Cadence Bancorporation Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results

HOUSTON--()--“We are pleased with the positive progress we are able to report with our third quarter results. We had a good quarter in many respects. Credit looks good with one basis point net charge-offs and declines in nonperforming assets. Loan and deposit growth was solid. We can see nice linked quarter operating leverage with improved efficiency ratio to 52.2% and returns on average tangible common equity of 13.0% and return on average assets of 1.29%. I am grateful to our many hard-working bankers who have been focused on improving our results and doing a great job for clients,” said Paul Murphy, Cadence’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Highlights:

  • Net income for the third quarter of 2017 was $32.6 million, a 12% increase compared to second quarter of 2017 net income of $29.0 million.
  • On a per-share basis, net income was $0.39 per diluted common share for the third quarter of 2017, compared to $0.35 in the second quarter of 2017.
  • Annualized returns on average assets, common equity and tangible common equity(1) for the third quarter of 2017 were 1.29%, 9.78% and 13.04%, respectively, as compared to 1.19%, 9.29% and 12.63%, respectively, for the second quarter of 2017.
  • Total assets were $10.5 billion as of September 30, 2017, an increase of $1.1 billion, or 11%, as compared to $9.4 billion as of September 30, 2016.
  • Loans were $8.0 billion as of September 30, 2017, an increase of $821.6 million, or 11%, as compared to $7.2 billion at September 30, 2016.
  • Core deposits (total deposits excluding brokered) of $7.7 billion as of September 30, 2017 grew $941.8 million, or 14%, from September 30, 2016.

Period End Balance Sheet:

Cadence continued to enjoy solid growth, completing the third quarter of 2017 with total assets of $10.5 billion, an increase of $1,058.3 million, or 11.2%, from September 30, 2016, and an increase of $690.7 million, or 7.0%, from June 30, 2017.

Organic loan production and pipelines remain robust. Loans at September 30, 2017 were $8.0 billion, an increase of $821.6 million, or 11.4%, compared with $7.2 billion at September 30, 2016, reflecting growth primarily in our specialized, general C&I and residential portfolios. Linked quarter loans increased $312.3 million, or 4.0%, from $7.7 billion at June 30, 2017, reflecting growth in general C&I, commercial real estate and residential portfolios.

Cadence’s energy lending portfolio remained a consistent portion of total loans, with balances totaling $933.0 million, or 11.6%, of total loans at September 30, 2017, as compared to $902.3 million, or 11.7%, of total loans at June 30, 2017. At September 30, 2017, Midstream continued to make up the largest component of energy loans at 59.8%, followed by Exploration and Production at 31.6% and Energy Services at 8.6%.

Core deposits were $7.7 billion at September 30, 2017, an increase of 14.0%, or $941.8 million, compared to September 30, 2016, and an increase of 6.8%, or $489.6 million, compared to June 30, 2017. The increases in core deposits were a result of expansion of commercial deposit relationships and treasury management services impacting noninterest bearing and interest bearing deposits, as well as retail time deposit growth. As of September 30, 2017, brokered deposits totaled $0.8 billion (9.7% of total deposits) as compared to September 30, 2016 at $1.2 billion (14.9% of total deposits) and June 30, 2017 at $0.7 billion (9.4% of total deposits). Total deposits at September 30, 2017 were $8.5 billion, an increase of $583.8 million, or 7.4%, compared with $7.9 billion at September 30, 2016, reflecting the growth in core deposits offset by $358.0 million, or 30.3%, reduction in brokered deposits. Linked quarter total deposits increased $570.7 million, or 7.2%, from $7.9 billion at June 30, 2017, due primarily to core deposit growth with an increase of $144.1 million, or 19.4% in brokered deposits during the quarter. Noninterest bearing deposits as a percent of total deposits increased to 24.4%, representing the fourth consecutive quarterly increase. Wholesale funds to total assets were 10.2% at September 30, 2017 compared to 12.5% and 9.4% at September 30, 2016 and June 30, 2017, respectively.

On April 13, 2017, we executed on our initial public offering, issuing 8.6 million shares with net proceeds adding $155.7 million to tangible common equity during the second quarter. This offering resulted in an increase in average diluted shares to 84.0 million for the third quarter of 2017, as compared to 75.3 million and 82.0 million in the third quarter of 2016 and second quarter of 2017, respectively.

Results of Operations for the Quarter:

Net income for the third quarter of 2017 was $32.6 million, up 393.1% from net income of $6.6 million in the third quarter of 2016, and up 12.5% from net income of $29.0 million in the second quarter of 2017. The year-over-year net income improvement was driven by earning assets and revenue growth, net interest margin expansion, expense control and improved credit costs including provision expense of $1.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017, compared to a provision expense of $29.6 million for the same period in 2016. The increase in net income as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2017 was due primarily to organic balance sheet and revenue growth combined with a modest increase in expenses and improved credit costs, including a decline of $5.0 million in loan provisions compared to the prior quarter. Pre-tax, pre-provision earnings(1) were $51.8 million for the third quarter of 2017 as compared to $49.2 million in the second quarter of 2017. On a per-share basis, net income was $0.39 per diluted common share for the third quarter of 2017, compared to $0.09 a year earlier and $0.35 for the linked quarter. Earnings per share for the period ending September 30, 2017 reflects increases in net income offset by the $0.04 dilutive effect of the common stock offering in the second quarter of 2017. During the three months ended September 30, 2017 annualized returns on average assets, common equity and tangible common equity(1) were 1.29%, 9.78% and 13.04%, respectively, as compared to 0.28%, 2.35% and 3.36%, respectively, for the third quarter of 2016, and 1.19%, 9.29% and 12.63% for the second quarter of 2017.

The effective tax rate for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 was 34.9% as compared to 24.2% in the third quarter of 2016 and 31.9% in the second quarter of 2017. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was 33.3% as compared to 31.4% for the nine months ending September 30, 2016.

Our fully tax-equivalent net interest margin (“NIM”) for the third quarter of 2017 was 3.52% as compared to 3.27% for the third quarter of 2016 and 3.71% for the second quarter of 2017. The increase in NIM year-over-year resulted from increases in earning asset yields due largely to the impact of short-term rate increases on our floating rate loans during the periods, lagging deposit cost increases, and the impact of decreased interest-sensitive brokered deposits and increased noninterest bearing deposits during the periods. These year-over-year factors also favorably impacted the margin as compared to the second quarter of 2017; however they were more than offset by lower recovery income (excess accretion) on acquired loans due to timing variability of accelerated payoffs and paydowns driving such revenue (recovery income was $0.3 million in the third quarter of 2017 as compared to $1.4 million in the third quarter of 2016 and $4.5 million in the second quarter of 2017), which resulted in the decline in NIM in the third quarter of 2017 compared to the prior quarter.

Earning asset yields for the third quarter of 2017 were 4.30%, up from 3.91% in the third quarter of 2016 and down from 4.45% in the second quarter of 2017. Yield on loans, excluding acquired-impaired loans, were 4.41%, 3.96% and 4.36% for the third quarter of 2017, third quarter of 2016 and second quarter of 2017, respectively, demonstrating the interest-sensitivity inherent in the loan portfolio. Total loan yields increased to 4.55% for the third quarter of 2017 versus 4.24% for the third quarter of 2016. Total cost of deposits for the third quarter of 2017 was 64 basis points versus 47 basis points in the prior year’s quarter and 59 basis points in the linked quarter. Total cost of funds for the third quarter of 2017 was 84 basis points versus 69 basis points in the prior year’s quarter and 81 basis points in the linked quarter.

Net interest income for the third quarter of 2017 was $81.2 million as compared to $70.4 million during the same period in 2016, an increase of $10.7 million, or 15.2%, driven by both strong loan growth during the period and meaningful increases in the yield on loans. Net interest income decreased $1.2 million, or 1.5%, from $82.4 million in the second quarter of 2017, due to higher level of accretion income in the second quarter of 2017 from acquired-impaired loans. Interest income on loans, excluding acquired-impaired loans, was $84.3 million for the third quarter of 2017, an increase of $15.9 million, or 23.3%, from the third quarter of 2016, and an increase of $4.4 million or 5.5% from the second quarter of 2017. Total accretion for acquired credit-impaired loans was $5.8 million in the third quarter of 2017, down $2.8 million from the third quarter of 2016 and down $4.7 million from the second quarter of 2017, as described above, due to the accelerated timing of certain payoffs and paydowns in acquired loans recognized during third quarter of 2016 and second quarter of 2017.

Noninterest income for the third quarter of 2017 was $27.1 million as compared to $22.8 million during the same period in 2016, an increase of $4.3 million, or 19.0%. The year-over-year change included an increase in service fees and revenue to $23.0 million at September 30, 2017 versus $20.9 million for September 30, 2016 reflecting broad based business line growth during the year. Compared to the second quarter of 2017, noninterest income increased $4.1 million or 18.0% from $23.0 million for the second quarter of 2017. The third quarter of 2017 included increases in other revenue due to net valuation increases in certain investment assets accounted for under the equity method and a one-time $1.1 million gain on the sale of a specialty insurance unit. Assets under management increased slightly to $5.6 billion during the quarter.

Noninterest expense for the third quarter of 2017 was $56.5 million as compared to $54.9 million during the same period in 2016, an increase of $1.7 million, or 3.0%. Salaries and employee benefits expense of $35.0 million in the third quarter of 2017 increased $3.9 million, or 12.6%, compared to the third quarter of 2016, including a $1.8 million increase in certain long-term incentive plan costs related to achieving higher levels of performance targets and the increase in our company valuation. These costs were offset by lower FDIC insurance assessments, intangible asset amortization and other expenses as a result of expense management efforts. Linked quarter, noninterest expenses increased $0.4 million, or 0.7%, from $56.1 million for the second quarter of 2017.

The efficiency ratio(1) for the third quarter of 2017 was 52.20%, an improvement relative to both the third quarter of 2016 and second quarter of 2017 ratios of 58.87% and 53.27%, respectively, reflecting ongoing focus on efficiency and revenue growth. The third quarter of 2017 represents the eighth consecutive quarter of improvements in the efficiency ratio for Cadence.

Asset Quality:

Nonperforming assets (“NPAs”) continued to decline during the quarter, totaling $121.8 million, or 1.5%, of total loans, OREO and other NPAs as of September 30, 2017, down from $141.4 million, or 1.8%, as of June 30, 2017, and down from $182.4 million, or 2.5%, as of September 30, 2016. The declines are due primarily to resolutions, paydowns and general improvement of energy credits. At September 30, 2017, $98.2 million, or 80.6%, of the NPAs related to the energy portfolio, down from $109.4 million at June 30, 2017. Additionally, of the $82.0 million in energy nonperforming loans included in total nonperforming assets as of September 30, 2017, over 85% were paying in accordance with contractual terms.

Net-charge offs were $173 thousand during the quarter ended September 30, 2017, as compared to $25.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and $1.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017. The allowance for credit losses (“ACL”) was $94.8 million, or 1.18% of total loans, as of September 30, 2017, as compared to $91.2 million, or 1.26% of total loans, as of September 30, 2016 and $93.2 million, or 1.21% of total loans, as of June 30, 2017. At September 30, 2017, the ACL included reserves for the energy portfolio of 2.49% as compared to 3.22% as of September 30, 2016 and 3.15% as of June 30, 2017. Loan provisions for the third quarter of 2017 were $1.7 million as compared to $29.6 million in the prior year quarter and $6.7 million in the second quarter of 2017. The declines in loan provisions resulted primarily from the reduction in non-performing loans and related valuation reserves, improved environmental factors in the energy sector and lower net charge-offs. As of September 30, 2017, the ACL also included approximately $2.0 million in reserves specifically associated with heightened risks surrounding our certain of our mortgage loan customers impacted by the hurricanes in the quarter.

Two “Category 4” hurricanes moved through our geographic footprint during the quarter. Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas in late August and Hurricane Irma hit Florida in early September. Our technology and operations in the affected areas continued to function throughout the storms, and we were able to re-open all but one of our 25 branches in the impacted footprint for regular business hours within days of the storm and with negligible repairs and costs, and all branches are now open. Based on our outreach to and analysis of our commercial customers, most with robust business continuity and disaster recovery plans, we have not identified any expected losses in the commercial portfolio to date. Based on our outreach to and analysis of our mortgage customers in the impacted areas, and in consideration of factors that increase the risks associated with these mortgages, we concluded that increasing reserves by approximately $2.0 million was appropriate as of September 30, 2017. We will continue to closely monitor all of our impacted customers as recovery efforts continue in the area.

Supplementary Financial Tables (Unaudited):

Supplementary Financial Tables (Unaudited) are included in this release following the customary disclosure information.

Third Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call:

Cadence Bancorporation executive management will host a conference call to discuss third quarter 2017 results on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at 10.00 a.m. CT / 11:00 a.m. ET. Slides to be presented by management on the conference call can be viewed by visiting www.cadencebancorporation.com and selecting “Events & Presentations” then “Event Calendar”.

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End Date: November 8, 2017
 

Webcast Access:

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About Cadence Bancorporation

Cadence Bancorporation (NYSE:CADE) is a $10.5 billion in assets regional bank holding company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Through its affiliates, Cadence operates 65 locations in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, and provides corporations, middle-market companies, small businesses and consumers with a full range of innovative banking and financial solutions. Services and products include commercial and business banking, treasury management, specialized lending, commercial real estate, foreign exchange, wealth management, investment and trust services, financial planning, retirement plan management, business and personal insurance, consumer banking, consumer loans, mortgages, home equity lines and loans, and credit cards. Clients have access to leading-edge online and mobile solutions, interactive teller machines, and 56,000 ATMs. The Cadence team of 1,200 associates is committed to exceeding customer expectations and helping their clients succeed financially. Cadence Bank, N.A., Cadence Insurance, and Linscomb & Williams are direct or indirect subsidiaries of Cadence Bancorporation.

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About Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Certain of the financial measures and ratios we present, including “efficiency ratio,” “adjusted noninterest expenses,” “adjusted operating revenue,” “tangible common equity ratio,” “tangible book value per share” and “return on average tangible common equity” and “pre-tax, pre-provision net earnings,” are supplemental measures that are not required by, or are not presented in accordance with, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). We refer to these financial measures and ratios as “non-GAAP financial measures.” We consider the use of select non-GAAP financial measures and ratios to be useful for financial and operational decision making and useful in evaluating period-to-period comparisons. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance by excluding certain expenditures or assets that we believe are not indicative of our primary business operating results or by presenting certain metrics on a fully taxable equivalent basis. We believe that management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting, analyzing and comparing past, present and future periods.

These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP and you should not rely on non-GAAP financial measures alone as measures of our performance. The non-GAAP financial measures we present may differ from non-GAAP financial measures used by our peers or other companies. We compensate for these limitations by providing the equivalent GAAP measures whenever we present the non-GAAP financial measures and by including a reconciliation of the impact of the components adjusted for in the non-GAAP financial measure so that both measures and the individual components may be considered when analyzing our performance. A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures is included at the end of the financial statement tables (Table 7).

(1) Considered a non-GAAP financial measure. See Table 7 “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of our non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

     

Table 1 - Selected Financial Data

 
As of and for the Three Months Ended
(In thousands, except per share data) September 30,

2017

      June 30,

2017

      March 31,

2017

      December 31,

2016

    September 30,

2016

Statement of Operations Data:
Interest income $ 99,503 $ 99,375 $ 89,619 $ 87,068 $ 84,654
Interest expense   18,340   16,991   14,861   14,570   14,228
Net interest income 81,163 82,384 74,758 72,498 70,426
Provision for credit losses   1,723   6,701   5,786   (5,222 )   29,627
Net interest income after provision 79,440 75,683 68,972 77,720 40,799
Noninterest income - service fees and revenue 23,014 22,144 22,489 20,605 20,879
- other noninterest income 4,110 845 1,616 1,755 1,912
Noninterest expense   56,530   56,134   54,321   55,394   54,876
Income before income taxes 50,034 42,538 38,756 44,686 8,714
Income tax expense   17,457   13,570   12,639   15,701   2,107
Net income $ 32,577 $ 28,968 $ 26,117 $ 28,985 $ 6,607
Period-End Balance Sheet Data:
Investment securities, available-for-sale $ 1,198,032 $ 1,079,935 $ 1,116,280 $ 1,139,347 $ 1,031,319
Total loans, net of unearned income 8,028,938 7,716,621 7,561,472 7,432,711 7,207,313
Allowance for credit losses 94,765 93,215 88,304 82,268 91,169
Total assets 10,502,261 9,811,557 9,720,937 9,530,888 9,444,010
Total deposits 8,501,102 7,930,383 7,841,710 8,016,749 7,917,289
Noninterest-bearing deposits 2,071,594 1,857,809 1,871,514 1,840,955 1,642,480
Interest-bearing deposits 6,429,508 6,072,574 5,970,196 6,175,794 6,274,809
Borrowings and subordinated debentures 572,683 499,266 682,568 331,712 332,787
Total shareholders’ equity 1,340,848 1,304,054 1,105,976 1,080,498 1,111,783
Average Balance Sheet Data:
Investment securities, available-for-sale $ 1,169,182 $ 1,099,307 $ 1,125,174 $ 1,060,821 $ 1,110,836
Total loans, net of unearned income 7,867,794 7,650,048 7,551,173 7,375,446 7,225,365
Allowance for credit losses 94,706 90,366 82,258 95,042 93,132
Total assets 10,024,871 9,786,355 9,670,593 9,596,574 9,400,145
Total deposits 8,139,969 7,940,421 8,025,068 7,925,281 7,843,582
Noninterest-bearing deposits 1,982,784 1,845,447 1,857,657 1,784,422 1,697,633
Interest-bearing deposits 6,157,185 6,094,974 6,167,411 6,140,859 6,145,949
Borrowings and subordinated debentures 484,798 510,373 474,976 500,045 368,192
Total shareholders’ equity 1,320,884 1,251,217 1,090,905 1,094,182 1,118,603
 

Table 1 (Continued) - Selected Financial Data

     
As of and for the Three Months Ended
(In thousands, except per share data) September 30,

2017

    June 30,

2017

    March 31,

2017

    December 31,

2016

    September 30,

2016

Per Share Data:(3)
Earnings
Basic $ 0.39 $ 0.35 $ 0.35 $ 0.39 $ 0.09
Diluted 0.39 0.35 0.35 0.38 0.09
Book value per common share 16.03 15.59 14.75 14.41 14.82
Tangible book value (1) 12.10 11.64 10.33 9.97 10.37

Weighted average common shares outstanding

Basic 83,625,000 81,918,956 75,000,000 75,000,000 75,000,000
Diluted 83,955,685 81,951,795 75,672,750 75,402,525 75,258,375
Performance Ratios:

Return on average common equity (2)

9.78 % 9.29 % 9.71 % 10.54 % 2.35 %

Return on average tangible common equity (1) (2)

13.04 12.63 13.96 15.16 3.36
Return on average assets (2) 1.29 1.19 1.10 1.20 0.28
Net interest margin (2) 3.52 3.71 3.46 3.31 3.27
Efficiency ratio (1) 52.20 53.27 54.95 58.40 58.87
Asset Quality Ratios:

Total nonperforming assets ("NPAs") to total loans and OREO and other NPAs (4)

1.51 % 1.82 % 2.25 % 2.22 % 2.52 %

Total nonperforming loans to total loans (4)

0.96 1.36 1.77 1.73 2.13
Total ACL to total loans 1.18 1.21 1.17 1.11 1.26

ACL to total nonperforming loans ("NPLs")

122.66 88.81 65.80 63.83 59.34

Net charge-offs to average loans (2)

0.01 0.09 (0.01 ) 0.20 1.41
Capital Ratios:

Total shareholders’ equity to assets

12.77 % 13.29 % 11.38 % 11.34 % 11.77 %

Tangible common equity to tangible assets (1)

9.95 10.27 8.25 8.13 8.54

Common equity tier 1 (CET1) (transitional)

10.79 10.92 8.99 8.84 8.82
Tier 1 leverage capital 11.12 11.00 9.10 8.89 8.73
Tier 1 risk-based capital 11.17 11.31 9.36 9.19 9.17
Total risk-based capital 13.18 13.41 11.43 11.22 11.38
(1) - Considered a non-GAAP financial measure. See Table 7 "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for a reconciliation of our non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.
(2) - Annualized.
(3) - 75,000,000 of our outstanding shares are owned by our parent-holding company Cadence Bancorp LLC
(4) - Included in our NPAs as of September 30, 2017 is an $9.9 million nonperforming energy credit that has been reclassified as held-for-sale (HFS) and is being carried at lower of cost or market value ("LOCOM"). Because this credit has been reclassified to HFS it has not been included in our investment loan portfolio ratios in order for these ratios to be comparable to prior periods.
   

Table 2 - Average Balances/Yield/Rates

 
Three Months Ended September 30,
2017   2016
Average   Income/   Yield/ Average   Income/   Yield/
(In thousands) Balance Expense Rate Balance Expense Rate
ASSETS    
Interest-earning assets:
Loans, net of unearned income(1)
Originated and ANCI loans $ 7,587,556 $ 84,321 4.41 % $ 6,869,321 $ 68,411 3.96 %
ACI portfolio   280,238   5,840 8.27   356,044   8,656 9.67
Total loans 7,867,794 90,161 4.55 7,225,365 77,067 4.24
Investment securities
Taxable 760,269 4,610 2.41 796,625 3,866 1.93
Tax-exempt (2)   408,913   5,046 4.90   314,211     3,671 4.65

 

Total investment securities 1,169,182 9,656 3.28 1,110,836 7,537 2.70
Federal funds sold and short-term investments 267,684 1,072 1.59 354,720 662 0.74
Other investments   49,661   380 3.04   42,896     673 6.25
Total interest-earning assets 9,354,321 101,269 4.30 8,733,817 85,939 3.91
Noninterest-earning assets:
Cash and due from banks 60,760 45,873
Premises and equipment 65,308 69,247
Accrued interest and other assets 639,188 644,340
Allowance for credit losses   (94,706 )   (93,132 )
Total assets $ 10,024,871 $ 9,400,145
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Demand deposits $ 4,329,086 $ 7,300 0.67 % $ 4,130,126 $ 4,494 0.43 %
Savings deposits 180,099 113 0.25 180,452 110 0.24
Time deposits   1,648,000   5,665 1.36   1,835,371   4,676 1.01
Total interest-bearing deposits 6,157,185 13,078 0.84 6,145,949 9,280 0.60
Other borrowings 349,925 2,926 3.32 234,072 2,670 4.54
Subordinated debentures   134,873   2,336 6.87   134,120   2,278 6.76
Total interest-bearing liabilities 6,641,983 18,340 1.10 6,514,141 14,228 0.87
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
Demand deposits 1,982,784 1,697,633
Accrued interest and other liabilities   79,220   69,768
Total liabilities 8,703,987 8,281,542
Stockholders' equity   1,320,884   1,118,603
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 10,024,871 $ 9,400,145
Net interest income/net interest spread 82,929   3.20 % 71,711   3.04 %

Net yield on earning assets/net interest margin

  3.52 %   3.27 %
Taxable equivalent adjustment:
Investment securities   (1,766 )   (1,285 )
Net interest income $ 81,163 $ 70,426

 

(1) Nonaccrual loans are included in loans, net of unearned income. No adjustment has been made for these loans in the calculation of yields.

(2) Interest income and yields are presented on a fully taxable equivalent basis using a tax rate of 35%.
   

Table 3 – Loan Interest Income Detail

 
For the Three Months Ended,
(In thousands)

September 30,
2017

 

June 30,
2017

 

March 31,
2017

 

December 31,
2016

 

September 30,
2016

Loan Interest Income Detail
Interest income on loans, excluding ACI loans $ 84,321 $ 79,904 $ 73,869 $ 71,237 $ 68,411
Scheduled accretion for the period 5,550 6,075 6,331 6,845 7,296
Recovery income for the period   290   4,450   610   968   1,360

Accretion on acquired credit impaired (ACI) loans

  5,840   10,525   6,941   7,813   8,656
Loan interest income $ 90,161 $ 90,429 $ 80,810 $ 79,050 $ 77,067
 
Loan yield, excluding ACI loans 4.41 % 4.36 % 4.14 % 4.03 % 3.96 %
ACI loan yield   8.27   14.02   8.89   9.21   9.67
Total loan yield   4.55 %   4.74 %   4.34 %   4.26 %   4.24 %
     

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,

For the Years Ended December 31,

(In thousands) 2017   2016 2016   2015
Loan Interest Income Detail
Interest income on loans, excluding ACI loans $ 238,095 $ 197,747 $ 268,984 $ 216,422
Scheduled accretion for the period 17,955 24,024 30,870 46,042
Recovery income for the period   5,350   4,732   5,699   9,970
Total accretion income on purchased loans (ACI loans)   23,305   28,756   36,569   56,012
Loan interest income $ 261,400 $ 226,503 $ 305,553 $ 272,434
 
Loan yield, excluding ACI loans 4.31 % 3.92 % 3.95 % 3.63 %
ACI loan yield   10.41   9.92   9.75   10.49
Total loan yield   4.54 %   4.25 %   4.25 %   4.20 %
   

Table 4 - Allowance for Credit Losses

 
For the Three Months Ended
(In thousands)

September 30,
2017

 

June 30,
2017

 

March 31,
2017

 

December 31,
2016

 

September 30,
2016

Balance at beginning of period $ 93,215 $ 88,304 $ 82,268 $ 91,169 $ 87,147
Charge-offs (581 ) (2,879 ) (551 ) (3,922 ) (26,868 )
Recoveries   408   1,089   801   243   1,263
Net (charge-offs) recoveries   (173 )   (1,790 )   250   (3,679 )   (25,605 )
Provision for (reversal of) credit losses   1,723   6,701   5,786   (5,222 )   29,627
Balance at end of period $ 94,765 $ 93,215 $ 88,304 $ 82,268 $ 91,169
   

Table 5 -Noninterest Income

 
Three Months Ended
(In thousands)

September 30,
2017

   

June 30,
2017

 

March 31,
2017

   

December 31,
2016

   

September 30,
2016

Noninterest Income    
Investment advisory revenue $ 5,283 $ 5,061 $ 4,916 $ 4,821 $ 4,733
Trust services revenue 4,613 4,584 5,231 4,109 3,959
Service charges on deposit accounts 3,920 3,784 3,815 3,614 3,555
Credit-related fees 3,306 2,741 2,747 2,875 2,690
Insurance revenue 1,950 1,828 2,130 1,577 1,863
Bankcard fees 1,803 1,862 1,812 1,813 1,823
Mortgage banking revenue 965 1,213 866 1,019 1,459
Other service fees earned   1,174   1,071   972   777     797
Total service fees and revenue   23,014   22,144   22,489   20,605     20,879
Securities (losses) gains, net 1 (244 ) 81 1,267 1,386
Other   4,109   1,089   1,535   488   526
Total other noninterest income   4,110   845   1,616   1,755   1,912
Total noninterest income (GAAP) 27,124 22,989 24,105 22,360 22,791
Less: Securities (losses) gains   1   (244 )   81   1,267   1,386
Adjusted noninterest operating revenue (Non-GAAP measure) $ 27,123 $ 23,233 $ 24,024 $ 21,093 $ 21,405
 
 

Table 6 -Noninterest Expense

 
Three Months Ended
(In thousands)

September 30,
2017

 

June 30,
2017

March 31,
2017

 

December 31,
2016

September 30,
2016

Noninterest Expenses
Salaries and employee benefits $ 35,007 $ 34,682 $ 34,267 $ 28,139 $ 31,086
Premises and equipment 7,419 7,180 6,693 7,475 7,130
Intangible asset amortization 1,136 1,190 1,241 1,555 1,607
Net cost of operation of other real estate owned 453 427 296 1,117 1,126
Data processing 1,688 1,702 1,696 1,767 1,530
Special asset expenses 215 469 140 670 477
Consulting and professional fees 2,069 1,502 1,139 2,288 2,040
Loan related expenses 532 757 280 1,236 985
FDIC insurance 889 954 1,493 1,517 1,912
Communications 650 675 655 741 535
Advertising and public relations 521 499 345 344 303
Legal expenses 612 508 432 662 337
Branch closure expenses 50 47 46 47 52
Other   5,289   5,542   5,598   7,836   5,756
Total noninterest expenses $ 56,530 $ 56,134 $ 54,321 $ 55,394 $ 54,876
   

Table 7 - Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 
As of and for the Three Months Ended
(In thousands)

September 30,
2017

 

June 30,
2017

 

March 31,
2017

 

December 31,
2016

 

September 30,
2016

Efficiency ratio      
Noninterest expenses (numerator) $ 56,530 $ 56,134 $ 54,321 $ 55,394 $ 54,876
Net interest income $ 81,163 $ 82,384 $ 74,758 $ 72,498 $ 70,426
Noninterest income   27,124   22,989   24,105   22,360   22,791
Operating revenue (denominator) $ 108,287 $ 105,373 $ 98,863 $ 94,858 $ 93,217
Efficiency ratio   52.20 %   53.27 %   54.95 %   58.40 %   58.87 %
Adjusted noninterest expenses and operating revenue
Noninterest expense $ 56,530 $ 56,134 $ 54,321 $ 55,394 $ 54,876
Less: Branch closure expenses   50   47   46   47   52
Adjusted noninterest expenses $ 56,480 $ 56,087 $ 54,275 $ 55,347 $ 54,824
Net interest income $ 81,163 $ 82,384 $ 74,758 $ 72,498 $ 70,426
Noninterest income 27,124 22,989 24,105 22,360 22,791
Less: Securities (losses) gains, net   1   (244 )   81   1,267   1,386
Adjusted operating revenue $ 108,286 $ 105,617 $ 98,782 $ 93,591 $ 91,831
Tangible common equity ratio
Shareholders’ equity $ 1,340,848 $ 1,304,054 $ 1,105,976 $ 1,080,498 $ 1,111,783
Less: Goodwill and other intangible assets, net   (329,124 )   (330,261 )   (331,450 )   (332,691 )   (334,246 )
Tangible common shareholders’ equity   1,011,724   973,793   774,526   747,807   777,537
Total assets 10,502,261 9,811,557 9,720,937 9,530,888 9,444,010
Less: Goodwill and other intangible assets, net   (329,124 )   (330,261 )   (331,450 )   (332,691 )   (334,246 )
Tangible assets $ 10,173,137 $ 9,481,296 $ 9,389,487 $ 9,198,197 $ 9,109,764
Tangible common equity ratio   9.95 %   10.27 %   8.25 %   8.13 %   8.54 %
Tangible book value per share
Shareholders’ equity $ 1,340,848 $ 1,304,054 $ 1,105,976 $ 1,080,498 $ 1,111,783
Less: Goodwill and other intangible assets, net   (329,124 )   (330,261 )   (331,450 )   (332,691 )   (334,246 )
Tangible common shareholders’ equity $ 1,011,724 $ 973,793 $ 774,526 $ 747,807 $ 777,537
Common shares issued   83,625,000   83,625,000   75,000,000   75,000,000   75,000,000
Tangible book value per share $ 12.10 $ 11.64 $ 10.33 $ 9.97 $ 10.37
Return on average tangible common equity
Average common equity $ 1,320,884 $ 1,251,217 $ 1,090,905 $ 1,094,182 $ 1,118,603
Less: Average intangible assets   (329,816 )   (330,977 )   (332,199 )   (333,640 )   (335,215 )
Average tangible common shareholders’ equity $ 991,068 $ 920,240 $ 758,706 $ 760,542 $ 783,388
Net income $ 32,577 $ 28,968 $ 26,117 $ 28,985 $ 6,607
Return on average tangible common equity   13.04 %   12.63 %   13.96 %   15.16 %   3.36 %
Pre-tax, pre-provision net earnings
Income before taxes $ 50,034 $ 42,538 $ 38,756 $ 44,686 $ 8,714
Plus: Provision for credit losses   1,723   6,701   5,786   (5,222 )   29,627
Pre-tax, pre-provision net earnings $ 51,757 $ 49,239 $ 44,542 $ 39,464 $ 38,341

Contacts

Cadence Bancorporation
Media contact:
Danielle Kernell, 713-871-4051
danielle.kernell@cadencebank.com
or
Investor relations contact:
Valerie Toalson, 713-871-4103 or 800-698-7878
vtoalson@cadencebancorporation.com

Release Summary

Cadence Bancorporation reports third quarter 2017 results, noting positive progress.

Contacts

Cadence Bancorporation
Media contact:
Danielle Kernell, 713-871-4051
danielle.kernell@cadencebank.com
or
Investor relations contact:
Valerie Toalson, 713-871-4103 or 800-698-7878
vtoalson@cadencebancorporation.com