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| We've had great success hiring commercial lenders who are pretty well connected with books of business and that's -- and we've done that on the treasury side |
| Our full year net income represented record earnings of $43 million or $2.73 per diluted share, which represents a 9% increase over our 2022 performance |
| Our fourth quarter and year-to-date performance was set up by continued strong growth in our loan and lease portfolio, excluding the participation adjustment, which grew at an annualized rate of 15.5% for the quarter and 12.4% year-to-date |
| So this is strong earnings continue to create capital and our overall goal remains to maintain adequate capital to support organic growth and potential acquisitions |
| So I remain optimistic that our disciplined approach to pricing and our solid core deposit franchise will continue to produce superior results |
| We had year-over-year margin expansion, and we had positive earnings per share growth |
| We believe our low cost to profit franchise is one of Civista's most valuable characteristics, contributing significantly to our strong net interest margin and overall profitability |
| So we're optimistic that we'll be able to improve the |
| Although our margin continues to be under pressure, we continue to generate strong earnings and our margin remains relatively strong |
| This growth came from continued solid core earnings and a marked reduction in unrealized losses related to our securities portfolio |
| 2023 was a year of exceptional organic loan growth |
| That will give us some opportunity to build upon our strong core deposit franchise |
| I am very proud of the fact that for the year, we had record net income |
| However, our earnings do remain strong and our margin remains solid |
| Despite the uncertainties associated with the economy and the expense pressures on our borrower space, our credit quality remains strong and our credit metrics remain stable |
| We did make a $2.3 million provision during the quarter, which was primarily attributable to our strong loan and lease growth |
| Demand came from all areas of our footprint, as we continue to strengthen market share in most of our markets and add new customers in our urban markets |
| Next question, as you commented in the press release, you've had really good growth in multifamily non-owner occupied loans |
| At year-end, our tangible common equity ratio had improved to 6.36%, which was an 87 basis point improvement over September 30, and our Tier 1 leverage ratio at year-end was 8.75%, which is well above what is deemed well capitalized for regulatory purposes |
| In 2024, our focus continues to be on creating shareholder value, for 2023, in a tough interest rate environment, our earnings per share increased 5%, which we believe is indicative of our disciplined approach to managing the company |
| Non-interest income was up 8.6% for the linked quarter, primarily on higher swap fee income, and it was up 27.8% year-to-date primarily on lease revenues |
| Dennis Shaffer Well, we do think we're going to be able to improve on what we did in '23 from our leasing group |
| And I think that's maybe a little bit better than what we did this year |
| So those markets are really, really strong still in multifamily |
| And while we do not anticipate growth at a similar piece in 2024, our markets do remain vibrant, and we expect to grow at a mid-single-digit pace |
| While we anticipate that market uncertainty will continue for some time, we continue to view the expansion of these services across our footprint as an opportunity to diversify and grow non-interest income |
| Our tangible book value grew to $15.10 compared to $12.60 at September 30, and $12.61 at December 31, 2022, and our TCE ratio increased to 6.36% from 5.49% at September 30 and 5.66% at December 31, 2022 |
| Our commercial lenders, our treasury management officers and private bankers are having success requesting additional deposits and concentrating balances from our dorsal customers |
| Very few great changes for the quarter and systemic issues that we're seeing right now |
| So believe it or not, in December, our commercial production, new and renewed was over 8%, which I think is the first time we eclipsed 8% piece |
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| The primary driver for the decrease from the prior year's quarter was an $874,000 decline in lease revenue in residuals as the higher interest rate environment put pressure on our leasing division's production |
| This morning, we reported net income for the fourth quarter of $9.7 million or $0.62 per diluted share, which represents a 20.5% decrease from our fourth quarter in 2022 |
| The interest rate environment continues to be a challenge |
| The model says that for each 25 basis point rate, we would anticipate about a 2 basis point contraction in our margin |
| Wealth management revenues for the quarter were consistent with the linked quarter and declined slightly year-to-date compared to the prior year |
| I appreciate your commentary on lower production due to the rate environment and lower premiums with your partners given liquidity constraints |
| In the face of funding pressures, our margin compressed at the same case as it did during the previous quarter, coming in at 3.44% for the quarter and 3.7% year-to-date |
| So first quarter will probably be a little bit softer than what it was in that fourth quarter |
| I think we're going to see some pressure on the lending side though, too, from that perspective |
| During the quarter, non-interest income increased $698,000 were 8.6% in comparison to the linked quarter and decreased $1.2 million or 12.3% in comparison to the prior year fourth quarter |
| I think that's going to be a big challenge only for us in '24, but for all Comunibanc |
| I mean everybody is talking but there's a few banks that are struggling that I think you would like to partner up, but they are just tough deals to do right now |
| So other than that, I think we're probably being a touch more cautious, but we're not really shutting down any areas |
| Daniel Cardenas And then the last question I have is just the -- it looks like your home loan advances came down fairly substantially in the quarter |
| However, if we were back out non-core tax program and broker deposits, our deposit balances declined 5.8% year-to-date |
| Are you getting questions, concerns from any of your clients on your commercial real estate loans or your liquidity position? Dennis Shaffer We really have not gotten hardly any -- we've gotten no calls that I know of, unlike when the banks failed in March, there was quite a few calls and stuff, but we've heard nothing so far with the New York Comunibanc struggles and stuff |
| In addition, our allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans declined slightly from 261.45% at December 31, 2022, to 245.66% at December 31, 2023 |
| Net interest income declined compared to our linked quarter, but increased 13.9% for the year in comparison to 2022 |
| We have overdraft fees that are -- that we had some overdraft reform, and we lose a little bit of overdraft income there |
| that involves risks and uncertainties |
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