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| Looking forward, we will operate with a disciplined and prudent approach to expense management, cost synergies from recent acquisitions, and recent expense reduction initiatives continue to positively impact results |
| Consolidating market share in Florida will yield tremendous franchise value in the long run |
| Our credit metrics remain very strong |
| That said, we continue to outperform peers in our cost of deposits as the environment serves to highlight the strength of our low-cost deposit base and focus on relationships |
| Our family office style offering continues to resonate with customers, generating strong returns for the franchise |
| The Seacoast’s team produced another quarter of solid financial performance in line with the guidance we provided last quarter, despite the backdrop of a challenging yield curve |
| Our asset quality remains strong with the decline in nonperforming loans and declining classified and criticized assets from the prior quarter |
| As times marched on here, the market's gotten more reasonable and what we're seeing is the ability to get conservative credit structures, strong deposits and in many cases strong DDA in these relationships as well as spreads we think that appropriately reflect the opportunity that we're taking |
| This provides significant strength in maintaining deposit costs over time and reflects the granular relationship nature of our franchise |
| And to conclude, we continue to operate from position of significant strength in the nation's most robust local economies |
| Florida's strong statewide economic backdrop and our fortress balance sheet, position Seacoast well compared to peers, and sets us up to take advantage of opportunities we expect will arise in the coming periods |
| And finally on slide 21, our capital position continues to be very strong and we're committed to maintaining our fortress balance sheet |
| It's more balancing and appropriate investment to return to expense management as we move through time, but no timeline, just more importantly delivering good returns to our shareholders |
| I think generally deposit related charges will continue to benefit from the increased size and breadth of the organization and some good momentum in deposit relationships as Chuck has described |
| And lastly, I'm proud that we moved our deposit market share in Florida from number 18 to number 15 in 2023 |
| The cost of deposits increased to 1.79% while the pace of that increase has slowed from the second quarter and our funding base remains strong with 55% transaction accounts |
| In summary, considering our strong capital levels, prudent credit culture and high quality customer franchise, we have one of the strongest balance sheets in the industry providing optionality if the environment becomes more challenging and to continue building Florida's leading community bank |
| Annual deposit market share data released as of June 30th demonstrates the strength of our franchise and the results of our expanded market presence and strong relationship focus |
| Seacoast moved up three slots to number 15 in the state, maintaining a leading position in our legacy markets and seeing strong growth in our newer markets |
| Credit risk metrics remain strong with low levels of non-approval loans and criticized assets |
| Our capital position continues to be very strong and we're committed to maintaining our fortress balance sheet |
| It's great to see the improvement in the commercial loan pipeline |
| So that, as I mentioned in the outset, we're seeing a reasonable add-on rate for those deposits and very happy to see it |
| So we've made sure we didn't hurt ourselves on either loans or deposits right through the last 12 months and now we're in really good standing as we head forward into 2024 in the back half of this year |
| We're pleased to report growth in organic deposits at an annualized rate of 3.7%, combined with $334 million in paydowns of wholesale funding |
| Growing market share is part of that but priority one is delivering returns, priority two is growing market share |
| So that was a strong makeshift for us this quarter |
| Our goal is to position Seacoast for this opportunity by entering 2024 with strong capital and liquidity |
| Michael, I don't know if you think you can add to that in terms of the model, but overall, we feel pretty good about street estimates |
| There are some line items, one way or the other, but overall street estimates are pretty good |
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| The struggles around generating earnings will drive sellers to become more reasonable on pricing and we'll probably start to see some deals, come to market |
| Chuck Shaffer Well, as we discussed on prior calls, David, we are very cautious to drive loan growth in a period where we thought the market had driven structure to a weakened standard and pricing to lower spreads than what we thought was appropriate |
| As we guided on last quarter's call, loan outstanding declined from the prior quarter, primarily the result of much lower customer demand |
| Turning to slide 5, net interest income declined by $7.6 million or 6% during the quarter with higher deposit costs partially offset by higher yields |
| We obviously have headwinds from client deposit activation, right? I mean, folks are using more cash in some of that migration |
| Wealth management revenues were down slightly, reflecting broader market performance |
| Consistent with our expectations, net interest margin contracted 29 basis points to 3.57% |
| It sounded like you noted that payoffs were a little bit elevated this quarter versus last and may have restrained loan growth |
| We expect only 5 to 10 basis points of margin compression in the fourth quarter |
| I also think, the industry, obviously we've seen margin compression across the entire banking industry and the best way to solve a lot of the earnings challenges is consolidating expense basis |
| So those were both a little slower than expected in part because of some closings that pushed into October |
| Curious, we've heard a lot of other competitors talk about some issues in the senior care or assist delivery industry |
| Construction and commercial real estate concentrations remain well below regulatory guidelines and below peer levels |
| Moving on to slide 8, adjusted noninterest expense for the quarter was lower than the guidance we provided coming in at $83.2 million |
| This droves a decline in interchange of $3.4 million |
| Higher interest rates during the quarter were detrimental to portfolio values, increasing the overall unrealized loss position from the end of the prior quarter |
| The math is challenging |
| I think it'll take sort of maturing of this period to get there, but is that happens? I think, obviously, seller prices come down |
| But importantly, it's the Fed continues to shrink the balance sheet and the deposit market remains competitive |
| Looking ahead, we expect the declines we've seen in net interest margin over the last few quarters to slow materially, though we intend to remain competitive on deposits |
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