total | 1 year | 1-3 years | 3-5 years | After 5 years | |||||||||
| Long-term debt | $ | 559,364 | $ | 408,235 | $ | 126,079 | $ | 25,050 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Operating leases 1 | 35,505 | 3,752 | 6,893 | 5,916 | 18,944 | |||||||||
| Software contracts | 13,836 | 3,282 | 5,745 | 3,853 | 956 | |||||||||
| Total contractual cash obligations | $ | 608,705 | $ | 415,269 | $ | 138,717 | $ | 34,819 | $ | 19,900 |
1 Operating leases include renewals the Company considers reasonably certain to exercise.
Non-GAAP Disclosure
The following table summarizes the Company’s results of operations on a GAAP basis and on an operating (non-GAAP) basis for the periods indicated. The non-GAAP financial measures adjust GAAP measures to exclude the effects of non-operating items, such as the effects of the sales of available-for-sale debt securities, and significant nonrecurring income or expense on earnings, equity, and capital. The Company believes the non-GAAP measures provide meaningful comparisons of our underlying operational performance and facilitate management's and investors' assessments of business and performance trends in comparison to others in the financial services industry. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as a measure of the Company's profitability or liquidity; they are in addition to, and are not a substitute for, financial measures under GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures presented herein may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies, and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. In the future, the Company may utilize other measures to illustrate performance. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations since they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the Company's results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP.
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| Reconciliation of Net Income Available to Common Shareholders/Diluted Earnings Per Share (GAAP) to Adjusted Net Operating Income Available to Common Shareholders/Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share (Non-GAAP); Return on Average Assets and Return on Average Equity to Adjusted Return on Average Assets, Adjusted Return on Average Equity and Adjusted Operating Return on Average Shareholders' Tangible Common Equity (Non-GAAP) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||
| (In thousands, except per share data) | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| Net income available to common shareholders | $ | 70,850 | $ | 9,505 | $ | 85,030 | ||
| Less: income attributable to unvested stock-based compensation awards | 0 | (42) | (250) | |||||
| Net earnings allocated to common shareholders (GAAP) | 70,850 | 9,463 | 84,780 | |||||
| Diluted earnings per share (GAAP) | 4.97 | 0.66 | 5.89 | |||||
| Adjustments for non-operating income and expense: | ||||||||
| (Gain) loss on sale of investment securities | (50) | 70,019 | 634 | |||||
| Total adjustments | (50) | 70,019 | 634 | |||||
| Tax expense | (12) | 17,155 | 155 | |||||
| Total adjustments, net of tax | (38) | 52,864 | 479 | |||||
| Adjusted net income (Non-GAAP) | 70,812 | 62,369 | 85,509 | |||||
| Net earnings allocated to common shareholders (Non-GAAP) | 70,812 | 62,327 | 85,259 | |||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding (basic) | 14,218,106 | 14,254,661 | 14,328,280 | |||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted) | 14,268,443 | 14,301,221 | 14,404,294 | |||||
| Adjusted basic earnings per share (Non-GAAP) | 4.98 | 4.37 | 5.95 | |||||
| Adjusted diluted earnings per share (Non-GAAP) | 4.96 | 4.36 | 5.92 | |||||
| Net income available to common shareholders | 70,850 | 9,505 | 85,030 | |||||
| Adjusted net income (Non-GAAP) | 70,812 | 62,369 | 85,509 | |||||
| Average total assets | 7,875,339 | 7,641,672 | 7,828,520 | |||||
| Return on average assets | 0.90 | % | 0.12 | % | 1.09 | % | ||
| Adjusted return on average assets (Non-GAAP) | 0.90 | % | 0.82 | % | 1.09 | % | ||
| Net income available to common shareholders | 70,850 | 9,505 | 85,030 | |||||
| Adjusted net income (Non-GAAP) | 70,812 | 62,369 | 85,509 | |||||
| Average total equity | 685,814 | 634,732 | 641,725 | |||||
| Return on average equity | 10.33 | % | 1.50 | % | 13.25 | % | ||
| Adjusted return on average equity (Non-GAAP) | 10.33 | % | 9.83 | % | 13.32 | % | ||
| Net earnings allocated to common shareholders (Non-GAAP) | 70,812 | 62,327 | 85,259 | |||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' equity (GAAP) | 684,417 | 633,267 | 640,258 | |||||
| Amortization of intangibles | 332 | 334 | 873 | |||||
| Tax expense | 81 | 82 | 214 | |||||
| Amortization of intangibles, net of tax | 251 | 252 | 659 | |||||
| Adjusted net operating income available to common shareholders' (Non-GAAP) | 71,063 | 62,579 | 85,918 | |||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' equity | 684,417 | 633,267 | 640,258 | |||||
| Average goodwill and intangibles | 93,844 | 94,169 | 94,677 | |||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' tangible common equity (Non-GAAP) | $ | 590,573 | $ | 539,098 | $ | 545,581 | ||
| Adjusted operating return on average shareholders' tangible common equity (Non-GAAP) | 12.03 | % | 11.61 | % | 15.75 | % |
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FY 2023 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001005817-24-000008.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following analysis is intended to provide the reader with a further understanding of the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its operating subsidiaries for the periods shown. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with other sections of this Report on Form 10-K, including Part I, "Item 1. Business," and Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data." For a detailed discussion of our operating results for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to the year ended December 31, 2021, please refer to Item 7 of the Company's 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 1, 2023.
Overview
The Company is headquartered in Ithaca, New York and is registered as a Financial Holding Company with the Federal Reserve Board under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. The Company is a locally oriented, community-based financial services organization that offers a full array of products and services, including commercial and consumer banking, leasing, trust and investment management, financial planning and wealth management, and insurance services. In January 2022, the Company combined its four wholly-owned banking subsidiaries into one bank, with the Bank of Castile, Mahopac Bank, and VIST Bank merging with and into Tompkins Trust Company (the "Trust Company") with the Trust Company as the surviving institution. Immediately following the merger, the Trust Company changed its name to Tompkins Community Bank. At December 31, 2023, the Company had one wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Tompkins Community Bank. The Company also has a wholly-owned insurance agency subsidiary, Tompkins Insurance. Tompkins Financial Advisors, a division of Tompkins Community Bank provides a full array of investment services, including investment management, trust and estate, financial and tax planning services. The Company’s principal offices are located at 118 E. Seneca Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850, and its telephone number is: (888) 503-5753. The Company’s common stock is traded on the NYSE American under the Symbol "TMP."
Forward-Looking Statements
This Report on Form 10-K contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements contained in this Report that are not statements of historical fact may include forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements may be identified by use of such words as "may", "will", "estimate", "intend", "continue", "believe", "expect", "plan", or "anticipate", and other similar words. Examples of forward-looking statements may include statements regarding the asset quality of the Company's loan portfolios; the level of the Company's allowance for credit losses; the sufficiency of liquidity sources; the Company's exposure to changes in interest rates, and to new, changed, or extended government/regulatory expectations; the need to sell securities before recovery of amortized cost; the expected increases in interest income attributable to recent sales of available-for-sale debt securities; the impact of changes in accounting standards; and trends, plans, prospects, growth and strategies. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and are subject to certain uncertainties and factors relating to the Company’s operations and economic environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the Company, that could cause actual results of the Company to differ materially from those expressed and/or implied by forward-looking statements and historical performance. The following factors, in addition to those listed as Risk Factors in Item 1A are among those that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements and historical performance: changes in general economic, market and regulatory conditions; our ability to attract and retain deposits and other sources of liquidity; gross domestic product growth and inflation trends; the impact of the interest rate and inflationary environment on the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations; other income or cash flow anticipated from the Company's operations, investment and/or lending activities; changes in laws and regulations affecting banks, bank holding companies and/or financial holding companies, including the Dodd-Frank Act, and state and local government mandates; the impact of any change in the FDIC insurance assessment rate or the rules and regulations related to the calculation of the FDIC insurance assessment amount; technological developments and changes; cybersecurity incidents and threats; the ability to continue to introduce competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis; governmental and public policy changes, including environmental regulation; reliance on large customers; the ability to access financial resources in the amounts, at the times, and on the terms required to support the Company's future businesses; and the economic impact of national and global events, including the response to recent bank failures, the wars in Ukraine and Israel, widespread protests, civil unrest, political uncertainty, and pandemics or other public health crises.
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Critical Accounting Policies
The accounting and reporting policies followed by the Company conform, in all material respects, to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and to general practices within the financial services industry. In the course of normal business activity, management must select and apply many accounting policies and methodologies and make estimates and assumptions that lead to the financial results presented in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. There are uncertainties inherent in making these estimates and assumptions, which could materially affect the Company’s results of operations and financial position.
Management considers accounting estimates to be critical to reported financial results if (i) the accounting estimates require management to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain, and (ii) different estimates that management reasonably could have used for the accounting estimate in the current period, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably likely to occur from period to period, could have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements. Management considers the accounting policies relating to the allowance for credit losses ("allowance", or "ACL"), and the review of the securities portfolio for other-than-temporary impairment to be critical accounting policies because of the uncertainty and subjectivity involved in these policies and the material effect that estimates related to these areas can have on the Company’s results of operations.
The Company’s methodology for estimating the allowance considers available relevant information about the collectability of cash flows, including information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Refer to "Allowance for Credit Losses" below, "Note 4 - Allowance for Credit Losses", and "Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
For information on the Company's significant accounting policies and to gain a greater understanding of how the Company’s financial performance is reported, refer to "Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The Company's significant accounting policies conform with GAAP and are described in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. In applying those accounting policies, management of the Company is required to exercise judgment in determining many of the methodologies, assumptions and estimates to be utilized. Certain critical accounting estimates are more dependent on such judgment and in some cases may contribute to volatility in the Company's reported financial performance should the assumptions and estimates used change over time due to changes in circumstances. The more significant area in which management of the Company applies critical assumptions and estimates include the following:
•Accounting for credit losses - The Company accounts for the allowance for credit losses using the current expected credit loss model. Under this accounting guidance, the allowance for credit losses represents a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of certain financial assets, including loans and leases, to present the net amount expected to be collected at the balance sheet date. A provision for credit losses is recorded to adjust the level of the allowance as deemed necessary by management. In estimating expected losses in the loan and lease portfolio, borrower-specific financial data and macro-economic assumptions are utilized to project losses over a reasonable and supportable forecast period. For certain loan pools that share similar risk characteristics, the Company utilizes statistically developed models to estimate amounts and timing of expected future cash flows, collateral values and other factors used to determine the borrowers' abilities to repay obligations. Such models consider historical correlations of credit losses with various macroeconomic assumptions including unemployment and gross domestic product. These forecasts may be adjusted for inherent limitations or biases of the models. Subsequent to the forecast period, the Company utilizes longer-term historical loss experience to estimate losses over the remaining contractual life of the loans. Changes in the circumstances considered when determining management's estimates and assumptions could result in changes in those estimates and assumptions, which could result in adjustment of the allowance for credit losses in future periods. A discussion of facts and circumstances considered by management in determining the allowance for credit losses is included herein in Note 5 - "Allowance for Credit Losses" in the Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Recent Events
During the first half of 2023, the banking industry experienced significant volatility with high-profile bank failures, which resulted in industry wide concerns related to liquidity, deposit outflows, unrealized securities losses and eroding consumer confidence in the banking system. In response to these developments, the Company took a number of preemptive actions in the first quarter, which included proactive outreach to clients and actions to maximize its funding sources such as establishing the ability to borrow through the newly established Federal Reserve borrowing program called the Bank Term Funding Program. The Company maintains established borrowing capacity of $1.7 billion through its membership with the Federal Home Loan Bank ("FHLB") and FRB. The Company’s total deposits of $6.4 billion at December 31, 2023 were down $202.4 million, or 3.1% compared to December 31, 2022. At December 31, 2023, the Company estimates total uninsured deposits of $2.9 billion. These uninsured deposit balances of $2.9 billion at December 31, 2023 include $1.0 billion of collateralized government deposits and $1.6 billion of uninsured deposits without liquid collateral pledged. Total insured deposits and collateralized government deposits represent 75.4% of the Company's total FDIC insurance eligible deposits at December 31, 2023. At December 31, 2023, Tier 1 leverage and Total Capital ratios were 9.08% and 13.36%, respectively, compared to 9.34% and 14.42% at December 31, 2022. The decrease from year-end 2022 to year-end 2023 was mainly due to the recognition of the $52.9 million after-tax loss on sales of available-for-sale debt investment securities, including the $47.5 million after-tax loss recognized in the third quarter of 2023 related to the balance sheet repositioning discussed below.
In 2023, the Company completed a balance sheet repositioning for general balance sheet, portfolio and interest rate risk management, by selling approximately $510.5 million of available-for-sale debt securities, which resulted in an pre-tax loss on the sale of approximately $70.0 million. The Company sold these securities in the second ($80.9 million) and third ($429.6 million) quarters of 2023. The securities sold had an average yield of approximately 0.86%, while the proceeds of the sale were largely reinvested into securities with an estimated yield of approximately 5.09%. Average yields on available-for-sale debt securities for the fourth quarter of 2023 were 2.33%, compared to 1.59% for the third quarter of 2023, and 1.44% for the fourth quarter of 2022.
Results of Operations
(Comparison of December 31, 2023 and 2022 results)
General
The Company reported diluted earnings per share of $0.66 in 2023, a decrease of 88.8% compared to diluted earnings per share of $5.89 in 2022. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2023, was $9.5 million, a decrease of 88.8% compared to $85.0 million in 2022. Significant contributors to the year-over-year decrease in net income included an after-tax loss of $52.9 million, or $3.69 loss per diluted share, related to the sale of $510.5 million of available-for-sale debt securities, increased funding costs and an increase in operating expenses. The sale of securities and subsequent reinvestment in the second and third quarters of 2023 favorably impacted securities revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023 as the securities sold had an average yield of 0.86%, while the proceeds of the sale were largely reinvested into securities with an estimated yield of approximately 5.09%. Average yields on securities for the fourth quarter of 2023 were 2.33%, compared to 1.59% for the third quarter of 2023, and 1.44% for the fourth quarter of 2022. Net interest income of $209.5 million for 2023, was down $20.8 million or 9.0% compared to 2022, the increase in interest rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities continues to outpace increases on interest earning asset yields.
Excluding the impact of the realized losses on the sales of investment securities, adjusted net income, a non-GAAP financial measure, was $62.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, down $23.1 million, or 27.1%, when compared to the prior year. Earnings per diluted share, adjusted to exclude the impact of realized losses on sales of investment securities (“adjusted diluted earnings per share”), a non-GAAP measure, of $4.36 for the year ended December 31, 2023, decreased $1.56 compared to the prior year period. Reconciliations of GAAP amounts with corresponding non-GAAP amounts are presented in the "Non-GAAP Disclosure" on page 54.
In addition to earnings per share, key performance measurements for the Company include return on average shareholders’ equity (ROE) and return on average assets (ROA). ROE was 1.50% in 2023, compared to 13.25% in 2022, while ROA was 0.12% in 2023 and 1.09% in 2022. Tompkins’ 2023 ROE and 2023 ROA did not compare favorably with peer ratios of 11.18% and 1.01%, respectively, due to the above mentioned securities sale. The peer group data is derived from the FRB's "Bank Holding Company Performance Report", which covers banks and bank holding companies with assets between $3.0 billion and $10.0 billion as of September 30, 2023 (the most recent report available). Although the peer group data is presented based upon financial information that is one fiscal quarter behind the financial information included in this report, the Company believes that it is relevant to include certain peer group information for comparison to current period numbers. ROA and ROE, adjusted
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to exclude the impact of realized losses on sales of investment securities, ("adjusted ROA" and "adjusted ROE"), non-GAAP measures, were 0.82% and 9.83% for the year ended December 31, 2023. Reconciliations of GAAP amounts with corresponding non-GAAP amounts are presented in "Non-GAAP Disclosure" on page 54.
Segment Reporting
The Company operates in three business segments: banking, insurance and wealth management. Insurance is comprised of property and casualty insurance services and employee benefit consulting operated under the Tompkins Insurance, subsidiary. Wealth management activities include the results of the Company’s trust, financial planning, and wealth management services provided by Tompkins Financial Advisors, a division of Tompkins Community Bank. All other activities are considered banking. For additional financial information on the Company’s segments, refer to "Note 22 Segment and Related Information" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
Banking Segment
The banking segment reported net income of $74,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, down $75.4 million or 99.9%, compared to 2022. The decrease in net income in 2023 compared to 2022 was largely driven by the sale of $510.5 million of available-for-sale debt securities, that resulted in an after-tax loss on the sale of securities of $52.9 million. Higher funding costs and increased operating expenses also contributed to the decrease. Net interest income was down $20.8 million or 9.0% in 2023 compared to 2022, primarily due to interest-bearing liabilities outpacing increases on interest earning assets yields due to the higher interest rate environment.
The provision for credit loss expense was a expense of $4.3 million in 2023, compared to provision credit of $2.8 million in the prior year. The increase in the provision for credit losses in 2023 over 2022 was mainly driven by loan growth, current economic forecasts and changes in asset quality. The allowance to total loan ratio at December 31, 2023 was 0.92%, up from 0.87% at December 31, 2022. For additional information, see the section titled "The Allowance for Credit Losses" below.
Noninterest income of $43.7 million in 2023 decreased $69.1 million or 272.0% compared to 2022. The decrease in noninterest income was largely due to the sale of available-for-sale debt securities in the second and third quarters of 2023, which resulted in the recognition of a pre-tax loss of $70.0 million. For the year ended December 31, 2023, card services income increased $464,000, or 4.2% over the same period in 2022, while service charges on deposit accounts decreased $452,000, or 6.1% for the same time period, mainly due to lower overdraft fees.
Noninterest expense of $162.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, increased $6.1 million or 3.9% from December 31, 2022. The increases were largely due to nonrecurring expenses which included $879,000 of expenses related to branch closures in 2023; New York State minimum tax expense of $830,000, as a result of the previously mentioned losses on sales of available-for-sale debt securities contributing to state taxes as equity rather than income; and approximately $640,000 in expenses related to staff restructuring charges. FDIC insurance expense in 2023 was up $1.5 million over 2022.
Insurance Segment
The insurance segment reported net income of $6.6 million for 2023, which is in line with 2022, as a $1.1 million or 3.1% increase in noninterest revenue was offset by an increase in noninterest expenses of $1.1 million or 3.9%. The increase in revenue was mainly in property and casualty commissions, which were up $1.8 million or 5.4% in 2023 over 2022. Contingency revenue was down $546,000 or 13.6% in 2023 compared to 2022. Revenue growth in 2023 benefited from business development efforts and generally higher policy premium levels. The increase in expenses was mainly in salaries and wages as a result of normal annual merit increases along with increases in health insurance costs, which were partially offset by a decrease in incentive related accruals.
Wealth Management Segment
The wealth management segment reported net income of $2.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, a decrease of $126,000 or 4.2% compared to 2022. Revenue of $18.3 million increased $133,000 or 0.7% compared to 2022. Noninterest expenses increased by $273,000 or 1.9% compared to 2022. The increase was mainly driven by professional fees related to recruiting and increases in expenses related to health insurance and the Company's retirement plans, partially offset by lower incentive related accruals. The fair value of assets under management or in custody at December 31, 2023 totaled $3.1 billion, representing an increase of $181.7 million or 6.2% compared to $2.9 billion at year-end 2022. The increase in assets under management from prior year was mainly a result of market performance seen throughout the year as well as new business.
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Net Interest Income
Net interest income is the Company’s largest source of revenue, representing 95.3% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2023, and 74.7% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase in the ratio of net interest income to revenues in 2023 was largely driven by the decrease in total revenues in 2023 compared to 2022 as a result of the pre-tax loss of $70.0 million on the sales of available-for-sale debt securities during 2023. Net interest income is dependent on the volume and composition of interest earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the level of market interest rates. Table 1 – Average Statements of Condition and Net Interest Analysis shows average interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and the corresponding yield or cost associated with each.
Net interest income of $209.5 million for 2023 decreased by $20.8 million or 9.0% from 2022. The decrease was primarily due to higher funding costs and a decrease in average earning assets, partially offset by an increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets in 2023 compared to 2022. The average rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2023, was up 136 basis points over the same period in 2022, while the average yield on interest-earning assets increased 71 basis points over the same period.
The net interest margin for 2023 was 2.84% compared to 3.05% for 2022. The decrease in net interest margin for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the year ended December 31, 2022 was due to increases in the average rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities outpacing increases on interest earning assets yields due to the higher interest rate environment, as well as increases in higher rate average other borrowings and average time deposits due to lower average interest checking, savings and money market deposit balances.
The quarterly net interest margin for the fourth quarter of 2023 of 2.82% increased from a net interest margin of 2.75% for the third quarter of 2023, and decreased from 3.02% for the fourth quarter of 2022. The increase in net interest margin compared to the third quarter of 2023 was primarily due to securities purchased in the second and third quarters of 2023 yielding higher interest rates compared to securities sold during the same periods. The increase in securities yields was partially offset by the reversal of $1.0 million of accrued interest during the fourth quarter of 2023 related to loans that moved to nonaccrual status during the quarter. The decrease in net interest margin compared to the fourth quarter of last year were primarily attributable to increased interest costs on interest-bearing liabilities outpacing increased interest income on interest earning assets due to the higher interest rate environment.
Interest income increased $46.0 million or 18.3% in 2023 from 2022, mainly driven by higher interest earning asset yields due to the higher interest rate environment, and partially offset by decreases in the volume of average interest-earning assets. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the average yield on interest-earning assets increased 71 basis points over the same period in 2022. Average interest-earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2023, decreased $198.7 million, or 2.6%, compared to the same period in 2022.
Interest income on loans for the year ended December 31, 2023, was up $42.8 million, or 19.7% compared to the same period in 2022, driven by higher average yields and higher average balances. The average yields on loans for the year ended December 31, 2023, of 4.87%, was up 62 basis points from the same period in 2022. The increase in loan yields was a result of market-related increases in interest rates on new loans, a significant increase in variable and adjustable rate loan yields driven by rising market interest rates, including the prime rate, and new loan originations. Average loans and leases increased $215.6 million or 4.2% in 2023 compared to 2022, and represented 72.3% of average earning assets in 2023 compared to 67.6% in 2022. The increase was largely driven by a growth in the commercial real estate portfolio. As a result of its participation in the SBA's Paycheck Protection Plan ("PPP"), the Company recorded net deferred loan fees of $9,390 in 2023 as compared to $3.0 million in 2022, which are included in interest income.
Interest income on securities, excluding dividends on FHLB stock, for the year ended December 31, 2023, was up $1.9 million or 5.7% as compared to the same period in 2022, as higher average yields more than offset lower average balances. The average yield on total securities for the year ended December 31, 2023, increased 34 basis points, while average balances for securities decreased $350.5 million, or 14.8%, from the same period in 2022. The increase in securities yields were driven by market interest rate increases and the sales and maturities of certain available-for-sale investment securities during 2023. During the second quarter of 2023, the Company sold $80.9 million of available-for-sale debt securities and used the proceeds mainly to pay down overnight borrowings with the FHLB. During the third quarter of 2023, the Company sold $429.6 million of available-for-sale debt securities with an average yield of 0.93% and reinvested $357.3 million of the proceeds into securities with an estimated yield of approximately 5.12%. The weighted average life of the securities purchased and sold was approximately 4.3 years.
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Interest expense for 2023 increased $66.8 million or 317.5% compared to 2022, driven mainly by the increase in average rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities and funding mix, with an increase in average borrowings and average time deposits and a decrease in average interest-bearing checking, savings and money market deposits. The average cost of interest-bearing deposits was 1.58% in 2023, an increase of 123 basis points from 0.35% in 2022, while the average cost of interest bearing liabilities increased to 1.79% in 2023 from 0.43% in 2022. The rate paid on average interest-bearing deposits increased as interest rates on certain interest-bearing deposits were raised in response to market conditions. Average interest bearing deposits in 2023 decreased $149.2 million or 3.2% compared to 2022. Average noninterest bearing deposit balances in 2023 decreased $191.9 million or 8.8% versus 2022 and represented 30.8% of average total deposits in 2023 compared to 32.0% in 2022.
Average other borrowings increased by $168.4 million or 86.3% in 2023 from 2022. The average rate paid on other borrowings for the year ended December 31, 2023, was up 220 basis points over the same period in 2022. The increase in the cost of average borrowings was primarily the result of the greater utilization of comparatively higher rate overnight borrowings to fund loan growth as a result of lower average deposit balances.
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Table 1 - Average Statements of Condition and Net Interest Analysis
| For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollar amounts in thousands) | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | |||||||||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-earning assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing balances due from banks | $ | 13,064 | $ | 674 | 5.16 | % | $ | 85,788 | $ | 371 | 0.43 | % | $ | 307,253 | $ | 343 | 0.11 | % | ||||||
| Securities1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government securities | 1,920,678 | 32,433 | 1.69 | % | 2,265,226 | 30,587 | 1.35 | % | 2,003,450 | 23,145 | 1.16 | % | ||||||||||||
| Trading securities | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | % | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | % | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||||
| State and municipal2 | 91,407 | 2,338 | 2.56 | % | 97,283 | 2,490 | 2.56 | % | 112,391 | 2,871 | 2.55 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other securities2 | 3,272 | 229 | 6.99 | % | 3,329 | 135 | 4.06 | % | 3,417 | 92 | 2.68 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total securities | 2,015,357 | 35,000 | 1.74 | % | 2,365,838 | 33,212 | 1.40 | % | 2,119,258 | 26,108 | 1.23 | % | ||||||||||||
| FHLBNY and FRB stock | 22,284 | 1,697 | 7.63 | % | 13,354 | 646 | 4.84 | % | 14,830 | 776 | 5.24 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total loans and leases, net of unearned income2,3 | 5,357,699 | 261,144 | 4.87 | % | 5,142,098 | 218,494 | 4.25 | % | 5,184,491 | 215,709 | 4.16 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-earning assets | 7,408,404 | 298,515 | 4.03 | % | 7,607,078 | 252,723 | 3.32 | % | 7,625,832 | 242,936 | 3.19 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other assets | 233,268 | 221,442 | 343,119 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 7,641,672 | $ | 7,828,520 | $ | 7,968,951 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LIABILITIES & EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest bearing checking, savings, & money market | $ | 3,697,780 | $ | 46,820 | 1.27 | % | $ | 4,029,008 | $ | 10,389 | 0.26 | % | $ | 4,034,969 | $ | 3,736 | 0.09 | % | ||||||
| Time deposits | 793,709 | 23,988 | 3.02 | % | 611,708 | 5,779 | 0.94 | % | 711,381 | 7,111 | 1.00 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 4,491,489 | 70,808 | 1.58 | % | 4,640,716 | 16,168 | 0.35 | % | 4,746,350 | 10,847 | 0.23 | % | ||||||||||||
| Federal funds purchased & securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 55,773 | 58 | 0.10 | % | 57,126 | 60 | 0.10 | % | 58,627 | 64 | 0.11 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 363,530 | 16,978 | 4.67 | % | 195,110 | 4,815 | 2.47 | % | 217,799 | 4,382 | 2.01 | % | ||||||||||||
| Trust preferred debentures | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | % | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | % | 7,367 | 2,233 | 30.32 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 4,910,792 | 87,844 | 1.79 | % | 4,892,952 | 21,043 | 0.43 | % | 5,030,143 | 17,526 | 0.35 | % | ||||||||||||
| Noninterest bearing deposits | 1,994,861 | 2,186,720 | 2,096,542 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 101,287 | 107,122 | 117,790 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | 7,006,940 | 7,186,795 | 7,244,475 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tompkins Financial Corporation Shareholders’ equity | 633,267 | 640,258 | 723,009 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Noncontrolling interest | 1,465 | 1,468 | 1,467 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 634,732 | 641,725 | 724,476 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 7,641,672 | $ | 7,828,520 | $ | 7,968,951 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest rate spread | 2.24 | % | 2.89 | % | 2.84 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income/margin on earning assets | 210,671 | 2.84 | % | 231,680 | 3.05 | % | 225,410 | 2.96 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Tax Equivalent Adjustment | (1,157) | (1,399) | (1,618) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income per consolidated financial statements | $ | 209,514 | $ | 230,281 | $ | 223,792 |
1 Average balances and yields on available-for-sale debt securities are based on historical amortized cost.
2 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using the Federal income tax rate of 21.0% in 2023, 2022, and 2021 to increase tax exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
3 Nonaccrual loans are included in the average asset totals presented above. Payments received on nonaccrual loans have been recognized as disclosed in Note 1 of the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in Part 1 of this Report on Form 10-K.
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Table 2 - Analysis of Changes in Net Interest Income
| 2023 vs. 2022 | 2022 vs. 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in Average | Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in Average | ||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands)(taxable equivalent) | Volume | Yield/Rate | Total | Volume | Yield/Rate | Total | |||||||||||
| INTEREST INCOME: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing balances due from bank | $ | (563) | $ | 866 | $ | 303 | $ | (389) | $ | 417 | $ | 28 | |||||
| Investments1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Taxable | (5,095) | 7,035 | 1,940 | 3,245 | 4,240 | 7,485 | |||||||||||
| Tax-exempt | (150) | (2) | (152) | (386) | 5 | (381) | |||||||||||
| FHLB and FRB stock | 565 | 486 | 1,051 | (73) | (57) | (130) | |||||||||||
| Loans, net1 | 9,754 | 32,896 | 42,650 | (3,949) | 6,734 | 2,785 | |||||||||||
| Total interest income | $ | 4,511 | $ | 41,281 | $ | 45,792 | $ | (1,552) | $ | 11,339 | $ | 9,787 | |||||
| INTEREST EXPENSE: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest checking, savings and money market | $ | (923) | $ | 37,354 | $ | 36,431 | $ | (6) | $ | 6,659 | $ | 6,653 | |||||
| Time | 3,200 | 15,009 | 18,209 | (1,063) | (269) | (1,332) | |||||||||||
| Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase | (2) | 0 | (2) | (2) | (2) | (4) | |||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 5,980 | 6,183 | 12,163 | (1,607) | (193) | (1,800) | |||||||||||
| Total interest expense | $ | 8,255 | $ | 58,546 | $ | 66,801 | $ | (2,678) | $ | 6,195 | $ | 3,517 | |||||
| Net interest income | $ | (3,744) | $ | (17,265) | $ | (21,009) | $ | 1,126 | $ | 5,144 | $ | 6,270 |
1 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using the Federal income tax rate of 21.0% in 2023, 2022 and 2021 to increase tax exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
Changes in net interest income occur from a combination of changes in the volume of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and in the rate of interest earned or paid on them. The above table illustrates changes in interest income and interest expense attributable to changes in volume (change in average balance multiplied by prior year rate), changes in rate (change in rate multiplied by prior year volume), and the net change in net interest income. The net change attributable to the combined impact of volume and rate has been allocated to each in proportion to the absolute dollar amounts of the change. In 2023, net interest income decreased by $21.0 million, resulting from a $66.8 million increase in interest expense, partially offset from a $45.8 million increase in interest income. The increase in interest expense reflects higher rates paid on interest bearing liabilities, both deposits and other borrowings, and increases in average other borrowings and average time deposit.
Provision for Credit Loss Expense
The provision for credit loss expense represents management’s estimate of the expense necessary to maintain the allowance for credit losses at an appropriate level. The ratio of total allowance to total loans and leases increased to 0.92% at December 31, 2023 from 0.87% at December 31, 2022. The increase in the ACL from year-end December 31, 2023 was driven by loan growth, economic forecasts, and changes in asset quality. The provision for credit loss expense was $4.3 million in 2023, compared to provision expense of $2.8 million in 2022. The provision for credit losses for 2023 included a provision credit of $526,000 related to off-balance sheet credit exposures compared to a provision expense of $290,000 for 2022. The section captioned "Financial Condition – The Allowance for Credit Losses" below has further details on the allowance for credit losses and asset quality metrics.
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Noninterest Income
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| Insurance commissions and fees | $ | 37,351 | $ | 36,201 | $ | 34,836 | ||
| Wealth management fees | 17,951 | 18,091 | 19,388 | |||||
| Service charges on deposit accounts | 6,913 | 7,365 | 6,347 | |||||
| Card services income | 11,488 | 11,024 | 10,826 | |||||
| Other income | 6,511 | 5,925 | 7,203 | |||||
| Net (loss) gain on securities transactions | (69,973) | (634) | 249 | |||||
| Total | $ | 10,241 | $ | 77,972 | $ | 78,849 |
Noninterest income of $10.2 million for the year-ended December 31, 2023 decreased $67.7 million or 86.9% from 2022. Noninterest income represented 4.7% of total revenues in 2023, down from 25.3% in 2022. The decrease in noninterest income was largely due to the previously noted sales of available-for-sale debt securities, mainly in the third quarter of 2023, which resulted in the recognition of a pre-tax loss of $70.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Fee-based revenues, including insurance commissions and fees, wealth management fees, service charges on deposit accounts and card services income, for the year ended December 31, 2023, collectively, increased $1.0 million, or 1.4%, over the same period in 2022.
Insurance commissions and fees of $37.4 million increased $1.2 million or 3.2% in 2023 compared to $36.2 million for 2022. The increase in revenue was mainly in property and casualty commissions, which were up $1.8 million or 5.4% in 2023 over 2022. Contingency revenue was down $546,000 or 13.6% in 2023 compared to 2022. Revenue growth in 2023 benefited from business development efforts and generally higher policy premium levels as a result of general market conditions.
Wealth management fees of $18.0 million in 2023 decreased $140,000 or 0.8% compared to 2022. Wealth management fees includes trust services, financial planning, wealth management services, and brokerage related services. The fair value of assets managed by, or in custody of, Tompkins was $3.1 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase from $2.9 billion at December 31, 2022. The increase in assets under management was mainly attributable to improved market performance in 2023, in comparison to 2022, with major equity market indices up in 2023 over 2022.
Service charges on deposit accounts of $6.9 million decreased $452,000 or 6.1% in 2023 compared to 2022. The decrease was driven by lower net overdraft fees in 2023 compared to 2022.
Card services income increased $464,000 or 4.2% in 2023 over 2022. The primary components of card services income are fees related to interchange income and transactions fees for debit card transactions, credit card transactions and ATM usage. The increase over prior year reflects an increase in the number and dollar volume of transactions.
Other income of $6.5 million increased $586,000 or 9.9% compared to 2022. The increase was largely due to higher earnings on bank owned life insurance ("BOLI"). Earnings on BOLI totaled $1.7 million in 2023, up from $1.2 million in 2022, reflecting the net impact of gain on death benefits of $962,000, partially offset by write-downs on separate account BOLI policies surrendered in the fourth quarter of 2023. Derivative fee income increased to $485,000 in 2023 from $57,000 in 2022, driven mainly by income on an interest rate swap.
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Noninterest Expense
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
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| (In thousands) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| Salaries and wages | $ | 97,370 | $ | 98,261 | $ | 96,038 | ||
| Other employee benefits | 27,333 | 24,969 | 24,172 | |||||
| Net occupancy expense of premises | 13,278 | 13,093 | 13,179 | |||||
| Furniture and fixture expense | 8,663 | 8,058 | 8,328 | |||||
| FDIC insurance | 4,298 | 2,798 | 2,758 | |||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 334 | 873 | 1,317 | |||||
| Other operating expense | 52,016 | 47,699 | 44,495 | |||||
| Total | $ | 203,292 | $ | 195,751 | $ | 190,287 |
Noninterest expense as a percentage of total revenue was 92.5% in 2023, compared to 63.5% in 2022. Noninterest expense for the year ended 2023 of $203.3 million, increased $7.5 million, or 3.9% compared to the same period in 2022. The increase in noninterest expense in 2023 over the same period in 2022 was mainly driven by other operating expenses, which increased $4.3 million; FDIC insurance, which increased $1.4 million; and higher personnel-related expenses, which increased $1.5 million.
Expenses associated with salaries and wages and employee benefits are the largest component of total noninterest expense. In 2023, these expenses increased $1.5 million or 1.2% compared to 2022. Salaries and wages decreased $891,000 or 0.9% in 2023 over the prior year, as increases driven mainly by annual merit pay increases were more than offset by lower incentive related accruals. Salaries and wages in 2023 included $638,000 of personnel-related charges. The number of employees as measured by average full time equivalents (FTEs) for 2023 were 1,014, compared to 1,020 for 2022. Other employee benefits increased $2.4 million or 9.5% over 2022, mainly in health insurance, which was up $1.8 million or 18.3% in 2023 over 2022.
The increase in net occupancy expense of premises and furniture and fixture expense in 2023 over 2022, included $879,000 related to the closure of three branch locations in the latter half of 2023.
Other operating expenses of $52.0 million increased by $4.3 million or 9.1% compared to 2022. The primary components of other operating expenses in 2023 were technology ($15.9 million), professional fees ($7.5 million), marketing ($5.3 million), and cardholder expense ($4.2 million). Contributing to the growth in other operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the same period in 2022 were the following: expenses related to the Company’s retirement plans, up $1.7 million, or 441.3%, professional fees, up $604,000, or 8.7%; and accrual for New York State minimum tax, up $830,000, mainly as a result of the losses on the sales of available-for-sale debt securities. Marketing expenses in 2023 were down $444,000, or 7.8% when compared to 2022 which was driven by one time expenses related to rebranding of $156,000 in 2022 along with a reduction in media buys of $464,000; offset by donation expense being up $317,000 or 29.9%.
Noncontrolling Interests
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests represents the portion of net income in consolidated majority-owned subsidiaries that is attributable to the minority owners of a subsidiary. The Company had net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of $124,000 in 2023, in line with 2022. The noncontrolling interests relate to three real estate investment trusts, which are substantially owned by the Company.
Income Tax Expense
The provision for income taxes provides for Federal, New York State, Pennsylvania and other miscellaneous state income taxes. The 2023 provision was $2.5 million, which decreased $22.1 million or 89.8% compared to the 2022 provision. The decrease in income tax expense between comparable periods reflects the decrease in pre-tax income, due primarily to the realized losses on the sale of certain available-for-sale debt securities. The effective tax rate for the Company was 20.8% in 2023, down from 22.4% in 2022. The effective rates for 2023 and 2022 differed from the U.S. statutory rate of 21.0% during those periods due to the effect of tax-exempt income from loans, securities, and life insurance assets, investments in tax credits, and excess tax benefits of stock based compensation. The fourth quarter 2023 included the impact of surrendering certain separate account BOLI policies, which added $1.8 million to tax expense for the quarter.
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The Company's banking subsidiary has an investment in a real estate investment trust that provides certain benefits on its New York State tax return for qualifying entities. A condition to claim the benefit is that the consolidated company has average assets of no more than $8.0 billion for the taxable year. As of December 31, 2023, the Company's consolidated average assets, as defined by New York tax law, were under the $8.0 billion threshold. The Company will continue to monitor the consolidated average assets during 2024 to determine future eligibility.
Financial Condition
Total assets were $7.8 billion at December 31, 2023, up by 1.9% or $149.1 million from the previous year end. Total securities decreased $178.3 million or 9.3% from December 31, 2022, while total loans increased $337.0 million or 6.4%. Total deposits at year-end 2023 decreased $202.4 million or 3.1% from year-end 2022, while total borrowings increased $310.8 million or 106.7%.
Loans and leases were 71.7% of total assets at December 31, 2023, compared to 68.7% of total assets at December 31, 2022. Total loan balances were $5.6 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $337.0 million or 6.4% compared to the $5.3 billion reported at year-end 2022. The increase was mainly in commercial real estate loans. A more detailed discussion of the loan portfolio is provided below in this section under the caption "Loans and Leases".
As of December 31, 2023, total securities comprised 22.1% of total assets, compared to 24.9% of total assets at year-end 2022. Securities decreased $178.3 million or 9.3% at December 31, 2023, compared to December 31, 2022. Contributing to the decrease in securities from year-end 2022 was the the sale of available-for-sale debt securities, payments, maturities and calls. These were partially offset by securities purchases in 2023. A detailed discussion of the securities portfolio is provided below in this section under the caption "Securities".
Total deposits at year-end 2023 decreased by $202.4 million or 3.1% compared to December 31, 2022. At December 31, 2023 noninterest bearing deposits decreased by $233.2 million or 10.8%, time deposit balances increased $366.6 million or 58.1% and checking, savings and money market accounts decreased $335.9 million or 8.8% when compared to December 31, 2022. Other borrowings, consisting mainly of short term advances with the FHLB, increased $310.8 million or 106.7% from December 31, 2022. A more detailed discussion of deposits and borrowings is provided below in this section under the caption "Deposits and Other Liabilities".
Shareholders’ Equity
The Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity included in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company contained in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K, detail changes in equity capital over prior year end. Total shareholders’ equity increased $52.5 million or 8.5% to $669.9 million at December 31, 2023, from $617.4 million at December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily the result of a decrease in unrealized losses on the available-for-sale portfolio mainly due to the recognition of the $70.0 million pre-tax loss on sales of available-for-sale investment securities, including the $62.9 million pre-tax loss recognized in the third quarter of 2023 related to balance sheet repositioning, as well as market interest rates.
Additional paid-in capital decreased by $5.6 million, from $302.8 million at December 31, 2022, to $297.2 million at December 31, 2023. The $5.6 million decrease included the following: a $8.7 million aggregate purchase price related to the Company's repurchase and retirement of 150,000 shares of its common stock in the first six months of 2023 pursuant to its publicly announced stock repurchase plan; and $1.3 million related to the exercise of stock options and restricted stock activity. These were partially offset by $4.1 million attributed to stock based compensation expense, and $331,000 related to shares issued for the Company's director deferred compensation plan.
Retained earnings decreased by $25.2 million, reflecting net income of $9.5 million, less dividends paid of $34.7 million for the year-ended December 31, 2023.
Accumulated other comprehensive loss decreased from $208.7 million at December 31, 2022 to $125.0 million at December 31, 2023, reflecting a $79.3 million decrease in unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities due to market interest rates and the aforementioned $70.0 million pre-tax loss on available-for-sale debt securities sales, and $4.4 million related to employee post-retirement benefit plans. Under regulatory requirements, amounts reported as accumulated other comprehensive income/loss related to net unrealized gain or loss on available-for-sale debt securities and the funded status of the Company’s defined benefit post-retirement benefit plans do not increase or reduce regulatory capital and are not included in the calculation of risk-based capital and leverage capital ratios.
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Total shareholders’ equity decreased $111.6 million or 15.3% to $617.4 million at December 31, 2022, from $728.9 million at December 31, 2021. Additional paid-in capital decreased by $9.8 million, from $312.5 million at December 31, 2021, to $302.8 million at December 31, 2022. The $9.8 million decrease included the following: a $15.4 million aggregate purchase price related to the Company's repurchase and retirement of 197,979 shares of its common stock in connection with Board-approved repurchase plans, and $2.3 million related to the exercise of stock options and restricted stock activity. These were partially offset by $4.3 million attributed to stock based compensation expense, $2.9 million related to shares issued for Company's employee stock ownership plan, and $488,000 related to shares issued for the Company's director deferred compensation plan. Retained earnings increased by $51.5 million, reflecting net income of $85.0 million, less dividends paid of $33.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Accumulated other comprehensive loss increased from $56.0 million at December 31, 2021 to $208.7 million at December 31, 2022; reflecting a $164.2 million increase in unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities due to market interest rates; partially offset by a $11.5 million related to employee post-retirement benefit plans.
The Company increased cash dividends per share by 3.9% in 2023 over 2022, which followed an increase of 5.5% in 2022 over 2021. Dividends per share were $2.40 in 2023, compared to $2.31 in 2022, and $2.19 in 2021. Cash dividends paid represented 364.6%, 39.5%, and 36.3% of after-tax net income in 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively. The increase in the ratio of cash dividends to after-tax net income in 2023 reflects the year-over-year decrease in net income, which was largely due to the previously noted recognition of an after-tax loss of $52.9 million for the year-ended December 31, 2023, on the sales of available-for-sale debt securities, mainly in the third quarter of 2023. Cash dividends paid in 2023 represents 55.6% of adjusted net income, a non-GAAP financial measure, which excludes the impact of the after-tax loss of $52.9 million on the sales of available-for-sale debt securities.
On October 22, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase plan (the "2021 Repurchase Plan") for the repurchase of up to 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock over the 24 months following adoption of the 2021 Repurchase Plan. Under the 2021 Repurchase Plan, the Company had repurchased 380,182 shares as of July 20, 2023, at an average cost of $70.14. No further shares will be repurchased under the 2021 Repurchase Plan.
On July 20, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a replacement share repurchase plan (the “2023 Repurchase Plan”) under which it may repurchase up to 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock over the 24 months following adoption of the plan. Shares may be repurchased from time to time under the 2023 Repurchase Plan in open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, or by other means in accordance with federal securities laws, and the repurchase program may be suspended, modified or terminated by the Board of Directors at any time for any reason. As of December 31, 2023, there have been no shares repurchased under the 2023 Repurchase Plan.
The Company and its subsidiary bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal bank regulatory agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operation and financial condition. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action (PCA), banks must meet specific guidelines that involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications of the Company and its subsidiary bank are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators concerning components, risk weightings, and other factors. Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the maintenance of minimum amounts and ratios of common equity Tier 1 capital, Total capital and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, and of Tier 1 capital to average assets. Management believes that the Company and its subsidiary bank meet all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.
In addition to setting higher minimum capital ratios, the Basel III Capital Rules introduced a capital conservation buffer, which must be added to each of the minimum capital ratios and is designed to absorb losses during periods of economic stress. The capital conservation buffer was phased-in over a three year period that began on January 1, 2016, and was fully phased-in on January 1, 2019 at 2.5%.
As of December 31, 2023, the capital ratios for the Company’s subsidiary bank exceeded the minimum levels required to be considered well capitalized. Additional information on the Company’s capital ratios and regulatory requirements is provided in "Note 20 - Regulations and Supervision" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
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Securities
The Company maintains a portfolio of securities such as U.S. Treasuries, U.S. government sponsored entities securities, U.S. government agencies, non-U.S. Government agencies or sponsored entities mortgage-backed securities, obligations of states and political subdivisions thereof and equity securities. Management typically invests in securities with short to intermediate average lives in order to better match the interest rate sensitivities of its assets and liabilities. Investment decisions are made within policy guidelines established by the Company’s Board of Directors. The investment policy established by the Company’s Board of Directors is based on the asset/liability management goals of the Company, and is monitored by the Company’s Asset/Liability Management Committee and Investment Committee. The intent of the policy is to establish a portfolio of high quality diversified securities, which optimizes net interest income within safety and liquidity limits deemed acceptable by the Asset/Liability Management Committee.
The Company classifies its securities at date of purchase as available-for-sale, held-to-maturity or trading. Securities are generally classified as available-for-sale. Securities available-for-sale may be used to enhance total return, provide additional liquidity, or reduce interest rate risk. Securities in the held-to-maturity portfolio would consist of obligations of the U.S. Government, U.S. Government sponsored entities and obligations of state and political subdivisions. Securities in the trading portfolio would reflect those securities that the Company elects to account for at fair value, with the adoption of ASC Topic 825, Financial Instruments.
The Company’s total securities portfolio at December 31, 2023 was $1.7 billion compared to $1.9 billion at December 31, 2022. The table below shows the composition of the available-for-sale and held-to-maturity debt securities portfolios as of year-end 2023, 2022 and 2021. The decrease in securities from year-end 2022 was largely driven by $510.5 million of sales of available-for-sale debt securities and $161.8 million of payments, maturities and calls, partially offset by $391.5 million of securities purchases. Unrealized losses on the available-for-sale debt securities portfolio were $131.8 million at year-end 2023, down from $236.8 million at year-end 2022. The sale of securities and market conditions contributed to the decrease in unrealized losses at year-end 2023 from prior year end.
Additional information on the securities portfolio is available in "Note 2 Securities" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K, which details the types of securities held, the carrying and fair values, and the contractual maturities as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.
| As of December 31, | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available-for-Sale Debt Securities | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | |||||||||||
| U.S. Treasuries | $ | 114,418 | $ | 109,904 | $ | 190,170 | $ | 167,251 | $ | 160,291 | $ | 157,834 | |||||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | 472,286 | 456,458 | 681,192 | 601,167 | 843,218 | 832,373 | |||||||||||
| Obligations of U.S. states and political subdivisions | 89,999 | 81,924 | 93,599 | 85,281 | 102,177 | 104,169 | |||||||||||
| Mortgage-backed securities-residential, issued by | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government agencies | 49,976 | 45,240 | 58,727 | 52,668 | 76,502 | 77,157 | |||||||||||
| U.S. Government sponsored entities | 819,303 | 720,830 | 805,603 | 686,222 | 879,102 | 870,556 | |||||||||||
| U.S. corporate debt securities | 2,500 | 2,294 | 2,500 | 2,378 | 2,500 | 2,424 | |||||||||||
| Total available-for-sale debt securities | $ | 1,548,482 | $ | 1,416,650 | $ | 1,831,791 | $ | 1,594,967 | $ | 2,063,790 | $ | 2,044,513 |
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| Held-to-Maturity Debt Securities | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | |||||||||||
| U. S. Treasuries | $ | 86,266 | $ | 75,215 | $ | 86,478 | $ | 73,541 | $ | 86,689 | $ | 86,368 | |||||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | 226,135 | 192,240 | 225,866 | 188,151 | 197,320 | 195,920 | |||||||||||
| Total held-to-maturity debt securities | $ | 312,401 | $ | 267,455 | $ | 312,344 | $ | 261,692 | $ | 284,009 | $ | 282,288 |
The Company evaluates available-for-sale debt securities for expected credit losses ("ECL") in unrealized loss positions at each
measurement date to determine whether the decline in the fair value below the amortized cost basis (impairment) is due to credit-related factors or noncredit-related factors.
Factors that may be indicative of ECL include, but are not limited to, the following:
•Extent to which the fair value is less than the amortized cost basis.
•Adverse conditions specifically related to the security, an industry, or geographic area (changes in technology, business practice).
•Payment structure of the debt security with respect to underlying issuer or obligor.
•Failure of the issuer to make scheduled payment of principal and/or interest.
•Changes to the rating of a security or issuer by a NRSRO.
•Changes in tax or regulatory guidelines that impact a security or underlying issuer.
For available-for-sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position, the Company evaluates the securities to determine whether the decline in the fair value below the amortized cost basis (technical impairment) is the result of changes in interest rates or reflects a fundamental change in the credit worthiness of the underlying issuer. Any impairment that is not credit related is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes. Credit-related impairment is recognized as an allowance for credit losses ("ACL") on the Statement of Condition, limited to the amount by which the amortized cost basis exceeds the fair value, with a corresponding adjustment to earnings. Both the ACL and the adjustment to net income may be reversed if conditions change.
Management measures expected credit losses on held-to-maturity debt securities on a collective basis by major security type with each type sharing similar risk characteristics and considers historical credit loss information that is adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Management has made the accounting policy election to exclude accrued interest receivable on held-to-maturity debt securities from the estimate of credit losses. As of December 31, 2023, the held-to- maturity portfolio consisted of U.S. Treasury securities and securities issued by U.S. government-sponsored enterprises, including Federal National Mortgage Agency, Federal Home Loan Bank, and Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation. U.S. Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of and/or guaranteed by the U.S. government, and it is expected that the securities will not be settled at prices less than the amortized cost bases of the securities. Securities issued by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored enterprises carry the explicit and/or implicit guarantee of the U.S. government, are widely recognized as "risk-free," and have a long history of zero credit loss. As such, the Company did not record an allowance for credit losses for these securities as of December 31, 2023.
The gross unrealized losses reported for residential mortgage-backed securities relate to investment securities issued by U.S. government sponsored entities such as Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC"), and U.S. government agencies such as Government National Mortgage Association. The total gross unrealized losses, shown in the tables above, were primarily attributable to changes in interest rates and levels of market liquidity, relative to when the investment securities were purchased, and not due to the credit-related quality of the investment securities. The Company does not have the intent to sell these securities and does not believe it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities before a recovery of amortized cost.
The Company also holds non-marketable Federal Home Loan Bank New York ("FHLBNY") stock and non-marketable Atlantic Community Bankers Bank ("ACBB") stock, all of which are required to be held for regulatory purposes and for borrowing availability. The required investment in FHLB stock is tied to the Company’s borrowing levels with the FHLB. Holdings of FHLBNY stock and ACBB stock totaled $33.6 million and $95,000 at December 31, 2023, respectively. These securities are carried at par, which is also cost. The FHLBNY continues to pay dividends and repurchase stock. As such, the Company has
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not recognized any impairment on its holdings of FHLBNY. At December 31, 2022, the Company’s holdings of FHLBNY stock and ACBB stock totaled $17.6 million and $95,000, respectively.
Management’s policy is to purchase investment grade securities that, on average, have relatively short expected durations. This policy helps mitigate interest rate risk and provides sources of liquidity without significant risk to capital. The contractual maturity distribution of debt securities and mortgage-backed securities as of December 31, 2023, along with the weighted average yield of each category, is presented in Table 3-Maturity Distribution below. Balances are shown at amortized cost and weighted average yields are calculated on a fully tax-equivalent basis. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities presented in Table 3-Maturity Distribution below, because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without penalty and mortgage-backed securities will pay throughout the periods prior to contractual maturity.
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Table 3 - Maturity Distribution
| As of December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale1 | Securities Held-to-Maturity | |||||||||
| (dollar amounts in thousands) | Amount | Yield2 | Amount | Yield2 | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 19,836 | 2.07 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 84,636 | 2.71 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 9,946 | 1.54 | % | 86,266 | 1.37 | % | ||||
| $ | 114,418 | 2.50 | % | $ | 86,266 | 1.37 | % | |||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 75,032 | 4.14 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 196,596 | 2.83 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 180,658 | 3.68 | % | 226,135 | 1.64 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 20,000 | 2.23 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| $ | 472,286 | 3.34 | % | $ | 226,135 | 1.64 | % | |||
| Obligations of U.S. state and political subdivisions | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 4,374 | 3.10 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 25,861 | 3.04 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 52,513 | 2.60 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 7,251 | 2.59 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 89,999 | 2.75 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Mortgage-backed securities - residential | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 23,486 | 2.48 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 281,076 | 1.69 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 564,717 | 2.22 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 869,279 | 2.06 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Other securities | ||||||||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | $ | 2,500 | 8.36 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| $ | 2,500 | 8.36 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Total securities | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 99,243 | 3.68 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 330,579 | 2.79 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 526,692 | 2.49 | % | 312,401 | 1.56 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 591,968 | 2.22 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 1,548,482 | 2.53 | % | $ | 312,401 | 1.56 | % |
1 Balances of available-for-sale debt securities are shown at amortized cost.
2 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using a combined New York State and Federal effective income tax rate of 24.5% to increase tax exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
The average tax-equivalent yield on the securities portfolio was 1.74% in 2023, 1.40% in 2022 and 1.23% in 2021.
At December 31, 2023, there were no holdings of any one issuer, other than the U.S. Government sponsored entities, in an amount greater than 10% of the Company’s shareholders’ equity.
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Loans and Leases
Table 4 - Composition of Loan and Lease Portfolio
| Loans and Leases | As of December 31, | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | ||||||||||||||
| Agriculture | $ | 101,211 | $ | 85,073 | $ | 99,172 | $ | 94,489 | $ | 105,786 | ||||
| Commercial and industrial other | 721,890 | 705,700 | 699,121 | 792,987 | 902,275 | |||||||||
| PPP loans | 404 | 756 | 71,260 | 291,252 | 0 | |||||||||
| Subtotal commercial and industrial | 823,505 | 791,529 | 869,553 | 1,178,728 | 1,008,061 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | 303,406 | 201,116 | 178,582 | 163,016 | 213,637 | |||||||||
| Agriculture | 221,670 | 214,963 | 195,973 | 201,866 | 184,898 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate other | 2,587,591 | 2,437,339 | 2,278,599 | 2,204,310 | 2,045,030 | |||||||||
| Subtotal commercial real estate | 3,112,667 | 2,853,418 | 2,653,154 | 2,569,192 | 2,443,565 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | ||||||||||||||
| Home equity | 188,316 | 188,623 | 182,671 | 200,827 | 219,245 | |||||||||
| Mortgages | 1,373,275 | 1,346,318 | 1,290,911 | 1,235,160 | 1,158,592 | |||||||||
| Subtotal residential real estate | 1,561,591 | 1,534,941 | 1,473,582 | 1,435,987 | 1,377,837 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | ||||||||||||||
| Indirect | 841 | 2,224 | 4,655 | 8,401 | 12,964 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 96,942 | 75,412 | 67,396 | 61,399 | 61,446 | |||||||||
| Subtotal consumer and other | 97,783 | 77,636 | 72,051 | 69,800 | 74,410 | |||||||||
| Leases | 15,383 | 16,134 | 13,948 | 14,203 | 17,322 | |||||||||
| Total loans and leases | $ | 5,610,929 | $ | 5,273,658 | $ | 5,082,288 | $ | 5,267,910 | $ | 4,921,195 | ||||
| Less: unearned income and deferred costs and fees | (4,994) | (4,747) | (6,821) | (7,583) | (3,645) | |||||||||
| Total loans and leases, net of unearned income and deferred costs and fees | $ | 5,605,935 | $ | 5,268,911 | $ | 5,075,467 | $ | 5,260,327 | $ | 4,917,550 |
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The below table shows a more detailed break-out of commercial real estate ("CRE") loans as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRE Concentrations | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||
| (dollar amounts in thousands) | Balance | % CRE | Balance | % CRE | ||||||
| Construction | $ | 303,406 | 9.75 | % | $ | 201,031 | 7.05 | % | ||
| Multi-family/Single family real estate | 603,118 | 19.38 | % | 587,467 | 20.59 | % | ||||
| Agriculture | 221,670 | 7.12 | % | 214,963 | 7.53 | % | ||||
| Retail1 | 425,871 | 13.68 | % | 434,998 | 15.25 | % | ||||
| Hotels/motels | 167,408 | 5.38 | % | 144,710 | 5.07 | % | ||||
| Office space2 | 236,721 | 7.61 | % | 236,281 | 8.28 | % | ||||
| Industrial3 | 215,459 | 6.92 | % | 179,772 | 6.30 | % | ||||
| Mixed Use | 349,985 | 11.24 | % | 322,537 | 11.30 | % | ||||
| Medical4 | 138,057 | 4.44 | % | 135,024 | 4.73 | % | ||||
| Other | 450,972 | 14.49 | % | 396,549 | 13.90 | % | ||||
| Total CRE | $ | 3,112,667 | 100.00 | % | $ | 2,853,332 | 100.00 | % | ||
| 1Retail includes 2.9% and 3.2% of owner occupied real estate at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. | ||||||||||
| 2Office space includes 1.4% and 1.5% of owner occupied real estate at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. | ||||||||||
| 3Industrial includes 2.16% and 2.08% of owner occupied real estate at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. | ||||||||||
| 4Medical includes 2.69% and 3.01% of owner occupied real estate at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. |
Total loans and leases of $5.6 billion at December 31, 2023 increased $337.0 million or 6.4% from December 31, 2022. The increase was mainly in commercial real estate loans, but all loan portfolios grew in 2023. At December 31, 2023, total loans and leases represented 71.7% of total assets compared to 68.7% of total assets at December 31, 2022.
Residential real estate loans, including home equity loans, were $1.6 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $26.7 million or 1.7% compared to $1.5 billion at year-end 2022. Residential real estate loans comprised 27.9% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2023 compared to 29.1% at December 31, 2022. Growth in residential loan balances is impacted by the Company’s decision to retain these loans or sell them in the secondary market due to interest rate considerations. The Company’s Asset/Liability Committee meets regularly and establishes standards for selling and retaining residential real estate mortgage originations.
The Company may sell residential real estate loans in the secondary market based on interest rate considerations. These residential real estate loans are generally sold to FHLMC or State of New York Mortgage Agency ("SONYMA") without recourse in accordance with standard secondary market loan sale agreements. These residential real estate loans also are subject to customary representations and warranties made by the Company, including representations and warranties related to gross incompetence and fraud. The Company has not had to repurchase any loans as a result of these representations and warranties.
During 2023, 2022, and 2021, the Company sold residential mortgage loans totaling $4.5 million, $8.9 million, and $31.5 million, respectively, and realized net gains on these sales of $96,000, $155,000, and $943,000, respectively. When residential mortgage loans are sold to FHLMC or SONYMA, the Company typically retains all servicing rights, which provides the Company with a source of fee income. In connection with the sales in 2023, 2022, and 2021, the Company recorded mortgage-servicing assets of $34,000, $66,000, and $236,000, respectively.
The Company originates fixed rate and adjustable rate residential mortgage loans, including loans that have characteristics of both, such as a 7/6 adjustable rate mortgage, which has a fixed rate for the first seven years and then adjusts semi-annually thereafter. The majority of residential mortgage loans originated over the last several years have been fixed rate loans. Adjustment rate loans have increased in popularity due to the rising interest rate environment. Adjustable rate residential real estate loans are underwritten based upon the initial rate when the fixed rate period is 5 years or longer. For loans with an initial fixed rate of less than 5 years, the fully indexed rate is utilized for ability to repay qualifying and underwriting. This underwriting practice matches secondary market guidelines.
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Commercial real estate loans totaled $3.1 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $259.2 million or 9.1% compared to December 31, 2022, and represented 55.5% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2023, compared to 54.2% at December 31, 2022.
Commercial and industrial loans totaled $823.5 million at December 31, 2023, which was an increase of $32.0 million or 4.0% from December 31, 2022. Commercial and industrial loans represented 14.7% of total loans at December 31, 2023 compared to 15.0% at December 31, 2022.
As of December 31, 2023, agriculturally-related loans totaled $322.9 million or 5.8% of total loans and leases compared to $300.0 million or 5.7% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2022. Agriculturally-related loans include loans to dairy farms and cash and vegetable crop farms. Agriculturally related loans are primarily made based on identified cash flows of the borrower with consideration given to underlying collateral, personal guarantees, and government related guarantees. Agriculturally-related loans are generally secured by the assets or property being financed or other business assets such as accounts receivable, livestock, equipment or commodities/crops.
The consumer loan portfolio includes personal installment loans, indirect automobile financing, and overdraft lines of credit. Consumer and other loans were $97.8 million at December 31, 2023, compared to $77.6 million at December 31, 2022.
The lease portfolio decreased by 4.7% to $15.4 million at December 31, 2023 from $16.1 million at December 31, 2022. As of December 31, 2023, commercial leases and municipal leases represented 100.0% of total leases.
The Company has adopted comprehensive lending policies, underwriting standards and loan review procedures. There were no significant changes to the Company’s existing policies, underwriting standards and loan review during 2023. The Company’s Board of Directors approves the lending policies at least annually. The Company recognizes that exceptions to policy guidelines may occasionally occur and has established procedures for approving exceptions to these policy guidelines. Management has also implemented reporting systems to monitor loan originations, loan quality, concentrations of credit, loan delinquencies and nonperforming loans and potential problem loans.
The Company’s loan and lease customers are located primarily in the New York and Pennsylvania communities served by its subsidiary bank. Although operating in numerous communities in New York State and Pennsylvania, the Company is still dependent on the general economic conditions of these states. As a result, the economic consequences of the pandemic on our market area generally and on the Company in particular continue to be difficult to quantify. Other than geographic and general economic risks, management is not aware of any material concentrations of credit risk to any industry or individual borrower.
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Analysis of Past Due and Nonperforming Loans
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||||||
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| (In thousands) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||
| Loans 90 days past due and accruing1 | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 0 | $ | 25 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Consumer and other | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total loans 90 days past due and accruing | $ | 101 | $ | 25 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Nonaccrual loans | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 2,273 | $ | 618 | $ | 533 | $ | 1,775 | $ | 2,335 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 44,450 | 13,858 | 13,893 | 23,627 | 10,789 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 15,172 | 13,544 | 11,178 | 13,145 | 10,882 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 270 | 269 | 429 | 429 | 275 | |||||||||
| Total nonaccrual loans and leases | $ | 62,165 | $ | 28,289 | $ | 26,033 | $ | 38,976 | $ | 24,281 | ||||
| Troubled debt restructurings not included above | 0 | 4,530 | 5,124 | 6,803 | 7,154 | |||||||||
| Total nonperforming loans and leases | $ | 62,266 | $ | 32,844 | $ | 31,157 | $ | 45,779 | $ | 31,435 | ||||
| Other real estate owned | 131 | 152 | 135 | 88 | 428 | |||||||||
| Total nonperforming assets | $ | 62,397 | $ | 32,996 | $ | 31,292 | $ | 45,867 | $ | 31,863 | ||||
| Total nonperforming loans and leases as a percentage of total loans and leases | 1.11 | % | 0.62 | % | 0.61 | % | 0.87 | % | 0.64 | % | ||||
| Total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets | 0.80 | % | 0.43 | % | 0.40 | % | 0.60 | % | 0.47 | % | ||||
| Allowance as a percentage of nonperforming loans and leases | 82.84 | % | 139.86 | % | 137.51 | % | 112.87 | % | 126.90 | % |
1 The 2020 and 2019 columns in the above table exclude $794,000 and $1.3 million, respectively, of acquired loans that were 90 days past due and accruing interest. These loans were originally recorded at fair value on the acquisition date of August 1, 2012. These loans are considered to be accruing as the Company can reasonably estimate future cash flows on these acquired loans and the Company expects to fully collect the carrying value of these loans. Therefore, the Company is accreting the difference between the carrying value of these loans and their expected cash flows into interest income.
The level of nonperforming assets as of the past five year-ends is illustrated in the table above. The Company’s total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets was 0.80% at December 31, 2023, compared to 0.43% at December 31, 2022, and compared to its peer group's most recent ratio of 0.34% at September 30, 2023. The peer data is from the Federal Reserve Board and represents banks or bank holding companies with assets between $3.0 billion and $10.0 billion.
Nonperforming loans and leases totaled $62.3 million at December 31, 2023 and increased 89.6% from December 31, 2022. Nonperforming loans and leases represented 1.11% of total loans at December 31, 2023, compared to 0.62% of total loans at December 31, 2022, and 0.61% of total loans at December 31, 2021. Nonperforming loans and leases in the commercial real estate portfolio at year-end 2023 increased by $30.6 million compared to year-end 2022. The increase in nonperforming loans at year-end 2023, was mainly due to the addition of one relationship with three commercial real estate loans on two properties, including a technology and healthcare business park and a student housing property totaling approximately $33.8 million. The Company believes that the existing collateral securing the loans is sufficient to cover the exposure as of December 31, 2023, and as such there is no allowance for credit losses designated for these loans.
The Company adopted ASU 2022-02 effective January 1, 2023. This standard eliminated the previous troubled debt restructuring ("TDR") accounting model and replaced it with guidance and disclosure requirements for identifying modifications to loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty. Modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty may include interest rate reductions, principal or interest forgiveness, forbearances, term extensions, and other actions intended to minimize economic loss and to avoid foreclosure or repossession of collateral. Prior year TDRs are included in the above table within the following categories: "loans 90 days past due and accruing", "nonaccrual loans", or "troubled debt restructurings not included above".
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In general, the Company places a loan on nonaccrual status if principal or interest payments become 90 days or more past due and/or management deems the collectability of the principal and/or interest to be in question, as well as when called for by regulatory requirements. Although in nonaccrual status, the Company may continue to receive payments on these loans. These payments are generally recorded as a reduction to principal and interest income is recorded only after principal recovery is reasonably assured. For additional financial information on the difference between the interest income that would have been recorded if these loans and leases had been paid in accordance with their original terms and the interest income that was recorded, refer to "Note 3 – Loans and Leases" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
The Company’s recorded investment in loans and leases that are individually evaluated totaled $44.4 million at December 31, 2023, and $20.8 million at December 31, 2022. The increase in nonperforming loans at December 31, 2023, was mainly due to the addition of the above mentioned relationship totaling approximately $33.8 million. A loan is individually evaluated when, based on current information and events, it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Individually evaluated loans consist of our non-homogenous nonaccrual loans and loans that are 90 days or more past due. Specific reserves on individually evaluated loans that are not collateral dependent are measured based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the original effective interest rate of each loan. For loans that are collateral dependent, impairment is measured based on the fair value of the collateral less estimated selling costs, and such impaired amounts are generally charged off.
At December 31, 2023, there were specific reserves of $1.1 million, related to one commercial real estate relationship totaling $7.4 million compared to $3,000 of specific reserves on residential real estate loans at December 31, 2022. The majority of the individually evaluated loans are collateral dependent loans that have limited exposure or require limited specific reserves because of the amount of collateral support with respect to these loans or the loans have been written down to fair value. Interest payments on individually evaluated loans are typically applied to principal unless collectability of the principal amount is reasonably assured. In these cases, interest is recognized on a cash basis. There was no interest income recognized on individually evaluated loans and leases for 2023, 2022 and 2021.
The ratio of the allowance to nonperforming loans (loans past due 90 days and accruing, nonaccrual loans and restructured troubled debt) was 82.84% at December 31, 2023, compared to 139.86% at December 31, 2022. The decrease in the ratio from year-end 2022 to year-end 2023 was mainly due to the increase in nonperforming loans discussed in more detail above. The Company’s nonperforming loans are mostly made up of collateral dependent loans requiring little to no specific allowance due to the level of collateral available with respect to these loans and/or previous charge-offs.
Management reviews the loan portfolio for evidence of potential problem loans and leases. Potential problem loans and leases are loans and leases that are currently performing in accordance with contractual terms, but where known information about possible credit problems of the related borrowers causes management to have doubt as to the ability of such borrowers to comply with the present loan payment terms and may result in such loans and leases becoming nonperforming at some time in the future. Management considers loans and leases classified as Substandard, which continue to accrue interest, to be potential problem loans and leases. The Company, through its credit administration function, identified 17 commercial relationships totaling $26.0 million at December 31, 2023 that were potential problem loans. At December 31, 2022, there were 17 commercial relationships totaling $33.3 million in the loan portfolio that were considered potential problem loans. Of the 17 commercial relationships from the portfolio that were classified as potential problem loans at December 31, 2023, there were 4 relationships that equaled or exceeded $1.0 million, which in aggregate totaled $22.9 million. The potential problem loans remain in a performing status due to a variety of factors, including payment history, the value of collateral supporting the credits, and personal or government guarantees. These factors, when considered in the aggregate, give management reason to believe that the current risk exposure on these loans does not warrant accounting for these loans as nonperforming. However, these loans do exhibit certain risk factors, which have the potential to cause them to become nonperforming. Accordingly, management’s attention is focused on these credits, which are reviewed on at least a quarterly basis.
The Allowance for Credit Losses
Management reviews the appropriateness of the ACL on a regular basis. Management considers the accounting policy relating to the allowance to be a critical accounting policy, given the inherent uncertainty in evaluating the levels of the allowance required to cover credit losses in the portfolio and the material effect that assumptions could have on the Company’s results of operations. The Company has developed a methodology to measure the amount of estimated credit loss exposure inherent in the loan portfolio to assure that an appropriate allowance is maintained. The Company’s methodology is based upon guidance provided in SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 119, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments ("CECL"), and Financial Instruments - Credit Losses and ASC Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses.
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The Company uses a discounted cash flow ("DCF") method to estimate expected credit losses for all loan segments excluding the leasing segment. For each of these loan segments, the Company generates cash flow projections at the instrument level wherein payment expectations are adjusted for estimated prepayment speeds, curtailments, recovery lag, probability of default, and loss given default. The modeling of expected prepayment speeds, curtailment rates, and time to recovery are based on internal historical data.
The Company uses regression analysis of historical internal and peer data to determine suitable loss drivers to utilize when modeling lifetime probability of default and loss given default. This analysis also determines how expected probability of default and loss given default will react to forecasted levels of the loss drivers. For all loans utilizing the DCF method, management utilizes and forecasts national unemployment and a one year percentage change in national gross domestic product as loss drivers in the model.
For all DCF models, management has determined that four quarters represents a reasonable and supportable forecast period and reverts back to a historical loss rate over eight quarters on a straight-line basis. Management leverages economic projections from a reputable and independent third party to inform its loss driver forecasts over the four-quarter forecast period. Other internal and external indicators of economic forecasts, and scenario weightings, are also considered by management when developing the forecast metrics.
Due to the size and characteristics of the leasing portfolio, the Company uses the remaining life method, using the historical loss rate of the commercial and industrial segment, to determine the allowance for credit losses.
The combination of adjustments for credit expectations and timing expectations produces an expected cash flow stream at the instrument level. Instrument effective yield is calculated, net of the impacts of prepayment assumptions, and the instrument expected cash flows are then discounted at that effective yield to produce a net present value of expected cash flows ("NPV"). An ACL is established for the difference between the NPV and amortized cost basis.
The Company adopted Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2016-13 on January 1, 2020, using the prospective transition approach for financial assets purchased with credit deterioration ("PCD") that were previously classified as purchased credit impaired ("PCI") and accounted for under ASC 310-30. In accordance with the standard, the Company did not reassess whether PCI assets met the criteria of PCD assets as of the date of adoption. The remaining discount on the PCD assets will be accreted into interest income on a level-yield method over the life of the loans.
Since the methodology is based upon historical experience and trends, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts, as well as management’s judgment, factors may arise that result in different estimates. While management’s evaluation of the allowance as of December 31, 2023 considers the allowance to be appropriate, under adversely different conditions or assumptions, the Company would need to increase or decrease the allowance. In addition, various federal and State regulatory agencies, as part of their examination process, review the Company's allowance and may require the Company to recognize additions to the allowance based on their judgements and information available to them at the time of their examinations.
Loan Commitments and Allowance for Credit Losses on Off-Balance Sheet Credit Exposures
Financial instruments include off-balance sheet credit instruments, such as commitments to make loans, and commercial letters of credit. The Company's exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for off-balance sheet loan commitments is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded. The Company records an allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures, unless the commitments to extend credit are unconditionally cancellable, through a charge to credit loss expense for off-balance sheet credit exposures included in other noninterest expense in the Company's consolidated statements of income. As of December 31, 2023, the Company's reserve for off-balance sheet credit exposures was $2.3 million, compared to $2.8 million at December 31, 2022.
As of December 31, 2023, the total allowance for credit losses was $51.6 million, an increase of $5.7 million or 12.3% from year-end 2022. The increase reflects net loan recoveries of $721,000 and provision for credit loss expense of $4.9 million. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total loans was 0.92% at year-end 2023 compared to 0.87% at year-end 2022. The allowance coverage to nonperforming loans and leases was 82.84% at December 31, 2023 compared to 139.86% at December 31, 2022.
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The increase in the ACL from year-end 2022 reflects loan growth, mainly in the real estate portfolios, and changes in asset quality; partially offset by improvements in economic forecasts for unemployment and gross domestic product ("GDP"). Forecasts related to unemployment continue to improve and GDP forecasts show more growth compared to prior forecasts. Qualitative reserves were added to the commercial real estate portfolio at year-end 2023 driven by the uncertain impact of economic conditions, as well as increases in non-performing loans during the fourth quarter of 2023, primarily driven by one large commercial relationship, consisting of loans on two commercial properties.
Total loans were $5.6 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $337.0 million or 6.4% from December 31, 2022. The increase from year-end 2022 was mainly due to loan growth in the commercial real estate portfolio. Credit quality metrics at December 31, 2023, were mixed when compared to year-end 2022. Nonperforming assets represented 0.80% of total assets at December 31, 2023, compared to 0.43% at December 31, 2022. Nonperforming loans and leases increased $29.4 million or 89.6% from year end 2022 and represented 1.11% of total loans at December 31, 2023 compared to 0.62% at December 31, 2022. Loans internally-classified Special Mention or Substandard increased $24.8 million or 25.2% compared to December 31, 2022. The increase was mainly due to one relationship with three commercial real estate loans totaling $33.8 million being downgraded during 2023. Net loan recoveries totaled $721,000 in 2023, compared to net recoveries of $592,000 in 2022.
The allocation of the Company’s allowance as of December 31, 2023, and each of the previous four years is illustrated in Table 5- Allocation of the Allowance for Credit Losses, below. The table represents the allowance for credit losses calculated under the new accounting guidance as of December 31, 2020, and the prior periods show amounts calculated under the incurred loss methodology calculation used prior to adoption. The table provides an allocation of the allowance for credit losses for inherent loan losses by type. The allocation is neither indicative of the specific amounts or the loan categories in which future charge-offs may occur, nor is it an indicator of future loss trends. The allocation of the allowance for credit losses to each category does not restrict the use of the allowance to absorb losses in any category.
Table 5 - Allocation of the Allowance for Credit Losses
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||
| Total loans outstanding at end of year | $ | 5,605,935 | $ | 5,268,911 | $ | 5,075,467 | $ | 5,260,327 | $ | 4,917,550 | ||||
| Allocation of the ACL by loan type: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 6,667 | $ | 6,039 | $ | 6,335 | $ | 9,239 | $ | 10,541 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 31,581 | 27,287 | 24,813 | 30,546 | 21,608 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 11,700 | 11,154 | 10,139 | 10,257 | 6,381 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 1,557 | 1,358 | 1,492 | 1,562 | 1,362 | |||||||||
| Leases | 79 | 96 | 64 | 65 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 51,584 | $ | 45,934 | $ | 42,843 | $ | 51,669 | $ | 39,892 | ||||
| Allocation of the ACL as a percentage of total allowance: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | 13 | % | 13 | % | 15 | % | 18 | % | 26 | % | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 61 | % | 60 | % | 58 | % | 59 | % | 54 | % | ||||
| Residential real estate | 23 | % | 24 | % | 24 | % | 20 | % | 16 | % | ||||
| Consumer and other | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | ||||
| Leases | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
| Total | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | ||||
| Loan and lease types as a percentage of total loans and leases: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | 15 | % | 16 | % | 18 | % | 23 | % | 21 | % | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 55 | % | 54 | % | 52 | % | 49 | % | 50 | % | ||||
| Residential real estate | 28 | % | 29 | % | 29 | % | 27 | % | 28 | % | ||||
| Consumer and other | 2 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | ||||
| Leases | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
| Total | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % |
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The above table shows a fairly consistent allocation of the loan portfolio and allowance over the period with commercial real estate and residential real estate representing the largest proportion of total loans and the allowance. The increase in commercial and industrial loans at year-end 2020, was mainly due to PPP loans, which decreased at year end 2021 and 2022 as these loans were forgiven by the SBA. Given the SBA guaranty of the PPP loans, there were no reserves allocated to PPP loans.
Table 6 - Analysis of the Allowance for Credit Losses shows the activity in the allowance for credit losses over the past five years. The allowance at December 31, 2023 was $51.6 million, an increase of $5.7 million from year-end 2022, reflecting a provision expense of $4.9 million and net recoveries of $721,000 for the year-ended December 31, 2023. Net charge-offs of $6.0 million in 2021, were mainly due to one commercial real estate relationship that included two loans and was charged off in the fourth quarter of 2022. The $16.2 million provision expense in 2020 was driven by changes in economic conditions and forecasts related to the impact of COVID-19, including forecasts of significantly slower economic growth and higher unemployment. The majority of the increase in the allowance and provision expense in 2020 was in the first quarter of 2020. Provision expense decreased in 2021, as businesses opened and economic conditions continued to improve, resulting in the ability to reverse some of the provision expense booked in the first quarter of 2020 related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Table 6 - Analysis of the Allowance for Credit Losses
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||||||
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| (In thousands) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||
| Average loans outstanding during year | $ | 5,357,699 | $ | 5,142,099 | $ | 5,184,492 | $ | 5,228,135 | $ | 4,830,089 | ||||
| Balance of allowance at beginning of year | 45,934 | 42,843 | 51,669 | 39,892 | 43,410 | |||||||||
| Impact of adopting ASU 2022-02 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Impact of adopting ASU 2016-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2,534) | 0 | |||||||||
| Loans charged-off: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 34 | $ | 559 | $ | 274 | $ | 2 | $ | 696 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 0 | 50 | 6,957 | 1,903 | 4,015 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 20 | 53 | 77 | 84 | 256 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 1,045 | 544 | 438 | 482 | 823 | |||||||||
| Leases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total loans charged-off | $ | 1,099 | $ | 1,206 | $ | 7,746 | $ | 2,471 | $ | 5,790 | ||||
| Recoveries of loans previously charged-off: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 87 | $ | 195 | $ | 118 | $ | 131 | $ | 103 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 1,292 | 951 | 1,175 | 58 | 174 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 186 | 346 | 236 | 194 | 334 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 255 | 306 | 196 | 248 | 295 | |||||||||
| Total loan recoveries | $ | 1,820 | $ | 1,798 | $ | 1,725 | $ | 631 | $ | 906 | ||||
| Net loan (recoveries) charged-off | (721) | (592) | 6,021 | 1,840 | 4,884 | |||||||||
| Additions/(Reductions) to allowance charged to operations | 4,865 | 2,499 | (2,805) | 16,151 | 1,366 | |||||||||
| Balance of allowance at end of year | $ | 51,584 | $ | 45,934 | $ | 42,843 | $ | 51,669 | $ | 39,892 | ||||
| Allowance as a percentage of total loans and leases outstanding | 0.92 | % | 0.87 | % | 0.84 | % | 0.98 | % | 0.81 | % | ||||
| Net (recoveries) charge-offs as a percentage of average loans and leases outstanding during the year | (0.01) | % | (0.01) | % | 0.12 | % | 0.04 | % | 0.10 | % |
As a result of the adoption of ASU 2016-13, the Company recorded a net cumulative-effect adjustment reducing the allowance for credit losses by $2.5 million from $39.9 million at December 31, 2019 to $37.4 million at January 1, 2020.
Management believes that, based upon its evaluation as of December 31, 2023, the allowance is appropriate.
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Deposits and Other Liabilities
Total deposits were $6.4 billion at December 31, 2023, a decrease of $202.4 million or 3.1% compared to year-end 2022. The decrease from year-end 2022 consisted of savings and money market balances, and noninterest bearing deposits, which were down $335.9 million, and $233.2 million, respectively. This was partially offset by an increase in time deposit balances, which increased $366.6 million. The decrease in deposits was largely driven by inflation and persistent rate competition for deposits due to the current interest rate environment and tightening monetary policy.
The most significant source of funding for the Company is core deposits. The Company defines core deposits as total deposits less time deposits of $250,000 or more, brokered deposits, municipal money market deposits and reciprocal deposit relationships with municipalities. Core deposits decreased by $390.4 million or 7.0% to $5.2 billion at year-end 2023 from $5.6 billion at year-end 2022. Core deposits represented 81.1% of total deposits at December 31, 2023, compared to 84.5% of total deposits at December 31, 2022.
Municipal money market accounts and reciprocal deposit relationships with municipalities totaled $542.1 million at year-end 2023, which decreased 25.3% from year-end 2022. In general, there is a seasonal pattern to municipal deposits starting with a low point during July and August. Account balances tend to increase throughout the fall and into the winter months from tax deposits and receive an additional inflow at the end of March from the electronic deposit of state funds.
The Company uses both retail and wholesale repurchase agreements. Retail repurchase agreements are arrangements with local customers of the Company, in which the Company agrees to sell securities to the customer with an agreement to repurchase those securities at a specified later date. Retail repurchase agreements totaled $51.0 million at December 31, 2023, and $56.3 million at December 31, 2022. Management generally views local repurchase agreements as an alternative to large time deposits. Refer to "Note 8 Federal Funds Purchased and Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for further details on the Company’s repurchase agreements.
The Company’s other borrowings totaled $602.1 million at year-end 2023, which were up $310.8 million over prior year end. Loan growth and lower deposit balances compared to year-end 2022 contributed to the increase in borrowings year-over-year. The $602.1 million in borrowings at December 31, 2023, represented $477.1 million in overnight advances from the FHLB and $125.0 million in term advances from the FHLB. Borrowings of $291.3 million at year-end 2022 represented $241.3 million in overnight borrowings and $50.0 million in FHLB term advances. Of the $125.0 million in FHLB term advances at year-end 2023, $85.0 million are due in over one year. Refer to "Note 9 - Other Borrowings" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for further details on the Company’s term borrowings with the FHLB.
Liquidity Management
The objective of liquidity management is to ensure the availability of adequate funding sources to satisfy the demand for credit, deposit withdrawals, operating expenses, and business investment opportunities. The Company’s large, stable core deposit base and strong capital position are the foundation for the Company’s liquidity position. The Company uses a variety of resources to meet its liquidity needs, which include deposits, cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, cash flow from lending and investing activities, repurchase agreements, and borrowings. The Company may also use borrowings as part of a growth strategy. Asset and liability positions are monitored primarily through the Asset/Liability Management Committee of the Company’s subsidiary bank. This Committee reviews periodic reports on the liquidity and interest rate sensitivity positions. Comparisons with industry and peer groups are also monitored. The Company’s strong reputation in the communities it serves, along with its strong financial condition, provides access to numerous sources of liquidity as described below. Management believes these diverse liquidity sources provide sufficient means to meet all demands on the Company’s liquidity that are reasonably likely to occur. Management measures liquidity, including the level of cash, unencumbered securities, and the availability of dependable borrowing sources. The board has set a policy limit stating that reliable sources of liquidity should remain in excess of 6% of total assets. The ratio was 18.3% of assets at December 31, 2023.
Core deposits, discussed above under "Deposits and Other Liabilities", are a primary and low cost funding source obtained primarily through the Company’s branch network. In addition to core deposits, the Company uses non-core funding sources to support asset growth. These non-core funding sources include time deposits of $250,000 or more, municipal money market deposits, brokered deposits, reciprocal deposits, bank borrowings, securities sold under agreements to repurchase and overnight and term advances from the FHLB. Rates and terms are the primary determinants of the mix of these funding sources. Non-core funding sources of $1.9 billion at December 31, 2023 increased $493.5 million, or 36.0% as compared to December 31, 2022.
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Non-core funding sources, as a percentage of total liabilities, were 26.1% at December 31, 2023, compared to 19.4% at December 31, 2022.
Non-core funding sources may require securities to be pledged against the underlying liability. Securities carried at $1.0 billion at December 31, 2023 were either pledged or sold under agreements to repurchase, compared to $1.8 billion at December 31, 2022. Pledged securities or securities sold under agreements to repurchase represented 54.8% of total securities at December 31, 2023, compared to 82.4% of total securities at December 31, 2022.
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $79.5 million as of December 31, 2023 which increased from $77.8 million at December 31, 2022. Short-term investments, consisting of securities due in one year or less, increased from $50.3 million at December 31, 2022, to $98.7 million on December 31, 2023.
Cash flow from the loan and investment portfolios provides a significant source of liquidity. These assets may have stated maturities in excess of one year, but have monthly principal reductions. Total mortgage-backed securities, at fair value, were $766.1 million at December 31, 2023 compared with $738.9 million at December 31, 2022. Outstanding principal balances of residential mortgage loans, consumer loans, and leases totaled approximately $1.7 billion at December 31, 2023, up $46.0 million, or 2.8% compared with December 31, 2022. Aggregate amortization from monthly payments on these assets provides significant additional cash flow to the Company.
Liquidity is enhanced by ready access to national and regional wholesale funding sources including Federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements, brokered certificates of deposit, and FHLB advances. Through its subsidiary bank, the Company has borrowing relationships with the FHLB and correspondent banks, which provide secured and unsecured borrowing capacity. As members of the FHLB, the Company’s subsidiary banks can use certain unencumbered mortgage-related assets and securities to secure additional borrowings from the FHLB. At December 31, 2023, the established borrowing capacity with the FHLB was $1.6 billion, or 20.0% of total assets, with available unencumbered mortgage-related assets of $642.2 million. Additional assets may also qualify as collateral for FHLB advances upon approval of the FHLB. Through various programs at the Federal Reserve Bank, the Company has the ability to use certain unencumbered mortgage-related assets and securities to secure borrowings from the Federal Reserve Bank's Discount Window. At December 31, 2023 the available borrowing capacity with the Federal Reserve Bank was $92.6 million, secured by investment securities. In addition to the available borrowing lines at the FHLB and Federal Reserve Bank, the Company maintains $687.0 million of unencumbered securities which could be pledged to further enhance secured borrowing capacity.
The Company has not identified any trends or circumstances that are reasonably likely to result in material increases or decreases in liquidity in the near term.
Table 7 - Loan Maturity
| Remaining maturity of loans | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | Total | Less than 1 year | After 1 year to 5 years | After 5 years to 15 years | After 15 years | |||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 823,505 | $ | 207,962 | $ | 258,878 | $ | 217,810 | $ | 138,855 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 3,112,667 | 132,461 | 558,340 | 1,422,233 | 999,633 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 1,561,591 | 757 | 25,538 | 292,831 | 1,242,465 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 5,497,763 | $ | 341,180 | $ | 842,756 | $ | 1,932,874 | $ | 2,380,953 |
Of the loan amounts shown above in Table 7 - Loan Maturity, maturing over 1 year, $2.3 billion have fixed rates and $2.8 billion have adjustable rates.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
In the normal course of business, the Company is party to certain financial instruments, which in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, are not included in its Consolidated Statements of Condition. These transactions include commitments under standby letters of credit, unused portions of lines of credit, and commitments to fund new loans and are undertaken to accommodate the financing needs of the Company’s customers. Loan commitments are agreements by the Company to lend monies at a future date. These loan and letter of credit commitments are subject to the same credit policies and reviews as the Company’s loans. Because most of these loan commitments expire within one year from the
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date of issue, the total amount of these loan commitments as of December 31, 2023, are not necessarily indicative of future cash requirements. Further information on these commitments and contingent liabilities is provided in "Note 17 Commitments and Contingent Liabilities" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
Contractual Obligations
The Company leases land, buildings, and equipment under operating lease arrangements extending to the year 2090. Most leases include options to renew for periods ranging from 5 to 20 years. In addition, the Company has a software contract for its core banking application through June 30, 2024 along with contracts for more specialized software programs through 2026. Further information on the Company’s lease arrangements is provided in "Note 6 Premises and Equipment" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K. The Company’s contractual obligations as of December 31, 2023, are shown in Table 8-Contractual Obligations and Commitments below.
Table 8 - Contractual Obligations and Commitments
| Contractual cash obligations | At December 31, 2023 Payments due within | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | Total | 1 year | 1-3 years | 3-5 years | After 5 years | |||||||||
| Long-term debt | $ | 133,602 | $ | 43,849 | $ | 63,738 | $ | 26,015 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Operating leases 1 | 35,868 | 3,824 | 7,011 | 6,103 | 18,930 | |||||||||
| Software contracts | 3,500 | 2,856 | 644 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total contractual cash obligations | $ | 172,970 | $ | 50,529 | $ | 71,393 | $ | 32,118 | $ | 18,930 |
1 Operating leases include renewals the Company considers reasonably certain to exercise.
Non-GAAP Disclosure
The following table summarizes the Company’s results of operations on a GAAP basis and on an operating (non-GAAP) basis for the periods indicated. The non-GAAP financial measures adjust GAAP measures to exclude the effects of non-operating items, such as the effects of the sales of available-for-sale debt securities, and significant nonrecurring income or expense on earnings, equity, and capital. The Company believes the non-GAAP measures provide meaningful comparisons of our underlying operational performance and facilitate management's and investors' assessments of business and performance trends in comparison to others in the financial services industry. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as a measure of the Company's profitability or liquidity; they are in addition to, and are not a substitute for, financial measures under GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures presented herein may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies, and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. In the future, the Company may utilize other measures to illustrate performance. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations since they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the Company's results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP.
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| Reconciliation of Net Income Available to Common Shareholders/Diluted Earnings Per Share (GAAP) to Net Operating Income Available to Common Shareholders/Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share (Non-GAAP); Return on Average Assets and Return on Average Equity to Adjusted Return on Average Assets and Adjusted Return on Average Equity; and Adjusted Operating Return on Average Tangible Common Equity (Non-GAAP) | ||||||||||||||
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| For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except per share data) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||
| Net income available to common shareholders | $ | 9,505 | $ | 85,030 | $ | 89,264 | $ | 77,588 | $ | 81,718 | ||||
| Less: income attributable to unvested stock-based compensations awards | (42) | (250) | (615) | (857) | (1,306) | |||||||||
| Net earnings allocated to common shareholders (GAAP) | 9,463 | 84,780 | 88,649 | 76,731 | 80,412 | |||||||||
| Diluted earnings per share (GAAP) | 0.66 | 5.89 | 6.05 | 5.20 | 5.37 | |||||||||
| Adjustments for non-operating income and expense: | ||||||||||||||
| Loss (gain) on sale of investment securities | 70,019 | 634 | (249) | (443) | (645) | |||||||||
| Purchase accounting related to redemption of trust preferred securities | 0 | 0 | 1,849 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Penalties on prepayment of FHLB borrowings | 0 | 0 | 2,929 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Write-down of real estate pending sale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 673 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total adjustments | 70,019 | 634 | 4,529 | 230 | (645) | |||||||||
| Tax expense | 17,155 | 155 | 1,110 | 56 | (158) | |||||||||
| Total adjustments, net of tax | 52,864 | 479 | 3,419 | 174 | (487) | |||||||||
| Adjusted net income (Non-GAAP) | 62,369 | 85,509 | 92,683 | 77,762 | 81,231 | |||||||||
| Net earnings allocated to common shareholders (Non-GAAP) | 62,327 | 85,259 | 92,068 | 76,905 | 79,925 | |||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding (basic) | 14,254,661 | 14,328,280 | 14,568,763 | 14,703,390 | 14,907,057 | |||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted) | 14,301,221 | 14,404,294 | 14,648,167 | 14,751,303 | 14,973,951 | |||||||||
| Adjusted basic earnings per share (Non-GAAP) | 4.37 | 5.95 | 6.32 | 5.23 | 5.36 | |||||||||
| Adjusted diluted earnings per share (Non-GAAP) | 4.36 | 5.92 | 6.29 | 5.21 | 5.34 | |||||||||
| Net income available to common shareholders | 9,505 | 85,030 | 89,264 | 77,588 | 81,718 | |||||||||
| Adjusted net income (Non-GAAP) | 62,369 | 85,509 | 92,683 | 77,762 | 81,231 | |||||||||
| Average total assets | 7,641,672 | 7,828,520 | 7,968,951 | 7,358,478 | 6,679,578 | |||||||||
| Return on average assets | 0.12 | % | 1.09 | % | 1.12 | % | 1.05 | % | 1.22 | % | ||||
| Adjusted return on average assets (Non-GAAP) | 0.82 | % | 1.09 | % | 1.16 | % | 1.06 | % | 1.22 | % | ||||
| Net income available to common shareholders | 9,505 | 85,030 | 89,264 | 77,588 | 81,718 | |||||||||
| Adjusted net income (Non-GAAP) | 62,369 | 85,509 | 92,683 | 77,762 | 81,231 | |||||||||
| Average total equity | 634,732 | 641,725 | 724,477 | 699,554 | 651,341 | |||||||||
| Return on average equity | 1.50 | % | 13.25 | % | 12.32 | % | 11.09 | % | 12.55 | % | ||||
| Adjusted return on average equity (Non-GAAP) | 9.83 | % | 13.32 | % | 12.79 | % | 11.12 | % | 12.47 | % | ||||
| Net earnings allocated to common shareholders (Non-GAAP) | 62,327 | 85,259 | 92,068 | 76,905 | 79,925 | |||||||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' equity (GAAP) | 633,267 | 640,258 | 723,009 | 698,088 | 649,871 | |||||||||
| Amortization of intangibles | 334 | 873 | 1,317 | 1,484 | 1,673 | |||||||||
| Tax expense | 82 | 214 | 323 | 364 | 410 | |||||||||
| Amortization of intangibles, net of tax | 252 | 659 | 994 | 1,120 | 1,263 | |||||||||
| Adjusted net operating income available to common shareholders' (Non-GAAP) | 62,579 | 85,918 | 93,062 | 78,025 | 81,188 | |||||||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' equity | 633,267 | 640,258 | 723,009 | 698,088 | 649,871 | |||||||||
| Average goodwill and intangibles | 94,169 | 94,677 | 95,719 | 97,134 | 98,104 | |||||||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' tangible common equity (Non-GAAP) | $ | 539,098 | $ | 545,581 | $ | 627,290 | $ | 600,954 | $ | 551,767 | ||||
| Adjusted operating return on average shareholders' tangible common equity (Non-GAAP) | 11.61 | % | 15.75 | % | 14.84 | % | 12.98 | % | 14.71 | % |
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Newly Adopted Accounting Standards
ASU No. 2020-04, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting." The amendments in this update provide optional guidance for a limited period of time to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. It provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying U.S. generally accepted accounting principles to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The amendments in this update are effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.
ASU 2022-01, "Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815)" ("ASU 2022-01"): provides the disclosure requirements for derivatives and hedging activities with the intent to provide users of financial statements with an enhanced understanding of: (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how the entity accounts for derivative instruments and related hedged items, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. Further, qualitative disclosures are required that explain the Company’s objectives and strategies for using derivatives, as well as quantitative disclosures about the fair value of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative instruments.
As required by ASU 2022-01, the Company records all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether the Company has elected to designate a derivative in a hedging relationship and apply hedge accounting and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitment attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges. Derivatives may also be designated as hedges of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation. Hedge accounting generally provides for the matching of the timing of gain or loss recognition on the hedging instrument with the recognition of the changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk in a fair value hedge or the earnings effect of the hedged forecasted transactions in a cash flow hedge. The Company may enter into derivative contracts that are intended to economically hedge certain of its risk, even though hedge accounting does not apply or the Company elects not to apply hedge accounting.
In accordance with the FASB’s fair value measurement guidance in ASU 2011-04, the Company made an accounting policy election to measure the credit risk of its derivative financial instruments that are subject to master netting agreements on a net basis by counterparty portfolio.
ASU 2022-02, "Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326)" ("ASU 2022-02"): eliminates the guidance on troubled debt restructurings and requires entities to evaluate all loan modifications to determine if they result in a new loan or a continuation of the existing loan. ASU 2022-02 also requires that entities disclose current-period gross charge-offs by year of origination for loans and leases. ASU 2022-02 became effective for the Company on January 1, 2023. The Company elected to apply the ASU on a modified retrospective basis to recognize any change in the allowance for credit losses that had been recognized for receivables previously modified (or reasonably expected to be modified) in a TDR. This election resulted in cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The amount of the adjustment to retained earnings was a decrease of $64,000. See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for changes in disclosures related to this adoption. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.
ASU No. 2022-03, "Fair Value Measurements (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions." The amendments in this update provides clarification on guidance in Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, when measuring the fair value of an equity security subject to contractual restrictions that prohibit the sale of an equity security and provides new disclosure requirements for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions, that are measured at fair value. ASU 2022-03 became effective for the Company on January 1, 2023. As there are no equity securities subject to contract sales during the current or prior year, the adoption of ASU 2022-03 had no effect on the financial statements for the current fiscal year, and the Company will apply the guidance prospectively to future acquisitions.
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Accounting Standards Pending Adoption
ASU No. 2023-02, "Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Accounting for Investments in Tax Credit Structures Using the Proportional Amortization Method." This update will allow reporting entities to consistently account for equity investments made primarily for the purpose of receiving income tax credits or other income tax benefits. This update applies this to all reporting entities that hold (1) tax equity investments that meet the conditions for and elect to account for them using the proportional amortization method or (2) an investment in a LIHTC structure through a limited liability entity that is not accounted for using the proportional amortization method and to which certain LIHTC specific guidance removed from Subtopic 323-740 has been applied. Additionally, the disclosure requirements apply to investments that generate income tax credits and other income tax benefits from a tax credit program for which the entity has elected to apply the proportional amortization method (including investments within that elected program that do not meet the conditions to apply the proportional amortization method). The amendments in this Update permit reporting entities to elect to account for their tax equity investments, regardless of the tax credit program from which the income tax credits are received, using the proportional amortization method if certain conditions are met. ASU 2023-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods in those years. The adoption of ASU 2023-02 is not expected to have a significant effect on the Company's financial statements.
ASU No. 2023-07, "Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures." The amendments in this Update improve financial reporting by requiring disclosure of incremental segment information on an annual and interim basis. ASU 2023-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods in those years, and its adoption is not expected to have a significant effect on our financial statements.
ASU No. 2023-09, "Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures." The amendments in this Update related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disclosures improve the transparency of income tax disclosures by requiring (1) consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and (2) income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 and interim periods in those years. Tompkins is currently evaluating the potential impact of ASU 2023-09 on our consolidated financial statements.
The Company reviewed new accounting standards as issued. Management has not identified any other new standards that it believes will have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
FY 2022 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001005817-23-000002.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following analysis is intended to provide the reader with a further understanding of the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its operating subsidiaries for the periods shown. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with other sections of this Report on Form 10-K, including Part I, "Item 1. Business," and Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data."
Overview
The Company is headquartered in Ithaca, New York and is registered as a Financial Holding Company with the Federal Reserve Board under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. The Company is a locally oriented, community-based financial services organization that offers a full array of products and services, including commercial and consumer banking, leasing, trust and investment management, financial planning and wealth management, and insurance services. Effective January 1, 2022, the Company's four wholly-owned banking subsidiaries were combined into one bank, with the Bank of of Castile, Mahopac Bank, and VIST Bank merging with and into Tompkins Trust Company (the "Trust Company") with the Trust Company as the surviving institution. Immediately following the merger, the Trust Company changed its name to Tompkins Community Bank. At December 31, 2022, the Company had one wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Tompkins Community Bank. The Company also has a wholly-owned insurance agency subsidiary, Tompkins Insurance. Tompkins Financial Advisors, a division of Tompkins Community Bank provides a full array of investment services, including investment management, trust and estate, financial and tax planning services. The Company’s principal offices are located at 118 E. Seneca Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850, and its telephone number is (888) 503-5753. The Company’s common stock is traded on the NYSE American under the Symbol "TMP."
Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements contained in this Report that are not statements of historical fact may include forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements may be identified by use of such words as "may", "will", "estimate", "intend", "continue", "believe", "expect", "plan", or "anticipate", the negative and other variations of these terms and other similar words. Examples of forward-looking statements may include statements regarding the asset quality of the Company's loan portfolios; the level of the Company's allowance for credit losses; whether, when and how borrowers will repay deferred amounts and resume scheduled payments; the sufficiency of liquidity sources; the Company's exposure to changes in interest rates, and to new, changed, or extended government/regulatory expectations; the impact of changes in accounting standards; and trends, plans, prospects, growth and strategies. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and are subject to certain uncertainties and factors relating to the Company’s operations and economic environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the Company, that could cause actual results of the Company to differ materially from those expressed and/or implied by forward-looking statements and historical performance. The following factors, in addition to those listed as Risk Factors in Item 1A are among those that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements: changes in general economic, market and regulatory conditions; GDP growth and inflation trends; the impact of the interest rate and inflationary environment on the Company' business, financial condition and results of operations; other income or cash flow anticipated from the Company's operations, investment and/or lending activities; changes in laws and regulations affecting banks, bank holding companies and/or financial holding companies, such as the Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III and the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act; the impact of any change in the FDIC insurance assessment rate or the rules and regulations related to the calculation of the FDIC insurance assessment amount; technological developments and changes; the ability to continue to introduce competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis; governmental and public policy changes, including environmental regulation; reliance on large customers; uncertainties arising from national and global events, including the war in Ukraine, as well as the potential impact of widespread protests, civil unrest, political uncertainty on the economy and the financial services industry, and pandemics or other public health crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic; and financial resources in the amounts, at the times and on the terms required to support the Company’s future businesses.
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Critical Accounting Policies
The accounting and reporting policies followed by the Company conform, in all material respects, to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and to general practices within the financial services industry. In the course of normal business activity, management must select and apply many accounting policies and methodologies and make estimates and assumptions that lead to the financial results presented in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. There are uncertainties inherent in making these estimates and assumptions, which could materially affect the Company’s results of operations and financial position.
Management considers accounting estimates to be critical to reported financial results if (i) the accounting estimates require management to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain, and (ii) different estimates that management reasonably could have used for the accounting estimate in the current period, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably likely to occur from period to period, could have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements. Management considers the accounting policies relating to the allowance for credit losses ("allowance", or "ACL"), and the review of the securities portfolio for other-than-temporary impairment to be critical accounting policies because of the uncertainty and subjectivity involved in these policies and the material effect that estimates related to these areas can have on the Company’s results of operations.
The Company’s methodology for estimating the allowance considers available relevant information about the collectability of cash flows, including information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Refer to "Allowance for Credit Losses" below, "Note 4 - Allowance for Credit Losses", and "Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
For information on the Company's significant accounting policies and to gain a greater understanding of how the Company’s financial performance is reported, refer to "Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The Company's significant accounting policies conform with GAAP and are described in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. In applying those accounting policies, management of the Company is required to exercise judgment in determining many of the methodologies, assumptions and estimates to be utilized. Certain critical accounting estimates are more dependent on such judgment and in some cases may contribute to volatility in the Company's reported financial performance should the assumptions and estimates used change over time due to changes in circumstances. The more significant area in which management of the Company applies critical assumptions and estimates include the following:
•Accounting for credit losses - The Company accounts for the allowance for credit losses using the current expected credit loss model. Under this accounting guidance, the allowance for credit losses represents a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of certain financial assets, including loans and leases, to present the net amount expected to be collected at the balance sheet date. A provision for credit losses is recorded to adjust the level of the allowance as deemed necessary by management. In estimating expected losses in the loan and lease portfolio, borrower-specific financial data and macro-economic assumptions are utilized to project losses over a reasonable and supportable forecast period. For certain loan pools that share similar risk characteristics, the Company utilizes statistically developed models to estimate amounts and timing of expected future cash flows, collateral values and other factors used to determine the borrowers' abilities to repay obligations. Such models consider historical correlations of credit losses with various macroeconomic assumptions including unemployment and gross domestic product. These forecasts may be adjusted for inherent limitations or biases of the models. Subsequent to the forecast period, the Company utilizes longer-term historical loss experience to estimate losses over the remaining contractual life of the loans. Changes in the circumstances considered when determining management's estimates and assumptions could result in changes in those estimates and assumptions, which could result in adjustment of the allowance for credit losses in future periods. A discussion of facts and circumstances considered by management in determining the allowance for credit losses is included herein in Note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.
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COVID-19 Pandemic and Recent Events
The COVID-19 global pandemic continued to present health and economic challenges in the fourth quarter of 2022, but conditions were generally improved from 2021. In accordance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the "CARES Act") and the interagency guidance, the Company elected to adopt the provisions to not report qualified loan modifications as troubled debt restructurings ("TDRs"). The relief related to TDRs under the CARES Act was extended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, but expired on January 1, 2022. Management continues to monitor credit conditions carefully at the individual borrower level, as well as by industry segment, in order to be responsive to changing credit conditions.
The Company funded a total of 5,140 applications for Paycheck Protection Plan ("PPP") loans totaling $694.1 million in 2020 and 2021. Out of the $694.1 million of PPP loans that the Company funded, approximately $693.3 million have been forgiven by the Small Business Administration ("SBA") under the terms of the program as of December 31, 2022, or paid back by the borrower. As of December 31, 2022, there were thirteen outstanding PPP loans totaling approximately $756,000. Total net deferred fees on the remaining balance of PPP loans amounted to $19,000 at December 31, 2022.
Results of Operations
(Comparison of December 31, 2022 and 2021 results)
General
The Company reported diluted earnings per share of $5.89 in 2022, a decrease of 2.6% compared to diluted earnings per share of $6.05 in 2021. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2022, was $85.0 million, a decrease of 4.7% compared to $89.3 million in 2021. Significant contributors to the negative variance in annual net income included a reduction in net deferred loan fees associated with PPP loans from $11.2 million in 2021 to $3.0 million in 2022, as well as an increase in provision for credit loss expense, which was a credit of $2.2 million in 2021 versus an expense of $2.8 million in 2022. Earnings performance in 2022 compared to 2021 benefited from growth in interest income sources, including loan and securities interest income. During the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company sold its VISA Class B common shares, recognizing a pre-tax gain of $11.4 million. Also in the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company sold $147.9 million of available-for-sale securities, recognizing a pre-tax loss on the sale of $11.9 million. The available-for-sale securities sold during the quarter had an average yield of 0.41% and remaining life of 2.1 years. Proceeds from the sale of the VISA Class B shares and the available-for-sale securities were used to pay down overnight borrowings with the FHLB. Earnings in 2021 included a $1.9 million purchase accounting charge related to the redemption of $15.2 million in trust preferred securities and $2.9 million in penalties related to the prepayment of $135.0 million in FHLB fixed rate advances.
In addition to earnings per share, key performance measurements for the Company include return on average shareholders’ equity (ROE) and return on average assets (ROA). ROE was 13.25% in 2022, compared to 12.32% in 2021, while ROA was 1.09% in 2022 and 1.12% in 2021. Tompkins’ 2022 ROE compared favorably with peer ratios of 12.17% for ROE, while ROA trailed by 7 basis points when compared to peer ROA of 1.16%. The peer group data is derived from the FRB's "Bank Holding Company Performance Report", which covers banks and bank holding companies with assets between $3.0 billion and $10.0 billion as of September 30, 2022 (the most recent report available). Although the peer group data is presented based upon financial information that is one fiscal quarter behind the financial information included in this report, the Company believes that it is relevant to include certain peer group information for comparison to current period numbers.
Segment Reporting
The Company operates in three business segments: banking, insurance and wealth management. Insurance is comprised of property and casualty insurance services and employee benefit consulting operated under the Tompkins Insurance, subsidiary. Wealth management activities include the results of the Company’s trust, financial planning, and wealth management services provided by Tompkins Financial Advisors, a division of Tompkins Community Bank. All other activities are considered banking. For additional financial information on the Company’s segments, refer to "Note 22 Segment and Related Information" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
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Banking Segment
The banking segment reported net income of $75.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, representing a $2.5 million or 3.1%, decrease compared to 2021. The decrease in net income in 2022 compared to 2021 was largely driven by an increase in the provision for credit losses, realized losses on the sale of available-for-sale securities in 2022, and an increase in noninterest expense. Net interest income increased $6.5 million or 2.9% in 2022 compared to 2021, as the increase in average asset yields offset the increase in the average cost of funds. Net deferred loan fees associated with PPP loans, included in net interest income, decreased from $11.2 million in 2021 to $3.0 million in 2022. Net interest income in 2021 included a $1.9 million purchase accounting charge related to the redemption of $15.2 million in trust preferred securities.
The provision for credit loss expense was a expense of $2.8 million in 2022, compared to provision credit of $2.2 million in the prior year. The increase in the provision for credit losses in 2022 over 2021 is mainly driven by current economic forecasts coupled with loan growth. The allowance to total loan ratio at December 31, 2022 was 0.87%, up from 0.84% at December 31, 2021. For additional information, see the section titled "The Allowance for Credit Losses" below.
Noninterest income of $25.4 million in 2022 decreased $550,000 or 2.1% compared to 2021. Noninterest expense of $156.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, increased $3.6 million or 2.3% from 2021. The decrease in noninterest income was mainly driven by pre-tax losses of $634,000 on the sales of available-for-sale securities in 2022 compared to pre-tax gains of $249,000 in 2021. During the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company sold its VISA Class B common shares, recognizing a pre-tax gain of $11.4 million. Also in the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company sold $147.9 million of available-for-sale securities, recognizing a pre-tax loss on the sale of $11.9 million. The available-for-sale securities sold during the quarter had an average yield of 0.41% and remaining life of 2.1 years. Proceeds from the sale of the VISA Class B shares and the available-for-sale securities were used to pay down overnight borrowings with the FHLB. The year-to-date increase in noninterest expense was mainly attributed to salary and wages and employee benefits reflecting normal annual merit adjustments and to nonrecurring expenses of $1.2 million, related to the consolidation of the Company's four banking charters into one charter, including the related conversion of the core banking system, which was completed in May of 2022.
Insurance Segment
The insurance segment reported net income of $6.5 million, an increase of $286,000 or 4.6% when compared to 2021, as a $1.3 million or 3.6% increase in noninterest revenue was only partially offset by an increase in expenses of $821,000 or 3.1%. The increase in revenue was mainly in property and casualty commissions, which were up $1.8 million or 7.7% in 2022 over 2021. Contingency revenue was down $300,000 or 6.8% in 2022 compared to 2021. Revenue growth in 2022 benefited from business development efforts and generally higher policy premium levels.
The increase in expenses was mainly in salaries and wages and a result of normal annual merit increases and increases in health insurance costs. Certain expenses such as auto, travel, entertainment and marketing, which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in prior years, increased for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Wealth Management Segment
The wealth management segment reported net income of $3.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, a decrease of $2.1 million or 40.8% compared to 2021. Revenue of $18.1 million decreased $1.6 million or 8.1% compared to 2021, mainly a result of decreased assets under management and advisory revenue, primarily as a result of market conditions. Noninterest expenses increased by $1.1 million or 8.4% compared to 2021. The increase was mainly driven by technology costs, attributable to a new core platform which was implemented at the beginning of 2022. The fair value of assets under management or in custody at December 31, 2022 totaled $2.9 billion, representing a decrease of $2.1 billion or 41.7% compared to $5.1 billion at year-end 2021. The balance at year-end 2021 included $1.7 billion of Company-owned securities where Tompkins was custodian. The decline in assets from prior year resulted in part from the outsourcing of the custody of Company-owned securities where Tompkins was custodian. Since these were inter-company related items, they did not have a meaningful impact on total income. The remaining decline in assets is related to negative market performance seen throughout the year.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income is the Company’s largest source of revenue, representing 74.7% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2022, and 74.0% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2021. Net interest income is dependent on the volume and composition of interest earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the level of market interest rates. Table 1 – Average Statements of Condition and Net Interest Analysis shows average interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and the corresponding yield or cost associated with each.
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Tax-equivalent net interest income of $231.7 million for 2022 increased by $6.3 million or 2.8% from 2021. The increase resulted mainly from a 13 basis point increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets exceeding an 8 basis point increase in the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities, the investment of excess liquidity in securities and loans, and growth in average noninterest bearing deposits, which supported the decrease in average interest-bearing liabilities. The net interest margin for 2022 was 3.05% compared to 2.96% for 2021.
The quarterly net interest margin for the fourth quarter of 2022 of 3.02% was down from a net interest margin of 3.04% for the third quarter of 2022. The decrease in net interest margin was driven mainly by higher funding costs during the fourth quarter as a result of higher average rates paid on interest-bearing deposits and borrowings exceeding the growth in average asset yields. The average cost of interest-bearing liabilities for the fourth quarter of 2022 was 0.84% compared to 0.45% for the third quarter of 2022, while the average yield on interest earning assets was 3.56% and 3.32% for the same two periods. Average interest-bearing deposit balances for the fourth quarter of 2022 were down $54.8 million or 1.2%, while other borrowings were up $19.6 million or 8.5%. The decrease in deposit balances was largely due to seasonal outflows of municipal deposits
Tax-equivalent interest income increased $9.8 million or 4.0% in 2022 from 2021, driven mainly by an increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets reflecting higher market interest rate and growth in higher yielding securities as excess liquidity was invested in securities. For the year, average interest-earning assets were flat compared to 2021. Average loans and leases decreased $42.4 million or 0.8% in 2022 compared to 2021, and represented 67.6% of average earning assets in 2022 compared to 68.0% in 2021. The decrease was largely driven by a decrease in PPP loans. As a result of its participation in the SBA's PPP, the Company recorded net deferred loan fees of $3.0 million in 2022 and $11.2 million in 2021, which are included in interest income. The average yield on loans was 4.25% in 2022, an increase of 9 basis points compared to 4.16% in 2021. Average balances on securities increased $246.6 million or 11.6% in 2022 compared to 2021, while the average yield on the securities portfolio increased 17 basis points or 13.8% compared to 2021, reflecting the investment of excess liquidity in securities. Average interest-bearing balances due from banks in 2022 were down $221.5 million or 72.1% from 2021.
Interest expense for 2022 increased $3.5 million or 20.1% compared to 2021, driven mainly by higher funding costs as average interest-bearing liabilities in 2022 were down $137.2 million or 2.7% compared to 2021. The average cost of interest-bearing deposits was 0.35% in 2022, an increase of 12 basis points from 0.23% in 2021, while the average cost of interest bearing liabilities increased to 0.43% in 2022 from 0.35% in 2021. Average interest bearing deposits in 2022 decreased $105.6 million or 2.2% compared to 2021. Average noninterest bearing deposit balances in 2022 increased $90.2 million or 4.3% over 2021 and represented 32.0% of average total deposits in 2022 compared to 30.6% in 2021. Average other borrowings decreased by $22.7 million or 10.4% in 2022 from 2021.
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Table 1 - Average Statements of Condition and Net Interest Analysis
| For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollar amounts in thousands) | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | |||||||||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-earning assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing balances due from banks | $ | 85,788 | $ | 371 | 0.43 | % | $ | 307,253 | $ | 343 | 0.11 | % | $ | 194,211 | $ | 194 | 0.10 | % | ||||||
| Securities1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government securities | 2,265,226 | 30,587 | 1.35 | % | 2,003,450 | 23,145 | 1.16 | % | 1,307,905 | 22,906 | 1.75 | % | ||||||||||||
| State and municipal2 | 97,283 | 2,490 | 2.56 | % | 112,391 | 2,871 | 2.55 | % | 114,462 | 3,048 | 2.66 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other securities2 | 3,329 | 135 | 4.06 | % | 3,417 | 92 | 2.68 | % | 3,430 | 117 | 3.40 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total securities | 2,365,838 | 33,212 | 1.40 | % | 2,119,258 | 26,108 | 1.23 | % | 1,425,797 | 26,071 | 1.83 | % | ||||||||||||
| FHLBNY and FRB stock | 13,354 | 646 | 4.84 | % | 14,830 | 776 | 5.24 | % | 20,815 | 1,373 | 6.60 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total loans and leases, net of unearned income2,3 | 5,142,098 | 218,494 | 4.25 | % | 5,184,491 | 215,709 | 4.16 | % | 5,228,135 | 228,806 | 4.38 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-earning assets | 7,607,078 | 252,723 | 3.32 | % | 7,625,832 | 242,936 | 3.19 | % | 6,868,958 | 256,444 | 3.73 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other assets | 221,442 | 343,119 | 489,520 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 7,828,520 | $ | 7,968,951 | $ | 7,358,478 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LIABILITIES & EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest bearing checking, savings, & money market | $ | 4,029,008 | $ | 10,389 | 0.26 | % | $ | 4,034,969 | $ | 3,736 | 0.09 | % | $ | 3,650,358 | $ | 9,430 | 0.26 | % | ||||||
| Time deposits | 611,708 | 5,779 | 0.94 | % | 711,381 | 7,111 | 1.00 | % | 703,999 | 10,534 | 1.50 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 4,640,716 | 16,168 | 0.35 | % | 4,746,350 | 10,847 | 0.23 | % | 4,354,357 | 19,964 | 0.46 | % | ||||||||||||
| Federal funds purchased & securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 57,126 | 60 | 0.10 | % | 58,627 | 64 | 0.11 | % | 55,973 | 95 | 0.17 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 195,110 | 4,815 | 2.47 | % | 217,799 | 4,382 | 2.01 | % | 365,732 | 7,799 | 2.13 | % | ||||||||||||
| Trust preferred debentures | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | % | 7,367 | 2,233 | 30.32 | % | 17,092 | 1,133 | 6.63 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 4,892,952 | 21,043 | 0.43 | % | 5,030,143 | 17,526 | 0.35 | % | 4,793,154 | 28,991 | 0.60 | % | ||||||||||||
| Noninterest bearing deposits | 2,186,720 | 2,096,542 | 1,753,226 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 107,122 | 117,790 | 112,544 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | 7,186,795 | 7,244,475 | 6,658,924 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tompkins Financial Corporation Shareholders’ equity | 640,258 | 723,009 | 698,088 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Noncontrolling interest | 1,468 | 1,467 | 1,466 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 641,725 | 724,476 | 699,554 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 7,828,520 | $ | 7,968,951 | $ | 7,358,478 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest rate spread | 2.89 | % | 2.84 | % | 3.13 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income /margin on earning assets | 231,680 | 3.05 | % | 225,410 | 2.96 | % | 227,453 | 3.31 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Tax Equivalent Adjustment | (1,399) | (1,618) | (2,114) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income per consolidated financial statements | $ | 230,281 | $ | 223,792 | $ | 225,339 |
1 Average balances and yields on available-for-sale debt securities are based on historical amortized cost.
2 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using the Federal income tax rate of 21.0% in 2022, 2021, and 2020 to increase tax exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
3 Nonaccrual loans are included in the average asset totals presented above. Payments received on nonaccrual loans have been recognized as disclosed in Note 1 of the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in Part 1 of this annual report on Form 10-K.
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Table 2 - Analysis of Changes in Net Interest Income
| 2022 vs. 2021 | 2021 vs. 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in Average | Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in Average | ||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands)(taxable equivalent) | Volume | Yield/Rate | Total | Volume | Yield/Rate | Total | |||||||||||
| INTEREST INCOME: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing balances due from banks | $ | (389) | $ | 417 | $ | 28 | $ | 124 | $ | 25 | $ | 149 | |||||
| Investments1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Taxable | 3,245 | 4,240 | 7,485 | 9,653 | (9,439) | 214 | |||||||||||
| Tax-exempt | (386) | 5 | (381) | (54) | (123) | (177) | |||||||||||
| FHLB and FRB stock | (73) | (57) | (130) | (347) | (250) | (597) | |||||||||||
| Loans, net1 | (3,949) | 6,734 | 2,785 | (1,897) | (11,200) | (13,097) | |||||||||||
| Total interest income | $ | (1,552) | $ | 11,339 | $ | 9,787 | $ | 7,479 | $ | (20,987) | $ | (13,508) | |||||
| INTEREST EXPENSE: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest checking, savings and money market | $ | (6) | $ | 6,659 | $ | 6,653 | $ | 904 | $ | (6,598) | $ | (5,694) | |||||
| Time | (1,063) | (269) | (1,332) | 109 | (3,532) | (3,423) | |||||||||||
| Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase | (2) | (2) | (4) | 5 | (36) | (31) | |||||||||||
| Other borrowings | (1,607) | (193) | (1,800) | (3,961) | 1,644 | (2,317) | |||||||||||
| Total interest expense | $ | (2,678) | $ | 6,195 | $ | 3,517 | $ | (2,943) | $ | (8,522) | $ | (11,465) | |||||
| Net interest income | $ | 1,126 | $ | 5,144 | $ | 6,270 | $ | 10,422 | $ | (12,465) | $ | (2,043) |
1 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using the Federal income tax rate of 21.0% in 2022, 2021 and 2020 to increase tax exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
Changes in net interest income occur from a combination of changes in the volume of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and in the rate of interest earned or paid on them. The above table illustrates changes in interest income and interest expense attributable to changes in volume (change in average balance multiplied by prior year rate), changes in rate (change in rate multiplied by prior year volume), and the net change in net interest income. The net change attributable to the combined impact of volume and rate has been allocated to each in proportion to the absolute dollar amounts of the change. In 2022, net interest income increased by $6.3 million, resulting from a $9.8 million increase in interest income, partially offset by a $3.5 million increase in interest expense. Higher yields on average interest-earning assets drove interest income up by $11.3 million, while the decrease in average balances on interest-earning assets decreased interest income by $1.6 million. The increase in interest expense reflects higher rates paid on interest bearing liabilities, both deposits and other borrowings and a decrease in average interest-bearing deposits and borrowings.
Provision for Credit Loss Expense
The provision for credit loss expense represents management’s estimate of the expense necessary to maintain the allowance for credit losses at an appropriate level. The ratio of total allowance to total loans and leases increased to 0.87% at December 31, 2022 from 0.84% at December 31, 2021. The increase in the ACL from year-end 2021 reflects updated economic forecasts for unemployment and gross domestic product ("GDP") coupled with loan growth, mainly in the real estate portfolios. Forecasts related to unemployment are beginning to deteriorate and GDP forecasts continue to weaken showing less growth compared to prior forecasts. The provision for credit loss expense was $2.8 million in 2022, compared to provision credit of $2.2 million in 2021. The provision for credit losses for 2022 included a provision of $290,000 related to off-balance sheet credit exposures compared to a provision of $586,000, respectively, for 2021. The fourth quarter of 2021 included a $7.0 million charge-off of a commercial real estate relationship consisting of two loans that were previously reported as nonperforming loans. The section captioned "Financial Condition – The Allowance for Credit Losses" below has further details on the allowance for credit losses and asset quality metrics.
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Noninterest Income
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
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| (In thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| Insurance commissions and fees | $ | 36,201 | $ | 34,836 | $ | 31,505 | ||
| Investment services | 18,091 | 19,388 | 17,520 | |||||
| Service charges on deposit accounts | 7,365 | 6,347 | 6,312 | |||||
| Card services | 11,024 | 10,826 | 9,263 | |||||
| Other income | 5,925 | 7,203 | 8,817 | |||||
| Net gain on securities transactions | (634) | 249 | 443 | |||||
| Total | $ | 77,972 | $ | 78,849 | $ | 73,860 |
Noninterest income of $78.0 million for the year-ended December 31, 2022 decreased $877,000 or 1.1% from 2021. Noninterest income represented 25.3% of total revenues in 2022, down from 26.1% in 2021.
Insurance commissions and fees of $36.2 million increased $1.4 million or 3.9% in 2022 compared to $34.8 million for 2021. The increase in revenue included $1.8 million or 7.7% growth in property and casualty commissions, partially offset by a $300,000 or 6.8% decrease in contingency revenue over 2021
Investment services income of $18.1 million in 2022 decreased $1.3 million or 6.7% compared to 2021, primarily a result of unfavorable market conditions. Investment services income includes trust services, financial planning, wealth management services, and brokerage related services. The fair value of assets managed by, or in custody of, Tompkins was $2.9 billion at December 31, 2022, a decrease from $5.1 billion at December 31, 2021. The fair value of assets in custody at December 31, 2021 included $1.7 billion of Company-owned securities where Tompkins is custodian. In the first quarter of 2022, the Company moved custody of Company-owned securities to a third party. Unfavorable market conditions also contributed to the decrease in the fair value of assets under management.
Service charges on deposit accounts of $7.4 million increased $1.0 million of 16.0% in 2022 compared to 2021. The increase was in net overdraft fees and service fees on personal and business accounts, reflective of increased transaction activity.
Card services income increased $198,000 or 1.8% in 2022 over 2021. The primary components of card services income are fees related to interchange income and transactions fees for debit card transactions, credit card transactions and ATM usage. The increase in card services income in 2022, when compared to 2021, was mainly driven by interchange income related to credit cards.
Other income of $5.9 million decreased $1.3 million or 17.7% compared to 2021. The decrease was largely due to lower earnings on bank owned life insurance and lower gains on the sale of residential loans. Earnings on bank owned life insurance totaled $1.2 million in 2022, down from $1.9 million in 2021, as certain separate account policies were unfavorably impacted by decreases in the fair value of the underlying assets. Gains on the sale of residential loans were down $788,000 or 83.6% in 2022 when compared to 2021.
During the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company sold its VISA Class B common shares, recognizing a pre-tax gain of $11.4 million. Also in the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company sold $147.9 million of available-for-sale securities, recognizing a pre-tax loss on the sale of $11.9 million. The available-for-sale securities sold during the quarter had an average yield of 0.41% and remaining life of 2.1 years. Proceeds from the sale of the VISA Class B shares and the available-for-sale securities were used to pay down overnight borrowings from the FHLB.
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Noninterest Expense
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
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| (In thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| Salaries and wages | $ | 98,261 | $ | 96,038 | $ | 92,519 | ||
| Other employee benefits | 24,969 | 24,172 | 24,812 | |||||
| Net occupancy expense of premises | 13,093 | 13,179 | 12,930 | |||||
| Furniture and fixture expense | 8,058 | 8,328 | 7,846 | |||||
| FDIC insurance | 2,798 | 2,758 | 2,398 | |||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 873 | 1,317 | 1,484 | |||||
| Other | 47,699 | 44,495 | 42,331 | |||||
| Total | $ | 195,751 | $ | 190,287 | $ | 184,320 |
Noninterest expense as a percentage of total revenue was 63.5% in 2022, compared to 62.9% in 2021.
Expenses associated with salaries and wages and employee benefits are the largest component of total noninterest expense. In 2022, these expenses increased $3.0 million or 2.5% compared to 2021. Salaries and wages increased $2.2 million or 2.3% in 2022 over the prior year, mainly as a result of annual merit pay increases. Other employee benefits increased $797,000 or 3.3% over 2021, mainly in health insurance, which was up $754,000 or 8.5% in 2022 over 2021. The number of employees as measured by average full time equivalents (FTEs) for 2022 were 1,020, compared to 1,032 for 2021.
Other operating expenses of $47.7 million increased by $3.2 million or 7.2% compared to 2021. The primary components of other operating expenses in 2022 were technology ($15.2 million), professional fees ($6.9 million), marketing ($5.7 million), and cardholder expense ($4.6 million). The increase in other operating expenses in 2022 compared to 2021 included increases in technology (up $3.4 million or 29.1%), marketing (up $1.4 million or 32.2%), and cardholder expense (up $1.0 million or 29.1%). Contributing to the growth in these expenses in 2022 were nonrecurring expenses of $1.2 million, related to the consolidation and rebranding of the Company's four banking charters, including the related conversion of the core banking system. Other expenses in 2021 included $2.9 million in penalties related to the prepayment of $135.0 million in FHLB fixed rate advances.
Noncontrolling Interests
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests represents the portion of net income in consolidated majority-owned subsidiaries that is attributable to the minority owners of a subsidiary. The Company had net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of $126,000 in 2022, in line with 2021. The noncontrolling interests relate to three real estate investment trusts, which are substantially owned by the Company.
Income Tax Expense
The provision for income taxes provides for Federal, New York State, Pennsylvania and other miscellaneous state income taxes. The 2022 provision was $24.6 million, which decreased $625,000 or 2.5% compared to the 2021 provision. The effective tax rate for the Company was 22.4% in 2022, up from 22.0% in 2021. The effective rates for 2022 and 2021 differed from the U.S. statutory rate of 21.0% during those periods due to the effect of tax-exempt income from loans, securities, and life insurance assets, investments in tax credits, and excess tax benefits of stock based compensation. The increase in the effective tax rate for 2022 over 2021 was due to lower excess tax benefits of stock based compensation and life insurance income.
The Company's banking subsidiary has an investment in a real estate investment trust that provides certain benefits on its New York State tax return for qualifying entities. A condition to claim the benefit is that the consolidated company has average assets of no more than $8.0 billion for the taxable year. As of December 31, 2022, the Company's consolidated average assets, as defined by New York tax law, were under the $8.0 billion threshold. The Company will continue to monitor the consolidated average assets during 2023 to determine future eligibility.
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Financial Condition
Total assets were $7.7 billion at December 31, 2022, down by 1.9% or $149.3 million from the previous year end. Total securities decreased $421.3 million or 18.1% over December 31, 2021, while total loans were up $193.4 million or 3.8%. Total deposits at year-end 2022 decreased $189.1 million or 2.8% over year-end 2021, while total borrowings were up $167.3 million or 134.9%.
Loans and leases were 68.7% of total assets at December 31, 2022, compared to 64.9% of total assets at December 31, 2021. Total loan balances were $5.3 billion at December 31, 2022, an increase of $193.4 million or 3.8% compared to the $5.1 billion reported at year-end 2021. The increase was mainly in commercial real estate loans and residential real estate loans. A more detailed discussion of the loan portfolio is provided below in this section under the caption "Loans and Leases".
As of December 31, 2022, total securities comprised 24.9% of total assets, compared to 29.8% of total assets at year-end 2021. Securities decreased $421.3 million or 18.1% at December 31, 2022, compared to December 31, 2021. Contributing to the decrease in securities from year-end 2021 were an increase in unrealized losses on the available-for-sale portfolio from $19.3 million at year-end 2021 to $236.8 million at December 31, 2022, as a result of the increase in market interest rates in 2022, and
the use of proceeds from investment sales and principal maturities to fund loan growth and pay down borrowings. A detailed discussion of the securities portfolio is provided below in this section under the caption "Securities".
Total deposits at year-end 2022 decreased by $189.1 million or 2.8% compared to December 31, 2021. At December 31, 2022 noninterest bearing deposits increased by $14.4 million or 0.7%, time deposit balances decreased $8.3 million or 1.3% and checking, savings and money market accounts decreased $195.3 million or 4.9% when compared to December 31, 2021. Other borrowings, consisting mainly of short term advances with the FHLB, increased $167.3 million or 53.2% from December 31, 2021. A more detailed discussion of deposits and borrowings is provided below in this section under the caption "Deposits and Other Liabilities".
Shareholders’ Equity
The Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity included in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company contained in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K, detail changes in equity capital over prior year end. Total shareholders’ equity decreased $111.6 million or 15.3% to $617.4 million at December 31, 2022, from $728.9 million at December 31, 2021. The decrease was primarily the result of an increase in unrealized losses on the available-for-sale portfolio driven by the increase in market interest rates in 2022.
Additional paid-in capital decreased by $9.8 million, from $312.5 million at December 31, 2021, to $302.8 million at December 31, 2022. The $9.8 million decrease included the following: a $15.4 million aggregate purchase price related to the Company's repurchase and retirement of 197,979 shares of its common stock in connection with Board-approved repurchase plans, and $2.3 million related to the exercise of stock options and restricted stock activity. These were partially offset by $4.3 million attributed to stock based compensation expense, and $488,000 related to shares issued for the Company's director deferred compensation plan.
Retained earnings increased by $51.5 million, reflecting net income of $85.0 million, less dividends paid of $33.6 million for the year-ended December 31, 2022.
Accumulated other comprehensive loss increased from $56.0 million at December 31, 2021 to $208.7 million at December 31, 2022, reflecting a $164.2 million increase in unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities due to market interest rates, partially offset by a $11.5 million actuarial gain associated with employee benefit plans. Under regulatory requirements, amounts reported as accumulated other comprehensive income/loss related to net unrealized gain or loss on available-for-sale debt securities and the funded status of the Company’s defined benefit post-retirement benefit plans do not increase or reduce regulatory capital and are not included in the calculation of risk-based capital and leverage capital ratios.
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Total shareholders’ equity increased $11.3 million or 1.6% to $728.9 million at December 31, 2021, from $717.7 million at December 31, 2020. Additional paid-in capital decreased by $21.4 million, from $334.0 million at December 31, 2020, to $312.5 million at December 31, 2021. The $21.4 million decrease included the following: $23.8 million aggregate purchase price related to the Company's repurchase and retirement of 304,513 shares of its common stock in connection with the Board-approved repurchase plans, and $3.1 million related to the exercise of stock options and restricted stock activity. These were partially offset by $5.1 million attributed to stock based compensation expense, $257,000 related to shares issued in connection with the Company's dividend reinvestment program, and $255,000 related to shares issued for the Company's director deferred compensation plan. Retained earnings increased by $56.8 million, reflecting net income of $89.3 million, less dividends paid of $32.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Accumulated other comprehensive loss increased from $32.1 million at December 31, 2020 to $56.0 million at December 31, 2021; reflecting a $35.2 million increase in unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities due to market interest rates; partially offset by a $11.3 million increase in actuarial gain associated with employee benefit plans.
The Company continued its long history of increasing cash dividends with a per share increase of 5.5% in 2022, which followed an increase of 4.3% in 2021. Dividends per share were $2.31 in 2022, compared to $2.19 in 2021, and $2.10 in 2020. Cash dividends paid represented 39.5%, 36.3%, and 40.4% of after-tax net income in 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively.
On January 30, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase plan (the "2020 Repurchase Plan") for the Company to repurchase up to 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock over the 24 months following adoption of the plan. In the third quarter of 2021, the Company reached the 400,000 share limit under the 2020 Repurchase Plan; the 400,000 shares were purchased at an average price of $75.99.
On October 22, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase plan (the "2021 Repurchase Plan") for the repurchase of up to 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock over the 24 months following adoption of the plan. Shares may be repurchased from time to time under the 2021 Repurchase Plan in open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, or by other means in accordance with federal securities laws, and the repurchase program may be suspended, modified or terminated by the Board of Directors at any time for any reason. Under the 2021 Repurchase Plan, the Company repurchased 230,182 shares through December 31, 2022, at an average cost of $78.31.
The Company and its subsidiary bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal bank regulatory agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operation and financial condition. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action (PCA), banks must meet specific guidelines that involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications of the Company and its subsidiary bank are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators concerning components, risk weightings, and other factors. Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the maintenance of minimum amounts and ratios of common equity Tier 1 capital, Total capital and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, and of Tier 1 capital to average assets. Management believes that the Company and its subsidiary bank meet all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.
In addition to setting higher minimum capital ratios, the Basel III Capital Rules introduced a capital conservation buffer, which must be added to each of the minimum capital ratios and is designed to absorb losses during periods of economic stress. The capital conservation buffer was phased-in over a three year period that began on January 1, 2016, and was fully phased-in on January 1, 2019 at 2.5%.
As of December 31, 2022, the capital ratios for the Company’s subsidiary bank exceeded the minimum levels required to be considered well capitalized. Effective January 1, 2022, the Company's four wholly-owned banking subsidiaries were combined into one bank, with the Bank of Castile, Mahopac Bank, and VIST Bank merging with and into Tompkins Trust Company. Immediately following the merger, Tompkins Trust Company changed its name to Tompkins Community Bank. Additional information on the Company’s capital ratios and regulatory requirements is provided in "Note 20 - Regulations and Supervision" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
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Securities
The Company maintains a portfolio of securities such as U.S. Treasuries, U.S. government sponsored entities securities, U.S. government agencies, non-U.S. Government agencies or sponsored entities mortgage-backed securities, obligations of states and political subdivisions thereof and equity securities. Management typically invests in securities with short to intermediate average lives in order to better match the interest rate sensitivities of its assets and liabilities. Investment decisions are made within policy guidelines established by the Company’s Board of Directors. The investment policy established by the Company’s Board of Directors is based on the asset/liability management goals of the Company, and is monitored by the Company’s Asset/Liability Management Committee and Investment Committee. The intent of the policy is to establish a portfolio of high quality diversified securities, which optimizes net interest income within safety and liquidity limits deemed acceptable by the Asset/Liability Management Committee.
The Company classifies its securities at date of purchase as available-for-sale, held-to-maturity or trading. Securities, other than certain obligations of states and political subdivisions thereof, are generally classified as available-for-sale. Securities available-for-sale may be used to enhance total return, provide additional liquidity, or reduce interest rate risk. Securities in the held-to-maturity portfolio would consists of obligations of the U.S. Government, U.S. Government sponsored entities and obligations of state and political subdivisions. Securities in the trading portfolio would reflect those securities that the Company elects to account for at fair value, with the adoption of ASC Topic 825, Financial Instruments.
The Company’s total securities portfolio at December 31, 2022 was $1.9 billion compared to $2.3 billion at December 31, 2021. The table below shows the composition of the available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities portfolios as of year-end 2022, 2021 and 2020. Contributing to the decrease in securities from year-end 2021 were an increase in unrealized losses on the available-for-sale portfolio from $19.3 million at year-end 2021 to $236.8 million at December 31, 2022, as a result of the increase in market interest rates in 2022, and the use of proceeds from investment sales and principal maturities to fund loan growth and pay down borrowings. The Company purchased approximately $183.1 million of securities in 2022, which were offset by $208.7 million of payments, maturities and calls and $172.6 million of sales of available-for-sale securities.
Additional information on the securities portfolio is available in "Note 2 Securities" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K, which details the types of securities held, the carrying and fair values, and the contractual maturities as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.
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| Available-for-Sale Debt Securities | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | |||||||||||
| U.S. Treasuries | $ | 190,170 | $ | 167,251 | $ | 160,291 | $ | 157,834 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | 681,192 | 601,167 | 843,218 | 832,373 | 599,652 | 607,480 | |||||||||||
| Obligations of U.S. states and political subdivisions | 93,599 | 85,281 | 102,177 | 104,169 | 126,642 | 129,746 | |||||||||||
| Mortgage-backed securities-residential, issued by | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government agencies | 58,727 | 52,668 | 76,502 | 77,157 | 179,538 | 182,108 | |||||||||||
| U.S. Government sponsored entities | 805,603 | 686,222 | 879,102 | 870,556 | 691,562 | 705,480 | |||||||||||
| U.S. corporate debt securities | 2,500 | 2,378 | 2,500 | 2,424 | 2,500 | 2,379 | |||||||||||
| Total available-for-sale debt securities | $ | 1,831,791 | $ | 1,594,967 | $ | 2,063,790 | $ | 2,044,513 | $ | 1,599,894 | $ | 1,627,193 |
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| As of December 31, | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Held-to-Maturity Securities | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | |||||||||||
| U. S. Treasuries | $ | 86,478 | $ | 73,541 | $ | 86,689 | $ | 86,368 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | 225,866 | 188,151 | 197,320 | 195,920 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total held-to-maturity securities | $ | 312,344 | $ | 261,692 | $ | 284,009 | $ | 282,288 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 |
The Company evaluates available-for-sale debt securities for expected credit losses ("ECL") in unrealized loss positions at each
measurement date to determine whether the decline in the fair value below the amortized cost basis (impairment) is due to credit-related factors or noncredit-related factors.
Factors that may be indicative of ECL include, but are not limited to, the following:
•Extent to which the fair value is less than the amortized cost basis.
•Adverse conditions specifically related to the security, an industry, or geographic area (changes in technology, business practice).
•Payment structure of the debt security with respect to underlying issuer or obligor.
•Failure of the issuer to make scheduled payment of principal and/or interest.
•Changes to the rating of a security or issuer by a NRSRO.
•Changes in tax or regulatory guidelines that impact a security or underlying issuer.
For available-for-sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position, the Company evaluates the securities to determine whether the decline in the fair value below the amortized cost basis (technical impairment) is the result of changes in interest rates or reflects a fundamental change in the credit worthiness of the underlying issuer. Any impairment that is not credit related is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes. Credit-related impairment is recognized as an allowance for credit losses ("ACL") on the Statement of Condition, limited to the amount by which the amortized cost basis exceeds the fair value, with a corresponding adjustment to earnings. Both the ACL and the adjustment to net income may be reversed if conditions change.
Management measures expected credit losses on held-to-maturity debt securities on a collective basis by major security type with each type sharing similar risk characteristics and considers historical credit loss information that is adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Management has made the accounting policy election to exclude accrued interest receivable on held-to-maturity debt securities from the estimate of credit losses. As of December 31, 2022, the held-to- maturity portfolio consisted of U.S. Treasury securities and securities issued by U.S. government-sponsored enterprises, including Federal National Mortgage Agency, Federal Home Loan Bank, and Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation. U.S. Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of and/or guaranteed by the U.S. government, and it is expected that the securities will not be settled at prices less than the amortized cost bases of the securities. Securities issued by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored enterprises carry the explicit and/or implicit guarantee of the U.S. government, are widely recognized as "risk-free," and have a long history of zero credit loss. As such, the Company did not record an allowance for credit losses for these securities as of December 31, 2022.
The gross unrealized losses reported for residential mortgage-backed securities relate to investment securities issued by U.S. government sponsored entities such as Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC"), and U.S. government agencies such as Government National Mortgage Association. The total gross unrealized losses, shown in the tables above, were primarily attributable to changes in interest rates and levels of market liquidity, relative to when the investment securities were purchased, and not due to the credit-related quality of the investment securities. The Company does not have the intent to sell these securities and does not believe it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities before a recovery of amortized cost.
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The Company also holds non-marketable Federal Home Loan Bank New York ("FHLBNY") stock and non-marketable Atlantic Community Bankers Bank ("ACBB") stock, all of which are required to be held for regulatory purposes and for borrowing availability. The required investment in FHLB stock is tied to the Company’s borrowing levels with the FHLB. Holdings of FHLBNY stock and ACBB stock totaled $17.6 million and $95,000 at December 31, 2022, respectively. These securities are carried at par, which is also cost. The FHLBNY continues to pay dividends and repurchase stock. As such, the Company has not recognized any impairment on its holdings of FHLBNY. At December 31, 2021, the Company’s holdings of FHLBNY stock and ACBB stock totaled $9.9 million and $95,000, respectively.
Management’s policy is to purchase investment grade securities that, on average, have relatively short expected durations. This policy helps mitigate interest rate risk and provides sources of liquidity without significant risk to capital. The contractual maturity distribution of debt securities and mortgage-backed securities as of December 31, 2022, along with the weighted average yield of each category, is presented in Table 3-Maturity Distribution below. Balances are shown at amortized cost and weighted average yields are calculated on a fully tax-equivalent basis. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities presented in Table 3-Maturity Distribution below, because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without penalty and mortgage-backed securities will pay throughout the periods prior to contractual maturity.
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Table 3 - Maturity Distribution
| As of December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||
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| Securities Available-for-Sale1 | Securities Held-to-Maturity | |||||||||
| (dollar amounts in thousands) | Amount | Yield2 | Amount | Yield2 | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury | ||||||||||
| Over 1 to 5 years | $ | 69,341 | 1.14 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 120,829 | 1.18 | % | 86,478 | 1.37 | % | ||||
| $ | 190,170 | 1.17 | % | $ | 86,478 | 1.37 | % | |||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 47,690 | 2.42 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 419,323 | 1.07 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 194,179 | 1.30 | % | 225,866 | 1.63 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 20,000 | 2.22 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| $ | 681,192 | 1.26 | % | $ | 225,866 | 1.63 | % | |||
| Obligations of U.S. state and political subdivisions | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 3,232 | 2.92 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 20,216 | 2.90 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 50,235 | 2.72 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 19,916 | 2.53 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 93,599 | 2.73 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Mortgage-backed securities - residential | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 17,724 | 2.48 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 304,286 | 1.34 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 542,320 | 1.78 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 864,330 | 1.64 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Other securities | ||||||||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | $ | 2,500 | 6.40 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| $ | 2,500 | 6.40 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Total securities | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 50,922 | 2.45 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 526,604 | 1.20 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 672,029 | 1.42 | % | 312,344 | 1.56 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 582,236 | 1.82 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 1,831,791 | 1.51 | % | $ | 312,344 | 1.56 | % |
1 Balances of available-for-sale debt securities are shown at amortized cost.
2 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using a combined New York State and Federal effective income tax rate of 24.5% to increase tax exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
The average tax-equivalent yield on the securities portfolio was 1.40% in 2022, 1.23% in 2021 and 1.83% in 2020.
At December 31, 2022, there were no holdings of any one issuer, other than the U.S. Government sponsored entities, in an amount greater than 10% of the Company’s shareholders’ equity.
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Loans and Leases
Table 4 - Composition of Loan and Lease Portfolio
| Loans and Leases | As of December 31, | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | ||||||||||||||
| Agriculture | $ | 85,073 | $ | 99,172 | $ | 94,489 | $ | 105,786 | $ | 107,494 | ||||
| Commercial and industrial other | 705,700 | 699,121 | 792,987 | 902,275 | 970,141 | |||||||||
| PPP loans | 756 | 71,260 | 291,252 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Subtotal commercial and industrial | 791,529 | 869,553 | 1,178,728 | 1,008,061 | 1,077,635 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | 201,116 | 178,582 | 163,016 | 213,637 | 165,669 | |||||||||
| Agriculture | 214,963 | 195,973 | 201,866 | 184,898 | 170,229 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate other | 2,437,339 | 2,278,599 | 2,204,310 | 2,045,030 | 2,004,763 | |||||||||
| Subtotal commercial real estate | 2,853,418 | 2,653,154 | 2,569,192 | 2,443,565 | 2,340,661 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | ||||||||||||||
| Home equity | 188,623 | 182,671 | 200,827 | 219,245 | 229,608 | |||||||||
| Mortgages | 1,346,318 | 1,290,911 | 1,235,160 | 1,158,592 | 1,104,286 | |||||||||
| Subtotal residential real estate | 1,534,941 | 1,473,582 | 1,435,987 | 1,377,837 | 1,333,894 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | ||||||||||||||
| Indirect | 2,224 | 4,655 | 8,401 | 12,964 | 12,663 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 75,412 | 67,396 | 61,399 | 61,446 | 58,326 | |||||||||
| Subtotal consumer and other | 77,636 | 72,051 | 69,800 | 74,410 | 70,989 | |||||||||
| Leases | 16,134 | 13,948 | 14,203 | 17,322 | 14,556 | |||||||||
| Total loans and leases | $ | 5,273,658 | $ | 5,082,288 | $ | 5,267,910 | $ | 4,921,195 | $ | 4,837,735 | ||||
| Less: unearned income and deferred costs and fees | (4,747) | (6,821) | (7,583) | (3,645) | (3,796) | |||||||||
| Total loans and leases, net of unearned income and deferred costs and fees | $ | 5,268,911 | $ | 5,075,467 | $ | 5,260,327 | $ | 4,917,550 | $ | 4,833,939 |
Total loans and leases of $5.3 billion at December 31, 2022 increased $193.4 million or 3.8% from December 31, 2021. The increase was mainly in commercial real estate loans; all loan portfolios grew other than commercial and industrial, which decreased mainly in PPP loans as a result of the PPP forgiveness program. At December 31, 2022, total loans and leases represented 68.7% of total assets compared to 64.9% of total assets at December 31, 2021.
Residential real estate loans, including home equity loans, were $1.5 billion at December 31, 2022, an increase of $61.4 million or 4.2% compared to $1.5 billion at year-end 2021. Residential real estate loans comprised 29.1% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2022 compared to 29.0% at December 31, 2021. Growth in residential loan balances is impacted by the Company’s decision to retain these loans or sell them in the secondary market due to interest rate considerations. The Company’s Asset/Liability Committee meets regularly and establishes standards for selling and retaining residential real estate mortgage originations.
The Company may sell residential real estate loans in the secondary market based on interest rate considerations. These residential real estate loans are generally sold to FHLMC or State of New York Mortgage Agency ("SONYMA") without recourse in accordance with standard secondary market loan sale agreements. These residential real estate loans also are subject to customary representations and warranties made by the Company, including representations and warranties related to gross incompetence and fraud. The Company has not had to repurchase any loans as a result of these representations and warranties.
During 2022, 2021, and 2020, the Company sold residential mortgage loans totaling $8.9 million, $31.5 million, and $51.7 million, respectively, and realized net gains on these sales of $155,000, $943,000, and $2.1 million, respectively. When residential mortgage loans are sold to FHLMC or SONYMA, the Company typically retains all servicing rights, which provides the Company with a source of fee income. In connection with the sales in 2022, 2021, and 2020, the Company recorded mortgage-servicing assets of $66,000, $236,000, and $388,000, respectively.
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The Company originates fixed rate and adjustable rate residential mortgage loans, including loans that have characteristics of both, such as a 7/1 adjustable rate mortgage, which has a fixed rate for the first seven years and then adjusts annually thereafter. The majority of residential mortgage loans originated over the last several years have been fixed rate given the low interest rate environment. Adjustable rate residential real estate loans may be underwritten based upon an initial rate which is below the fully indexed rate; however, the initial rate is generally less than 100 basis points below the fully indexed rate. As such, the Company does not believe that this practice creates any significant credit risk.
Commercial real estate loans totaled $2.9 billion at December 31, 2022, an increase of $200.3 million or 7.5% compared to December 31, 2021, and represented 54.2% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2022, compared to 52.3% at December 31, 2021.
Commercial and industrial loans totaled $791.5 million at December 31, 2022, which is a decrease of $78.0 million or 9.0% from December 31, 2021. Commercial and industrial loans represented 15.0% of total loans at December 31, 2022 compared to 17.1% at December 31, 2021. The decrease was mainly in PPP loans, which totaled $756,000 at year end 2022, and $71.3 million at year-end 2021. The decrease in PPP loans is due to the PPP loan forgiveness program and pay downs made in 2022.
As of December 31, 2022, agriculturally-related loans totaled $300.0 million or 5.7% of total loans and leases compared to $295.1 million or 5.8% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2021. Agriculturally-related loans include loans to dairy farms and cash and vegetable crop farms. Agriculturally related loans are primarily made based on identified cash flows of the borrower with consideration given to underlying collateral, personal guarantees, and government related guarantees. Agriculturally-related loans are generally secured by the assets or property being financed or other business assets such as accounts receivable, livestock, equipment or commodities/crops.
The consumer loan portfolio includes personal installment loans, indirect automobile financing, and overdraft lines of credit. Consumer and other loans were $77.6 million at December 31, 2022, compared to $72.1 million at December 31, 2021.
The lease portfolio increased by 15.7% to $16.1 million at December 31, 2022 from $13.9 million at December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2022, commercial leases and municipal leases represented 100.0% of total leases.
The Company has adopted comprehensive lending policies, underwriting standards and loan review procedures. There were no significant changes to the Company’s existing policies, underwriting standards and loan review during 2022. The Company’s Board of Directors approves the lending policies at least annually. The Company recognizes that exceptions to policy guidelines may occasionally occur and has established procedures for approving exceptions to these policy guidelines. Management has also implemented reporting systems to monitor loan originations, loan quality, concentrations of credit, loan delinquencies and nonperforming loans and potential problem loans.
The Company’s loan and lease customers are located primarily in the New York and Pennsylvania communities served by its subsidiary bank. Although operating in numerous communities in New York State and Pennsylvania, the Company is still dependent on the general economic conditions of these states. As a result, the economic consequences of the pandemic on our market area generally and on the Company in particular continue to be difficult to quantify. Other than geographic and general economic risks, management is not aware of any material concentrations of credit risk to any industry or individual borrower.
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Analysis of Past Due and Nonperforming Loans
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||
| Loans 90 days past due and accruing1 | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 25 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Total loans 90 days past due and accruing | $ | 25 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Nonaccrual loans | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 618 | $ | 533 | $ | 1,775 | $ | 2,335 | $ | 1,883 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 13,858 | 13,893 | 23,627 | 10,789 | 8,007 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 13,544 | 11,178 | 13,145 | 10,882 | 12,072 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 269 | 429 | 429 | 275 | 234 | |||||||||
| Total nonaccrual loans and leases | $ | 28,289 | $ | 26,033 | $ | 38,976 | $ | 24,281 | $ | 22,196 | ||||
| Troubled debt restructurings not included above | 4,530 | 5,124 | 6,803 | 7,154 | 4,395 | |||||||||
| Total nonperforming loans and leases | $ | 32,844 | $ | 31,157 | $ | 45,779 | $ | 31,435 | $ | 26,591 | ||||
| Other real estate owned | 152 | 135 | 88 | 428 | 1,595 | |||||||||
| Total nonperforming assets | $ | 32,996 | $ | 31,292 | $ | 45,867 | $ | 31,863 | $ | 28,186 | ||||
| Total nonperforming loans and leases as a percentage of total loans and leases | 0.62 | % | 0.61 | % | 0.87 | % | 0.64 | % | 0.55 | % | ||||
| Total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets | 0.43 | % | 0.40 | % | 0.60 | % | 0.47 | % | 0.42 | % | ||||
| Allowance as a percentage of nonperforming loans and leases | 139.86 | % | 137.51 | % | 112.87 | % | 126.90 | % | 163.25 | % |
1 The 2020, 2019 and 2018 columns in the above table exclude $794,000, $1.3 million, and $1.1 million, respectively, of acquired loans that were 90 days past due and accruing interest. These loans were originally recorded at fair value on the acquisition date of August 1, 2012. These loans are considered to be accruing as the Company can reasonably estimate future cash flows on these acquired loans and the Company expects to fully collect the carrying value of these loans. Therefore, the Company is accreting the difference between the carrying value of these loans and their expected cash flows into interest income.
The level of nonperforming assets as of the past five year-ends is illustrated in the table above. The Company’s total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets was 0.43% at December 31, 2022, compared to 0.40% at December 31, 2021, and compares to its peer group's most recent ratio of 0.37% at September 30, 2022. The peer data is from the Federal Reserve Board and represents banks or bank holding companies with assets between $3.0 billion and $10.0 billion.
Nonperforming loans and leases totaled $32.8 million at December 31, 2022 and increased 5.4% from December 31, 2021. Nonperforming loans and leases represented 0.62% of total loans at December 31, 2022, compared to 0.61% of total loans at December 31, 2021, and 0.87% of total loans at December 31, 2020. Nonperforming loans and leases in the residential real estate portfolio at year-end 2022 increased by $2.4 million compared to 2021.
Loans are considered modified in a troubled debt restructuring ("TDR") when, due to a borrower’s financial difficulties, the Company makes a concession(s) to the borrower that the Company would not otherwise consider. When modifications are provided for reasons other than as a result of the financial distress of the borrower, these loans are not classified as TDRs or impaired. These modifications may include, among others, an extension of the term of the loan, and granting a period when interest-only payments can be made, with the principal payments made over the remaining term of the loan or at maturity. TDRs are included in the above table within the following categories: "loans 90 days past due and accruing", "nonaccrual loans", or "troubled debt restructurings not included above". Loans in the latter category include loans that meet the definition of a TDR but are performing in accordance with the modified terms and have shown a satisfactory period of repayment (generally six consecutive months) and where full collection of all amounts due are reasonably assured. At December 31, 2022, the Company had $6.4 million in TDR balances, which are included in the above table, of which $4.5 million are included in the line captioned "Troubled debt restructurings not included above" and the remainder are included within nonaccrual loans.
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In general, the Company places a loan on nonaccrual status if principal or interest payments become 90 days or more past due and/or management deems the collectability of the principal and/or interest to be in question, as well as when called for by regulatory requirements. Although in nonaccrual status, the Company may continue to receive payments on these loans. These payments are generally recorded as a reduction to principal and interest income is recorded only after principal recovery is reasonably assured. For additional financial information on the difference between the interest income that would have been recorded if these loans and leases had been paid in accordance with their original terms and the interest income that was recorded, refer to "Note 3 – Loans and Leases" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
The Company’s recorded investment in loans and leases that are individually evaluated totaled $20.8 million at December 31, 2022, and $20.5 million at December 31, 2021. A loan is individually evaluated when, based on current information and events, it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Individually evaluated loans consist of our non-homogenous nonaccrual loans and loans that are 90 days or more past due. Specific reserves on individually evaluated loans that are not collateral dependent are measured based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the original effective interest rate of each loan. For loans that are collateral dependent, impairment is measured based on the fair value of the collateral less estimated selling costs, and such impaired amounts are generally charged off.
At December 31, 2022, there were specific reserves of $3,000, mainly related to residential real estate loans compared to $67,000 of specific reserves mainly related to one commercial real estate loan and one commercial loan at December 31, 2021. The majority of the individually evaluated loans are collateral dependent loans that have limited exposure or require limited specific reserves because of the amount of collateral support with respect to these loans or the loans have been written down to fair value. Interest payments on individually evaluated loans are typically applied to principal unless collectability of the principal amount is reasonably assured. In these cases, interest is recognized on a cash basis. There was no interest income recognized on individually evaluated loans and leases for 2022, 2021 and 2020.
The ratio of the allowance to nonperforming loans (loans past due 90 days and accruing, nonaccrual loans and restructured troubled debt) was 139.9% at December 31, 2022, compared to 137.5% at December 31, 2021. The Company’s nonperforming loans are mostly made up of collateral dependent loans requiring little to no specific allowance due to the level of collateral available with respect to these loans and/or previous charge-offs.
Management reviews the loan portfolio for evidence of potential problem loans and leases. Potential problem loans and leases are loans and leases that are currently performing in accordance with contractual terms, but where known information about possible credit problems of the related borrowers causes management to have doubt as to the ability of such borrowers to comply with the present loan payment terms and may result in such loans and leases becoming nonperforming at some time in the future. Management considers loans and leases classified as Substandard, which continue to accrue interest, to be potential problem loans and leases. The Company, through its credit administration function, identified 17 commercial relationships totaling $33.3 million at December 31, 2022 that were potential problem loans. At December 31, 2021, there were 25 commercial relationships totaling $36.5 million in the loan portfolio that were considered potential problem loans. Of the 17 commercial relationships from the portfolio that were classified as potential problem loans at December 31, 2022, there were 5 relationships that equaled or exceeded $1.0 million, which in aggregate totaled $29.7 million. The potential problem loans remain in a performing status due to a variety of factors, including payment history, the value of collateral supporting the credits, and personal or government guarantees. These factors, when considered in the aggregate, give management reason to believe that the current risk exposure on these loans does not warrant accounting for these loans as nonperforming. However, these loans do exhibit certain risk factors, which have the potential to cause them to become nonperforming. Accordingly, management’s attention is focused on these credits, which are reviewed on at least a quarterly basis.
The Allowance for Credit Losses
Management reviews the appropriateness of the ACL on a regular basis. Management considers the accounting policy relating to the allowance to be a critical accounting policy, given the inherent uncertainty in evaluating the levels of the allowance required to cover credit losses in the portfolio and the material effect that assumptions could have on the Company’s results of operations. The Company has developed a methodology to measure the amount of estimated credit loss exposure inherent in the loan portfolio to assure that an appropriate allowance is maintained. The Company’s methodology is based upon guidance provided in SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 119, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments ("CECL"), and Financial Instruments - Credit Losses and ASC Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses.
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The Company uses a discounted cash flow ("DCF") method to estimate expected credit losses for all loan segments excluding the leasing segment. For each of these loan segments, the Company generates cash flow projections at the instrument level wherein payment expectations are adjusted for estimated prepayment speeds, curtailments, recovery lag, probability of default, and loss given default. The modeling of expected prepayment speeds, curtailment rates, and time to recovery are based on internal historical data.
The Company uses regression analysis of historical internal and peer data to determine suitable loss drivers to utilize when modeling lifetime probability of default and loss given default. This analysis also determines how expected probability of default and loss given default will react to forecasted levels of the loss drivers. For all loans utilizing the DCF method, management utilizes and forecasts national unemployment and a one year percentage change in national gross domestic product as loss drivers in the model.
For all DCF models, management has determined that four quarters represents a reasonable and supportable forecast period and reverts back to a historical loss rate over eight quarters on a straight-line basis. Management leverages economic projections from a reputable and independent third party to inform its loss driver forecasts over the four-quarter forecast period. Other internal and external indicators of economic forecasts, and scenario weightings, are also considered by management when developing the forecast metrics.
Due to the size and characteristics of the leasing portfolio, the Company uses the remaining life method, using the historical loss rate of the commercial and industrial segment, to determine the allowance for credit losses.
The combination of adjustments for credit expectations and timing expectations produces an expected cash flow stream at the instrument level. Instrument effective yield is calculated, net of the impacts of prepayment assumptions, and the instrument expected cash flows are then discounted at that effective yield to produce a net present value of expected cash flows ("NPV"). An ACL is established for the difference between the NPV and amortized cost basis.
The Company adopted Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2016-13 on January 1, 2020, using the prospective transition approach for financial assets purchased with credit deterioration ("PCD") that were previously classified as purchased credit impaired ("PCI") and accounted for under ASC 310-30. In accordance with the standard, the Company did not reassess whether PCI assets met the criteria of PCD assets as of the date of adoption. The remaining discount on the PCD assets will be accreted into interest income on a level-yield method over the life of the loans.
Since the methodology is based upon historical experience and trends, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts, as well as management’s judgment, factors may arise that result in different estimates. While management’s evaluation of the allowance as of December 31, 2022, considers the allowance to be appropriate, under adversely different conditions or assumptions, the Company would need to increase or decrease the allowance. In addition, various federal and State regulatory agencies, as part of their examination process, review the Company's allowance and may require the Company to recognize additions to the allowance based on their judgements and information available to them at the time of their examinations.
Loan Commitments and Allowance for Credit Losses on Off-Balance Sheet Credit Exposures
Financial instruments include off-balance sheet credit instruments, such as commitments to make loans, and commercial letters of credit. The Company's exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for off-balance sheet loan commitments is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded. The Company records an allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures, unless the commitments to extend credit are unconditionally cancelable, through a charge to credit loss expense for off-balance sheet credit exposures included in other noninterest expense in the Company's consolidated statements of income. As of December 31, 2022, the Company's reserve for off-balance sheet credit exposures was $2.8 million, compared to $2.5 million at December 31, 2021. As a result of the adoption of ASC 326, the Company recorded a net cumulative-effect adjustment increasing the allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures by $381,000 from $477,000 at December 31, 2019, to $858,000 at January 1, 2020.
As of December 31, 2022, the total allowance for credit losses was $45.9 million, a increase of $3.1 million or 7.2% from year-end 2021. The increase reflects net loan recoveries of $592,000 and provision for credit loss expense of $2.5 million. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total loans was 0.87% at year-end 2022 compared to 0.84% at year-end 2021. The allowance coverage to nonperforming loans and leases was 139.86% at December 31, 2022 compared to 137.50% at December 31, 2021.
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The increase in the ACL from year-end 2021 reflects updated economic forecasts for unemployment and gross domestic product ("GDP") coupled with loan growth, mainly in the real estate portfolios. Forecasts related to unemployment are beginning to deteriorate and GDP forecasts continue to weaken showing less growth compared to prior forecasts. Qualitative reserves established as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic to address specific portfolios with increased risk characteristics, including loans in our hotel portfolio, were reduced over 2022, and mainly removed from the allowance as of September 30, 2022, due to improved metrics that have stabilized and are in line with pre-pandemic trends. Qualitative reserves were added to the residential portfolio at year-end 2022 driven by uncertain impact of economic conditions, including rising interest rates, higher inflation, possible recession and rising consumer debt.
Total loans were $5.3 billion at December 31, 2022, an increase of $193.4 million or 3.8% from December 31, 2021. The increase from year-end 2021 was mainly due to loan growth in the commercial real estate portfolio. Credit quality metrics at December 31, 2022, were mixed when compared to year-end 2021. Nonperforming assets represented 0.43% of total assets at December 31, 2022, compared to 0.40% at December 31, 2021. Nonperforming loans and leases increased $1.7 million or 5.4% from year end 2021 and represented 0.62% of total loans at December 31, 2022 compared to 0.61% at December 31, 2021. Loans internally-classified Special Mention or Substandard decreased $39.6 million or 28.8% compared to December 31, 2021. The improvement over December 31, 2021, were mainly due to improved economic conditions as pandemic-related restrictions are being lifted and businesses are reopening. Net loan recoveries totaled $592,000 in 2022, compared to net charge-offs of $6.0 million in 2021.
The allocation of the Company’s allowance as of December 31, 2022, and each of the previous four years is illustrated in Table 5- Allocation of the Allowance for Credit Losses, below. The table represents the allowance for credit losses calculated under the new accounting guidance as of December 31, 2020, and the prior periods show amounts calculated under the incurred loss methodology calculation used prior to adoption. The table provides an allocation of the allowance for credit losses for inherent loan losses by type. The allocation is neither indicative of the specific amounts or the loan categories in which future charge-offs may occur, nor is it an indicator of future loss trends. The allocation of the allowance for credit losses to each category does not restrict the use of the allowance to absorb losses in any category.
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Table 5 - Allocation of the Allowance for Credit Losses
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||
| Total loans outstanding at end of year | $ | 5,268,911 | $ | 5,075,467 | $ | 5,260,327 | $ | 4,917,550 | $ | 4,833,939 | ||||
| Allocation of the ACL by loan type: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 6,039 | $ | 6,335 | $ | 9,239 | $ | 10,541 | $ | 11,272 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 27,287 | 24,813 | 30,546 | 21,608 | 23,483 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 11,154 | 10,139 | 10,257 | 6,381 | 7,345 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 1,358 | 1,492 | 1,562 | 1,362 | 1,310 | |||||||||
| Leases | 96 | 64 | 65 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 45,934 | $ | 42,843 | $ | 51,669 | $ | 39,892 | $ | 43,410 | ||||
| Allocation of the ACL as a percentage of total allowance: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | 13 | % | 15 | % | 18 | % | 26 | % | 26 | % | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 60 | % | 58 | % | 59 | % | 54 | % | 54 | % | ||||
| Residential real estate | 24 | % | 24 | % | 20 | % | 16 | % | 17 | % | ||||
| Consumer and other | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | ||||
| Leases | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
| Total | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | ||||
| Loan and lease types as a percentage of total loans and leases: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | 16 | % | 18 | % | 23 | % | 21 | % | 22 | % | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 54 | % | 52 | % | 49 | % | 50 | % | 49 | % | ||||
| Residential real estate | 29 | % | 29 | % | 27 | % | 28 | % | 28 | % | ||||
| Consumer and other | 1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | ||||
| Leases | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
| Total | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % |
The above table shows a fairly consistent allocation of the loan portfolio and allowance over the period with commercial real estate and residential real estate representing the largest proportion of total loans and the allowance. The increase in commercial and industrial loans at year-end 2020, was mainly due to PPP loans, which decreased at year end 2021 and 2022 as these loans were forgiven by the SBA. Given the SBA guaranty of the PPP loans, there were no reserves allocated to PPP loans.
Table 6 - Analysis of the Allowance for Credit Losses shows the activity in the allowance for credit losses over the past five years. The allowance at December 31, 2022 was $45.9 million, an increase of $3.1 million from year-end 2021, reflecting a provision expense of $2.5 million and net recoveries of $592,000 for the year-ended December 31, 2022. Net charge-offs of $6.0 million in 2021, were mainly due to one commercial real estate relationship that included two loans and was charged off in the fourth quarter of 2021. The $16.2 million provision expense in 2020 was driven by changes in economic conditions and forecasts related to the impact of COVID-19, including forecasts of significantly slower economic growth and higher unemployment. The majority of the increase in the allowance and provision expense in 2020 was in the first quarter of 2020. Provision expense decreased in 2021, as businesses opened and economic conditions continued to improve, resulting in the ability to reverse some of the provision expense booked in the first quarter of 2020 related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Table 6 - Analysis of the Allowance for Credit Losses
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
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| (In thousands) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||
| Average loans outstanding during year | $ | 5,142,099 | $ | 5,184,492 | $ | 5,228,135 | $ | 4,830,089 | $ | 4,757,583 | ||||
| Balance of allowance at beginning of year | 42,843 | 51,669 | 39,892 | 43,410 | 39,771 | |||||||||
| Impact of adopting ASU 2016-13 | 0 | 0 | (2,534) | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Loans charged-off: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 559 | $ | 274 | $ | 2 | $ | 696 | $ | 334 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 50 | 6,957 | 1,903 | 4,015 | 142 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 53 | 77 | 84 | 256 | 614 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 544 | 438 | 482 | 823 | 1,350 | |||||||||
| Leases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total loans charged-off | $ | 1,206 | $ | 7,746 | $ | 2,471 | $ | 5,790 | $ | 2,440 | ||||
| Recoveries of loans previously charged-off: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 195 | $ | 118 | $ | 131 | $ | 103 | $ | 156 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 951 | 1,175 | 58 | 174 | 843 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 346 | 236 | 194 | 334 | 459 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 306 | 196 | 248 | 295 | 679 | |||||||||
| Total loan recoveries | $ | 1,798 | $ | 1,725 | $ | 631 | $ | 906 | $ | 2,137 | ||||
| Net loan charged-off | (592) | 6,021 | 1,840 | 4,884 | 303 | |||||||||
| Additions/(Reductions) to allowance charged to operations | 2,499 | (2,805) | 16,151 | 1,366 | 3,942 | |||||||||
| Balance of allowance at end of year | $ | 45,934 | $ | 42,843 | $ | 51,669 | $ | 39,892 | $ | 43,410 | ||||
| Allowance as a percentage of total loans and leases outstanding | 0.87 | % | 0.84 | % | 0.98 | % | 0.81 | % | 0.90 | % | ||||
| Net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans and leases outstanding during the year | (0.01) | % | 0.12 | % | 0.04 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.01 | % |
As a result of the adoption of ASU 2016-13, the Company recorded a net cumulative-effect adjustment reducing the allowance for credit losses by $2.5 million from $39.9 million at December 31, 2019 to $37.4 million at January 1, 2020.
Management believes that, based upon its evaluation as of December 31, 2022, the allowance is appropriate.
Deposits and Other Liabilities
Total deposits were $6.6 billion at December 31, 2022, a decrease of $189.1 million or 2.8% compared to year-end 2021. The decrease from year-end 2021 consisted of savings and money market balances, and time deposit balances, which were down $195.3 million, and $8.3 million, respectively. This was partially offset by an increase in noninterest bearing deposits, which increased $14.4 million. The decrease in deposits was largely driven by inflation and higher rate alternatives due to the current interest rate environment and tighter monetary policy. The Company had significant deposit growth in 2021 and 2020 as deposit balances benefited from PPP loan originations and from government stimulus programs issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Deposit balances were up $353.7 million or 5.5% at year end 2021 compared to year end 2020 and up $1.2 billion or 23.5% at year-end 2020 compared to year-end 2019.
The most significant source of funding for the Company is core deposits. The Company defines core deposits as total deposits less time deposits of $250,000 or more, brokered deposits, municipal money market deposits and reciprocal deposit relationships with municipalities. Core deposits decreased by $200.3 million or 3.5% to $5.6 billion at year-end 2022 from $5.8 billion at year-end 2021. Core deposits represented 84.5% of total deposits at December 31, 2022, compared to 85.1% of total deposits at December 31, 2021.
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Municipal money market accounts and reciprocal deposit relationships with municipalities totaled $679.0 million at year-end 2022, which decreased 18.12% from year-end 2021. In general, there is a seasonal pattern to municipal deposits starting with a low point during July and August. Account balances tend to increase throughout the fall and into the winter months from tax deposits and receive an additional inflow at the end of March from the electronic deposit of state funds.
The Company uses both retail and wholesale repurchase agreements. Retail repurchase agreements are arrangements with local customers of the Company, in which the Company agrees to sell securities to the customer with an agreement to repurchase those securities at a specified later date. Retail repurchase agreements totaled $56.3 million at December 31, 2022, and $66.8 million at December 31, 2021. Management generally views local repurchase agreements as an alternative to large time deposits. Refer to "Note 8 Federal Funds Purchased and Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for further details on the Company’s repurchase agreements.
The Company’s other borrowings totaled $291.3 million at year-end 2022, which were up $167.3 million over prior year end. Loan growth and lower deposit balances compared to year-end 2021 contributed to the increase in borrowings year-over-year. The $291.3 million in borrowings at December 31, 2022, represented $241.3 million in overnight advances from the FHLB and $50.0 million in term advances from the FHLB. Borrowings of $124.0 million at year-end 2021 represented $14.0 million in overnight borrowings and $110.0 million in FHLB term advances. Of the $50.0 million in FHLB term advances at year-end 2022, $40.0 million are due in over one year. Refer to "Note 9 - Other Borrowings" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K for further details on the Company’s term borrowings with the FHLB.
Liquidity Management
The objective of liquidity management is to ensure the availability of adequate funding sources to satisfy the demand for credit, deposit withdrawals, operating expenses, and business investment opportunities. The Company’s large, stable core deposit base and strong capital position are the foundation for the Company’s liquidity position. The Company uses a variety of resources to meet its liquidity needs, which include deposits, cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, cash flow from lending and investing activities, repurchase agreements, and borrowings. The Company may also use borrowings as part of a growth strategy. Asset and liability positions are monitored primarily through the Asset/Liability Management Committee of the Company’s subsidiary bank. This Committee reviews periodic reports on the liquidity and interest rate sensitivity positions. Comparisons with industry and peer groups are also monitored. The Company’s strong reputation in the communities it serves, along with its strong financial condition, provides access to numerous sources of liquidity as described below. Management believes these diverse liquidity sources provide sufficient means to meet all demands on the Company’s liquidity that are reasonably likely to occur. Management measures liquidity, including the level of cash, unencumbered securities, and the availability of of dependable borrowing sources. The board has set a policy limit stating that reliable sources of liquidity should remain in excess of 6% of total assets. The ratio was 21.6% of assets at December 31, 2022.
Core deposits, discussed above under "Deposits and Other Liabilities", are a primary and low cost funding source obtained primarily through the Company’s branch network. In addition to core deposits, the Company uses non-core funding sources to support asset growth. These non-core funding sources include time deposits of $250,000 or more, brokered time deposits, municipal money market deposits, reciprocal deposits, bank borrowings, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, overnight borrowings and term advances from the FHLB and other funding sources. Rates and terms are the primary determinants of the mix of these funding sources.
Non-core funding sources totaled $1.4 billion at December 31, 2022, an increase of $168.1 million or 14.0% from $1.2 billion at December 31, 2021. The increase is due to lower deposit balances that were replaced by FHLB borrowings. Non-core funding sources as a percentage of total liabilities increased from 17.0% at year-end 2021 to 19.4% at year-end 2022.
Non-core funding sources may require securities to be pledged against the underlying liability. Securities carried at $1.8 billion at December 31, 2022 were either pledged or sold under agreements to repurchase, compared to $1.4 billion at December 31, 2021. Pledged securities or securities sold under agreements to repurchase represented 82.4% of total securities at December 31, 2022, compared to 59.4% of total securities at December 31, 2021.
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $77.8 million at December 31, 2022, a decrease from $63.1 million at December 31, 2021. Short-term investments, consisting of securities due in one year or less, decreased from $77.9 million at December 31, 2021, to $50.3 million at December 31, 2022.
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Cash flow from the loan and investment portfolios provides a significant source of liquidity. These assets may have stated maturities in excess of one year, but they have monthly principal reductions. Total mortgage-backed securities, at fair value, were $738.9 million at December 31, 2022 compared with $947.7 million at December 31, 2021. Outstanding principal balances of residential mortgage loans, consumer loans, and leases totaled approximately $1.6 billion at both December 31, 2022 and 2021. Aggregate amortization from monthly payments on these assets provides significant additional cash flow to the Company.
Liquidity is enhanced by ready access to national and regional wholesale funding sources including Federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements, brokered certificates of deposit, and FHLB advances. Through its subsidiary bank, the Company has borrowing relationship with the FHLB and correspondent banks, which provide secured and unsecured borrowing capacity. At December 31, 2022, the unused borrowing capacity on established lines with the FHLB was $1.3 billion.
As members of the FHLB, the Company’s subsidiary banks can use certain unencumbered mortgage-related assets and securities to secure additional borrowings from the FHLB. At December 31, 2022, total unencumbered mortgage loans and securities of the Company were $1.3 billion. Additional assets may also qualify as collateral for FHLB advances upon approval of the FHLB.
The Company has not identified any trends or circumstances that are reasonably likely to result in material increases or decreases in liquidity in the near term.
Table 7 - Loan Maturity
| Remaining maturity of loans | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | Total | Less than 1 year | After 1 year to 5 years | After 5 years to 15 years | After 15 years | |||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 791,529 | $ | 217,568 | $ | 223,713 | $ | 220,351 | $ | 129,897 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 2,853,418 | 93,810 | 424,172 | 1,354,025 | 981,411 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 1,534,941 | 996 | 26,136 | 311,141 | 1,196,668 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 5,179,888 | $ | 312,374 | $ | 674,021 | $ | 1,885,517 | $ | 2,307,976 |
Of the loan amounts shown above in Table 7 - Loan Maturity, maturing over 1 year, $2.2 billion have fixed rates and $2.6 billion have adjustable rates.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
In the normal course of business, the Company is party to certain financial instruments, which in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, are not included in its Consolidated Statements of Condition. These transactions include commitments under standby letters of credit, unused portions of lines of credit, and commitments to fund new loans and are undertaken to accommodate the financing needs of the Company’s customers. Loan commitments are agreements by the Company to lend monies at a future date. These loan and letter of credit commitments are subject to the same credit policies and reviews as the Company’s loans. Because most of these loan commitments expire within one year from the date of issue, the total amount of these loan commitments as of December 31, 2022, are not necessarily indicative of future cash requirements. Further information on these commitments and contingent liabilities is provided in "Note 17 Commitments and Contingent Liabilities" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K.
Contractual Obligations
The Company leases land, buildings, and equipment under operating lease arrangements extending to the year 2090. Most leases include options to renew for periods ranging from 5 to 20 years. In addition, the Company has a software contract for its core banking application through June 30, 2024 along with contracts for more specialized software programs through 2026. Further information on the Company’s lease arrangements is provided in "Note 6 Premises and Equipment" in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Report on Form 10-K. The Company’s contractual obligations as of December 31, 2022, are shown in Table 8-Contractual Obligations and Commitments below.
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Table 8 - Contractual Obligations and Commitments
| Contractual cash obligations | At December 31, 2022 Payments due within | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | Total | 1 year | 1-3 years | 3-5 years | After 5 years | |||||||||
| Long-term debt | $ | 51,117 | $ | 10,810 | $ | 40,307 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Operating leases 1 | 44,207 | 3,995 | 7,542 | 6,683 | 25,987 | |||||||||
| Software contracts | 5,795 | 2,809 | 2,664 | 322 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total contractual cash obligations | $ | 101,119 | $ | 17,614 | $ | 50,513 | $ | 7,005 | $ | 25,987 |
1 Operating leases include renewals the Company considers reasonably certain to exercise.
Non-GAAP Disclosure
The following table summarizes the Company’s results of operations on a GAAP basis and on an operating (non-GAAP) basis for the periods indicated. The non-GAAP financial measures adjust GAAP measures to exclude the effects of non-operating items, such as acquisition related intangible amortization expense, and significant nonrecurring income or expense on earnings, equity, and capital. The Company believes the non-GAAP measures provide meaningful comparisons of our underlying operational performance and facilitate management's and investors' assessments of business and performance trends in comparison to others in the financial services industry. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as a measure of the Company's profitability or liquidity; they are in addition to, and are not a substitute for, financial measures under GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures presented herein may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies, and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. In the future, the Company may utilize other measures to illustrate performance. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations since they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the Company's results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP.
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| Reconciliation of Net Income Available to Common Shareholders/Diluted Earnings Per Share (GAAP) to Net Operating Income Available to Common Shareholders/Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share (Non-GAAP) and Adjusted Operating Return on Average Tangible Common Equity (Non-GAAP) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except per share data) | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||||||
| Net income available to common shareholders | $ | 85,030 | $ | 89,264 | $ | 77,588 | $ | 81,718 | $ | 82,308 | ||||
| Less: income attributable to unvested stock-based compensations awards | (250) | (615) | (857) | (1,306) | (1315) | |||||||||
| Net earnings allocated to common shareholders (GAAP) | 84,780 | 88,649 | 76,731 | 80,412 | 80,993 | |||||||||
| Diluted earnings per share (GAAP) | 5.89 | 6.05 | 5.20 | 5.37 | 5.35 | |||||||||
| Adjustments for non-operating income and expense: | ||||||||||||||
| Purchase accounting related to redemption of trust preferred securities | 0 | 1,849 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Penalties on prepayment of FHLB borrowings | 0 | 2,929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gain on sale of real estate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2,950) | |||||||||
| Write-down of impaired leases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,536 | |||||||||
| Write-down of real estate pending sale | 0 | 0 | 673 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total adjustments | 0 | 4,778 | 673 | 0 | (414) | |||||||||
| Tax expense | 0 | 1,171 | 165 | 0 | 102 | |||||||||
| Total adjustments, net of tax | 0 | 3,607 | 508 | 0 | (312) | |||||||||
| Net operating income available to common shareholders (Non-GAAP) | 84,780 | 92,256 | 77,239 | 80,412 | 80,681 | |||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted) | 14,404,294 | 14,648,167 | 14,751,303 | 14,973,951 | 15,132,257 | |||||||||
| Adjusted diluted earnings per share (Non-GAAP) | 5.89 | 6.30 | 5.24 | 5.37 | 5.33 | |||||||||
| Net earnings allocated to common shareholders (Non-GAAP) | 84,780 | 92,256 | 76,731 | 80,412 | 80,681 | |||||||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' equity (GAAP) | 640,258 | 723,009 | 699,554 | 649,871 | 589,475 | |||||||||
| Amortization of intangibles | 873 | 1,317 | 1,484 | 1,673 | 1,771 | |||||||||
| Tax expense | 214 | 323 | 364 | 410 | 434 | |||||||||
| Amortization of intangibles, net of tax | 659 | 994 | 1,120 | 1,263 | 1,337 | |||||||||
| Adjusted net operating income available to common shareholders' (Non-GAAP) | 85,439 | 93,250 | 77,851 | 81,675 | 82,018 | |||||||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' equity | 723,009 | 723,009 | 698,088 | 649,871 | 589,475 | |||||||||
| Average goodwill and intangibles | 94,677 | 95,719 | 97,134 | 98,104 | 99,999 | |||||||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' tangible common equity (Non-GAAP) | $ | 628,332 | $ | 627,290 | $ | 600,954 | $ | 551,767 | $ | 489,476 | ||||
| Adjusted operating return on average shareholders' tangible common equity (Non-GAAP) | 13.60 | % | 14.87 | % | 12.95 | % | 14.80 | % | 16.76 | % |
Newly Adopted Accounting Standards
ASU No. 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers. Generally, this new guidance strives to improve the accounting for acquired revenue contracts with customers in a business combination by addressing diversity and inconsistency amongst entities in measuring contract assets and liabilities. The update requires that an entity (acquirer) recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in a business combination in accordance with Topic 606 as if it had originated the contract. Changes in the acquiree’s balance of
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contract asset and contract liabilities identified as necessary to conform to the acquirer’s accounting policies would result in a reallocation of the purchase price. ASU 2021-08 became effective for the Company on January 1, 2022. As there were no acquisitions during the current year, the adoption of ASU No. 2021-08 had no effect on the financial statements for the current fiscal year, and will apply the guidance prospectively to future acquisitions.
ASU No. 2021-10, Government Assistance (Topic 832): Disclosures by Business Entities about Government Assistance. This ASU requires business entities to make annual disclosures about transactions with a government they account for by analogizing to a grant or contribution accounting model under ASC 958-605. ASU 2021-10 became effective for the Company on January 1, 2022, and did not have an impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Accounting Standards Pending Adoption
ASU No. 2022-03, "Fair Value Measurements (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions." The amendments in this update provides clarification on guidance in Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, when measuring the fair value of an equity security subject to contractual restrictions that prohibit the sale of an equity security and provides new disclosure requirements for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions, that are measured at fair value. ASU 2022-06 is effective for fiscal years ending beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods in those years, and is not expected to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.
ASU No. 2020-04, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting." The amendments in this update provide optional guidance for a limited period of time to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. It provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying U.S. generally accepted accounting principles to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The amendments in this update are effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2022-01, "Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815)" ("ASU 2022-01") clarifies the guidance in ASC 815 on fair value hedge accounting of interest rate risk for portfolios and financial assets. Among other things, the amended guidance established the “last-of-layer” method for making the fair value hedge accounting for these portfolios more accessible and renamed that method the “portfolio layer” method. ASU 2022-01 is effective January 1, 2023 and is not expected to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2022-02, "Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326)" ("ASU 2022-02") eliminates the guidance on troubled debt restructurings and requires entities to evaluate all loan modifications to determine if they result in a new loan or a continuation of the existing loan. ASU 2022-02 also requires that entities disclose current-period gross charge-offs by year of origination for loans and leases. ASU 2022-02 is effective January 1, 2023, with early adoption permitted. While the guidance will result in expanded disclosures, the Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
The Company reviewed new accounting standards as issued. Management has not identified any other new standards that it believes will have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
FY 2021 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001005817-22-000003.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following analysis is intended to provide the reader with a further understanding of the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its operating subsidiaries for the periods shown. This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with other sections of this Report on Form 10-K, including Part I, “Item 1. Business,” and Part II, “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” A detailed discussion comparing 2020 and 2019 results is incorporated herein by reference to Item 7 of the Company's 2020 annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 1, 2021.
Overview
Tompkins Financial Corporation (“Tompkins” or the “Company”) is headquartered in Ithaca, New York and is registered as a Financial Holding Company with the Federal Reserve Board under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. The Company is a locally oriented, community-based financial services organization that offers a full array of products and services, including commercial and consumer banking, leasing, trust and investment management, financial planning and wealth management, and insurance services. At December 31, 2021, the Company’s subsidiaries included: four wholly-owned banking subsidiaries, Tompkins Trust Company (the “Trust Company”), The Bank of Castile (DBA Tompkins Bank of Castile), Mahopac Bank (DBA Tompkins Mahopac Bank), and VIST Bank (DBA Tompkins VIST Bank). Effective January 1, 2022, the Company’s four wholly-owned banking subsidiaries were combined into one bank, with The Bank of Castile, Mahopac Bank, and VIST Bank merging with and into the Trust Company with the Trust Company as the surviving institution. Following the merger, the Trust Company changed its name to "Tompkins Community Bank." The Company also has a wholly-owned insurance agency subsidiary, Tompkins Insurance Agencies, Inc. (“Tompkins Insurance”). Tompkins Community Bank provides a full array of trust and investment services under the Tompkins Financial Advisors brand, including investment management, trust and estate, financial and tax planning as well as life, disability and long-term care insurance services. The Company’s principal offices are located at 118 E. Seneca Street, Ithaca, NY, 14850, and its telephone number is (888) 503-5753. The Company’s common stock is traded on the NYSE American under the Symbol “TMP.”
Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements contained in this Report that are not statements of historical fact may include forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements may be identified by use of such words as "may", "will", "estimate", "intend", "continue", "believe", "expect", "plan", or "anticipate", the negative and other variations of these terms and other similar words. Examples of forward-looking statements may include statements regarding the asset quality of the Company's loan portfolios; the level of the Company's allowance for credit losses; whether, when and how borrowers will repay deferred amounts and resume scheduled payments; the sufficiency of liquidity sources; the Company's exposure to changes in interest rates, and to new, changed, or extended government/regulatory expectations; the impact of changes in accounting standards; and trends, plans, prospects, growth and strategies. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and are subject to certain uncertainties and factors relating to the Company’s operations and economic environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the Company, that could cause actual results of the Company to differ materially from those expressed and/or implied by forward-looking statements and historical performance. The following factors, in addition to those listed as Risk Factors in Item 1A are among those that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements: changes in general economic, market and regulatory conditions; the severity and duration of the COVID-19 outbreak and the impact of the outbreak (including the government’s response to the outbreak) on economic
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and financial markets and our borrowers, potential regulatory actions, and modifications to our operations, products, and services relating thereto; disruptions in our and our customers’ operations and loss of revenue due to pandemics, epidemics, widespread health emergencies, government-imposed travel/business restrictions, or outbreaks of infectious diseases such as the COVID-19, and the associated adverse impact on our financial position, liquidity, and our customers’ abilities or willingness to repay their obligations to us or willingness to obtain financial services products from the Company; a decision to amend or modify the terms under which our customers are obligated to repay amounts owed to us; the development of an interest rate environment that may adversely affect the Company’s interest rate spread, other income or cash flow anticipated from the Company’s operations, investment and/or lending activities; changes in laws and regulations affecting banks, bank holding companies and/or financial holding companies, such as the Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III and the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act; legislative and regulatory changes in response to COVID-19 with which we and our subsidiaries must comply, including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the "CARES Act") and the Appropriation Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and federal, state and local government mandates; technological developments and changes; the ability to continue to introduce competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis; governmental and public policy changes, including environmental regulation; reliance on large customers; changes in business prospects that could impact goodwill and other intangible assets; fluctuations in market interest rates; uncertainties arising from national and global events, including the potential impact of widespread protests, civil unrest, and political uncertainty on the economy and the financial services industry; and financial resources in the amounts, at the times and on the terms required to support the Company’s future businesses.
Critical Accounting Policies
The accounting and reporting policies followed by the Company conform, in all material respects, to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and to general practices within the financial services industry. In the course of normal business activity, management must select and apply many accounting policies and methodologies and make estimates and assumptions that lead to the financial results presented in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. There are uncertainties inherent in making these estimates and assumptions, which could materially affect the Company’s results of operations and financial position.
Management considers accounting estimates to be critical to reported financial results if (i) the accounting estimates require management to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain, and (ii) different estimates that management reasonably could have used for the accounting estimate in the current period, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably likely to occur from period to period, could have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements. Management considers the accounting policies relating to the allowance for credit losses (“allowance”, or “ACL”), and the review of the securities portfolio for other-than-temporary impairment to be critical accounting policies because of the uncertainty and subjectivity involved in these policies and the material effect that estimates related to these areas can have on the Company’s results of operations.
The Company’s methodology for estimating the allowance considers available relevant information about the collectability of cash flows, including information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Refer to “Allowance for Credit Losses” below, "Note 4 - Allowance for Credit Losses", and "Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8. of this Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
For information on the Company's significant accounting policies and to gain a greater understanding of how the Company’s financial performance is reported, refer to "Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8. of this Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The Company's significant accounting policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and are described in Note 1 of Notes to Financial Statements. In applying those accounting policies, management of the Company is required to exercise judgment in determining many of the methodologies, assumptions and estimates to be utilized. Certain critical accounting estimates are more dependent on such judgment and in some cases may contribute to volatility in the Company's reported financial performance should the assumptions and estimates used change over time due to changes in circumstances. The more significant area in which management of the Company apply critical assumptions and estimates include the following:
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•Accounting for credit losses - Effective January 1, 2020 the Company adopted amended accounting guidance that impacts how the allowance for credit losses is determined. Under the new accounting guidance, the allowance for credit losses represents a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of certain financial assets, including loans and leases, to present the net amount expected to be collected at the balance sheet date. A provision for credit losses is recorded to adjust the level of the allowance as deemed necessary by management. In estimating expected losses in the loan and lease portfolio, borrower-specific financial data and macro-economic assumptions are utilized to project losses over a reasonable and supportable forecast period. For certain loan pools that share similar risk characteristics, the Company utilizes statistically developed models to estimate amounts and timing of expected future cash flows, collateral values and other factors used to determine the borrowers' abilities to repay obligations. Such models consider historical correlations of credit losses with various macroeconomic assumptions including unemployment and gross domestic product. These forecasts may be adjusted for inherent limitations or biases of the models. Subsequent to the forecast period, the Company utilizes longer-term historical loss experience to estimate losses over the remaining contractual life of the loans. Prior to 2020, the allowance for credit losses represented the amount that in management's judgment reflected incurred credit losses inherent in the loan and lease portfolio as of the balance sheet date. The estimation of the allowance for credit losses prior to 2020 did not consider reasonable and supportable forecasts that could have affected the collectability of the reported amounts. Changes in the circumstances considered when determining management's estimates and assumptions could result in changes in those estimates and assumptions, which could result in adjustment of the allowance for credit losses in future periods. A discussion of facts and circumstances considered by management in determining the allowance for credit losses is included herein in Note 4 of Notes to Financial Statements.
COVID-19 Pandemic and Recent Events
The COVID-19 global pandemic continued to present health and economic challenges in 2021. During the year, the Company continued to focus on the health and well-being of its workforce, meeting its clients' needs, and supporting its communities. During the initial phases of the pandemic, the Company designated a Pandemic Planning Committee, which includes key individuals across the Company as well as members of Senior Management, to oversee the Company’s response to COVID-19, and implemented a number of risk mitigation measures designed to protect our employees and customers while maintaining services for our customers and community. These measures included restrictions on business travel, establishment of a hybrid work environment for most non-customer facing employees, and social distancing restrictions for those employees working at our offices and branch locations. In September 2021, New York State activated the HERO Act and the Company has adopted business practices consistent with the changing regulations there under.
Tompkins continues to offer, on a limited basis, assistance to its customers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing a payment deferral program to assist both consumer and business borrowers that may be experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19. Our standard program allowed for the deferral of loan payments for up to 90 days; in certain cases we extended additional deferrals or other accommodations. As part of this program, the Company deferred approximately 3,800 loans totaling $1.6 billion. As of December 31, 2020, loans totaling about $1.4 billion had moved out of the deferral status and returned to payment status. As of December 31, 2021, total loans that continued in a deferral status amounted to approximately $4.5 million, representing 0.09% of total loans. Loans in the deferral program continue to accrue interest during the deferral period unless otherwise classified as nonperforming. The provisions of the CARES Act and the interagency guidance issued by Federal banking regulators provided clarification related to modifications and deferral programs to assist borrowers who are negatively impacted by the COVID-19 national emergency. The guidance and clarifications detail certain provisions whereby banks are permitted to make deferrals and modifications to the terms of a loan which would not require the loan to be reported as a troubled debt restructuring ("TDR"). In accordance with the CARES Act and the interagency guidance, the Company elected to adopt the provisions to not report qualified loan modifications as TDRs. The relief related to TDRs under the CARES Act was extended by the Appropriation Act. Under the Appropriations Act, relief under the CARES Act continued until January 1, 2022.
Management continues to monitor credit conditions carefully at the individual borrower level, as well as by industry segment, in order to be responsive to changing credit conditions. It is difficult to assess whether a customer that continues to experience COVID-19 related financial hardship will be able to perform under the original terms of the loan once the deferral period ends. Any such inability to perform may result in increases in past due and nonperforming loans. The balance of loans in deferral as of December 31, 2021 reflects a continued decrease, resulting in immaterial industry concentrations as a percentage of each loan segment.
The Company also participated in the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). This program provides borrower guarantees for lenders, and envisions a certain amount of loan forgiveness for loan recipients
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who properly utilize funds, all in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the SBA for the PPP. The Company began accepting applications for PPP loans on April 3, 2020, and had funded 2,998 loans totaling about $465.6 million when the initial program ended. On January 19, 2021, the Company began accepting both first draw and second draw applications for the reopening of the PPP program. The 2021 PPP program funding closed for new applications on May 12, 2021. The Company funded 2,142 PPP loan applications totaling $228.5 million in 2021.
Out of the total $694.1 million of PPP loans that the Company had funded through January 14, 2022, approximately $620.2 million had been forgiven by the SBA under the terms of the program. Total net deferred fees on the remaining balance of PPP loans amounted to $3.0 million at December 31, 2021.
Results of Operations
(Comparison of December 31, 2021 and 2020 results)
General
The Company reported diluted earnings per share of $6.05 in 2021, an increase of 16.4% compared to diluted earnings per share of $5.20 in 2020. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2021, was $89.3 million, an increase of 15.1% compared to $77.6 million in 2020. Earnings performance in 2021 compared to 2020 benefited from growth in noninterest income sources, including insurance, wealth management and card services income and lower provisions for credit losses. Provision expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 was a credit of $2.2 million, compared to an expense of $17.2 million for 2020. The provision for credit losses in 2020 included a provision expense of $16.8 million in the first quarter related to the impact of the economic condition related to COVID-19. Earnings in 2021 also included a $1.9 million ($0.10 per share) purchase accounting charge related to the redemption of $15.2 million in trust preferred securities and $2.9 million ($0.15 per share) in penalties related to the prepayment of $135.0 million in FHLB fixed rate advances.
In addition to earnings per share, key performance measurements for the Company include return on average shareholders’ equity (ROE) and return on average assets (ROA). ROE was 12.32% in 2021, compared to 11.09% in 2020, while ROA was 1.12% in 2021 and 1.05% in 2020. Tompkins’ 2021 ROE compared favorably with peer ratios of 12.18% for ROE, while ROA trailed by 15 basis points when compared to peer ROA of 1.27%. The peer group data is derived from the FRB's "Bank Holding Company Performance Report", which covers banks and bank holding companies with assets between $3.0 billion and $10.0 billion as of September 30, 2021 (the most recent report available). Although the peer group data is presented based upon financial information that is one fiscal quarter behind the financial information included in this report, the Company believes that it is relevant to include certain peer group information for comparison to current period numbers.
Segment Reporting
The Company operates in three business segments: banking, insurance and wealth management. Insurance is comprised of property and casualty insurance services and employee benefit consulting operated under the Tompkins Insurance, subsidiary. Wealth management activities include the results of the Company’s trust, financial planning, and wealth management services provided by Tompkins Financial Advisors, a division of Tompkins Community Bank. All other activities are considered banking. For additional financial information on the Company’s segments, refer to “Note 22 Segment and Related Information“ in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8. of this Report.
Banking Segment
The banking segment reported net income of $77.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, representing an $8.7 million or 12.5%, increase compared to 2020. The increase in net income in 2021 compared to 2020 was largely driven by a decrease in the provision for credit losses. Net interest income decreased $1.6 million or 0.7% in 2021 compared to 2020. Net interest income in 2021 included a $1.9 million purchase accounting charge related to the redemption of $15.2 million in trust preferred securities. Interest income decreased $13.0 million or 5.1% compared to 2020, while interest expense decreased $11.5 million or 39.5%.
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The provision for credit loss expense was a credit of $2.2 million in 2021, compared to provision expense of $17.2 million in the prior year. The first quarter of 2020 included provision expense of $16.8 million related to the impact of the economic conditions due to COVID-19 on economic forecasts and other model assumptions relied upon by management in determining the allowance, and reflects the calculation of the allowance for credit losses in accordance with ASU 2016-13 Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326 ): Measurement of Credit Losses on financial Instruments, and its related amendments. Improved credit quality and improving macroeconomic trends in 2021 compared to 2020 contributed to a lower allowance for credit losses at year-end 2021 compared to year-end 2020. For additional information, see the section titled "The Allowance for Credit Losses" below.
Noninterest income of $25.9 million in 2021 was flat compared to 2020. Noninterest expense of $152.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, increased $4.9 million or 3.3% from 2020. The year-to-date increase in noninterest expense was mainly attributed to $2.9 million in penalties related to a prepayment of $135.0 million in FHLB advances, merger related expenses, and salary and wages and employee benefits reflecting normal annual merit adjustments.
Insurance Segment
The insurance segment reported net income of $6.3 million, an increase of $1.9 million or 43.3% when compared to 2020, as a $3.5 million or 11.0% increase in noninterest revenue was only partially offset by a $916,000 or 3.5% increase in expenses. The increase in revenue included $1.9 million or 8.8% growth in property and casualty commissions and a $1.1 million or 34.6% increase in contingency revenue over 2020. Health and voluntary benefits were $97,000 or 1.3% less than 2020 while life, financial services and other revenue was $53,000 or 17.0% more than 2020. Revenue growth in 2021 benefited from business development efforts and generally higher policy premium levels.
Noninterest revenue for 2021 included a non-recurring receipt from the proceeds of an officer life insurance policy in the amount of $140.000. The increase in expenses was mainly attributable to an increase in wages reflecting normal annual merit increases along with commissions and incentives related to the increase in commission revenue partially offset by an overall decrease in health insurance costs. Certain expenses such as auto, travel, entertainment and marketing which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in reductions during 2020 increased slightly in 2021.
Wealth Management Segment
The wealth management segment reported net income of $5.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $1.1 million or 28.4% compared to 2020. Revenue of $19.7 million increased $1.6 million or 8.8% compared to 2020, mainly a result of increased assets under management and advisory revenue. We saw strong market performance throughout the year which helped revenue year over year. Noninterest expenses remained relatively flat year over year increasing by 1.1%. Increases in salary and wages were mostly offset by small savings in various other operating expenses. The fair value of assets under management or in custody at December 31, 2021 totaled $5.1 billion, an increase of 13.6% compared to year-end 2020. This figure included $1.7 billion at year-end 2021, of Company-owned securities from which no income was recognized as the Trust Company was serving as custodian.
Net Interest Income
Net interest income is the Company’s largest source of revenue, representing 74.0% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2021, and 75.3% of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020. Net interest income is dependent on the volume and composition of interest earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities and the level of market interest rates. Table 1 – Average Statements of Condition and Net Interest Analysis shows average interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and the corresponding yield or cost associated with each.
Tax-equivalent net interest income for 2021 decreased by $2.0 million or 0.9% from 2020. The decrease resulted mainly from the decrease in average asset yields more than offsetting the growth in average earning assets and lower average funding costs. Funding costs benefited from lower market rates in 2021 compared to 2020 as well the mix of funding sources, including an increase in average noninterest bearing deposits. Average total deposits represented 94.5% of average total liabilities in 2021 compared to 91.7% in 2020, while total average borrowings represented 3.0% of average total liabilities in 2021 and 5.5% in 2020. Average earning assets in 2021 increased 11.0% over 2020, while average asset yields for 2021 decreased 54 basis points compared to 2020. The net interest margin for 2021 was 2.96% compared to 3.31% for 2020. The decline in net interest margin for 2021 when compared to 2020 was mainly due to lower securities yields as well as a slight shift in the composition of average earning assets, with a greater mix of lower yielding securities and interest bearing balances, and a decrease in average loan balances reflecting lower PPP loan balances.
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Tax-equivalent interest income decreased $13.5 million or 5.3% in 2021 from 2020. The decrease in tax-equivalent interest income was mainly due to lower asset yields, partially offset by an increase in the volume of average earning assets. Average asset yields for 2021 decreased 54 basis points compared to 2020, mainly driven by the decrease in market interest rates as well as the growth in lower yielding securities and interest bearing balances. Average loans and leases decreased $43.6 million or 0.8% in 2021 compared to 2020, and represented 68.0% of average earning assets in 2021 compared to 76.1% in 2020. As a result of its participation in the SBA's PPP, the Company recorded net deferred loan fees of $11.2 million in 2021 and $9.2 million in 2020, which are included in interest income. The average yield on loans was 4.16% in 2021, a decrease of 22 basis points compared to 4.38% in 2020. Average balances on securities increased $693.5 million or 48.6% in 2021 compared to 2020, while the average yield on the securities portfolio decreased 60 basis points or 32.8% compared to 2020 due to lower market interest rates.
Interest expense for 2021 decreased $11.5 million or 39.6% compared to 2020, driven mainly by lower funding costs and decreases in average balances on borrowings. Interest expense in 2021 included a $1.9 million purchase accounting charge related to the redemption of $15.2 million in trust preferred securities in 2021. The average cost of interest bearing deposits was 0.23% in 2021, a decrease of 23 basis points from 0.46% in 2020, while the average cost of interest bearing liabilities decreased to 0.35% in 2021 from 0.60% in 2020. Average interest bearing deposits in 2021 increased $392.0 million or 9.0% compared to 2020. Average noninterest bearing deposit balances in 2021 increased $343.3 million or 19.6% over 2020 and represented 30.6% of average total deposits in 2021 compared to 28.7% in 2020. Average total deposits were up $735.3 million or 12.0% in 2021 over 2020. Average deposit balances continue to benefit from the PPP loan program, as the majority of the proceeds of the PPP loans funded by Tompkins during 2020 and the first half of 2021 were deposited in Tompkins checking accounts. Additionally, consumer deposit balances benefited from other government stimulus programs. Average other borrowings decreased by $147.9 million or 40.5% in 2021 from 2020. The decrease in borrowings was due to continued strong deposit growth during 2021 which allowed for reductions in FHLB borrowings. In September 2021, the Company prepaid $135.0 million of fixed rate FHLB advances, incurring prepayment penalties of $2.9 million. The advances carried a weighted average rate of 2.26% and had a weighted average maturity of 1.25 years.
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Table 1 - Average Statements of Condition and Net Interest Analysis
| For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollar amounts in thousands) | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | Average Balance (YTD) | Interest | Average Yield/Rate | |||||||||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-earning assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing balances due from banks | $ | 307,253 | $ | 343 | 0.11 | % | $ | 194,211 | $ | 194 | 0.10 | % | $ | 1,647 | $ | 41 | 2.49 | % | ||||||
| Securities1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government securities | 2,003,450 | 23,145 | 1.16 | % | 1,307,905 | 22,906 | 1.75 | % | 1,301,813 | 29,411 | 2.26 | % | ||||||||||||
| State and municipal2 | 112,391 | 2,871 | 2.55 | % | 114,462 | 3,048 | 2.66 | % | 93,168 | 2,547 | 2.73 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other securities2 | 3,417 | 92 | 2.68 | % | 3,430 | 117 | 3.40 | % | 3,417 | 158 | 4.62 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total securities | 2,119,258 | 26,108 | 1.23 | % | 1,425,797 | 26,071 | 1.83 | % | 1,398,398 | 32,116 | 2.30 | % | ||||||||||||
| FHLBNY and FRB stock | 14,830 | 776 | 5.24 | % | 20,815 | 1,373 | 6.60 | % | 38,308 | 3,003 | 7.84 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total loans and leases, net of unearned income2,3 | 5,184,491 | 215,709 | 4.16 | % | 5,228,135 | 228,806 | 4.38 | % | 4,830,089 | 227,869 | 4.72 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-earning assets | 7,625,832 | 242,936 | 3.19 | % | 6,868,958 | 256,444 | 3.73 | % | 6,268,442 | 263,029 | 4.20 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other assets | 343,119 | 489,520 | 411,136 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 7,968,951 | $ | 7,358,478 | $ | 6,679,578 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LIABILITIES & EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest bearing checking, savings, & money market | $ | 4,034,969 | $ | 3,736 | 0.09 | % | $ | 3,650,358 | $ | 9,430 | 0.26 | % | $ | 3,007,221 | $ | 20,099 | 0.67 | % | ||||||
| Time deposits | 711,381 | 7,111 | 1.00 | % | 703,999 | 10,534 | 1.50 | % | 676,106 | 10,805 | 1.60 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 4,746,350 | 10,847 | 0.23 | % | 4,354,357 | 19,964 | 0.46 | % | 3,683,327 | 30,904 | 0.84 | % | ||||||||||||
| Federal funds purchased & securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 58,627 | 64 | 0.11 | % | 55,973 | 95 | 0.17 | % | 59,825 | 143 | 0.24 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other borrowings | 217,799 | 4,382 | 2.01 | % | 365,732 | 7,799 | 2.13 | % | 762,993 | 18,427 | 2.42 | % | ||||||||||||
| Trust preferred debentures | 7,367 | 2,233 | 30.32 | % | 17,092 | 1,133 | 6.63 | % | 16,943 | 1,276 | 7.53 | % | ||||||||||||
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 5,030,143 | 17,526 | 0.35 | % | 4,793,154 | 28,991 | 0.60 | % | 4,523,088 | 50,750 | 1.12 | % | ||||||||||||
| Noninterest bearing deposits | 2,096,542 | 1,753,226 | 1,403,330 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 117,790 | 112,544 | 101,819 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | 7,244,475 | 6,658,924 | 6,028,237 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tompkins Financial Corporation Shareholders’ equity | 723,009 | 698,088 | 649,871 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Noncontrolling interest | 1,467 | 1,466 | 1,470 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total equity | 724,476 | 699,554 | 651,341 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | 7,968,951 | $ | 7,358,478 | $ | 6,679,578 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest rate spread | 2.84 | % | 3.13 | % | 3.07 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income /margin on earning assets | 225,410 | 2.96 | % | 227,453 | 3.31 | % | 212,279 | 3.39 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Tax Equivalent Adjustment | (1,618) | (2,114) | (1,651) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest income per consolidated financial statements | $ | 223,792 | $ | 225,339 | $ | 210,628 |
1 Average balances and yields on available-for-sale debt securities are based on historical amortized cost.
2 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using the Federal income tax rate of 21.0% in 2021, 2020, and 2019 to increase tax exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
3 Nonaccrual loans are included in the average asset totals presented above. Payments received on nonaccrual loans have been recognized as disclosed in Note 1 of the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in Part 1 of this annual report on Form 10-K.
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Table 2 - Analysis of Changes in Net Interest Income
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| Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in Average | Increase (Decrease) Due to Change in Average | ||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands)(tax-equivalent) | Volume | Yield/Rate | Total | Volume | Yield/Rate | Total | |||||||||||
| INTEREST INCOME: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing balances due from banks | $ | 124 | $ | 25 | $ | 149 | $ | 229 | $ | (76) | $ | 153 | |||||
| Investments1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Taxable | 9,653 | (9,439) | 214 | 139 | (6,685) | (6,546) | |||||||||||
| Tax-exempt | (54) | (123) | (177) | 566 | (65) | 501 | |||||||||||
| FHLB and FRB stock | (347) | (250) | (597) | (1,212) | (418) | (1,630) | |||||||||||
| Loans, net1 | (1,897) | (11,200) | (13,097) | 18,122 | (17,185) | 937 | |||||||||||
| Total interest income | $ | 7,479 | $ | (20,987) | $ | (13,508) | $ | 17,844 | $ | (24,429) | $ | (6,585) | |||||
| INTEREST EXPENSE: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest checking, savings and money market | $ | 904 | $ | (6,598) | $ | (5,694) | $ | 3,638 | $ | (14,307) | $ | (10,669) | |||||
| Time | 109 | (3,532) | (3,423) | 440 | (711) | (271) | |||||||||||
| Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 5 | (36) | (31) | (8) | (40) | (48) | |||||||||||
| Other borrowings | (3,961) | 1,644 | (2,317) | (8,642) | (2,129) | (10,771) | |||||||||||
| Total interest expense | $ | (2,943) | $ | (8,522) | $ | (11,465) | $ | (4,572) | $ | (17,187) | $ | (21,759) | |||||
| Net interest income | $ | 10,422 | $ | (12,465) | $ | (2,043) | $ | 22,416 | $ | (7,242) | $ | 15,174 |
1 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using the Federal income tax rate of 21.0% in 2021, 2020 and 2019 to increase tax exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
Changes in net interest income occur from a combination of changes in the volume of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and in the rate of interest earned or paid on them. The above table illustrates changes in interest income and interest expense attributable to changes in volume (change in average balance multiplied by prior year rate), changes in rate (change in rate multiplied by prior year volume), and the net change in net interest income. The net change attributable to the combined impact of volume and rate has been allocated to each in proportion to the absolute dollar amounts of the change. In 2021, net interest income decreased by $2.0 million, resulting from a $11.5 million decrease in interest expense, offset by a $13.5 million decrease in interest income. Lower yields on average earning assets reduced interest income by $21.0 million, while the increase in average balances on interest-earning assets increased interest income by $7.5 million. The decrease in interest expense reflects lower rates paid on interest bearing liabilities, both deposits and other borrowings and a decrease in average borrowings. Lower rates on deposits and borrowing, reduced interest expense by $8.5 million, while lower balances reduced interest expense by $2.9 million.
Provision for Credit Loss Expense
The provision for credit loss expense represents management’s estimate of the expense necessary to maintain the allowance for credit losses at an appropriate level. Relatively stable credit conditions and improving macroeconomic trends contributed to a lower allowance for credit losses at December 31, 2021 when compared to December 31, 2020. The ratio of total allowance to total loans and leases decreased to 0.84% at December 31, 2021 from 0.98% at December 31, 2020. The provision for credit loss expense was a credit of $2.2 million in 2021, compared to provision expense of $17.2 million in 2020. The provision for credit losses for 2021 included a provision of $586,000 related to off-balance sheet credit exposures compared to a provision of $1.1 million, respectively, for 2020. The first quarter of 2020 included a provision expense of $16.8 million related to the impact of COVID-19 on economic forecasts and other model assumptions relied upon by management in determining the allowance, and reflects the calculation of the allowance for credit losses in accordance with ASU 2016-13. The fourth quarter of 2021 included a $7.0 million charge-off of a commercial real estate relationship consisting of two loans that were previously reported as nonperforming loans. The section captioned “Financial Condition – The Allowance for Credit Losses” below has further details on the allowance for credit losses and asset quality metrics.
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Noninterest Income
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
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| (In thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||
| Insurance commissions and fees | $ | 34,836 | $ | 31,505 | $ | 31,091 | ||
| Investment services | 19,388 | 17,520 | 16,434 | |||||
| Service charges on deposit accounts | 6,347 | 6,312 | 8,321 | |||||
| Card services | 10,826 | 9,263 | 10,526 | |||||
| Other income | 7,203 | 8,817 | 8,416 | |||||
| Net gain on securities transactions | 249 | 443 | 645 | |||||
| Total | $ | 78,849 | $ | 73,860 | $ | 75,433 |
Noninterest income of $78.8 million in 2021 increased $5.0 million or 6.8% over 2020, reflecting growth in insurance commissions and fees, investment services and card services income. Noninterest income represented 26.1% of total revenues in 2021, and 24.7% in 2020.
Insurance commissions and fees of $34.8 million increased $3.3 million or 10.6% compared to $31.5 million for 2020. The increase in insurance commissions and fees in 2021 over 2020 was due to $1.9 million or 8.8% of organic growth in property and casualty commissions, and an increase of $1.1 million or 35.0% in contingency revenue over 2020.
Investment services income of $19.4 million increased $1.9 million or 10.7% in 2021 compared to 2020, mainly due to an increase in advisory fee income resulting from the growth in assets under management, driven by new business and an increase in fair value due to favorable market conditions. Investment services income includes trust services, financial planning, wealth management services, and brokerage related services. The fair value of assets managed by, or in custody of, Tompkins was $5.1 billion at December 31, 2021, an increase from $4.4 billion at December 31, 2020. The fair value of assets in custody at December 31, 2021 and 2020 includes $1.7 billion and $1.2 billion, respectively, of Company-owned securities where the Trust Company is custodian.
Service charges on deposit accounts in 2021 were in line with prior year. Net overdraft fees are the largest component of service charges on deposit accounts, and decreased $120,000 or 3.4% in 2021 compared to 2020. The decreases in overdraft/insufficient funds charges during 2021 were primarily related to a decrease in the volume of overdrafts relative to 2020. Service fees on personal and business accounts, increased $77,000 or 3.1% in 2021 over 2020.
Card services income increased $1.6 million or 16.9% over 2020. The primary components of card services income are fees related to interchange income and transactions fees for debit card transactions, credit card transactions and ATM usage. The increase in card services income in 2021, when compared to 2020, is s result of higher transaction volumes, which benefited from the easement of pandemic-related travel and business restrictions in 2021.
Other income of $7.2 million decreased $1.6 million or 18.3% compared to 2020. The decrease was largely due to gains on sales of residential mortgage loans of $2.0 million in 2020, compared to gains of $943,000 in 2021, due to a higher volume of loans sold and higher premiums paid on loans sold in 2020.
Noninterest Expense
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
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| (In thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||
| Salaries and wages | $ | 96,038 | $ | 92,519 | $ | 89,399 | ||
| Other employee benefits | 24,172 | 24,812 | 23,488 | |||||
| Net occupancy expense of premises | 13,179 | 12,930 | 13,210 | |||||
| Furniture and fixture expense | 8,328 | 7,846 | 7,815 | |||||
| FDIC insurance | 2,758 | 2,398 | 773 | |||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 1,317 | 1,484 | 1,673 | |||||
| Other | 44,495 | 42,331 | 45,476 | |||||
| Total | $ | 190,287 | $ | 184,320 | $ | 181,834 |
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Noninterest expense as a percentage of total revenue was 62.9% in 2021, compared to 61.6% in 2020.
Expenses associated with salaries and wages and employee benefits are the largest component of total noninterest expense. In 2021, these expenses increased $2.9 million or 2.5% compared to 2021. Salaries and wages increased $3.5 million or 3.8% in 2021 over the prior year, mainly as a result of annual merit pay increases. Other employee benefits decreased $640,000 or 2.6% over 2020, mainly in health insurance, which was down $1.1 million or 10.7% in 2021 over 2020. The number of employees as measured by average full time equivalents (FTEs) for 2021 were 1,032, decreased from 1,057 for 2020.
Other operating expenses of $44.5 million increased by $2.2 million or 5.1% compared to 2020. The primary components of other operating expenses in 2021 were technology expense ($11.7 million), professional fees ($6.9 million), marketing expense ($4.3 million), and cardholder expense ($3.5 million). The increase in other operating expenses in 2021 compared to 2020 included a nonrecurring $2.9 million prepayment penalty, related to pay down of $135.0 million of FHLB fixed rate advances, along with professional fees (up $855,000 or 14.1%), and cardholder expense (up $280,000 or 8.6%). These increases were partially offset by decreases in marketing related expenses in 2021 over 2020 (down $431,000 or 9.1%). The FHLB advances, which were paid off in September 2021, carried a weighted average interest rate of 2.26% and had a weighted average maturity of 1.25 years.
Noncontrolling Interests
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests represents the portion of net income in consolidated majority-owned subsidiaries that is attributable to the minority owners of a subsidiary. The Company had net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of $127,000 in 2021, down $27,000 from 2020. The noncontrolling interests relate to three real estate investment trusts, which are substantially owned by the Company’s New York banking subsidiaries.
Income Tax Expense
The provision for income taxes provides for Federal, New York State, Pennsylvania and other miscellaneous state income taxes. The 2021 provision was $25.2 million, which increased $5.3 million or 26.4% compared to the 2020 provision. The effective tax rate for the Company was 22.0% in 2021, up from 20.4% in 2020. The effective rates for 2021 and 2020 differed from the U.S. statutory rate of 21.0% during those periods due to the effect of tax-exempt income from loans, securities, and life insurance assets, investments in tax credits, and excess tax benefits of stock based compensation. The increase in the effective tax rate for 2021 over 2020 was due to a higher level of taxable income to total income.
The Company's banking subsidiary has an investment in a real estate investment trust that provides certain benefits on its New York State tax return for qualifying entities. A condition to claim the benefit is that the consolidated company has average assets of no more than $8 billion for the taxable year. As of December 31, 2021, the Company's consolidated average assets, as defined by New York tax law, were under the $8.0 billion threshold. The Company will continue to monitor the consolidated average assets during 2022 to determine future eligibility.
Financial Condition
Total assets were $7.8 billion at December 31, 2021, increasing by 2.6% or $197.8 million from the previous year end. The increase in total assets was mainly due to increases in securities. Total securities increased $701.3 million or 43.1% over December 31, 2020. Total deposits at year-end 2021 increased $353.7 million or 5.5% over year-end 2020.
Loans and leases were 64.9% of total assets at December 31, 2021, compared to 69.0% of total assets at December 31, 2020. Total loan balances were $5.1 billion at December 31, 2021, a decrease of $184.9 million or 3.5% compared to the $5.2 billion reported at year-end 2020. The decrease is mainly due to PPP loan balances being forgiven as part of the SBA program. PPP loan balances totaled $71.3 million at year-end 2021, compared to $291.3 million at year-end 2020. A more detailed discussion of the loan portfolio is provided below in this section under the caption “Loans and Leases”.
As of December 31, 2021, total securities comprised 29.8% of total assets, compared to 21.4% of total assets at year-end 2020. Securities increased $701.3 million or 43.1% at December 31, 2021, compared to December 31, 2020. The increase in securities from year-end 2020 was largely due to the investment of excess liquidity into securities. A detailed discussion of the securities portfolio is provided below in this section under the caption “Securities”.
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Total deposits at year-end 2021 increased by $353.7 million or 5.5% compared to December 31, 2020. At December 31, 2021 noninterest bearing deposits increased by $206.2 million or 10.7%, time deposit balances decreased $106.6 million or 14.3% and checking, savings and money market accounts increased $254.1 million or 6.8% when compared to December 31, 2020. Other borrowings, consisting mainly of short term advances with the FHLB, decreased $141.0 million or 53.2% from December 31, 2020, as growth in deposits were used to reduce borrowings. A more detailed discussion of deposits and borrowings is provided below in this section under the caption “Deposits and Other Liabilities”.
Shareholders’ Equity
The Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity included in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company contained in Part II, Item 8. of this Report, detail changes in equity capital over prior year end. Total shareholders’ equity increased $11.3 million or 1.6% to $728.9 million at December 31, 2021, from $717.7 million at December 31, 2020. Additional paid-in capital decreased by $21.4 million, from $334.0 million at December 31, 2020, to $312.5 million at December 31, 2021. The $21.4 million decrease included the following: a $23.8 million aggregate purchase price related to the Company's repurchase and retirement of 304,513 shares of its common stock in connection with Board-approved repurchase plans, and $3.1 million related to the exercise of stock options and restricted stock activity. These were partially offset by $5.1 million attributed to stock based compensation expense, and $257,000 related to shares issued for the Company's director deferred compensation plan. Retained earnings increased by $56.8 million, reflecting net income of $89.3 million, less dividends paid of $32.4 million for year-ended December 31, 2021.
Accumulated other comprehensive loss increased from $32.1 million at December 31, 2020 to $56.0 million at December 31, 2021, reflecting a $35.2 million increase in unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities due to market interest rates, partially offset by a $11.3 million actuarial gain associated with employee benefit plans. Under regulatory requirements, amounts reported as accumulated other comprehensive income/loss related to net unrealized gain or loss on available-for-sale debt securities and the funded status of the Company’s defined benefit post-retirement benefit plans do not increase or reduce regulatory capital and are not included in the calculation of risk-based capital and leverage capital ratios.
Total shareholders’ equity increased $54.6 million or 8.2% to $717.7 million at December 31, 2020, from $663.1 million at December 31, 2019. Additional paid-in capital decreased by $4.5 million, from $338.5 million at December 31, 2019, to $334.0 million at December 31, 2020. The $4.5 million decrease included the following: $9.4 million aggregate purchase price related to the Company's repurchase and retirement of 127,690 shares of its common stock in connection with the 2020 Repurchase Plan and $1.9 million related to the exercise of stock options and restricted stock activity. These were partially offset by $4.7 million attributed to stock based compensation expense, $1.8 million related to shares issued in connection with the Company's dividend reinvestment program, and $255,000 related to shares issued for the Company's director deferred compensation plan. Retained earnings increased by $47.9 million, reflecting net income of $77.6 million, less dividends paid of $31.4 million and the net cumulative effect adjustment related to the adoption of ASU 2016-13 of $1.7 million.
Accumulated other comprehensive loss decreased from $43.6 million at December 31, 2019 to $32.1 million at December 31, 2020; reflecting a $16.6 million increase in unrealized gains on available-for-sale debt securities due to market interest rates, and a $5.1 million increase in actuarial loss associated with employee benefit plans.
The Company continued its long history of increasing cash dividends with a per share increase of 4.3% in 2021, which followed an increase of 4.0% in 2020. Dividends per share were $2.19 in 2021, compared to $2.10 in 2020, and $2.02 in 2019. Cash dividends paid represented 36.3%, 40.4%, and 37.5% of after-tax net income in 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.
On January 30, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase plan (the "2020 Repurchase Plan") for the Company to repurchase up to 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock over the 24 months following adoption of the plan. In the third quarter of 2021, the Company reached the 400,000 share limit under the 2020 Repurchase Plan; the 400,000 shares were purchased at an average price of $75.99.
On October 22, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase plan (the “2021 Repurchase Plan”) for the repurchase of up to 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock over the 24 months following adoption of the plan. Shares may be repurchased from time to time under the 2021 Repurchase Plan in open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, or by other means in accordance with federal securities laws, and the repurchase program may be suspended, modified or terminated by the Board of Directors at any time for any reason. Under the 2021 Repurchase Plan, the Company repurchased 32,203 shares through December 31, 2021, at an average cost of $80.65.
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The Company and its subsidiary bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by federal bank regulatory agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operation and financial condition. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action (PCA), banks must meet specific guidelines that involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications of the Company and its subsidiary bank are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators concerning components, risk weightings, and other factors. Quantitative measures established by regulation to ensure capital adequacy require the maintenance of minimum amounts and ratios of common equity Tier 1 capital, Total capital and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets, and of Tier 1 capital to average assets. Management believes that the Company and its subsidiary bank meet all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.
In addition to setting higher minimum capital ratios, the Basel III Capital Rules introduced a capital conservation buffer, which must be added to each of the minimum capital ratios and is designed to absorb losses during periods of economic stress. The capital conservation buffer was phased-in over a three year period that began on January 1, 2016, and was fully phased-in on January 1, 2019 at 2.5%.
As of December 31, 2021, the capital ratios for the Company’s four subsidiary banks exceeded the minimum levels required to be considered well capitalized. Effective January 1, 2022, the Company's four wholly-owned banking subsidiaries were combined into one bank, with the Bank of Castile, Mahopac Bank, and VIST Bank merging with and into Tompkins Trust Company. Immediately following the merger, Tompkins Trust Company changed its name to Tompkins Community Bank. Additional information on the Company’s capital ratios and regulatory requirements is provided in “Note 20 - Regulations and Supervision” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8. of this Report on Form 10-K.
Securities
The Company maintains a portfolio of securities such as U.S. Treasuries, U.S. government sponsored entities securities, U.S. government agencies, non-U.S. Government agencies or sponsored entities mortgage-backed securities, obligations of states and political subdivisions thereof and equity securities. Management typically invests in securities with short to intermediate average lives in order to better match the interest rate sensitivities of its assets and liabilities. Investment decisions are made within policy guidelines established by the Company’s Board of Directors. The investment policy established by the Company’s Board of Directors is based on the asset/liability management goals of the Company, and is monitored by the Company’s Asset/Liability Management Committee. The intent of the policy is to establish a portfolio of high quality diversified securities, which optimizes net interest income within safety and liquidity limits deemed acceptable by the Asset/Liability Management Committee.
The Company classifies its securities at date of purchase as available-for-sale, held-to-maturity or trading. Securities, other than certain obligations of states and political subdivisions thereof, are generally classified as available-for-sale. Securities available-for-sale may be used to enhance total return, provide additional liquidity, or reduce interest rate risk. Securities in the held-to-maturity portfolio would consists of obligations of the U.S. Government, U.S. Government sponsored entities and obligations of state and political subdivisions. Securities in the trading portfolio would reflect those securities that the Company elects to account for at fair value, with the adoption of ASC Topic 825, Financial Instruments.
The Company’s total securities portfolio at December 31, 2021 was $2.3 billion compared to $1.6 billion at December 31, 2020. The table below shows the composition of the available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities portfolios as of year-end 2021, 2020 and 2019. The increase in the available-for-sale portfolio at year-end 2021 over year-end 2020 reflects the reinvestment of excess liquidity. The Company purchased approximately $1.4 billion of securities in 2021, which were partially offset by $452.9 million of payments, maturities and calls and $142.7 million of sales of available-for-sale securities. In 2021, fair values were unfavorably impacted by changes in market interest rates.
Additional information on the securities portfolio is available in “Note 2 Securities” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8. of this Report, which details the types of securities held, the carrying and fair values, and the contractual maturities as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
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| Available-for-Sale Debt Securities | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | |||||||||||
| U.S. Treasuries | $ | 160,291 | $ | 157,834 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 1,840 | $ | 1,840 | |||||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | 843,218 | 832,373 | 599,652 | 607,480 | 367,551 | 372,488 | |||||||||||
| Obligations of U.S. states and political subdivisions | 102,177 | 104,169 | 126,642 | 129,746 | 96,668 | 97,785 | |||||||||||
| Mortgage-backed securities-residential, issued by | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government agencies | 76,502 | 77,157 | 179,538 | 182,108 | 164,643 | 164,451 | |||||||||||
| U.S. Government sponsored entities | 879,102 | 870,556 | 691,562 | 705,480 | 660,037 | 659,590 | |||||||||||
| U.S. corporate debt securities | 2,500 | 2,424 | 2,500 | 2,379 | 2,500 | 2,433 | |||||||||||
| Total available-for-sale debt securities | $ | 2,063,790 | $ | 2,044,513 | $ | 1,599,894 | $ | 1,627,193 | $ | 1,293,239 | $ | 1,298,587 |
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| Held-to-Maturity Securities | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands) | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | Amortized Cost | Fair Value | |||||||||||
| U. S. Treasuries | $ | 86,689 | $ | 86,368 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | 197,320 | 195,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total held-to-maturity securities | $ | 284,009 | $ | 282,288 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 |
The Company evaluates available-for-sale debt securities for expected credit losses (“ECL”) in unrealized loss positions at each
measurement date to determine whether the decline in the fair value below the amortized cost basis (impairment) is due to
credit-related factors or noncredit-related factors.
Factors that may be indicative of ECL include, but are not limited to, the following:
•Extent to which the fair value is less than the amortized cost basis.
•Adverse conditions specifically related to the security, an industry, or geographic area (changes in technology, business practice).
•Payment structure of the debt security with respect to underlying issuer or obligor.
•Failure of the issuer to make scheduled payment of principal and/or interest.
•Changes to the rating of a security or issuer by a NRSRO.
•Changes in tax or regulatory guidelines that impact a security or underlying issuer.
For available-for-sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position, the Company evaluates the securities to determine whether the decline in the fair value below the amortized cost basis (technical impairment) is the result of changes in interest rates or reflects a fundamental change in the credit worthiness of the underlying issuer. Any impairment that is not credit related is recognized in other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes. Credit-related impairment is recognized as an allowance for credit losses (“ACL”) on the Statement of Condition, limited to the amount by which the amortized cost basis exceeds the fair value, with a corresponding adjustment to earnings. Both the ACL and the adjustment to net income may be reversed if conditions change.
The gross unrealized losses reported for residential mortgage-backed securities relate to investment securities issued by U.S. government sponsored entities such as Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC"), and U.S. government agencies such as Government National Mortgage Association. The total gross unrealized losses, shown in the tables above, were primarily attributable to changes in interest rates and levels of market liquidity, relative to when the investment securities were purchased, and not due to the credit-related quality of the investment securities. The
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Company does not have the intent to sell these securities and does not believe it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities before a recovery of amortized cost.
Management measures expected credit losses on held-to-maturity debt securities on a collective basis by major security type with each type sharing similar risk characteristics and considers historical credit loss information that is adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Management has made the accounting policy election to exclude accrued interest receivable on held-to-maturity debt securities from the estimate of credit losses. As of December 31, 2021, the held-to- maturity portfolio consisted of U.S. Treasury securities and securities issued by U.S. government-sponsored enterprises, including The Federal National Mortgage Agency and the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation. U.S. Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of and/or guaranteed by the U.S. government, and it is expected that the securities will not be settled at prices less than the amortized cost bases of the securities. Securities issued by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored enterprises carry the explicit and/or implicit guarantee of the U.S. government, are widely recognized as “risk-free,” and have a long history of zero credit loss. As such, the Company did not record an allowance for credit losses for these securities as of December 31, 2021.
The Company also holds non-marketable Federal Home Loan Bank New York (“FHLBNY”) stock, non-marketable Federal Home Loan Bank Pittsburgh (“FHLBPITT”) stock and non-marketable Atlantic Community Bankers Bank (“ACBB”) stock, all of which are required to be held for regulatory purposes and for borrowing availability. The required investment in FHLB stock is tied to the Company’s borrowing levels with the FHLB. Holdings of FHLBNY stock, FHLBPITT stock and ACBB stock totaled $9.9 million, $1.0 million and $95,000 at December 31, 2021, respectively. These securities are carried at par, which is also cost. The FHLBNY and FHLBPITT continue to pay dividends and repurchase stock. As such, the Company has not recognized any impairment on its holdings of FHLBNY and FHLBPITT stock. At December 31, 2020, the Company’s holdings of FHLBNY stock, FHLBPITT stock, and ACBB stock totaled $11.0 million, $5.2 million, and $95,000, respectively.
Management’s policy is to purchase investment grade securities that, on average, have relatively short expected durations. This policy helps mitigate interest rate risk and provides sources of liquidity without significant risk to capital. The contractual maturity distribution of debt securities and mortgage-backed securities as of December 31, 2021, along with the weighted average yield of each category, is presented in Table 3-Maturity Distribution below. Balances are shown at amortized cost and weighted average yields are calculated on a fully tax-equivalent basis. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities presented in Table 3-Maturity Distribution below, because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without penalty and mortgage-backed securities will pay throughout the periods prior to contractual maturity.
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Table 3 - Maturity Distribution
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| Securities Available-for-Sale1 | Securities Held-to-Maturity | |||||||||
| (dollar amounts in thousands) | Amount | Yield2 | Amount | Yield2 | ||||||
| U.S. Treasury | ||||||||||
| Over 1 to 5 years | $ | 30,766 | 0.61 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 129,525 | 1.15 | % | 86,689 | 1.37 | % | ||||
| $ | 160,291 | 1.05 | % | $ | 86,689 | 1.37 | % | |||
| Obligations of U.S. Government sponsored entities | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 72,750 | 2.21 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 429,342 | 0.98 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 315,926 | 1.04 | % | 197,320 | 1.54 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 25,200 | 2.05 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| $ | 843,218 | 1.14 | % | $ | 197,320 | 1.54 | % | |||
| Obligations of U.S. state and political subdivisions | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 4,409 | 2.30 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 14,429 | 2.68 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 53,797 | 2.83 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 29,542 | 2.44 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 102,177 | 2.67 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Mortgage-backed securities - residential | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 1 | 1.09 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 8,473 | 2.10 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 295,554 | 1.16 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 651,576 | 1.36 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 955,604 | 1.30 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Other securities | ||||||||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | $ | 2,500 | 3.01 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| $ | 2,500 | 3.01 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||
| Total securities | ||||||||||
| Within 1 year | $ | 77,160 | 2.22 | % | $ | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||
| Over 1 to 5 years | 483,010 | 1.03 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| Over 5 to 10 years | 797,302 | 1.23 | % | 284,009 | 1.49 | % | ||||
| Over 10 years | 706,318 | 1.43 | % | 0 | 0.00 | % | ||||
| $ | 2,063,790 | 1.29 | % | $ | 284,009 | 1.49 | % |
1 Balances of available-for-sale debt securities are shown at amortized cost.
2 Interest income includes the tax effects of tax-equivalent adjustments using a combined New York State and Federal effective income tax rate of 24.5% to increase tax exempt interest income to tax-equivalent basis.
The average tax-equivalent yield on the securities portfolio was 1.23% in 2021, 1.83% in 2020 and 2.30% in 2019.
At December 31, 2021, there were no holdings of any one issuer, other than the U.S. Government sponsored entities, in an amount greater than 10% of the Company’s shareholders’ equity.
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Loans and Leases
Table 4 - Composition of Loan and Lease Portfolio
| Loans and Leases | As of December 31, | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | ||||||||||||||
| Agriculture | $ | 99,172 | $ | 94,489 | $ | 105,786 | $ | 107,494 | $ | 108,608 | ||||
| Commercial and industrial other | 699,121 | 792,987 | 902,275 | 970,141 | 983,043 | |||||||||
| PPP loans | 71,260 | 291,252 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Subtotal commercial and industrial | 869,553 | 1,178,728 | 1,008,061 | 1,077,635 | 1,091,651 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | 178,582 | 163,016 | 213,637 | 165,669 | 203,966 | |||||||||
| Agriculture | 195,973 | 201,866 | 184,898 | 170,229 | 129,959 | |||||||||
| Commercial real estate other | 2,278,599 | 2,204,310 | 2,045,030 | 2,004,763 | 1,866,802 | |||||||||
| Subtotal commercial real estate | 2,653,154 | 2,569,192 | 2,443,565 | 2,340,661 | 2,200,727 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | ||||||||||||||
| Home equity | 182,671 | 200,827 | 219,245 | 229,608 | 241,256 | |||||||||
| Mortgages | 1,290,911 | 1,235,160 | 1,158,592 | 1,104,286 | 1,061,685 | |||||||||
| Subtotal residential real estate | 1,473,582 | 1,435,987 | 1,377,837 | 1,333,894 | 1,302,941 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | ||||||||||||||
| Indirect | 4,655 | 8,401 | 12,964 | 12,663 | 12,144 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 67,396 | 61,399 | 61,446 | 58,326 | 50,979 | |||||||||
| Subtotal consumer and other | 72,051 | 69,800 | 74,410 | 70,989 | 63,123 | |||||||||
| Leases | 13,948 | 14,203 | 17,322 | 14,556 | 14,467 | |||||||||
| Total loans and leases | 5,082,288 | 5,267,910 | 4,921,195 | 4,837,735 | 4,672,909 | |||||||||
| Less: unearned income and deferred costs and fees | (6,821) | (7,583) | (3,645) | (3,796) | (3,789) | |||||||||
| Total loans and leases, net of unearned income and deferred costs and fees | $ | 5,075,467 | $ | 5,260,327 | $ | 4,917,550 | $ | 4,833,939 | $ | 4,669,120 |
Total loans and leases of $5.1 billion at December 31, 2021 decreased $184.9 million or 3.5% from December 31, 2020. The decrease was mainly in PPP loans, which totaled $71.3 million at year end 2021, and $291.3 million at year-end 2020. The decrease in PPP loans is due to the PPP loan forgiveness program and pay downs made in 2021. In total, the Company funded approximately $694.1 million in PPP loans, of which $620.2 million had been forgiven by the SBA under the terms of the program as of January 14, 2022. As of December 31, 2021, total loans and leases represented 64.9% of total assets compared to 69.0% of total assets at December 31, 2020.
Residential real estate loans, including home equity loans, were $1.5 billion at December 31, 2021, an increase of $37.6 million or 2.6% compared to the $1.4 billion reported at year-end 2020. Residential real estate loans comprised 29.0% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2021 compared to 27.3% at December 31, 2020. Growth in residential loan balances is impacted by the Company’s decision to retain these loans or sell them in the secondary market due to interest rate considerations. The Company’s Asset/Liability Committee meets regularly and establishes standards for selling and retaining residential real estate mortgage originations.
The Company may sell residential real estate loans in the secondary market based on interest rate considerations. These residential real estate loans are generally sold to FHLMC or State of New York Mortgage Agency (“SONYMA”) without recourse in accordance with standard secondary market loan sale agreements. These residential real estate loans also are subject to customary representations and warranties made by the Company, including representations and warranties related to gross incompetence and fraud. The Company has not had to repurchase any loans as a result of these representations and warranties.
During 2021, 2020, and 2019, the Company sold residential mortgage loans totaling $31.5 million, $51.7 million, and $16.9 million, respectively, and realized net gains on these sales of $943,000, $2.1 million, and $227,000, respectively. When residential mortgage loans are sold to FHLMC or SONYMA, the Company typically retains all servicing rights, which provides
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the Company with a source of fee income. In connection with the sales in 2021, 2020, and 2019, the Company recorded mortgage-servicing assets of $236,000, $388,000, and $127,000, respectively.
The Company originates fixed rate and adjustable rate residential mortgage loans, including loans that have characteristics of both, such as a 7/1 adjustable rate mortgage, which has a fixed rate for the first seven years and then adjusts annually thereafter. The majority of residential mortgage loans originated over the last several years have been fixed rate given the low interest rate environment. Adjustable rate residential real estate loans may be underwritten based upon an initial rate which is below the fully indexed rate; however, the initial rate is generally less than 100 basis points below the fully indexed rate. As such, the Company does not believe that this practice creates any significant credit risk.
Commercial real estate loans totaled $2.7 billion at December 31, 2021, an increase of $84.0 million or 3.3% compared to December 31, 2020, and represented 52.3% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2021, compared to 48.8% at December 31, 2020.
Commercial and industrial loans totaled $869.6 million at December 31, 2021, which is a decrease of $309.2 million or 26.2% from December 31, 2020. Commercial and industrial loans represented 17.1% of total loans at December 31, 2021 compared to 22.4% at December 31, 2020. The decrease at year-end 2021 from year-end 2020 was mainly due to PPP loans forgiven by the SBA. At December 31, 2021 the total outstanding balances of PPP loans was $71.3 million compared to $291.3 million at December 31, 2020.
As of December 31, 2021, agriculturally-related loans totaled $295.1 million or 5.8% of total loans and leases compared to $296.4 million or 5.6% of total loans and leases at December 31, 2020. Agriculturally-related loans include loans to dairy farms and cash and vegetable crop farms. Agriculturally related loans are primarily made based on identified cash flows of the borrower with consideration given to underlying collateral, personal guarantees, and government related guarantees. Agriculturally-related loans are generally secured by the assets or property being financed or other business assets such as accounts receivable, livestock, equipment or commodities/crops.
The consumer loan portfolio includes personal installment loans, indirect automobile financing, and overdraft lines of credit. Consumer and other loans were $72.1 million at December 31, 2021, compared to $69.8 million at December 31, 2020.
The lease portfolio decreased by 1.8% to $13.9 million at December 31, 2021 from $14.2 million at December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2021, commercial leases and municipal leases represented 100.0% of total leases.
The Company has adopted comprehensive lending policies, underwriting standards and loan review procedures. There were no significant changes to the Company’s existing policies, underwriting standards and loan review during 2021. The Company’s Board of Directors approves the lending policies at least annually. The Company recognizes that exceptions to policy guidelines may occasionally occur and has established procedures for approving exceptions to these policy guidelines. Management has also implemented reporting systems to monitor loan originations, loan quality, concentrations of credit, loan delinquencies and nonperforming loans and potential problem loans.
The Company’s loan and lease customers are located primarily in the New York and Pennsylvania communities served by its four subsidiary banks. Although operating in numerous communities in New York State and Pennsylvania, the Company is still dependent on the general economic conditions of these states. As a result, the economic consequences of the pandemic on our market area generally and on the Company in particular continue to be difficult to quantify. Other than geographic and general economic risks, management is not aware of any material concentrations of credit risk to any industry or individual borrower.
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Analysis of Past Due and Nonperforming Loans
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |||||||||
| Loans 90 days past due and accruing1 | ||||||||||||||
| Consumer and other | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 44 | ||||
| Total loans 90 days past due and accruing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |||||||||
| Nonaccrual loans | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 533 | $ | 1,775 | $ | 2,335 | $ | 1,883 | $ | 2,852 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 13,893 | 23,627 | 10,789 | 8,007 | 5,948 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 11,178 | 13,145 | 10,882 | 12,072 | 10,363 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 429 | 429 | 275 | 234 | 354 | |||||||||
| Total nonaccrual loans and leases | $ | 26,033 | $ | 38,976 | $ | 24,281 | $ | 22,196 | $ | 19,517 | ||||
| Troubled debt restructurings not included above | 5,124 | 6,803 | 7,154 | 4,395 | 3,449 | |||||||||
| Total nonperforming loans and leases | $ | 31,157 | $ | 45,779 | $ | 31,435 | $ | 26,591 | $ | 23,010 | ||||
| Other real estate owned | 135 | 88 | 428 | 1,595 | 2,047 | |||||||||
| Total nonperforming assets | $ | 31,292 | $ | 45,867 | $ | 31,863 | $ | 28,186 | $ | 25,057 | ||||
| Total nonperforming loans and leases as a percentage of total loans and leases | 0.61 | % | 0.87 | % | 0.64 | % | 0.55 | % | 0.49 | % | ||||
| Total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets | 0.40 | % | 0.60 | % | 0.47 | % | 0.42 | % | 0.38 | % | ||||
| Allowance as a percentage of nonperforming loans and leases | 137.51 | % | 112.87 | % | 126.90 | % | 163.25 | % | 172.84 | % |
1 The 2019, 2018 and 2017 columns in the above table exclude $794,000, $1.3 million, and $1.1 million, respectively, of acquired loans that are 90 days past due and accruing interest. These loans were originally recorded at fair value on the acquisition date of August 1, 2012. These loans are considered to be accruing as the Company can reasonably estimate future cash flows on these acquired loans and the Company expects to fully collect the carrying value of these loans. Therefore, the Company is accreting the difference between the carrying value of these loans and their expected cash flows into interest income.
The level of nonperforming assets as of the past five year-ends is illustrated in the table above. The Company’s total nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets was 0.40% at December 31, 2021, a decrease from 0.60% at December 31, 2020, and compares to its peer group's most recent ratio of 0.54% at September 30, 2021. The peer data is from the Federal Reserve Board and represents banks or bank holding companies with assets between $3.0 billion and $10.0 billion.
Nonperforming loans and leases totaled $31.2 million at December 31, 2021 and decreased 31.9% from December 31, 2020. Nonperforming loans and leases represented 0.61% of total loans at December 31, 2021, compared to 0.87% of total loans at December 31, 2020, and 0.64% of total loans at December 31, 2019. Nonperforming loans and leases in the commercial real estate portfolio at year-end 2021 decreased by $9.7 million compared to 2020; the decrease was mainly due to one credit totaling approximately $11.8 million in the hospitality industry that paid off in the fourth quarter of 2021.
The Company implemented a payment deferral program to assist both consumer and business borrowers that may be experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19. As of December 31, 2021, total loans that continued in a deferral status amounted to approximately $4.5 million, representing 0.09% of total loans and $212.2 million at December 31, 2020.
Loans are considered modified in a troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) when, due to a borrower’s financial difficulties, the Company makes a concession(s) to the borrower that the Company would not otherwise consider. When modifications are provided for reasons other than as a result of the financial distress of the borrower, these loans are not classified as TDRs or impaired. These modifications may include, among others, an extension of the term of the loan, and granting a period when interest-only payments can be made, with the principal payments made over the remaining term of the loan or at maturity. TDRs are included in the above table within the following categories: “loans 90 days past due and accruing”, “nonaccrual loans”, or “troubled debt restructurings not included above”. Loans in the latter category include loans that meet the definition of a TDR but are performing in accordance with the modified terms and have shown a satisfactory period of repayment (generally six consecutive months) and where full collection of all is reasonably assured. At December 31, 2021, the Company had $6.8 million in TDR balances, which are included in the above table, of which $5.1 million are included in the line captioned “Troubled debt restructurings not included above” and the remainder are included within nonaccrual loans.
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In general, the Company places a loan on nonaccrual status if principal or interest payments become 90 days or more past due and/or management deems the collectability of the principal and/or interest to be in question, as well as when called for by regulatory requirements. Although in nonaccrual status, the Company may continue to receive payments on these loans. These payments are generally recorded as a reduction to principal and interest income is recorded only after principal recovery is reasonably assured. For additional financial information on the difference between the interest income that would have been recorded if these loans and leases had been paid in accordance with their original terms and the interest income that was recorded, refer to “Note 3 – Loans and Leases” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8. of this Report.
The Company’s recorded investment in loans and leases that are individually evaluated totaled $20.5 million at December 31, 2021, and $32.2 million at December 31, 2020. A loan is individually evaluated when, based on current information and events, it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Individually evaluated loans consist of our non-homogenous nonaccrual loans and loans that are 90 days or more past due. Specific reserves on individually evaluated loans that are not collateral dependent are measured based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the original effective interest rate of each loan. For loans that are collateral dependent, impairment is measured based on the fair value of the collateral less estimated selling costs, and such impaired amounts are generally charged off.
At December 31, 2021, there were specific reserves of $67,000, mainly related to one commercial real estate loan and one commercial loan compared to $308,000 of specific reserves on four commercial real estate loans and five commercial loans at December 31, 2020. The majority of the individually evaluated loans are collateral dependent loans that have limited exposure or require limited specific reserves because of the amount of collateral support with respect to these loans or the loans have been written down to fair value. Interest payments on individually evaluated loans are typically applied to principal unless collectability of the principal amount is reasonably assured. In these cases, interest is recognized on a cash basis. There was no interest income recognized on individually evaluated loans and leases for 2021, 2020 and 2019.
The ratio of the allowance to nonperforming loans (loans past due 90 days and accruing, nonaccrual loans and restructured troubled debt) was 137.5% at December 31, 2021, compared to 112.9% at December 31, 2020. The Company’s nonperforming loans are mostly made up of collateral dependent loans requiring little to no specific allowance due to the level of collateral available with respect to these loans and/or previous charge-offs.
Management reviews the loan portfolio for evidence of potential problem loans and leases. Potential problem loans and leases are loans and leases that are currently performing in accordance with contractual terms, but where known information about possible credit problems of the related borrowers causes management to have doubt as to the ability of such borrowers to comply with the present loan payment terms and may result in such loans and leases becoming nonperforming at some time in the future. Management considers loans and leases classified as Substandard, which continue to accrue interest, to be potential problem loans and leases. The Company, through its credit administration function, identified 25 commercial relationships totaling $36.5 million at December 31, 2021 that were potential problem loans. At December 31, 2020, there were 35 relationships totaling $40.8 million in the loan portfolio that were considered potential problem loans. Of the 25 commercial relationships from the portfolio that were classified as potential problem loans at December 31, 2021, there were 9 relationships that equaled or exceeded $1.0 million, which in aggregate totaled $32.1 million. The potential problem loans remain in a performing status due to a variety of factors, including payment history, the value of collateral supporting the credits, and personal or government guarantees. These factors, when considered in the aggregate, give management reason to believe that the current risk exposure on these loans does not warrant accounting for these loans as nonperforming. However, these loans do exhibit certain risk factors, which have the potential to cause them to become nonperforming. Accordingly, management’s attention is focused on these credits, which are reviewed on at least a quarterly basis.
The Allowance for Credit Losses
Management reviews the appropriateness of the ACL on a regular basis. Management considers the accounting policy relating to the allowance to be a critical accounting policy, given the inherent uncertainty in evaluating the levels of the allowance required to cover credit losses in the portfolio and the material effect that assumptions could have on the Company’s results of operations. The Company has developed a methodology to measure the amount of estimated credit loss exposure inherent in the loan portfolio to assure that an appropriate allowance is maintained. The Company’s methodology is based upon guidance provided in SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 119, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments ("CECL"), and Financial Instruments - Credit Losses and ASC Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses.
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The Company uses a discounted cash flow ("DCF") method to estimate expected credit losses for all loan segments excluding the leasing segment. For each of these loan segments, the Company generates cash flow projections at the instrument level wherein payment expectations are adjusted for estimated prepayment speeds, curtailments, recovery lag probability of default, and loss given default. The modeling of expected prepayment speeds, curtailment rates, and time to recovery are based on internal historical data.
The Company uses regression analysis of historical internal and peer data to determine suitable loss drivers to utilize when modeling lifetime probability of default and loss given default. This analysis also determines how expected probability of default and loss given default will react to forecasted levels of the loss drivers. For all loans utilizing the DCF method, management utilizes and forecasts national unemployment and a one year percentage change in national gross domestic product as loss drivers in the model.
For all DCF models, management has determined that four quarters represents a reasonable and supportable forecast period and reverts back to a historical loss rate over eight quarters on a straight-line basis. Management leverages economic projections from a reputable and independent third party to inform its loss driver forecasts over the four-quarter forecast period. Other internal and external indicators of economic forecasts, and scenario weightings, are also considered by management when developing the forecast metrics.
Due to the size and characteristics of the leasing portfolio, the Company uses the remaining life method, using the historical loss rate of the commercial and industrial segment, to determine the allowance for credit losses.
The combination of adjustments for credit expectations and timing expectations produces an expected cash flow stream at the instrument level. Instrument effective yield is calculated, net of the impacts of prepayment assumptions, and the instrument expected cash flows are then discounted at that effective yield to produce a net present value of expected cash flows ("NPV"). An ACL is established for the difference between the NPV and amortized cost basis.
The Company adopted Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2016-13 on January 1, 2020, using the prospective transition approach for financial assets purchased with credit deterioration ("PCD") that were previously classified as purchased credit impaired ("PCI") and accounted for under ASC 310-30. In accordance with the standard, the Company did not reassess whether PCI assets met the criteria of PCD assets as of the date of adoption. The remaining discount on the PCD assets will be accreted into interest income on a level-yield method over the life of the loans.
Since the methodology is based upon historical experience and trends, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts, as well as management’s judgment, factors may arise that result in different estimates. While management’s evaluation of the allowance as of December 31, 2021, considers the allowance to be appropriate, under adversely different conditions or assumptions, the Company would need to increase or decrease the allowance. In addition, various federal and State regulatory agencies, as part of their examination process, review the Company's allowance and may require the Company to recognize additions to the allowance bases on their judgements and information available to them at the time of their examinations.
Loan Commitments and Allowance for Credit Losses on Off-Balance Sheet Credit Exposures
Financial instruments include off-balance sheet credit instruments, such as commitments to make loans, and commercial letters of credit. The Company's exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for off-balance sheet loan commitments is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded. The Company records an allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures, unless the commitments to extend credit are unconditionally cancelable, through a charge to credit loss expense for off-balance sheet credit exposures included in other noninterest expense in the Company's consolidated statements of income. As of December 31, 2021, the Company's reserve for off-balance sheet credit exposures was $2.5 million, compared to $1.9 million at December 31, 2020. As a result of the adoption of ASC 326, the Company recorded a net cumulative-effect adjustment increasing the allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures by $381,000 from $477,000 at December 31, 2019, to $858,000 at January 1, 2020.
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The allocation of the Company’s allowance as of December 31, 2021, and each of the previous four years is illustrated in Table 5- Allocation of the Allowance for Credit Losses, below. The table represents the allowance for credit losses calculated under the new accounting guidance as of December 31, 2020, and the prior periods show amounts calculated under the incurred loss methodology calculation used prior to adoption. The table provides an allocation of the allowance for credit losses for inherent loan losses by type. The allocation is neither indicative of the specific amounts or the loan categories in which future charge-offs may occur, nor is it an indicator of future loss trends. The allocation of the allowance for credit losses to each category does not restrict the use of the allowance to absorb losses in any category.
Table 5 - Allocation of the Allowance for Credit Losses
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |||||||||
| Total loans outstanding at end of year | $ | 5,075,467 | $ | 5,260,327 | $ | 4,917,550 | $ | 4,833,939 | $ | 4,669,120 | ||||
| Allocation of the ACL by loan type: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 6,335 | $ | 9,239 | $ | 10,541 | $ | 11,272 | $ | 11,837 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 24,813 | 30,546 | 21,608 | 23,483 | 20,412 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 10,139 | 10,257 | 6,381 | 7,345 | 6,215 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 1,492 | 1,562 | 1,362 | 1,310 | 1,307 | |||||||||
| Leases | 64 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 42,843 | $ | 51,669 | $ | 39,892 | $ | 43,410 | $ | 39,771 | ||||
| Allocation of the ACL as a percentage of total allowance: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | 15 | % | 18 | % | 26 | % | 26 | % | 30 | % | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 58 | % | 59 | % | 54 | % | 54 | % | 51 | % | ||||
| Residential real estate | 24 | % | 20 | % | 16 | % | 17 | % | 16 | % | ||||
| Consumer and other | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | 3 | % | ||||
| Leases | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
| Total | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | ||||
| Loan and lease types as a percentage of total loans and leases: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | 18 | % | 23 | % | 21 | % | 22 | % | 24 | % | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 52 | % | 49 | % | 50 | % | 49 | % | 47 | % | ||||
| Residential real estate | 29 | % | 27 | % | 28 | % | 28 | % | 28 | % | ||||
| Consumer and other | 1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | ||||
| Leases | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
| Total | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % | 100 | % |
As a result of the adoption of ASU 2016-13, the Company recorded a net cumulative-effect adjustment reducing the allowance for credit losses by $2.5 million from $39.9 million at December 31, 2019 to $37.4 million at January 1, 2020. Also in 2020 was a $14.9 million increase in provision expense driven by changes in economic conditions and forecasts related to the impact of COVID-19, including forecasts of significantly slower economic growth and higher unemployment. Improved forecasts for unemployment and economic growth contributed to the decrease in the allowance between year-end 2021 and year-end 2020.
As of December 31, 2021, the total allowance for credit losses was $42.8 million, a decrease of $8.8 million or 17.1% from year-end 2020. The decrease reflects net charge-offs of $6.0 million and a credit to provision expense of $2.8 million. The fourth quarter of 2021 included a $7.0 million charge-off of a commercial real estate relationship in the hospitality industry that was moved to nonaccrual in the second quarter of 2021. The lower allowance at December 31, 2021 compared to December 31, 2020 was mainly driven by improvement in forecasts for both unemployment and the gross domestic product used in our model at year-end 2021 compared to year-end 2020. Qualitative reserves are down from year-end 2020. Qualitative reserves for loans within the hospitality and certain other industries that may have an elevated level of risk due to the adverse economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and for loans that were part of the Company's payment deferral program implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic decreased over the course of the 2021 as pandemic restrictions eased and the economy started to reopen and loans exited the deferral program and returned to repayment status. Estimates of future delinquency and credit loss performance is extremely difficult given the uncertainties centering around the evolution of the virus, including the
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spread of the Delta variant, the efficacy of vaccination programs, the related pace of the full resumption of business activities, and the strength of the economic recovery as government assistance programs are phased out. The decrease in these qualitative reserves were partially offset by qualitative reserves for local (county) unemployment trends and changes in commercial real estate and residential real estate indices. The qualitative reserves were added to all portfolio segments, with the majority of the impact resulting in the commercial real estate portfolio, followed by residential real estate and commercial and industrial portfolios.
Total loans were $5.1 billion at December 31, 2021, a decrease of $184.9 million or 3.5% from December 31, 2020. The decrease from year-end 2021 was mainly due to the pay down of guaranteed PPP loans which were down $220.0 million compared to the same period prior year. Since the PPP loans are guaranteed by the SBA, there are no reserves allocated to these loans. Credit quality metrics at December 31, 2021, were improved when compared to year-end 2020. Nonperforming assets represented 0.40% of total assets at December 31, 2021, compared to 0.60% at December 31, 2020. Nonperforming loans and leases decreased $14.6 million or 31.9% from year end 2020 and represented 0.61% of total loans at December 31, 2021 compared to 0.87% at December 31, 2020. Loans internally-classified Special Mention or Substandard decreased $52.3 million or 27.6% compared to December 31, 2020. The improvement over December 31, 2020, were mainly due to improved economic conditions as pandemic-related restrictions are being lifted and businesses are reopening.
Table 6 - Analysis of the Allowance for Credit Losses
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (In thousands) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |||||||||
| Average loans outstanding during year | $ | 5,184,492 | $ | 5,228,135 | $ | 4,830,089 | $ | 4,757,583 | $ | 4,401,205 | ||||
| Balance of allowance at beginning of year | 51,669 | 39,892 | 43,410 | 39,771 | 35,755 | |||||||||
| Impact of adopting ASU 2016-13 | 0 | (2,534) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Loans charged-off: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 274 | $ | 2 | $ | 696 | $ | 334 | $ | 365 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 6,957 | 1,903 | 4,015 | 142 | 180 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 77 | 84 | 256 | 614 | 1,067 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 438 | 482 | 823 | 1,350 | 962 | |||||||||
| Leases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total loans charged-off | $ | 7,746 | $ | 2,471 | $ | 5,790 | $ | 2,440 | $ | 2,574 | ||||
| Recoveries of loans previously charged-off: | ||||||||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 118 | $ | 131 | $ | 103 | $ | 156 | $ | 143 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 1,175 | 58 | 174 | 843 | 1,617 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 236 | 194 | 334 | 459 | 256 | |||||||||
| Consumer and other | 196 | 248 | 295 | 679 | 413 | |||||||||
| Total loan recoveries | $ | 1,725 | $ | 631 | $ | 906 | $ | 2,137 | $ | 2,429 | ||||
| Net loan charged-off | 6,021 | 1,840 | 4,884 | 303 | 145 | |||||||||
| (Reductions)/Additions to allowance charged to operations | (2,805) | 16,151 | 1,366 | 3,942 | 4,161 | |||||||||
| Balance of allowance at end of year | $ | 42,843 | $ | 51,669 | $ | 39,892 | $ | 43,410 | $ | 39,771 | ||||
| Allowance as a percentage of total loans and leases outstanding | 0.84 | % | 0.98 | % | 0.81 | % | 0.90 | % | 0.85 | % | ||||
| Net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans and leases outstanding during the year | 0.12 | % | 0.04 | % | 0.10 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.00 | % |
The above table shows the activity in the allowance for credit losses over the past five years. The allowance at December 31, 2021 was $42.8 million, a decrease of $8.8 million from year-end 2020, reflecting net charge-offs of $6.0 million and a credit to provision expense of $2.8 million. The year-over-year decrease is mainly due to one commercial real estate relationship that included included two loans and was charged off in the fourth quarter of 2021. For 2019, favorable trends in certain qualitative factors, lower historical loss rates in all loan portfolios except for commercial real estate at year-end 2019 compared to year-end
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2018, and lower specific reserves for impaired loans contributed to the lower allowance level at December 31, 2019 compared to December 31, 2018 and a decrease in provision expense in 2019 compared to 2018. As mentioned above, the $16.2 million provision expense in 2020 was driven by changes in economic conditions and forecasts related to the impact of COVID-19, including forecasts of significantly slower economic growth and higher unemployment. The majority of the increase in the allowance and provision expense in 2020 was in the first quarter of 2020. Provision expense decreased in 2021, as businesses opened and economic conditions continued to improve, resulting in the ability to reverse some of the provision expense booked in the first quarter of 2020 related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ratio of the allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total loans was 0.84% at year-end 2021 compared to 0.98% at year-end 2020. The allowance coverage to nonperforming loans and leases was 137.50% at December 31, 2021 compared to 112.87% at December 31, 2020. Management believes that, based upon its evaluation as of December 31, 2021, the allowance is appropriate.
Deposits and Other Liabilities
Total deposits were $6.8 billion at December 31, 2021, an increase of $353.7 million or 5.5% compared to year-end 2020. The increase from year-end 2020 consisted of savings and money market balances, and noninterest bearing deposits up $254.1 million, and $206.1 million, respectively. This was partially offset by a reduction in time deposits, which decreased $106.6 million. Deposit balances have benefited from PPP loan originations and government stimulus payments related to COVID-19. The majority of the Company's PPP loan originations were deposited in Tompkins checking accounts.
The most significant source of funding for the Company is core deposits. The Company defines core deposits as total deposits less time deposits of $250,000 or more, brokered deposits, municipal money market deposits and reciprocal deposit relationships with municipalities. Core deposits increased by $626.4 million or 12.2% to $5.8 billion at year-end 2021 from $5.2 billion at year-end 2020. Core deposits represented 85.1% of total deposits at December 31, 2021, compared to 80.1% of total deposits at December 31, 2020.
Municipal money market accounts and reciprocal deposit relationships with municipalities totaled $802.1 million at year-end 2021, which increased 17.0% over year-end 2020. In general, there is a seasonal pattern to municipal deposits starting with a low point during July and August. Account balances tend to increase throughout the fall and into the winter months from tax deposits and receive an additional inflow at the end of March from the electronic deposit of state funds.
The Company uses both retail and wholesale repurchase agreements. Retail repurchase agreements are arrangements with local customers of the Company, in which the Company agrees to sell securities to the customer with an agreement to repurchase those securities at a specified later date. Retail repurchase agreements totaled $66.8 million at December 31, 2021, and $65.8 million at December 31, 2020. Management generally views local repurchase agreements as an alternative to large time deposits. Refer to “Note 8 Federal Funds Purchased and Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8. of this Report for further details on the Company’s repurchase agreements.
The Company’s other borrowings totaled $124.0 million at year-end 2021, which was $141.0 million below prior year end. The decrease in borrowings was due to deposit growth from year-end 2020. In the third quarter of 2021, the Company prepaid $135.0 million of FHLB fixed rate advances and incurred prepayment penalties of $2.9 million, recorded in noninterest expense. The advances, which were paid off in September 2021, carried a weighted average rate of 2.26% and had a weighted average maturity of 1.25 years. The $124.0 million in borrowings at December 31, 2021, represented $14.0 million in overnight advances from the FHLB and $110.0 million in term advances from the FHLB. Borrowings of $265.0 million at year-end 2020 represented FHLB term advances. Of the $110.0 million in FHLB term advances at year-end 2021, $100.0 million are due in over one year. Refer to “Note 9 - Other Borrowings” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8. of this Report for further details on the Company’s term borrowings with the FHLB.
Liquidity Management
As of December 31, 2021, the Company had not experienced any significant impact to our liquidity or funding capabilities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company has a long-standing liquidity plan in place that is designed to ensure that appropriate liquidity resources are available to fund the balance sheet. Additionally, given the uncertainties related to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on liquidity, the Company has confirmed the availability of funds at the FHLB of NY, completed actions required to activate participation in the Federal Reserve Bank PPP lending facility, and confirmed availability of Federal Fund lines with correspondent bank partners.
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The objective of liquidity management is to ensure the availability of adequate funding sources to satisfy the demand for credit, deposit withdrawals, operating expenses, and business investment opportunities. The Company’s large, stable core deposit base and strong capital position are the foundation for the Company’s liquidity position. The Company uses a variety of resources to meet its liquidity needs, which include deposits, cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, cash flow from lending and investing activities, repurchase agreements, and borrowings. The Company may also use borrowings as part of a growth strategy. Asset and liability positions are monitored primarily through the Asset/Liability Management Committee of the Company’s subsidiary banks. This Committee reviews periodic reports on the liquidity and interest rate sensitivity positions. Comparisons with industry and peer groups are also monitored. The Company’s strong reputation in the communities it serves, along with its strong financial condition, provides access to numerous sources of liquidity as described below. Management believes these diverse liquidity sources provide sufficient means to meet all demands on the Company’s liquidity that are reasonably likely to occur.
Core deposits, discussed above under “Deposits and Other Liabilities”, are a primary and low cost funding source obtained primarily through the Company’s branch network. In addition to core deposits, the Company uses non-core funding sources to support asset growth. These non-core funding sources include time deposits of $250,000 or more, brokered time deposits, municipal money market deposits, reciprocal deposits, bank borrowings, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, overnight borrowings and term advances from the FHLB and other funding sources. Rates and terms are the primary determinants of the mix of these funding sources.
Non-core funding sources totaled $1.2 billion at December 31, 2021, a decrease of $412.8 million or 25.6% from $1.6 billion at December 31, 2020. The decrease was driven mainly by the repayment of $200.0 million of brokered time deposits that matured during the second quarter of 2021 and the prepayment of $135.0 million of FHLB term borrowings during the third quarter of 2021. Non-core funding sources decreased year-over-year as the Company experienced sufficient growth in core deposits to fund earning asset growth. Non-core funding sources as a percentage of total liabilities decreased from 23.4% at year-end 2020 to 17.0% at year-end 2021.
Non-core funding sources may require securities to be pledged against the underlying liability. Securities carried at $1.4 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, were either pledged or sold under agreements to repurchase. Pledged securities or securities sold under agreements to repurchase represented 59.4% of total securities at December 31, 2021, compared to 75.3% of total securities at December 31, 2020.
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $63.1 million as of December 31, 2021, a decrease from $388.5 million at December 31, 2020. Short-term investments, consisting of securities due in one year or less, increased from $55.0 million at December 31, 2020, to $77.9 million at December 31, 2021.
Cash flow from the loan and investment portfolios provides a significant source of liquidity. These assets may have stated maturities in excess of one year, but they have monthly principal reductions. Total mortgage-backed securities, at fair value, were $947.7 million at December 31, 2021 compared with $887.6 million at December 31, 2020. Outstanding principal balances of residential mortgage loans, consumer loans, and leases totaled approximately $1.6 billion at December 31, 2021 compared to $1.5 billion at December 31, 2020. Aggregate amortization from monthly payments on these assets provides significant additional cash flow to the Company.
Liquidity is enhanced by ready access to national and regional wholesale funding sources including Federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements, brokered certificates of deposit, and FHLB advances. Through its subsidiary banks, the Company has borrowing relationships with the FHLB and correspondent banks, which provide secured and unsecured borrowing capacity. At December 31, 2021, the unused borrowing capacity on established lines with the FHLB was $2.3 billion.
As members of the FHLB, the Company’s subsidiary banks can use certain unencumbered mortgage-related assets and securities to secure additional borrowings from the FHLB. At December 31, 2021, total unencumbered mortgage loans and securities of the Company were $1.6 billion. Additional assets may also qualify as collateral for FHLB advances upon approval of the FHLB.
The Company has not identified any trends or circumstances that are reasonably likely to result in material increases or decreases in liquidity in the near term.
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Table 7 - Loan Maturity
| Remaining maturity of loans | December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||
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| (In thousands) | Total | Less than 1 year | After 1 year to 5 years | After 5 years to 15 years | After 15 years | |||||||||
| Commercial and industrial | $ | 869,553 | $ | 186,535 | $ | 344,457 | $ | 213,037 | $ | 125,524 | ||||
| Commercial real estate | 2,653,154 | 113,884 | 303,107 | 1,268,752 | 967,411 | |||||||||
| Residential real estate | 1,473,582 | 760 | 22,960 | 324,685 | 1,125,177 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 4,996,289 | $ | 301,179 | $ | 670,524 | $ | 1,806,474 | $ | 2,218,112 |
Of the loan amounts shown above in Table 7 - Loan Maturity, maturing over 1 year, $2.1 billion have fixed rates and $2.6 billion have adjustable rates.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
In the normal course of business, the Company is party to certain financial instruments, which in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, are not included in its Consolidated Statements of Condition. These transactions include commitments under standby letters of credit, unused portions of lines of credit, and commitments to fund new loans and are undertaken to accommodate the financing needs of the Company’s customers. Loan commitments are agreements by the Company to lend monies at a future date. These loan and letter of credit commitments are subject to the same credit policies and reviews as the Company’s loans. Because most of these loan commitments expire within one year from the date of issue, the total amount of these loan commitments as of December 31, 2021, are not necessarily indicative of future cash requirements. Further information on these commitments and contingent liabilities is provided in “Note 17 Commitments and Contingent Liabilities” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8. of this Report.
Contractual Obligations
The Company leases land, buildings, and equipment under operating lease arrangements extending to the year 2090. Most leases include options to renew for periods ranging from 5 to 20 years. In addition, the Company has a software contract for its core banking application through June 30, 2024 along with contracts for more specialized software programs through 2021. Further information on the Company’s lease arrangements is provided in “Note 6 Premises and Equipment” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8. of this Report. The Company’s contractual obligations as of December 31, 2021, are shown in Table 8-Contractual Obligations and Commitments below.
Table 8 - Contractual Obligations and Commitments
| Contractual cash obligations | At December 31, 2021 Payments due within | |||||||||||||
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| (In thousands) | Total | 1 year | 1-3 years | 3-5 years | After 5 years | |||||||||
| Long-term debt | $ | 113,618 | $ | 11,972 | $ | 101,646 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Operating leases 1 | 40,112 | 4,187 | 7,387 | 6,366 | 22,172 | |||||||||
| Software contracts | 6,276 | 1,931 | 3,701 | 644 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total contractual cash obligations | $ | 160,006 | $ | 18,090 | $ | 112,734 | $ | 7,010 | $ | 22,172 |
1 Operating leases include renewals the Company considers reasonably certain to exercise.
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Non-GAAP Disclosure
The following table summarizes the Company’s results of operations on a GAAP basis and on an operating (non-GAAP) basis for the periods indicated. The non-GAAP financial measures adjust GAAP measures to exclude the effects of non-operating items, such as acquisition related intangible amortization expense, and significant nonrecurring income or expense on earnings, equity, and capital. The Company believes the non-GAAP measures provide meaningful comparisons of our underlying operational performance and facilitate management's and investors' assessments of business and performance trends in comparison to others in the financial services industry. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as a measure of the Company's profitability or liquidity; they are in addition to, and are not a substitute for, financial measures under GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures presented herein may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies, and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. In the future, the Company may utilize other measures to illustrate performance. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations since they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the Company's results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP.
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| Reconciliation of Net Income Available to Common Shareholders/Diluted Earnings Per Share (GAAP) to Net Operating Income Available to Common Shareholders/Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share (Non-GAAP) and Adjusted Operating Return on Average Tangible Common Equity (Non-GAAP) | ||||||||||||||
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| For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except per share data) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |||||||||
| Net income available to common shareholders | $ | 89,264 | $ | 77,588 | $ | 81,718 | $ | 82,308 | $ | 52,494 | ||||
| Less: income attributable to unvested stock-based compensations awards | (615) | (857) | (1,306) | (1,315) | (818) | |||||||||
| Net earnings allocated to common shareholders (GAAP) | 88,649 | 76,731 | 80,412 | 80,993 | 51,676 | |||||||||
| Diluted earnings per share (GAAP) | 6.05 | 5.20 | 5.37 | 5.35 | 3.43 | |||||||||
| Adjustments for non-operating income and expense: | ||||||||||||||
| Purchase accounting related to redemption of trust preferred securities | 1,849 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Penalties on prepayment of FHLB borrowings | 2,929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gain on sale of real estate | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2,950) | 0 | |||||||||
| Write-down of impaired leases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,536 | 0 | |||||||||
| Remeasurement of deferred taxes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14,944 | |||||||||
| Write-down of real estate pending sale | 0 | 673 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total adjustments | 4,778 | 673 | 0 | (414) | 14,944 | |||||||||
| Tax expense | 1,171 | 165 | 0 | 102 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total adjustments, net of tax | 3,607 | 508 | 0 | (312) | 14,944 | |||||||||
| Net operating income available to common shareholders (Non-GAAP) | 92,256 | 77,239 | 80,412 | 80,681 | 66,620 | |||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted) | 14,648,167 | 14,751,303 | 14,973,951 | 15,132,257 | 15,073,255 | |||||||||
| Adjusted diluted earnings per share (Non-GAAP) | 6.30 | 5.24 | 5.37 | 5.33 | 4.42 | |||||||||
| Net earnings allocated to common shareholders (Non-GAAP) | 92,256 | 76,731 | 80,412 | 80,681 | 66,620 | |||||||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' equity (GAAP) | 723,009 | 699,554 | 649,871 | 589,475 | 575,958 | |||||||||
| Amortization of intangibles | 1,317 | 1,484 | 1,673 | 1,771 | 1,932 | |||||||||
| Tax expense | 323 | 364 | 410 | 434 | 773 | |||||||||
| Amortization of intangibles, net of tax | 994 | 1,120 | 1,263 | 1,337 | 1,159 | |||||||||
| Adjusted net operating income available to common shareholders' (Non-GAAP) | 93,250 | 77,851 | 81,675 | 82,018 | 67,779 | |||||||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' equity | 723,009 | 698,088 | 649,871 | 589,475 | 575,958 | |||||||||
| Average goodwill and intangibles | 95,719 | 97,134 | 98,104 | 99,999 | 101,583 | |||||||||
| Average Tompkins Financial Corporation shareholders' tangible common equity (Non-GAAP) | $ | 627,290 | $ | 600,954 | $ | 551,767 | $ | 489,476 | $ | 474,375 | ||||
| Adjusted operating return on average shareholders' tangible common equity (Non-GAAP) | 14.87 | % | 12.95 | % | 14.80 | % | 16.76 | % | 14.29 | % |
Newly Adopted Accounting Standards
ASU No 2019-12, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.” ASU 2019-12 removes certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. ASU 2019-12 became effective for the Company on January 1, 2021, and did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.
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Accounting Standards Pending Adoption
ASU No. 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers. This ASU update improves the accounting for acquired revenue contracts with customers in a business combination by addressing diversity in practice and inconsistency related to recognition of an acquired contract liability and payment terms and their effect on subsequent revenue recognized by the acquirer. OR This ASU update require that an entity (acquirer) recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in a business combination in accordance with Topic 606. At the acquisition date, an acquirer should account for the related revenue contracts in accordance with Topic 606. The update is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022,including interim periods within those fiscal years.
ASU No. 2021-10, Government Assistance (Topic 832): Disclosures by Business Entities about Government Assistance. This ASU requires business entities to make annual disclosures about transactions with a government they account for by analogizing to a grant or contribution accounting model under ASC 958-605. We have evaluated the effect that this guidance will have on our Consolidated Financial Statements and determined it will not have a material impact.
The Company reviewed new accounting standards as issued. Management has not identified any other new standards that it believes will have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.