National Bank Holdings Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results (2023)

DENVER, July 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National Bank Holdings Corporation (NYSE: NBHC) reported:

In announcing NBHC’s second quarter 2022 results, Tim Laney shared, “We are pleased to deliver strong quarterly earnings of $0.67 per diluted share and revenue growth of 42.4% annualized over the prior quarter. Our teams delivered another record quarter of loan fundings driving solid loan growth of 12.3% annualized. Our prudent approach to extending credit coupled with the diversity and granularity of our loan portfolio, continues to produce excellent credit quality with just three basis points of annualized net charge-offs for the quarter and a record low non-performing loans ratio of 0.20%. Our fortress levels of capital and excess liquidity provide meaningful optionality and leave us well positioned to tackle challenges from any potential economic downturn.”

Mr. Laney added, “We believe that our focus on building relationships will carry our positive momentum into the second half of the year. Our teams are well prepared to close on the two pending strategic acquisitions that will further enhance our service offerings and deepen our presence in the fast-growing and attractive Rocky Mountain region. Bank of Jackson Hole and Rock Canyon Bank each provide best-in-class scalable banking solutions for our clients and share our strong commitment to improving the communities we serve. We are making good progress on our regulatory approvals having just received regulatory approval from the Federal Reserve and Utah for Rock Canyon Bank and we remain on track for the Bank of Jackson Hole.”

Second Quarter 2022 Results
(All comparisons refer to the first quarter of 2022, except as noted)

Net income increased $2.0 million to $20.4 million, or $0.67 per diluted share, during the second quarter of 2022. Adjusting for $1.0 million of non-recurring expenses related to the previously announced acquisitions of Bank of Jackson Hole and Rock Canyon Bank, net income totaled $21.1 million, or $0.69 per diluted share. The return on average tangible assets was 1.16%, compared to 1.07%, and the return on average tangible common equity was 11.64%, compared to 10.31%. Adjusting for non-recurring acquisition-related expenses, the return on average tangible assets was 1.20%, and the return on average tangible common equity was 12.08%.

Net Interest Income
Fully taxable equivalent net interest income totaled a record $57.4 million during the second quarter of 2022, an increase of $9.4 million, or 78.4% annualized, driven by a $99.8 million increase in average earning assets and a 48 basis point widening of the fully taxable equivalent net interest margin to 3.38%. The increase in average earning assets was primarily due to increases in average originated loans of $232.9 million and average investment securities of $117.2 million. The margin expansion was driven by a 47 basis point increase in earning asset yields, as a result of several increases in the federal funds rate since March 2022 and due to excess cash being deployed into originated loans. Additionally, this quarter’s net interest income benefitted from $2.2 million accelerated accretion income in acquired loans. The cost of deposits improved one basis point to a record low 0.16%.

Loans
Total loans increased $142.8 million or 12.3% annualized to $4.8 billion at June 30, 2022, led by commercial loan growth of $109.5 million or 13.3% annualized. We generated record quarterly loan fundings totaling $492.5 million, led by commercial loan fundings of $308.7 million.

Asset Quality and Provision for Loan Losses
The Company recorded $2.5 million of provision expense, compared to $0.3 million of provision release last quarter. The quarter’s provision was driven by strong loan growth and higher reserve requirements from changes in the CECL model’s underlying macro-economic forecast. Annualized net charge-offs totaled 0.03% of total loans, compared to 0.05%. Non-performing loans (comprised of non-accrual loans and non-accrual TDRs) decreased four basis points to a record low 0.20% of total loans, and non-performing assets decreased four basis points to a record low 0.31% of total loans and OREO. The allowance for credit losses as a percentage of loans totaled 1.06%, compared to 1.04% at March 31, 2022.

Deposits
Average total deposits increased $61.5 million or 4.0% annualized to $6.3 billion for the second quarter 2022. Average transaction deposits (defined as total deposits less time deposits) increased $92.4 million or 6.9% annualized. The mix of transaction deposits to total deposits remained at 87.4% at June 30, 2022. The loan to deposit ratio increased 432 basis points to 77.7%.

Non-Interest Income
Non-interest income totaled $16.8 million, a decrease of $2.3 million, primarily driven by $2.7 million lower mortgage banking income due to lower refinance activity. Service charges and bank card fees increased a combined $0.7 million during the quarter due to seasonality.

Non-Interest Expense
Non-interest expense totaled $45.6 million, an increase of $1.5 million from the prior quarter. Included in the quarter were $1.0 million of non-recurring acquisition-related expenses with $0.8 million included in professional fees and $0.2 million included in other non-interest expense. Salaries and benefits decreased $0.6 million largely due to lower mortgage banking-related compensation. The fully taxable equivalent efficiency ratio was 61.1% at June 30, 2022, compared to 65.3% at March 31, 2022. Adjusting for non-recurring acquisition-related expenses, the fully taxable equivalent efficiency ratio was 59.7%.

Income tax expense totaled $4.4 million during the second quarter, compared to $3.6 million, driven by the increase in the quarter’s pre-tax income. The effective tax rate was 17.6% and 16.4% for the second and first quarters, respectively. The lower rate compared to the statutory rate reflects the continued success of our tax strategies and tax-exempt income.

Capital
Capital ratios continue to be strong and in excess of federal bank regulatory agency “well capitalized” thresholds. The Tier 1 leverage ratios at June 30, 2022 for the consolidated company and NBH Bank were 10.54% and 9.07%, respectively. Shareholders’ equity totaled $815.6 million at June 30, 2022 decreasing $4.7 million primarily due to a $19.4 million higher accumulated other comprehensive loss, partially offset by a $13.4 million increase in retained earnings.

Common book value per share totaled $27.12 at June 30, 2022. Tangible common book value per share decreased $0.19 to $23.45 at June 30, 2022 as this quarter’s earnings, net of dividends paid, of $0.45 were outpaced by a $0.64 increase in accumulated other comprehensive loss. Excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss, the tangible book value per share increased $0.45 to $25.38 at June 30, 2022.

Year-Over-Year Review
(All comparisons refer to the first six months of 2021, except as noted)

Net income totaled $38.7 million, or $1.27 per diluted share, for the first six months of 2022, compared to $51.0 million, or $1.63 per diluted share, in the same period prior year. Adjusting for $1.3 million of non-recurring acquisition-related expenses, net income totaled $39.7 million, or $1.30 per diluted share, for the first six months of 2022. The rise in mortgage rates in 2022 have resulted in lower mortgage banking income during the first six months of 2022. However, the increases in the Federal Reserve’s interest rates are driving higher loan yields resulting in increasing levels of net interest income. The return on average tangible assets was 1.11%, compared to 1.53% in the same period prior year, and the return on average tangible common equity was 10.97%, compared to 14.29%. Adjusting for non-recurring acquisition-related expenses, the return on average tangible assets was 1.14%, and the return on average tangible common equity was 11.24%.

Fully taxable equivalent net interest income totaled $105.3 million, an increase of $12.7 million or 13.7%. Average earning assets increased $352.0 million, or 5.5%, including average originated loan growth of $437.7 million. The fully taxable equivalent net interest margin widened 23 basis points to 3.15%, benefitting from a 16 basis point increase in earning asset yields to 3.32% and an 11 basis point decrease in the cost of funds to 0.30%.

Loans outstanding totaled $4.8 billion, increasing $516.3 million or 12.0%, led by commercial loan growth of $428.8 million, or 14.4%. New loan fundings over the trailing 12 months totaled a record $1.8 billion, led by commercial loan fundings of $1.3 billion.

The Company recorded $2.2 million of loan loss provision expense during the first six months of 2022, compared to a provision release of $9.4 million in the same period prior year. The provision expense was driven by loan growth and higher reserve requirements from changes in the CECL model’s underlying macro-economic forecast. Annualized net charge-offs remained consistent at 0.04% of total loans. Non-performing loans to total loans improved 12 basis points to 0.20% at June 30, 2022. The allowance for credit losses totaled 1.06% of total loans, compared to 1.14% at June 30, 2021.

Average total deposits increased $284.8 million or 4.8% to $6.2 billion. Average transaction deposits increased $430.9 million or 8.6%, and average non-interest bearing demand deposits increased $184.2 million or 8.1%. The mix of transaction deposits to total deposits increased by 245 basis points to 87.4% at June 30, 2022, and the mix of non-interest bearing demand deposits to total deposits remained consistent at 39.6%.

Non-interest income totaled $35.8 million, a decrease of $22.8 million or 38.9%, driven by $19.7 million of lower mortgage banking income due to lower refinance activity in 2022, as well as competition driving tighter gain on sale margins. Other non-interest income decreased $2.0 million due to market adjustments on company-owned life insurance and equity method investments. Included in the first six months of 2022 was $0.8 million of banking center consolidation-related income, compared to $2.4 million in the same period last year. Service charges and bank card fees increased a combined $0.6 million compared to the first six months of 2021.

Non-interest expense totaled $89.6 million, a decrease of $6.4 million or 6.6%. Included in the first six months of 2022 were $1.3 million of non-recurring acquisition-related expenses, with $1.1 million included in professional fees and $0.2 million included in other non-interest expense. Salaries and benefits decreased $6.9 million largely due to lower mortgage banking-related compensation. Problem asset workout expense decreased $0.4 million, and gain on sale of OREO increased $0.5 million.

Income tax expense totaled $8.0 million, a decrease of $3.2 million from the same period prior year. The effective tax rate was 17.1% for the first six months of 2022, compared to 17.9%.

Conference Call
Management will host a conference call to review the results at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Interested parties may listen to this call by dialing (800) 207-0148 using the participant passcode of 656517 and asking for the NBHC Q2 2022 Earnings Call. A telephonic replay of the call will be available beginning approximately four hours after the call’s completion through July 25, 2022, by dialing (888) 203-1112 using the confirmation code of 8588483. The earnings release and an on-line replay of the call will also be available on the Company’s website at www.nationalbankholdings.com by visiting the investor relations area.

About National Bank Holdings Corporation
National Bank Holdings Corporation is a bank holding company created to build a leading community bank franchise delivering high quality client service and committed to stakeholder results. Through its bank subsidiary, NBH Bank, National Bank Holdings Corporation operates a network of 81 banking centers, serving individual consumers, small, medium and large businesses, and government and non-profit entities. Its banking centers are located in its core footprint of Colorado, the greater Kansas City region, Texas, Utah and New Mexico. Its comprehensive residential mortgage banking group primarily serves the bank’s core footprint. NBH Bank operates under a single state charter through the following brand names as divisions of NBH Bank: in Colorado, Community Banks of Colorado and Community Banks Mortgage; in Kansas and Missouri, Bank Midwest and Bank Midwest Mortgage; and in Texas, Utah and New Mexico, Hillcrest Bank and Hillcrest Bank Mortgage. Additional information about National Bank Holdings Corporation can be found at www.nationalbankholdings.com.

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About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Certain of the financial measures and ratios we present, including “tangible assets,” “return on average tangible assets,” “tangible common equity,” “return on average tangible common equity,” “tangible common book value per share,” “tangible common book value, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax,” “tangible common book value per share, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax,” “tangible common equity to tangible assets,”“adjusted non-interest expense,” “adjusted efficiency ratio,” “adjusted net income,” “adjusted earnings per share – diluted,” “adjusted net income excluding core deposit intangible amortization expense, after tax,” “adjusted return on average tangible assets,” “adjusted return on average tangible common equity,” and “fully taxable equivalent” metrics, are supplemental measures that are not required by, or are not presented in accordance with, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). We refer to these financial measures and ratios as “non-GAAP financial measures.” We consider the use of select non-GAAP financial measures and ratios to be useful for financial and operational decision making and useful in evaluating period-to-period comparisons. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance by excluding certain expenditures or assets that we believe are not indicative of our primary business operating results or by presenting certain metrics on a fully taxable equivalent basis. We believe that management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting, analyzing and comparing past, present and future periods.

These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP and you should not rely on non-GAAP financial measures alone as measures of our performance. The non-GAAP financial measures we present may differ from non-GAAP financial measures used by our peers or other companies. We compensate for these limitations by providing the equivalent GAAP measures whenever we present the non-GAAP financial measures and by including a reconciliation of the impact of the components adjusted for in the non-GAAP financial measure so that both measures and the individual components may be considered when analyzing our performance.

A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures is included at the end of the financial statement tables.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements contain words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “predict,” “seek,” “potential,” “will,” “estimate,” “target,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “intend” or similar expressions that relate to the Company’s strategy, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements involve certain important risks, uncertainties and other factors, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such statements. Such factors include, without limitation, the “Risk Factors” referenced in our most recent Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), other risks and uncertainties listed from time to time in our reports and documents filed with the SEC, and the following factors: ability to obtain regulatory approvals and meet other closing conditions to the mergers on the expected terms and schedule; delay in closing the mergers; difficulties and delays in integrating the NBHC, Community Bancorporation, and Bancshares of Jackson Hole Incorporated businesses or fully realizing cost savings and other benefits; business disruption following the proposed transactions; ability to execute our business strategy; business and economic conditions; effects of any potential government shutdowns; economic, market, operational, liquidity, credit and interest rate risks associated with the Company’s business; effects of any changes in trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws; changes imposed by regulatory agencies to increase capital standards; effects of inflation, as well as, interest rate, securities market and monetary supply fluctuations; changes in the economy or supply-demand imbalances affecting local real estate values; changes in consumer spending, borrowings and savings habits; with respect to our mortgage business, the inability to negotiate fees with investors for the purchase of our loans or our obligation to indemnify purchasers or repurchase related loans; the Company’s ability to identify potential candidates for, consummate, integrate and realize operating efficiencies from, acquisitions, consolidations and other expansion opportunities; the Company's ability to realize anticipated benefits from enhancements or updates to its core operating systems from time to time without significant change in client service or risk to the Company's control environment; the Company's dependence on information technology and telecommunications systems of third-party service providers and the risk of systems failures, interruptions or breaches of security; the Company’s ability to achieve organic loan and deposit growth and the composition of such growth; changes in sources and uses of funds; increased competition in the financial services industry; the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices; the share price of the Company’s stock; the Company's ability to realize deferred tax assets or the need for a valuation allowance; the effects of tax legislation, including the potential of future increases to prevailing tax rules, or challenges to our position; continued consolidation in the financial services industry; ability to maintain or increase market share and control expenses; costs and effects of changes in laws and regulations and of other legal and regulatory developments; technological changes; the timely development and acceptance of new products and services, including in the digital technology space our digital solution 2UniFi; the Company’s continued ability to attract, hire and maintain qualified personnel; ability to implement and/or improve operational management and other internal risk controls and processes and reporting system and procedures; regulatory limitations on dividends from the Company's bank subsidiary; changes in estimates of future credit reserve requirements based upon the periodic review thereof under relevant regulatory and accounting requirements; widespread natural and other disasters, pandemics, dislocations, political instability, acts of war or terrorist activities, cyberattacks or international hostilities; a cybersecurity incident, data breach or a failure of a key information technology system; adverse effects due to the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the Company and its clients, counterparties, employees, and third-party service providers, and the adverse impacts on our business, financial position, results of operations, and prospects; impact of reputational risk; and success at managing the risks involved in the foregoing items. The Company can give no assurance that any goal or plan or expectation set forth in forward-looking statements can be achieved and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not intend, and assumes no obligation, to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances, except as required by applicable law.

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