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| The stability of our deposit franchise and strong liquidity position can further be seen on slide five, which also highlights the competitive position that South Plains holds |
| But this guy has very strong network, strong balance sheet, a lot of income from other businesses and we can have those other businesses that actually guarantee this debt |
| So that kind of attributed to it too, I know we talked about that last quarter, but overall, feel really good about it, we pulled a lot through this quarter |
| We have been in the quarter with a good pipeline |
| First, our deposits remained stable through the second quarter, further demonstrating the strength of our community-based deposit franchise |
| Third, our organic loan growth was very strong in the second quarter as we benefited from a robust loan pipeline combined with lower competition across our markets |
| The strong credit profile positions the portfolio for resilience across varying economic cycles |
| Finally, we do remain well-capitalized with strong liquidity, take advantage of opportunities to improve shareholder returns as they present themselves |
| And lastly, we strategically sold a portion of our investment securities portfolio in the quarter which we believe to be advantageous given the gains we recorded from the Windmark sale combined with the yield improvement that we were able to achieve as we reinvested the securities sale proceeds into new loans |
| We believe this was a tax efficient transaction and will boost our earnings in future periods given that the securities we sold were yielding approximately 2.7% and we reinvested the proceeds and allowance that are yielding more than 7% in the second quarter |
| We grew loans 6.8% in the second quarter, as we continue to experience healthy economic growth combined with customer dislocation in many of our markets from recent competitive mergers |
| Very importantly, we continue to improve the credit profile of our loan portfolio and are maintaining our strict credit underwriting standards as we conservatively grow the bank |
| To conclude, we delivered strong results through the second quarter, and we believe we remain well positioned for the current environment |
| So we are seeing opportunities to take make share in those areas and picking up good leadership in some of the rural markets that, where some of those good deposits and good loan opportunities are |
| As a result, we believe the run rate earnings of the bank, excluding all one-time items and the increased provision was $0.69 per share in the second quarter, which bodes well for the second half of the year as we will fully benefit from the second quarter’s loan growth and improved loan yields |
| We also delivered excellent loan growth in the quarter, but we do expect it to moderate through the balance of the year |
| To start, I am very pleased with our second quarter results as they highlight the strength of our culture and the commitment that our employees have to our customers and to our company especially in such a challenging environment for our industry |
| Permian Basin is another market we are pleased with this quarter as we experienced an increase in loan demand |
| So I am truly excited about what I see in our future for Citibank and South Plains Financial |
| We believe we also ended the second quarter in a strong liquidity position with $1.82 billion of untapped borrowing capacity |
| So I don’t see a significant contraction unless the industry continues to contract some, but I think we are still getting our fair share of volume out of that and meanwhile increasing our yield pretty good |
| Additionally, the sale of Windmark added capital to our balance sheet for growth, while also enabling us to strategically sell a portion of our investment securities portfolio in a tax advantaged way, which we believe has further improved the earnings power of the bank |
| We exited a strong financial position |
| As I said at the beginning, we had a very good quarter |
| To conclude, I am very proud of our results through the second quarter as we continue to successfully navigate a challenging environment and position South Plains for the future |
| Through the quarter, we grew loans and deposits while maintaining our profitability in spite of turmoil in the banking industry in March, which is a testament to the franchise value of South Plains |
| As Steve will discuss the overall credit quality of our loan portfolio improved through the second quarter, which provides confidence if the economy were to slow |
| We were fortunate to end the second quarter with a strong loan pipeline which contributed to this growth |
| We believe this is an opportunity to bring high quality long-term customer relationships to South Plains |
| Curtis Griffith While Steve is looking that up, we definitely are getting decent loan growth there and the good news in that market, our loans down there quite often do come with strong deposit relationships |
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| That said, we will be cautious with our capital given the uncertain economic environment, combined with the dislocation of the banking sector |
| But it’s going to be a challenge, and I would say that, we will see a little more NIM compression |
| And then finally for me, the margin was down about 10 basis points linked-quarter |
| I mean, because that’s -- I mean, it’s -- for a while, that was kind of a challenge |
| Nevertheless, future economic conditions remain uncertain, due to the continued rising market interest rate environment, persistent inflation levels that are impacting consumers and businesses in the United States and the recent dislocations in the banking sector, which may make additional provision for credit losses necessary in future periods |
| We continue to stress test the individual credits in our portfolio for challenges |
| We do -- we are probably going to run a higher reserve than peer and it’s not because we think we have more credit problems than peer, it’s just that we are trying to be cautious and we are taking into account the lot of uncertainty still out there in the overall economy |
| I think our paydowns were a little lighter than what we thought they were going to be in the second quarter |
| We continue to believe that our shares are trading below intrinsic value and do not reflect our strong results and the opportunities that we see to further grow the bank |
| But, overall, we are going to see a slowdown |
| We are watching the Texas economy closely and will be cautious as we grow with a focus on expenses |
| But we are still going to be real cautious to make sure of that reserve level stays up where we think we can withstand whatever ills may be falls us |
| So they are still competitive issues on pricing on deposits and so we have got to face that and so some compression in NIM, I think, is out there |
| Additionally, there was a write-up of $400,000 in the fair value of our mortgage servicing rights portfolio in the second quarter, as compared to $2 million write-down in the first quarter of 2023, given the rise in market interest rates |
| Given the rising interest rate environment through the year, we have had to be proactive in maintaining deposit relationships, which has led to the rise of our funding cost |
| Given the large gain that we recorded, we made the strategic decision to sell $56 million of investment securities from our portfolio, which resulted in a realized loss of $3.4 million |
| We have worked pretty hard on our CECL model and we are cautious |
| I don’t -- I think you still have to stay competitive |
| I mean, it’s a challenge every day |
| We were only down $2.4 million, I think, quarter-over-quarter |
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