Independent Bank Group, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Financial Results and Increases Quarterly Dividend

MCKINNEY, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Independent Bank Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBTX), the holding company for Independent Bank, today announced net income of $58.2 million, or $1.35 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, compared to $38.7 million, or $0.90 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 and $60.0 million, or $1.39 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.

The Company also announced that its Board of Directors increased the quarterly cash dividend to $0.34 per share of common stock. The dividend will be payable on August 19, 2021 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 5, 2021.

Highlights

• Solid organic loan growth of 12.4% annualized for the quarter, (excluding warehouse and PPP)
• Improved credit metrics with nonperforming assets of 0.29% of total assets
• Strong capital levels with an estimated total capital ratio of 14.23%, leverage ratio of 9.03%, and (non-GAAP) tangible common equity (TCE) ratio of 8.45%
• Announced redemption of $40 million in subordinated debentures in July 2021
• Grew book value by $1.17 per share to $58.89 and tangible book value per share by $1.24 to $33.98

“These second quarter results reflect the accelerating economic recovery across our footprint, with our core loan book growing 12.4% annualized for the quarter as demand rebounded in both Texas and Colorado,” said Independent Bank Group Chairman & CEO David R. Brooks. “In addition to broad-based loan growth, we reported healthy earnings, grew tangible book value per share, and maintained resilient credit quality metrics. As we enter the second half of 2021 and look ahead, we will continue to leverage our position of strength in disciplined pursuit of growth opportunities across our great markets.”

Second Quarter 2021 Operating Results

Net Interest Income

• Net interest income was $129.3 million for second quarter 2021 compared to $128.4 million for second quarter 2020 and $129.7 million for first quarter 2021. The slight increase in net interest income from the prior year was driven by decreased funding costs offset by decreased earnings on assets due to lower yields and accretion. The slight decrease from the linked quarter was due primarily to lower accretion income offset by a decrease in interest expense due to lower rates paid primarily on money market accounts and certificates of deposit. The quarter ended June 30, 2021 includes $5.2 million of acquired loan accretion compared to $6.2 million in first quarter 2021 and $7.2 million in second quarter 2020.
• The average balance of total interest-earning assets grew by $1.8 billion and totaled $16.5 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 compared to $14.7 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 and increased $500.5 million from $16.0 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. The increase for both periods is primarily due to the continued growth of average interest bearing cash balances over the past year, increasing $1.3 billion from prior year and $781.5 million from the linked quarter. Offsetting the linked quarter change is a net decrease in average loan balances, due to both forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans as well as a decrease in our average mortgage warehouse loans during the quarter.
• The yield on interest-earning assets was 3.54% for second quarter 2021 compared to 4.14% for second quarter 2020 and 3.75% for first quarter 2021. The overall asset yield is down for both periods due to the continued increase in lower-yielding interest bearing cash balances mentioned above as well as lower yielding PPP loans and securities for the year over year period. The average loan yield, net of all accretion increased three (3) basis points from the linked quarter compared to a 21 basis point decrease from the prior year.
• The cost of interest-bearing liabilities, including borrowings, was 0.60% for second quarter 2021 compared to 0.90% for second quarter 2020 and 0.67% for first quarter 2021. The decrease from the prior year and linked quarter is primarily due to lower rates offered on our deposit products, while the prior year change is also due to rate decreases on other borrowings.
• The net interest margin was 3.14% for second quarter 2021 compared to 3.51% for second quarter 2020 and 3.29% for first quarter 2021. The net interest margin excluding all loan accretion was 3.02% for second quarter 2021 compared to 3.32% in second quarter 2020 and 3.13% for first quarter 2021. The decrease in net interest margin from the prior year was primarily due to the lower asset yields, increased liquidity and a decrease of $1.9 million in loan accretion income offset by the lower cost of funds on interest bearing liabilities. The 11 basis point decrease in the net interest margin excluding all loan accretion from the linked quarter is primarily a result of excess liquidity which negatively impacted the margin by 15 basis points, offset by slightly lower cost of funds of interest bearing liabilities for the quarter.

Noninterest Income

• Total noninterest income decreased $9.5 million compared to second quarter 2020 and decreased $2.7 million compared to first quarter 2021.
• The decrease from the prior year primarily reflects decreases of $5.2 million in mortgage banking revenue and $3.9 million in other noninterest income. The decrease in other noninterest income is due to $1.4 million less interchange income due to the Durbin amendment, which was effective July 2020 as well as a $3.5 million acquired loan contingency reserve that was recovered in second quarter 2020 offset by increases of $538 thousand in mortgage warehouse fee income and $559 thousand in miscellaneous income, including a $472 thousand gain on a branch building insurance claim.
• The decrease from the linked quarter primarily reflects a decrease of $2.3 million in mortgage banking revenue.
• Mortgage banking revenue was lower in second quarter 2021 compared to prior year and the linked quarter due to decreased volumes and margins resulting from rate increases in 2021. It was also impacted by continued volatility in the market during the quarter, which resulted in fair value losses on our derivative hedging instruments of $700 thousand compared to second quarter 2020 gain of $3.3 million and $333 thousand loss for first quarter 2021.

Noninterest Expense

• Total noninterest expense decreased $5.1 million compared to second quarter 2020 and increased $2.9 million compared to first quarter 2021.
• The net decrease in noninterest expense compared to second quarter 2020 is due primarily to a decrease of $15.6 million in acquisition expenses related to the merger termination in second quarter 2020 and other insignificant decreases in the following: $344 thousand in technology and communication expense, $522 thousand in FDIC assessment, $486 thousand in advertising and public relations and $738 thousand in other real estate impairment. The changes above were offset by increases of $9.4 million in salaries and benefits expense, $1.6 million in professional fees and $1.5 million in occupancy expense.
• The increase from the linked quarter is primarily due to increases of $1.2 million in occupancy expense and $1.4 million in other noninterest expense.
• The increase in salaries and benefits from the prior year is due primarily to $8.8 million lower deferred salary expense which was elevated in prior year as a result of PPP loans and other COVID-related modifications that occurred during second quarter 2020 and reduced overall salary expense for that period. In addition, there was a decrease of $2.0 million in severance and retention expenses, which were higher in second quarter 2020 due to departmental and business line restructurings. Offsetting those changes were increases of $2.1 million in salaries and insurance expense in the current quarter due to additional headcount, as well as an increase of $712 thousand in contract labor costs due to various departmental and bankwide projects. In addition, the increase in professional fees for the year over year period was due to $982 thousand higher consulting expenses related primarily to the forgiveness of the first round of PPP loans and $739 thousand in legal expenses related to an ongoing acquired litigation.
• The increase in occupancy expense from the prior year and linked quarter is primarily due to increases in various non-capitalizable small furniture and equipment and building repairs and maintenance expenses.
• The increase in other noninterest expense from the linked quarter is due to increases of $365 thousand in loan-related expenses, $422 thousand in business meals, entertainment and travel expenses primarily due to returning to work in second quarter 2021 and other small increases in other miscellaneous accounts.

Provision for Credit Losses

• The Company recorded a negative provision for credit losses of $6.5 million for second quarter 2021, a decrease of $29.6 million compared to $23.1 million provision expense for second quarter 2020 and a decrease of $4.0 million compared to negative provision for credit losses of $2.5 million for first quarter 2021. The credit provision in second quarter 2021 and first quarter 2021 was primarily related to improvements to the economic forecast during 2021 as well as charge-offs or specific reserves taken during the respective period. Provision expense was elevated in the second quarter 2020 primarily due to general provision expense for economic factors related to COVID-19.
• The allowance for credit losses on loans was $154.8 million, or 1.34% of total loans held for investment, net of mortgage warehouse purchase loans, at June 30, 2021, compared to $80.1 million, or 0.68% at June 30, 2020 and compared to $165.8 million, or 1.42% at March 31, 2021. The dollar and percentage increase from the prior year is primarily due to adjustments to economic factors relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 as well the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) transition adjustment while the increased credit provision from the linked quarter is due primarily to improvements in the economic forecast as mentioned above.

Income Taxes

• Federal income tax expense of $15.5 million was recorded for the second quarter 2021, an effective rate of 21.0% compared to tax expense of $8.9 million and an effective rate of 18.7% for the prior year quarter and tax expense of $15.7 million and an effective rate of 20.8% for the linked quarter. The lower effective tax rate for the second quarter 2020 was primarily a result of adjustments made related to state income taxes.

Second Quarter 2021 Balance Sheet Highlights

Loans

• Total loans held for investment, net of mortgage warehouse purchase loans, were $11.6 billion at June 30, 2021 compared to $11.7 billion at March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020. PPP loans totaled $490.5 million, $912.2 million and $823.3 million as of June 30, 2021, March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020, respectively. Loans excluding PPP loans and net of loan sales, increased $333.1 million, or 12.4% on an annualized basis, during second quarter 2021.
• Average mortgage warehouse purchase loans decreased to $850.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 from $1.2 billion at March 31, 2021, and increased from $665.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, an increase of $184.7 million, or 27.7% year over year. The change from the prior year is reflective of the Company’s focused attention to grow the warehouse line of business, while the decrease for the current quarter is due to lower volumes related to mortgage rate increases and shorter hold times during the period.

Asset Quality

• Total nonperforming assets decreased to $53.1 million, or 0.29% of total assets at June 30, 2021, compared to $61.0 million or 0.34% of total assets at March 31, 2021, and increased from $28.4 million, or 0.17% of total assets at June 30, 2020.
• The decrease in nonperforming loans and nonperforming assets from the linked quarter is primarily due to payoffs and principal reductions totaling $5.4 million as well as $2.4 million in charge-offs during the period, which includes a $1.2 million commercial loan charge-off and various other smaller charge-offs.
• The increase in nonperforming loans and nonperforming assets from the prior year is primarily due to net additions of $7.5 million in PCD loans added related to our January 1, 2021 CECL adoption as well as nonaccrual loan additions including a $12.2 million energy loan and a $15.1 million commercial real estate credit, offset by a $3.5 million charge-off on an energy credit and the $1.2 million commercial loan charge-off mentioned above as well as the high volume of payoffs and principal reductions occurring in second quarter 2021.
• Charge-offs were 0.13% annualized in the second quarter 2021 compared to 0.01% annualized in the linked quarter and 0.05% annualized in the prior year quarter. Charge-offs were elevated in second quarter 2021 due to the $1.2 million commercial loan charge-off discussed above as well as another $1.2 million commercial charge-off of a performing loan. Both charge-offs were fully reserved in prior periods.

Deposits, Borrowings and Liquidity

• Total deposits were $15.1 billion at June 30, 2021 compared to $14.8 billion at March 31, 2021 and compared to $13.3 billion at June 30, 2020. The increase in deposits from the linked quarter is related to $350.0 million in reciprocal deposits brought back on balance sheet in May and June offset by decreases in specialty treasury accounts. Noninterest bearing deposits increased $168.2 million from March 31, 2021 and $650.1 million from June 30, 2020.
• Total borrowings (other than junior subordinated debentures) were $681.0 million at June 30, 2021, a decrease of $2.3 million from March 31, 2021 and a decrease of $435.4 million from June 30, 2020. The linked quarter change reflects a $2.5 million payoff in borrowings against the Company’s unsecured revolving line of credit with an unrelated commercial bank. The change from prior year reflects a $550.0 million reduction of short-term FHLB advances, as well as the payoff of $13.5 million in total borrowings for both the Company’s unsecured line of credit and the Fed’s PPP Liquidity Facility, offset by proceeds of $127.5 million, net of issuance costs, related to subordinated debentures issued in third quarter 2020.

Capital

• The Company continues to be well capitalized under regulatory guidelines. At June 30, 2021, our estimated common equity Tier 1 to risk-weighted assets, Tier 1 capital to average assets, Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets and total capital to risk-weighted asset ratios were 11.14%, 9.03%, 11.55% and 14.23%, respectively, compared to 10.94%, 9.01%, 11.36%, and 14.13%, respectively, at March 31, 2021 and 10.17%, 8.94%, 10.60%, and 12.44%, respectively at June 30, 2020.
• The Company has elected to adopt the three-year transition option related to the CECL $53.9 million cumulative-effect reduction to retained earnings pursuant to the Federal Reserve Board’s final rule issued in February 2019. Such deferral has been applied in the June 30, 2021 and March 31, 2021 capital ratios presented.

Subsequent Events

The Company is required, under generally accepted accounting principles, to evaluate subsequent events through the filing of its consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 on Form 10-Q. As a result, the Company will continue to evaluate the impact of any subsequent events on critical accounting assumptions and estimates made as of June 30, 2021 and will adjust amounts preliminarily reported, if necessary.

About Independent Bank Group

Independent Bank Group, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Independent Bank, provides a wide range of relationship-driven commercial banking products and services tailored to meet the needs of businesses, professionals and individuals. Independent Bank Group operates in four market regions located in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin and Houston areas in Texas and the Colorado Front Range area, including Denver, Colorado Springs and Fort Collins.

Conference Call

A conference call covering Independent Bank Group’s second quarter earnings announcement will be held on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. (EDT) and can be accessed by the webcast link, https://webcast-eqs.com/indepbankgroup20210727/en or by calling 1-877-407-0989 and by identifying the meeting number 13721042 or by identifying “Independent Bank Group Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call.” The conference materials will also be available by accessing the Investor Relations page of our website, www.ifinancial.com. If you are unable to participate in the live event, a recording of the conference call will be accessible via the Investor Relations page of our website.

Forward-Looking Statements

From time to time the Company’s comments and releases may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and other related federal security laws. Forward-looking statements include information about the Company’s possible or assumed future results of operations, including its future revenues, income, expenses, provision for taxes, effective tax rate, earnings per share and cash flows, its future capital expenditures and dividends, its future financial condition and changes therein, including changes in the Company’s loan portfolio and allowance for credit losses, the Company’s future capital structure or changes therein, the plan and objectives of management for future operations, the Company’s future or proposed acquisitions, the future or expected effect of acquisitions on the Company’s operations, results of operations and financial condition, the Company’s future economic performance and the statements of the assumptions underlying any such statement. Such statements are typically, but not exclusively, identified by the use in the statements of words or phrases such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “guidance,” “intend,” “is anticipated,” “is estimated,” “is expected,” “is intended,” “objective,” “plan,” “projected,” “projection,” “will affect,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will decrease,” “will grow,” “will impact,” “will increase,” “will incur,” “will reduce,” “will remain,” “will result,” “would be,” variations of such words or phrases (including where the word “could,” “may” or “would” is used rather than the word “will” in a phrase) and similar words and phrases indicating that the statement addresses some future result, occurrence, plan or objective. The forward-looking statements that the Company makes are based on its current expectations and assumptions regarding its business, the economy, and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to future results and occurrences, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks, and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. The Company’s actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward looking statements, which are neither statements of historical fact nor guarantees or assurances of future performance. Many possible events or factors could affect the Company’s future financial results and performance and could cause those results or performance to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These possible events or factors include, but are not limited to: 1) the disruption to local, regional, national and global economic activity caused by infectious disease outbreaks, including the recent outbreak of coronavirus, or COVID-19, and the significant impact that such outbreak has had and may have on the Company’s growth, operations, earnings and asset quality; 2) the Company’s ability to sustain its current internal growth rate and total growth rate; 3) changes in geopolitical, business and economic events, occurrences and conditions, including changes in rates of inflation or deflation, nationally, regionally and in the Company’s target markets, particularly in Texas and Colorado; 4) worsening business and economic conditions nationally, regionally and in the Company’s target markets, particularly in Texas and Colorado, and the geographic areas in those states in which the Company operates; 5) the Company’s dependence on its management team and its ability to attract, motivate and retain qualified personnel; 6) the concentration of the Company’s business within its geographic areas of operation in Texas and Colorado; 7) changes in asset quality, including increases in default rates on loans and higher levels of nonperforming loans and loan charge-offs generally, and specifically resulting from the economic dislocation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; 8) concentration of the loan portfolio of Independent Bank, before and after the completion of acquisitions of financial institutions, in commercial and residential real estate loans and changes in the prices, values and sales volumes of commercial and residential real estate; 9) the ability of Independent Bank to make loans with acceptable net interest margins and levels of risk of repayment and to otherwise invest in assets at acceptable yields and presenting acceptable investment risks; 10) inaccuracy of the assumptions and estimates that the managements of the Company and the financial institutions that the Company acquires make in establishing reserves for credit losses and other estimates generally, and specifically as a result of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic; 11) lack of liquidity, including as a result of a reduction in the amount of sources of liquidity the Company currently has; 12) material increases or decreases in the amount of deposits held by Independent Bank or other financial institutions that the Company acquires and the cost of those deposits; 13) the Company’s access to the debt and equity markets and the overall cost of funding its operations; 14) regulatory requirements to maintain minimum capital levels or maintenance of capital at levels sufficient to support the Company’s anticipated growth; 15) changes in market interest rates that affect the pricing of the loans and deposits of each of Independent Bank and the financial institutions that the Company acquires and that affect the net interest income, other future cash flows, or the market value of the assets of each of Independent Bank and the financial institutions that the Company acquires, including investment securities; 16) fluctuations in the market value and liquidity of the securities the Company holds for sale, including as a result of changes in market interest rates; 17) effects of competition from a wide variety of local, regional, national and other providers of financial, investment and insurance services; 18) changes in economic and market conditions, including the economic dislocation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, that affect the amount and value of the assets of Independent Bank and of financial institutions that the Company acquires; 19) the institution and outcome of, and costs associated with, litigation and other legal proceedings against one of more of the Company, Independent Bank and financial institutions that the Company acquires or to which any of such entities is subject; 20) the occurrence of market conditions adversely affecting the financial industry generally, including the economic dislocation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic; 21) the impact of recent and future legislative regulatory changes, including changes in banking, securities, and tax laws and regulations and their application by the Company’s regulators, and changes in federal government policies, as well as regulatory requirements applicable to, and resulting from regulatory supervision of, the Company and Independent Bank as a financial institution with total assets greater than $10 billion; 22) changes in accounting policies, practices, principles and guidelines, as may be adopted by the bank regulatory agencies, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as the case may be; 23) governmental monetary and fiscal policies, including changes resulting from the implementation of the new Current Expected Credit Loss accounting standard; 24) changes in the scope and cost of FDIC insurance and other coverage; 25) the effects of war or other conflicts, acts of terrorism (including cyber attacks) or other catastrophic events, including natural disasters such as storms, droughts, tornadoes, hurricanes and flooding, that may affect general economic conditions; 26) the Company’s actual cost savings resulting from previous or future acquisitions are less than expected, the Company is unable to realize those cost savings as soon as expected, or the Company incurs additional or unexpected costs; 27) the Company’s revenues after previous or future acquisitions are less than expected; 28) the liquidity of, and changes in the amounts and sources of liquidity available to the Company, before and after the acquisition of any financial institutions that the Company acquires; 29) deposit attrition, operating costs, customer loss and business disruption before and after the Company completed acquisitions, including, without limitation, difficulties in maintaining relationships with employees, may be greater than the Company expected; 30) the effects of the combination of the operations of financial institutions that the Company has acquired in the recent past or may acquire in the future with the Company’s operations and the operations of Independent Bank, the effects of the integration of such operations being unsuccessful, and the effects of such integration being more difficult, time consuming, or costly than expected or not yielding the cost savings the Company expects; 31) the impact of investments that the Company or Independent Bank may have made or may make and the changes in the value of those investments; 32) the quality of the assets of financial institutions and companies that the Company has acquired in the recent past or may acquire in the future being different than it determined or determine in its due diligence investigation in connection with the acquisition of such financial institutions and any inadequacy of credit loss reserves relating to, and exposure to unrecoverable losses on, loans acquired; 33) the Company’s ability to continue to identify acquisition targets and successfully acquire desirable financial institutions to sustain its growth, to expand its presence in the Company’s markets and to enter new markets; 34) general business and economic conditions in the Company’s markets change or are less favorable than expected generally, and specifically as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; 35) changes occur in business conditions and inflation generally, and specifically as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; 36) an increase in the rate of personal or commercial customers’ bankruptcies generally, and specifically as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; 37) technology-related changes are harder to make or are more expensive than expected; 38) attacks on the security of, and breaches of, the Company’s and Independent Bank’s digital information systems, the costs the Company or Independent Bank incur to provide security against such attacks and any costs and liability the Company or Independent Bank incurs in connection with any breach of those systems; 39) the potential impact of technology and “FinTech” entities on the banking industry generally; 40) the other factors that are described or referenced in Part I, Item 1A, of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2021, under the caption “Risk Factors”; and 41) other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory, technological and geopolitical factors affecting the Company’s operations, pricing and services.

Contacts

Analysts/Investors:
Paul Langdale

Senior Vice President, Director of Corporate Development

(972) 562-9004

[email protected]

Michelle Hickox

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

(972) 562-9004

[email protected]

Media:
Schwinn Feng

Chief Marketing Officer

(469) 301-2706

[email protected]

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