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| This is the amount Prosperity retained after paying $203 million in dividends and repurchasing $72 million of our common stock during this period, reflecting Prosperity’s stable earnings |
| Although our net interest margin is lower than we would like, the good news is that based on our models, we show our net interest margin improving in a 12-month and 24-month time period to our more normal levels as our assets repriced to market rates |
| Prosperity continues to exhibit solid operating metrics with annualized returns on tangible equity of 12.58% and on assets of 1.13% for the third quarter of 2023 |
| We’re expecting some positive operating leverage |
| Our asset quality remained sound and the allowance for credit losses on loans and off balance sheet credit exposure was $388 million on September 30, 2023 |
| If interest rates went down 100 basis points, we actually do better, a little bit better |
| And I think our way of weeding through those opportunities and checking them out has benefited us |
| The increase reflects the continued confidence the Board has in our company and our markets |
| We continue to share our success with our shareholders through the payment of dividends and opportunistic stock repurchases, while also continuing to grow our capital |
| The stock is very cheap |
| Even though we’ll have higher expenses, and we probably manage expenses better than anybody, and we will continue to do that |
| David Zalman What do you mean by positive operating leverage? Bill Carcache By the ability to grow your revenues faster than your expenses, and effectively manage expenses for the revenue environment, so potentially cut expenses if revenues were to slow or have a little bit more room to invest if revenue growth was stronger just the idea of managing expenses so that revenue growth outpaces expense growth |
| The Texas and Oklahoma economies continue to benefit from companies relocating from states with higher taxes and more regulation |
| So we do feel we’re well-reserved |
| You had talked about that last quarter, but resi mortgage was a pretty strong quarter for loan growth this quarter |
| Nice quarter |
| Although, there are signs of the economy slowing and loan growth moderating, I believe our bank is located in two of the best states we can be for future growth and continued Prosperity |
| So if longer rate stays higher is a benefit for us because it’s longer time for our assets to re-price |
| Including one-time… David Zalman But no matter how you look at it, $388 million, even if we decided to charge off – not charge off, but relook at some of those things, I think you still have $388 million or $60 million, it’s still a very strong position |
| And then 4Q is normally a pretty good quarter for deposit growth, right? I mean, you normally see some seasonal strength there that should help pay down some more of those borrowings, potentially |
| I mean, if Fed cuts the rates tomorrow, it will benefit because our overnight borrowing is going to be re-priced lower |
| But again, those earnings would be propelled primarily from accretion numbers in |
| But the beauty of this whole bank, really, is if the models work and everything goes where everybody else is going to have that challenge, we should be doing much better |
| So I’d say we’re covered pretty good, probably |
| This combined with people moving to the states requires additional housing and infrastructure, a driver for loans, and increased business opportunities |
| And as we continue to grow the loans that will reprice over time, that should help us from that standpoint |
| So if you look at a 12-month, you actually might do better |
| That’s such a big opportunity |
| I mean, it would just propel the earnings |
| So we see those rolling over and we see a good level of renewal on that one |
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| I do think that from the First Capital Bank that we acquired, we do see some problems |
| There is some weakness out there in the world and there’s some things to be concerned about |
| Brandon King So, industry is experiencing a softer revenue growth outlook next year, although not as much the case for Prosperity |
| Prosperity’s earnings were primarily impacted by a lower than normal net interest margin |
| But the banks that historically have had bad underwriting, they’re going to be bad in both of those scenarios regional |
| Interest rates have continued to increase, and there are signs of the economy slowing and loan growth moderating as intended by the Federal Reserve’s actions |
| We’ve seen some relatively weaker loan demand, I’d say, over the last month or so |
| We’ve heard other banks talk about how a positive operating leverage is going to be difficult to achieve next year |
| Obviously, from a macro standpoint, out there in the world, so to speak, there are a lot of disconcerting things |
| When you’re looking at acquiring or merging with a bank, banks have losses in their portfolio |
| Michael, through last night, the average is down from that $972 million for the quarter, it’s down to $816 million, so it’s dropped off pretty significantly |
| But in the third quarter, we actually saw the increase being less than what we had in the second quarter |
| It’s a high class problem right now |
| This is a 79% decline on a linked quarter basis |
| We have seen very few problems up to this point in time, really almost none |
| Our efficiency ratio because of the NIM declines, largely have gone from 42 to 48 |
| We believe that higher technology costs, salary increases, loan competition, funding costs, succession planning concerns, and increased regulatory burden all point to continued consolidation |
| So it’d be hard to spank somebody else when we got such a – when the Fed’s got such a big loss |
| If you look at the statistics, they’re not good |
| So if we do see the pricing where it becomes better and that we may take more risk also, I think, at the same time |
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