Earnings Sentiment

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Earnings Call Transcript Word Cloud

     

Bullish Statements during Earnings call

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That, coupled with our strong technology, makes us very attractive to new customers and new bankers
And so, we're pleased with all the changes we made and it just adds to the suite of products for our customers
Our results were marked by prudent non-interest expense management and stable asset quality
These facts, coupled with our rock solid bulletproof multi-family portfolio, which represents 38% of our overall loan portfolio, gives us confidence that we will outperform in any potential recessionary environment
Our online - our new escrow management system has been very successful and we're very happy with that
Growing our franchise value and delivering our shareholders strong returns
This marks the first increase since the current rate tightening cycle began, and portends well for our future earnings potential
The partnership is providing us tremendous visibility, and has been well received by our clients and employees across the board, and demonstrates that Dime can bank big brand name institutions
Our technology platform is better and more agile than many larger local banks, and our customer service is second to none
Overall, asset quality remains strong, with NPAs and 90 days past due declining to only 17 basis points
We are comfortable with the exposure and the operators of our office portfolio are very strong
And we've been able to do that while keeping our expenses below our guidance
We're rolling out the digital online for commercial as we speak, and we’re very happy with that
And then on the expense front here, good expense controls
And I think we've been able to do that
We get reports twice a week, and basically we're seeing steady growth every week
Look, when we do our medium to longer term projections, obviously with the long end being up, that's a good thing for us, right, because you're going to be repricing into a higher rate environment as your deposit costs have stabilized
Dime continues to perform well in a year marked by the failure of three regional banks and unprecedented inverted yield curve and significant interest rate increases by the Fed
Core cash operating expenses for the third quarter was approximately $51 million, and we are on track to beat our full year guidance for core cash operating expenses, even after absorbing the hires we made in the second and third quarters
We've been able to absorb the cost of these hires into our organization, along with the additions of various corporate staff to support them, by rationalizing expenses across the organization, using technology to automate manual processes, and promoting and filling open roles from our talented employee base
A big client win for our firm in the third quarter was New York Jets
We were able to recruit a high caliber banker to lead our healthcare vertical
And as I mentioned, and as Stu mentioned, having that 29% and north of that in terms of DDA is really going to be a key driver of NIM expansion in the future
So, I think getting back to that 3%, 3.25% era is the right medium to longer term opportunity for us
We grew core deposits by approximately $200 million on a spot basis, and importantly, non-interest-bearing deposits increased in the third quarter
We increased our already strong risk-based capital, and we reduced our non-performing assets by 16%
So, I think from our perspective, we still feel very comfortable
As I said on our last earnings call, my focus is on providing customers outstanding service that only locally managed community banks can provide
We want to play offense and take advantage of the opportunities that are out there
I think my comment was, we're just going to beat the full-year number
       

Bearish Statements during earnings call

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The decline on a linked-quarter basis was due to an expected decline in swap revenue, and additionally, we had a BOLI debt claim in the second quarter
In the third quarter, we were down to only around $30 million
Just looks like you're running below that trend if we kind of hold flat into the fourth quarter
As expected, the pace of NIM compression continued to slow in the third quarter
Since my appointment as CEO, and in my day-to-day meetings with customers, it's apparent to me that Dime’s brand and reputation in the marketplace has never been stronger
Given the growth in core deposits, we reduced our wholesale funding position and our loan to deposit ratio ticked down to 102%
And the first half of the year, we were probably losing around $50 million to $100 million of consumer DDA
And that was when there was a banking crisis and deposits were in flux
I mean, just industry sources are starting to point to new transaction values down, showing valuations down 30% to 45% in this asset class, and it gets you close to kind of your average LTV of 58%
Core expenses, which included a full quarter’s impact of our private banking group hires were down on a linked-quarter basis
Yes, start off on the credit for this quarter, I noticed the reserve came down a little bit and net charge-offs sort of a bit higher, but MPAs came down
We reduced wholesale funding on our balance sheet
As we continue to focus our growth on business loans and building capital, we expect the CRE concentration to decline over time
Obviously, any particular quarter could go up or down, but I think we've seen the bulk of declines in DDA at this point
And at Dime, legacy Dime, we changed our underwriting guidance to take that into account
Obviously, if we keep loans flat and we grow deposits, it's going to continue to go further down
Part of the reason for the decline in non-interest-bearing deposits earlier in the year was really migration out of some consumer DDA
   

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