Investar Holding Corporation · NASDAQ:ISTR

Investar — Investor Presentation (October 2020)

28 slides from Investar's investor presentation, Oct 13, 2020

  1. Slide 1: Investar Holding Corporation

    Exhibit 99.1 M Sy INVESTAR _ HOLDING CORPORATION NASDAQ: ISTR

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statements

    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This presentation may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that reflect the Company’s current views with respect to, among other things, future events and financial performance. The www.investarbank.c

  3. Slide 3: Company Profile as of June 30, 2020

    COMPANY PROFILE AS OF June 30, 2020 Market Data Q2 Financial Highlights Shares Outstanding 10,839,977 Assets $2.4 billion Market Cap $157.2 million Net Loans $1.8 billion Price per Share $14.50 Deposits $1.9 billion Dividend Yield 1.66% Tangible Equity(1) $204.0 million Price/ Tangible Book Value 77

  4. Slide 4: Senior Management

    SENIOR MANAGEMENT John J. D’Angelo, • Founding President and Chief Executive Officer President & CEO • New Orleans native; graduate of Louisiana State University • Prior to founding Investar, Mr. D’Angelo was president and director of Aegis Lending Corporation, a mortgage lending company with operat

  5. Slide 5: Accomplishments Since IPO

    ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE IPO Since IPO in June 2014, Investar has experienced significant progress: Further Established in Four Key Louisiana Markets Shifted from Consumer Loans to C&I and CRE Focus Maintained High Quality Organic Loan Growth Transitioned from Transactional Banking to Relationship Bank

  6. Slide 6: Investar Timeline

    INVESTAR TIMELINE 2020 Acquired two 2014 branches from Completed 2018 Hilltop Holdings initial public Opened additional offering branch in our Baton $2,359 Rouge market 2012 $2,149 Entered the New Orleans market $1,786 $1,623 $1,159 $1,032 $879 $635 $375 $279 $143 $174 $209 $30 $66 2006 2007 2008 20

  7. Slide 7: Investar Snapshot

    INVESTAR SNAPSHOT Company overview Financial highlights Year Ended December 31, Dollars in thousands, except share data 2018 2019 Q2 2020 Financial Highlights • Chartered as a de novo commercial bank in June 2006 by John J. D’Angelo, Total Assets $ 1,786,469 $ 2,148,916 $ 2,359,363 the current Presi

  8. Slide 8: Opportunistic Acquisitions

    OPPORTUNISTIC ACQUISITIONS Branch map Six whole bank transactions since 2011 ISTR South Louisiana Business Bank: Announced June 2011, Closed October 2011 South Louisiana Business Bank • 1 Branch in Prairieville, LA • First Community Bank $31.5 million in gross loans and $38.6 million in deposits¹ Ci

  9. Slide 9: Recent Acquisitions

    RECENT ACQUISITIONS Investar Holding Corporation (24) Bank of York (2) HTH Branch Acquisition (2) HTH branches in Alice and Victoria, Texas Bank of York, York, Alabama • Closed on February 21, 2020 • Closed on November 1, 2019 • 2 Branches – Alice and Victoria, TX • $15 million cash • Pricing – 100%

  10. Slide 10: Total Assets

    Total Assets (in millions) 2,359 81 2,149 1,786 1,623 1,032 1,159 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Q2 2020 Assets Held for Sale *Represents the compounded annual growth rate for the five years ended December 31, 2019 10

  11. Slide 11: Total Loans

    TotalTotal Loans (in millions) 7.2% 20.8% 11.3% 40.9% 19.9%* 1,814 1,692 81 1,401 1,259 893 745 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Q2 2020 Loans Held for Sale * Growth % excludes Loans HFS 11

  12. Slide 12: Loan Composition

    LOAN COMPOSITION 2018 2019 Q2 2020 Increase/(Decrease) (dollars in thousands) Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Mortgage loans on real estate Construction and land development $ 157,946 11.3% $ 197,797 11.7% $ 199,419 11.0% $ 1,622 0.8% 1-4 Family 287,137 20.5 321,489 19.0% 326,102 18.0 4,613 1.4

  13. Slide 13: Loan Composition June 30, 2020

    LOAN COMPOSITION June 30, 2020 Consumer 1% Construction & land development 11% C&I 22% CRE 43% Residential/Farmland 23% Total Loans: $1.8 billion YTD Yield on loans: 5.05% 47% of CRE is owner-occupied 13

  14. Slide 14: Loan Composition: Business Lending Portfolio

    LOAN COMPOSITION Business Lending Portfolio1 Health Care and Construction Social Assistance 7% 13% Other Industries less than 5% 28% Retail Trade 13% Wholesale Trade Real Estate and Rental and Professional, Scientific, & 10% Leasing Technical 10% 12% Manufacturing 7% Total Business Lending Portfolio

  15. Slide 15: Credit Metrics

    CREDIT METRICS NPAs / Total Loans + OREO 2.00% 1.33% 0.97% 1.00% 0.84% 0.79% 0.77% 0.67% 0.68% 0.72% 0.74% 0.60% 0.42% 0.38% 0.00% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Q2 2020 Investar Peers¹ NCOs / Average Loans 0.20% 0.14% 0.12% 0.11% 0.10% 0.10% 0.09% 0.10% 0.07% 0.08% 0.08% 0.05% 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% 2015 2016

  16. Slide 16: Disciplined Lending

    DISCIPLINED LENDING Reserves / Total Loans 1.00% 0.92% 0.82% 0.79% 0.80% 0.67% 0.63% 0.63% 0.60% 0.40% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Q2 2020 Reserves / NPLs Provision Expense / NCOs 35.0x 32.6x 600% 30.0x 500% 25.0x 400% 356% 20.0x 300% 254% 214% 15.0x 200% 159% 171% 188% 10.0x 5.1x 100% 2.6x 5.0x 1.8x 2

  17. Slide 17: Deposit Composition and Growth

    DEPOSIT COMPOSITION AND GROWTH Deposit Composition ¹ ($1.9 billion) Noninterest-bearing CDs demand deposits 35% 25% Interest-bearing demand deposits Savings 23% 7% Money market 10% Cost of interest-bearing deposits1: 1.34% Target: 20% of total deposits are noninterest-bearing Growth in noninterest-b

  18. Slide 18: Deposit Composition and Growth: Total Deposits

    DEPOSIT COMPOSITION AND GROWTH Total Deposits $2,000 $1,800 $1,890 $1,708 $1,600 $1,400 $1,362 $1,200 $1,225 $1,000 $908 Total Deposits ($ millions) ($ Deposits Total $800 $737 $600 $400 $200 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Q2 2020 *Represents the compounded annual growth rate for the five years ended Dece

  19. Slide 19: Financial Highlights

    FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Year Ended December 31, Dollars in thousands, except share data 2018 2019 Q2 2020 Financial Highlights Total Assets $ 1,786,469 $ 2,148,916 $ 2,359,363 Gross Loans 1,400,825 1,691,975 1,813,971 Total Deposits 1,361,731 1,707,706 1,889,588 Total Stockholders' Equity 182,262 241,9

  20. Slide 20: Performance Metrics

    PERFORMANCE METRICS Net Interest Margin 4.00% 3.61% 3.61% 3.51% 3.46% 3.00% 3.32% 3.39% Margin (%) Margin 2.00% Interest Net Net 1.00% 0.00% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Q2 2020 Core Return on Average Assets 1.00% 0.95% 0.91% 0.80% 1 0.76% 0.60% 0.69% 0.65% 0.62% 0.40% Core ROAA (%) ROAA Core 0.20% 0.00

  21. Slide 21: Performance Metrics: Expense Ratios

    PERFORMANCE METRICS Expense Ratios 100.0% 4.00% 1 90.0% 2.97% 2.48% 3.00% 2.41% 2.43% 2.29% 2.53% 80.0% 2.00% 70.0% 68.9% 67.6% 67.0% 1.00% 66.2% (%) AssetsAvg. Core Efficiency (%) Core Efficiency Ratio 60.0% 63.8% 65.4% Noninterest Expense Expense Noninterest / 50.0% 0.00% 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

  22. Slide 22: Profitability

    PROFITABILITY Net Income and Diluted Earnings Per Share $6,000 $0.48 $0.46 $0.50 $0.39 $0.32 $5,000 $0.30 $4,934 $4,657 per Share (Thousands) $4,000 $4,274 $0.05 $0.10 Income $3,000 $3,331 Net -$0.10 Earnings Diluted $2,000 -$0.30 $1,000 $608 $0 -$0.50 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2019 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Core Di

  23. Slide 23: Investar Strategy

    INVESTAR STRATEGY 1 Management • Continue to add experienced bankers in new and existing markets 2 Market • Southern Louisiana focus with complementary new market expansion 3 Growth • Leverage existing infrastructure in core markets • Limited de novo branching • Opportunistic, disciplined acquisitio

  24. Slide 24: Appendix

    APPENDIX 24

  25. Slide 25: Non-GAAP Financial Measures

    NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES Tangible equity, tangible book value per share, and the ratio of tangible equity to tangible assets are not financial measures recognized under GAAP and, therefore, are considered non- GAAP financial measures. Our management, banking regulators, many financial analysts an

  26. Slide 26: Non-GAAP Financial Measures

    NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES December 31, Dollar values in thousands except per share amounts 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Q2 2020 Net interest income (x) $ 31,458 $ 34,739 $ 42,517 $ 57,370 $ 64,818 $ 18,339 Provision for loan losses 1,865 2,079 1,540 2,570 1,908 2,500 Adjusted net interest income after

  27. Slide 27: Non-GAAP Financial Measures

    NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES Dollar values in thousands except per share amounts Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2019 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Net interest income (a) $ 16,331 $ 16,366 $ 16,965 $ 17,335 $ 18,339 Provision for loan losses 369 538 736 3,760 2,500 Net interest income after provision for loan losses 15,962 15

  28. Slide 28: Income Statement

    INCOME STATEMENT December 31, (dollars in thousands, except share data) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Q2 2020 INTEREST INCOME Interest and fees on loans $ 35,076 $ 39,380 $ 47,863 $ 66,750 $ 80,954 $ 22,118 Interest on investment securities 2,189 3,565 5,055 6,608 7,440 1,455 Other interest income 75 207

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