Hancock Whitney (HWC) Q1 2026 earnings drop on $98.6M securities loss
Hancock Whitney Corporation reported sharply lower profitability for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 as a result of an investment portfolio restructuring. Net income was $47.4 million versus $119.5 million a year earlier, and diluted EPS was $0.57 versus $1.38.
The bank recorded a $98.6 million net loss on securities transactions after selling about $1.5 billion of lower-yielding available-for-sale securities and reinvesting in higher-yielding bonds. Net interest income still increased to $285.2 million from $269.9 million as deposit interest expense declined.
Total assets were $35.5 billion and total deposits $29.1 billion. The allowance for credit losses was $343.7 million, with credit metrics and criticized loan grades showing only modest changes. The company also continued share repurchases, buying back 1.4 million shares during the quarter.
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Earnings fell on a large securities loss, while core banking trends were steadier.
Hancock Whitney earned $47.4 million in Q1 2026 versus $119.5 million in Q1 2025, mainly because of a realized securities loss. The bank sold about $1.5 billion of lower-yielding available-for-sale securities, taking a net loss of $98.6 million.
Core performance was more stable. Net interest income rose to $285.2 million from $269.9 million as deposit interest expense declined despite modest loan growth to $23.99 billion. The allowance for credit losses was $343.7 million, only slightly above the prior-year $343.2 million, and nonaccrual loans at $113.3 million remained manageable relative to total loans.
Management weighted Moody’s mild recession scenario at 60%, supporting a cautious but not stressed credit outlook. Short-term Federal Home Loan Bank advances increased to $700 million, partly offset by lower deposits. Future filings will show whether the higher-yield reinvestment sufficiently offsets the one-time securities loss in subsequent periods.
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allowance for credit losses financial
Current Expected Credit Losses financial
fair value hedges financial
nonaccrual loans financial
risk participation agreements financial
To Be Announced (TBA) securities financial
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Hancock Whitney Corporation
Index
Part I. Financial Information |
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ITEM 1. |
Financial Statements |
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Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) – March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 |
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Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited) – Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 |
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited) – Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 |
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited) – Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 |
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) – Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 |
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) – March 31, 2026 and 2025 |
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Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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ITEM 3. |
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk |
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ITEM 4. |
Controls and Procedures |
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Part II. Other Information |
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Legal Proceedings |
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ITEM 1A. |
Risk Factors |
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ITEM 2. |
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
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ITEM 3. |
Default on Senior Securities |
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ITEM 4. |
Mine Safety Disclosures |
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Other Information |
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ITEM 6. |
Exhibits |
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Signatures |
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Hancock Whitney Corporation
Glossary of Defined Terms
Entities:
Hancock Whitney Corporation – a financial holding company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Hancock Whitney Bank – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hancock Whitney Corporation through which Hancock Whitney Corporation conducts its banking operations
Company – Hancock Whitney Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries
Parent – Hancock Whitney Corporation, exclusive of its subsidiaries
Bank – Hancock Whitney Bank
Other Terms:
ACL – allowance for credit losses
AFS – available for sale securities
AI – Artificial Intelligence
ALCO – Asset Liability Management Committee
ALLL – allowance for loan and lease losses
AML – Anti-money laundering
AOCI – accumulated other comprehensive income or loss
ASC – Accounting Standards Codification
ASU – Accounting Standards Update
ATM – automated teller machine
Basel III – Basel Committee's 2010 Regulatory Capital Framework (Third Accord)
Beta – amount by which deposit or loan costs change in response to movement in short-term interest rates
BOLI – bank-owned life insurance
bp(s) – basis point(s)
C&I – commercial and industrial loans
CD – certificate of deposit
CDE – Community Development Entity
CECL – Current Expected Credit Losses
CEO – Chief Executive Officer
CFPB – Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
CFO – Chief Financial Officer
CISO – Chief Information Security Officer
CMO – collateralized mortgage obligation
Core client deposits – total deposits excluding public funds and brokered deposits
Core deposits – total deposits excluding certificates of deposits of $250,000 or more and brokered deposits
CRE – commercial real estate
CET1 – Common equity tier 1 capital as defined by Basel III capital rules
DIF – Deposit Insurance Fund
EVE – Economic Value of Equity
Excess Liquidity – deposits held at the Federal Reserve above normal levels
FASB – Financial Accounting Standards Board
FDIC – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDICIA – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991
Federal Reserve Board – The 7-member Board of Governors that oversees the Federal Reserve System, establishes
monetary policy (interest rates, credit, etc.), and monitors the economic health of the country. Its members are appointed
by the President subject to Senate confirmation, and serve 14-year terms.
Federal Reserve System – The 12 Federal Reserve Banks, with each one serving member banks in its own district. This system, supervised by the Federal Reserve Board, has broad regulatory powers over the money supply and the
credit structure. They implement the policies of the Federal Reserve Board and also conduct economic research.
FFIEC – Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
FHA – Federal Housing Administration
FHLB – Federal Home Loan Bank
GAAP – Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America
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HTM – held to maturity securities
ICS – Insured cash sweep
IRR – Interest rate risk
IRS – Internal Revenue Service
IT – Information Technology
LIHTC – Low Income Housing Tax Credit
LTIP – long-term incentive plan
MBS – mortgage-backed securities
MD&A – Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations
MDBCF – Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance
MEFD – reportable modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty
NAICS – North American Industry Classification System
NII – net interest income
n/m – not meaningful
NSF – Non-sufficient funds
OBBBA – “An Act to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Title II of H. Con. Res. 14,” more commonly referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” enacted on July 4, 2025
OCI – other comprehensive income or loss
OD – Overdraft
ORE – other real estate defined as foreclosed and surplus real estate
PCD – purchased credit deteriorated loans, as defined by ASC 326
Pension Plan – the Hancock Whitney Corporation Pension Plan and Trust Agreement
PPNR – Pre-provision net revenue
QSCB – Qualified School Construction Bonds
QZAB – Qualified Zone Academy Bonds
Repos – securities sold under agreements to repurchase
RSA – Restricted share awards
RSU – Restricted stock units
Sabal – Sabal Trust Company, an entity acquired May 2, 2025
SBA – Small Business Administration
SBIC – Small Business Investment Company
SEC – U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities Act – Securities Act of 1933, as amended
Short-term Investments – the sum of Interest-bearing bank deposits and Federal funds sold
SOFR – Secured Overnight Financing Rate
Supplemental disclosure items – certain highlighted items that are outside of our principal business and/or are not indicative of forward-looking trends
TBA – To Be Announced security contracts
te – taxable equivalent adjustment, or the term used to indicate that a financial measure is presented on a fully taxable equivalent basis
TSR – total shareholder return
U.S. Treasury – The United States Department of the Treasury
401(k) Plan – the Hancock Whitney Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan and Trust Agreement
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Part I. Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements
Hancock Whitney Corporation and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Hancock Whitney Corporation and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income
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Hancock Whitney Corporation and Subsidiaries
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Net income |
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Comprehensive income |
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Hancock Whitney Corporation and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
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Hancock Whitney Corporation and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings |
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|
|
|
( |
) |
|
Dividends paid |
|
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
Payroll tax remitted on net share settlement of equity awards |
|
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
Proceeds from dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plans |
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|
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|
||
Repurchase of common stock |
|
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS |
|
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS, BEGINNING |
|
|
|
|
|
||
CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS, ENDING |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR NON-CASH |
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|
|
|
|
||
INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
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|
||
Assets acquired in settlement of loans |
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$ |
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$ |
|
||
See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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HANCOCK WHITNEY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Hancock Whitney Corporation and all other entities in which it has a controlling interest (the “Company”). The financial statements include all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly state the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the interim periods presented. The Company has also evaluated all subsequent events for potential recognition and disclosure through the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Report” or “report”). Some financial information and disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the 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. Financial information reported in these financial statements is not necessarily indicative of the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows for any other interim or annual period.
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These changes in presentation did not have a material impact on the Company's financial condition or operating results.
Use of Estimates
The accounting principles the Company follows and the methods for applying these principles conform to GAAP and general practices followed by the banking industry. These accounting principles require management to make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Accounting Policies
There were no material changes or developments during the reporting period with respect to methodologies that the Company uses when applying what management believes are critical accounting policies and developing critical accounting estimates as disclosed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
Refer to Note 16 – Recent Accounting Pronouncements for a discussion of the prospective adoption of ASU 2025-08, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Purchased Loans,” as of January 1, 2026 and a description of changes to our acquired loan accounting policy.
2. Securities
The following tables set forth the amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and estimated fair value of debt securities classified as available for sale and held to maturity at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. Amortized cost of securities does not include accrued interest which is reflected in the accrued interest line item on the consolidated balance sheets totaling $
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March 31, 2026 |
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December 31, 2025 |
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Gross |
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Gross |
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Gross |
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Gross |
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||||||||
Securities Available for Sale |
Amortized |
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Unrealized |
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Unrealized |
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Fair |
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Amortized |
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Unrealized |
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Unrealized |
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Fair |
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($ in thousands) |
Cost |
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Gains |
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Losses |
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Value |
|
Cost |
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Gains |
|
Losses |
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Value |
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||||||||
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities |
$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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||||||||
Municipal obligations |
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Residential mortgage-backed securities |
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Commercial mortgage-backed securities |
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Collateralized mortgage obligations |
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— |
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— |
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Corporate debt securities |
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— |
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Total |
$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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March 31, 2026 |
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December 31, 2025 |
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Gross |
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Gross |
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Gross |
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Gross |
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Securities Held to Maturity |
Amortized |
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Unrealized |
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Unrealized |
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Fair |
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Amortized |
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Unrealized |
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Unrealized |
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Fair |
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($ in thousands) |
Cost |
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Gains |
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Losses |
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Value |
|
Cost |
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Gains |
|
Losses |
|
Value |
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||||||||
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities |
$ |
|
$ |
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$ |
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$ |
|
$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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||||||||
Municipal obligations |
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed securities |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
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Commercial mortgage-backed securities |
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|
|
— |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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— |
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|
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Collateralized mortgage obligations |
|
|
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— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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— |
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|
|
|
|
||||||
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
|
$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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||||||||
The following tables present the amortized cost and fair value of debt securities available for sale and held to maturity at March 31, 2026 by contractual maturity. Actual maturities will differ from contractual maturities because of rights to call or repay obligations with or without penalties and scheduled and unscheduled principal payments on mortgage-backed securities and collateral mortgage obligations.
Debt Securities Available for Sale |
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Amortized |
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Fair |
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($ in thousands) |
|
Cost |
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Value |
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Due in one year or less |
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$ |
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$ |
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Due after one year through five years |
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Due after five years through ten years |
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|
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Due after ten years |
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|
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|
||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Debt Securities Held to Maturity |
|
Amortized |
|
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Fair |
|
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($ in thousands) |
|
Cost |
|
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Value |
|
||
Due in one year or less |
|
$ |
|
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$ |
|
||
Due after one year through five years |
|
|
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|
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Due after five years through ten years |
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|
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|
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|
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Due after ten years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
The Company held
In January 2026, the Company completed a restructuring of its available for sale investment securities portfolio, whereby lower-yielding securities with an amortized cost of $
The following table presents the proceeds from, gross gains on, and gross losses on sales of securities during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. Net gains or losses are reflected in the "Securities transactions, net" line item on the Consolidated Statements of Income.
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Three Months Ended |
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($ in thousands) |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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||
Proceeds |
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$ |
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|
$ |
|
||
Gross gains |
|
|
|
|
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|
||
Gross losses |
|
|
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|
||
Net loss |
|
$ |
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) |
|
$ |
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|
Securities with carrying values totaling approximately $
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Credit Quality
The Company’s policy is to invest only in securities of investment grade quality. These investments are largely limited to U.S. agency securities and municipal securities. Management has concluded, based on the long history of no credit losses, that the expectation of nonpayment of the held to maturity securities carried at amortized cost is zero for securities that are backed by the full faith and credit of and/or guaranteed by the U.S. government. As such,
The Company evaluates credit impairment for individual securities available for sale whose fair value was below amortized cost with a more than inconsequential risk of default and where the Company had assessed whether the decline in fair value was significant enough to suggest a credit event occurred. There were
The fair value and gross unrealized losses for securities classified as available for sale with unrealized losses for the periods indicated follow.
Available for Sale |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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||||||||
March 31, 2026 |
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Losses < 12 months |
|
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Losses 12 months or > |
|
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Total |
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($ in thousands) |
|
Fair |
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Gross |
|
|
Fair |
|
Gross |
|
|
Fair |
|
Gross |
|
||||||
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Municipal obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Residential mortgage-backed securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Collateralized mortgage obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
||||||
Corporate debt securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Total |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Available for Sale |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
||||||
December 31, 2025 |
|
Losses < 12 Months |
|
|
Losses 12 Months or > |
|
|
Total |
|
||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
|
Fair |
|
Gross |
|
|
Fair |
|
Gross |
|
|
Fair |
|
Gross |
|
||||||
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Municipal obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Residential mortgage-backed securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Collateralized mortgage obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Corporate debt securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Total |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
At each reporting period, the Company evaluated its held to maturity municipal obligation portfolio for credit loss using probability of default and loss given default models. The models were run using a long-term average probability of default migration and with a probability weighting of Moody’s economic forecasts. The resulting credit losses, if any, were negligible and no allowance for credit loss was recorded.
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The fair value and gross unrealized losses for securities classified as held to maturity with unrealized losses for the periods indicated follow.
Held to Maturity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
March 31, 2026 |
|
Losses < 12 Months |
|
|
Losses 12 Months or > |
|
|
Total |
|
||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
|
Fair |
|
Gross |
|
|
Fair |
|
Gross |
|
|
Fair |
|
Gross |
|
||||||
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Municipal obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Residential mortgage-backed securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Collateralized mortgage obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Total |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Held to Maturity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
December 31, 2025 |
|
Losses < 12 Months |
|
|
Losses 12 Months or > |
|
|
Total |
|
||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
|
Fair |
|
Gross |
|
|
Fair |
|
Gross |
|
|
Fair |
|
Gross |
|
||||||
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Municipal obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Residential mortgage-backed securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Collateralized mortgage obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Total |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had
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3. Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses
The Company generally makes loans in its market areas of southern and central Mississippi; southern and central Alabama; northwest, central and southern Louisiana; the northern, central and panhandle regions of Florida; certain areas of east and northeast Texas; and the metropolitan areas of Nashville, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia. In addition, and to a lesser degree, the Bank makes loans both regionally and nationally, generally through its specialty lines of business, including the equipment finance, commercial real estate and healthcare segments, often with sponsors in our market areas.
The following table presents loans at their amortized cost basis, by portfolio class at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. The amortized cost basis is net of unearned income and excludes accrued interest totaling $
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
||
($ in thousands) |
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
||
Commercial non-real estate |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Commercial real estate - owner occupied |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total commercial and industrial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Construction and land development |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Residential mortgages |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Consumer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total loans |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
The following briefly describes the composition of each loan category and portfolio class.
Commercial and industrial
Commercial and industrial loans are made available to businesses for working capital (including financing of inventory and receivables), for business expansion, facilitating the acquisition of a business, and for the purchase of equipment and machinery, including equipment leasing. These loans are primarily made based on the identified cash flows of the borrower and, when secured, have the added strength of the underlying collateral.
Commercial non-real estate loans may be secured by the assets being financed or other tangible or intangible business assets such as accounts receivable, inventory, ownership, enterprise value or commodity interests, and may incorporate a personal or corporate guarantee; however, some short-term loans may be made on an unsecured basis, including a small portfolio of corporate credit cards, generally issued as a part of overall customer relationships.
Commercial real estate – owner occupied loans consist of commercial mortgages on properties where repayment is generally dependent on the cash flow from the ongoing operations and activities of the borrower. Like commercial non-real estate, these loans are primarily made based on the identified cash flows of the borrower, but also have the added strength of the value of underlying real estate collateral.
Commercial real estate – income producing
Commercial real estate – income producing loans consist of loans secured by commercial mortgages on properties where the loan is made to real estate developers or investors and repayment is dependent on the sale, refinance, or income generated from the operation of the property. Properties financed include multifamily, retail, healthcare related facilities, industrial, office, hotel/motel and restaurants, and other commercial properties.
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Construction and land development
Construction and land development loans are made to facilitate the acquisition, development, improvement and construction of both commercial and residential-purpose properties. Such loans are made to builders and investors where repayment is expected to be made from the sale, refinance or operation of the property or to businesses to be used in their business operations. This portfolio also includes residential construction loans and loans secured by raw land not yet under development.
Residential mortgages
Residential mortgages consist of closed-end loans secured by first liens on 1-4 family residential properties. The portfolio includes both fixed and adjustable rate loans, although most longer-term, fixed rate loans originated are sold in the secondary mortgage market.
Consumer
Consumer loans include second lien mortgage home loans, home equity lines of credit and nonresidential consumer purpose loans. Nonresidential consumer loans are made to finance the purchase of personal property, including automobiles, recreational vehicles and boats, and for other personal purposes (secured and unsecured), and also include deposit account secured loans. Consumer loans also include a small portfolio of credit card receivables issued on the basis of applications received through referrals from the Bank’s branches, online and other marketing efforts.
Allowance for Credit Losses
The calculation of the allowance for credit losses is performed using two primary approaches: a collective approach for pools of loans that have similar risk characteristics using a loss rate analysis, and a specific reserve analysis for credits individually evaluated. The allowance for credit losses for collectively evaluated portfolios is developed using multiple Moody’s macroeconomic forecasts applied to internally developed credit models for a two-year reasonable and supportable period. For additional information on our allowance for credit loss methodology, refer to Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
The following tables present activity in the allowance for credit losses by portfolio class for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, as well as the allowance for credit loss by primary calculation method at the end of each period.
|
|
|
Commercial |
|
Total |
|
Commercial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Commercial |
|
Real Estate- |
|
Commercial |
|
Real Estate- |
|
Construction |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Non-Real |
|
Owner |
|
and |
|
Income |
|
and Land |
|
Residential |
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
($ in thousands) |
Estate |
|
Occupied |
|
Industrial |
|
Producing |
|
Development |
|
Mortgages |
|
Consumer |
|
Total |
|
||||||||
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Allowance for credit losses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Allowance for loan losses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Beginning balance |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
Charge-offs |
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
Recoveries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net provision for loan losses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
||||||
Ending balance - allowance for loan losses |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
Reserve for unfunded lending commitments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Beginning balance |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
Provision for losses on unfunded commitments |
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
Ending balance - reserve for unfunded lending commitments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Total allowance for credit losses |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
Allowance for credit losses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Individually evaluated |
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||
Collectively evaluated |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
The allowance for credit losses at March 31, 2026 reflects a modest net increase in the funded reserve partially offset by a small decline in the unfunded reserve, largely driven by the commercial portfolio. In arriving at the allowance for credit losses at March 31, 2026, the Company weighted Moody’s March 2026 baseline economic forecast at
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|
|
Commercial |
|
Total |
|
Commercial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Commercial |
|
Real Estate- |
|
Commercial |
|
Real Estate- |
|
Construction |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
Non-Real |
|
Owner |
|
and |
|
Income |
|
and Land |
|
Residential |
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
($ in thousands) |
Estate |
|
Occupied |
|
Industrial |
|
Producing |
|
Development |
|
Mortgages |
|
Consumer |
|
Total |
|
||||||||
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Allowance for credit losses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Allowance for loan losses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Beginning balance |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
Charge-offs |
|
( |
) |
|
(2,741 |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
Recoveries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net provision for loan losses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Ending balance - allowance for loan losses |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
Reserve for unfunded lending commitments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Beginning balance |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
Provision for losses on unfunded commitments |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
|
|
||||
Ending balance - reserve for unfunded lending commitments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Total allowance for credit losses |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
Allowance for credit losses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Individually evaluated |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Collectively evaluated |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
The allowance for credit losses at March 31, 2025 compared to December 31, 2024, remained relatively flat across most portfolios, with a modest net increase in total reserve coverage to total loans. In arriving at the allowance for credit losses at March 31, 2025, the Company weighted the baseline economic forecast at
Nonaccrual Loans and Certain Reportable Modified Loan Disclosures
The following table shows the composition of nonaccrual loans and those without an allowance for loan losses, by portfolio class at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
March 31, 2026 |
|
December 31, 2025 |
|
||||||||
($ in thousands) |
Total Nonaccrual |
|
Nonaccrual Without Allowance for Loan Loss |
|
Total Nonaccrual |
|
Nonaccrual Without Allowance for Loan Loss |
|
||||
Commercial non-real estate |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||
Commercial real estate - owner occupied |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total commercial and industrial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Construction and land development |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Residential mortgages |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Consumer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||
As a part of our loss mitigation efforts, we may provide modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty to improve long-term collectability of the loans and to avoid the need for repossession or foreclosure of collateral. Nonaccrual loans include reportable nonaccruing modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty (“MEFDs”) totaling $
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The tables below provide detail by portfolio class for reportable MEFDs entered into during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. Modified facilities are reported using the balance at the end of each period reported and are reflected only once in each table based on the type of modification or combination of modification.
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Term Extension |
|
Significant Payment Delay |
|
Term Extensions and |
|
Other(1) |
|
||||||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
Balance |
|
Percentage of Portfolio |
|
Balance |
|
Percentage of Portfolio |
|
Balance |
|
Percentage of Portfolio |
|
Balance |
|
Percentage of Portfolio |
|
||||||||
Commercial non-real estate |
$ |
|
|
% |
$ |
|
|
% |
$ |
|
|
% |
$ |
— |
|
|
— |
|
||||||
Commercial real estate - owner occupied |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total commercial and industrial |
|
|
|
% |
|
|
|
% |
|
|
|
% |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
||||||
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Construction and land development |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Residential mortgages |
|
|
|
% |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
% |
||||
Consumer |
|
|
|
% |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
||
Total reportable modified loans |
$ |
|
|
0.03 |
% |
$ |
|
|
% |
$ |
|
|
% |
$ |
|
|
% |
|||||||
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Term Extension |
|
Significant Payment Delay |
|
Term Extensions and |
|
Other |
|
||||||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
Balance |
|
Percentage of Portfolio |
|
Balance |
|
Percentage of Portfolio |
|
Balance |
|
Percentage of Portfolio |
|
Balance |
|
Percentage of Portfolio |
|
||||||||
Commercial non-real estate |
$ |
|
|
% |
$ |
|
|
% |
$ |
— |
|
|
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
— |
|
||||
Commercial real estate - owner occupied |
|
|
|
% |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
||
Total commercial and industrial |
|
|
|
% |
|
|
|
% |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
||||
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Construction and land development |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Residential mortgages |
|
|
|
% |
|
|
|
% |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
||||
Consumer |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total reportable modified loans |
$ |
|
|
% |
$ |
|
|
% |
$ |
— |
|
|
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
— |
|
||||
For the three months ended March 31, 2026, reportable modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty consisted of weighted average term extensions totaling approximately
Reportable modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty during the three months ended March 31, 2025 consisted of weighted average term extensions totaling approximately
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The tables that follow present the aging analysis of reportable modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty by portfolio class at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
March 31, 2026 |
30-59 |
|
60-89 |
|
Greater than |
|
Total |
|
Current |
|
Total Reportable |
|
||||||
(in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Commercial non-real estate |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Commercial real estate - owner occupied |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total commercial and industrial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Construction and land development |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||
Residential mortgages |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Consumer |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total reportable modified loans |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
December 31, 2025 |
30-59 |
|
60-89 |
|
Greater than |
|
Total |
|
Current |
|
Total Reportable |
|
||||||
(in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Commercial non-real estate |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||
Commercial real estate - owner occupied |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total commercial and industrial |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Construction and land development |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Residential mortgages |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Consumer |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total reportable modified loans |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
There were
Aging Analysis
The tables below present the aging analysis of past due loans by portfolio class at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
March 31, 2026 |
30-59 |
|
60-89 |
|
Greater than |
|
Total |
|
Current |
|
Total |
|
Recorded |
|
|||||||
($ in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Commercial non-real estate |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||
Commercial real estate - owner occupied |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total commercial and industrial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Construction and land development |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Residential mortgages |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Consumer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total loans |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||
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December 31, 2025 |
30-59 |
|
60-89 |
|
Greater than |
|
Total |
|
Current |
|
Total |
|
Recorded |
|
|||||||
($ in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Commercial non-real estate |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||
Commercial real estate - owner occupied |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total commercial and industrial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Construction and land development |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Residential mortgages |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Consumer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total loans |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||
Credit Quality Indicators
The following tables present the credit quality indicators by segment and portfolio class of loans at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
|
March 31, 2026 |
|
||||||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
Commercial |
|
Commercial |
|
Total |
|
Commercial |
|
Construction |
|
Total |
|
||||||
Grade: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Pass |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Pass-Watch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Special Mention |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Substandard |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Doubtful |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
|
December 31, 2025 |
|
||||||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
Commercial |
|
Commercial |
|
Total |
|
Commercial |
|
Construction |
|
Total |
|
||||||
Grade: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Pass |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Pass-Watch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Special Mention |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Substandard |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Doubtful |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
|
|
March 31, 2026 |
|
|
December 31, 2025 |
|
||||||||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
|
Residential |
|
|
Consumer |
|
|
Total |
|
|
Residential |
|
|
Consumer |
|
|
Total |
|
||||||
Performing |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||||
Nonperforming |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Total |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||||||
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The Company routinely assesses the ratings of loans in its portfolio through an established and comprehensive portfolio management process. Below are the definitions of the Company’s internally assigned grades:
Commercial:
Residential and Consumer:
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Vintage Analysis
The following tables present credit quality disclosures of amortized cost by class and vintage for term loans and by revolving and revolving converted to amortizing at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. The Company defines vintage as the later of origination, renewal or modification date. The gross charge-offs presented in the tables that follow are for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and the year ended December 31, 2025.
|
Term Loans |
|
|
|
Revolving Loans |
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2026 |
Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year |
|
Revolving |
|
Converted to |
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
2026 |
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|
Prior |
|
Loans |
|
Term Loans |
|
Total |
|
|||||||||
Commercial Non-Real Estate: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Pass |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Pass-Watch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Special Mention |
|
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Substandard |
|
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|
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|
|||||||||
Doubtful |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Gross Charge-offs |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Pass |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Pass-Watch |
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|||||||||
Special Mention |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
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|
|||||||
Substandard |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
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|
||||||||
Doubtful |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Gross Charge-offs |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
||||
Commercial Real Estate - Income Producing: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Pass |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Pass-Watch |
|
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Special Mention |
|
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|
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|
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|
|
— |
|
|
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|
— |
|
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|
|||||||
Substandard |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
||||||||
Doubtful |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Gross Charge-offs |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
||
Construction and Land Development: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Pass |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Pass-Watch |
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
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— |
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|
||||||||
Special Mention |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
— |
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|
||||||
Substandard |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Doubtful |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Gross Charge-offs |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Residential Mortgage: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Performing |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
Nonperforming |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
||||||
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
Gross Charge-offs |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
|||
Consumer Loans: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Performing |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Nonperforming |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Gross Charge-offs |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
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Term Loans |
|
|
|
Revolving Loans |
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|
|||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2025 |
Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year |
|
Revolving |
|
Converted to |
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
2025 |
|
2024 |
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
Prior |
|
Loans |
|
Term Loans |
|
Total |
|
|||||||||
Commercial Non-Real Estate: |
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|
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|
||||||||||
Pass |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Pass-Watch |
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|
|||||||||
Special Mention |
|
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|
|||||||||
Substandard |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|||||||||
Doubtful |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Gross Charge-offs |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Pass |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Pass-Watch |
|
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|
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|
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|
|||||||||
Special Mention |
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|||||||||
Substandard |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
||||||||
Doubtful |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Gross Charge-offs |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
||||
Commercial Real Estate - Income Producing: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Pass |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Pass-Watch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
||||||||
Special Mention |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||
Substandard |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||||||
Doubtful |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Gross Charge-offs |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
||
Construction and Land Development: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Pass |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Pass-Watch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||||||
Special Mention |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
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|
||||
Substandard |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||||||
Doubtful |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Gross Charge-offs |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
|||
Residential Mortgage: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Performing |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
Nonperforming |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|||||||
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
||||||||
Gross Charge-offs |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
|||||
Consumer Loans: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Performing |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Nonperforming |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Total |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Gross Charge-offs |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||
Residential Mortgage Loans in Process of Foreclosure
Loans in process of foreclosure include those for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process according to local requirements of the applicable jurisdiction. Included in loans at both March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 were $
Loans Held for Sale
Loans held for sale totaled $
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4. Investments in Low Income Housing Tax Credit Entities
The Company invests in certain affordable housing project limited partnerships that are qualified low-income housing tax credit developments. These investments are considered variable interest entities for which the Company is not the primary beneficiary and, therefore, are not consolidated. These partnerships generate low-income tax credits that are earned over a 10-year period, beginning with the year the rental activity begins. The Company has elected to use the practical expedient method of amortization, which approximates the proportional amortization method, whereby the investment cost is amortized in proportion to the allocated tax credits over the
5. Short-term Borrowings
Short-term borrowings include Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) advances totaling $
Also included in short-term borrowings are securities sold under agreements to repurchase that mature daily and are secured by U.S. agency securities totaling $
The remaining balances in short-term borrowings of $
6. Derivatives
Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives
The Company enters into derivative financial instruments to manage risks related to differences in the amount, timing, and duration of the Company’s known or expected cash receipts and its known or expected cash payments. The Bank also enters into interest rate derivative agreements as a service to certain qualifying customers. The Bank manages a matched book with respect to these customer derivatives in order to minimize its net interest rate risk exposure resulting from such agreements. In addition, the Bank also enters into risk participation agreements under which it may either sell or buy credit risk associated with a customer’s performance under certain interest rate derivative contracts related to loans in which participation interests have been sold to or purchased from other banks.
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Fair Values of Derivative Instruments on the Balance Sheet
The table below presents the notional or contractual amounts and fair values of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
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|
March 31, 2026 |
|
|
December 31, 2025 |
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|
|
|
Notional or |
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|
|
|
Notional or |
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Type of |
|
Contractual |
|
Derivative (1) |
|
|
Contractual |
|
Derivative (1) |
|
||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
Hedge |
|
Amount |
|
Assets |
|
Liabilities |
|
|
Amount |
|
Assets |
|
Liabilities |
|
||||||
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Interest rate swaps - variable rate loans |
Cash Flow |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Interest rate swaps - securities |
Fair Value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
||||
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Interest rate swaps |
N/A |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Risk participation agreements |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Interest rate-lock commitments on residential mortgage loans |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|||||
Forward commitments to sell residential mortgage loans |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
To Be Announced (TBA) securities |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Foreign exchange forward contracts |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Visa Class B derivative contract |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
||||
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Total derivatives |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Less: netting adjustment (2) |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
( |
) |
||
Total derivative assets/liabilities |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
$ |
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$ |
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Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk
The Company is party to various interest rate swap agreements designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges of the Company’s forecasted variable cash flows for pools of variable rate loans. For each agreement, the Company receives interest at a fixed rate and pays at a variable rate. The Company has terminated certain interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges prior to maturity. The net cash received/paid for these transactions was recorded as accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and is being amortized into earnings through the original maturity dates of the respective contracts. The notional amounts of the active interest rate swap agreements at March 31, 2026 expire as follows: $
Fair Value Hedges of Interest Rate Risk
Interest rate swaps on securities available for sale
The Company is party to forward-starting fixed payer swaps that convert the latter portion of the term of certain available for sale securities to a floating rate. These derivative instruments are designated as fair value hedges of interest rate risk. This strategy provides the Company with a fixed rate coupon during the front-end unhedged tenor of the bonds and results in a floating rate security during the back-end hedged tenor. At March 31, 2026, these single layer instruments have hedge start dates between February 2025 and July 2026, and maturity dates from March 2030 through March 2031. The change in the fair value of the hedged item attributable to interest rate risk and the net hedge income from effective hedges is presented in interest income along with the change in the fair value of the hedging instrument.
The notional amount of fair value hedges that are effective totaled $
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The hedged available for sale securities are part of closed portfolios of pre-payable commercial mortgage backed securities. In accordance with ASC 815, prepayment risk may be excluded when measuring the change in fair value of such hedged items attributable to interest rate risk under the portfolio layer method. At March 31, 2026, the amortized cost basis of the closed portfolio of pre-payable commercial mortgage backed securities totaled $
The Company terminated
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges
Customer interest rate derivative program
The Bank enters into interest rate derivative agreements, primarily rate swaps, with commercial banking customers to facilitate their risk management strategies. The Bank enters into offsetting agreements with unrelated financial institutions, thereby mitigating its net risk exposure resulting from such transactions. Because the interest rate derivatives associated with this program do not meet hedge accounting requirements, changes in the fair value of both the customer derivatives and the offsetting derivatives are recognized directly in earnings.
Risk participation agreements
The Bank also enters into risk participation agreements under which it may either assume or sell credit risk associated with a borrower’s performance under certain interest rate derivative contracts. In those instances where the Bank has assumed credit risk, it is not a direct counterparty to the derivative contract with the borrower and has entered into the risk participation agreement because it is a party to the related loan agreement with the borrower. In those instances in which the Bank has sold credit risk, it is the sole counterparty to the derivative contract with the borrower and has entered into the risk participation agreement because other banks participate in the related loan agreement. The Bank manages its credit risk under risk participation agreements by monitoring the creditworthiness of the borrower, based on the Bank’s normal credit review process.
Mortgage banking derivatives
The Bank also enters into certain derivative agreements as part of its mortgage banking activities. These agreements include interest rate lock commitments on prospective residential mortgage loans and forward commitments to sell loans to investors on either a best efforts or a mandatory delivery basis. The Company uses these forward sales commitments, which may include To Be Announced (“TBA”) security contracts, on the open market to protect the value of its rate locks and mortgage loans held for sale from changes in interest rates and pricing between the origination of the rate lock and the final sale of these loans. These instruments meet the definition of derivative financial instruments and are reflected in other assets and other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, with changes to the fair value recorded in noninterest income within the secondary mortgage market operations line item in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
The loans sold on a mandatory basis commit the Company to deliver a specific principal amount of mortgage loans to an investor at a specified price, by a specified date. If the Company fails to deliver the amount of mortgages necessary to fulfill the commitment by the specified date, we may be obligated to pay a pair-off fee, based on then-current market prices, to the investor/counterparty to compensate the investor for the shortfall. Mandatory delivery forward commitments include TBA security contracts on the open market to provide protection against changes in interest rates on the locked mortgage pipeline. The Company expects that mandatory delivery contracts, including TBA security contracts, will experience changes in fair value opposite to the changes in the fair value of derivative loan commitments. Certain assumptions, including pull through rates and rate lock periods, are used in managing the existing and future hedges. The accuracy of underlying assumptions could impact the ultimate effectiveness of any hedging strategies.
Forward commitments under best effort contracts commit the Company to deliver a specific individual mortgage loan to an investor if the loan to the underlying borrower closes. Generally, best efforts cash contracts have no pair-off risk regardless of market movement. The price the investor will pay the seller for an individual loan is specified prior to the loan being funded, generally the same day the Company enters into the interest rate lock commitment with the potential borrower. The Company expects that these best efforts forward loan sale commitments will experience a net neutral shift in fair value with related derivative loan commitments.
At the closing of the loan, the rate lock commitment derivative expires and the Company generally records a loan held for sale at fair value under the election of fair value option.
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Customer foreign exchange forward contract derivatives
The Company enters into foreign exchange forward derivative agreements, primarily forward foreign currency contracts, with commercial banking customers to facilitate their risk management strategies. The Bank manages its risk exposure from such transactions by entering into offsetting agreements with unrelated financial institutions. The Bank has not elected to designate these foreign exchange forward contract derivatives as hedges; as such, changes in the fair value of both the customer derivatives and the offsetting derivatives are recognized directly in earnings.
Visa Class B derivative contract
The Company is a member of Visa USA. In 2018, the Company sold the majority of its Visa Class B holdings, at which time it entered into a derivative agreement with the purchaser whereby the Company will make or receive cash payments whenever the conversion ratio of the Visa Class B shares into Visa Class A shares is adjusted. The conversion ratio changes when Visa deposits funds to a litigation escrow established by Visa to pay settlements for certain litigation, for which Visa is indemnified by Visa USA members. The Company is also required to make periodic financing payments to the purchaser until all of Visa’s covered litigation matters are resolved. Thus, the derivative contract extends until the end of Visa’s covered litigation matters, the timing of which is uncertain.
During the second quarter of 2024, Visa allowed Class B holders to convert some but not all of their Class B shares to Class A shares. As a result of this conversion event, the Bank and its counterparty agreed to modify the transaction agreement to reflect the partial exchange and include certain provisions related to conversion rate changes. The conversion plan approved by Visa requires a minimum of 12 months before another exchange event and thus extends the expected time for a full resolution of the matter.
The contract includes a contingent accelerated termination clause based on the credit ratings of the Company. The fair value of the liability associated with this contract was $
Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Income
The effects of derivative instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 are presented in the table below. Amounts in parenthesis indicates a reduction of net income.
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2026 |
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2025 |
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Variable rate loans |
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$ |
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Fair value hedges: |
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Securities |
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Interest income - securities - taxable |
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Securities - sold |
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$ |
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Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features
Certain of the Bank’s derivative instruments contain provisions allowing the financial institution counterparty to terminate the contracts in certain circumstances, such as the downgrade of the Bank’s credit ratings below specified levels, a default by the Bank on its indebtedness, or the failure of the Bank to maintain specified minimum regulatory capital ratios or its regulatory status as a well-capitalized institution. These derivative agreements also contain provisions regarding the posting of collateral by each party. At March 31, 2026, the Company was not in violation of any such provisions. The aggregate fair value of derivative instruments with credit risk-related contingent features that were in a net liability position was $
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Offsetting Assets and Liabilities
The Bank’s derivative instruments with certain counterparties contain legally enforceable netting provisions that allow for net settlement of multiple transactions to a single amount, which may be positive, negative, or zero. Agreements with certain bilateral counterparties require both parties to maintain collateral in the event that the fair values of derivative instruments exceed established exposure thresholds. For centrally cleared derivatives, the Company is subject to initial margin posting and daily variation margin exchange with the central clearinghouses.
As of March 31, 2026 |
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the Statement |
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the Statement |
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the Statement |
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the Statement |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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7. Stockholders’ Equity
Common Shares Outstanding
Common shares outstanding excludes treasury shares totaling
Stock Buyback Programs
On December 10, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock buyback program, effective January 1, 2026, whereby the Company is authorized to repurchase up to
Prior to its completion in December 2025, the Company had in place a stock repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors on December 9, 2024, whereby the Company was authorized to repurchase up to
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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
A rollforward of the components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) is presented in the table that follows:
($ in thousands) |
Available |
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HTM Securities |
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Employee |
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Cash |
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Equity Method Investment |
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Total |
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Balance, December 31, 2025 |
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$ |
( |
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$ |
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$ |
( |
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$ |
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$ |
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Net change in unrealized gain (loss) |
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( |
) |
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— |
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— |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
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( |
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Reclassification of net loss realized and included in earnings |
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— |
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— |
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Valuation adjustments to employee benefit plans |
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— |
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— |
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( |
) |
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— |
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— |
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( |
) |
Amortization of unrealized net loss on securities transferred to HTM |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Income tax (expense) benefit |
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) |
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( |
) |
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— |
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( |
) |
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Balance, March 31, 2026 |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
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$ |
( |
) |
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Balance, December 31, 2024 |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
( |
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$ |
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$ |
( |
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Net change in unrealized gain (loss) |
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— |
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— |
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( |
) |
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Reclassification of net loss realized and included in earnings |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Amortization of unrealized net loss on securities transferred to HTM |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Income tax expense |
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( |
) |
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( |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
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— |
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( |
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Balance, March 31, 2025 |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
( |
) |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income or Loss (“AOCI”) is reported as a component of stockholders’ equity. AOCI can include, among other items, unrealized holding gains and losses on securities available for sale (“AFS”), including the Company’s share of unrealized gains and losses reported by a partnership accounted for under the equity method, gains and losses associated with pension or other post-retirement benefits that are not recognized immediately as a component of net periodic benefit cost, and gains and losses on derivative instruments that are designated as, and qualify as, cash flow hedges. Net unrealized gains and losses on AFS securities reclassified as securities held to maturity (“HTM”) also continue to be reported as a component of AOCI and will be amortized over the estimated remaining life of the securities as an adjustment to interest income. Subject to certain thresholds, unrealized losses on employee benefit plans will be reclassified into income as pension and post-retirement costs are recognized over the remaining service period of plan participants. Accumulated gains or losses on cash flow hedges of variable rate loans described in Note 6 - Derivatives will be reclassified into income over the life of the hedge. Accumulated other comprehensive loss resulting from terminated interest rate swaps are being amortized over the remaining maturities of the designated instruments. Gains and losses within AOCI are net of deferred income taxes, where applicable.
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The following table shows the line items in the consolidated statements of income affected by amounts reclassified from AOCI.
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2026 |
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2025 |
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Loss on sale of AFS securities |
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$ |
( |
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$ |
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Securities transactions, net |
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Tax effect |
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Income taxes |
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Net of tax |
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( |
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Net income |
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Amortization of unrealized net loss on securities transferred to HTM |
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( |
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( |
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Interest income |
Tax effect |
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Income taxes |
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Net of tax |
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( |
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Net income |
Amortization of defined benefit pension and post-retirement items |
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( |
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( |
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Other noninterest expense (b) |
Tax effect |
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Income taxes |
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Net of tax |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
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Net income |
Reclassification of unrealized loss on cash flow hedges |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
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Interest income |
Tax effect |
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Income taxes |
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Net of tax |
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( |
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( |
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Net income |
Amortization of loss on terminated cash flow hedges |
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( |
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( |
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Interest income |
Tax effect |
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Income taxes |
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Net of tax |
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( |
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Net income |
Total reclassifications, net of tax |
|
$ |
( |
) |
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$ |
( |
) |
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Net income |
expense (see Note 12 – Retirement Plans for additional details).
8. Other Noninterest Income
Components of other noninterest income are as follows:
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March 31, |
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($ in thousands) |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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Income from bank-owned life insurance |
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$ |
|
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$ |
|
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Credit related fees |
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|
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|
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Income (loss) from customer and other derivatives |
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( |
) |
|
Net gains on sales of premises, equipment and other assets |
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|
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Other miscellaneous |
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|
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Total other noninterest income |
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$ |
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$ |
|
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9. Other Noninterest Expense
Components of other noninterest expense are as follows:
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2026 |
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2025 |
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$ |
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$ |
|
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Entertainment and contributions |
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Advertising |
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Telecommunications and postage |
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Travel expense |
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Printing and supplies |
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Net other retirement expense |
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( |
) |
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( |
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Other miscellaneous |
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Total other noninterest expense |
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$ |
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$ |
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10. Earnings Per Common Share
The Company calculates earnings per common share using the two-class method. The two-class method allocates net income to each class of common stock and participating security according to common dividends declared and participation rights in undistributed earnings. Participating securities consist of nonvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents.
A summary of the information used in the computation of earnings per common share follows.
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($ in thousands, except per share data) |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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Numerator: |
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Net income to common shareholders |
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$ |
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$ |
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Net income allocated to participating securities - basic and diluted |
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Net income allocated to common shareholders - basic and diluted |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Potential common shares consist of nonvested performance-based awards, nonvested restricted stock units, and restricted share awards deferred under the Company’s nonqualified deferred compensation plan. These potential common shares do not enter into the calculation of diluted earnings per share if the impact would be antidilutive, i.e., increase earnings per share or reduce a loss per share. The weighted average of potentially dilutive common shares that were anti-dilutive totaled
11. Segment Reporting
U.S. GAAP requires that information be reported about a company’s operating segments using a “management approach.”
Because the overall banking operations comprise substantially all of the Company’s consolidated operations, no separate financial segment disclosures are presented. The significant segment expenses included in net income are presented in the financial statement captions shown on the face of the Consolidated Statements of Income and in Note 9 – Other Noninterest Expense, and align materially with those reported to the Capital Committee. There are
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12. Retirement Plans
The Company offers a qualified defined benefit pension plan, the Hancock Whitney Corporation Pension Plan and Trust Agreement (“Pension Plan”), that covers certain eligible associates and is closed to new entrants. The Company makes contributions to the Pension Plan in amounts sufficient to meet funding requirements set forth in federal employee benefit and tax laws, plus such additional amounts as the Company may determine to be appropriate. The Company made
The Company sponsors defined benefit post-retirement plans for certain associates that provide health care and life insurance benefits. These plans are closed to new entrants.
The following table shows the components of net periodic benefit cost included in expense for the periods indicated.
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2026 |
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2025 |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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Service cost |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Interest cost |
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Expected return on plan assets |
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— |
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— |
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Amortization of net (gain) or loss and prior service costs |
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Net periodic benefit cost |
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$ |
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$ |
( |
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$ |
( |
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Service cost is reflected in the “Benefit expense” line item of the Consolidated Statements of Income. Components other than service cost in the in the table above are reflected in “Net other retirement expense” in Note 9 – Other Noninterest Expense, and reported in the “Other expense” line item of the Consolidated Statements of Income.
Additional information related to the Company’s retirement plans, including a defined contribution 401(k) plan, is provided in Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
13. Share-Based Payment Arrangements
The Company maintains incentive compensation plans that incorporate share-based payment arrangement for associates and directors. These plans have been approved by the Company's shareholders. Descriptions of these plans were included in Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
The Company’s restricted and performance-based share awards to certain employees and directors are subject to service requirements.
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Number of Shares |
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Grant Date Fair Value |
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Nonvested at March 31, 2026 |
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At March 31, 2026, there was $
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company granted
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During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company granted to key members of executive management
14. Commitments and Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Bank enters into financial instruments, such as commitments to extend credit and letters of credit, to meet the financing needs of its customers. Such instruments are not reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements until they are funded, although they expose the Bank to varying degrees of credit risk and interest rate risk in much the same way as funded loans. Under regulatory capital guidelines, the Company and Bank must include unfunded commitments meeting certain criteria in risk-weighted capital calculations.
Commitments to extend credit include revolving commercial credit lines, nonrevolving loan commitments issued mainly to finance the acquisition and development or construction of real property or equipment, and credit card and personal credit lines. The availability of funds under commercial credit lines and loan commitments generally depends on whether the borrower continues to meet credit standards established in the underlying contract and other contractual conditions. Loan commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee by the borrower. Credit card and personal credit lines are generally subject to cancellation if the borrower’s credit quality deteriorates. A number of commercial and personal credit lines are used only partially or, in some cases, not at all before they expire, and the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements of the Company.
A substantial majority of the letters of credit are standby agreements that obligate the Bank to fulfill a customer’s financial commitments to a third party if the customer is unable to perform. The Bank issues standby letters of credit primarily to provide credit enhancement to its customers’ other commercial or public financing arrangements and to help them demonstrate financial capacity to vendors of essential goods and services.
The contractual amounts of these instruments reflect the Company’s exposure to credit risk. The Company undertakes the same credit evaluation in making loan commitments and assuming conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments and may require collateral or other credit support. The Company had a reserve for unfunded lending commitments of $
The following table presents a summary of the Company’s off-balance sheet financial instruments as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
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December 31, |
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2025 |
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Commitments to extend credit |
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$ |
|
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$ |
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Letters of credit |
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Legal Proceedings
The Company is party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. Management does not believe that loss contingencies, if any, arising from pending litigation and regulatory matters will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position or liquidity of the Company.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Special Assessment
In November 2023, the FDIC approved a final rule to implement a special deposit insurance assessment to recover losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) arising from the full protection of uninsured depositors under the systemic risk exception following the receiverships of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the spring of 2023. To-date, the Company has expensed $
The loss estimates resulting from the failures of these institutions may be subject to further change pending the projected and actual outcome of loss share agreements, joint ventures, and outstanding litigation. The exact amount of losses incurred will not be
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determined until the FDIC terminates the receiverships of these banks; therefore, the Company's exact exposure for FDIC special assessment remains unknown.
15. Fair Value Measurements
The FASB defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The FASB’s guidance also establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to these valuation techniques used to measure fair value, giving preference to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs such as a reporting entity’s own data (level 3). Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, observable inputs other than quoted prices, such as interest rates and yield curves, and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis
The following tables present for each of the fair value hierarchy levels the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis on the consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
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March 31, 2026 |
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Level 1 |
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Level 2 |
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|
Level 3 |
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Total |
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Assets |
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|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
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Available for sale debt securities: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Municipal obligations |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Corporate debt securities |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Residential mortgage-backed securities |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Commercial mortgage-backed securities |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Collateralized mortgage obligations |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Total available for sale securities |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Mortgage loans held for sale |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Derivative assets (1) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Total recurring fair value measurements - assets |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Derivative liabilities (1) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
Total recurring fair value measurements - liabilities |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
(1) For further disaggregation of derivative assets and liabilities, see Note 6 - Derivatives.
|
|
December 31, 2025 |
|
|||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
|
Level 1 |
|
|
Level 2 |
|
|
Level 3 |
|
|
Total |
|
||||
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Available for sale debt securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Municipal obligations |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Corporate debt securities |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Residential mortgage-backed securities |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Commercial mortgage-backed securities |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Collateralized mortgage obligations |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Total available for sale securities |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Mortgage loans held for sale |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Derivative assets (1) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Total recurring fair value measurements - assets |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Derivative liabilities (1) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
Total recurring fair value measurements - liabilities |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
(1)
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Securities classified as level 2 include obligations of U.S. Government agencies and U.S. Government-sponsored agencies, including U.S. Treasury securities, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations that are issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, and state and municipal bonds. The level 2 fair value measurements for investment securities are obtained quarterly from a third-party pricing service that uses industry-standard pricing models. Substantially all of the model inputs are observable in the marketplace or can be supported by observable data.
The Company invests only in securities of investment grade quality with a targeted duration, for the overall portfolio, generally between two and five and a half years. Company policies generally limit U.S. investments to agency securities and municipal securities determined to be investment grade according to an internally generated score which generally includes a rating of not less than “Baa” or its equivalent by a nationally recognized statistical rating agency.
Loans held for sale consist of residential mortgage loans carried under the fair value option. The fair value for these instruments is classified as level 2 based on market prices obtained from potential buyers.
For the Company’s derivative financial instruments designated as hedges and those under the customer interest rate program, the fair value is obtained from a third-party pricing service that uses an industry-standard discounted cash flow model that relies on inputs, Overnight Index swap rate curves and SOFR swap curves (where applicable); all observable in the marketplace. To comply with the accounting guidance, credit valuation adjustments are incorporated in the fair values to appropriately reflect nonperformance risk for both the Company and the counterparties. Although the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value these derivative instruments fall within level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit value adjustments utilize level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads. The Company has determined that the impact of the credit valuation adjustments is not significant to the overall valuation of these derivatives. As a result, the Company has classified its derivative valuations for these instruments in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The Company’s policy is to measure counterparty credit risk quarterly for derivative instruments, which are all subject to master netting arrangements, consistent with how market participants would price the net risk exposure at the measurement date.
The Company also has certain derivative instruments associated with the Bank’s mortgage-banking activities. These derivative instruments include interest rate lock commitments on prospective residential mortgage loans and forward commitments to sell these loans to investors on a best efforts delivery basis and To Be Announced securities for mandatory delivery contracts. The fair value of these derivative instruments is measured using observable market prices for similar instruments and is classified as a level 2 measurement.
The Company’s level 3 liability consists of a derivative contract with the purchaser of
The Company believes its valuation methods for its assets and liabilities carried at fair value are appropriate; however, the use of different methodologies or assumptions, particularly as applied to level 3 assets and liabilities, could have a material effect on the computation of their estimated fair values.
Changes in Level 3 Fair Value Measurements and Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
The nominal changes in the fair value of level 3 financial instruments is due to the net impact of cash settlements and losses included in earnings. The level 3 fair value measurement was based on discounted cash flows, with a Visa Class B common share conversion ratio range of
The Company’s policy is to recognize transfers between valuation hierarchy levels as of the end of a reporting period.
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Fair Value of Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis
Certain assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. Collateral-dependent loans individually evaluated for credit loss are measured at the fair value of the underlying collateral based on independent third-party appraisals that take into consideration market-based information such as recent sales activity for similar assets in the property’s market.
Other real estate owned and foreclosed assets, including both foreclosed property and surplus banking property, are level 3 assets that are adjusted to fair value, less estimated selling costs, upon transfer from loans or property and equipment. Subsequently, other real estate owned and foreclosed assets are carried at the lower of carrying value or fair value less estimated selling costs. Fair values are determined by sales agreement or third-party appraisals as discounted for estimated selling costs, information from comparable sales, and marketability of the assets.
The fair value information presented below is not as of the period end, rather it was as of the date the fair value adjustment was recorded during the twelve months for each of the dates presented below, and excludes nonrecurring fair value measurements of assets no longer on the balance sheet.
The following tables present the Company’s financial assets that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis for each of the fair value hierarchy levels.
|
|
March 31, 2026 |
|
|||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
|
Level 1 |
|
|
Level 2 |
|
|
Level 3 |
|
|
Total |
|
||||
Collateral-dependent individually evaluated loans |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Other real estate owned and foreclosed assets |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total nonrecurring fair value measurements |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
|
|
December 31, 2025 |
|
|||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
|
Level 1 |
|
|
Level 2 |
|
|
Level 3 |
|
|
Total |
|
||||
Collateral-dependent individually evaluated loans |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Other real estate owned and foreclosed assets, net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Total nonrecurring fair value measurements |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Accounting guidance from the FASB requires the disclosure of estimated fair value information about certain on- and off-balance sheet financial instruments, including those financial instruments that are not measured and reported at fair value on a recurring basis. The significant methods and assumptions used by the Company to estimate the fair value of financial instruments are discussed below.
Cash, Short-Term Investments and Federal Funds Sold – For these short-term instruments, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.
Securities – The fair value measurement for securities available for sale is discussed earlier in this note. The same measurement techniques were applied to the valuation of securities held to maturity.
Loans, Net – The fair value measurement for certain collateral dependent loans that are individually evaluated for credit loss was described earlier in this note. For the remaining portfolio, fair values were generally determined by discounting scheduled cash flows using discount rates determined with reference to current market rates at which loans with similar terms would be made to borrowers of similar credit quality.
Loans Held For Sale – These loans are either carried under the fair value option or at the lower of cost or market. Given the short duration of these instruments, the carrying amount is considered a reasonable estimate of fair value.
Deposits – The accounting guidance requires that the fair value of deposits with no stated maturity, such as noninterest-bearing demand deposits, and interest-bearing checking and savings accounts, be assigned fair values equal to amounts payable upon demand (carrying amounts). The fair value of fixed maturity certificates of deposit is estimated using the rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities.
Federal Funds Purchased and Securities Sold under Agreements to Repurchase – For these short-term liabilities, the carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.
Short-Term FHLB Borrowings – At March 31, 2026, short-term FHLB borrowings consisted of five short-term fixed-rate borrowings for which the fair value was estimated by discounting contractual cash flows using current market rates at which
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borrowing with similar terms could be obtained. At December 31, 2025, FHLB borrowings consisted of one short-term fixed rate borrowing (two calendar days outstanding); as such, the carrying amount of the instrument was a reasonable fair value.
Long-Term Debt – The fair value is estimated by discounting the future contractual cash flows using current market rates at which debt with similar terms could be obtained.
Derivative Financial Instruments – The fair value measurement for derivative financial instruments is described earlier in this note.
The following tables present the estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments by fair value hierarchy levels and the corresponding carrying amounts.
|
March 31, 2026 |
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Fair |
|
Carrying |
|
|||||
($ in thousands) |
Level 1 |
|
Level 2 |
|
Level 3 |
|
Value |
|
Amount |
|
|||||
Financial assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Cash, interest-bearing bank deposits, and federal funds sold |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||
Available for sale securities |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Held to maturity securities |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Loans, net |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Loans held for sale |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Derivative financial instruments |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Financial liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Deposits |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||
Federal funds purchased |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Short-term FHLB Borrowings |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Long-term debt |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Derivative financial instruments |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
December 31, 2025 |
|
|||||||||||||
($ in thousands) |
Level 1 |
|
Level 2 |
|
Level 3 |
|
Total Fair |
|
Carrying |
|
|||||
Financial assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Cash, interest-bearing bank deposits, and federal funds sold |
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
||||
Available for sale securities |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Held to maturity securities |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Loans, net |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Loans held for sale |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Derivative financial instruments |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Financial liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Deposits |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||
Federal funds purchased |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Short-term FHLB Borrowings |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Long-term debt |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Derivative financial instruments |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
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16. Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Standards Adopted during the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026
In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-08, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Purchased Loans,” to expand the population of acquired assets subject to the gross-up approach in Topic 326. Under the amendments in this update, loans (excluding credit cards) acquired without credit deterioration that are deemed “seasoned” are considered purchased seasoned loans and accounted for using the gross-up approach at acquisition. Non-purchased credit deteriorated loans (excluding credit cards) are seasoned if they are acquired in a business combination or were purchased at least 90 days after origination and the acquirer was not involved in the origination of the loans. Under the gross-up approach, the fair value discount is bifurcated between the credit and noncredit components, and the credit portion of the fair value discount is added to the initial amortized cost basis with a corresponding increase in the allowance for credit losses at the date of acquisition. Any noncredit premium or discount resulting from acquiring these seasoned loans is allocated to each individual asset and accreted or amortized to interest income using the effective yield method. Prior to this amendment, all non-purchased credit deteriorated loans acquired were recorded at the estimated fair value of the loan at acquisition, with the estimated allowance for credit loss recorded as a provision for credit losses through earnings in the period in which the acquisition occurred. The amendments in this update are effective for all entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. The amendments should be applied prospectively to loans that are acquired on or after the initial application date. Early adoption is permitted in an interim or annual reporting period in which financial statements have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Company has elected to early adopt this standard as of January 1, 2026. As of the date of this filing there are no pending acquisitions, and therefore, the early adoption of this standard did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40),” to improve the disclosures about a public business entity’s expenses in commonly presented expense captions. The amendments in this update require disclosure of specified information about certain costs and expenses in the notes to financial statements. Disclosure requirements also include a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively, among other items. An entity is not precluded from providing additional voluntary disclosures that may provide investors with additional decision-useful information. This update, as amended, is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in this update should be applied either prospectively to financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date of this update, or retrospectively to any or all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is currently assessing the provisions of this guidance. As the update contains only amendments to disclosure requirements, adoption will have no impact to the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software,” to modernize the accounting for software costs that are accounted for under Subtopic 350-40. The amendments in this update remove all references to prescriptive and sequential software development stages in Subtopic 350-40 and instead require an entity to begin capitalizing software costs when both of the following occur: (1) management has authorized and committed to funding the software project, and (2) it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the function. The amendment also provides factors to consider when evaluating probable-to-complete recognition thresholds and specifies that the disclosures in Subtopic 360-10, “Property, Plant and Equipment,” are required for all capitalized internal-use software. Further, the amendment supersedes website development costs guidance and incorporates the recognition requirements in this subtopic. The amendments in this update are effective for all entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual reporting period. Entities may apply a prospective transition approach, a modified transition approach or a retrospective approach. The Company is currently assessing the provisions of this guidance, but does not expect adoption to have a material impact to the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-09, “Derivative and Hedging (Topic 815): Hedge Accounting Improvements,” to clarify certain aspects of the guidance on hedge accounting and to address several incremental hedge accounting issues arising from the global reference rate reform initiative. The update addresses five issues: (1) the ability to group individual forecasted transactions in a cash flow hedge, modifying the term “shared risk exposure” to “similar risk exposure;” (2) the ability to apply cash flow hedge accounting to “choose your rate” debt instruments; (3) the application of cash flow hedge accounting to forecasted purchases and sales of nonfinancial assets; (4) the use of net written options has hedging instruments; and (5) the mechanics of assessing hedge effectiveness for foreign-currency-denominated dual hedge strategies. This update is effective for public business entities in the interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, with early adoptions permitted. Entities should apply the
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amendments on a prospective basis for all hedging relationships. An entity may elect to adopt the amendments for hedging relationships that exist as of the date of adoption. Upon adoption, entities are permitted to modify certain critical terms of certain existing hedging relationships without dedesignating the hedge. The Company is currently assessing the provisions of this guidance but does not expect adoption to have a material impact to the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, “Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow Scope Improvements," to improve interim reporting guidance in Topic 270 by improving the navigability of the required interim disclosures, clarifying when that guidance is applicable, and providing additional guidance on what disclosures should be provided in interim reporting periods. This update reorganizes and clarifies interim reporting guidance without expanding disclosure requirements. Key provisions include clarification of entities in scope of ASC 270, updates to the form and content requirements for condensed interim financial statements, and a new disclosure principle requiring disclosure of material events since year-end. This update is effective for public entities for interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The amendments in this update can be applied either prospectively or retrospectively to any or all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is currently assessing the provisions of this guidance. As the update contains only clarification of disclosure requirements, adoption will have no impact to the Company's consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The objective of this discussion and analysis is to provide material information relevant to the assessment of the financial condition and results of operations of Hancock Whitney Corporation and its subsidiaries during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and selected comparable prior periods, including an evaluation of the amounts and certainty of cash flows from operations and outside sources. This discussion and analysis is intended to highlight and supplement financial and operating data and information presented elsewhere in this report, including the consolidated financial statements and related notes. The discussion contains forward-looking statements within the meaning and protections of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, our actual results may differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in other reports or documents that we file from time to time with the SEC include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Also, any statement that does not describe historical or current facts is a forward-looking statement. These statements often include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “forecast,” “goals,” “targets,” “initiatives,” “focus,” “potentially,” “probably,” “projects,” “outlook,” or similar expressions or future conditional verbs such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” and “could.” Forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of management and on information currently available to management. Our statements speak as of the date hereof, and we do not assume any obligation to update these statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those contained in such statements in light of new information or future events.
Forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on such statements. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward looking statements. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially can be found in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, or in other periodic reports that we file with the SEC.
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You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We do not intend, and undertake no obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of differences in actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting such statements, except as required by law.
OVERVIEW
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations include non-GAAP measures used to describe our performance. These non-GAAP financial measures have inherent limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered on a standalone basis or as a substitute for analyses of financial condition and results as reported under GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures are not standardized and therefore, it may not be possible to compare these measures with other companies that present measures having the same or similar names. These disclosures should not be considered an alternative to GAAP.
A reconciliation of those measures to GAAP measures are provided in the Consolidated Financial Results table later in this item. The following is a summary of these non-GAAP measures and an explanation as to why they are deemed useful.
Consistent with the provisions of subpart 229.1400 of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation S-K, “Disclosures by Bank and Savings and Loan Registrants,” we present net interest income, net interest margin and efficiency ratios on a fully taxable equivalent ("te") basis. The te basis adjusts for the tax-favored status of net interest income from certain loans and investments using a statutory federal tax rate of 21% to increase tax-exempt interest income to a taxable equivalent basis. We believe this measure to be the preferred industry measurement of net interest income, and that it enhances comparability of net interest income arising from taxable and tax-exempt sources.
We present certain additional non-GAAP financial measures to assist the reader with a better understanding of the Company’s performance period over period, and to provide investors with assistance in understanding the success management has experienced in executing its strategic initiatives. The Company highlights certain items that are outside of our principal business and/or are not indicative of forward-looking trends in supplemental disclosure items below our GAAP financial data and presents certain "Adjusted" ratios that exclude these disclosed items. These adjusted ratios provide management and the reader with a measure that may be more indicative of forward-looking trends in our business, as well as demonstrate the effects of significant gains or losses and changes.
We define Adjusted Pre-Provision Net Revenue as net income excluding provision expense and income tax expense, plus the taxable equivalent adjustment (as defined above), less supplemental disclosure items (as defined above). Management believes that adjusted pre-provision net revenue is a useful financial measure because it enables investors and others to assess the Company’s ability to generate capital to cover credit losses through a credit cycle. We define Adjusted Revenue as net interest income (te) and noninterest income less supplemental disclosure items. We define Adjusted Noninterest Expense as noninterest expense less supplemental disclosure items. We define our Efficiency Ratio as noninterest expense to total net interest income (te) and noninterest income, excluding amortization of purchased intangibles and supplemental disclosure items, if applicable. Management believes adjusted revenue, adjusted noninterest expense and the efficiency ratio are useful measures as they provide a greater understanding of ongoing operations and enhance comparability with prior periods.
Securities Portfolio Restructuring
In January 2026, we executed a restructuring of our available for sale securities portfolio whereby we sold securities with an amortized cost of $1.5 billion and average yield of 2.49% and reinvested the $1.4 billion of proceeds with the purchase of securities with an average yield of 4.35%. We anticipate a 50 month payback period to cover the $98.5 million pre-tax loss associated with the sale, or approximately $0.95 per diluted share after tax. The restructure is expected to contribute approximately $23.8 million to net interest income, or $0.23 per diluted share, resulting in increases of 32 basis points (bps) to the securities portfolio yield and 7 bps to net interest margin on an annual basis.
Current Economic Environment
The U.S. economy began the year with hopeful trends despite ongoing pressures of elevated tariffs, sticky inflation and a weakened labor market. In late February, the military conflict in the Middle East caused widespread disruption to energy markets and supply chains and created significant uncertainty as to the near and long term economic effects. Driven by the sharp increase in energy prices, inflation rose to 3.3% on an annualized basis in March 2026, up considerably from a recent trend of about 2.5% annualized. Gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of 2026, once expected to rebound meaningfully from the previous quarter to 2.6% on an annualized basis, was considerably lower at 2.0%. While the Federal Reserve remains committed to its dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability, the typical challenges it faces in balancing these dynamics will deepen in an environment of inflation acceleration and slower growth. During the first quarter of 2026, the Federal Reserve held benchmark interest rate steady at 3.5% to
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3.75%. The duration of the conflict in the Middle East and the terms upon which it is resolved will likely be the most consequential variables for current economic conditions.
In the first quarter of 2026, conditions in the financial services industry were mostly favorable despite persistent economic pressures and growing economic uncertainty. Within our markets, we experienced solid loan production, while deposit cost pressures continued to moderate, contributing favorably to our net interest margin and profitability.
Economic Outlook
We utilize economic forecasts produced by Moody’s Analytics (Moody’s) that provide various scenarios to assist in the development of our economic outlook. This outlook discussion utilizes the March 2026 Moody’s forecast, the most current available at March 31, 2026. The forecasts are anchored on a baseline forecast scenario, which Moody’s defines as the “most likely outcome” of where the economy is headed based on current conditions. Several upside and downside scenarios are produced that are derived from the baseline scenario and incorporate varying degrees of favorable and unfavorable adjustments to economic indicators and circumstances as compared to the baseline.
The baseline scenario maintains a mostly optimistic tenor with respect to economic outcomes, including the assumption that the economic impact of the conflict in the Middle East will be short-lived. Key variables underlying the March 2026 baseline forecast include the following: (1) the worst of the hostilities in the conflict in the Middle East will be over by early April, prompting oil prices to quickly recede and to normalize by early 2027; (2) the effective tariff rate of about 11% is expected to remain for the duration of the current administration before eventually falling back to about 2% late in the decade or early next; (3) the Federal Reserve will issue interest rate cuts of 25 basis points each in June and September 2026, returning the benchmark rate to a level that neither restrains nor supports growth; (4) the combination of weak labor demand and softer growth in labor supply will remain a significant headwind to job gains, but these factors create a neutral effect on the unemployment rate, which will remain flat at around 4.5% in the near term; (5) GDP growth is forecasted to increase to 2.8% in 2026 and then slow to 1.8% in 2027 and 2.0% in 2028; (6) the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield is forecasted to average 4.2% in the first quarter of 2026 and remain near that level through the end of the decade due to elevated inflation and fiscal uncertainty.
The S-2 scenario presents a downside alternative to the baseline. The S-2 scenario assumes the conflict in the Middle East persists longer than what is forecasted in baseline scenario, causing oil prices to rise higher. The effective tariff rate increases to about 15% and remains elevated through the end of 2028. The impacts on the economy from tariffs, deportations and elevated oil prices are worse than expected, causing inflation to rise. Further, there is longer and farther-reaching disturbance from other geopolitical conflict. The scenario assumes the unemployment rate will rise considerably to a peak of 7.3% in the first quarter of 2027 and remain elevated before returning to full employment in late 2028. The combination of higher oil prices, rising inflation, tariffs, still elevated interest rates and reduced credit availability causes the U.S. economy to fall into a mild recession beginning in the second quarter of 2026 that lasts for three quarters, with a peak-to-trough decline in GDP of 1% and the stock market contracting 22%. The recession and rising inflation prompts the Federal Reserve to lower its benchmark interest rate only slightly below what is forecasted in the baseline before making more significant cuts as inflation subsides.
Management has deemed certain assumptions underlying the downside S-2 scenario to have a higher likelihood to occur in the near term as those underlying the baseline scenario, and, as such, the S-2 and baseline scenarios were given probability weightings of 60% and 40%, respectively, in the calculation of our allowance for credit losses calculation at March 31, 2026. The weighting of scenarios has changed from the December 31, 2025 calculation of allowance for credit losses, where the baseline scenario and the downside S-2 scenario were each weighted at 50%. The change in weighting does not represent a significant shift in our outlook, but rather is a function of an optimistic shift in the assumptions underlying the baseline forecast.
The credit loss outlook for our portfolio as a whole has not changed materially since December 31, 2025. We continue to closely monitor our portfolio for customers that are sensitive to prolonged inflation, the elevated interest rate environment, tariffs, labor market conditions and/or other economic circumstances that may impact credit quality.
Rapidly evolving changes in geopolitical, fiscal and other policies have created heightened uncertainty as to the impact on the U.S. and global economies. The duration of the conflict in the Middle East is expected to play a pivotal role in economic conditions. The impact of continued inflation, a softening labor market and the Federal Reserve's actions to counter those effects, as well as to respond to other economic concerns, could reduce economic growth in the near term. The full extent of the impact of the conflict in the Middle East and other influential factors are uncertain and may have an adverse effect on the U.S. economy, including the possibility of an economic recession or slower growth in the near or midterm.
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Highlights of the First Quarter 2026
We reported net income for the first quarter of 2026 of $47.4 million, or $0.57 per diluted common share, compared to $125.6 million, or $1.49 per diluted common share, in the fourth quarter of 2025 and $119.5 million, or $1.38 per diluted common share, in the first quarter of 2025. The first quarter of 2026 includes a supplemental disclosure item attributable to a net loss on the restructuring of the available for sale securities portfolio totaling $98.6 million pre-tax, or $0.95 per diluted share after tax. There were no supplemental disclosure items in the fourth or first quarters of 2025.
First quarter 2026 results compared to fourth quarter 2025:
Our results for the first quarter of 2026 reflect a strong start to the year. We continued to deploy capital with the repurchase 1.4 million shares of our common stock, a restructure of our securities portfolio, and an 11% increase the quarterly common stock dividend. Net interest margin expanded despite a declining interest rate environment, due in part to the securities portfolio restructuring. Fee income excluding the securities loss was steady and our expenses were well controlled. Credit metrics remained stable and we maintained a solid allowance for credit losses coverage of 1.43%. We welcomed 27 net new bankers and opened a new financial center as we continue to carry out our organic growth plan while maintaining operational efficiency and proactively managing capital to enhance shareholder value.
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Consolidated Financial Results
The following table contains the consolidated financial results for the periods indicated.
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||||||||||
|
March 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
September 30, |
|
June 30, |
|
March 31, |
|
|||||
(in thousands, except per share data) |
2026 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
|||||
Income Statement Data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Interest income |
$ |
401,382 |
|
$ |
407,698 |
|
$ |
409,020 |
|
$ |
402,581 |
|
$ |
395,321 |
|
Interest income (te) (a) |
|
403,783 |
|
|
410,203 |
|
|
411,591 |
|
|
405,077 |
|
|
398,127 |
|
Interest expense |
|
116,217 |
|
|
125,528 |
|
|
129,282 |
|
|
125,622 |
|
|
125,416 |
|
Net interest income (te) |
|
287,566 |
|
|
284,675 |
|
|
282,309 |
|
|
279,455 |
|
|
272,711 |
|
Provision for credit losses |
|
13,172 |
|
|
13,145 |
|
|
12,651 |
|
|
14,925 |
|
|
10,462 |
|
Noninterest income |
|
7,482 |
|
|
107,131 |
|
|
106,001 |
|
|
98,524 |
|
|
94,791 |
|
Noninterest expense |
|
220,748 |
|
|
217,850 |
|
|
212,753 |
|
|
215,979 |
|
|
205,059 |
|
Income before income taxes |
|
58,727 |
|
|
158,306 |
|
|
160,335 |
|
|
144,579 |
|
|
149,175 |
|
Income tax expense |
|
11,305 |
|
|
32,734 |
|
|
32,869 |
|
|
31,048 |
|
|
29,671 |
|
Net income |
$ |
47,422 |
|
$ |
125,572 |
|
$ |
127,466 |
|
$ |
113,531 |
|
$ |
119,504 |
|
Supplemental disclosure items-included above, pre-tax: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Included in noninterest income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Loss on securities portfolio restructure |
$ |
98,595 |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
Included in noninterest expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
FDIC special assessment |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
$ |
5,911 |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Balance Sheet Data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Period end balance sheet data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Loans |
$ |
23,991,840 |
|
$ |
23,958,440 |
|
$ |
23,596,565 |
|
$ |
23,461,750 |
|
$ |
23,098,146 |
|
Earning assets |
|
32,306,650 |
|
|
32,218,663 |
|
|
32,532,320 |
|
|
31,965,130 |
|
|
31,661,169 |
|
Total assets |
|
35,542,126 |
|
|
35,472,762 |
|
|
35,766,407 |
|
|
35,212,652 |
|
|
34,750,680 |
|
Noninterest-bearing deposits |
|
10,344,878 |
|
|
10,374,991 |
|
|
10,305,303 |
|
|
10,638,785 |
|
|
10,614,874 |
|
Total deposits |
|
29,082,134 |
|
|
29,279,774 |
|
|
28,659,750 |
|
|
29,046,612 |
|
|
29,194,733 |
|
Stockholders' equity |
|
4,419,592 |
|
|
4,460,117 |
|
|
4,474,479 |
|
|
4,365,419 |
|
|
4,278,672 |
|
Average balance sheet data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Loans |
$ |
23,965,993 |
|
$ |
23,715,763 |
|
$ |
23,425,895 |
|
$ |
23,249,241 |
|
$ |
23,068,573 |
|
Earning assets |
|
32,698,837 |
|
|
32,598,315 |
|
|
32,213,632 |
|
|
32,081,140 |
|
|
32,023,885 |
|
Total assets |
|
35,420,096 |
|
|
35,227,286 |
|
|
34,751,209 |
|
|
34,527,276 |
|
|
34,355,515 |
|
Noninterest-bearing deposits |
|
10,033,006 |
|
|
10,165,806 |
|
|
10,121,707 |
|
|
10,317,446 |
|
|
10,163,221 |
|
Total deposits |
|
28,834,747 |
|
|
28,816,539 |
|
|
28,492,076 |
|
|
28,649,900 |
|
|
28,752,416 |
|
Stockholders' equity |
|
4,461,827 |
|
|
4,417,711 |
|
|
4,368,746 |
|
|
4,284,279 |
|
|
4,182,814 |
|
Common Share Data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Earnings per share - basic |
$ |
0.58 |
|
$ |
1.51 |
|
$ |
1.50 |
|
$ |
1.32 |
|
$ |
1.38 |
|
Earnings per share - diluted |
|
0.57 |
|
|
1.49 |
|
|
1.49 |
|
|
1.32 |
|
|
1.38 |
|
Cash dividends per common share |
|
0.50 |
|
|
0.45 |
|
|
0.45 |
|
|
0.45 |
|
|
0.45 |
|
Book value per share (period-end) |
|
54.46 |
|
|
54.22 |
|
|
52.82 |
|
|
51.15 |
|
|
49.73 |
|
Tangible book value per share (period-end) |
|
42.26 |
|
|
42.16 |
|
|
41.07 |
|
|
39.46 |
|
|
39.40 |
|
Weighted average number of shares - diluted |
|
82,261 |
|
|
83,791 |
|
|
85,453 |
|
|
85,943 |
|
|
86,462 |
|
Period-end number of shares |
|
81,152 |
|
|
82,259 |
|
|
84,711 |
|
|
85,351 |
|
|
86,033 |
|
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|
Three Months Ended |
|
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|
March 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
September 30, |
|
June 30, |
|
March 31, |
|
|||||
($ in thousands) |
2026 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
|||||
Performance and other data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Return on average assets |
|
0.54 |
% |
|
1.41 |
% |
|
1.46 |
% |
|
1.32 |
% |
|
1.41 |
% |
Return on average common equity |
|
4.31 |
% |
|
11.28 |
% |
|
11.58 |
% |
|
10.63 |
% |
|
11.59 |
% |
Return on average tangible common equity |
|
5.54 |
% |
|
14.55 |
% |
|
15.00 |
% |
|
13.71 |
% |
|
14.72 |
% |
Tangible common equity ratio (b) |
|
9.93 |
% |
|
10.06 |
% |
|
10.01 |
% |
|
9.84 |
% |
|
10.01 |
% |
Tangible common equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio |
|
13.29 |
% |
|
13.65 |
% |
|
14.09 |
% |
|
13.97 |
% |
|
14.48 |
% |
Net interest margin (te) |
|
3.55 |
% |
|
3.48 |
% |
|
3.49 |
% |
|
3.49 |
% |
|
3.43 |
% |
Noninterest income as a percentage of total revenue (te) |
|
2.54 |
% |
|
27.34 |
% |
|
27.30 |
% |
|
26.07 |
% |
|
25.79 |
% |
Efficiency ratio (c) |
|
55.43 |
% |
|
54.93 |
% |
|
54.10 |
% |
|
54.91 |
% |
|
55.22 |
% |
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of period-end loans |
|
1.30 |
% |
|
1.28 |
% |
|
1.33 |
% |
|
1.33 |
% |
|
1.38 |
% |
Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of period-end loans |
|
1.43 |
% |
|
1.43 |
% |
|
1.45 |
% |
|
1.45 |
% |
|
1.49 |
% |
Annualized net charge-offs to average loans |
|
0.19 |
% |
|
0.22 |
% |
|
0.19 |
% |
|
0.31 |
% |
|
0.18 |
% |
Nonaccrual loans as a percentage of loans |
|
0.47 |
% |
|
0.45 |
% |
|
0.48 |
% |
|
0.40 |
% |
|
0.45 |
% |
FTE headcount |
|
3,658 |
|
|
3,627 |
|
|
3,603 |
|
|
3,580 |
|
|
3,497 |
|
Reconciliation of pre-provision net revenue (te) and adjusted pre-provision |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net income (GAAP) |
$ |
47,422 |
|
$ |
125,572 |
|
$ |
127,466 |
|
$ |
113,531 |
|
$ |
119,504 |
|
Provision for credit losses |
|
13,172 |
|
|
13,145 |
|
|
12,651 |
|
|
14,925 |
|
|
10,462 |
|
Income tax expense |
|
11,305 |
|
|
32,734 |
|
|
32,869 |
|
|
31,048 |
|
|
29,671 |
|
Pre-provision net revenue |
|
71,899 |
|
|
171,451 |
|
|
172,986 |
|
|
159,504 |
|
|
159,637 |
|
Taxable equivalent adjustment |
|
2,401 |
|
|
2,505 |
|
|
2,571 |
|
|
2,496 |
|
|
2,806 |
|
Pre-provision net revenue (te) |
|
74,300 |
|
|
173,956 |
|
|
175,557 |
|
|
162,000 |
|
|
162,443 |
|
Adjustments from supplemental disclosure items |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Loss on securities portfolio restructure |
|
98,595 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Sabal Trust Company acquisition expense |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
5,911 |
|
|
— |
|
Adjusted pre-provision net revenue (te) |
$ |
172,895 |
|
$ |
173,956 |
|
$ |
175,557 |
|
$ |
167,911 |
|
$ |
162,443 |
|
Reconciliation of revenue (te), adjusted revenue (te) and efficiency ratio |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net interest income |
$ |
285,165 |
|
$ |
282,170 |
|
$ |
279,738 |
|
$ |
276,959 |
|
$ |
269,905 |
|
Noninterest income |
|
7,482 |
|
|
107,131 |
|
|
106,001 |
|
|
98,524 |
|
|
94,791 |
|
Total GAAP revenue |
|
292,647 |
|
|
389,301 |
|
|
385,739 |
|
|
375,483 |
|
|
364,696 |
|
Taxable equivalent adjustment |
|
2,401 |
|
|
2,505 |
|
|
2,571 |
|
|
2,496 |
|
|
2,806 |
|
Total revenue (te) |
$ |
295,048 |
|
$ |
391,806 |
|
$ |
388,310 |
|
$ |
377,979 |
|
$ |
367,502 |
|
Adjustments from supplemental disclosure items |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Loss on securities portfolio restructure |
|
98,595 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Adjusted total revenue(TE) |
$ |
393,643 |
|
$ |
391,806 |
|
$ |
388,310 |
|
$ |
377,979 |
|
$ |
367,502 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
GAAP Noninterest expense |
$ |
220,748 |
|
$ |
217,850 |
|
$ |
212,753 |
|
$ |
215,979 |
|
$ |
205,059 |
|
Amortization of intangibles |
|
(2,548 |
) |
|
(2,622 |
) |
|
(2,694 |
) |
|
(2,524 |
) |
|
(2,113 |
) |
Adjustments from supplemental disclosure items |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Sabal Trust Company acquisition expense |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
(5,911 |
) |
|
— |
|
Adjusted noninterest expense for efficiency |
$ |
218,200 |
|
$ |
215,228 |
|
$ |
210,059 |
|
$ |
207,544 |
|
$ |
202,946 |
|
Efficiency ratio (c) |
|
55.43 |
% |
|
54.93 |
% |
|
54.10 |
% |
|
54.91 |
% |
|
55.22 |
% |
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Net Interest Income
Net interest income (te) for the first quarter of 2026 totaled $287.6 million, up $2.9 million, or 1%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2025, and up $14.9 million, or 5%, compared to the first quarter of 2025.
The $2.9 million increase in net interest income (te) from the fourth quarter of 2025 was driven by both a lower cost of funds and an increase in the securities yield outpacing a decline in loan yields, and growth in average loan balances. Net interest income (te) for the first quarter of 2026 is also net of a $4.1 million reduction as a result of two fewer accrual days. Interest income (te) decreased $6.4 million, reflecting the impact of two fewer accrual days and a decline in loan yields following the two interest rate cuts in the fourth quarter of 2025, partially offset by an increase in the yield on the securities portfolio as a result of the portfolio restructuring completed in January 2026 and growth in the loan portfolio. Interest expense decreased $9.3 million and was primarily rate driven, as reductions in promotional pricing on both interest-bearing transaction accounts and retail time deposits resulted in a lower cost of funds. The decrease in interest expense is also reflective of two fewer accrual days. The net interest margin for the first quarter of
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2026 was 3.55%, up 7 bps from the fourth quarter of 2025, driven primarily by higher securities yields as a result of the bond portfolio restructuring, up 25 bps, and lower cost of funds, down 9 bps, partially offset by lower loan yields, down 13 bps, and also by growth in average loan volume.
The $14.9 million increase in net interest income (te) from the first quarter of 2025 was driven primarily by an increase in the securities yield as a result of the portfolio restructuring and other reinvestments, and is also reflective of growth in the loan portfolio, a favorable shift in the mix of interest-bearing deposits, and deposit betas outpacing loan betas. These favorable changes were partially offset by a $717.0 million increase in average other short-term borrowings to fund loan growth. Interest income (te) increased $5.7 million despite the falling interest rate environment. The improvement was driven by an increase in securities yields due to the portfolio restructure, and by loan growth, as average loans were up $897.4 million compared to the same quarter last year; these were partially offset by declines in loan yields and short-term investments yield and volume. The decrease in interest expense of $9.2 million was largely rate driven but also reflective of a favorable shift in the mix of interest-bearing deposits, partially offset by the previously mentioned increase in other short-term borrowings. The net interest margin for the first quarter of 2026 was up 12 bps from the first quarter of 2025, largely attributable to the impact of higher securities yields, up 45 bps, a lower cost of funds, down 15 bps, partially offset by a decrease in loan yields of 22 bps.
The following tables detail the components of our net interest income (te) and net interest margin.
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
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|
|
March 31, 2026 |
|
|
December 31, 2025 |
|
|
March 31, 2025 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
($ in millions) |
|
Volume |
|
|
Interest (d) |
|
Rate |
|
|
Volume |
|
|
Interest (d) |
|
|
Rate |
|
|
Volume |
|
|
Interest (d) |
|
|
Rate |
|
|||||||||
Average earning assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Commercial & real estate loans (te) (a) |
|
$ |
18,651.4 |
|
|
$ |
268.8 |
|
|
5.84 |
% |
|
$ |
18,376.2 |
|
|
$ |
277.3 |
|
|
|
5.99 |
% |
|
$ |
17,738.2 |
|
|
$ |
267.1 |
|
|
|
6.10 |
% |
Residential mortgage loans |
|
|
3,982.5 |
|
|
|
40.1 |
|
|
4.03 |
% |
|
|
4,011.5 |
|
|
|
40.0 |
|
|
|
3.99 |
% |
|
|
3,979.7 |
|
|
|
38.8 |
|
|
|
3.90 |
% |
Consumer loans |
|
|
1,332.1 |
|
|
|
24.9 |
|
|
7.57 |
% |
|
|
1,328.1 |
|
|
|
26.2 |
|
|
|
7.83 |
% |
|
|
1,350.7 |
|
|
|
27.6 |
|
|
|
8.28 |
% |
Loan fees & late charges |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.4 |
) |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Total loans (te) (b) |
|
|
23,966.0 |
|
|
|
332.8 |
|
|
5.62 |
% |
|
|
23,715.8 |
|
|
|
343.1 |
|
|
|
5.75 |
% |
|
|
23,068.6 |
|
|
|
333.2 |
|
|
|
5.84 |
% |
Loans held for sale |
|
|
27.7 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
5.36 |
% |
|
|
34.6 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
6.17 |
% |
|
|
20.5 |
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
6.69 |
% |
U.S. Treasury and government agency securities |
|
|
643.7 |
|
|
|
5.2 |
|
|
3.23 |
% |
|
|
643.5 |
|
|
|
5.2 |
|
|
|
3.24 |
% |
|
|
588.7 |
|
|
|
4.4 |
|
|
|
3.00 |
% |
Mortgage-backed securities and |
|
|
6,945.1 |
|
|
|
56.2 |
|
|
3.24 |
% |
|
|
7,108.3 |
|
|
|
52.4 |
|
|
|
2.95 |
% |
|
|
6,831.9 |
|
|
|
46.7 |
|
|
|
2.74 |
% |
Municipals (te) |
|
|
659.9 |
|
|
|
5.2 |
|
|
3.13 |
% |
|
|
714.6 |
|
|
|
5.3 |
|
|
|
3.00 |
% |
|
|
802.9 |
|
|
|
5.9 |
|
|
|
2.96 |
% |
Other securities |
|
|
17.0 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
4.11 |
% |
|
|
17.7 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
3.87 |
% |
|
|
18.0 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
3.64 |
% |
Total securities (te) (c) |
|
|
8,265.7 |
|
|
|
66.8 |
|
|
3.23 |
% |
|
|
8,484.1 |
|
|
|
63.1 |
|
|
|
2.98 |
% |
|
|
8,241.5 |
|
|
|
57.2 |
|
|
|
2.78 |
% |
Total short-term investments |
|
|
439.4 |
|
|
|
3.8 |
|
|
3.53 |
% |
|
|
363.8 |
|
|
|
3.5 |
|
|
|
3.78 |
% |
|
|
693.3 |
|
|
|
7.4 |
|
|
|
4.31 |
% |
Total earning assets (te) |
|
$ |
32,698.8 |
|
|
$ |
403.8 |
|
|
4.99 |
% |
|
$ |
32,598.3 |
|
|
$ |
410.2 |
|
|
|
5.00 |
% |
|
$ |
32,023.9 |
|
|
$ |
398.1 |
|
|
|
5.02 |
% |
Average interest-bearing liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Interest-bearing transaction and savings deposits |
|
$ |
12,032.7 |
|
|
$ |
54.4 |
|
|
1.83 |
% |
|
$ |
11,917.7 |
|
|
$ |
60.0 |
|
|
|
2.00 |
% |
|
$ |
11,202.4 |
|
|
$ |
57.3 |
|
|
|
2.08 |
% |
Time deposits |
|
|
3,647.9 |
|
|
|
30.0 |
|
|
3.34 |
% |
|
|
3,772.7 |
|
|
|
33.1 |
|
|
|
3.48 |
% |
|
|
4,272.8 |
|
|
|
40.0 |
|
|
|
3.79 |
% |
Public funds |
|
|
3,121.1 |
|
|
|
20.0 |
|
|
2.60 |
% |
|
|
2,960.3 |
|
|
|
20.9 |
|
|
|
2.80 |
% |
|
|
3,114.0 |
|
|
|
23.2 |
|
|
|
3.03 |
% |
Total interest-bearing deposits |
|
|
18,801.7 |
|
|
|
104.4 |
|
|
2.25 |
% |
|
|
18,650.7 |
|
|
|
114.0 |
|
|
|
2.42 |
% |
|
|
18,589.2 |
|
|
|
120.5 |
|
|
|
2.63 |
% |
Repurchase agreements |
|
|
707.2 |
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
|
1.23 |
% |
|
|
612.4 |
|
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
1.39 |
% |
|
|
631.8 |
|
|
|
1.7 |
|
|
|
1.15 |
% |
Other short-term borrowings |
|
|
721.0 |
|
|
|
6.8 |
|
|
3.80 |
% |
|
|
632.6 |
|
|
|
6.6 |
|
|
|
4.16 |
% |
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
5.10 |
% |
Long-term debt |
|
|
198.0 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
|
5.82 |
% |
|
|
213.3 |
|
|
|
2.7 |
|
|
|
5.21 |
% |
|
|
210.6 |
|
|
|
3.1 |
|
|
|
5.82 |
% |
Total borrowings |
|
|
1,626.2 |
|
|
|
11.8 |
|
|
2.93 |
% |
|
|
1,458.3 |
|
|
|
11.5 |
|
|
|
3.15 |
% |
|
|
846.4 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
2.33 |
% |
Total interest-bearing liabilities |
|
|
20,427.9 |
|
|
|
116.2 |
|
|
2.31 |
% |
|
|
20,109.0 |
|
|
|
125.5 |
|
|
|
2.48 |
% |
|
|
19,435.6 |
|
|
|
125.4 |
|
|
|
2.62 |
% |
Net interest-free funding sources |
|
|
12,270.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,489.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,588.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Total cost of funds |
|
$ |
32,698.8 |
|
|
$ |
116.2 |
|
|
1.44 |
% |
|
$ |
32,598.3 |
|
|
$ |
125.5 |
|
|
|
1.53 |
% |
|
$ |
32,023.9 |
|
|
$ |
125.4 |
|
|
|
1.59 |
% |
Net interest spread (te) |
|
|
|
|
$ |
287.6 |
|
|
2.68 |
% |
|
|
|
|
$ |
284.7 |
|
|
|
2.53 |
% |
|
|
|
|
$ |
272.7 |
|
|
|
2.41 |
% |
|||
Net interest margin |
|
$ |
32,698.8 |
|
|
$ |
287.6 |
|
|
3.55 |
% |
|
$ |
32,598.3 |
|
|
$ |
284.7 |
|
|
|
3.48 |
% |
|
$ |
32,023.9 |
|
|
$ |
272.7 |
|
|
|
3.43 |
% |
Provision for Credit Losses
During the first quarter of 2026, we recorded a provision for credit losses of $13.2 million, compared to $13.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and $10.5 million in the first quarter of 2025. The provision for credit loss in the first quarter of 2026 included net charge-offs of $11.1 million and a reserve build of $2.1 million, compared to net charge-offs of $13.0 million and a reserve build of
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$0.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and net charge-offs of $10.3 million and a reserve build of $0.2 million in the first quarter of 2025, reflecting relatively stable results across the comparative periods.
Annualized net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans in the first quarter of 2026 were 0.19%, down from 0.22%, in the fourth quarter of 2025, and up from 0.18% in the first quarter of 2025. Net charge-offs in the first quarter of 2026 included $7.4 million in the commercial portfolio, $3.5 million in the consumer portfolio and $0.2 million in the residential mortgage portfolio. Net charge-offs in the fourth quarter of 2025 included $10.1 million in the commercial portfolio, $3.0 million in the consumer portfolio, partially offset by net recoveries of $0.1 million in the residential mortgage portfolio. Net charge-offs in the first quarter of 2025 included $7.1 million in the commercial portfolio, $3.4 million in the consumer portfolio, partially offset by net recoveries of $0.2 million in the residential mortgage portfolio.
The discussion labeled "Allowance for Credit Losses and Asset Quality" that appears later in this Item provides additional information on these changes and on general credit quality.
Noninterest Income
Noninterest income totaled $7.5 million for the first quarter of 2026, down $99.6 million from the fourth quarter of 2025 and $87.3 million from the first quarter of 2025. Included in noninterest income in the first quarter of 2026 was a $98.6 million loss identified as a supplemental disclosure item attributable to the restructuring of the available for sales securities portfolio. Excluding the supplemental disclosure item, noninterest income totaled $106.1 million, down $1.1 million, or 1%, from the fourth quarter of 2025 and up $11.3 million, or 12%, from the first quarter of 2025. A detailed discussion of noninterest income variances follows.
The components of noninterest income are presented in the following table for the indicated periods.
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||||
|
March 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
March 31, |
|
|||
($ in thousands) |
2026 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
|||
Service charges on deposit accounts |
$ |
25,902 |
|
$ |
25,585 |
|
$ |
24,119 |
|
Trust fees |
|
24,574 |
|
|
24,644 |
|
|
18,022 |
|
Bank card and ATM fees |
|
22,126 |
|
|
21,603 |
|
|
20,714 |
|
Investment and annuity fees and insurance commissions |
|
12,572 |
|
|
12,637 |
|
|
11,415 |
|
Secondary mortgage market operations |
|
3,529 |
|
|
3,679 |
|
|
3,468 |
|
Securities transactions, net |
|
(98,595 |
) |
|
(11 |
) |
|
— |
|
Income from bank-owned life insurance |
|
5,267 |
|
|
5,410 |
|
|
4,873 |
|
Credit related fees |
|
2,775 |
|
|
2,820 |
|
|
2,840 |
|
Income (loss) from customer and other derivatives |
|
960 |
|
|
2,189 |
|
|
(271 |
) |
Net gains on sales of premises, equipment and other assets |
|
2,046 |
|
|
1,313 |
|
|
1,857 |
|
Other miscellaneous |
|
6,326 |
|
|
7,262 |
|
|
7,754 |
|
Total noninterest income |
$ |
7,482 |
|
$ |
107,131 |
|
$ |
94,791 |
|
Supplemental Disclosure Items Included in Noninterest Income
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||||
|
March 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
March 31, |
|
|||
(in thousands) |
2026 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
|||
Nonoperating income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Securities transactions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Loss on securities portfolio restructure |
|
(98,595 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total noninterest income |
$ |
(98,595 |
) |
$ |
— |
|
$ |
— |
|
Service charges on deposit accounts include consumer, business, and corporate deposit account servicing fees, as well as nonsufficient funds fees on non-consumer accounts, overdraft and overdraft protection fees, and other customer transaction-related fees. Service charges on deposits totaled $25.9 million for the first quarter of 2026, up $0.3 million, or 1%, from the fourth quarter of 2025 and $1.8 million, or 7%, from the first quarter of 2025. The linked quarter increase was driven primarily by analysis fees on business accounts, partially offset by a decline in consumer overdraft fees. The year over year increase was driven by consumer overdraft fees and analysis fees on business accounts.
Trust fee income represents revenue generated from a full range of trust services, including asset management and custody services provided to individuals, businesses and institutions. Trust fees totaled $24.6 million for the first quarter of 2026, relatively flat
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compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 and up $6.6 million, or 36%, from the first quarter of 2025. The year over year increase is mostly attributable to personal trust, including $5.3 million as a result of the May 2, 2025 acquisition of Sabal Trust Company, and reflective of both organic and market value-driven growth in our legacy business.
Bank card and ATM fees include interchange and other income from credit and debit card transactions, fees earned from processing card transactions for merchants, and fees earned from ATM transactions. Bank card and ATM fees totaled $22.1 million for the first quarter of 2026, up $0.5 million, or 2%, from the fourth quarter of 2025 and $1.4 million, or 7%, from the first quarter of 2025. The linked quarter increase was driven primarily by merchant service fees and ATM fees. The year over year increase is mostly attributable to interchange fees, due in-part to card focused marketing campaigns, and ATM fees, reflecting a market adjustment on certain fees.
Investment and annuity fees and insurance commissions includes both fees earned from sales of annuity and insurance products, as well as managed account fees. Investment and annuity fees and insurance commissions totaled $12.6 million for the first quarter of 2026, relatively flat compared to the fourth quarter of 2025, and up $1.2 million, or 10%, from the first quarter of 2025. Linked-quarter, small declines in insurance commissions, annuity sales and underwriting fees were largely offset by an increase in fixed income trading fees. The year over year increase was largely driven by fixed income trading fees and investment management fees, partially offset by declines in annuity sales volume and underwriting fees. Investment and annuity fee income can vary from period to period depending on market conditions, impacting demand for products and services and related fees.
Income from secondary mortgage market operations is comprised of income produced from the origination and sales of residential mortgage loans in the secondary market. We offer a full range of mortgage products to our customers and typically sell longer-term fixed-rate loans while retaining the majority of adjustable-rate loans, as well as loans generated through programs to support customer relationships. Secondary mortgage market operations income will vary based on mortgage application volume, pull through rates, the percentage of loans ultimately sold in the secondary market and the timing of such sales. Income from secondary mortgage market operations was $3.5 million in the first quarter of 2026, down $0.2 million, or 4%, from the fourth quarter of 2025, and up $0.1 million, or 2%, compared to the first quarter of 2025. The linked quarter decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in mortgage loan production. Compared to the first quarter of 2025, an increase in mortgage loan production was mostly offset by a lower percentage of loans sold in the secondary market.
Net loss on securities transactions totaled $98.6 million for the first quarter of 2026, compared to a net loss of less than $0.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 and no gain or loss in the first quarter of 2025. The net loss in the current period resulted from the sale of $1.5 billion of available for sale securities and reflects a strategic decision to restructure the portfolio to enhance future net interest income through deployment of the proceeds into higher-yielding instruments.
Income from bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) is typically generated through insurance benefit proceeds as well as the growth of the cash surrender value of insurance contracts held. Income from BOLI was $5.3 million for the first quarter of 2026, down $0.1 million, or 3%, from the fourth quarter of 2025, and up $0.4 million, or 8%, from the first quarter of 2025. The linked quarter decline was driven by a decrease in mortality gains that was partially offset by an increase in income from change in cash surrender value. The year over year increase was driven by an increase in income from change in cash surrender value that was partially offset by a decline in mortality gains.
Credit related fees include fees assessed on letters of credit and unused portions of loan commitments. Credit related fees were $2.8 million for the first quarter of 2026, down less than $0.1 million, or 2%, from both the fourth and first quarters of 2025, driven by a decline in unused commitment fees that is a function of line of credit availability and utilization.
Income or loss from customer and other derivatives is largely from our customer interest rate derivative program. Income from customer and other derivatives totaled $1.0 million for the first quarter of 2026, down $1.2 million from the fourth quarter of 2025 and up $1.2 million from the first quarter of 2025. The linked quarter decrease was largely attributable to the customer derivative program as a product of volume and mid-term rate movement, as well as a $0.5 million increase in losses resulting from assumption changes to the Visa Class B derivative liability. The year over year increase is also reflective of changes in volume and interest rates and to a $0.2 increase in losses resulting from assumption changes to the Visa Class B derivative liability. Derivative income can be volatile and is dependent upon the composition of the portfolio, volume and mix of sales and termination activity, and market value adjustments due to market interest rate movement.
Net gains on sales of premises, equipment and other assets consist primarily of net revenue earned from sales of excess-bank owned facilities and equipment no longer in use, gains on sales of Small Business Administration (SBA) and other non-residential mortgage loans, and leases and other assets associated with the equipment finance line of business. Net gains on sales of premises, equipment and other assets totaled $2.0 million for the first quarter of 2026, up $0.7 million from the fourth quarter of 2025, and $0.2 million
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from the first quarter of 2025. The increase from both comparative periods was largely driven by gains on sales of SBA loans. The level of net gains or losses on sales of these assets in a given reporting period will vary based on a variety of circumstances.
Other miscellaneous income is comprised of various items, including income from investments in small business investment companies (SBIC), dividends on Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock, and fees from loan syndication and other specialty lines of business. Other miscellaneous income totaled $6.3 million, down $0.9 million, or 13%, from the fourth quarter of 2025 and $1.4 million, or 18%, from the first quarter of 2025. The linked quarter decrease was largely driven by a $2.6 million decline in income from SBICs that was partly offset by a $1.5 million increase in syndication fees and a $0.3 million increase in dividends on FHLB stock. The year to date decrease was largely driven by a $2.0 million decline in income from SBICs. SBIC income and syndication fees will vary from period to period, depending on activity.
Noninterest Expense
Noninterest expense for the first quarter of 2026 was $220.7 million, up $2.9 million, or 1%, from the fourth quarter of 2025, and $15.7 million, or 8%, from the first quarter of 2025. The increase from the fourth quarter of 2025 was largely driven by seasonal increases in payroll taxes and benefits, and the increase from the same period in 2025 is attributable to most expense categories. A more detailed discussion of noninterest expense variances follows.
The components of noninterest expense are presented in the following table for the indicated periods.
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||||
|
March 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
March 31, |
|
|||
($ in thousands) |
2026 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
|||
Compensation expense |
$ |
98,788 |
|
$ |
100,152 |
|
$ |
88,952 |
|
Employee benefits |
|
28,360 |
|
|
22,358 |
|
|
25,395 |
|
Personnel expense |
|
127,148 |
|
|
122,510 |
|
|
114,347 |
|
Net occupancy expense |
|
13,129 |
|
|
14,400 |
|
|
13,580 |
|
Equipment expense |
|
4,157 |
|
|
4,232 |
|
|
4,091 |
|
Data processing expense |
|
32,796 |
|
|
31,864 |
|
|
31,250 |
|
Professional services expense |
|
13,600 |
|
|
15,099 |
|
|
12,235 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
2,548 |
|
|
2,622 |
|
|
2,113 |
|
Deposit insurance and regulatory fees |
|
4,988 |
|
|
3,488 |
|
|
5,026 |
|
Other real estate and foreclosed assets expense, net |
|
441 |
|
|
467 |
|
|
1,780 |
|
Corporate value and franchise taxes and other non-income taxes |
|
4,416 |
|
|
3,865 |
|
|
4,303 |
|
Entertainment and contributions |
|
4,218 |
|
|
3,182 |
|
|
3,387 |
|
Advertising |
|
4,186 |
|
|
4,639 |
|
|
3,015 |
|
Telecommunications and postage |
|
2,642 |
|
|
2,589 |
|
|
2,441 |
|
Travel expense |
|
1,635 |
|
|
2,301 |
|
|
1,232 |
|
Tax credit investment amortization |
|
903 |
|
|
1,054 |
|
|
1,068 |
|
Printing and supplies |
|
985 |
|
|
903 |
|
|
902 |
|
Net other retirement expense |
|
(5,311 |
) |
|
(4,239 |
) |
|
(3,884 |
) |
Other miscellaneous |
|
8,267 |
|
|
8,874 |
|
|
8,173 |
|
Total noninterest expense |
$ |
220,748 |
|
$ |
217,850 |
|
$ |
205,059 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Personnel expense consists of salaries, incentive compensation, long-term incentives, payroll taxes, and other employee benefits such as 401(k), pension, and insurance for medical, life and disability. Personnel expense totaled $127.1 million for the first quarter of 2026, up $4.6 million, or 4%, from the fourth quarter of 2025 and $12.8 million, or 11%, from the first quarter of 2025. The linked quarter increase was primarily driven by seasonal increases in payroll taxes and certain employee benefits, and also includes increased commissions and incentives, increased headcount and a lesser benefit from salary deferrals associated with lending activities. These factors were partially offset by decreases in bonus and share-based compensation expense and the impact of two fewer payroll days. The year over year increase reflects increases in most components of this category, and reflects both expected annual increases in salary, incentives, bonus and associated benefit costs, and incremental expense associated with increased headcount that includes both Sabal associates and additional hires of revenue-producing associates. Personnel expense associated with ongoing Sabal operations contributed approximately $2.0 million to the variance compared to the first quarter of 2025.
Occupancy and equipment expenses are primarily composed of lease expenses, depreciation, maintenance and repairs, rent, property taxes, and other equipment expenses. Occupancy and equipment expenses totaled $17.3 million for the first quarter of 2026, down
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$1.3 million, or 7%, from the fourth quarter of 2025, and $0.4 million, or 2%, from the first quarter of 2025. The linked quarter decrease was driven primarily by a decline in facility repair and maintenance expenses. The year over year decrease was driven by decreases in facility repair and maintenance and property tax expenses that were partially offset by an increase in leased facility expense.
Data processing expense includes expenses related to third party technology processing and servicing costs, technology project costs and fees associated with bank card and ATM transactions, and credit card reward expenses. Data processing expense was $32.8 million for the first quarter of 2026, up $0.9 million, or 3%, from the fourth quarter of 2025, and $1.5 million, or 5%, from the first quarter of 2025. The linked quarter increase was driven primarily by increases in maintenance on bank owned software and third party processing expenses. The year over year increase was largely attributable to increases in certain third party technology processing, licensing and maintenance and also to activity-based fees including card processing and rewards and rebates, partially offset by a decrease in amortization and maintenance on bank owned software. Data processing expense can vary from period to period, depending on business needs and technology enhancement initiatives.
Professional services expense includes accounting and audit, legal, consulting and certain outsourced service expense. Professional services expense for the first quarter of 2026 totaled $13.6 million, down $1.5 million, or 10%, from the fourth quarter of 2025, and up $1.4 million, or 11%, from the first quarter of 2025. The linked quarter decrease was mostly attributable to legal fees, consulting expenses and outsourced service expenses. The year over year increase was largely attributable to costs associated with consulting and other professional services associated with stand-alone engagements, including process improvement projects. Professional services expense may vary from period to period, generally related to the timing of external service needs.
Deposit insurance and regulatory fees for the first quarter of 2026 totaled $5.0 million, up $1.5 million, or 43%, from the fourth quarter of 2025, and relatively flat compared to the first quarter of 2025. The linked quarter increase was primarily driven by an adjustment in the comparative period to the special assessment by the FDIC to cover losses incurred under the systemic risk exception. The FDIC special assessment expense recorded to date is management's estimate of our portion of the cost attributable to the systemic risk exception based on information from the FDIC. However, the loss estimates resulting from the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank may be subject to further change pending the projected and actual outcome of loss share agreements, joint ventures, and outstanding litigation. The exact amount of losses incurred will not be determined until the FDIC terminates the receiverships of these banks; therefore, the exact exposure to the Company remains unknown.
Other real estate and foreclosed assets expense totaled $0.4 million in the first quarter of 2026, relatively flat compared to the fourth quarter of 2025, and down $1.4 million from the first quarter of 2025. The year over year decrease was largely attributable to a single property that was sold in late 2025. The level of net income or losses associated with holding and maintaining the other real estate owned portfolio can vary depending on sales activity, valuation adjustments and income or expense associated with operating and maintaining foreclosed property. Gains or losses on the sale of other real estate and foreclosed assets may occur periodically and are dependent on the number and type of assets for sale and current market conditions.
Corporate value, franchise and other non-income tax expense for the first quarter of 2026 totaled $4.4 million, up $0.6 million, or 14%, from the fourth quarter of 2025, and $0.1 million, or 3%, from the first quarter of 2025. The linked quarter increase was largely attributable to bank share tax. The year over year increase was driven by an increase in franchise tax that was mostly offset by an decline in bank share tax. The calculation of bank share tax is based on multiple variables, including average quarterly assets, earnings and stockholders’ equity to determine the taxable assessment value and can vary from period to period.
Business development-related expenses (including advertising, travel, entertainment and contributions) totaled $10.0 million for the first quarter of 2026, relatively flat compared to the fourth quarter of 2025, and up $2.4 million, or 32%, from the first quarter of 2025. Linked-quarter, decreases in advertising and travel expenses were largely offset by an increase in contributions and sponsorships. The year over year increase was largely attributable to digital media advertising and business development expenses.
All other expenses, excluding amortization of intangibles, is comprised of a variety of other operational expenses and losses, tax credit investment amortization, and net other retirement expense. All other expenses totaled $7.5 million for the first quarter of 2026, down $1.7 million, or 18%, from the fourth quarter of 2025, and $1.2 million, or 14%, from the first quarter of 2025. The decrease from both comparative periods driven largely by a decrease in net other retirement expense as a result of changes in actuarial assumptions for our pension plan.
Income Taxes
The effective income tax rate for the first quarter of 2026 was 19.3% compared to 20.7% in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 19.9% in the first quarter of 2025. The linked-quarter decrease in the effective tax rate is due primarily to a $1.4 million income tax benefit in the first quarter of 2026 related to various discrete items, such as share-based compensation. The first quarter of 2026 effective income
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tax is lower than the first quarter of 2025 primarily due to lower forecasted annual pre-tax earnings as result of the first quarter 2026 securities portfolio restructuring.
Many factors impact the effective income tax rate including, but not limited to, the level of pre-tax income and relative impact of net tax benefits related to tax credit investments, tax-exempt interest income, bank-owned life insurance, and nondeductible expenses. Additionally, discrete tax items recognized in any given period affect the comparability of the effective income tax rate between periods. Such items include share-based compensation, valuation allowance changes, uncertain tax position changes and tax law changes.
Our effective tax rate has historically varied from the federal statutory rate primarily because of tax-exempt income and tax credits. Interest income on bonds issued by or loans to state and municipal governments and authorities, and earnings from the bank-owned life insurance program are the major components of tax-exempt income. The main source of tax credits has been investments in tax-advantaged securities and tax credit projects. These investments are made primarily in the markets we serve and are directed at tax credits issued under the Federal and State New Market Tax Credit (“NMTC”) programs, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (“LIHTC”) programs, as well as pre-2018 Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (“QZAB”) and Qualified School Construction Bonds (“QSCB”). These investments generate tax credits, which reduce current and future taxes and are recognized when earned as a benefit in the provision for income taxes.
We have invested in NMTC projects through investments in our own Community Development Entities (“CDE”), as well as other unrelated CDEs. Federal tax credits from NMTC investments are recognized over a seven-year period, while recognition of the benefits from state tax credits varies from three to five years. We have also invested in affordable housing projects that generate federal LIHTC tax credits that are recognized over a ten-year period, beginning in the year the rental activity begins. The amortization of the LIHTC investment cost is recognized as a component of income tax expense in proportion to the tax credits recognized over the ten-year credit period.
Based on tax credit investments that have been made to date in 2026, we expect to realize benefits from federal and state tax credits over the next three years totaling $8.0 million, $5.5 million, and $4.8 million in 2027, 2028, and 2029, respectively. We may continue making investments in tax credit projects; however, our ability to access new credits will depend upon, among other factors, federal and state tax policies and the level of competition for such credits.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Liquidity
Liquidity management ensures that funds are available to meet the cash flow requirements of our depositors and borrowers, while also meeting the operating, capital and strategic cash flow needs of the Company, the Bank and other subsidiaries. As part of the overall asset and liability management process, liquidity management strategies and measurements have been developed to manage and monitor liquidity risk. The following table summarizes available liquidity at March 31, 2026:
|
|
March 31, 2026 |
|
|||||||||
($ in thousands) |
|
Total |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Net |
|
|||
Available Sources of Funding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Internal Sources: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Free securities |
|
$ |
4,465,579 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
4,465,579 |
|
External Sources: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Federal Home Loan Bank (a) |
|
|
6,853,624 |
|
|
|
1,752,438 |
|
|
|
5,101,186 |
|
Federal Reserve Bank |
|
|
3,542,065 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,542,065 |
|
Brokered deposits |
|
|
4,362,320 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
4,362,320 |
|
Other |
|
|
1,209,000 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,209,000 |
|
Total Available Sources of Funding |
|
$ |
20,432,588 |
|
|
$ |
1,752,438 |
|
|
$ |
18,680,150 |
|
Cash and other interest-bearing bank deposits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
779,230 |
|
||
Total Liquidity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
19,459,380 |
|
||
(a) Amount used includes letters of credit.
Liquidity levels of financial institutions continue to be in heightened focus since the failure of several major regional U.S. banks that experienced large-scale deposit runs in early 2023. At March 31, 2026, our available on and off-balance sheet liquidity of $19.5 billion is well in excess of our estimated uninsured, noncollateralized deposits of approximately $11.4 billion.
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The asset portion of the balance sheet provides liquidity primarily through loan principal repayments, maturities and repayments of investment securities and occasional sales of various assets. Short-term investments such as federal funds sold, securities purchased under agreements to resell and interest-bearing deposits with the Federal Reserve Bank or with other commercial banks are additional sources of liquidity to meet cash flow requirements. Free securities represent unpledged securities that can be sold or used as collateral for borrowings, and include unpledged securities assigned to short-term dealer repurchase agreements or to the Federal Reserve Bank discount window. Total pledged securities were $3.5 billion at March 31, 2026, down $379 million from December 31, 2025. The decrease in pledged securities compared to December 31, 2025 is largely attributable to pledges that were released in response to a decrease in public funds deposits. Both securities and FHLB letters of credit are pledged as collateral related to public funds and repurchase agreements. Management has established an internal target for the ratio of free securities to total securities of 20% or greater. As shown in the table below, our ratio of free securities to total securities was 56.35% at March 31, 2026, compared to 51.97% at December 31, 2025.
|
March 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
September 30, |
|
June 30, |
|
March 31, |
|
|||||
Liquidity Metrics |
2026 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
|||||
Free securities / total securities |
|
56.35 |
% |
|
51.97 |
% |
|
60.83 |
% |
|
59.44 |
% |
|
58.64 |
% |
Core deposits / total deposits |
|
95.17 |
% |
|
94.99 |
% |
|
94.81 |
% |
|
94.68 |
% |
|
94.34 |
% |
Wholesale funds / core deposits |
|
5.62 |
% |
|
4.37 |
% |
|
7.74 |
% |
|
4.57 |
% |
|
2.74 |
% |
Liquid assets / total liabilities |
|
16.85 |
% |
|
15.63 |
% |
|
19.88 |
% |
|
17.67 |
% |
|
18.08 |
% |
Quarter-to-date average loans / quarter-to-date average deposits |
|
83.11 |
% |
|
82.30 |
% |
|
82.22 |
% |
|
81.15 |
% |
|
80.23 |
% |
The liability portion of the balance sheet provides liquidity mainly through the ability to use cash sourced from customer deposit accounts. At March 31, 2026, deposits totaled $29.1 billion, down $197.6 million, or 1%, from December 31, 2025, due primarily to typical seasonal movement in public funds deposits and retail time deposit maturities that were partially offset by growth in transaction and savings deposits. There were no brokered time deposits at March 31, 2026 or December 31, 2025. The use of brokered deposits as a funding source is subject to certain policies regarding the amount, term and interest rate.
Core deposits consist of total deposits excluding certificates of deposit of $250,000 or more and brokered deposits. Core deposits totaled $27.7 billion at March 31, 2026, down $136.7 million, or less than 1%, compared to December 31, 2025. Changes in the level of core deposits will vary based on the level of total deposits and the mix therein. The ratio of core deposits to total deposits was 95.17% at March 31, 2026, compared to 94.99% at December 31, 2025.
Purchases of federal funds, securities sold under agreements to repurchase and other short-term borrowings from customers provide additional sources of liquidity to meet short-term funding requirements. Besides funding from customer sources, the Bank has a line of credit with the FHLB that is secured by blanket pledges of certain mortgage loans. At March 31, 2026, the bank had $700 million in borrowings and approximately $5.1 billion available under this line. At March 31, 2026, the unused borrowing capacity at the Federal Reserve’s discount window was approximately $3.5 billion. There were no outstanding borrowings with the Federal Reserve at any date during any period covered by this report.
Wholesale funds, which are comprised of short-term borrowings, long-term debt and brokered deposits were 5.62% of core deposits at March 31, 2026, compared to 4.37% at December 31, 2025. At March 31, 2026, wholesale funds totaled $1.6 billion, up $337.5 million from December 31, 2025, largely driven by an increase in FHLB borrowings. The amount of wholesale funds outstanding will vary based on retail deposit levels and current funding needs. The Company has established an internal target for wholesale funds to be less than 25% of core deposits.
Other key measures used to monitor liquidity include the liquid asset ratio and the loan-to-deposit ratio. The liquid asset ratio (liquid assets, consisting of cash, short-term investments and free securities, divided by total liabilities) measures our ability to meet short-term obligations. Our liquid asset ratio was 16.85% at March 31, 2026, compared to 15.63% at December 31, 2025. Management has established a minimum liquid asset ratio of 7.5% and an internal target of 12% or greater. The loan to deposit ratio (average loans outstanding for the reporting period divided by average deposits outstanding) measures the amount of funds the Bank lends for each dollar of deposits on hand. Our average loan-to-deposit ratio for the first quarter of 2026 was 83.11%, compared to 82.30% for the fourth quarter of 2025. Management has an established target range for the loan-to-deposit ratio of 87% to 89%, but will operate outside that range under certain circumstances.
Cash generated from operations is another important source of funds to meet liquidity needs. The Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows included in Part I, Item 1 of this document present operating cash flows and summarize all significant sources and uses of funds during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
Dividends received from the Bank have been the primary source of funds available to the Parent for the payment of dividends to our stockholders, repurchasing our common stock in the open market, and for servicing its debt. The liquidity management process takes
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into account the various regulatory provisions that can limit the amount of dividends the Bank can distribute to the Parent. The Parent targets cash and other liquid assets to provide liquidity in an amount sufficient to fund approximately six quarters of ongoing cash or liquid asset needs, consisting primarily of common stockholder dividends, debt service requirements, and any expected early extinguishment of debt. The Parent may operate below the target level on a temporary basis if a return to the target can be achieved in the near-term, generally not to exceed four quarters. The Parent had cash and liquid assets of $215.6 million at March 31, 2026.
Capital Resources
Stockholders’ equity totaled $4.4 billion at March 31, 2026, down $40.5 million, or 1%, from December 31, 2025. The decrease from December 31, 2025 is primarily attributable to common stock repurchases of $95.4 million, dividends of $41.5 million and long-term incentive plan and dividend reinvestment activity of $2.2 million. These factors were partially offset by net income of $47.4 million and other comprehensive income of $51.1 million.
The tangible common equity (TCE) ratio was 9.93% at March 31, 2026, down 13 bps from 10.06% at December 31, 2025, driven by common stock repurchases (-27 bps), dividends (-12 bps), tangible asset growth (-2 bps), and stock-based compensation and other (-1 bp), partially offset by tangible net earnings (+15 bps) and other comprehensive income (+15 bps).
The regulatory capital ratios of the Company and the Bank at March 31, 2026 remained well in excess of current regulatory minimum requirements, including capital conservation buffers, by at least $1.0 billion. The Company and the Bank have been categorized as “well-capitalized” in the most recent notices received from our regulators. Refer to the Supervision and Regulation section in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 for further discussion of our capital requirements.
The following table shows the regulatory capital ratios for the Company and the Bank for the indicated periods.
|
Well- |
|
March 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
September 30, |
|
June 30, |
|
March 31, |
|
||||||
|
Capitalized |
|
2026 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
||||||
Total capital (to risk weighted assets) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Hancock Whitney Corporation |
|
10.00 |
% |
|
15.10 |
% |
|
15.45 |
% |
|
15.92 |
% |
|
15.82 |
% |
|
16.37 |
% |
Hancock Whitney Bank |
|
10.00 |
% |
|
14.25 |
% |
|
14.43 |
% |
|
14.88 |
% |
|
14.79 |
% |
|
15.27 |
% |
Tier 1 common equity capital (to risk weighted assets) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Hancock Whitney Corporation |
|
6.50 |
% |
|
13.29 |
% |
|
13.65 |
% |
|
14.09 |
% |
|
13.97 |
% |
|
14.48 |
% |
Hancock Whitney Bank |
|
6.50 |
% |
|
13.05 |
% |
|
13.24 |
% |
|
13.67 |
% |
|
13.57 |
% |
|
14.02 |
% |
Tier 1 capital (to risk weighted assets) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Hancock Whitney Corporation |
|
8.00 |
% |
|
13.29 |
% |
|
13.65 |
% |
|
14.09 |
% |
|
13.97 |
% |
|
14.48 |
% |
Hancock Whitney Bank |
|
8.00 |
% |
|
13.05 |
% |
|
13.24 |
% |
|
13.67 |
% |
|
13.57 |
% |
|
14.02 |
% |
Tier 1 leverage capital |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Hancock Whitney Corporation |
|
5.00 |
% |
|
10.89 |
% |
|
11.17 |
% |
|
11.46 |
% |
|
11.35 |
% |
|
11.55 |
% |
Hancock Whitney Bank |
|
5.00 |
% |
|
10.69 |
% |
|
10.84 |
% |
|
11.11 |
% |
|
11.02 |
% |
|
11.18 |
% |
We regularly perform stress analysis on our capital levels. One such scenario includes the hypothetical impact of including accumulated other comprehensive losses on market valuations of available for sale securities and cash flow hedges in regulatory capital and a further stress scenario that includes both those losses plus losses on the held to maturity investment portfolio in regulatory capital. We estimate that our regulatory capital ratios would remain in excess of the well-capitalized minimums under both of these stress scenarios at March 31, 2026.
On January 29, 2026, our board of directors declared a regular quarterly common stock cash dividend of $0.50 per share, marking an 11% increase over the previous quarter's dividend of $0.45 per share. The quarterly common stock cash dividend was paid on March 16, 2026 to shareholders of record on March 5, 2026. The Company has paid uninterrupted dividends to its shareholders since 1967.
In December 2025, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program, effective January 1, 2026, to repurchase up to 5% of the shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2025, or 4.1 million shares. The authorization is set to expire on December 31, 2026. The shares may be repurchased in the open market, by block purchase, through accelerated share repurchase plans, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, in one or more transactions, from time to time, depending upon market conditions and other factors, and in accordance with applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is not obligated to purchase any shares under this program and the repurchase authorization may be terminated or amended by the Board of Directors at any time prior to the expiration date. During the first quarter of 2026, the Company repurchased 1.4 million shares under this program at an average price of $67.58 per share, inclusive of commissions. The Company has accrued an estimated excise tax liability on net share repurchases under this plan of $0.8 million at March 31, 2026.
On March 19, 2026, the federal bank regulatory agencies requested comment on three proposals to modernize the regulatory capital framework for banks of all sizes. The proposals are intended to streamline capital requirements and better align regulatory capital with
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risk while maintaining the safety and soundness of the banking system. While the agencies anticipate that the amount of overall capital in the banking system will modestly decrease as a result of these proposals, they expect capital levels would still be substantially higher than they were before the financial crisis. In aggregate, the proposals would modestly reduce capital requirements for large banks and moderately reduce requirements for smaller banks, reflecting their more traditional lending activities.
Comments on all three proposals are due by June 18, 2026, and there is not yet a proposed timeline for issuance of a final rule or an implementation date. The Company is in process of evaluating the proposed rules and, based on a preliminary estimate, expects the rules as proposed would have a favorable impact on our capital levels.
BALANCE SHEET ANALYSIS
Short-Term Investments
Short-term investments are held so that funds are available to meet the cash flow needs of both borrowers and depositors. Short-term investments, including interest-bearing bank deposits and federal funds sold, were $223.7 million at March 31, 2026, up $91.4 million from December 31, 2025. Average short-term investments of $439.5 million for the first quarter of 2026 were up $75.7 million from the fourth quarter of 2025. Typically, the balance of short-term investments will change on a daily basis depending upon movement in customer loan and deposit accounts.
Securities
The purpose of the securities portfolio is to increase profitability, mitigate interest rate risk, provide liquidity and comply with regulatory pledging requirements. Our securities portfolio includes securities categorized as available for sale and held to maturity. Available for sale securities are carried at fair value and may be sold prior to maturity. Unrealized gains or losses on available for sale securities, net of deferred taxes, are recorded as accumulated other comprehensive income or loss in stockholders' equity.
Investment in securities totaled $8.0 billion at March 31, 2026, down $66.8 million, or 1%, from December 31, 2025. The decrease was driven by net paydowns and maturities in the held to maturity portfolio, partially offset by favorable movement in the fair value adjustment on the available for sale portfolio. At March 31, 2026, securities available for sale totaled $6.0 billion and securities held to maturity totaled $2.0 billion.
In January 2026, we executed a restructuring of the available for sale securities portfolio to enhance net interest income whereby we sold securities with an amortized cost of $1.5 billion and an average yield of 2.49% and reinvested the $1.4 billion of proceeds with the purchase of securities with an average yield of 4.35%.
Our securities portfolio consists mainly of residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations that are issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies. We invest only in high quality investment grade securities with a targeted portfolio effective duration generally between two and five and a half years. At March 31, 2026, the average expected maturity of the portfolio was 5.46 years with an effective duration of 4.08 years and a nominal weighted-average yield of 3.23%. Under an immediate, parallel rate shock using increases of 100 bps and 200 bps, the effective durations would be 4.12 years and 4.09 years, respectively. At December 31, 2025, the average expected maturity of the portfolio was 5.18 years with an effective duration of 3.89 years and a nominal weighted-average yield of 2.87%. The changes in expected maturity, effective duration, and nominal weighted-average yield from December 31, 2025 were largely the result of the portfolio restructuring and reinvestment in the portfolio during the period. At March 31, 2026, approximately $387.8 million of our available for sale securities are hedged with $359.0 million in fair value hedges in order to provide protection and flexibility to reposition and/or reprice the portfolio, effectively reducing the duration (market price risk) on the hedged securities. Once effective, fair value hedges synthetically convert the notional amount of the hedged asset over the life of the hedge to a variable rate instrument that is indexed to the federal funds effective rate. At March 31, 2026, fair value hedges with notional amounts totaling $265.0 million are effective.
At the end of each reporting period, we evaluate the securities portfolio for credit loss. Based on our assessments, expected credit loss was not material for any period presented, and therefore no allowance for credit loss was recorded.
Loans
Total loans at March 31, 2026, were $24.0 billion, up $33.4 million, or less than 1%, from December 31, 2025. The net increase in loans was largely driven by growth in commercial real estate across multiple products and equipment finance, partially offset by paydowns, including scheduled payments and prepayments, and lower credit line utilization in other product lines. A more detailed discussion of loan portfolio segment activity follows.
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The following table shows the composition of our loan portfolio at each date indicated.
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
September 30, |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
March 31, |
|
|||||
($ in thousands) |
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|||||
Total loans: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Commercial non-real estate |
|
$ |
9,710,891 |
|
|
$ |
9,809,011 |
|
|
$ |
9,680,597 |
|
|
$ |
9,760,733 |
|
|
$ |
9,636,594 |
|
Commercial real estate - owner occupied |
|
|
3,299,867 |
|
|
|
3,270,080 |
|
|
|
3,279,258 |
|
|
|
3,136,182 |
|
|
|
3,000,998 |
|
Total commercial and industrial |
|
|
13,010,758 |
|
|
|
13,079,091 |
|
|
|
12,959,855 |
|
|
|
12,896,915 |
|
|
|
12,637,592 |
|
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
|
4,382,665 |
|
|
|
4,283,168 |
|
|
|
4,076,643 |
|
|
|
3,940,309 |
|
|
|
3,809,664 |
|
Construction and land development |
|
|
1,320,224 |
|
|
|
1,239,086 |
|
|
|
1,197,305 |
|
|
|
1,219,514 |
|
|
|
1,287,919 |
|
Residential mortgages |
|
|
3,950,154 |
|
|
|
4,016,917 |
|
|
|
4,027,600 |
|
|
|
4,057,307 |
|
|
|
4,025,145 |
|
Consumer |
|
|
1,328,039 |
|
|
|
1,340,178 |
|
|
|
1,335,162 |
|
|
|
1,347,705 |
|
|
|
1,337,826 |
|
Total loans |
|
$ |
23,991,840 |
|
|
$ |
23,958,440 |
|
|
$ |
23,596,565 |
|
|
$ |
23,461,750 |
|
|
$ |
23,098,146 |
|
Our commercial customer base is diversified over a range of industries. We lend mainly to middle-market and smaller commercial entities, although we do participate in larger shared-credit loan facilities generally with businesses/sponsors operating in our market areas that are well known to the relationship officers. Shared national credits outstanding at March 31, 2026 totaled approximately $2.1 billion, or 8.8% of total loans, up $77.5 million compared to December 31, 2025. At March 31, 2026, our largest industry concentrations in shared national credits include approximately $320 million in finance and insurance, $267 million in real estate rental and leasing, $242 million in manufacturing, $209 million in information, and $203 million in healthcare and social assistance, with the remainder of the balance in other diverse industries.
Commercial and industrial (“C&I”) loans include both non-real estate and owner occupied real estate secured loans. C&I loans totaled $13.0 billion at March 31, 2026, down $68.3 million, or 1%, from December 31, 2025. The decrease is mostly reflective of higher net payoffs and paydowns that were partially offset by growth in equipment finance and owner occupied real estate loans.
Our C&I loan portfolio is well diversified by product, client, and geography throughout our footprint. Nevertheless, we may be exposed to certain concentrations of credit risk which exist in relation to different borrowers or groups of borrowers, specific types of collateral, industries, loan products, or regions. The following table provides detail of the more significant industry concentrations for our commercial and industrial loan portfolio, which is based on NAICS codes for all industries, with the exception of energy, which is based on the borrower’s source of revenue (i.e. a manufacturer whose income is derived from energy-related business is reported as energy).
|
March 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
September 30, |
|
June 30, |
|
March 31, |
|
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|
2026 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Pct of |
|
|
|
Pct of |
|
|
|
Pct of |
|
|
|
Pct of |
|
|
|
Pct of |
|
||||||||||
( $ in thousands ) |
Balance |
|
Total |
|
Balance |
|
Total |
|
Balance |
|
Total |
|
Balance |
|
Total |
|
Balance |
|
Total |
|
||||||||||
Commercial & industrial loans: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Retail trade |
$ |
1,359,013 |
|
|
10 |
% |
$ |
1,419,299 |
|
|
11 |
% |
$ |
1,400,293 |
|
|
11 |
% |
$ |
1,327,530 |
|
|
10 |
% |
$ |
1,301,529 |
|
|
10 |
% |
Manufacturing |
|
1,283,699 |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
1,226,962 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
1,216,813 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
1,178,187 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
1,123,114 |
|
|
9 |
% |
Health care and social assistance |
|
1,202,190 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
1,306,170 |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
1,306,684 |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
1,376,655 |
|
|
11 |
% |
|
1,387,001 |
|
|
11 |
% |
Real estate and rental and leasing |
|
1,182,742 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
1,234,527 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
1,233,906 |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
1,249,885 |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
1,220,072 |
|
|
10 |
% |
Construction |
|
1,146,822 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
1,122,921 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
1,100,770 |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
993,338 |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
1,000,155 |
|
|
8 |
% |
Wholesale trade |
|
1,036,202 |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
1,081,854 |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
1,117,737 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
1,103,615 |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
1,105,444 |
|
|
9 |
% |
Professional, scientific, and technical services |
|
907,315 |
|
|
7 |
% |
|
852,169 |
|
|
7 |
% |
|
818,290 |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
796,817 |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
729,215 |
|
|
6 |
% |
Transportation and warehousing |
|
905,738 |
|
|
7 |
% |
|
945,011 |
|
|
7 |
% |
|
976,880 |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
986,952 |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
973,187 |
|
|
8 |
% |
Accommodation, food services and entertainment |
|
862,294 |
|
|
7 |
% |
|
818,599 |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
807,897 |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
755,365 |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
786,180 |
|
|
6 |
% |
Finance and insurance |
|
619,065 |
|
|
5 |
% |
|
646,171 |
|
|
5 |
% |
|
593,798 |
|
|
5 |
% |
|
676,691 |
|
|
5 |
% |
|
638,039 |
|
|
5 |
% |
Information |
|
485,724 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
465,971 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
461,178 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
453,154 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
437,902 |
|
|
3 |
% |
Other services (except public administration) |
|
412,119 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
415,429 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
395,869 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
396,440 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
381,715 |
|
|
3 |
% |
Public administration |
|
332,887 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
348,545 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
358,704 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
366,942 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
388,659 |
|
|
3 |
% |
Admin, support, waste mgmt, remediation services |
|
331,121 |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
338,693 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
325,086 |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
336,566 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
330,951 |
|
|
3 |
% |
Educational services |
|
220,118 |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
236,273 |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
235,165 |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
242,677 |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
244,391 |
|
|
2 |
% |
Energy |
|
175,582 |
|
|
1 |
% |
|
169,700 |
|
|
1 |
% |
|
169,536 |
|
|
1 |
% |
|
177,551 |
|
|
1 |
% |
|
178,969 |
|
|
1 |
% |
Other |
|
548,127 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
450,797 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
441,249 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
478,550 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
411,069 |
|
|
3 |
% |
Total commercial & industrial loans |
$ |
13,010,758 |
|
|
100 |
% |
$ |
13,079,091 |
|
|
100 |
% |
$ |
12,959,855 |
|
|
100 |
% |
$ |
12,896,915 |
|
|
100 |
% |
$ |
12,637,592 |
|
|
100 |
% |
Commercial real estate - income producing loans totaled approximately $4.4 billion at March 31, 2026, up $99.5 million, or 2%, from December 31, 2025. Construction and land development loans totaled approximately $1.3 billion at March 31, 2026, up $81.1 million, or 7%, from December 31, 2025. These increases reflect strong demand and continued success in our organic growth plan. The following table details the end-of-period aggregated commercial real estate - income producing and construction loan balances by property type. Loans reflected in 1-4 family residential construction include both loans to construction builders as well as single family borrowers.
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March 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
September 30, |
|
June 30, |
|
March 31, |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
2026 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Pct of |
|
|
|
Pct of |
|
|
|
Pct of |
|
|
|
Pct of |
|
|
|
Pct of |
|
||||||||||
( $ in thousands ) |
Balance |
|
Total |
|
Balance |
|
Total |
|
Balance |
|
Total |
|
Balance |
|
Total |
|
Balance |
|
Total |
|
||||||||||
Commercial real estate - income producing and construction loans: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Multifamily |
$ |
1,554,277 |
|
|
27 |
% |
$ |
1,438,509 |
|
|
26 |
% |
$ |
1,397,370 |
|
|
26 |
% |
$ |
1,401,521 |
|
|
27 |
% |
$ |
1,363,926 |
|
|
27 |
% |
Retail |
|
908,660 |
|
|
16 |
% |
|
907,611 |
|
|
16 |
% |
|
836,666 |
|
|
16 |
% |
|
821,420 |
|
|
16 |
% |
|
783,489 |
|
|
15 |
% |
Healthcare related properties |
|
884,819 |
|
|
16 |
% |
|
812,712 |
|
|
15 |
% |
|
650,448 |
|
|
12 |
% |
|
641,735 |
|
|
12 |
% |
|
647,046 |
|
|
13 |
% |
Industrial |
|
727,290 |
|
|
13 |
% |
|
739,009 |
|
|
14 |
% |
|
772,552 |
|
|
15 |
% |
|
710,424 |
|
|
14 |
% |
|
756,324 |
|
|
15 |
% |
Office |
|
504,838 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
506,581 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
516,659 |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
503,525 |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
496,379 |
|
|
10 |
% |
Hotel, motel and restaurants |
|
426,474 |
|
|
7 |
% |
|
430,007 |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
402,728 |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
437,650 |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
423,005 |
|
|
8 |
% |
1-4 family residential construction |
|
225,402 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
213,733 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
239,568 |
|
|
5 |
% |
|
228,104 |
|
|
4 |
% |
|
217,849 |
|
|
4 |
% |
Other land loans |
|
191,134 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
181,170 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
174,048 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
169,303 |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
183,725 |
|
|
4 |
% |
Other |
|
279,995 |
|
|
5 |
% |
|
292,922 |
|
|
5 |
% |
|
283,909 |
|
|
5 |
% |
|
246,141 |
|
|
5 |
% |
|
225,840 |
|
|
4 |
% |
Total commercial real estate - income producing and construction loans |
$ |
5,702,889 |
|
|
100 |
% |
$ |
5,522,254 |
|
|
100 |
% |
$ |
5,273,948 |
|
|
100 |
% |
$ |
5,159,823 |
|
|
100 |
% |
$ |
5,097,583 |
|
|
100 |
% |
The residential mortgage loan portfolio totaled $4.0 billion at March 31, 2026, down $66.8 million, or 2%, compared to December 31, 2025. The composition of the residential mortgage loan portfolio will depend on the volume of loans originated and the percentage ultimately sold in the secondary market.
The consumer loan portfolio totaled $1.3 billion at March 31, 2026, down $12.1 million, or 1%, from December 31, 2025.
Average loans for the first quarter of 2026 of $24.0 billion were up $250.2 million, or 1%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2025.
Allowance for Credit Losses and Asset Quality
Our allowance for credit losses was $343.7 million at March 31, 2026, up $2.1 million from December 31, 2025. The increase in the allowance for credit losses from December 31, 2025 is attributable to a $13.2 million provision for credit losses, partially offset by $11.1 million of net charge-offs. Our overall credit loss outlook is not significantly different from that at December 31, 2025. Uncertainty remains related to geopolitical conflict and economic conditions, which continues to influence our reserve levels. The allowance for loan losses increased $3.6 million and the reserve for unfunded lending commitments decreased $1.5 million from December 31, 2025. The increase in the allowance for loan losses at March 31, 2026 compared to December 31, 2025 includes an increase in individually evaluated reserves on problem loans of $3.8 million and a modest reduction in other funded reserves. The $1.5 million decrease in the reserve for unfunded commitments compared to December 31, 2025 is largely volume driven.
We utilized the March 2026 Moody's economic scenarios in our allowance for credit losses calculation at March 31, 2026. After considering the variables underlying each of the Moody's economic scenarios, management probability-weighted the baseline scenario at 40% and the downside S-2 mild recessionary scenario at 60% in the computation of the allowance for credit losses at March 31, 2026, compared to probability-weighting both the baseline scenario and the downside S-2 mild recessionary scenario at 50% in the computation of the allowance for credit losses at December 31, 2025. The change in the probability weightings from those used at December 31, 2025 does not indicate a significant shift in our overall credit loss outlook, but rather, a response to certain changes in the assumptions underlying the Moody's forecast scenarios that shifted the baseline to a more optimistic outlook. Each of the scenarios considered have varying degrees of severity and duration of impacts to forecasted market conditions, economic indicators, monetary and other governmental policies and geopolitical conditions, among other variables. Refer to the Economic Outlook section of this discussion and analysis for further information on the Moody’s scenarios and our weighting assumptions.
Our allowance for credit losses coverage to total loans was 1.43% at March 31, 2026, unchanged from December 31, 2025. The allowance for credit losses on the commercial portfolio totaled $276.6 million, or 1.48% of that portfolio, at March 31, 2026, compared to $272.0 million, or 1.46%, at December 31, 2025. The allowance for credit losses on the residential mortgage portfolio totaled $41.6 million, or 1.05% of that portfolio, at March 31, 2026, compared to $42.8 million, or 1.07%, at December 31, 2025. The allowance for credit losses on the consumer portfolio totaled $25.6 million, or 1.92% of that portfolio, at March 31, 2026, compared to $26.8 million, or 2.00%, at December 31, 2025.
Criticized commercial loans totaled $522.2 million at March 31, 2026, down $13.2 million, or 2%, from $535.4 million at December 31, 2025. Criticized loans are defined as those having potential weaknesses that deserve management’s close attention (risk-rated as special mention, substandard and doubtful), including both accruing and nonaccruing loans. The Company routinely assesses the ratings of loans in its portfolio through an established and comprehensive portfolio management process. In addition, the Company often reviews portfolios of loans to determine if there are areas of risk not specifically identified in its loan by loan approach. Criticized commercial loans comprised 2.79% of that portfolio at March 31, 2026, down from 2.88% at December 31, 2025. We remain focused on identifying specific and broader risk indicators that may be impacting certain segments in our portfolio, and we
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have not seen signs of significant weakening in any particular industry, sector or geographic segment beyond what we believe has been experienced by the banking industry as a whole. Our criticized commercial loans at March 31, 2026 are diversified across many industries, with the largest concentrations as follows: $97.4 million in real estate, rental and leasing; $71.2 million in manufacturing; $67.4 million in healthcare and social assistance; $63.6 million in retail trade; $53.7 million in wholesale trade; $47.9 million in transportation and warehousing; and $47.8 million in accommodation, food service and entertainment. Commercial loans risk rated pass-watch totaled $550.7 million at March 31, 2026, down $64.1 million, or 10%, from December 31, 2025. The pass-watch risk rating includes credits with performance trends that reflect sufficient risk to cause concern but have not risen to the level of criticized.
Net charge-offs were $11.1 million, or 0.19% of average total loans on an annualized basis in the first quarter of 2026, compared to $13.0 million, or 0.22% of average total loans on an annualized basis in the fourth quarter of 2025. Net charge-offs in the first quarter of 2026 included $7.4 million in the commercial portfolio, $3.5 million in the consumer portfolio and $0.2 million in the residential mortgage portfolio. Net charge-offs in the fourth quarter of 2025 included $10.1 million in the commercial portfolio and $3.0 million in the consumer portfolio partially offset by net recoveries of $0.1 million in the residential mortgage portfolio.
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The following table provides a rollforward of the allowance for credit losses, coverage ratios and net charge-off ratios for the periods indicated.
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||||||
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
March 31, |
|
|||
($ in thousands) |
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|||
Provision and Allowance for Credit Losses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Allowance for loan losses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Allowance for loan losses at beginning of period |
|
$ |
307,731 |
|
|
$ |
313,636 |
|
|
$ |
318,882 |
|
Loans charged-off: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Commercial non real estate |
|
|
8,506 |
|
|
|
13,119 |
|
|
|
6,132 |
|
Commercial real estate - owner-occupied |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,741 |
|
Total commercial & industrial |
|
|
8,514 |
|
|
|
13,119 |
|
|
|
8,873 |
|
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
34 |
|
Construction and land development |
|
|
219 |
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Total commercial |
|
|
8,733 |
|
|
|
13,142 |
|
|
|
8,915 |
|
Residential mortgages |
|
|
250 |
|
|
|
244 |
|
|
|
167 |
|
Consumer |
|
|
4,410 |
|
|
|
3,723 |
|
|
|
4,211 |
|
Total charge-offs |
|
|
13,393 |
|
|
|
17,109 |
|
|
|
13,293 |
|
Recoveries of loans previously charged-off: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Commercial non real estate |
|
|
1,123 |
|
|
|
2,848 |
|
|
|
1,650 |
|
Commercial real estate - owner-occupied |
|
|
142 |
|
|
|
145 |
|
|
|
95 |
|
Total commercial & industrial |
|
|
1,265 |
|
|
|
2,993 |
|
|
|
1,745 |
|
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Construction and land development |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
110 |
|
Total commercial |
|
|
1,269 |
|
|
|
3,030 |
|
|
|
1,855 |
|
Residential mortgages |
|
|
71 |
|
|
|
320 |
|
|
|
387 |
|
Consumer |
|
|
917 |
|
|
|
763 |
|
|
|
804 |
|
Total recoveries |
|
|
2,257 |
|
|
|
4,113 |
|
|
|
3,046 |
|
Total net charge-offs |
|
|
11,136 |
|
|
|
12,996 |
|
|
|
10,247 |
|
Provision for loan losses |
|
|
14,721 |
|
|
|
7,091 |
|
|
|
9,484 |
|
Allowance for loan losses at end of period |
|
$ |
311,316 |
|
|
$ |
307,731 |
|
|
$ |
318,119 |
|
Reserve for Unfunded Lending Commitments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Reserve for unfunded lending commitments at beginning of period |
|
$ |
33,928 |
|
|
$ |
27,874 |
|
|
$ |
24,053 |
|
Provision for losses on unfunded lending commitments |
|
|
(1,549 |
) |
|
|
6,054 |
|
|
|
978 |
|
Reserve for unfunded lending commitments at end of period |
|
$ |
32,379 |
|
|
$ |
33,928 |
|
|
$ |
25,031 |
|
Total Allowance for Credit Losses |
|
$ |
343,695 |
|
|
$ |
341,659 |
|
|
$ |
343,150 |
|
Total Provision for Credit Losses |
|
$ |
13,172 |
|
|
$ |
13,145 |
|
|
$ |
10,462 |
|
Coverage Ratios: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Allowance for loan losses to period-end loans |
|
|
1.30 |
% |
|
|
1.28 |
% |
|
|
1.38 |
% |
Allowance for credit losses to period-end loans |
|
|
1.43 |
% |
|
|
1.43 |
% |
|
|
1.49 |
% |
Charge-offs ratios: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Gross charge-offs to average loans |
|
|
0.23 |
% |
|
|
0.29 |
% |
|
|
0.23 |
% |
Recoveries to average loans |
|
|
0.04 |
% |
|
|
0.07 |
% |
|
|
0.05 |
% |
Net charge-offs to average loans |
|
|
0.19 |
% |
|
|
0.22 |
% |
|
|
0.18 |
% |
Net Charge-offs to average loans by portfolio |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Commercial non real estate |
|
|
0.31 |
% |
|
|
0.42 |
% |
|
|
0.19 |
% |
Commercial real estate - owner-occupied |
|
|
(0.02 |
)% |
|
|
(0.02 |
)% |
|
|
0.36 |
% |
Total commercial & industrial |
|
|
0.22 |
% |
|
|
0.31 |
% |
|
|
0.23 |
% |
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
|
(0.00 |
)% |
|
|
(0.00 |
)% |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Construction and land development |
|
|
0.07 |
% |
|
|
0.01 |
% |
|
|
(0.03 |
)% |
Total commercial |
|
|
0.16 |
% |
|
|
0.22 |
% |
|
|
0.16 |
% |
Residential mortgages |
|
|
0.02 |
% |
|
|
(0.01 |
)% |
|
|
(0.02 |
)% |
Consumer |
|
|
1.06 |
% |
|
|
0.88 |
% |
|
|
1.02 |
% |
The following table sets forth for the periods indicated nonaccrual loans and reportable loan modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty by type, and foreclosed and surplus ORE and other foreclosed assets. The table also includes loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing.
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|
March 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
September 30, |
|
June 30, |
|
March 31, |
|
|||||
($ in thousands) |
2026 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
|||||
Loans accounted for on a nonaccrual basis: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Commercial non-real estate |
$ |
31,949 |
|
$ |
29,678 |
|
$ |
39,108 |
|
$ |
20,196 |
|
$ |
15,261 |
|
Commercial non-real estate - modified |
|
9,432 |
|
|
4,847 |
|
|
8,084 |
|
|
11,710 |
|
|
19,393 |
|
Total commercial non-real estate |
|
41,381 |
|
|
34,525 |
|
|
47,192 |
|
|
31,906 |
|
|
34,654 |
|
Commercial real estate - owner occupied |
|
5,699 |
|
|
6,482 |
|
|
6,667 |
|
|
3,237 |
|
|
3,913 |
|
Commercial real estate - owner-occupied - modified |
|
231 |
|
|
241 |
|
|
341 |
|
|
352 |
|
|
366 |
|
Total commercial real estate - owner-occupied |
|
5,930 |
|
|
6,723 |
|
|
7,008 |
|
|
3,589 |
|
|
4,279 |
|
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
2,010 |
|
|
4,760 |
|
|
4,782 |
|
|
5,094 |
|
|
5,127 |
|
Commercial real estate - income producing - modified |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
841 |
|
|
841 |
|
Total commercial real estate - income producing |
|
2,010 |
|
|
4,760 |
|
|
4,782 |
|
|
5,935 |
|
|
5,968 |
|
Construction and land development |
|
1,028 |
|
|
3,173 |
|
|
3,281 |
|
|
1,932 |
|
|
1,851 |
|
Construction and land development - modified |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total construction and land development |
|
1,028 |
|
|
3,173 |
|
|
3,281 |
|
|
1,932 |
|
|
1,851 |
|
Residential mortgage |
|
46,786 |
|
|
46,399 |
|
|
40,284 |
|
|
41,122 |
|
|
41,978 |
|
Residential mortgage - modified |
|
4,476 |
|
|
587 |
|
|
742 |
|
|
178 |
|
|
4,426 |
|
Total residential mortgage |
|
51,262 |
|
|
46,986 |
|
|
41,026 |
|
|
41,300 |
|
|
46,404 |
|
Consumer |
|
11,584 |
|
|
10,555 |
|
|
10,115 |
|
|
10,260 |
|
|
11,058 |
|
Consumer - modified |
|
148 |
|
|
148 |
|
|
150 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total consumer |
|
11,732 |
|
|
10,703 |
|
|
10,265 |
|
|
10,260 |
|
|
11,058 |
|
Total nonaccrual loans |
$ |
113,343 |
|
$ |
106,870 |
|
$ |
113,554 |
|
$ |
94,922 |
|
$ |
104,214 |
|
ORE and foreclosed assets |
|
11,257 |
|
|
14,788 |
|
|
11,140 |
|
|
26,847 |
|
|
26,690 |
|
Total nonaccrual loans and ORE and foreclosed assets |
$ |
124,600 |
|
$ |
121,658 |
|
$ |
124,694 |
|
$ |
121,769 |
|
$ |
130,904 |
|
Modified loans - still accruing: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Commercial non-real estate |
$ |
78,225 |
|
$ |
98,468 |
|
$ |
65,284 |
|
$ |
45,123 |
|
$ |
58,188 |
|
Commercial real estate - owner occupied |
|
28,697 |
|
|
28,698 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Commercial real estate - income producing |
|
13,957 |
|
|
14,914 |
|
|
— |
|
|
1,846 |
|
|
1,882 |
|
Construction and land development |
|
147 |
|
|
147 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Residential mortgage |
|
7,203 |
|
|
14,572 |
|
|
16,891 |
|
|
15,265 |
|
|
10,514 |
|
Consumer |
|
251 |
|
|
227 |
|
|
43 |
|
|
— |
|
|
34 |
|
Total modified loans - still accruing |
$ |
128,480 |
|
$ |
157,026 |
|
$ |
82,218 |
|
$ |
62,234 |
|
$ |
70,618 |
|
Total reportable modified loans |
$ |
142,767 |
|
$ |
162,849 |
|
$ |
91,535 |
|
$ |
75,315 |
|
$ |
95,644 |
|
Loans 90 days past due still accruing |
$ |
29,885 |
|
$ |
28,798 |
|
$ |
24,576 |
|
$ |
58,702 |
|
$ |
15,593 |
|
Ratios: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Nonaccrual loans to total loans |
|
0.47 |
% |
|
0.45 |
% |
|
0.48 |
% |
|
0.40 |
% |
|
0.45 |
% |
Nonaccrual loans plus ORE and foreclosed assets to loans plus ORE and foreclosed assets |
|
0.52 |
% |
|
0.51 |
% |
|
0.53 |
% |
|
0.52 |
% |
|
0.57 |
% |
Allowance for loan losses to nonaccrual loans |
|
274.67 |
% |
|
287.95 |
% |
|
276.20 |
% |
|
329.94 |
% |
|
305.26 |
% |
Allowance for loan losses to nonaccrual loans and accruing loans 90 days past due |
|
217.36 |
% |
|
226.83 |
% |
|
227.06 |
% |
|
203.87 |
% |
|
265.53 |
% |
Loans 90 days past due still accruing to loans |
|
0.12 |
% |
|
0.12 |
% |
|
0.10 |
% |
|
0.25 |
% |
|
0.07 |
% |
Nonaccrual loans plus ORE and foreclosed assets totaled $124.6 million at March 31, 2026, up $2.9 million from December 31, 2025. Nonaccrual loans of $113.3 million increased $6.5 million from December 31, 2025. The ratio of nonaccrual loans to total loans remains relatively low at 0.47% of the total portfolio. ORE and foreclosed assets were $11.3 million at March 31, 2026, down $3.5 million from December 31, 2025. Nonaccrual loans plus ORE and other foreclosed assets as a percentage of total loans, ORE and other foreclosed assets was 0.52% at March 31, 2026, up 1 bp from December 31, 2025.
Deposits
Deposits provide the most significant source of funding for our interest earning assets. Generally, our ability to compete for market share depends on our deposit pricing and our wide range of products and services that are focused on customer needs, among other factors. We offer high-quality banking services with convenient delivery channels, including online and mobile banking. We provide specialized services to our commercial customers to promote commercial deposit growth. These services include treasury management, industry expertise and lockbox services.
Lack of diversity in concentration within a deposit base may increase the risk of events or trends that could prompt a larger-scale demand for deposits outflow. Concerns over a financial institution's ability to protect deposit balances in excess of the federally insured limit may increase the risk of a deposit run. We consider our deposit base to be seasoned, stable and well-diversified. We also offer our customers an insured cash sweep product (ICS) that allows customers to secure deposits above FDIC insured limits. We continue to see demand for the ICS product, with the balance totaling $326.6 million at March 31, 2026, compared to $322.2 million at December 31, 2025. At March 31, 2026, we have calculated our average deposit account size by dividing period-end deposits by the population of accounts with balances to be approximately $37,500, which includes $199,600 in our commercial and small business lines (excluding public funds), $120,600 in our wealth management business line, and $18,200 in our consumer business line.
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Further, at March 31, 2026, our sources of liquidity exceed uninsured deposits. We have estimated the Bank’s amount of uninsured deposits using the methodologies and assumptions required for FDIC regulatory reporting to be approximately $14.6 billion at March 31, 2026, down $272.5 million compared to December 31, 2025. Our uninsured deposit total at March 31, 2026, includes approximately $3.2 billion of public funds that have pledged securities as collateral, leaving approximately $11.4 billion of noncollateralized, uninsured deposits compared to total liquidity of $19.5 billion. Our ratio of noncollateralized, uninsured deposits to total deposits was approximately 39.2% at March 31, 2026, compared to 38.6% at December 31, 2025.
Total deposits were $29.1 billion at March 31, 2026, down $197.6 million, or 1%, from December 31, 2025 driven by typical seasonal movement in public funds deposits and retail time deposit maturities that were partially offset by growth in transaction and savings deposits. Average deposits for the first quarter of 2026 were $28.8 billion, up $18.2 million, or less than 1%, from the fourth quarter of 2025.
The following table shows the composition of our deposits at each date indicated.
|
|
March 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
September 30, |
|
June 30, |
|
March 31, |
|
|||||
($ in thousands) |
|
2026 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
2025 |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Noninterest-bearing deposits |
|
$ |
10,344,878 |
|
$ |
10,374,991 |
|
$ |
10,305,303 |
|
$ |
10,638,785 |
|
$ |
10,614,874 |
|
Interest-bearing retail transaction and savings deposits |
|
|
12,259,441 |
|
|
11,998,892 |
|
|
11,776,338 |
|
|
11,498,300 |
|
|
11,419,406 |
|
Interest-bearing public fund deposits: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Public fund transaction and savings deposits |
|
|
2,833,149 |
|
|
3,120,389 |
|
|
2,706,540 |
|
|
2,902,513 |
|
|
2,921,566 |
|
Public fund time deposits |
|
|
104,132 |
|
|
96,925 |
|
|
93,417 |
|
|
83,472 |
|
|
82,750 |
|
Total interest-bearing public fund deposits |
|
|
2,937,281 |
|
|
3,217,314 |
|
|
2,799,957 |
|
|
2,985,985 |
|
|
3,004,316 |
|
Retail time deposits |
|
|
3,540,534 |
|
|
3,688,577 |
|
|
3,778,152 |
|
|
3,923,542 |
|
|
4,156,137 |
|
Brokered time deposits |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total interest-bearing deposits |
|
|
18,737,256 |
|
|
18,904,783 |
|
|
18,354,447 |
|
|
18,407,827 |
|
|
18,579,859 |
|
Total deposits |
|
$ |
29,082,134 |
|
$ |
29,279,774 |
|
$ |
28,659,750 |
|
$ |
29,046,612 |
|
$ |
29,194,733 |
|
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits totaled $10.3 billion at March 31, 2026, down $30.1 million, or less than 1%, from December 31, 2025. The decline was driven by a seasonal decrease in public fund balances that was partially offset by growth in commercial noninterest-bearing demand deposits. Noninterest-bearing demand deposits comprised 36% of total deposits at March 31, 2026, up from 35% at December 31, 2025.
Interest-bearing transaction and savings accounts totaled $12.3 billion at March 31, 2026, up $260.5 million, or 2%, from December 31, 2025, reflective of growth and shifting in mix within interest-bearing deposits. Interest-bearing public fund deposits totaled $2.9 billion at March 31, 2026, down $280.0 million, or 9%, from December 31, 2025 that is mostly attributable to seasonal outflows. Retail time deposits totaled $3.5 billion at March 31, 2026, down $148.0 million, or 4%, from December 31, 2025. The decline in retail time deposits is mostly attributable to maturities that did not renew, reflective of interest rate movement, including promotional rate reductions; a portion of these deposits shifted into interest-bearing transaction and savings accounts or non-interest bearing accounts. We had no brokered time deposits at March 31, 2026 or December 31, 2025. The Company uses brokered deposits as one component of its funding strategy, subject to certain policies regarding the amount, term and interest rate.
The rate paid on interest-bearing deposits for the first quarter of 2026 was 2.25%, down 17 bps from 2.42% in the fourth quarter of 2025, reflective of the interest rate environment and product pricing, both of which may have fostered a favorable shift in the mix of interest-bearing deposits. Rates paid on deposits will vary based on prevailing interest rates and promotional rate offerings on the various product types. The following table sets forth average balances and weighted-average rates paid on deposits for the first quarter of 2026 and the fourth and the first quarters of 2025.
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|
March 31, 2026 |
|
December 31, 2025 |
|
|
|
March 31, 2025 |
|
|
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($ in millions) |
Balance |
|
Rate |
|
|
Mix |
|
|
|
Balance |
|
Rate |
|
|
Mix |
|
|
|
Balance |
|
Rate |
|
|
Mix |
|
|
|||||||||
Interest-bearing deposits: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Interest-bearing transaction deposits |
$ |
3,107.2 |
|
|
1.21 |
|
% |
|
10.8 |
|
% |
|
$ |
3,031.8 |
|
|
1.30 |
|
% |
|
10.5 |
|
% |
|
$ |
2,800.9 |
|
|
1.34 |
|
% |
|
9.7 |
|
% |
Money market deposits |
|
6,708.9 |
|
|
2.41 |
|
|
|
23.3 |
|
|
|
|
6,731.5 |
|
|
2.65 |
|
|
|
23.3 |
|
|
|
|
6,320.5 |
|
|
2.88 |
|
|
|
22.0 |
|
|
Savings deposits |
|
2,232.7 |
|
|
0.94 |
|
|
|
7.7 |
|
|
|
|
2,171.4 |
|
|
0.92 |
|
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
|
2,099.3 |
|
|
0.61 |
|
|
|
7.3 |
|
|
Time deposits |
|
3,631.8 |
|
|
3.36 |
|
|
|
12.6 |
|
|
|
|
3,755.7 |
|
|
3.50 |
|
|
|
13.0 |
|
|
|
|
4,254.5 |
|
|
3.81 |
|
|
|
14.8 |
|
|
Public Funds |
|
3,121.1 |
|
|
2.60 |
|
|
|
10.8 |
|
|
|
|
2,960.3 |
|
|
2.80 |
|
|
|
10.3 |
|
|
|
|
3,114.0 |
|
|
3.03 |
|
|
|
10.8 |
|
|
Total interest-bearing deposits |
|
18,801.7 |
|
|
2.25 |
|
% |
|
65.2 |
|
|
|
|
18,650.7 |
|
|
2.42 |
|
% |
|
64.6 |
|
|
|
|
18,589.2 |
|
|
2.63 |
|
% |
|
64.6 |
|
|
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits |
|
10,033.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
34.8 |
|
|
|
|
10,165.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
35.4 |
|
|
|
|
10,163.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
35.4 |
|
|
|||
Total deposits |
$ |
28,834.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
100.0 |
|
% |
|
$ |
28,816.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
100.0 |
|
% |
|
$ |
28,752.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
100.0 |
|
% |
|||
The following sets forth the maturities of time certificates of deposit greater than $250,000 at March 31, 2026.
|
March 31, |
|
|
($ in thousands) |
2026 |
|
|
Three months |
$ |
841,492 |
|
Over three months through six months |
|
327,895 |
|
Over six months through one year |
|
235,657 |
|
Over one year |
|
8,673 |
|
Total |
$ |
1,413,717 |
|
Short-Term Borrowings
At March 31, 2026, short-term borrowings totaled $1.4 billion, up $343.2 million from December 31, 2025, driven primarily by FHLB borrowings. Average short-term borrowings of $1.4 billion in the first quarter of 2026 were up $183.2 million, or 15%, from the fourth quarter of 2025.
Short-term borrowings are a core portion of the Company’s funding strategy and can fluctuate depending on our funding needs and the sources utilized. Customer repurchase agreements and borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) are the major sources of short-term borrowings. Customer repurchase agreements are offered mainly to commercial customers to assist them with their cash management strategies or to provide a temporary investment vehicle for their excess liquidity pending redeployment for corporate or investment purposes. While customer repurchase agreements provide a recurring source of funds to the Bank, amounts available will vary. FHLB borrowings are collateralized by certain residential mortgage and commercial real estate loans included in the Bank’s loan portfolio, subject to specific criteria. FHLB borrowings totaled $700 million at March 31, 2026 compared to $400 million at December 31, 2025.
Long-Term Debt
Long-term debt totaled $193.8 million at March 31, 2026, down $5.6 million, or 3%, from December 31, 2025, due to tax credit entity activity.
Long-term debt at March 31, 2026 includes subordinated notes payable with an aggregate principal amount of $172.5 million, a stated maturity of June 15, 2060, and a fixed rate of 6.25% per annum that qualify as Tier 2 capital of certain regulatory capital ratios. Subject to prior approval by the Federal Reserve, the Company may redeem these notes in whole or in part on any of its quarterly interest payment dates.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
Loan Commitments and Letters of Credit
In the normal course of business, the Bank enters into financial instruments, such as commitments to extend credit and letters of credit, to meet the financing needs of its customers. Such instruments are not reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements until they are funded, although they expose the Bank to varying degrees of credit risk and interest rate risk in much the same way as funded loans. Under regulatory capital guidelines, the Company and Bank must include unfunded commitments meeting certain criteria in risk-weighted capital calculations.
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Commitments to extend credit include revolving commercial credit lines, non-revolving loan commitments issued mainly to finance the acquisition and development or construction of real property or equipment, and credit card and personal credit lines. The availability of funds under commercial credit lines and loan commitments generally depends on whether the borrower continues to meet credit standards established in the underlying contract and other contractual conditions. Loan commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee by the borrower. Credit card and personal credit lines are generally subject to cancellation if the borrower’s credit quality deteriorates. A number of commercial and personal credit lines are used only partially or, in some cases, not at all before they expire, and the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent our future cash requirements.
A substantial majority of the letters of credit are standby agreements that obligate the Bank to fulfill a customer’s financial commitments to a third party if the customer is unable to perform. The Bank issues standby letters of credit primarily to provide credit enhancement to its customers’ other commercial or public financing arrangements and to help them demonstrate financial capacity to vendors of essential goods and services.
The contractual amounts of these instruments reflect our exposure to credit risk. The Bank undertakes the same credit evaluation in making loan commitments and assuming conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments and may require collateral or other credit support. At March 31, 2026, the Company had a reserve for credit losses on unfunded lending commitments totaling $32.4 million.
The following table shows the commitments to extend credit and letters of credit at March 31, 2026 according to expiration date.
|
|
|
|
|
Expiration Date |
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Less than |
|
|
1-3 |
|
|
3-5 |
|
|
More than |
|
|||||
($ in thousands) |
|
Total |
|
|
1 year |
|
|
years |
|
|
years |
|
|
5 years |
|
|||||
Commitments to extend credit |
|
$ |
9,714,297 |
|
|
$ |
4,155,403 |
|
|
$ |
2,539,921 |
|
|
$ |
2,193,720 |
|
|
$ |
825,253 |
|
Letters of credit |
|
|
421,096 |
|
|
|
345,931 |
|
|
|
70,709 |
|
|
|
4,456 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total |
|
$ |
10,135,393 |
|
|
$ |
4,501,334 |
|
|
$ |
2,610,630 |
|
|
$ |
2,198,176 |
|
|
$ |
825,253 |
|
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
There were no material changes or developments during the reporting period with respect to methodologies that the Company uses when applying what management believes are critical accounting policies and developing critical accounting estimates as disclosed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and with those generally practiced within the banking industry which require management to make estimates and assumptions about future events. Estimates are based on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, and the resulting estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of certain assets and liabilities not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Refer to Note 16 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Our primary market risk is interest rate risk that stems from uncertainty with respect to the absolute and relative levels of future market interest rates that affect our financial products and services. In an attempt to manage our exposure to interest rate risk, management measures the sensitivity of our net interest income and cash flows under various market interest rate scenarios, establishes interest rate risk management policies and implements asset/liability management strategies designed to promote a relatively stable net interest margin under varying rate environments.
Net Interest Income at Risk
The following table presents an analysis of our interest rate risk as measured by the estimated changes in net interest income resulting from an instantaneous and sustained parallel shift in rates at March 31, 2026. Shifts are measured in 100 basis point increments in a range from -500 to +500 basis points from base case, with -300 through +300 basis points presented in the table below. Our interest rate sensitivity modeling incorporates a number of assumptions including loan and deposit repricing characteristics, the rate of loan prepayments and other factors. The base scenario assumes that the current interest rate environment is held constant over a 24-month forecast period and is the scenario to which all others are compared in order to measure the change in net interest income. Policy limits
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on the change in net interest income under a variety of interest rate scenarios are approved by the Board of Directors. All policy scenarios assume a static volume forecast where the balance sheet is held constant, although other scenarios are modeled.
|
|
Estimated Increase |
|
||||
|
|
(Decrease) in NII |
|
||||
|
Change in Interest Rates |
Year 1 |
|
Year 2 |
|
||
|
(basis points) |
|
|
|
|
||
- |
300 |
|
-4.80 |
% |
|
-13.26 |
% |
- |
200 |
|
-3.81 |
% |
|
-9.62 |
% |
- |
100 |
|
-1.70 |
% |
|
-4.39 |
% |
+ |
100 |
|
1.27 |
% |
|
3.57 |
% |
+ |
200 |
|
2.33 |
% |
|
6.76 |
% |
+ |
300 |
|
3.33 |
% |
|
9.80 |
% |
The results indicate a general asset sensitivity across most scenarios driven primarily by repricing of cash flows in the investment and loan portfolios. With short-term rates stabilizing, the funding mix continues a gradual shift to more rate sensitive deposits. This shift leads to lower overall net interest income at risk, as deposit repricing is expected to offset rate adjustments in the floating rate loan book. Furthermore, due to the funding mix shift, the Company is currently less sensitive to changes in short-term rate movements with interest rate risk being driven more by changes in the mid to long-term segment of the yield curve. When deemed prudent, management has taken actions to mitigate exposure to interest rate risk with on- or off-balance sheet financial instruments and intends to do so in the future. Possible actions include, but are not limited to, changes in the pricing of loan and deposit products, modifying the composition of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and adding to, modifying or terminating existing interest rate swap agreements or other financial instruments used for interest rate risk management purposes.
Even if interest rates change in the designated amounts, there can be no assurance that our assets and liabilities would perform as anticipated. Additionally, a change in the U.S. Treasury rates in the designated amounts accompanied by a change in the shape of the U.S. Treasury yield curve would cause significantly different changes to net interest income than indicated above. Strategic management of our balance sheet and earnings is fluid and would be adjusted to accommodate these movements. As with any method of measuring interest rate risk, certain shortcomings are inherent in the methods of analysis presented above. For example, although certain assets and liabilities may have similar maturities or periods to repricing, they may react in different degrees to changes in market interest rates. Also, the interest rates on certain types of assets and liabilities may fluctuate in advance of changes in market interest rates, while interest rates on other types may lag behind changes in market rates. Certain assets such as adjustable-rate loans have features which restrict changes in interest rates on a short-term basis and over the life of the asset. Also, the ability of many borrowers to service their debt may decrease in the event of an interest rate increase. All of these factors are considered in monitoring exposure to interest rate risk.
Economic Value of Equity (EVE)
EVE simulation involves calculating the present value of all future cash flows from assets and subtracting the present value of all future cash outflows from liabilities including the impact of off-balance sheet items such as interest rate hedges. This analysis results in a theoretical market value of the Bank's equity or EVE. Management’s focus on EVE analysis is not on the resulting calculation of EVE itself, but instead on the sensitivity of EVE to changes in market rates. Policy limits on the change in EVE under a variety of interest rate scenarios are approved by the Board of Directors. The following table presents an analysis of the change in the Bank’s EVE resulting from instantaneous and parallel shifts in rates as of March 31, 2026. Shifts are measured in 100 basis point increments ranging from -500 to +500 basis points from base case, with -300 through +300 basis points presented in table below.
|
|
|
Estimated Change |
Change in Interest Rates |
|
March 31, 2026 |
|
(basis points) |
|
|
|
- |
300 |
|
3.54% |
- |
200 |
|
3.10% |
- |
100 |
|
2.04% |
+ |
100 |
|
-2.85% |
+ |
200 |
|
-6.15% |
+ |
300 |
|
-9.54% |
The net changes in EVE presented in the preceding table are within the parameters approved by the Board of Directors. Because EVE measures the present value of cash flows over the estimated lives of instruments, the change in EVE does not directly correlate to the degree that earnings would be impacted over a shorter time horizon (i.e., the current year). Further, EVE does not consider factors
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such as future balance sheet growth, changes in product mix, changes in yield curve relationships, possible hedging activities, or changing product spreads, each of which could mitigate the adverse impact of changes in interest rates.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
In connection with the preparation of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, an evaluation was carried out by the Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of March 31, 2026, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, identified no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three month period ended March 31, 2026, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
The Company, including subsidiaries, is party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that loss contingencies, if any, arising from pending litigation and regulatory matters will have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or liquidity.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the other information set forth in this Report, in evaluating an investment in the Company’s securities, investors should consider carefully, among other things, the risk factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our 2025 Form 10-K. which could materially affect the Company's business, financial position, results of operations, cash flows, or future results. Please be aware that these risks may change over time and other risks may prove to be important in the future. New risks may emerge at any time, and we cannot predict such risks or estimate the extent to which they may affect our business, financial condition or results of operations, or the trading price of our securities.
There are no material changes during the period covered by this Report to the risk factors previously disclosed in our 2025 Form 10-K.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
The Company has in place a Board-approved stock buyback program whereby the Company is authorized to repurchase up to 5% of its common stock outstanding at December 31, 2025, or 4,112,966 shares, through the program’s expiration date of December 31, 2026. The program allows the Company to repurchase its common shares in the open market, by block purchase, through accelerated share repurchase programs, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, in one or more transactions in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is not obligated to purchase any shares under this program and the repurchase authorization may be terminated or amended by the Board of Directors at any time prior to the expiration date.
The following is a summary of common share repurchases during the three months ended March 31, 2026.
|
Total Number of Shares Purchased (a) |
|
Average |
|
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of a Publicly Announced Plan or Program |
|
Maximum Number of Shares that may yet be Purchased under such Plans or Programs |
|
||||
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026 |
|
600,826 |
|
$ |
67.79 |
|
|
600,000 |
|
|
3,512,966 |
|
February 1, 2026 - February 28, 2026 |
|
530,262 |
|
$ |
71.55 |
|
|
400,000 |
|
|
3,112,966 |
|
March 1, 2026 - March 31, 2026 |
|
400,014 |
|
$ |
62.39 |
|
|
400,000 |
|
|
2,712,966 |
|
|
|
1,531,102 |
|
$ |
67.68 |
|
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
|
|
(a) Includes common stock purchased in connection with our share-based payment plans related shares used to cover payroll tax withholding requirements. See Note 19 – Share-Based Payment Arrangements in our 2025 Form 10-K, which includes additional information regarding our share-based incentive plans.
(b) Average price paid does not include the one percent excise tax charged on public company net share repurchases.
Item 5. Other Information
Pursuant to Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K, none of the Company's directors or executive officers
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Item 6. Exhibits
(a) Exhibits:
Exhibit Number |
|
Description |
|
Filed Herewith |
|
Form |
|
Exhibit |
|
Filing Date |
3.1 |
|
Second Amended and Restated Articles of Hancock Whitney Corporation |
|
|
|
8-K |
|
3.1 |
|
5/1/2020 |
3.2 |
|
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Hancock Whitney Corporation |
|
|
|
8-K |
|
3.2 |
|
5/1/2020 |
31.1 |
|
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.2 |
|
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
32.1 |
|
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
32.2 |
|
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
101.INS |
|
Inline XBRL Instance Document |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
101.SCH |
|
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
101.CAL |
|
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
101.DEF |
|
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
101.LAB |
|
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
101.PRE |
|
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
104 |
|
Cover Page Interactive Data File |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
|
Hancock Whitney Corporation
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
By: |
|
/s/ John M. Hairston |
|
|
|
John M. Hairston |
|
|
|
President & Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
|
(Principal Executive Officer) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Michael M. Achary |
|
|
|
Michael M. Achary |
|
|
|
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May 7, 2026 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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