Earnings Sentiment

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Bullish Statements during Earnings call

Statement
Regardless, we remain confident that our deposit composition will provide a meaningful competitive advantage for regions when compared to the broader industry
And again, given the location of our projects which are in suburban markets, given the diversity of the distribution across geographies and the location primarily in the Sunbelt, we feel good about our multifamily portfolio
Businesses and consumers are in pretty good shape and in particular for the consumer, if you look at housing prices, those continue to remain strong
Although the industry faces headwinds from lingering economic and regulatory uncertainty, we continue to benefit from our strong and diverse balance sheet with solid capital, robust liquidity, and prudent credit risk management
Our proactive hedging strategies have positioned us for success in any interest rate environment
And as a consequence, we feel good about our office exposure
We spent over a decade de-risking our balance sheet and are well positioned to manage the proposed regulatory changes without significant impact to our business model
We feel good about that
While we plan to provide feedback through the comment process on both, we are well positioned to absorb the ultimate impacts without major changes to our business
We have a great team with a proven track record of executing our strategy with focus and discipline
I'm confident in our ability to adapt to the changing regulatory and economic landscape, while continuing to generate top quartile returns through the cycle
And while we have some unusual items in our results this quarter, our core performance remains strong, and we continue to have one of the best return on average tangible common equity ratios in our peer group at 21%
Had a number of things going on but at the core our business is really sound and solid
Acquisition and the retention of high primacy and operating relationships are strong, reflecting our focus to sustain and extend our deposit advantage through cycles
We've been very proud of our treasury management team
They have done a good job of penetrating our commercial base and we’re seeing that hold up pretty well
And we have a very good engine
There's business strength
Just those service charges continue to come in much better, $590 million for the year
So Regions has done a great job at not only convincing investors that it's completely changed in terms of the writing and risk management, but also that in the numbers
Our PPNR engine is among the strongest because of our deposit profile that we have
And so we have confidence that our earnings stream is going to get us where we need to be, and we think that we have enough capital right now
And our granular deposit base and relationship banking approach continue to serve us well
I think one exception would exceed 5%, 6%, so again, good diversity
We expect net interest income trends to stabilize over the first half of the year and grow over the back half of the year
Overall, we continue to feel good about the composition of our office book and do not expect any meaningful loss in this portfolio
Hedges added to-date create a net interest income profile that is well protected and mostly neutral to changes in interest rates through 2025
We feel very confident that even if we go into a recession, which we are not calling for, but even if we did, that we'd have capital to withstand that
We maintain a good cash position right now
You've done pretty well
       

Bearish Statements during earnings call

Statement
Although difficult to project, based on what we know today, we expect quarterly fraud losses to come down significantly and to be approximately $25 million in the fourth quarter
Our third quarter results reflect an incremental $53 million in losses stemming from a second fraud scheme, which also began in the second quarter, but was unknown to us at the time
And of course, we're putting in new controls, we're putting in new technology, and it's very disappointing
Looking forward, the higher rate environment, a tightening Federal Reserve, and heightened competition will likely continue to constrain deposit growth and pressure costs for the industry through year-end and into early 2024
We view this amount to be manageable, resulting in a modest drag on earnings
Net interest income declined by 6.5% in the third quarter, reflecting the anticipated normalization from elevated net interest income and margin levels back towards a sustainable longer term range
The problem is it's been overwhelmed by the move of non-interest bearing deposits into interest bearing
Excluding the impact of CVA and DVA, capital markets income decreased 13% sequentially, as increases in M&A fees were offset by declines in other categories
A - David Turner Yeah, so I don't think it should be a surprise to anybody that revenue is going to be challenging
Adjusted non-interest income decreased 2% from the prior quarter, as modest increases in mortgage and wealth management income were offset by declines primarily in service charges and capital markets
We have uncertainty going on
You will see some pressure in the fourth quarter in particular as we see continued remixing of non-interest bearing deposits going into interest bearing, given higher for longer rates
From an office standpoint, our office continues to decline
We're highly disappointed in it
During the quarter we continued to experience elevated levels of check-related fraud
If the Fed remains on hold, fourth quarter net interest income is expected to decline approximately 5%, driven by continued deposit and funding cost normalization and the beginning of the active hedging period on another $3 billion of previously transacted forward starting swaps
We are seeing some softening of rents, increasing costs associated with interest costs
I'll just say it has been an unusual quarter
Service charges declined 7%, reflecting the run rate impact of the company's overdraft grace feature implemented late in the second quarter
We had a negative $3 million CVA and DVA adjustment during the quarter versus the $9 million negative adjustment in the prior quarter
   

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