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Midland States Bancorp, Inc. Announces 2024 Third Quarter Results
Third Quarter 2024 Highlights: Net income available to common shareholders of $16.2 million, or $0.74 per diluted shareAdjusted pre-tax, pre-provision
About this update from Midland States Bancorp, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"Third Quarter 2024 Highlights: Net income available to common shareholders of $16.2 million, or $0.74 per diluted shareAdjusted pre-tax, pre-provision earnings of $27.5 millionTangible book value per share increased to $24.90, compared to $23.36 at June 30, 2024Common equity tier 1 capital ratio improved to 9.00%, compared to 8.64% at June 30, 2024Net interest margin of 3.10%, compared to 3.12% in prior quarterEfficiency ratio of 62.8%, compared to 65.2% in prior quarter EFFINGHAM, Ill., Oct. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Midland States Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSBI) (the “Company”) today reported net income available to common shareholders of $16.2 million, or $0.74 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $4.5 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2024. This also compares to net income available to common shareholders of $9.2 million, or $0.41 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2023. Provision expense was $5.0 million in the third quarter of 2024 compared to $16.8 million and $5.2 million in the second quarter of 2024 and the third quarter of 2023, respectively. The elevated provision expense in the second quarter of 2024 was primarily due to credit deterioration and servicing issues involving one of our fintech partners, LendingPoint, subsequent to their system conversion in late 2023. Jeffrey G. Ludwig, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, said, “We executed well in the third quarter and delivered a higher level of profitability while making continued progress on our balance sheet management strategies, which resulted in further increases in all of our capital ratios, an increase in our tangible book value per share, and an increase in our level of liquidity with a reduction in our loan-to-deposit ratio. We continue to utilize the payoffs resulting from the intentional reduction of our equipment finance and consumer portfolios to fund high quality loans generated in our community bank and the purchase of investment securities. We are also seeing good results from the investments we have made in the business, such as increasing our presence and business development efforts in the St. Louis market, where our loan balances increased at an annualized rate of 12% during the third quarter, and growth in our Wealth Management revenues due to an increase in assets ...