GREENVILLE, S.C., April 25,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern First Bancshares, Inc.
(NASDAQ: SFST), holding company for Southern First Bank, today
announced its financial results for the three-month period ended
March 31, 2023.
"While the current interest rate environment continues to be
challenging in terms of margin and earnings, we are excited about
the outstanding retail deposit growth and record number of client
accounts opened during the first quarter of 2023," stated
Art Seaver, the Company's Chief
Executive Officer. "We continue to enjoy strong momentum in
attracting new clients and recruiting great bankers, which will
have a lasting impact on the performance of our Company."
2023 First Quarter Highlights
- Net income was $2.7
million and diluted earnings per common share were
$0.33 for Q1 2023
- Total deposits increased 27% to $3.4 billion at Q1 2023, compared to $2.7 billion at Q1 2022
- Total loans increased 28% to $3.4 billion at Q1 2023, compared to $2.7 billion at Q1 2022
- Book value per common share increased to
$37.16 at Q1 2023, or 6%, over Q1
2022
- Record number of new account openings during Q1
2023
|
|
Quarter
Ended
|
|
|
March
31
|
December
31
|
September
30
|
June
30
|
March
31
|
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
|
Earnings ($ in
thousands, except per share data):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income available to
common shareholders
|
$
|
2,703
|
5,492
|
8,413
|
7,240
|
7,970
|
|
Earnings per common
share, diluted
|
|
0.33
|
0.68
|
1.05
|
0.90
|
0.98
|
|
Total
revenue(1)
|
|
22,468
|
25,826
|
28,134
|
27,149
|
26,091
|
|
Net interest margin
(tax-equivalent)(2)
|
|
2.36 %
|
2.88 %
|
3.19 %
|
3.35 %
|
3.37 %
|
|
Return on average
assets(3)
|
|
0.30 %
|
0.63 %
|
1.00 %
|
0.92 %
|
1.10 %
|
|
Return on average
equity(3)
|
|
3.67 %
|
7.44 %
|
11.57 %
|
10.31 %
|
11.60 %
|
|
Efficiency
ratio(4)
|
|
76.12 %
|
63.55 %
|
57.03 %
|
58.16 %
|
56.28 %
|
|
Noninterest expense to
average assets (3)
|
|
1.89 %
|
1.87 %
|
1.92 %
|
2.02 %
|
2.03 %
|
|
Balance Sheet ($
in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
loans(5)
|
$
|
3,417,945
|
3,273,363
|
3,030,027
|
2,845,205
|
2,660,675
|
|
Total
deposits
|
|
3,426,774
|
3,133,864
|
3,001,452
|
2,870,158
|
2,708,174
|
|
Core
deposits(6)
|
|
2,946,567
|
2,759,112
|
2,723,592
|
2,588,283
|
2,541,113
|
|
Total assets
|
|
3,938,140
|
3,691,981
|
3,439,669
|
3,287,663
|
3,073,234
|
|
Book value per common
share
|
|
37.16
|
36.76
|
35.99
|
35.39
|
34.90
|
|
Loans to
deposits
|
|
99.74 %
|
104.45 %
|
100.95 %
|
99.13 %
|
98.25 %
|
|
Holding Company
Capital Ratios(7):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total risk-based
capital ratio
|
|
12.67 %
|
12.91 %
|
13.58 %
|
13.97 %
|
14.37 %
|
|
Tier 1 risk-based
capital ratio
|
|
10.66 %
|
10.88 %
|
11.49 %
|
11.83 %
|
12.18 %
|
|
Leverage
ratio
|
|
8.77 %
|
9.17 %
|
9.44 %
|
9.71 %
|
10.12 %
|
|
Common equity tier 1
ratio(8)
|
|
10.23 %
|
10.44 %
|
11.02 %
|
11.33 %
|
11.65 %
|
|
Tangible common
equity(9)
|
|
7.60 %
|
7.98 %
|
8.37 %
|
8.60 %
|
9.06 %
|
|
Asset Quality
Ratios:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nonperforming assets/
total assets
|
|
0.12 %
|
0.07 %
|
0.08 %
|
0.09 %
|
0.15 %
|
|
Classified assets/tier
one capital plus allowance for credit losses
|
|
5.10 %
|
4.71 %
|
5.24 %
|
7.29 %
|
7.83 %
|
|
Loans 30 days or more
past due/ loans(5)
|
|
0.11 %
|
0.11 %
|
0.07 %
|
0.10 %
|
0.13 %
|
|
Net charge-offs
(recoveries)/average loans(5) (YTD
annualized)
|
|
0.01 %
|
(0.05 %)
|
(0.06 %)
|
0.02 %
|
0.00 %
|
|
Allowance for credit
losses/loans(5)
|
|
1.18 %
|
1.18 %
|
1.20 %
|
1.20 %
|
1.24 %
|
|
Allowance for credit
losses/nonaccrual loans
|
|
854.33 %
|
1,470.74 %
|
1,388.87 %
|
1,166.70 %
|
726.88 %
|
|
|
|
[Footnotes to table located on
page 6]
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|
INCOME STATEMENTS --
Unaudited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter
Ended
|
|
|
March
31
|
Dec
31
|
Sept
30
|
June
30
|
Mar
31
|
|
(in thousands, except
per share data)
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans
|
$
|
36,748
|
33,939
|
29,752
|
26,610
|
23,931
|
|
Investment
securities
|
|
613
|
562
|
506
|
448
|
474
|
|
Federal funds
sold
|
|
969
|
525
|
676
|
180
|
59
|
|
Total interest
income
|
|
38,330
|
35,026
|
30,934
|
27,238
|
24,464
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deposits
|
|
17,179
|
10,329
|
5,021
|
1,844
|
908
|
|
Borrowings
|
|
727
|
578
|
459
|
510
|
392
|
|
Total interest
expense
|
|
17,906
|
10,907
|
5,480
|
2,354
|
1,300
|
|
Net interest
income
|
|
20,424
|
24,119
|
25,454
|
24,884
|
23,164
|
|
Provision for credit
losses
|
|
1,825
|
2,325
|
950
|
1,775
|
1,105
|
|
Net interest income
after provision for credit losses
|
|
18,599
|
21,794
|
24,504
|
23,109
|
22,059
|
|
Noninterest
income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mortgage banking
income
|
|
622
|
291
|
1,230
|
1,184
|
1,494
|
|
Service fees on deposit
accounts
|
|
325
|
316
|
318
|
327
|
303
|
|
ATM and debit card
income
|
|
555
|
558
|
542
|
548
|
514
|
|
Income from bank owned
life insurance
|
|
332
|
344
|
315
|
315
|
315
|
|
Loss on disposal of
fixed assets
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(394)
|
-
|
|
Other income
|
|
210
|
198
|
275
|
285
|
301
|
|
Total
noninterest income
|
|
2,044
|
1,707
|
2,680
|
2,265
|
2,927
|
|
Noninterest
expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compensation and
benefits
|
|
10,356
|
9,576
|
9,843
|
9,915
|
9,456
|
|
Occupancy
|
|
2,457
|
2,666
|
2,442
|
2,219
|
1,778
|
|
Outside service and
data processing costs
|
|
1,629
|
1,521
|
1,529
|
1,528
|
1,533
|
|
Insurance
|
|
689
|
551
|
507
|
367
|
260
|
|
Professional
fees
|
|
660
|
788
|
555
|
693
|
599
|
|
Marketing
|
|
366
|
282
|
338
|
329
|
269
|
|
Other
|
|
947
|
1,029
|
832
|
737
|
790
|
|
Total
noninterest expenses
|
|
17,104
|
16,413
|
16,046
|
15,788
|
14,685
|
|
Income before provision
for income taxes
|
|
3,539
|
7,088
|
11,138
|
9,586
|
10,301
|
|
Income tax
expense
|
|
836
|
1,596
|
2,725
|
2,346
|
2,331
|
|
Net income available
to common shareholders
|
$
|
2,703
|
5,492
|
8,413
|
7,240
|
7,970
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per common
share – Basic
|
$
|
0.34
|
0.69
|
1.06
|
0.91
|
1.00
|
|
Earnings per common
share – Diluted
|
|
0.33
|
0.68
|
1.04
|
0.90
|
0.98
|
|
Basic weighted average
common shares
|
|
8,026
|
7,971
|
7,972
|
7,945
|
7,932
|
|
Diluted weighted
average common shares
|
|
8,092
|
8,071
|
8,065
|
8,075
|
8,096
|
|
|
|
[Footnotes to table located on
page 6]
|
Net income for the first quarter of 2023 was $2.7 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, a $2.8 million decrease from the fourth quarter of
2022 and a $5.3 million decrease from
the first quarter of 2022. Net interest income decreased
$3.7 million for the first quarter of
2023, compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, and decreased
$2.7 million, compared to the first
quarter of 2022. The decrease in net interest income from the prior
quarter and prior year was driven by an increase in interest
expense on our deposit accounts related to the Federal Reserve's
475-basis point interest rate hikes during the past 12
months.
The provision for credit losses was $1.8
million for the first quarter of 2023, compared to
$2.3 million for the fourth quarter
of 2022 and $1.1 million for the
first quarter of 2022. The provision expense during the first
quarter of 2023, calculated under the Current Expected Credit Loss
("CECL") methodology adopted effective January 1, 2022, includes a $1.9 million provision for loan losses and a
$30 thousand reversal of the reserve
for unfunded commitments.
Noninterest income totaled $2.0
million for the first quarter of 2023, a $337 thousand increase from the fourth quarter of
2022 and an $883 thousand decrease
from the first quarter of 2022. Mortgage banking income has
typically been the largest component of our noninterest income;
however, lower mortgage origination volume during the past 12
months, combined with our strategy to keep a larger percentage of
these loans in our portfolio, has impacted our profitability.
Consequently, mortgage banking income was $622 thousand for the first quarter of 2023, an
increase of $331 thousand from the
prior quarter income and an $872
thousand decrease from the first quarter of 2022.
Noninterest expense for the first quarter of 2023 was
$17.1 million, a $691 thousand increase from the fourth quarter of
2022, and a $2.4 million increase
from the first quarter of 2022. The increase in noninterest expense
from the previous quarter was driven by increases in compensation
and benefits, outside service and data processing costs, and
insurance expense, while the increase from the prior year related
to increases in compensation and benefits, occupancy, and insurance
expenses. Compensation and benefits expense increased from the
previous quarter and year, driven by annual salary increases,
hiring of new team members, and higher benefits expense. Occupancy
expense increased from the prior year due to costs associated with
the construction and relocation of our headquarters, while
insurance costs increased from the prior quarter and year due to
higher FDIC insurance premiums.
Our effective tax rate was 23.6% for the first quarter, an
increase from 22.5% for the fourth quarter of 2022 and from 22.6%
for the first quarter of 2022. The higher tax rate in the first
quarter of 2023 relates to the effect of equity compensation
transactions on our tax rate during the quarter.
|
NET INTEREST INCOME
AND MARGIN - Unaudited
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended
|
|
March 31, 2023
|
December 31, 2022
|
March 31, 2022
|
|
(dollars in
thousands)
|
Average
Balance
|
Income/
Expense
|
Yield/
Rate(3)
|
Average
Balance
|
Income/
Expense
|
Yield/
Rate(3)
|
Average
Balance
|
Income/
Expense
|
Yield/
Rate(3)
|
|
Interest-earning
assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal funds sold and
interest-bearing deposits
|
$ 85,966
|
$ 969
|
4.57 %
|
$ 60,176
|
$ 525
|
3.46 %
|
$ 89,096
|
$
59
|
0.27 %
|
|
Investment
securities, taxable
|
87,521
|
530
|
2.46 %
|
86,594
|
515
|
2.36 %
|
113,101
|
425
|
1.52 %
|
|
Investment
securities, nontaxable(2)
|
10,266
|
106
|
4.21 %
|
9,987
|
61
|
2.42 %
|
11,899
|
64
|
2.17 %
|
|
Loans(10)
|
3,334,530
|
36,748
|
4.47 %
|
3,165,061
|
33,939
|
4.25 %
|
2,573,978
|
23,931
|
3.77 %
|
|
Total interest-earning assets
|
3,518,283
|
38,353
|
4.42 %
|
3,321,818
|
35,040
|
4.18 %
|
2,788,074
|
24,479
|
3.56 %
|
|
Noninterest-earning assets
|
161,310
|
|
|
162,924
|
|
|
152,565
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
$3,679,593
|
|
|
$3,484,742
|
|
|
$2,940,639
|
|
|
|
Interest-bearing
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOW accounts
|
$
303,176
|
440
|
0.59 %
|
$
343,541
|
379
|
0.44 %
|
$
406,054
|
115
|
0.11 %
|
|
Savings & money
market
|
1,661,878
|
11,992
|
2.93 %
|
1,529,532
|
7,657
|
1.99 %
|
1,242,225
|
618
|
0.20 %
|
|
Time
deposits
|
543,425
|
4,747
|
3.54 %
|
405,907
|
2,293
|
2.24 %
|
158,720
|
175
|
0.45 %
|
|
Total interest-bearing
deposits
|
2,508,479
|
17,179
|
2.78 %
|
2,278,980
|
10,329
|
1.80 %
|
1,806,999
|
908
|
0.20 %
|
|
FHLB advances and other
borrowings
|
18,243
|
200
|
4.45 %
|
7,594
|
81
|
4.23 %
|
16,626
|
12
|
0.29 %
|
|
Subordinated
debentures
|
36,224
|
527
|
5.90 %
|
36,197
|
497
|
5.45 %
|
36,116
|
380
|
4.27 %
|
|
Total interest-bearing
liabilities
|
2,562,946
|
17,906
|
2.83 %
|
2,322,771
|
10,907
|
1.86 %
|
1,859,741
|
1,300
|
0.28 %
|
|
Noninterest-bearing
liabilities
|
818,123
|
|
|
869,314
|
|
|
802,299
|
|
|
|
Shareholders'
equity
|
298,524
|
|
|
292,657
|
|
|
278,600
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and
shareholders' equity
|
$3,679,593
|
|
|
$3,484,742
|
|
|
$2,940,639
|
|
|
|
Net interest
spread
|
|
|
1.59 %
|
|
|
2.32 %
|
|
|
3.28 %
|
|
Net interest income
(tax equivalent) / margin
|
|
$20,447
|
2.36 %
|
|
$24,133
|
2.88 %
|
|
$23,179
|
3.37 %
|
|
Less:
tax-equivalent adjustment(2)
|
|
23
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
Net interest
income
|
|
$20,424
|
|
|
$24,119
|
|
|
$23,164
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Footnotes to table located on
page 6]
|
Net interest income was $20.4
million for the first quarter of 2023, a $3.7 million decrease from the fourth quarter of
2022, driven by a $7.0 million
increase in interest expense, partially offset by a $3.3 million increase in interest income, on a
taxable basis. The increase in interest expense was driven by
$229.5 million growth in average
interest-bearing deposit balances at an average rate of 2.78%, a
98-basis points increase over the previous quarter, partially
offset by $169.5 million growth in
average loan balances at a yield of 4.47%, an increase of 22-basis
points from the fourth quarter of 2022. In comparison to the
first quarter of 2022, net interest income decreased $2.7 million, resulting primarily from
$701.5 million growth in average
interest-bearing deposit balances during the 13 months ended
March 31, 2023, combined with a
258-basis point increase in deposit rates. Our net interest
margin, on a tax-equivalent basis, was 2.36% for the first quarter
of 2023, a 52-basis point decrease from 2.88% for the fourth
quarter of 2022 and a 101-basis point decrease from 3.37% for the
first quarter of 2022. As a result of the Federal Reserve's
475-basis point interest rate hikes during the past 12 months, the
rate on our interest-bearing liabilities has increased by 255-basis
points during the first quarter of 2023 in comparison to the first
quarter of 2022. However, the yield on our interest-earning assets,
driven by our loan portfolio, has increased by only 86-basis points
during the same time period, resulting in the lower net interest
margin during the first quarter of 2023.
|
BALANCE SHEETS -
Unaudited
|
|
|
|
Ending
Balance
|
|
|
|
March
31
|
December
31
|
September
30
|
June
30
|
March
31
|
|
|
(in thousands, except
per share data)
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and due
from banks
|
$
|
22,213
|
18,788
|
16,530
|
21,090
|
20,992
|
|
|
Federal funds
sold
|
|
242,642
|
101,277
|
139,544
|
124,462
|
95,093
|
|
|
Interest-bearing
deposits with banks
|
|
7,350
|
50,809
|
4,532
|
36,538
|
33,131
|
|
|
Total cash and cash equivalents
|
|
272,205
|
170,874
|
160,606
|
182,090
|
149,216
|
|
|
Investment
securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
securities available for sale
|
|
94,036
|
93,347
|
91,521
|
98,991
|
106,978
|
|
|
Other
investments
|
|
10,097
|
10,833
|
5,449
|
5,065
|
4,104
|
|
|
Total investment securities
|
|
104,133
|
104,180
|
96,970
|
104,056
|
111,082
|
|
|
Mortgage loans held for
sale
|
|
6,979
|
3,917
|
9,243
|
18,329
|
17,840
|
|
|
Loans
(5)
|
|
3,417,945
|
3,273,363
|
3,030,027
|
2,845,205
|
2,660,675
|
|
|
Less allowance for
credit losses
|
|
(40,435)
|
(38,639)
|
(36,317)
|
(34,192)
|
(32,944)
|
|
|
Loans, net
|
|
3,377,510
|
3,234,724
|
2,993,710
|
2,811,013
|
2,627,731
|
|
|
Bank owned life
insurance
|
|
51,453
|
51,122
|
50,778
|
50,463
|
50,148
|
|
|
Property and equipment,
net
|
|
97,806
|
99,183
|
99,530
|
96,674
|
95,129
|
|
|
Deferred income
taxes
|
|
12,087
|
12,522
|
18,425
|
15,078
|
10,635
|
|
|
Other assets
|
|
15,967
|
15,459
|
10,407
|
9,960
|
10,859
|
|
|
Total assets
|
$
|
3,938,140
|
3,691,981
|
3,439,669
|
3,287,663
|
3,072,640
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deposits
|
$
|
3,426,774
|
3,133,864
|
3,001,452
|
2,870,158
|
2,708,174
|
|
|
FHLB
Advances
|
|
125,000
|
175,000
|
60,000
|
50,000
|
-
|
|
|
Subordinated
debentures
|
|
36,241
|
36,214
|
36,187
|
36,160
|
36,133
|
|
|
Other
liabilities
|
|
50,775
|
52,391
|
54,245
|
48,708
|
49,809
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
3,638,790
|
3,397,469
|
3,151,884
|
3,005,026
|
2,794,116
|
|
|
Shareholders'
equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock - $.01
par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Common Stock - $.01 par
value; 10,000,000 shares authorized
|
|
80
|
80
|
80
|
80
|
80
|
|
|
Nonvested restricted
stock
|
|
(4,462)
|
(3,306)
|
(3,348)
|
(3,230)
|
(3,425)
|
|
|
Additional paid-in
capital
|
|
120,683
|
119,027
|
118,433
|
117,714
|
117,286
|
|
|
Accumulated other
comprehensive loss
|
|
(11,775)
|
(13,410)
|
(14,009)
|
(10,143)
|
(6,393)
|
|
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
194,824
|
192,121
|
186,629
|
178,216
|
170,976
|
|
|
Total shareholders' equity
|
|
299,350
|
294,512
|
287,785
|
282,637
|
278,524
|
|
|
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
$
|
3,938,140
|
3,691,981
|
3,439,669
|
3,287,663
|
3,072,640
|
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Book value per common
share
|
$
|
37.16
|
36.76
|
35.99
|
35.39
|
34.90
|
|
|
Stock price:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
High
|
|
45.05
|
49.50
|
47.16
|
50.09
|
65.02
|
|
|
Low
|
|
30.70
|
41.46
|
41.66
|
42.25
|
50.84
|
|
|
Period
end
|
|
30.70
|
45.75
|
41.66
|
43.59
|
50.84
|
|
|
Common shares
outstanding
|
|
8,048
|
8,011
|
7,997
|
7,986
|
7,981
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Footnotes to table located on page 6]
|
|
ASSET QUALITY
MEASURES - Unaudited
|
|
|
|
Quarter
Ended
|
|
|
March
31
|
December
31
|
September
30
|
June
30
|
March
31
|
|
(dollars in
thousands)
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
|
Nonperforming
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-owner
occupied RE
|
$
|
1,384
|
247
|
253
|
981
|
1,026
|
|
Commercial
business
|
|
1,196
|
182
|
79
|
-
|
-
|
|
Consumer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real
estate
|
|
1,075
|
1,099
|
904
|
552
|
1,482
|
|
Home
equity
|
|
1,078
|
1,099
|
1,379
|
1,398
|
2,024
|
|
Total nonaccrual
loans
|
|
4,733
|
2,627
|
2,615
|
2,931
|
4,532
|
|
Other real estate
owned
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Total nonperforming
assets
|
$
|
4,733
|
2,627
|
2,615
|
2,931
|
4,532
|
|
Nonperforming assets as
a percentage of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
0.12 %
|
0.07 %
|
0.08 %
|
0.09 %
|
0.15 %
|
|
Total
loans
|
|
0.14 %
|
0.08 %
|
0.09 %
|
0.10 %
|
0.17 %
|
|
Classified assets/tier
1 capital plus allowance for credit losses
|
|
5.10 %
|
4.71 %
|
5.24 %
|
7.29 %
|
7.83 %
|
|
|
Quarter
Ended
|
|
|
March
31
|
December
31
|
September
30
|
June
30
|
March
31
|
|
(dollars in
thousands)
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
|
Allowance for Credit
Losses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, beginning of
period
|
$
|
38,639
|
36,317
|
34,192
|
32,944
|
30,408
|
|
CECL
adjustment
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,500
|
|
Loans
charged-off
|
|
(161)
|
-
|
-
|
(316)
|
(169)
|
|
Recoveries of loans
previously charged-off
|
|
102
|
22
|
1,600
|
39
|
180
|
|
Net loans
(charged-off) recovered
|
|
(59)
|
22
|
1,600
|
(277)
|
11
|
|
Provision for credit
losses
|
|
1,855
|
2,300
|
525
|
1,525
|
1,025
|
|
Balance, end of
period
|
$
|
40,435
|
38,639
|
36,317
|
34,192
|
32,944
|
|
Allowance for credit
losses to gross loans
|
|
1.18 %
|
1.18 %
|
1.20 %
|
1.20 %
|
1.24 %
|
|
Allowance for credit
losses to nonaccrual loans
|
|
854.33 %
|
1,470.74 %
|
1,388.87 %
|
1,166.70 %
|
726.88 %
|
|
Net charge-offs to
average loans QTD (annualized)
|
|
0.01 %
|
0.00 %
|
(0.22 %)
|
0.04 %
|
0.00 %
|
Total nonperforming assets increased by $2.1 million during the first quarter of 2023,
representing 0.12% of total assets, compared to 0.07% in the fourth
quarter of 2023. The increase in nonperforming assets during the
first quarter of 2023 results primarily from three commercial loans
that went on nonaccrual status. In addition, our classified asset
ratio increased to 5.10% for the first quarter of 2023 from 4.71%
in the fourth quarter of 2022 and decreased from 7.83% in the first
quarter of 2022. The improvement from the first quarter of 2022 was
primarily the result of six hotel loans, or $18.5 million in the aggregate, we upgraded from
substandard during the prior year.
On March 31, 2023, the allowance
for credit losses was $40.4 million,
or 1.18% of total loans, compared to $38.6
million, or 1.18% of total loans, at December 31, 2022, and $32.9 million, or 1.24% of total loans, at
March 31, 2022. We had net
charge-offs of $59 thousand, or 0.01%
annualized, for the first quarter of 2023, compared to net
recoveries of $22 thousand for the
fourth quarter of 2022 and net recoveries of $11 thousand for the first quarter of 2022. There
was a provision for credit losses of $1.9
million for the first quarter of 2023, compared to a
provision of $2.3 million for the
fourth quarter of 2022 and a provision of $1.0 million for the first quarter of 2022.
|
LOAN COMPOSITION
- Unaudited
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
March
31
|
December
31
|
September
30
|
June
30
|
March
31
|
|
(dollars in
thousands)
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
|
Commercial
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Owner occupied
RE
|
$
|
615,094
|
612,901
|
572,972
|
551,544
|
527,776
|
|
Non-owner occupied
RE
|
|
928,059
|
862,579
|
799,569
|
741,263
|
705,811
|
|
Construction
|
|
94,641
|
109,726
|
85,850
|
84,612
|
75,015
|
|
Business
|
|
495,161
|
468,112
|
419,312
|
389,790
|
352,932
|
|
Total commercial
loans
|
|
2,132,955
|
2,053,318
|
1,877,703
|
1,767,209
|
1,661,534
|
|
Consumer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real estate
|
|
993,258
|
931,278
|
873,471
|
812,130
|
745,667
|
|
Home equity
|
|
180,974
|
179,300
|
171,904
|
161,512
|
155,678
|
|
Construction
|
|
71,137
|
80,415
|
77,798
|
76,878
|
72,627
|
|
Other
|
|
39,621
|
29,052
|
29,151
|
27,476
|
25,169
|
|
Total consumer
loans
|
|
1,284,990
|
1,220,045
|
1,152,324
|
1,077,996
|
999,141
|
|
Total gross loans, net
of deferred fees
|
|
3,417,945
|
3,273,363
|
3,030,027
|
2,845,205
|
2,660,675
|
|
Less—allowance for
credit losses
|
|
(40,435)
|
(38,639)
|
(36,317)
|
(34,192)
|
(32,944)
|
|
Total loans,
net
|
$
|
3,377,510
|
3,234,724
|
2,993,710
|
2,811,013
|
2,627,731
|
|
DEPOSIT COMPOSITION
- Unaudited
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
March
31
|
December
31
|
September
30
|
June
30
|
March
31
|
|
(dollars in
thousands)
|
|
2023
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
2022
|
|
Non-interest
bearing
|
$
|
740,534
|
804,115
|
791,050
|
799,169
|
779,262
|
|
Interest
bearing:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOW
accounts
|
|
303,743
|
318,030
|
357,862
|
364,189
|
416,322
|
|
Money
market accounts
|
|
1,748,562
|
1,506,418
|
1,452,958
|
1,320,329
|
1,238,866
|
|
Savings
|
|
39,706
|
40,673
|
42,335
|
41,944
|
41,630
|
|
Time, less
than $250,000
|
|
106,679
|
89,877
|
79,387
|
62,340
|
57,972
|
|
Time and
out-of-market deposits, $250,000 and over
|
|
487,550
|
374,751
|
277,860
|
282,187
|
174,122
|
|
Total
deposits
|
$
|
3,426,774
|
3,133,864
|
3,001,452
|
2,870,158
|
2,708,174
|
|
Footnotes to
tables:
|
|
|
(1) Total revenue
is the sum of net interest income and noninterest
income.
|
|
(2) The
tax-equivalent adjustment to net interest income adjusts the yield
for assets earning tax-exempt income to a comparable yield on a
taxable basis.
|
|
(3) Annualized
for the respective three-month period.
|
|
(4)
Noninterest expense divided by the sum of
net interest income and noninterest income.
|
|
(5) Excludes
mortgage loans held for sale.
|
|
(6) Excludes out
of market deposits and time deposits greater than
$250,000.
|
|
(7) March 31,
2023 ratios are preliminary.
|
|
(8) The common
equity tier 1 ratio is calculated as the sum of common equity
divided by risk-weighted assets.
|
|
(9) The tangible
common equity ratio is calculated as total equity less preferred
stock divided by total assets.
|
|
(10) Includes mortgage
loans held for sale.
|
ABOUT SOUTHERN FIRST BANCSHARES
Southern First
Bancshares, Inc., Greenville, South
Carolina is a registered bank holding company incorporated
under the laws of South Carolina. The company's wholly owned
subsidiary, Southern First Bank, is the second largest bank
headquartered in South Carolina. Southern First Bank has been
providing financial services since 1999 and now operates in 12
locations in the Greenville,
Columbia, and Charleston markets of South Carolina as well as the Charlotte,
Triangle and Triad regions of North
Carolina and Atlanta,
Georgia. Southern First Bancshares has consolidated assets
of approximately $3.9 billion and its
common stock is traded on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol
"SFST." More information can be found at
www.southernfirst.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this
news release contain "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
such as statements relating to future plans and expectations, and
are thus prospective. Such forward-looking statements are
identified by words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate,"
"estimate," "intend," "plan," "target," "continue," "lasting," and
"project," as well as similar expressions. Such statements are
subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could
cause actual results to differ materially from future results
expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Although we believe that the assumptions
underlying the forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of
the assumptions could prove to be inaccurate. Therefore, we
can give no assurance that the results contemplated in the
forward-looking statements will be realized. The inclusion of
this forward-looking information should not be construed as a
representation by our company or any person that the future events,
plans, or expectations contemplated by our company will be
achieved.
The following factors, among others, could cause actual results
to differ materially from the anticipated results or other
expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements: (1)
competitive pressures among depository and other financial
institutions may increase significantly and have an effect on
pricing, spending, third-party relationships and revenues; (2) the
strength of the United States
economy in general and the strength of the local economies in which
the company conducts operations may be different than expected; (3)
the rate of delinquencies and amounts of charge-offs, the level of
allowance for credit loss, the rates of loan and deposit growth as
well as pricing of each product, or adverse changes in asset
quality in our loan portfolio, which may result in increased credit
risk-related losses and expenses; (4) changes in legislation,
regulation, policies, or administrative practices, whether by
judicial, governmental, or legislative action, including, but not
limited to, changes affecting oversight of the financial services
industry or consumer protection; (5) the impact of changes to
Congress on the regulatory landscape and capital markets; (6)
adverse conditions in the stock market, the public debt market and
other capital markets (including changes in interest rate
conditions) could continue to have a negative impact on the
company; (7) changes in interest rates, which may continue to
affect the company's net income, interest expense, prepayment
penalty income, mortgage banking income, and other future cash
flows, or the market value of the company's assets, including its
investment securities; and (8) elevated inflation which causes
adverse risk to the overall economy, and could indirectly pose
challenges to our clients and to our business; (9) any increase in
FDIC assessments which will increase our cost of doing business;
and (10) changes in accounting principles, policies, practices, or
guidelines. Additional factors that could cause our results to
differ materially from those described in the forward-looking
statements can be found in our reports (such as Annual Reports on
Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on
Form 8-K) filed with the SEC and available at the SEC's Internet
site (http://www.sec.gov). All subsequent written and oral
forward-looking statements concerning the company or any person
acting on its behalf is expressly qualified in its entirety by the
cautionary statements above. We do not undertake any
obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect
circumstances or events that occur after the date the
forward-looking statements are made, except as required by law.
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