United Community Banks, Inc. · NYSE:UCB

United Community Banks — Q1 2016 Earnings Presentation

39 slides from United Community Banks's earnings presentation, Apr 27, 2016

  1. Slide 1: Investor Presentation First Quarter 2016

    INVESTOR PRESENTATION First Quarter 2016 April 27, 2016 ucbi.com | 1

  2. Slide 2: Disclosures

    Disclosures CAUTIONARY STATEMENT This investor presentation may contain forward-looking operating efficiency ratio, operating dividend payout ratio, statements, as defined by federal securities laws, operating expenses, pre-tax, pre-credit earnings, tangible including statements about United’s finan

  3. Slide 3: Snapshot of United Community Banks, Inc.

    Snapshot of United Community Banks, Inc. Market Data Ticker UCBI Price (as of 4/22/16) $20.14 Market Cap $1.4B P/E (2016e) 14.3x P/TBV 166% Avg. Daily Vol. (LTM) 374,367 Institutional Ownership 78.0% Quarterly Dividend $0.07 First Quarter 2016 Assets $9.8B Loans $6.1B Deposits $8.0B EPS $0.33 Total

  4. Slide 4: United Foundation – The Bank that SERVICE Built

    United Foundation – The Bank that SERVICE Built ucbi.com | 4 ucbi.com | 4

  5. Slide 5: First Quarter 2016 Highlights

    First Quarter 2016 Highlights Operating Earnings Per Share Net Interest Revenue Fee Revenue EARNINGS (1) in millions in millions $74.0 $75.2 $22 $21.3 $0.34 $0.33 $0.33 $75 $0.33 $0.32 $20 $0.32 $70 $18.3 $18.6 $65.7 $18 $0.30 $65 $17.3 $0.29 $61.3 $15.7 $0.28 $60 $16 $57.6 $0.26 $55 $14 1Q15 2Q15 3

  6. Slide 6: First Quarter 2016 Highlights

    First Quarter 2016 Highlights 2015 2016 Variance - Incr / (Decr) taxable equivalent Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q415 Q115 (2) (3) EARNINGS SUMMARY ($ in thousands) (1) Operating Net Income $17,670 $19,989 $21,726 $23,800 $23,944 $ 144 $ 6,274 Net Income 17,670 17,796 17,862 18,183 22,274 4,091 4,604 Net Interest

  7. Slide 7: First Quarter 2016 Highlights

    First Quarter 2016 Highlights (in millions) 1Q16 4Q15 1Q15 Net Income Operating(1) $ 23.9 $ 23.8 $ 17.7 ($ in millions) GAAP 22.3 18.2 17.7 EPS Operating(1) .33 .33 .29 GAAP .31 .25 .29 ROA Operating(1) 1.00 % .99% .94% GAAP .93 .76 .94 ROTCE Operating(1) 10.91 10.87 9.46 ROCE GAAP 8.57 7.02 9.34 Pr

  8. Slide 8: First Quarter 2016 Highlights

    First Quarter 2016 Highlights Increasing Profitability Taxable ► $75.2 Million - Loan And Investment Security Growth And Improved Net Interest Margin Yields Equivalent Positive Net Interest Revenue Results Net Interest ● Increased $1.2 million from 4Q15 and $17.6 million from 1Q15 Revenue ● Average

  9. Slide 9: First Quarter 2016 Highlights

    First Quarter 2016 Highlights Generating Growth ► Well-Diversified Loan Portfolio ● Increased $111 million from the fourth quarter 2015, or 7% annualized, and $439 million from Loan Growth the first quarter 2015, or 9%, excluding mergers and healthcare loan sale ● Strong loan production of $562 mill

  10. Slide 10: Protecting High-Quality Balance Sheet: Credit Quality

    Protecting High-Quality Balance Sheet Credit Quality $ in millions 1Q15 2Q15 3Q15 4Q15 1Q16 Net Charge-offs $ 2.6 $ 1.0 $ 1.4 $ 1.3 $ 2.1 as % of Average Loans 0.22 % 0.08 % 0.10 % 0.09 % 0.14 % Allowance for Loan Losses $ 70.0 $ 70.1 $ 69.1 $ 68.4 $ 66.3 as % of Total Loans 1.46 % 1.36 % 1.15 % 1.1

  11. Slide 11: Prudent Capital Management

    Protecting High-Quality Balance Sheet Prudent Capital Management Holding Company Target 1Q16 4Q15 3Q15 2Q15 1Q15 Tier I Risk-Based Capital 11 – 12% 11.3% 11.5% 11.4% 11.9% 11.5% Total Risk-Based Capital 12 – 13 12.3 12.5 12.5 13.1 12.8 Leverage 8.5 – 9.5 8.4 8.3 9.1 9.1 8.7 Tier I Common Risk-Based

  12. Slide 12: Earnings, Fee Revenue, and Operating Expenses

    Increasing Profitability Earnings, Fee Revenue, and Operating Expenses $80 $74.0 $75.2 $70 Net Interest Revenue $65.7 $60 $61.3 $57.6 $56.4 $55.2 Operating Expenses Millions $50 $48.5 $43.1 $45.2 $40 Pre-Tax, Pre-Credit $38.9 $38.6 Earnings $33.3 $35.5 $30 $30.2 Fee Revenue $20 $21.3 $17.3 $18.3 $18

  13. Slide 13: Key Drivers of Net Interest Revenue / Margin

    Increasing Profitability Key Drivers of Net Interest Revenue / Margin Net Interest Revenue & Margin 1Q16 Impacted By $80 $74.0 $75.2 NET INTEREST REVENUE $70 $65.7 ►Strong loan and $61.3 3.50% core deposit $60 3.41% Millions $57.6 3.34% growth 3.31% 3.30% 3.26% $50 3.25% ►Current rising $40 interest

  14. Slide 14: Fee Revenue

    Increasing Profitability Fee Revenue Driving Fee Revenue through Core Banking Infrastructure Fee Revenue SBA Fees (Gains) and SBA in millions Production (1) ► 1Q16 Sales $32 million in millions $25 $3 ► 2015 Sales $71 million $62 $60 ► Target market: small $2 businesses with revenue $21.3 $51 betwee

  15. Slide 15: New Loans Funded and Advances

    Generating Growth New Loans Funded and Advances(1) $ in millions New Loans Funded and Advances New Loans Funded and Advances by Region $590.0 Variance-Incr(Decr) $600 1Q16 4Q15 1Q15 4Q15 1Q15 $526.1 $562.3 $550 Atlanta $ 89.0 $ 94.7 $ 83.3 $ (5.7) $ 5.7 Coastal Georgia 39.2 59.2 43.4 (20.0) (4.2) $5

  16. Slide 16: Loan Mix

    Generating Growth Loan Mix $6.00 $6.11 Commercial construction $6.00 Commercial Income producing commercial real estate $5.00 $4.67 Owner occupied $4.18 $4.33 commercial real estate Commercial & industrial Billions $4.00 Indirect auto $3.00 Residential HELOC Retail $2.00 Residential mortgage $1.00 R

  17. Slide 17: Customer Deposit Mix

    Generating Growth Customer Deposit Mix $8.00 $7.53 $7.52 Time & Public Public funds $7.00 $6.00 $5.71 $5.78 $5.90 $5.00 Time (customer) Billions $4.00 Core Transaction $3.00 Interest bearing core transaction $2.00 $1.00 Non-interest bearing core transaction - 2012 2013 2014 2015 1Q16 Deposits Core T

  18. Slide 18: Customer Deposit Mix: Low-Cost Core Deposit Base

    Generating Growth Customer Deposit Mix High-Quality, Low-Cost Core Transaction Deposit Base $6.00 $5.25 $5.36 $5.00 $2.09 $2.20 Non-interest bearing in billions $4.00 $3.69 $3.44 core transaction $3.21 $3.00 $1.47 $1.31 $1.19 Interest bearing core $2.00 transaction $3.16 $3.16 $1.00 $2.02 $2.13 $2.2

  19. Slide 19: Acquisition of Tidelands Bancshares, Inc.

    Generating Growth Acquisition of Tidelands Bancshares, Inc. Transaction Summary Company Overview • $11.2 million aggregate transaction value; 100% cash consideration Headquarters Mt. Pleasant, SC ‒ $2.2 million value to common, or $0.52 per common share Established 2003 ‒ $9.0 million to redeem TARP

  20. Slide 20: Exhibits

    EXHIBITS ucbi.com | 20 ucbi.com | 20

  21. Slide 21: United Community Banks, Inc. Who We Are

    United Community Banks, Inc. Who We Are ► Underwriting conservatism and portfolio diversification ► Top quartile credit quality performance Protecting High- Quality Balance Sheet ► Prudent capital, liquidity and interest-rate risk management ► Focused on improving return to shareholders with increas

  22. Slide 22: Disciplined Credit Processes

    Protecting High-Quality Balance Sheet Disciplined Credit Processes Granular Portfolio – Exposure and Industry Limits •Legal Lending Limit $ 241M Concentration limits set •House Lending Limit 28M for all segments of the •Project Lending Limit 17M portfolio •Top 25 Relationships 332M Consistent Underw

  23. Slide 23: Loan Portfolio Transformation and Diversification

    Protecting High-Quality Balance Sheet Loan Portfolio Transformation and Diversification Portfolio as of 12/31/2008 Portfolio as of 3/31/2016 3% 7% 10% 14% 9% 27% 6% 12% 27% 14% 16% 6% 26% 23% Commercial (C&l) Commercial (C&I) Commercial Construction Commercial Construction CRE Income Producing CRE I

  24. Slide 24: Excellent Credit Performance and Management

    Protecting High-Quality Balance Sheet Excellent Credit Performance and Management 4Q15 NPA Ratio 1.8% 1.6% 1.4% 1.2% 1.0% 0.8% 0.6% Median 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% FMBI MBFI SIVB UCBI FMER BOKF ISBC WBS FNB ASB FCF BXS HBHC FHN TCB CVBF UBSI CBSH SBNY COLB BRKL NPBC WABC PFS PACW PNFP FFIN CATY TCBI WAFD UMPQ

  25. Slide 25: Performing Classified Loans

    Protecting High-Quality Balance Sheet Performing Classified Loans $ in millions $150 $136 $128 $130 $116 $113 $122 $110 1Q15 2Q15 3Q15 4Q15 1Q16 By Category 1Q15 2Q15 3Q15 4Q15 1Q16 Commercial & Industrial $ 7 $ 6 $ 6 $ 6 $ 8 Ow ner-Occupied CRE 44 40 42 40 32 Total Commercial & Industrial 51 46 48

  26. Slide 26: TDRs

    Protecting High-Quality Balance Sheet TDRs $ in millions LOAN TYPE Accruing Non-Accruing Total TDRs (1) 1Q16 4Q15 1Q15 1Q16 4Q15 1Q15 1Q16 4Q15 1Q15 Commercial & Industrial $ 2.2 $ 2.8 $ 2.8 $ - $ 0.1 $ 0.1 $ 2.2 $ 2.9 $ 2.9 Ow ner-Occupied CRE 24.7 30.8 28.2 2.6 1.3 1.0 27.3 32.1 29.2 Income-Produc

  27. Slide 27: Commercial Real Estate Diversification

    Protecting High-Quality Balance Sheet Commercial Real Estate Diversification Commercial Construction Commercial Real Estate – Income Producing in millions in millions Committed Outstanding Committed Outstanding Multi-Residential $ 173 28.7 % $ 84 23.7 % Retail Building $ 250 27.2 % $ 240 27.3 % Reta

  28. Slide 28: Liquidity

    Protecting High-Quality Balance Sheet Liquidity $ in millions Capacity 1Q16 4Q15 1Q15 vs 4Q15 vs 1Q15 WHOLESALE BORROWINGS Brokered Deposits (1) $ 978 $ 447 $ 347 $ 498 $ 100 $ (51) FHLB 1,028 510 430 270 80 240 Wholesale Holding Company LOC 50 - - - - - Fed Funds 645 - - - - - Borrowings Other Whol

  29. Slide 29: Path to 1.10% Operating ROA by Q416

    Increasing Profitability Path to 1.10% Operating ROA by Q416 110 +2 110 +2 105 +2 Return on Assets (bps) +4 100 100 95 90 1Q16 Actual Palmetto Fee Loan Operating Target Cost Revenue Growth Efficiency Savings Initiatives Initiatives Ongoing ucbi.com | 29 ucbi.com | 29

  30. Slide 30: Operating Expense Discipline

    Increasing Profitability Operating Expense Discipline Operating Efficiency Ratio (1) 70.00% ► Efficiency improvements are 65.43% attributable to 65.00% various expense 63.14% reduction initiatives while maintaining high business growth ► Declining trend 60.00% 59.41% 59.15% 59.10% sustained with 58.

  31. Slide 31: High-Quality, Low-Cost Core Deposit Base

    Increasing Profitability High-Quality, Low-Cost Core Deposit Base 4Q15 Cost of Deposits 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.3% Median 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% WBS BOKF MBFI ISBC IBKC TCB FNB BXS FMER SIVB FCF HBHC ASB FMBI UCBI BRKL SBNY FHN PACW UBSI NPBC PFS EWBC CVBF COLB CATY PNFP CBSH ONB TCBI WABC WAFD VLY UMPQ FFIN PVTB

  32. Slide 32: Steady Loan Growth

    Generating Growth Steady Loan Growth Total Loans in billions $6.11 $6.00 $6.00 $1.04 $1.04 $5.00 $4.68 $5.07 $0.16 $4.96 $4.33 9% $4.18 Annualized $4.52 10% Growth $4.00 Growth $3.00 2012 2013 2014 2015 Q1 2016 Organic Acquired Healthcare ucbi.com | 32 ucbi.com | 32

  33. Slide 33: Market Share Opportunities

    Generating Growth Market Share Opportunities $ in billions Excellent Growth Opportunities Market Deposit Deposits United Deposits Banks Offices Share Rank (1) (2) (3) (1) (1) North Georgia $ 6.6 $ 2.3 9 22 37 % 1 Atlanta, Georgia 60.8 2.4 10 36 4 6 Gainesville, Georgia 3.0 .3 1 5 12 4 Coastal Georgi

  34. Slide 34: Market Share Demographics

    Generating Growth Market Share Demographics Key MSA Growth Markets Projected Change 2016 - 2021 Savannah, GA 6.91% Gainesville, GA 6.49% Atlanta, GA 6.38% Greenville, SC 5.70% Asheville, NC 4.96% Cleveland, TN 4.23% Knoxville, TN 3.35% 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% State Population Growth Projected Cha

  35. Slide 35: Mergers & Acquisitions Strategy

    Generating Growth Mergers & Acquisitions Strategy ► M&A accelerates our growth strategy in new and existing markets and can be accomplished more efficiently than with a de novo plan; we seek to pair M&A with organic growth opportunities, including adding teams of local bankers to quickly increase gr

  36. Slide 36: 2015 Acquisitions

    Generating Growth 2015 Acquisitions MoneyTree Corp./FNB The Palmetto Bank UCBI UCBI MoneyTree Palmetto • Closed on May 1 with successful operational conversion on July 18- • Closed on September 1 with successful operational conversion on 19; business has remained stable February 21-22 • Added a $425

  37. Slide 37: $10 Billion and Beyond

    United Community Banks, Inc. $10 Billion and Beyond ► Durbin Amendment under the Dodd-Frank Act (“DFA”) (debit card interchange revenue) – EPS impact of $.02 per quarter Primary Regulatory ► FDIC insurance premiums Implications ► Stress testing ► Oversight by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CF

  38. Slide 38: Experienced Proven Leadership

    Experienced Proven Leadership • Over 40 years in banking • Over 30 years in banking • Over 35 years in banking • Led company from $42 • Responsible for overall • Responsible for million in assets in 1989 to banking, credit and accounting, finance and $9.8 billion today operations reporting activitie

  39. Slide 39: Non-GAAP Reconciliation Tables

    Non-GAAP Reconciliation Tables $ in thousands, except per share data 1Q15 2Q15 3Q15 4Q15 1Q16 Net Income Operating net income $ 17,670 $ 19,989 $ 21,726 $ 23,800 $ 23,944 Merger-related and other charges - (3,173) (5,744) (9,078) (2,653) Tax benefit on merger-related and other charges - 997 1,905 3,

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