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| We will continue to prioritize the strength of our balance sheet to best serve our clients and best position Hilltop |
| Quarter's result, highlight the successful expense work we've been executing across the franchise and most acutely at prime lending, coupled with solid credit metrics that remain resilient at least through this point in the cycle |
| Hilltop produced solid consolidated profitability and continued to grow its book value with our conservative liquidity management |
| I believe our proactive measures, strategic initiatives, and the strength of our franchise position Hilltop for resiliency in this challenging environment and sustained growth over the long term |
| Hilltop Securities has performed exceptionally well this year, which is a testament to the talented leadership and producers across its businesses |
| Overall, our bank continues to perform well despite a compression and softness in the loan pipeline |
| This was a favorable quarter for the organization despite escalating interest rates and market pressures within each business |
| So, I think in public finance we would -- we're optimistic about that, albeit, I think that we did have a pretty strong quarter at Hilltop Securities in our structured finance business, which is volatile and we could see that decline from this third quarter |
| We've got a good solid base of non-interest sparing related to our treasury services offerings that we provide to customers |
| This quarter's improved results, again illustrate the strength of Hilltop's franchise and the hard work by our team |
| Our capital ratios and tangible book value have grown as a result of our conservative securities management declining balance sheet, and durable profitability |
| We are pleased with the work that our team has delivered to position our company for times like these, and our teammates across our franchise remain focused on delivering great customer service to our clients, attracting new customers to our franchise, supporting the communities where we serve, maintaining a moderate risk profile and delivering long-term stockholder value |
| In addition to helping us navigate through near-term challenges, we believe that the strategic changes and improvements undertaken will position prime lending for higher margins and increased profitability when the industry recovers |
| We have confidence in our leadership team and are encouraged by the current favorable expense trends in the business |
| Pretax profit and margins improved compared to last year's third quarter due to an increase in contribution to revenue from higher margin businesses, primarily associated with our sweep income that has benefited from higher short-term rates |
| Additionally, our structured finance business reaped the benefits of more volume from certain state housing programs, most notably in Florida |
| Moving to page four, Hilltop maintains robust capital levels with a common equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 18.6%, and our tangible book value per share increase from Q3 2022 by $0.54 to $27.67 |
| There was a positive trend in fixed costs during the period as they declined by $16 million or 21% from prior year |
| We have begun to see the benefits of these initiatives in our expenses and in our margins evident by the lower pretax loss in the business year-over-year, despite lower origination volumes and gain on sale margins |
| But volumes are very strong |
| Should we be expecting the same there this year? Jeremy Ford I think that the public finance business typically builds throughout the year and has a pretty solid fourth quarter |
| Overall credit quality has remained resilient through the third quarter |
| I mean, CET-1 continues to increase from here, capital levels are super strong |
| Further, the graph in the upper right highlights that NPA levels have remained relatively stable in the third quarter of 2022, providing additional support as at this point, the cycle remains reasonably benign |
| During the third quarter, TBA Lock volumes increase substantially from second quarter 2023 levels to just under $3 billion |
| Typically, we see a strong close for the year-end 4Q |
| Looking forward, we expect expenses other than variable compensation will remain relatively stable, around $190 million per quarter as the ongoing focused efforts related to streamlining our operations and improving productivity, continue to support lower head count and improve throughput across our franchise, helping the offset the ongoing inflationary pressures that persist in the market |
| Improvement in the macroeconomic outlook coupled with net recoveries of prior losses in the period materially offset the impacts of loan growth and collected portfolio changes |
| Notwithstanding the cost reductions, prime lending continues to focus on enhancing its sales force by recruiting quality loan originators that can bring on profitable volume in this difficult mortgage market |
| Is the top priority for deploying that capital through M&A? Or any thoughts there? Jeremy Ford We believe that, through the cycle, deploying capital at M&A will be the highest return |
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| Total non-interest income for the third quarter of 2023 equated to $197 million, third quarter mortgage related income and fees decreased by $9 million versus a third quarter of 2022 driven by the ongoing challenges in mortgage banking whereby the combination of higher interest rates on price inflation, limited housing supply, and ongoing over capacity in terms of mortgage originators across the U.S |
| That said, we do expect that the ongoing cash flow challenges facing existing and new projects driven by higher interest rates and ongoing inflation could lead to further credit migration over time |
| Additionally, other negative industry factors include a persistently low supply of resale housing, elevated home prices, and surplus capacity within the mortgage origination sector |
| Further rate increases coupled with ongoing deposit competition could cause NII and NIM to decline further during the fourth quarter and end of 2024 |
| In summary, while industry headwinds are adversely impacting our bank and mortgage businesses |
| Prime lending originated $2.2 billion in volume, a decline of 26% from the same period prior year |
| is driven volumes and margins materially lower |
| We expect that loan growth will continue to slow into 2024 as one to four family retention levels remain low, and commercial lending activity continues to contract |
| Moving to prime lending, the residential mortgage industry remains under pressure given the increase in the 10-year rate and the resulting highest mortgage rates in over two decades |
| Moving to page eight, net interest income in the third quarter equated to $116 million, including $2.2 million of purchase accounting accretion, versus the prior year third quarter net interest income decreased by $7.8 million or 6%, driven primarily by higher yields on deposits |
| Secondary spreads in the market did contract substantially reflecting the volatility in the current rate environment, causing net revenues to decline versus the prior year period |
| We are monitoring our loans and borrowers closely as higher interest rates, potentially lower utilization rates in certain segments of commercial real estate and an expected slowdown in economic activity could have a negative impact on our clients and our portfolio |
| And I think depending on the number of rate movements through the Federal Reserve, which -- with each rate movement, we've said we would expect further deterioration in NIM, I think we're expecting them to be between 2.90% and 3%, given our current rate expectations that we outlined in our prepared comments |
| But nothing -- again, no large portfolio or other concentrations across the real estate book principally a C&I client that is experiencing some, cash flow challenges |
| Further versus the prior year third quarter purchase mortgage volumes decreased by $741 million or 26% and refinance volumes decreased $159 million or 28% |
| I think also in the context of the environment, we've been cautious this year |
| I think on the capital front in the near term as we've seen muted loan growth we saw some contraction in our balance sheet in the quarter |
| However, the current environment remains challenging and as noted earlier, we expect that the intensity of competition for deposits will continue to pressure rates higher over the coming quarters |
| On a period, end basis, HFI loans declined versus the second quarter of 2023 by $150 million driven by declines in mortgage warehouse lending and the net declines in the one to four family mortgage portfolios |
| These dynamics have collectively exerted substantial pressures on lender loan volumes, home buyer confidence, and secondary margins |
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