Enterprise Financial Services CorporationNASDAQ: EFSC

Enterprise Financial Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Results

· Issued by Enterprise Financial Services Corporation via Business Wire

2019 Highlights

  • Net income of $92.7 million, or $3.55 per diluted share
  • Return on average assets of 1.35%
  • Acquisition and integration of Trinity Capital Corporation (“Trinity”)
  • Repurchase of 396,737 shares at an average price of $39.13 per share

Fourth Quarter Highlights

  • Net income of $29.1 million, or $1.09 per diluted share
  • Return on average assets of 1.58%
  • Loans increased $86.3 million, or 7% annualized
  • Deposits increased $146.6 million, or 10% annualized

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Enterprise Financial Services Corp (Nasdaq: EFSC) (the “Company” or “EFSC”) reported net income of $92.7 million, or $3.55 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to $89.2 million, or $3.83 per diluted share for the prior year period. Merger-related expenses from the Trinity acquisition reduced net income by $18.0 million pretax ($14.0 million after tax), or $0.53 per diluted share.

The Company recorded net income of $29.1 million for both the third and fourth quarters of 2019, or earnings per share of $1.08 and $1.09, respectively. Seasonally strong sales of tax credits in the fourth quarter offset the decline in incremental accretion income from the linked third quarter (“linked quarter”).

Dividends paid in 2019 of $0.62 per share increased $0.15 per share, or 32%, compared to $0.47 per share in 2018. The Company’s Board of Directors approved the Company’s quarterly dividend of $0.18 per common share for the first quarter of 2020, an increase from $0.17 for the prior quarter, payable on March 31, 2020 to shareholders of record as of March 16, 2020.

Jim Lally, EFSC’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are pleased with another solid quarter of financial performance to close 2019. We achieved strong growth in both loans and deposits during the fourth quarter. On an annualized basis, loans grew 7% and deposits grew 10%. Given the current interest rate environment, I am pleased that our business fundamentals continued to generate robust earnings with a 1.6% return on average assets and a 19% return on average tangible common equity1.”

Lally added, “2019 was a pivotal year, as we expanded our geographic presence into New Mexico with the acquisition and integration of Trinity, organically grew the balance sheet with quality loan and deposit relationships and strategically managed our capital position to provide a high return to our shareholders. Our continued success reflects the resolve of our associates to serve the customers and communities within our market areas.”

The Company closed its acquisition of Trinity on March 8, 2019. The results of operations of Trinity are included in our consolidated results from this date forward and are excluded from preceding periods.

Net Interest Income

For 2019, net interest income totaled $238.7 million, an increase of $46.8 million, or 24%, compared to $191.9 million in the prior year. Net interest margin, on a fully tax equivalent basis, was 3.80% for 2019 compared to 3.82% for the prior year. The increase in net interest income was primarily due to the Trinity acquisition and organic growth.

Net interest income for the fourth quarter of 2019 totaled $61.6 million, a decrease of $1.4 million, from the linked quarter. Interest rates continued to decline during the fourth quarter. Portfolio loan growth, combined with the Company’s ability to modestly reprice deposits, helped to deliver a consistent level of core net interest income1 of $61.0 million for both the third and fourth quarter. The impact of lower interest rates on loan yields was offset by an increase in average loans, a decrease in the cost of interest-bearing liabilities and growth in noninterest-bearing deposits that resulted in a reduction in wholesale borrowings.

Core net interest income and core net interest margin noted in the table below exclude incremental accretion on non-core acquired loans.

Quarter ended

Year ended

($ in thousands)

December 31, 2019

September 30, 2019

December 31, 2018

December 31, 2019

December 31, 2018

Net interest income

$

61,613

$

63,046

$

50,593

$

238,717

$

191,905

Less: Incremental accretion income2

576

2,140

2,109

4,783

3,701

Core net interest income3

$

61,037

$

60,906

$

48,484

$

233,934

$

188,204

Net interest margin (fully tax equivalent)

3.68

%

3.81

%

3.94

%

3.80

%

3.82

%

Core net interest margin3 (fully tax equivalent)

3.64

%

3.69

%

3.77

%

3.73

%

3.75

%

2 Represents incremental accretion income on non-core acquired loans which were acquired from the FDIC and previously covered by shared-loss agreements.

3 Core net interest income and core net interest margin are non-GAAP measures. Refer to discussion and reconciliation of these measures in the accompanying financial tables.

Average Balance Sheet

The following tables present, for the periods indicated, certain information related to our average interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, as well as, the corresponding interest rates earned and paid, all on a tax equivalent basis.

 

Quarter ended

December 31, 2019

September 30, 2019

December 31, 2018

($ in thousands)

Average Balance

Interest Income/ Expense

Average Yield/ Rate

Average Balance

Interest Income/ Expense

Average Yield/ Rate

Average Balance

Interest Income/ Expense

Average Yield/ Rate

Assets

Interest-earning assets:

Loans, excluding incremental accretion*

$

5,279,500

$

67,085

5.04

%

$

5,178,009

$

69,193

5.30

%

$

4,272,132

$

56,431

5.24

%

Investments in debt and equity securities*

1,322,017

9,699

2.91

1,312,860

9,610

2.90

769,461

5,291

2.73

Short-term investments

102,989

406

1.56

113,214

572

2.00

76,726

364

1.88

Total earning assets

6,704,506

77,190

4.57

6,604,083

79,375

4.77

5,118,319

62,086

4.81

Noninterest-earning assets

617,990

618,274

400,421

Total assets

$

7,322,496

$

7,222,357

$

5,518,740

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

Interest-bearing liabilities:

Interest-bearing transaction accounts

$

1,325,363

$

1,620

0.48

%

$

1,356,328

$

2,048

0.60

%

$

864,175

$

1,221

0.56

%

Money market accounts

1,693,357

5,797

1.36

1,639,603

6,959

1.68

1,541,832

6,140

1.58

Savings

543,571

195

0.14

548,109

232

0.17

206,503

168

0.32

Certificates of deposit

846,253

4,096

1.92

820,943

3,970

1.92

696,803

3,053

1.74

Total interest-bearing deposits

4,408,544

11,708

1.05

4,364,983

13,209

1.20

3,309,313

10,582

1.27

Subordinated debentures

141,217

1,945

5.46

141,136

1,956

5.50

118,146

1,493

5.01

FHLB advances

291,057

1,371

1.87

378,207

2,203

2.31

178,185

1,121

2.50

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

170,481

308

0.72

155,238

327

0.84

151,031

205

0.54

Other borrowings

36,220

293

3.21

37,817

337

3.54

1,391

8

2.28

Total interest-bearing liabilities

5,047,519

15,625

1.23

5,077,381

18,032

1.41

3,758,066

13,409

1.42

Noninterest-bearing liabilities:

Demand deposits

1,347,748

1,232,360

1,125,321

Other liabilities

67,555

68,642

37,489

Total liabilities

6,462,822

6,378,383

4,920,876

Shareholders' equity

859,674

843,974

597,864

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

$

7,322,496

$

7,222,357

$

5,518,740

Core net interest income1

61,565

61,343

48,677

Core net interest margin1

3.64

%

3.69

%

3.77

%

Incremental accretion on non-core acquired loans

576

2,140

2,109

Total net interest income

$

62,141

$

63,483

$

50,786

Net interest margin

3.68

%

3.81

%

3.94

%

* Non-taxable income is presented on a fully tax-equivalent basis using a 24.7% tax rate. The tax-equivalent adjustments were $0.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2019, $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, and $0.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2018.

The core net interest margin1 decreased five basis points to 3.64% during the fourth quarter 2019 primarily due to a 26-basis point decrease in loan yields. This is a result of the decline of both the one-month LIBOR and Prime interest rates during the fourth quarter, which impacted the underlying interest rates of the Company’s loan portfolio, 59% of which is priced to variable interest rate indices. In response, the Company was successful in lowering the cost of interest-bearing transaction accounts and money market accounts by 12 basis points and 32 basis points, respectively, in the fourth quarter to partially offset the decrease in margin from the lower loan yield. Additionally, seasonal growth in noninterest-bearing deposits in the fourth quarter reduced the use of higher-cost wholesale borrowings.

The Company manages its balance sheet in part to defend against pressures on core net interest margin, which could be negatively impacted by continued competition for deposits, current interest rate conditions, and downward movement in short-term rates.

Loans

The following table presents total loans for the most recent five quarters.

Quarter ended

March 31, 2019

($ in thousands)

Dec 31, 2019

Sept 30, 2019

June 30, 2019

Trinityb

Legacy EFSCb

Consolidated

Dec 31, 2018

C&I - general

$

1,186,667

$

1,174,569

$

1,103,908

$

65,122

$

1,063,633

$

1,128,755

$

995,491

CRE investor owned - general

1,290,258

1,281,332

1,235,596

304,615

878,856

1,183,471

862,423

CRE owner occupied - general

582,579

566,219

591,401

91,758

484,268

576,026

496,835

Enterprise value lendinga

428,896

417,521

445,981

—

439,500

439,500

465,992

Life insurance premium financinga

472,822

468,051

465,777

—

440,693

440,693

417,950

Residential real estate - general

366,261

386,174

409,200

137,487

295,069

432,556

304,671

Construction and land development - general

428,681

403,590

376,597

70,251

274,956

345,207

310,832

Tax creditsa

294,210

265,626

268,405

—

235,454

235,454

262,735

Agriculture

139,873

136,249

131,671

—

126,088

126,088

136,188

Consumer and other - general

124,090

128,683

120,961

12,835

96,492

109,327

96,884

Total Loans

$

5,314,337

$

5,228,014

$

5,149,497

$

682,068

$

4,335,009

$

5,017,077

$

4,350,001

Total loan yield

5.08

%

5.47

%

5.49

%

5.50

%

5.44

%

Total C&I loans to total loans

44

%

44

%

44

%

44

%

49

%

Variable interest rate loans to total loans

59

%

60

%

60

%

60

%

62

%

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified among the categories to conform to the current period presentation

a Specialized categories may include a mix of C&I, CRE, Construction and land development, or Consumer and other loans.

b Amounts reported are as of March 31, 2019 and are separately shown attributable to the Trinity loan portfolio and related operations acquired on March 8, 2019, and the Company’s pre-Trinity acquisition loan portfolio and related operations.

Loans totaled $5.3 billion at December 31, 2019, increasing $86.3 million, or 7% annualized, compared to the linked quarter. In 2019, loans increased $964.3 million primarily due to the Trinity acquisition and organic growth, or 7% excluding loans attributed to New Mexico. We expect loan growth in 2020 to be 6-8%.

The Company continues to focus on originating high-quality C&I relationships, as they typically have variable interest rates and allow for cross selling opportunities involving other banking products. C&I loan growth, coupled with fixed-rate CRE lending, supports management’s efforts to maintain a flexible asset sensitive interest rate risk position.

Asset Quality

The following table presents the categories of nonperforming assets and related ratios for the most recent five quarters.

Quarter ended

($ in thousands)

December 31, 2019

September 30, 2019

June 30, 2019

March 31, 2019

December 31, 2018

Nonperforming loans

$

26,425

$

15,569

$

19,842

$

9,607

$

16,745

Other real estate

6,344

8,498

10,531

6,804

469

Nonperforming assets

$

32,769

$

24,067

$

30,373

$

16,411

$

17,214

Nonperforming loans to total loans

0.50

%

0.30

%

0.39

%

0.19

%

0.38

%

Nonperforming assets to total assets

0.45

0.33

0.42

0.24

0.30

Allowance for loan losses to total loans

0.81

0.85

0.85

0.86

1.00

Net charge-offs

$

2,544

$

1,070

$

970

$

1,826

$

2,822

Nonperforming assets increased $8.7 million to $32.8 million at December 31, 2019 from $24.1 million at September 30, 2019. The increase was primarily from the addition of a $12.9 million nonaccrual loan, partially offset by a $2.2 million decrease in other nonaccrual loans and a $2.2 million decrease in other real estate. The addition of the $12.9 million nonaccrual loan did not significantly impact the provision for loan losses, as the reserve coverage on the loan had been primarily recorded in prior periods.

The Company recorded a provision for loan losses of $6.4 million in 2019, compared to $6.6 million in the prior year. In the fourth quarter 2019, the provision for loan losses was $1.3 million compared to $1.8 million in the linked quarter. Net charge-offs to average loans totaled 0.13% for both 2019 and 2018. The decrease in the ratio of allowance for loan losses to total loans to 0.81% at December 31, 2019, from 0.85% at September 30, 2019, was due to a 24% decrease in substandard loans and net charge-offs of $2.5 million.

Deposits

The following table presents total deposits for the most recent five quarters.

Quarter ended

March 31, 2019

($ in thousands)

December 31, 2019

September 30, 2019

June 30, 2019

Trinitya

Legacy EFSCa

Consolidated

December 31, 2018

Noninterest-bearing accounts

$

1,327,348

$

1,295,450

$

1,181,577

$

169,344

$

1,017,164

$

1,186,508

$

1,100,718

Interest-bearing transaction accounts

1,367,444

1,307,855

1,392,586

401,257

988,569

1,389,826

1,037,684

Money market and savings accounts

2,249,784

2,201,052

2,162,605

390,192

1,765,839

2,156,031

1,765,154

Brokered certificates of deposit

215,758

209,754

213,138

—

180,788

180,788

198,981

Other certificates of deposit

610,689

610,269

609,432

133,556

490,404

623,960

485,448

Total deposit portfolio

$

5,771,023

$

5,624,380

$

5,559,338

$

1,094,349

$

4,442,764

$

5,537,113

$

4,587,985

Noninterest-bearing deposits to total deposits

23.0

%

23.0

%

21.3

%

15.5

%

22.9

%

21.4

%

24.0

%

aAmounts reported are as of March 31, 2019 and are shown separately attributable to the Trinity deposit portfolio and related operations acquired on March 8, 2019, and the Company’s pre-Trinity acquisition deposit portfolio and related operations.

Total deposits at December 31, 2019 were $5.8 billion, an increase of $146.6 million from September 30, 2019, and an increase of $1.2 billion, or 26%, from December 31, 2018. The increase over the prior year period was primarily due to the Trinity acquisition.

Core deposits, defined as total deposits excluding time deposits, were $4.9 billion at December 31, 2019, an increase of $140.2 million, or 12% on an annualized basis, from the linked quarter, and an increase of $1.0 billion, or 27%, from the prior year period.

Noninterest-bearing deposits increased $31.9 million compared to September 30, 2019, and increased $226.6 million compared to December 31, 2018. The total cost of deposits was 0.81% for the fourth quarter, reflecting the deposit repricing discussed previously, compared to 0.94% in the linked quarter and 0.95% in the prior year quarter.

Noninterest Income

Total noninterest income for 2019 was $49.2 million, an increase of $10.8 million, or 28%, from 2018. This improvement was primarily due to the following:

For the full year:

  • Deposit service charges increased $1.1 million or 9%
  • Wealth management revenue increased $1.7 million or 21%
  • Income from card services increased $2.5 million or 37%
  • Tax credit income increased $2.6 million or 91%
  • Other income increased $2.7 million, or 31%, due to swap fees, sublease income, and BOLI income

The bullet points above are inclusive of $7.9 million attributed to the acquisition of Trinity.

For the quarter ended December 31, 2019, total noninterest income was $14.4 million, an increase of $0.9 million, or 6%, from the linked quarter. Noninterest income in the linked quarter included $1.3 million of gains on investment sales and loan workout income that did not reoccur in the fourth quarter. Tax credit income was seasonally strong at $3.4 million for the fourth quarter 2019, compared to $1.2 million in the linked third quarter, due primarily to state tax credit sales.

Noninterest Expenses

Noninterest expense for 2019 was $165.5 million, an increase of $46.5 million, or 39%, from 2018. The acquisition of Trinity contributed $24.5 million of the current year increase. In addition, merger-related expenses were $18.0 million in 2019. The Company’s efficiency ratio was 57.5% in 2019, compared to 51.7% for the prior year. The increase in 2019 was primarily due to merger-related expenses incurred for the Trinity acquisition. The Company’s core efficiency ratio1 was 52.4% in 2019, compared to 52.0% for the prior year.

For the fourth quarter 2019, noninterest expense was $38.4 million, an increase of $0.1 million from the linked quarter. Included in the fourth quarter were other real estate owned valuation adjustments of $0.8 million that were partially offset by a decrease in other expenses. The fourth quarter efficiency ratio was 50.4% compared to 50.0% in the linked quarter. The Company’s core efficiency ratio1 was 50.7% for the fourth quarter compared to 51.7% for the linked quarter. The decrease in the core efficiency ratio from the linked quarter is reflective of higher operating revenue, including seasonal tax credit income, and holding noninterest expense steady.

Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rate was 20.1% in 2019 compared to 14.7% for the prior year. The lower rate for the prior year resulted from a non-recurring reduction of income tax expense of $2.7 million from a tax planning election.

The effective tax rate was 19.9% for the fourth quarter of 2019, compared to 20.4% for the linked quarter. The Company expects its effective tax rate for 2020 to be approximately 20-21%.

Capital

The following table presents various EFSC capital ratios:

Quarter ended

Percent

December 31, 2019

September 30, 2019

June 30, 2019

March 31, 2019

December 31, 2018

Total risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets

12.89

%

12.72

%

12.62

%

12.86

%

13.02

%

Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets

11.38

11.17

11.06

11.25

11.14

Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets

9.88

9.64

9.51

9.64

9.79

Tangible common equity to tangible assets1

8.89

8.54

8.43

8.35

8.66

Capital ratios for the current quarter are subject to, among other things, completion and filing of the Company’s regulatory reports and ongoing regulatory review.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company’s accounting and reporting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) and the prevailing practices in the banking industry. However, the Company provides other financial measures, such as adjusted EPS, core net interest income, core net interest margin, tangible common equity, core efficiency ratios, ROATCE, adjusted ROAA, adjusted ROAE, and adjusted ROATCE, and the tangible common equity ratio, in this release that are considered “non-GAAP financial measures.” Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s financial performance, financial position, or cash flows that exclude (or include) amounts that are included in (or excluded from) the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.

The Company considers its adjusted EPS, core net interest income, core net interest margin, core efficiency ratio, adjusted ROAA, adjusted ROAE, ROATCE, adjusted ROATCE, and the tangible common equity ratio, collectively “core performance measures,” presented in this earnings release and the included tables as important measures of financial performance, even though they are non-GAAP measures, as they provide supplemental information by which to evaluate the impact of non-core acquired loans, which were acquired from the FDIC and previously covered by loss share agreements, and the related income and expenses, the impact of certain non-comparable items, and the Company’s operating performance on an ongoing basis. Core performance measures include contractual interest on non-core acquired loans, but exclude incremental accretion on these loans. Core performance measures also exclude expenses directly related to non-core acquired loans. Core performance measures also exclude certain other income and expense items, such as merger related expenses, facilities charges, and the gain or loss on sale of investment securities, the Company believes to be not indicative of or useful to measure the Company’s operating performance on an ongoing basis. The attached tables contain a reconciliation of these core performance measures to the GAAP measures. The Company believes that the tangible common equity ratio provides useful information to investors about the Company’s capital strength even though it is considered to be a non-GAAP financial measure and is not part of the regulatory capital requirements to which the Company is subject.

The Company believes these non-GAAP measures and ratios, when taken together with the corresponding GAAP measures and ratios, provide meaningful supplemental information regarding the Company’s performance and capital strength. The Company’s management uses, and believes that investors benefit from referring to, these non-GAAP measures and ratios in assessing the Company’s operating results and related trends and when forecasting future periods. However, these non-GAAP measures and ratios should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or preferable to, ratios prepared in accordance with GAAP. In the attached tables, the Company has provided a reconciliation of, where applicable, the most comparable GAAP financial measures and ratios to the non-GAAP financial measures and ratios, or a reconciliation of the non-GAAP calculation of the financial measures for the periods indicated.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

The Company will host a conference call and webcast at 2:30 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. During the call, management will review the fourth quarter and full year of 2019 results and related matters. This press release as well as a related slide presentation will be accessible on the Company’s website at www.enterprisebank.com under “Investor Relations” beginning prior to the scheduled broadcast of the conference call. The call can be accessed via this same website page, or via telephone at 1-800-367-2403 (Conference ID #9295717). A recorded replay of the conference call will be available on the website two hours after the call’s completion. Visit http://bit.ly/EFSC4Q2019earnings and register to receive a dial in number, passcode, and pin number. The replay will be available for approximately two weeks following the conference call.

About Enterprise

Enterprise Financial Services Corp (Nasdaq: EFSC), with approximately $7 billion in assets, is a financial holding company headquartered in Clayton, Missouri. Enterprise Bank & Trust, a Missouri state-chartered trust company with banking powers and a wholly-owned subsidiary of EFSC, operates 34 branch offices in Arizona, Kansas, Missouri and New Mexico. Enterprise Bank & Trust offers a range of business and personal banking services and wealth management services. Enterprise Trust, a division of Enterprise Bank & Trust, provides financial planning, estate planning, investment management and trust services to businesses, individuals, institutions, retirement plans and non-profit organizations. Additional information is available at www.enterprisebank.com.

Enterprise Financial Services Corp’s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “EFSC.” Please visit our website at www.enterprisebank.com to see our regularly posted material information.

Forward-looking Statements

Readers should note that, in addition to the historical information contained herein, this press release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of, and intended to be covered by, the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements may include projections based on management’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company including, without limitation, plans, strategies and goals, and statements about the Company’s expectations regarding revenue and asset growth, financial performance and profitability, loan and deposit growth, yields and returns, loan diversification and credit management, shareholder value creation and the impact of the acquisition of Trinity and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Los Alamos National Bank, and other acquisitions.

Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the Company’s plans, expectations, and projections of future financial and operating results, as well as statements regarding the Company’s plans, objectives, expectations or consequences of announced transactions. The Company uses words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “could,” “continue,” and “intend”, and variations of such words and similar expressions, in this release to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated from such statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to efficiently integrate acquisitions, including the Trinity acquisition, into its operations, retain the customers of these businesses and grow the acquired operations, as well as credit risk, changes in the appraised valuation of real estate securing impaired loans, outcomes of litigation and other contingencies, exposure to general and local economic conditions, risks associated with rapid increases or decreases in prevailing interest rates, consolidation in the banking industry, competition from banks and other financial institutions, the Company’s ability to attract and retain relationship officers and other key personnel, burdens imposed by federal and state regulation, changes in regulatory requirements, changes in accounting policies and practices or accounting standards, including ASU 2016-13 (Topic 326), “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments,” commonly referenced as the Current Expected Credit Loss (“CECL”) model, which will change how we estimate credit losses and may increase the required level of our allowance for credit losses after adoption on January 1, 2020, uncertainty regarding the future of LIBOR, as well as other risk factors described in the Company’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update them in light of new information or future events unless required under the federal securities laws.

 

1 A non-GAAP measure. Refer to discussion and reconciliation of these measures in the accompanying financial tables.

 

ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited)

 

Quarter ended

Year ended

($ in thousands, except per share data)

Dec 31, 2019

Sep 30, 2019

Jun 30, 2019

Mar 31, 2019

Dec 31, 2018

Dec 31, 2019

Dec 31, 2018

EARNINGS SUMMARY

Net interest income

$

61,613

$

63,046

$

61,715

$

52,343

$

50,593

$

238,717

$

191,905

Provision for loan losses

1,341

1,833

1,722

1,476

2,120

6,372

6,644

Noninterest income

14,418

13,564

11,964

9,230

10,702

49,176

38,347

Noninterest expense

38,354

38,239

49,054

39,838

30,747

165,485

119,031

Income before income tax expense

36,336

36,538

22,903

20,259

28,428

116,036

104,577

Income tax expense

7,246

7,469

4,479

4,103

4,899

23,297

15,360

Net income

$

29,090

$

29,069

$

18,424

$

16,156

$

23,529

$

92,739

$

89,217

Diluted earnings per share

$

1.09

$

1.08

$

0.68

$

0.67

$

1.02

$

3.55

$

3.83

Return on average assets

1.58

%

1.60

%

1.05

%

1.10

%

1.69

%

1.35

%

1.64

%

Return on average common equity

13.43

13.66

9.09

9.89

15.61

11.66

15.46

Return on average tangible common equity

18.54

19.08

12.92

12.93

19.79

16.08

19.83

Net interest margin (fully tax equivalent)

3.68

3.81

3.86

3.87

3.94

3.80

3.82

Core net interest margin (fully tax equivalent)1

3.64

3.69

3.80

3.79

3.77

3.73

3.75

Efficiency ratio

50.45

49.91

66.58

64.70

50.16

57.48

51.70

Core efficiency ratio1

50.73

51.73

53.30

54.06

49.77

52.36

52.04

Total assets

$

7,333,791

$

7,346,791

$

7,181,855

$

6,932,757

$

5,645,662

Total average assets

7,322,496

7,222,357

7,057,605

5,956,086

5,518,740

$

6,894,291

$

5,436,963

Total deposits

5,771,023

5,624,380

5,559,338

5,537,113

4,587,985

Total average deposits

5,756,292

5,597,343

5,582,072

4,699,490

4,434,634

5,412,211

4,262,028

Period end common shares outstanding

26,543

26,613

26,906

26,878

22,812

Dividends per common share

$

0.17

$

0.16

$

0.15

$

0.14

$

0.13

$

0.62

$

0.47

Tangible book value per common share

$

23.76

$

22.82

$

21.74

$

20.80

$

20.95

Tangible common equity to tangible assets1

8.89

%

8.54

%

8.43

%

8.35

%

8.66

%

Total risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets

12.89

12.72

12.62

12.86

13.02

1Refer to Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures table for a reconciliation of these measures to GAAP.

 

ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited) (continued)

 

Quarter ended

Year ended

($ in thousands, except per share data)

Dec 31, 2019

Sep 30, 2019

Jun 30, 2019

Mar 31, 2019

Dec 31, 2018

Dec 31, 2019

Dec 31, 2018

INCOME STATEMENTS

NET INTEREST INCOME

Total interest income

$

77,238

$

81,078

$

79,201

$

67,617

$

64,002

$

305,134

$

237,802

Total interest expense

15,625

18,032

17,486

15,274

13,409

66,417

45,897

Net interest income

61,613

63,046

61,715

52,343

50,593

238,717

191,905

Provision for loan losses

1,341

1,833

1,722

1,476

2,120

6,372

6,644

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

60,272

61,213

59,993

50,867

48,473

232,345

185,261

NONINTEREST INCOME

Deposit service charges

3,254

3,246

3,366

2,935

2,894

12,801

11,749

Wealth management revenue

2,618

2,661

2,661

1,992

1,974

9,932

8,241

Card services revenue

2,409

2,494

2,461

1,790

1,760

9,154

6,686

Tax credit income

3,425

1,238

572

158

2,312

5,393

2,820

Gain (loss) on sale of investment securities

(94

)

337

—

—

—

243

9

Other income

2,806

3,588

2,904

2,355

1,762

11,653

8,842

Total noninterest income

14,418

13,564

11,964

9,230

10,702

49,176

38,347

NONINTEREST EXPENSE

Employee compensation and benefits

20,411

20,845

20,687

19,352

16,669

81,295

66,039

Occupancy

3,461

3,179

3,188

2,637

2,408

12,465

9,550

Merger related expenses

—

393

10,306

7,270

1,271

17,969

1,271

Other

14,482

13,822

14,873

10,579

10,399

53,756

42,171

Total noninterest expenses

38,354

38,239

49,054

39,838

30,747

165,485

119,031

Income before income tax expense

36,336

36,538

22,903

20,259

28,428

116,036

104,577

Income tax expense

7,246

7,469

4,479

4,103

4,899

23,297

15,360

Net income

$

29,090

$

29,069

$

18,424

$

16,156

$

23,529

$

92,739

$

89,217

Basic earnings per share

$

1.10

$

1.09

$

0.69

$

0.68

$

1.02

$

3.56

$

3.86

Diluted earnings per share

1.09

1.08

0.68

0.67

1.02

3.55

3.83

 

ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited) (continued)

 

Quarter ended

($ in thousands)

Dec 31, 2019

Sep 30, 2019

Jun 30, 2019

Mar 31, 2019

Dec 31, 2018

BALANCE SHEETS

ASSETS

Cash and due from banks

$

74,769

$

153,730

$

106,835

$

85,578

$

91,511

Interest-earning deposits

96,217

106,747

85,315

139,389

108,226

Debt and equity investments

1,354,527

1,354,986

1,328,767

1,198,413

813,702

Loans held for sale

5,570

6,281

1,437

654

392

Loans

5,314,337

5,228,014

5,149,497

5,017,077

4,350,001

Less: Allowance for loan losses

43,288

44,555

43,822

43,095

43,476

Total loans, net

5,271,049

5,183,459

5,105,675

4,973,982

4,306,525

Fixed assets, net

60,013

59,216

58,888

60,301

32,109

Goodwill

210,344

211,251

211,251

207,632

117,345

Intangible assets, net

26,076

27,626

29,201

31,048

8,553

Other assets

235,226

243,495

254,486

235,760

167,299

Total assets

$

7,333,791

$

7,346,791

$

7,181,855

$

6,932,757

$

5,645,662

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Noninterest-bearing deposits

$

1,327,348

$

1,295,450

$

1,181,577

$

1,186,508

$

1,100,718

Interest-bearing deposits

4,443,675

4,328,930

4,377,761

4,350,605

3,487,267

Total deposits

5,771,023

5,624,380

5,559,338

5,537,113

4,587,985

Subordinated debentures

141,258

141,179

141,100

140,668

118,156

FHLB advances

222,406

461,426

389,446

180,466

70,000

Other borrowings

265,172

199,634

198,104

212,171

223,450

Other liabilities

66,747

74,077

68,366

64,504

42,267

Total liabilities

6,466,606

6,500,696

6,356,354

6,134,922

5,041,858

Shareholders’ equity

867,185

846,095

825,501

797,835

603,804

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$

7,333,791

$

7,346,791

$

7,181,855

$

6,932,757

$

5,645,662

Average Balance Sheets

The following table presents, for the periods indicated, certain information related to our average interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, as well as, the corresponding interest rates earned and paid, all on a tax equivalent basis.

Year ended

December 31, 2019

December 31, 2018

($ in thousands)

Average Balance

Interest Income/ Expense

Average Yield/ Rate

Average Balance

Interest Income/ Expense

Average Yield/ Rate

Assets

Interest-earning assets:

Loans, excluding incremental accretion*

$

5,018,568

$

265,081

5.28

%

$

4,222,359

$

213,980

5.07

%

Investments in debt and equity securities*

1,196,074

34,753

2.91

752,265

19,801

2.63

Short-term investments

107,433

2,128

1.98

66,771

1,141

1.71

Total earning assets

6,322,075

301,962

4.78

5,041,395

234,922

4.66

Noninterest-earning assets

572,216

395,568

Total assets

$

6,894,291

$

5,436,963

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

Interest-bearing liabilities:

Interest-bearing transaction accounts

$

1,286,641

$

7,592

0.59

%

$

827,155

$

3,643

0.44

%

Money market accounts

1,608,349

26,267

1.63

1,488,238

19,361

1.30

Savings

489,310

841

0.17

206,286

597

0.29

Certificates of deposit

799,079

15,156

1.90

653,486

10,168

1.56

Total interest-bearing deposits

4,183,379

49,856

1.19

3,175,165

33,769

1.06

Subordinated debentures

136,950

7,507

5.48

118,129

5,798

4.91

FHLB advances

287,474

6,668

2.32

271,493

5,556

2.05

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

169,179

1,246

0.74

170,963

755

0.44

Other borrowings

32,392

1,140

3.52

773

19

2.46

Total interest-bearing liabilities

4,809,374

66,417

1.38

3,736,523

45,897

1.23

Noninterest-bearing liabilities:

Demand deposits

1,228,832

1,086,863

Other liabilities

60,608

36,617

Total liabilities

6,098,814

4,860,003

Shareholders’ equity

795,477

576,960

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$

6,894,291

$

5,436,963

Core net interest income1

235,545

189,025

Core net interest margin1

3.73

%

3.75

%

Incremental accretion on non-core acquired loans

4,783

3,700

Total net interest income

$

240,328

$

192,725

Net interest margin

3.80

%

3.82

%

* Non-taxable income is presented on a fully tax-equivalent basis using a 24.7% tax rate. The tax-equivalent adjustments were $1.6 million, and $0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, and 2018, respectively.

 

ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited) (continued)

 

Quarter ended

($ in thousands)

Dec 31, 2019

Sep 30, 2019

Jun 30, 2019

Mar 31, 2019

Dec 31, 2018

LOAN PORTFOLIO

Commercial and industrial

$

2,361,157

$

2,303,495

$

2,265,480

$

2,227,050

$

2,123,167

Commercial real estate

1,997,321

1,967,888

1,940,958

1,870,040

1,481,834

Construction real estate

457,273

433,486

404,557

369,365

334,645

Residential real estate

366,261

386,173

409,200

432,902

305,026

Consumer and other

132,325

136,972

129,302

117,720

105,329

Total loans

$

5,314,337

$

5,228,014

$

5,149,497

$

5,017,077

$

4,350,001

DEPOSIT PORTFOLIO

Noninterest-bearing accounts

$

1,327,348

$

1,295,450

$

1,181,577

$

1,186,508

$

1,100,718

Interest-bearing transaction accounts

1,367,444

1,307,855

1,392,586

1,389,826

1,037,684

Money market and savings accounts

2,249,784

2,201,052

2,162,605

2,156,031

1,765,154

Brokered certificates of deposit

215,758

209,754

213,138

180,788

198,981

Other certificates of deposit

610,689

610,269

609,432

623,960

485,448

Total deposit portfolio

$

5,771,023

$

5,624,380

$

5,559,338

$

5,537,113

$

4,587,985

AVERAGE BALANCES

Total loans

$

5,279,500

$

5,178,009

$

5,095,181

$

4,511,387

$

4,272,132

Debt and equity investments

1,322,017

1,312,860

1,246,529

896,936

769,461

Interest-earning assets

6,704,506

6,604,083

6,453,001

5,510,489

5,118,319

Total assets

7,322,496

7,222,357

7,057,605

5,956,086

5,518,740

Deposits

5,756,292

5,597,343

5,582,072

4,699,490

4,434,634

Shareholders’ equity

859,674

843,974

813,106

662,454

597,864

Tangible common equity1

622,502

604,331

571,890

506,560

471,678

YIELDS (fully tax equivalent)

Total loans

5.08

%

5.47

%

5.49

%

5.50

%

5.44

%

Debt and equity investments

2.91

2.90

2.95

2.84

2.73

Interest-earning assets

4.60

4.90

4.95

4.99

4.98

Interest-bearing deposits

1.05

1.20

1.21

1.33

1.27

Total deposits

0.81

0.94

0.94

1.02

0.95

Subordinated debentures

5.46

5.50

5.57

5.38

5.01

FHLB advances and other borrowed funds

1.57

1.99

2.07

1.75

1.60

Interest-bearing liabilities

1.23

1.41

1.42

1.49

1.42

Net interest margin

3.68

3.81

3.86

3.87

3.94

1Refer to Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures table for a reconciliation of these measures to GAAP.

 

ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL SUMMARY (unaudited) (continued)

 

Quarter ended

(in thousands, except per share data)

Dec 31, 2019

Sep 30, 2019

Jun 30, 2019

Mar 31, 2019

Dec 31, 2018

ASSET QUALITY

Net charge-offs

$

2,544

$

1,070

$

970

$

1,826

$

2,822

Nonperforming loans

26,425

15,569

19,842

9,607

16,745

Classified assets

85,897

93,984

91,715

79,750

70,126

Nonperforming loans to total loans

0.50

%

0.30

%

0.39

%

0.19

%

0.38

%

Nonperforming assets to total assets

0.45

0.33

0.42

0.24

0.30

Allowance for loan losses to total loans

0.81

0.85

0.85

0.86

1.00

Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans

163.8

286.2

220.9

448.6

259.6

Net charge-offs to average loans (annualized)

0.19

0.08

0.08

0.16

0.26

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Trust assets under management

$

1,671,082

$

1,583,260

$

1,627,050

$

1,587,627

$

1,119,329

Trust assets under administration

2,524,478

2,404,950

2,428,551

2,405,673

1,811,512

MARKET DATA

Book value per common share

$

32.67

$

31.79

$

30.68

$

29.68

$

26.47

Tangible book value per common share1

23.76

22.82

21.74

20.80

20.95

Market value per share

48.21

40.75

41.60

40.77

37.63

Period end common shares outstanding

26,543

26,613

26,906

26,878

22,812

Average basic common shares

26,540

26,778

26,887

23,927

23,014

Average diluted common shares

26,668

26,868

26,940

24,083

23,170

CAPITAL

Total risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets

12.89

%

12.72

%

12.62

%

12.86

%

13.02

%

Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets

11.38

11.17

11.06

11.25

11.14

Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets

9.88

9.64

9.51

9.64

9.79

Tangible common equity to tangible assets1

8.89

8.54

8.43

8.35

8.66

1Refer to Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures table for a reconciliation of these measures to GAAP.

 

ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

 

Quarter ended

Year ended

($ in thousands, except per share data)

Dec 31, 2019

Sep 30, 2019

Jun 30, 2019

Mar 31, 2019

Dec 31, 2018

Dec 31, 2019

Dec 31, 2018

CORE PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Net interest income

$

61,613

$

63,046

$

61,715

$

52,343

$

50,593

$

238,717

$

191,905

Less: Incremental accretion income

576

2,140

910

1,157

2,109

4,783

3,701

Core net interest income

61,037

60,906

60,805

51,186

48,484

233,934

188,204

Total noninterest income

14,418

13,564

11,964

9,230

10,702

49,176

38,347

Less: Other income from non-core acquired assets

4

1,001

2

365

10

1,372

1,048

Less: Gain (loss) on sale of investment securities

(94

)

337

—

—

—

243

9

Less: Other non-core income

—

—

266

—

26

266

675

Core noninterest income

14,508

12,226

11,696

8,865

10,666

47,295

36,615

Total core revenue

75,545

73,132

72,501

60,051

59,150

281,229

224,819

Total noninterest expense

38,354

38,239

49,054

39,838

30,747

165,485

119,031

Less: Other expenses related to non-core acquired loans

33

18

103

103

40

257

(163

)

Less: Facilities disposal

—

—

—

—

—

—

239

Less: Merger related expenses

—

393

10,306

7,270

1,271

17,969

1,271

Less: Non-recurring excise tax

—

—

—

—

—

—

682

Core noninterest expense

38,321

37,828

38,645

32,465

29,436

147,259

117,002

Core efficiency ratio

50.73

%

51.73

%

53.30

%

54.06

%

49.77

%

52.36

%

52.04

%

NET INTEREST MARGIN TO CORE NET INTEREST MARGIN (FULLY TAX EQUIVALENT)

Net interest income

$

62,141

$

63,483

$

62,109

$

52,595

$

50,786

$

240,328

$

192,725

Less: Incremental accretion income

576

2,140

910

1,157

2,109

4,783

3,701

Core net interest income

$

61,565

$

61,343

$

61,199

$

51,438

$

48,677

$

235,545

$

189,024

Average earning assets

$

6,704,506

$

6,604,083

$

6,453,005

$

5,510,489

$

5,118,319

$

6,322,075

$

5,041,395

Reported net interest margin

3.68

%

3.81

%

3.86

%

3.87

%

3.94

%

3.80

%

3.82

%

Core net interest margin

3.64

3.69

3.80

3.79

3.77

3.73

3.75

 

Quarter ended

($ in thousands)

Dec 31, 2019

Sep 30, 2019

Jun 30, 2019

Mar 31, 2019

Dec 31, 2018

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY TO TANGIBLE COMMON EQUITY AND TOTAL ASSETS TO TANGIBLE ASSETS

Shareholders’ equity

$

867,185

$

846,095

$

825,501

$

797,835

$

603,804

Less: Goodwill

210,344

211,251

211,251

207,632

117,345

Less: Intangible assets

26,076

27,626

29,201

31,048

8,553

Tangible common equity

$

630,765

$

607,218

$

585,049

$

559,155

$

477,906

Total assets

$

7,333,791

$

7,346,791

$

7,181,855

$

6,932,757

$

5,645,662

Less: Goodwill

210,344

211,251

211,251

207,632

117,345

Less: Intangible assets

26,076

27,626

29,201

31,048

8,553

Tangible assets

$

7,097,371

$

7,107,914

$

6,941,403

$

6,694,077

$

5,519,764

Tangible common equity to tangible assets

8.89

%

8.54

%

8.43

%

8.35

%

8.66

%

Quarter ended

($ in thousands)

Dec 31, 2019

Sep 30, 2019

Dec 31, 2018

AVERAGE SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND AVERAGE TANGIBLE COMMON EQUITY

Average shareholder’s equity

$

859,674

$

843,974

$

597,864

Less average goodwill

210,344

211,251

117,345

Less average intangible assets

26,828

28,392

8,841

Average tangible common equity

$

622,502

$

604,331

$

471,678

Quarter ended

Year ended

(in thousands, except per share data)

Dec 31, 2019

Sep 30, 2019

Dec 31, 2018

Dec 31, 2019

IMPACT OF MERGER-RELATED EXPENSES

Net income - GAAP

$

29,090

$

29,069

$

23,529

$

92,739

Merger related expenses

—

393

1,271

17,969

Related tax effect

—

(97

)

(207

)

(3,963

)

Adjusted net income - Non-GAAP

$

29,090

$

29,365

$

24,593

$

106,745

Average diluted common shares

26,668

26,868

23,170

26,159

EPS - GAAP net income

$

1.09

$

1.08

$

1.02

$

3.55

EPS - Adjusted net income

1.09

1.09

1.06

4.08

Average assets

$

7,322,496

$

7,222,357

$

5,518,740

$

6,894,291

ROAA - GAAP net income

1.58

%

1.60

%

1.69

%

1.35

%

ROAA - Adjusted net income

1.58

1.61

1.77

1.55

Average shareholder’s equity

$

859,674

$

843,974

$

597,864

$

795,477

ROAE - GAAP net income

13.42

%

13.66

%

15.61

%

11.66

%

ROAE - Adjusted net income

13.42

13.80

16.32

13.42

Average tangible common equity

$

622,502

$

604,331

$

471,678

$

576,716

ROATCE - GAAP net income

18.54

%

19.08

%

19.79

%

16.08

%

ROATCE - Adjusted net income

18.54

19.28

20.69

18.51

Investor Relations: Keene Turner, Executive Vice President and CFO (314) 512-7233 Media: Karen Loiterstein, Senior Vice President (314) 512-7141

Source: Enterprise Financial Services Corp