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Columbia Banking System Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results and Quarterly Cash Dividend
Columbia Banking System Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results and Quarterly Cash Dividend
PR Newswire
TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 24, 2023
Notable Items for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022
Record full year net income of $250.2 million and …
Columbia Banking System Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results and Quarterly Cash Dividend
PR Newswire
TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 24, 2023
Notable Items for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022
- Record full year net income of $250.2 million and diluted earnings per share of $3.20
- Record quarterly net income of $68.9 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.88, which included a $0.05 per share reduction stemming from merger-related expenses
- Net interest margin of 3.64%, an increase of 17 basis points from the linked quarter
- Fourth quarter loan production of $402.5 million and full year production of $2.20 billion
- Nonperforming assets to period-end assets ratio of 0.07%
- Expect to close the merger with Umpqua Holdings after close of business on February 28, 2023, subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions
- Regular cash dividend declared of $0.30 per share
TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ: COLB) ("Columbia", "we" or "us"), the parent company of Columbia Bank (the "Bank"), announced record earnings for the fourth quarter of $68.9 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.88. Clint Stein, President and Chief Executive Officer said today upon the release of Columbia's earnings, "Words cannot describe how proud I am of what our team accomplished in 2022. Their determination and commitment to our stakeholders resulted in record performance for the quarter and year while preparing for our transformative merger with Umpqua Holdings." He continued, "Record annual and quarterly revenue and earnings reflect the continued energy, commitment and discipline of our bankers on our frontline and in our back office as they continue to concentrate on doing what is best for our customers and communities over the long term."
Balance Sheet
Total assets at December 31, 2022 were $20.27 billion, a decrease of $139.5 million from the linked quarter. Loans were $11.61 billion, down $81.3 million from September 30, 2022, mainly attributable to loan payments partially offset by loan originations of $402.5 million. Debt securities in total were $6.62 billion, a decrease of $156.2 million from $6.78 billion at September 30, 2022 substantially driven by maturities and repayments partially offset by fair value movement related to the available-for-sale portfolio. Total deposits at December 31, 2022 were $16.71 billion, a decrease of $1.23 billion from September 30, 2022. The deposit mix remained consistent from September 30, 2022 with 50% noninterest-bearing and 50% interest-bearing.
Chris Merrywell, Columbia's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, stated, "While loans declined slightly during the quarter from normal seasonality, loan growth for the year was strong and the overall loan portfolio yield rose as we selectively considered the long-term impact of deals in our pipeline." He continued, "We continue to focus on the whole client relationship including loans, deposits and investments."
Income Statement
Net Interest Income
Net interest income for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $166.7 million, an increase of $4.2 million from the linked quarter and an increase of $21.2 million from the prior-year period. The increase from the linked quarter was primarily due to higher loan interest income as a result of increased average rates partially offset by lower interest income from securities due to decreased average balances. In addition, there was higher interest expense due to increased average balances and higher rates of FHLB advances and increased deposit interest expense driven by higher average rates. The increase in net interest income from the prior-year period was mainly due to higher interest income from loans partially offset by higher deposit interest expense due to higher average rates, increased average balances of FHLB advances and lower interest income from securities. For additional information regarding net interest income, see the "Net Interest Margin" section and the "Average Balances and Rates" tables.
Provision for Credit Losses
Columbia recorded a $2.4 million provision for credit losses for the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to a $5.3 million provision for the linked quarter and an $11.1 million provision for the comparable quarter in 2021. The provision for credit losses was mainly due to a less favorable economic forecast.
Noninterest Income
Noninterest income was $23.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease of $3.3 million from the linked quarter and a decrease of $909 thousand from the fourth quarter of 2021. The linked quarter decrease was primarily due to a $3.7 million gain from the sale-leaseback of owned real estate recorded in the prior period partially offset by current quarter bank owned life insurance gains of $354 thousand. The decrease in noninterest income during the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the same quarter in 2021 was mainly due to lower loan revenue, principally a result of lower mortgage banking revenue and loan-related fees. This was partially offset by higher financial services revenue and increased deposit account and treasury management fees.
Noninterest Expense
Total noninterest expense for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $100.5 million, a decrease of $941 thousand compared to the third quarter of 2022. Total merger-related expenses for the quarter were $4.9 million, which compares to the linked quarter of $3.2 million. The largest contributor to the decrease in noninterest expense was related to lower net loan expenses and lower compensation and employee benefits driven by decreased incentive expense. This was partially offset by increased merger-related data processing and legal expenses incurred during the quarter. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, noninterest expense decreased $2.1 million, mostly attributable to a decrease in merger-related compensation and employee benefit expenses related to our fourth quarter 2021 acquisition of Bank of Commerce Holdings. Decreased merger-related expenses also contributed to the decrease from the prior-year period.
The provision for credit losses on unfunded loan commitments, a component of other noninterest expense, for the periods indicated are as follows:
Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||||||
December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | December 31, | December 31, | ||||||
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||
Provision (recapture) for credit losses on unfunded | $ (500) | $ (500) | $ (2,000) | $ (500) | $ 200 |
Net Interest Margin
Columbia's net interest margin (tax equivalent) for the fourth quarter of 2022 was 3.64%, an increase of 17 basis points from the linked quarter and an increase of 59 basis points from the prior-year period. The increase in the net interest margin (tax equivalent) compared to the linked quarter and prior-year period was predominantly driven by higher average loan rates and a stronger earning assets mix. This was partially offset by a shift in the funding mix from deposits to higher-costing FHLB advances. The average cost of total deposits for the quarter was 18 basis points compared to 10 basis points for the linked quarter. The increase was predominantly related to higher rates associated with public funds deposits and money market accounts. For additional information regarding net interest margin, see the "Average Balances and Rates" tables.
Columbia's operating net interest margin (tax equivalent)1 was 3.67% for the fourth quarter of 2022, an increase of 17 basis points from the linked quarter and an increase of 59 basis points from the prior-year period. The increase in the operating net interest margin for the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the linked quarter and the prior-year period were both due to higher average loan rates and a stronger earning assets mix partially offset by a higher-costing funding mix as noted above.
Aaron James Deer, Columbia's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, said, "Our margin benefited from the continued impact of rising rates on the loan portfolio, which was partly offset by the impact of the shift in funding mix from deposits to higher-costing borrowings." He continued, "Our cost of funds is still among the lowest in the industry on the strength of our low-cost, relationship-focused deposit base."
Asset Quality
Nonperforming assets to total assets were 0.07% at December 31, 2022 and September 30, 2022. Total nonperforming assets decreased $44 thousand from the linked quarter, primarily due to decreases in commercial business, commercial real estate and other consumer nonaccrual loans, nearly offset by increases in agriculture and one-to-four family residential real estate nonaccrual loans.
The following table sets forth information regarding nonaccrual loans and total nonperforming assets:
December 31, 2022 | September 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | ||||
(in thousands) | ||||||
Nonaccrual loans: | ||||||
Commercial loans: | ||||||
Commercial real estate | $ 3,244 | $ 3,431 | $ 1,872 | |||
Commercial business | 5,133 | 7,181 | 13,321 | |||
Agriculture | 4,367 | 2,179 | 5,396 | |||
Consumer loans: | ||||||
One-to-four family residential real estate | 685 | 602 | 2,433 | |||
Other consumer | 12 | 92 | 19 | |||
Total nonaccrual loans | 13,441 | 13,485 | 23,041 | |||
OREO and other personal property owned | — | — | 381 | |||
Total nonperforming assets | $ 13,441 | $ 13,485 | $ 23,422 |
Nonperforming assets to total loans were 0.12% at December 31, 2022 and September 30, 2022.
The following table provides an analysis of the Company's allowance for credit losses:
Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||||||
December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | December 31, | December 31, | ||||||
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||
Beginning balance | $ 154,871 | $ 149,935 | $ 142,785 | $ 155,578 | $ 149,140 | |||||
Initial ACL recorded for PCD loans acquired during the period | — | — | 2,616 | — | 2,616 | |||||
Charge-offs: | ||||||||||
Commercial loans: | ||||||||||
Commercial real estate | — | — | (728) | (299) | (1,044) | |||||
Commercial business | (89) | (296) | (871) | (2,108) | (6,364) | |||||
Agriculture | (69) | (706) | (200) | (799) | (322) | |||||
Consumer loans: | ||||||||||
One-to-four family residential real estate | — | — | (24) | (3) | (170) | |||||
Other consumer | (322) | (430) | (355) | (1,240) | (1,163) | |||||
Total charge-offs | (480) | (1,432) | (2,178) | (4,449) | (9,063) | |||||
Recoveries: | ||||||||||
Commercial loans: | ||||||||||
Commercial real estate | 35 | 11 | 63 | 207 | 633 | |||||
Commercial business | 613 | 482 | 446 | 2,183 | 4,862 | |||||
Agriculture | 622 | 98 | 332 | 869 | 355 | |||||
Construction | 234 | 9 | 18 | 387 | 593 | |||||
Consumer loans: | ||||||||||
One-to-four family residential real estate | 27 | 331 | 150 | 943 | 907 | |||||
Other consumer | 116 | 187 | 246 | 770 | 735 | |||||
Total recoveries | 1,647 | 1,118 | 1,255 | 5,359 | 8,085 | |||||
Net (charge-offs) recoveries | 1,167 | (314) | (923) | 910 | (978) | |||||
Provision for credit losses | 2,400 | 5,250 | 11,100 | 1,950 | 4,800 | |||||
Ending balance | $ 158,438 | $ 154,871 | $ 155,578 | $ 158,438 | $ 155,578 |
The allowance for credit losses to period-end loans was 1.36% at December 31, 2022 compared to 1.32% at September 30, 2022. Excluding PPP loans, the allowance for credit losses to period-end loans2 was 1.37% at December 31, 2022 compared to 1.33% at September 30, 2022.
Organizational Update
Umpqua Merger
On January 9, 2023, we announced that we had received approval of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") related to the merger with Umpqua Holdings Corporation, the final outstanding regulatory approval necessary to complete the transaction, and the deal is expected to close after close of business on February 28, 2023 with a core-system conversion anticipated soon thereafter. "The dedication and perseverance of each and every one of our associates over the past 15 months as they worked to build on the existing relationships while simultaneously supporting and executing merger integration planning efforts has been outstanding," said Clint Stein. He continued, "Every single associate has contributed, and I could not be more confident in what we will accomplish as we work to serve all of our clients and communities as a premier western regional bank."
Warm Hearts
The 2022 "Warm Hearts Winter Drive" to end homelessness raised $278 thousand in the fourth quarter, bringing our eight-year drive total to $2.1 million. Funds raised this year benefited nearly 70 shelters across the Columbia Bank footprint. "The commitment and passion of our associates and clients to help families struggling with homelessness during the difficult winter months is inspiring," said David Moore Devine, Chief Marketing and Experience Officer. He continued, "It has been especially gratifying to see our associates' care, focus and dedication to supporting the drive and their communities notwithstanding responsibilities associated with the merger and other activities."
Cash Dividend Announcement
Columbia will pay a regular cash dividend of $0.30 per common share on February 21, 2023 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 6, 2023.
Conference Call Information
Columbia's management will discuss the fourth quarter and full-year 2022 financial results on a conference call scheduled for Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (2:00 p.m. ET). Interested parties may register for the call to receive dial-in details and their own unique PIN using the following link:
https://register.vevent.com/register/BIb1b0b02fb69840d9bf7c2798adcdc01a
Alternatively, the webcast can be joined by using the following link:
https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/sgycoxq4
A replay of the webcast will be accessible beginning Wednesday, January 25, 2023 using the link below:
https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/sgycoxq4
About Columbia
Headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ: COLB) is the holding company of Columbia Bank, a Washington state-chartered full-service commercial bank with offices in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. The bank has been named one of Puget Sound Business Journal's "Washington's Best Workplaces," more than 10 times. Columbia was named on the Forbes 2022 list of "America's Best Banks" marking 11 consecutive years on the publication's list of top financial institutions.
More information about Columbia can be found on its website at www.columbiabank.com.
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, descriptions of Columbia's management's expectations regarding future events and developments such as future operating results, growth in loans and deposits, continued success of Columbia's style of banking and the strength of the local economy as well as the potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Columbia's business, operations, financial performance and prospects. The words "will," "believe," "expect," "intend," "should," and "anticipate" or the negative of these words or words of similar construction are intended in part to help identify forward-looking statements. Future events are difficult to predict, and the expectations described above are necessarily subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside our control, that may cause actual results to differ materially and adversely. In addition to discussions about risks and uncertainties set forth from time to time in Columbia's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and the Company's website at www.columbiabank.com, including the "Risk Factors," "Business" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of our annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (as applicable), factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include, among others, the following:
- national and global economic conditions could be less favorable than expected or could have a more direct and pronounced effect on us than expected and adversely affect our ability to continue internal growth and maintain the quality of our earning assets;
- the markets where we operate and make loans could face challenges;
- the risks presented by the economy, which could adversely affect credit quality, collateral values, including real estate collateral, investment values, liquidity and loan originations and loan portfolio delinquency rates;
- continued increases in inflation, and the risk that information may differ, possibly materially, from expectations, and actions taken by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in response to inflation and their potential impact on economic conditions including the possibility of a recession or economic downturn;
- risks related to the proposed merger with Umpqua including, among others, (i) failure to complete the merger with Umpqua or unexpected delays related to the merger or either party's inability to satisfy other closing conditions required to complete the merger, (ii) certain restrictions during the pendency of the proposed transaction with Umpqua that may impact the parties' ability to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic transactions, (iii) diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities, (iv) cost savings and any revenue synergies from the merger may not be fully realized or may take longer than anticipated to be realized, (v) the integration of each party's management, personnel and operations will not be successfully achieved or may be materially delayed or will be more costly or difficult than expected, (vi) deposit attrition, customer or employee loss and/or revenue loss as a result of the proposed merger, and (vii) expenses related to the proposed merger being greater than expected;
- the efficiencies and enhanced financial and operating performance we expect to realize from investments in personnel, acquisitions and infrastructure may not be realized;
- the ability to successfully integrate future acquired entities;
- interest rate changes could significantly reduce net interest income and negatively affect asset yields and funding sources;
- the effect of the discontinuation or replacement of LIBOR;
- results of operations following strategic expansion, including the impact of acquired loans on our earnings, could differ from expectations;
- changes in the scope and cost of FDIC insurance and other coverages;
- changes in accounting policies or procedures as may be required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other regulatory agencies could materially affect our financial statements and how we report those results, and expectations and preliminary analysis relating to how such changes will affect our financial results could prove incorrect;
- changes in laws and regulations affecting our businesses, including changes in the enforcement and interpretation of such laws and regulations by applicable governmental and regulatory agencies;
- increased competition among financial institutions and nontraditional providers of financial services;
- continued consolidation in the financial services industry resulting in the creation of larger financial institutions that have greater resources could change the competitive landscape;
- the goodwill we have recorded in connection with acquisitions could become impaired, which may have an adverse impact on our earnings and capital;
- our ability to identify and address cyber-security risks, including security breaches, "denial of service attacks," "hacking" and identity theft;
- any material failure or interruption of our information and communications systems;
- inability to keep pace with technological changes;
- our ability to effectively manage credit risk, interest rate risk, market risk, operational risk, legal risk, liquidity risk and regulatory and compliance risk;
- failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures;
- the effect of geopolitical instability, including wars, conflicts and terrorist attacks, including the impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine;
- our profitability measures could be adversely affected if we are unable to effectively manage our capital;
- the risks from climate change and its potential to disrupt our business and adversely impact the operations and creditworthiness of our customers;
- natural disasters, including earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, fires and other unexpected events;
- the effect of COVID-19 and other infectious illness outbreaks that may arise in the future, which has created significant impacts and uncertainties in U.S. and global markets;
- changes in governmental policy and regulation, including measures taken in response to economic, business, political and social conditions, including with regard to COVID-19; and
- the effects of any damage to our reputation resulting from developments related to any of the items identified above.
Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described above can be found in Columbia's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which is on file with the SEC and available on Columbia's website, www.columbiabank.com, under the heading "Financial Information" and in other documents Columbia files with the SEC, and in Umpqua's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which is on file with the SEC and available on Umpqua's investor relations website, www.umpquabank.com, under the heading "Financials," and in other documents Umpqua files with the SEC.
We believe the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, based on information available to us on the date hereof. However, given the described uncertainties and risks, we cannot guarantee our future performance or results of operations and you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date hereof. Neither Columbia nor Umpqua assumes any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements were made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events except as required by federal securities laws.
Contacts: | Clint Stein, | Aaron James Deer, | |
President and | Executive Vice President and | ||
Chief Executive Officer | Chief Financial Officer | ||
Investor Relations | |||
InvestorRelations@columbiabank.com | |||
253-471-4065 | |||
(COLB-ER) |
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||||||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | |||||||||||
Unaudited | December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | ||||||||
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||
(in thousands) | |||||||||||
ASSETS | |||||||||||
Cash and due from banks | $ 262,458 | $ 263,551 | $ 153,414 | ||||||||
Interest-earning deposits with banks | 29,283 | 54,124 | 671,300 | ||||||||
Total cash and cash equivalents | 291,741 | 317,675 | 824,714 | ||||||||
Debt securities available for sale at fair value (amortized cost of $5,282,846, | 4,589,099 | 4,700,821 | 5,910,999 | ||||||||
Debt securities held to maturity at amortized cost (fair value of $1,722,778, | 2,034,792 | 2,079,285 | 2,148,327 | ||||||||
Equity securities | 13,425 | 13,425 | 13,425 | ||||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank ("FHLB") stock at cost | 48,160 | 10,560 | 10,280 | ||||||||
Loans held for sale | 76,843 | 1,251 | 9,774 | ||||||||
Loans, net of unearned income | 11,610,973 | 11,692,261 | 10,641,937 | ||||||||
Less: Allowance for credit losses | 158,438 | 154,871 | 155,578 | ||||||||
Loans, net | 11,452,535 | 11,537,390 | 10,486,359 | ||||||||
Interest receivable | 64,908 | 61,652 | 56,019 | ||||||||
Premises and equipment, net | 160,578 | 161,853 | 172,144 | ||||||||
Other real estate owned | — | — | 381 | ||||||||
Goodwill | 823,172 | 823,172 | 823,172 | ||||||||
Other intangible assets, net | 25,949 | 27,921 | 34,647 | ||||||||
Other assets | 684,641 | 670,364 | 455,092 | ||||||||
Total assets | $ 20,265,843 | $ 20,405,369 | $ 20,945,333 | ||||||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||||||||||
Deposits: | |||||||||||
Noninterest-bearing | $ 8,373,350 | $ 8,911,267 | $ 8,856,714 | ||||||||
Interest-bearing | 8,338,100 | 9,030,058 | 9,153,401 | ||||||||
Total deposits | 16,711,450 | 17,941,325 | 18,010,115 | ||||||||
FHLB advances | 954,315 | 14,322 | 7,359 | ||||||||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 95,168 | 48,733 | 86,013 | ||||||||
Subordinated debentures | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||||
Junior subordinated debentures | 10,310 | 10,310 | 10,310 | ||||||||
Other liabilities | 271,447 | 265,198 | 232,794 | ||||||||
Total liabilities | 18,052,690 | 18,289,888 | 18,356,591 | ||||||||
Commitments and contingent liabilities | |||||||||||
Shareholders' equity: | |||||||||||
December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | |||||||||
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||
(in thousands) | |||||||||||
Preferred stock (no par value) | |||||||||||
Authorized shares | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | ||||||||
Common stock (no par value) | |||||||||||
Authorized shares | 115,000 | 115,000 | 115,000 | ||||||||
Issued | 80,830 | 80,831 | 80,695 | 1,944,471 | 1,940,385 | 1,930,187 | |||||
Outstanding | 78,646 | 78,647 | 78,511 | ||||||||
Retained earnings | 850,011 | 804,774 | 694,227 | ||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (510,495) | (558,844) | 35,162 | ||||||||
Treasury stock at cost | 2,184 | 2,184 | 2,184 | (70,834) | (70,834) | (70,834) | |||||
Total shareholders' equity | 2,213,153 | 2,115,481 | 2,588,742 | ||||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ 20,265,843 | $ 20,405,369 | $ 20,945,333 |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME | ||||||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | ||||||||
Unaudited | December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | December 31, | December 31, | |||||
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Interest Income | (in thousands except per share amounts) | |||||||||
Loans | $ 146,769 | $ 130,908 | $ 110,575 | $ 495,829 | $ 415,770 | |||||
Taxable securities | 29,313 | 31,987 | 33,654 | 133,084 | 107,594 | |||||
Tax-exempt securities | 3,678 | 3,662 | 3,447 | 14,820 | 11,746 | |||||
Deposits in banks | 375 | 1,191 | 360 | 2,748 | 955 | |||||
Total interest income | 180,135 | 167,748 | 148,036 | 646,481 | 536,065 | |||||
Interest Expense | ||||||||||
Deposits | 7,827 | 4,446 | 1,807 | 16,533 | 6,186 | |||||
FHLB advances and Federal Reserve Bank ("FRB") | 4,406 | 109 | 74 | 4,659 | 291 | |||||
Subordinated debentures | 271 | 220 | 561 | 807 | 1,932 | |||||
Other borrowings | 938 | 481 | 71 | 1,646 | 137 | |||||
Total interest expense | 13,442 | 5,256 | 2,513 | 23,645 | 8,546 | |||||
Net Interest Income | 166,693 | 162,492 | 145,523 | 622,836 | 527,519 | |||||
Provision for credit losses | 2,400 | 5,250 | 11,100 | 1,950 | 4,800 | |||||
Net interest income after provision for credit losses | 164,293 | 157,242 | 134,423 | 620,886 | 522,719 | |||||
Noninterest Income | ||||||||||
Deposit account and treasury management fees | 7,992 | 8,181 | 7,155 | 31,498 | 27,107 | |||||
Card revenue | 5,200 | 4,988 | 5,108 | 20,186 | 18,503 | |||||
Financial services and trust revenue | 4,543 | 4,292 | 3,877 | 17,659 | 15,753 | |||||
Loan revenue | 2,655 | 2,853 | 4,977 | 12,582 | 22,044 | |||||
Bank owned life insurance | 1,885 | 1,939 | 1,753 | 7,636 | 6,533 | |||||
Investment securities gains (losses), net | (9) | — | — | (9) | 314 | |||||
Other | 1,065 | 4,374 | 1,370 | 9,592 | 3,840 | |||||
Total noninterest income | 23,331 | 26,627 | 24,240 | 99,144 | 94,094 | |||||
Noninterest Expense | ||||||||||
Compensation and employee benefits | 59,930 | 60,744 | 64,169 | 241,139 | 224,034 | |||||
Occupancy | 10,040 | 10,469 | 10,076 | 41,150 | 37,815 | |||||
Data processing and software | 11,060 | 10,548 | 9,130 | 41,117 | 33,498 | |||||
Legal and professional fees | 4,839 | 4,022 | 7,937 | 20,578 | 18,910 | |||||
Amortization of intangibles | 1,972 | 2,219 | 2,376 | 8,698 | 7,987 | |||||
Business and Occupation ("B&O") taxes | 1,853 | 1,771 | 1,571 | 6,797 | 5,903 | |||||
Advertising and promotion | 1,198 | 830 | 1,357 | 3,962 | 3,383 | |||||
Regulatory premiums | 1,840 | 1,782 | 1,481 | 6,619 | 4,912 | |||||
Net cost (benefit) of operation of other real estate | (8) | (4) | 14 | 114 | 66 | |||||
Other | 7,781 | 9,065 | 4,511 | 32,209 | 23,796 | |||||
Total noninterest expense | 100,505 | 101,446 | 102,622 | 402,383 | 360,304 | |||||
Income before income taxes | 87,119 | 82,423 | 56,041 | 317,647 | 256,509 | |||||
Provision for income taxes | 18,213 | 17,481 | 13,130 | 67,469 | 53,689 | |||||
Net Income | $ 68,906 | $ 64,942 | $ 42,911 | $ 250,178 | $ 202,820 | |||||
Earnings per common share | ||||||||||
Basic | $ 0.88 | $ 0.83 | $ 0.55 | $ 3.20 | $ 2.79 | |||||
Diluted | $ 0.88 | $ 0.83 | $ 0.55 | $ 3.20 | $ 2.78 | |||||
Dividends declared per common share (1) | $ 0.30 | $ 0.30 | $ — | $ 1.20 | $ 1.14 | |||||
Weighted average number of common shares | 78,104 | 78,100 | 77,784 | 78,047 | 72,683 | |||||
Weighted average number of diluted common shares | 78,371 | 78,233 | 77,977 | 78,193 | 72,873 |
___________ | |
(1) | No dividends were declared during the three months ended December 31, 2021 as dividends were declared on September 30, 2021. |
FINANCIAL STATISTICS | ||||||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | ||||||||
Unaudited | December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | December 31, | December 31, | |||||
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Earnings | (dollars in thousands except per share amounts) | |||||||||
Net interest income | $ 166,693 | $ 162,492 | $ 145,523 | $ 622,836 | $ 527,519 | |||||
Provision for credit losses | $ 2,400 | $ 5,250 | $ 11,100 | $ 1,950 | $ 4,800 | |||||
Noninterest income | $ 23,331 | $ 26,627 | $ 24,240 | $ 99,144 | $ 94,094 | |||||
Noninterest expense | $ 100,505 | $ 101,446 | $ 102,622 | $ 402,383 | $ 360,304 | |||||
Merger-related expense (included in noninterest expense) | $ 4,897 | $ 3,246 | $ 11,812 | $ 19,101 | $ 14,514 | |||||
Net income | $ 68,906 | $ 64,942 | $ 42,911 | $ 250,178 | $ 202,820 | |||||
Per Common Share | ||||||||||
Earnings (basic) | $ 0.88 | $ 0.83 | $ 0.55 | $ 3.20 | $ 2.79 | |||||
Earnings (diluted) | $ 0.88 | $ 0.83 | $ 0.55 | $ 3.20 | $ 2.78 | |||||
Book value | $ 28.14 | $ 26.90 | $ 32.97 | $ 28.14 | $ 32.97 | |||||
Tangible book value per common share (1) | $ 17.34 | $ 16.08 | $ 22.05 | $ 17.34 | $ 22.05 | |||||
Averages | ||||||||||
Total assets | $ 20,270,911 | $ 20,698,252 | $ 20,857,983 | $ 20,671,949 | $ 18,448,135 | |||||
Interest-earning assets | $ 18,378,384 | $ 18,864,445 | $ 19,186,398 | $ 18,868,795 | $ 16,910,818 | |||||
Loans | $ 11,663,093 | $ 11,513,653 | $ 10,545,172 | $ 11,211,442 | $ 9,832,385 | |||||
Securities, including debt securities, equity securities and FHLB | $ 6,666,850 | $ 7,130,114 | $ 7,693,659 | $ 7,320,503 | $ 6,353,278 | |||||
Deposits | $ 17,367,875 | $ 18,075,358 | $ 17,935,311 | $ 17,922,958 | $ 15,722,403 | |||||
Interest-bearing deposits | $ 8,671,874 | $ 9,196,381 | $ 9,147,184 | $ 9,149,447 | $ 7,910,523 | |||||
Interest-bearing liabilities | $ 9,173,526 | $ 9,292,615 | $ 9,255,214 | $ 9,342,996 | $ 8,008,221 | |||||
Noninterest-bearing deposits | $ 8,696,001 | $ 8,878,977 | $ 8,788,127 | $ 8,773,511 | $ 7,811,880 | |||||
Shareholders' equity | $ 2,129,671 | $ 2,271,012 | $ 2,584,110 | $ 2,307,453 | $ 2,402,455 | |||||
Financial Ratios | ||||||||||
Return on average assets | 1.36 % | 1.26 % | 0.82 % | 1.21 % | 1.10 % | |||||
Return on average common equity | 12.94 % | 11.44 % | 6.64 % | 10.84 % | 8.44 % | |||||
Return on average tangible common equity (1) | 22.03 % | 18.81 % | 10.36 % | 17.68 % | 13.10 % | |||||
Average equity to average assets | 10.51 % | 10.97 % | 12.39 % | 11.16 % | 13.02 % | |||||
Shareholders' equity to total assets | 10.92 % | 10.37 % | 12.36 % | 10.92 % | 12.36 % | |||||
Tangible common shareholders' equity to tangible assets (1) | 7.03 % | 6.47 % | 8.62 % | 7.03 % | 8.62 % | |||||
Net interest margin (tax equivalent) | 3.64 % | 3.47 % | 3.05 % | 3.34 % | 3.17 % | |||||
Efficiency ratio (tax equivalent) (2) | 52.29 % | 52.84 % | 59.57 % | 54.95 % | 57.09 % | |||||
Operating efficiency ratio (tax equivalent) (1) | 48.38 % | 50.73 % | 51.48 % | 51.14 % | 53.92 % | |||||
Noninterest expense ratio | 1.98 % | 1.96 % | 1.97 % | 1.95 % | 1.95 % | |||||
Core noninterest expense ratio (1) | 1.89 % | 1.90 % | 1.74 % | 1.85 % | 1.87 % | |||||
December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | ||||||||
Period-end | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
Total assets | $ 20,265,843 | $ 20,405,369 | $ 20,945,333 | |||||||
Loans, net of unearned income | $ 11,610,973 | $ 11,692,261 | $ 10,641,937 | |||||||
Allowance for credit losses | $ 158,438 | $ 154,871 | $ 155,578 | |||||||
Securities, including debt securities, equity securities and FHLB | $ 6,685,476 | $ 6,804,091 | $ 8,083,031 | |||||||
Deposits | $ 16,711,450 | $ 17,941,325 | $ 18,010,115 | |||||||
Shareholders' equity | $ 2,213,153 | $ 2,115,481 | $ 2,588,742 | |||||||
Nonperforming assets | ||||||||||
Nonaccrual loans | $ 13,441 | $ 13,485 | $ 23,041 | |||||||
Other real estate owned ("OREO") and other personal property | — | — | 381 | |||||||
Total nonperforming assets | $ 13,441 | $ 13,485 | $ 23,422 | |||||||
Nonperforming loans to period-end loans | 0.12 % | 0.12 % | 0.22 % | |||||||
Nonperforming assets to period-end assets | 0.07 % | 0.07 % | 0.11 % | |||||||
Allowance for credit losses to period-end loans | 1.36 % | 1.32 % | 1.46 % | |||||||
Net loan charge-offs (recoveries) (for the three months ended) | $ (1,167) | $ 314 | $ 923 |
__________ | |
(1) | This is a non-GAAP measure. See section titled "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" on the last three pages of this earnings release for a reconciliation to the most comparable |
(2) | Noninterest expense divided by the sum of net interest income on a tax equivalent basis and noninterest income on a tax equivalent basis. |
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATISTICS | ||||||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | Three Months Ended | |||||||||
Unaudited | December 31, | September 30, | June 30, | March 31, | December 31, | |||||
2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Earnings | (dollars in thousands except per share amounts) | |||||||||
Net interest income | $ 166,693 | $ 162,492 | $ 147,451 | $ 146,200 | $ 145,523 | |||||
Provision (recapture) for credit losses | $ 2,400 | $ 5,250 | $ 2,100 | $ (7,800) | $ 11,100 | |||||
Noninterest income | $ 23,331 | $ 26,627 | $ 25,006 | $ 24,180 | $ 24,240 | |||||
Noninterest expense | $ 100,505 | $ 101,446 | $ 95,379 | $ 105,053 | $ 102,622 | |||||
Merger-related expense (included in noninterest expense) | $ 4,897 | $ 3,246 | $ 3,901 | $ 7,057 | $ 11,812 | |||||
Net income | $ 68,906 | $ 64,942 | $ 58,808 | $ 57,522 | $ 42,911 | |||||
Per Common Share | ||||||||||
Earnings (basic) | $ 0.88 | $ 0.83 | $ 0.75 | $ 0.74 | $ 0.55 | |||||
Earnings (diluted) | $ 0.88 | $ 0.83 | $ 0.75 | $ 0.74 | $ 0.55 | |||||
Book value | $ 28.14 | $ 26.90 | $ 28.53 | $ 30.02 | $ 32.97 | |||||
Averages | ||||||||||
Total assets | $ 20,270,911 | $ 20,698,252 | $ 20,770,202 | $ 20,955,666 | $ 20,857,983 | |||||
Interest-earning assets | $ 18,378,384 | $ 18,864,445 | $ 18,975,517 | $ 19,266,644 | $ 19,186,398 | |||||
Loans | $ 11,663,093 | $ 11,513,653 | $ 10,989,493 | $ 10,665,242 | $ 10,545,172 | |||||
Securities, including debt securities, equity securities and | $ 6,666,850 | $ 7,130,114 | $ 7,491,299 | $ 8,010,607 | $ 7,693,659 | |||||
Deposits | $ 17,367,875 | $ 18,075,358 | $ 18,157,075 | $ 18,097,872 | $ 17,935,311 | |||||
Interest-bearing deposits | $ 8,671,874 | $ 9,196,381 | $ 9,335,004 | $ 9,402,040 | $ 9,147,184 | |||||
Interest-bearing liabilities | $ 9,173,526 | $ 9,292,615 | $ 9,414,361 | $ 9,495,579 | $ 9,255,214 | |||||
Noninterest-bearing deposits | $ 8,696,001 | $ 8,878,977 | $ 8,822,071 | $ 8,695,832 | $ 8,788,127 | |||||
Shareholders' equity | $ 2,129,671 | $ 2,271,012 | $ 2,298,611 | $ 2,535,376 | $ 2,584,110 | |||||
Financial Ratios | ||||||||||
Return on average assets | 1.36 % | 1.26 % | 1.13 % | 1.10 % | 0.82 % | |||||
Return on average common equity | 12.94 % | 11.44 % | 10.23 % | 9.08 % | 6.64 % | |||||
Average equity to average assets | 10.51 % | 10.97 % | 11.07 % | 12.10 % | 12.39 % | |||||
Shareholders' equity to total assets | 10.92 % | 10.37 % | 10.91 % | 11.26 % | 12.36 % | |||||
Net interest margin (tax equivalent) | 3.64 % | 3.47 % | 3.16 % | 3.12 % | 3.05 % | |||||
Period-end | ||||||||||
Total assets | $ 20,265,843 | $ 20,405,369 | $ 20,564,390 | $ 20,963,958 | $ 20,945,333 | |||||
Loans, net of unearned income | $ 11,610,973 | $ 11,692,261 | $ 11,322,387 | $ 10,759,684 | $ 10,641,937 | |||||
Allowance for credit losses | $ 158,438 | $ 154,871 | $ 149,935 | $ 146,949 | $ 155,578 | |||||
Securities, including debt securities, equity securities and | $ 6,685,476 | $ 6,804,091 | $ 7,295,528 | $ 7,753,513 | $ 8,083,031 | |||||
Deposits | $ 16,711,450 | $ 17,941,325 | $ 17,956,926 | $ 18,299,213 | $ 18,010,115 | |||||
Shareholders' equity | $ 2,213,153 | $ 2,115,481 | $ 2,243,218 | $ 2,360,779 | $ 2,588,742 | |||||
Goodwill | $ 823,172 | $ 823,172 | $ 823,172 | $ 823,172 | $ 823,172 | |||||
Other intangible assets, net | $ 25,949 | $ 27,921 | $ 30,140 | $ 32,359 | $ 34,647 | |||||
Nonperforming assets | ||||||||||
Nonaccrual loans | $ 13,441 | $ 13,485 | $ 16,998 | $ 17,441 | $ 23,041 | |||||
OREO and OPPO | — | — | 33 | 381 | 381 | |||||
Total nonperforming assets | $ 13,441 | $ 13,485 | $ 17,031 | $ 17,822 | $ 23,422 | |||||
Nonperforming loans to period-end loans | 0.12 % | 0.12 % | 0.15 % | 0.16 % | 0.22 % | |||||
Nonperforming assets to period-end assets | 0.07 % | 0.07 % | 0.08 % | 0.09 % | 0.11 % | |||||
Allowance for credit losses to period-end loans | 1.36 % | 1.32 % | 1.32 % | 1.37 % | 1.46 % | |||||
Net loan charge-offs (recoveries) | $ (1,167) | $ 314 | $ (886) | $ 829 | $ 923 |
LOAN PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION | ||||||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | ||||||||||
Unaudited | December 31, | September 30, | June 30, | March 31, | December 31, | |||||
2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Loan Portfolio Composition - Dollars | (dollars in thousands) | |||||||||
Commercial loans: | ||||||||||
Commercial real estate | $ 5,352,785 | $ 5,375,051 | $ 5,251,100 | $ 5,047,472 | $ 4,981,263 | |||||
Commercial business | 3,750,564 | 3,783,696 | 3,646,956 | 3,492,307 | 3,423,268 | |||||
Agriculture | 848,903 | 903,260 | 853,099 | 765,319 | 795,715 | |||||
Construction | 540,861 | 512,308 | 482,211 | 409,242 | 384,755 | |||||
Consumer loans: | ||||||||||
One-to-four family residential real estate | 1,077,494 | 1,071,222 | 1,042,190 | 1,003,157 | 1,013,908 | |||||
Other consumer | 40,366 | 46,724 | 46,831 | 42,187 | 43,028 | |||||
Total loans | 11,610,973 | 11,692,261 | 11,322,387 | 10,759,684 | 10,641,937 | |||||
Less: Allowance for credit losses | (158,438) | (154,871) | (149,935) | (146,949) | (155,578) | |||||
Total loans, net | $ 11,452,535 | $ 11,537,390 | $ 11,172,452 | $ 10,612,735 | $ 10,486,359 | |||||
Loans held for sale | $ 76,843 | $ 1,251 | $ 3,718 | $ 4,271 | $ 9,774 | |||||
December 31, | September 30, | June 30, | March 31, | December 31, | ||||||
Loan Portfolio Composition - Percentages | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Commercial loans: | ||||||||||
Commercial real estate | 46.1 % | 45.9 % | 46.4 % | 46.9 % | 46.8 % | |||||
Commercial business | 32.3 % | 32.4 % | 32.2 % | 32.5 % | 32.2 % | |||||
Agriculture | 7.3 % | 7.7 % | 7.5 % | 7.1 % | 7.5 % | |||||
Construction | 4.7 % | 4.4 % | 4.3 % | 3.8 % | 3.6 % | |||||
Consumer loans: | ||||||||||
One-to-four family residential real estate | 9.3 % | 9.2 % | 9.2 % | 9.3 % | 9.5 % | |||||
Other consumer | 0.3 % | 0.4 % | 0.4 % | 0.4 % | 0.4 % | |||||
Total loans | 100.0 % | 100.0 % | 100.0 % | 100.0 % | 100.0 % |
DEPOSIT COMPOSITION | ||||||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | ||||||||||
Unaudited | ||||||||||
December 31, | September 30, | June 30, | March 31, | December 31, | ||||||
2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Deposit Composition - Dollars | (dollars in thousands) | |||||||||
Demand and other noninterest-bearing | $ 8,373,350 | $ 8,911,267 | $ 8,741,488 | $ 8,790,138 | $ 8,856,714 | |||||
Money market | 2,972,838 | 3,355,705 | 3,402,555 | 3,501,723 | 3,525,299 | |||||
Interest-bearing demand | 1,980,631 | 2,047,169 | 2,104,118 | 2,103,053 | 1,999,407 | |||||
Savings | 1,555,765 | 1,657,799 | 1,646,363 | 1,637,451 | 1,617,546 | |||||
Interest-bearing public funds, other than certificates of deposit | 670,580 | 701,741 | 737,297 | 775,048 | 779,146 | |||||
Certificates of deposit, less than $250,000 | 215,848 | 221,087 | 232,063 | 239,863 | 249,120 | |||||
Certificates of deposit, $250,000 or more | 124,411 | 127,229 | 138,945 | 145,372 | 160,490 | |||||
Certificates of deposit insured by the CD Option of IntraFi | 21,828 | 22,730 | 29,178 | 32,608 | 35,611 | |||||
Reciprocal money market accounts | 796,199 | 896,414 | 924,552 | 1,073,405 | 786,046 | |||||
Subtotal | 16,711,450 | 17,941,141 | 17,956,559 | 18,298,661 | 18,009,379 | |||||
Valuation adjustment resulting from acquisition | — | 184 | 367 | 552 | 736 | |||||
Total deposits | $ 16,711,450 | $ 17,941,325 | $ 17,956,926 | $ 18,299,213 | $ 18,010,115 | |||||
December 31, | September 30, | June 30, | March 31, | December 31, | ||||||
Deposit Composition - Percentages | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
Demand and other noninterest-bearing | 50.1 % | 49.8 % | 48.7 % | 48.1 % | 49.1 % | |||||
Money market | 17.8 % | 18.7 % | 18.9 % | 19.1 % | 19.6 % | |||||
Interest-bearing demand | 11.9 % | 11.4 % | 11.7 % | 11.5 % | 11.1 % | |||||
Savings | 9.3 % | 9.2 % | 9.2 % | 8.9 % | 9.0 % | |||||
Interest-bearing public funds, other than certificates of | 4.0 % | 3.9 % | 4.1 % | 4.2 % | 4.3 % | |||||
Certificates of deposit, less than $250,000 | 1.3 % | 1.2 % | 1.3 % | 1.3 % | 1.4 % | |||||
Certificates of deposit, $250,000 or more | 0.7 % | 0.7 % | 0.8 % | 0.8 % | 0.9 % | |||||
Certificates of deposit insured by the CD Option of IntraFi | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.2 % | 0.2 % | 0.2 % | |||||
Reciprocal money market accounts | 4.8 % | 5.0 % | 5.1 % | 5.9 % | 4.4 % | |||||
Total | 100.0 % | 100.0 % | 100.0 % | 100.0 % | 100.0 % |
AVERAGE BALANCES AND RATES | ||||||||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | ||||||||||||
Unaudited | ||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
December 31, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||
Average Balances | Interest Earned / Paid | Average Rate | Average Balances | Interest Earned / Paid | Average Rate | |||||||
(dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||
Loans, net (1)(2) | $ 11,663,093 | $ 147,487 | 5.02 % | $ 10,545,172 | $ 111,709 | 4.20 % | ||||||
Taxable securities | 5,998,033 | 29,313 | 1.94 % | 6,934,477 | 33,654 | 1.93 % | ||||||
Tax exempt securities (2) | 668,817 | 4,656 | 2.76 % | 759,182 | 4,364 | 2.28 % | ||||||
Interest-earning deposits with banks | 48,441 | 375 | 3.07 % | 947,567 | 360 | 0.15 % | ||||||
Total interest-earning assets | 18,378,384 | 181,831 | 3.93 % | 19,186,398 | 150,087 | 3.10 % | ||||||
Other earning assets | 307,831 | 276,828 | ||||||||||
Noninterest-earning assets | 1,584,696 | 1,394,757 | ||||||||||
Total assets | $ 20,270,911 | $ 20,857,983 | ||||||||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||||||
Money market accounts | $ 4,025,034 | $ 2,760 | 0.27 % | $ 4,339,959 | $ 951 | 0.09 % | ||||||
Interest-bearing demand | 1,991,397 | 673 | 0.13 % | 1,967,559 | 376 | 0.08 % | ||||||
Savings accounts | 1,604,668 | 69 | 0.02 % | 1,593,434 | 78 | 0.02 % | ||||||
Interest-bearing public funds, other than certificates of deposit | 681,829 | 3,961 | 2.30 % | 787,395 | 252 | 0.13 % | ||||||
Certificates of deposit | 368,946 | 364 | 0.39 % | 458,837 | 150 | 0.13 % | ||||||
Total interest-bearing deposits | 8,671,874 | 7,827 | 0.36 % | 9,147,184 | 1,807 | 0.08 % | ||||||
FHLB advances and FRB borrowings | 425,059 | 4,406 | 4.11 % | 7,368 | 74 | 3.98 % | ||||||
Subordinated debentures | 10,000 | 271 | 10.75 % | 43,859 | 561 | 5.07 % | ||||||
Other borrowings and interest-bearing liabilities | 66,593 | 938 | 5.59 % | 56,803 | 71 | 0.50 % | ||||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities | 9,173,526 | 13,442 | 0.58 % | 9,255,214 | 2,513 | 0.11 % | ||||||
Noninterest-bearing deposits | 8,696,001 | 8,788,127 | ||||||||||
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities | 271,713 | 230,532 | ||||||||||
Shareholders' equity | 2,129,671 | 2,584,110 | ||||||||||
Total liabilities & shareholders' equity | $ 20,270,911 | $ 20,857,983 | ||||||||||
Net interest income (tax equivalent) | $ 168,389 | $ 147,574 | ||||||||||
Net interest margin (tax equivalent) | 3.64 % | 3.05 % |
__________ | |
(1) | Nonaccrual loans have been included in the tables as loans carrying a zero yield. Amortized net deferred loan fees and net unearned |
(2) | Tax-exempt income is calculated on a tax equivalent basis. The tax equivalent yield adjustment to interest earned on loans was $718 |
AVERAGE BALANCES AND RATES | ||||||||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | ||||||||||||
Unaudited | ||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
December 31, 2022 | September 30, 2022 | |||||||||||
Average Balances | Interest Earned / Paid | Average Rate | Average Balances | Interest Earned / Paid | Average Rate | |||||||
(dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||
Loans, net (1)(2) | $ 11,663,093 | $ 147,487 | 5.02 % | $ 11,513,653 | $ 132,302 | 4.56 % | ||||||
Taxable securities | 5,998,033 | 29,313 | 1.94 % | 6,419,977 | 31,987 | 1.98 % | ||||||
Tax exempt securities (2) | 668,817 | 4,656 | 2.76 % | 710,137 | 4,635 | 2.59 % | ||||||
Interest-earning deposits with banks | 48,441 | 375 | 3.07 % | 220,678 | 1,191 | 2.14 % | ||||||
Total interest-earning assets | 18,378,384 | 181,831 | 3.93 % | 18,864,445 | 170,115 | 3.58 % | ||||||
Other earning assets | 307,831 | 306,200 | ||||||||||
Noninterest-earning assets | 1,584,696 | 1,527,607 | ||||||||||
Total assets | $ 20,270,911 | $ 20,698,252 | ||||||||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||||||
Money market accounts | $ 4,025,034 | $ 2,760 | 0.27 % | $ 4,342,054 | $ 1,378 | 0.13 % | ||||||
Interest-bearing demand | 1,991,397 | 673 | 0.13 % | 2,085,124 | 419 | 0.08 % | ||||||
Savings accounts | 1,604,668 | 69 | 0.02 % | 1,658,078 | 82 | 0.02 % | ||||||
Interest-bearing public funds, other than | 681,829 | 3,961 | 2.30 % | 724,502 | 2,410 | 1.32 % | ||||||
Certificates of deposit | 368,946 | 364 | 0.39 % | 386,623 | 157 | 0.16 % | ||||||
Total interest-bearing deposits | 8,671,874 | 7,827 | 0.36 % | 9,196,381 | 4,446 | 0.19 % | ||||||
FHLB advances and FRB borrowings | 425,059 | 4,406 | 4.11 % | 11,512 | 109 | 3.76 % | ||||||
Subordinated debentures | 10,000 | 271 | 10.75 % | 10,000 | 220 | 8.73 % | ||||||
Other borrowings and interest-bearing | 66,593 | 938 | 5.59 % | 74,722 | 481 | 2.55 % | ||||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities | 9,173,526 | 13,442 | 0.58 % | 9,292,615 | 5,256 | 0.22 % | ||||||
Noninterest-bearing deposits | 8,696,001 | 8,878,977 | ||||||||||
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities | 271,713 | 255,648 | ||||||||||
Shareholders' equity | 2,129,671 | 2,271,012 | ||||||||||
Total liabilities & shareholders' | $ 20,270,911 | $ 20,698,252 | ||||||||||
Net interest income (tax equivalent) | $ 168,389 | $ 164,859 | ||||||||||
Net interest margin (tax equivalent) | 3.64 % | 3.47 % |
__________ | |
(1) | Nonaccrual loans have been included in the tables as loans carrying a zero yield. Amortized net deferred loan fees and net unearned |
(2) | Tax-exempt income is calculated on a tax equivalent basis. The tax equivalent yield adjustment to interest earned on loans was $718 |
AVERAGE BALANCES AND RATES | ||||||||||||
Columbia Banking System, Inc. | ||||||||||||
Unaudited | ||||||||||||
Twelve Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||||||||
December 31, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||
Average Balances | Interest Earned / Paid | Average Rate | Average Balances | Interest Earned / Paid | Average Rate | |||||||
(dollars in thousands) | ||||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||
Loans, net (1)(2) | $ 11,211,442 | $ 500,112 | 4.46 % | $ 9,832,385 | $ 420,439 | 4.28 % | ||||||
Taxable securities | 6,595,476 | 133,084 | 2.02 % | 5,701,810 | 107,594 | 1.89 % | ||||||
Tax exempt securities (2) | 725,027 | 18,759 | 2.59 % | 651,468 | 14,869 | 2.28 % | ||||||
Interest-earning deposits with banks | 336,850 | 2,748 | 0.82 % | 725,155 | 955 | 0.13 % | ||||||
Total interest-earning assets | 18,868,795 | $ 654,703 | 3.47 % | 16,910,818 | $ 543,857 | 3.22 % | ||||||
Other earning assets | 305,683 | 252,476 | ||||||||||
Noninterest-earning assets | 1,497,471 | 1,284,841 | ||||||||||
Total assets | $ 20,671,949 | $ 18,448,135 | ||||||||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||||||
Money market accounts | $ 4,324,611 | $ 6,098 | 0.14 % | $ 3,805,723 | $ 3,083 | 0.08 % | ||||||
Interest-bearing demand | 2,056,059 | 1,877 | 0.09 % | 1,637,531 | 1,225 | 0.07 % | ||||||
Savings accounts | 1,633,354 | 306 | 0.02 % | 1,382,277 | 217 | 0.02 % | ||||||
Interest-bearing public funds, other than | 734,667 | 7,582 | 1.03 % | 721,090 | 1,005 | 0.14 % | ||||||
Certificates of deposit | 400,756 | 670 | 0.17 % | 363,902 | 656 | 0.18 % | ||||||
Total interest-bearing deposits | 9,149,447 | 16,533 | 0.18 % | 7,910,523 | 6,186 | 0.08 % | ||||||
FHLB advances and FRB borrowings | 113,683 | 4,659 | 4.10 % | 7,388 | 291 | 3.94 % | ||||||
Subordinated debentures | 10,000 | 807 | 8.07 % | 37,258 | 1,932 | 5.19 % | ||||||
Other borrowings and interest-bearing | 69,866 | 1,646 | 2.36 % | 53,052 | 137 | 0.26 % | ||||||
Total interest-bearing liabilities | 9,342,996 | $ 23,645 | 0.25 % | 8,008,221 | $ 8,546 | 0.11 % | ||||||
Noninterest-bearing deposits | 8,773,511 | 7,811,880 | ||||||||||
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities | 247,989 | 225,579 | ||||||||||
Shareholders' equity | 2,307,453 | 2,402,455 | ||||||||||
Total liabilities & shareholders' | $ 20,671,949 | $ 18,448,135 | ||||||||||
Net interest income (tax equivalent) | $ 631,058 | $ 535,311 | ||||||||||
Net interest margin (tax equivalent) | 3.34 % | 3.17 % |
__________ | |
(1) | Nonaccrual loans have been included in the table as loans carrying a zero yield. Amortized net deferred loan fees and net unearned |
(2) | Tax-exempt income is calculated on a tax equivalent basis. The tax equivalent yield adjustment to interest earned on loans was $4.3 |
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The Company considers its operating net interest margin (tax equivalent) and operating efficiency ratios to be useful measurements as they more closely reflect the ongoing operating performance of the Company. Despite the usefulness of the operating net interest margin (tax equivalent) and operating efficiency ratio to the Company, there are no standardized definitions for these metrics. As a result, the Company's calculations may not be comparable with those of other organizations. The Company encourages readers to consider its consolidated financial statements in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure.
The following tables reconcile the Company's calculation of the operating net interest margin (tax equivalent) and operating efficiency ratio:
Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||||||
December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | December 31, | December 31, | ||||||
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Operating net interest margin non-GAAP reconciliation: | (dollars in thousands) | |||||||||
Net interest income (tax equivalent) (1) | $ 168,389 | $ 164,859 | $ 147,574 | $ 631,058 | $ 535,311 | |||||
Adjustments to arrive at operating net interest income (tax | ||||||||||
Premium amortization (discount accretion) on acquired loans | 669 | 871 | (16) | 3,943 | (2,811) | |||||
Premium amortization on acquired securities | 812 | 877 | 1,278 | 3,852 | 2,752 | |||||
Operating net interest income (tax equivalent) (1) | $ 169,870 | $ 166,607 | $ 148,836 | $ 638,853 | $ 535,252 | |||||
Average interest earning assets | $ 18,378,384 | $ 18,864,445 | $ 19,186,398 | $ 18,868,795 | $ 16,910,818 | |||||
Net interest margin (tax equivalent) (1) | 3.64 % | 3.47 % | 3.05 % | 3.34 % | 3.17 % | |||||
Operating net interest margin (tax equivalent) (1) | 3.67 % | 3.50 % | 3.08 % | 3.39 % | 3.17 % | |||||
Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||||||
December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | December 31, | December 31, | ||||||
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Operating efficiency ratio non-GAAP reconciliation: | (dollars in thousands) | |||||||||
Noninterest expense (numerator A) | $ 100,505 | $ 101,446 | $ 102,622 | $ 402,383 | $ 360,304 | |||||
Adjustments to arrive at operating noninterest expense: | ||||||||||
Merger-related expenses | (4,897) | (3,246) | (11,812) | (19,101) | (14,514) | |||||
Net benefit (cost) of operation of OREO and OPPO | 8 | 4 | (14) | (114) | (56) | |||||
Loss on asset disposals | (46) | (13) | (10) | (99) | (29) | |||||
B&O taxes | (1,853) | (1,771) | (1,571) | (6,797) | (5,903) | |||||
Operating noninterest expense (numerator B) | $ 93,717 | $ 96,420 | $ 89,215 | $ 376,272 | $ 339,802 | |||||
Net interest income (tax equivalent) (1) | $ 168,389 | $ 164,859 | $ 147,574 | $ 631,058 | $ 535,311 | |||||
Noninterest income | 23,331 | 26,627 | 24,240 | 99,144 | 94,094 | |||||
Bank owned life insurance tax equivalent adjustment | 501 | 516 | 466 | 2,030 | 1,737 | |||||
Total revenue (tax equivalent) (denominator A) | $ 192,221 | $ 192,002 | $ 172,280 | $ 732,232 | $ 631,142 | |||||
Operating net interest income (tax equivalent) (1) | $ 169,870 | $ 166,607 | $ 148,836 | $ 638,853 | $ 535,252 | |||||
Adjustments to arrive at operating noninterest income (tax | ||||||||||
Investment securities loss (gain), net | 9 | — | — | 9 | (314) | |||||
Gain on asset disposals | (11) | (3,696) | (242) | (4,218) | (529) | |||||
Operating noninterest income (tax equivalent) | 23,830 | 23,447 | 24,464 | 96,965 | 94,988 | |||||
Total operating revenue (tax equivalent) (denominator B) | $ 193,700 | $ 190,054 | $ 173,300 | $ 735,818 | $ 630,240 | |||||
Efficiency ratio (tax equivalent) (numerator A/denominator A) | 52.29 % | 52.84 % | 59.57 % | 54.95 % | 57.09 % | |||||
Operating efficiency ratio (tax equivalent) (numerator | 48.38 % | 50.73 % | 51.48 % | 51.14 % | 53.92 % |
__________ | |
(1) | Tax-exempt interest income has been adjusted to a tax equivalent basis. The amount of such adjustment was an addition to net interest income of $1.7 |
Non-GAAP Financial Measures - Continued
The Company also considers its core noninterest expense ratio to be a useful measurement as it more closely reflects the ongoing operating performance of the Company. Despite the usefulness of the core noninterest expense ratio to the Company, there is not a standardized definition for it, as a result, the Company's calculations may not be comparable with those of other organizations. The Company encourages readers to consider its consolidated financial statements in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure.
The following table reconciles the Company's calculation of the core noninterest expense ratio:
Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||||||
December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | December 31, | December 31, | ||||||
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Core noninterest expense ratio non-GAAP reconciliation: | (dollars in thousands) | |||||||||
Noninterest expense (numerator A) | $ 100,505 | $ 101,446 | $ 102,622 | $ 402,383 | $ 360,304 | |||||
Adjustments to arrive at core noninterest expense: | ||||||||||
Merger-related expenses | (4,897) | (3,246) | (11,812) | (19,101) | (14,514) | |||||
Core noninterest expense (numerator B) | $ 95,608 | $ 98,200 | $ 90,810 | $ 383,282 | $ 345,790 | |||||
Average assets (denominator) | $ 20,270,911 | $ 20,698,252 | $ 20,857,983 | $ 20,671,949 | $ 18,448,135 | |||||
Noninterest expense ratio (numerator A/denominator) (1) | 1.98 % | 1.96 % | 1.97 % | 1.95 % | 1.95 % | |||||
Core noninterest expense ratio (numerator B/denominator) | 1.89 % | 1.90 % | 1.74 % | 1.85 % | 1.87 % |
__________ | |
(1) | For the purpose of this ratio, interim noninterest expense has been annualized. |
(2) | For the purpose of this ratio, interim core noninterest expense has been annualized. |
The Company considers its pre-tax, pre-provision income to be a useful measurement in evaluating the earnings of the Company as it provides a method to assess income. Despite the usefulness of this measure to the Company, there is not a standardized definition for it. As a result, the Company's calculation may not always be comparable with those of other organizations. The Company encourages readers to consider its consolidated financial statements in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure.
The following table reconciles the Company's calculation of the pre-tax, pre-provision income:
Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||||||
December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | December 31, | December 31, | ||||||
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Pre-tax, pre-provision income: | (in thousands) | |||||||||
Income before income taxes | $ 87,119 | $ 82,423 | $ 56,041 | $ 317,647 | $ 256,509 | |||||
Provision (recapture) for credit losses | 2,400 | 5,250 | 11,100 | 1,950 | 4,800 | |||||
Provision (recapture) for unfunded commitments | (500) | (500) | (2,000) | (500) | 200 | |||||
B&O taxes | 1,853 | 1,771 | 1,571 | 6,797 | 5,903 | |||||
Pre-tax, pre-provision income | $ 90,872 | $ 88,944 | $ 66,712 | $ 325,894 | $ 267,412 |
Non-GAAP Financial Measures - Continued
The Company considers its tangible common equity ratio and tangible book value per share ratio to be useful measurements in evaluating the capital adequacy of the Company as they provide a method to assess management's success in utilizing our tangible capital. Despite the usefulness of these ratios to the Company, there is not a standardized definition for these metrics. As a result, the Company's calculation may not always be comparable with those of other organizations. The Company encourages readers to consider its consolidated financial statements in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure.
The following table reconciles the Company's calculation of the tangible common equity ratio and tangible book value per share ratio:
December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | ||||
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||
Tangible common equity ratio and tangible book value per common share non-GAAP | (dollars in thousands except per share amounts) | |||||
Shareholders' equity (numerator A) | $ 2,213,153 | $ 2,115,481 | $ 2,588,742 | |||
Adjustments to arrive at tangible common equity: | ||||||
Goodwill | (823,172) | (823,172) | (823,172) | |||
Other intangible assets, net | (25,949) | (27,921) | (34,647) | |||
Tangible common equity (numerator B) | $ 1,364,032 | $ 1,264,388 | $ 1,730,923 | |||
Total assets (denominator A) | $ 20,265,843 | $ 20,405,369 | $ 20,945,333 | |||
Adjustments to arrive at tangible assets: | ||||||
Goodwill | (823,172) | (823,172) | (823,172) | |||
Other intangible assets, net | (25,949) | (27,921) | (34,647) | |||
Tangible assets (denominator B) | $ 19,416,722 | $ 19,554,276 | $ 20,087,514 | |||
Shareholders' equity to total assets (numerator A/denominator A) | 10.92 % | 10.37 % | 12.36 % | |||
Tangible common shareholders' equity to tangible assets (numerator B/denominator B) | 7.03 % | 6.47 % | 8.62 % | |||
Common shares outstanding (denominator C) | 78,646 | 78,647 | 78,511 | |||
Book value per common share (numerator A/denominator C) | $ 28.14 | $ 26.90 | $ 32.97 | |||
Tangible book value per common share (numerator B/denominator C) | $ 17.34 | $ 16.08 | $ 22.05 |
The Company considers its ratio of allowance for credit losses to period-end loans, excluding PPP loans, to be a useful measurement in evaluating the adequacy of the amount of allowance for credit losses to loans of the Company, as PPP loans are guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration and thus do not require the same amount of reserve for credit losses as do other loans. Despite the usefulness of this ratio to the Company, there is not a standardized definition for it. As a result, the Company's calculation may not always be comparable with those of other organizations. The Company encourages readers to consider its consolidated financial statements in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure.
The following table reconciles the Company's calculation of the allowance for credit losses to period-end loans, excluding PPP loans:
December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | ||||
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||
Allowance coverage ratio non-GAAP reconciliation: | (dollars in thousands) | |||||
Allowance for credit losses ("ACL") (numerator) | $ 158,438 | $ 154,871 | $ 155,578 | |||
Total loans (denominator A) | 11,610,973 | 11,692,261 | 10,641,937 | |||
Less: PPP loans (0% Allowance) | 9,997 | 15,378 | 184,132 | |||
Total loans, net of PPP loans (denominator B) | $ 11,600,976 | $ 11,676,883 | $ 10,457,805 | |||
ACL to period end loans (numerator / denominator A) | 1.36 % | 1.32 % | 1.46 % | |||
ACL to period end loans, excluding PPP loans (numerator / denominator B) | 1.37 % | 1.33 % | 1.49 % |
Non-GAAP Financial Measures - Continued
The Company also considers its return on average tangible common equity ratio to be a useful measurement as it evaluates the Company's ongoing ability to generate returns for its common shareholders. By removing the impact of intangible assets and their related amortization and tax effects, the performance of the business can be evaluated, whether acquired or developed internally. Despite the usefulness of this ratio to the Company, there is not a standardized definition for it. As a result, the Company's calculation may not always be comparable with those of other organizations. The Company encourages readers to consider its consolidated financial statements in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure.
The following table reconciles the Company's calculation of the return on average tangible common shareholders' equity ratio:
Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||||||
December 31, | September 30, | December 31, | December 31, | December 31, | ||||||
2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Return on average tangible common equity non-GAAP | (dollars in thousands) | |||||||||
Net income (numerator A) | $ 68,906 | $ 64,942 | $ 42,911 | $ 250,178 | $ 202,820 | |||||
Adjustments to arrive at tangible income applicable to | ||||||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 1,972 | 2,219 | 2,376 | 8,698 | 7,987 | |||||
Tax effect on intangible amortization | (414) | (466) | (499) | (1,827) | (1,677) | |||||
Tangible income applicable to common shareholders | $ 70,464 | $ 66,695 | $ 44,788 | 257,049 | $ 209,130 | |||||
Average shareholders' equity (denominator A) | $ 2,129,671 | $ 2,271,012 | $ 2,584,110 | 2,307,453 | $ 2,402,455 | |||||
Adjustments to arrive at average tangible common equity: | ||||||||||
Average intangibles | (850,331) | (852,468) | (854,985) | (853,622) | (806,345) | |||||
Average tangible common equity (denominator B) | $ 1,279,340 | $ 1,418,544 | $ 1,729,125 | $ 1,453,831 | $ 1,596,110 | |||||
Return on average common equity (numerator A/denominator | 12.94 % | 11.44 % | 6.64 % | 10.84 % | 8.44 % | |||||
Return on average tangible common equity (numerator B/denominator B) (2) | 22.03 % | 18.81 % | 10.36 % | 17.68 % | 13.10 % |
__________ | |
(1) | For the purpose of this ratio, interim net income has been annualized. |
(2) | For the purpose of this ratio, interim tangible income applicable to common shareholders has been annualized. |
1 | Operating net interest margin (tax equivalent) is a non-GAAP financial measure. See the section titled "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" in this earnings release for the reconciliation of operating net interest margin (tax equivalent) to net interest margin. |
2 | Allowance for credit losses to period-end loans, excluding PPP loans is a non-GAAP financial measure. See the section titled "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" in this earnings release for the reconciliation of allowance for credit losses to period-end loans to allowance for credit losses to period-end loans, excluding PPP loans. |
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Correcting the Washington Post’s 11 Charts That Are Supposed to Tell Us How the Economy Changed Since Covid
The Washington Post made some serious errors or omissions in its 11 charts that are supposed to tell us how Covid changed the economy. Wages Starting with…
The Washington Post made some serious errors or omissions in its 11 charts that are supposed to tell us how Covid changed the economy.
Wages
Starting with its second chart, the article gives us an index of average weekly wages since 2019. The index shows a big jump in 2020, which then falls off in 2021 and 2022, before rising again in 2023.
It tells readers:
“Many Americans got large pay increases after the pandemic, when employers were having to one-up each other to find and keep workers. For a while, those wage gains were wiped out by decade-high inflation: Workers were getting larger paychecks, but it wasn’t enough to keep up with rising prices.”
That actually is not what its chart shows. The big rise in average weekly wages at the start of the pandemic was not the result of workers getting pay increases, it was the result of low-paid workers in sectors like hotels and restaurants losing their jobs.
The number of people employed in the low-paying leisure and hospitality sector fell by more than 8 million at the start of the pandemic. Even at the start of 2021 it was still down by over 4 million.
Laying off low-paid workers raises average wages in the same way that getting the short people to leave raises the average height of the people in the room. The Washington Post might try to tell us that the remaining people grew taller, but that is not what happened.
The other problem with this chart is that it is giving us weekly wages. The length of the average workweek jumped at the start of the pandemic as employers decided to work the workers they had longer hours rather than hire more workers. In January of 2021 the average workweek was 34.9 hours, compared to 34.4 hours in 2019 and 34.3 hours in February.
This increase in hours, by itself, would raise weekly pay by 2.0 percent. As hours returned to normal in 2022, this measure would misleadingly imply that wages were falling.
It is also worth noting that the fastest wage gains since the pandemic have been at the bottom end of the wage distribution and the Black/white wage gap has fallen to its lowest level on record.
Saving Rates
The third chart shows the saving rate since 2019. It shows a big spike at the start of the pandemic, as people stopped spending on things like restaurants and travel and they got pandemic checks from the government. It then falls sharply in 2022 and is lower in the most recent quarters than in 2019.
The piece tells readers:
“But as the world reopened — and people resumed spending on dining out, travel, concerts and other things that were previously off-limits — savings rates have leveled off. Americans are also increasingly dip into rainy-day funds to pay more for necessities, including groceries, housing, education and health care. In fact, Americans are now generally saving less of their incomes than they were before the pandemic.
This is an incomplete picture due to a somewhat technical issue. As I explained in a blogpost a few months ago, there is an unusually large gap between GDP as measured on the output side and GDP measured on the income side. In principle, these two numbers should be the same, but they never come out exactly equal.
In recent quarters, the gap has been 2.5 percent of GDP. This is extraordinarily large, but it also is unusual in that the output side is higher than the income side, the opposite of the standard pattern over the last quarter century.
It is standard for economists to assume that the true number for GDP is somewhere between the two measures. If we make that assumption about the data for 2023, it would imply that income is somewhat higher than the data now show and consumption somewhat lower.
In that story, as I showed in the blogpost, the saving rate for 2023 would be 6.8 percent of disposable income, roughly the same as the average for the three years before the pandemic. This would mean that people are not dipping into their rainy-day funds as the Post tells us. They are spending pretty much as they did before the pandemic.
Credit Card Debt
The next graph shows that credit card debt is rising again, after sinking in the pandemic. The piece tells readers:
“But now, debt loads are swinging higher again as families try to keep up with rising prices. Total household debt reached a record $17.5 trillion at the end of 2023, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. And, in a worrisome sign for the economy, delinquency rates on mortgages, car loans and credit cards are all rising, too.”
There are several points worth noting here. Credit card debt is rising, but measured relative to income it is still below where it was before the pandemic. It was 6.7 percent of disposable income at the end of 2019, compared to 6.5 percent at the end of last year.
The second point is that a major reason for the recent surge in credit card debt is that people are no longer refinancing mortgages. There was a massive surge in mortgage refinancing with the low interest rates in 2020-2021.
Many of the people who refinanced took additional money out, taking advantage of the increased equity in their home. This channel of credit was cut off when mortgage rates jumped in 2022 and virtually ended mortgage refinancing. This means that to a large extent the surge in credit card borrowing is simply a shift from mortgage debt to credit card debt.
The point about total household debt hitting a record can be said in most months. Except in the period immediately following the collapse of the housing bubble, total debt is almost always rising.
And the rise in delinquencies simply reflects the fact that they had been at very low levels in 2021 and 2022. For the most part, delinquency rates are just getting back to their pre-pandemic levels, which were historically low.
Grocery Prices and Gas Prices
The next two charts show the patterns in grocery prices and gas prices since the pandemic. It would have been worth mentioning that every major economy in the world saw similar run-ups in prices in these two areas. In other words, there was nothing specific to U.S. policy that led to a surge in inflation here.
The Missing Charts
There are several areas where it would have been interesting to see charts which the Post did not include. It would have been useful to have a chart on job quitters, the number of people who voluntarily quit their jobs during the pandemic. In the tight labor markets of 2021 and 2022 the number of workers who left jobs they didn’t like soared to record levels, as shown below.
The vast majority of these workers took other jobs that they liked better. This likely explains another item that could appear as a graph, the record level of job satisfaction.
In a similar vein there has been an explosion in the number of people who work from home at least part-time. This has increased by more than 17 million during the pandemic. These workers are saving themselves thousands of dollars a year on commuting costs and related expenses, as well as hundreds of hours spent commuting.
Finally, there has been an explosion in the use of telemedicine since the pandemic. At the peak, nearly one in four visits with a health care professional was a remote consultation. This saved many people with serious health issues the time and inconvenience associated with a trip to a hospital or doctor’s office. The increased use of telemedicine is likely to be a lasting gain from the pandemic.
The World Has Changed
The pandemic will likely have a lasting impact on the economy and society. The Washington Post’s charts captured part of this story, but in some cases misrepr
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Women’s basketball is gaining ground, but is March Madness ready to rival the men’s game?
The hype around Caitlin Clark, NCAA Women’s Basketball is unprecedented — but can its March Madness finally rival the Men’s?
In March 2021, the world was struggling to find its legs amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Sports leagues were trying their best to keep going.
It started with the NBA creating a bubble in Orlando in late 2020, playing a full postseason in the confines of Disney World in arenas that were converted into gyms devoid of fans. Other leagues eventually allowed for limited capacity seating in stadiums, including the NCAA for its Men’s and Women’s Basketball tournaments.
The two tournaments were confined to two cities that year — instead of games normally played in different regions around the country: Indianapolis for the men and San Antonio for the women.
But a glaring difference between the men’s and women’s facilities was exposed by Oregon’s Sedona Prince on social media. The workout and practice area for the men was significantly larger than the women, whose weight room was just a single stack of dumbbells.
Let me put it on Twitter too cause this needs the attention pic.twitter.com/t0DWKL2YHR
— SEDONA (@sedonaprince_) March 19, 2021
The video drew significant attention to the equity gaps between the Men’s and Women’s divisions, leading to a 114-page report by a civil rights law firm that detailed the inequities between the two and suggested ways to improve the NCAA’s efforts for the Women’s side. One of these suggestions was simply to give the Women’s Tournament the same March Madness moniker as the men, which it finally got in 2022.
But underneath the surface of these institutional changes, women’s basketball’s single-biggest success driver was already emerging out of the shadows.
During the same COVID-marred season, a rookie from Iowa led the league in scoring with 26.6 points per game.
Her name: Caitlin Clark.
As it stands today, Clark is the leading scorer in the history of college basketball — Men’s or Women’s. Her jaw-dropping shooting ability has fueled record viewership and ticket sales for Women’s collegiate games, carrying momentum to the March Madness tournament that has NBA legends like Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce more excited for the Women’s March Madness than the Men’s this year.
Related: Ticket prices for Caitlin Clark's final college home game are insanely high
But as the NCAA tries to bridge the opportunities given to the two sides, can the hype around Clark be enough for the Women’s March Madness to bring in the same fandom as the Men for the 2024 tournaments?
TheStreet spoke with Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch, who has been following sports viewership trends for the last two decades; Melissa Isaacson, a veteran sports journalist and longtime advocate of women’s basketball; and Pete Giorgio, Deloitte’s leader for Global and US Sports to dissect the rise Caitlin Clark and women’s collegiate hoops ahead of March Madness.
“Nobody is moving the needle like Caitlin Clark,” Lewis told TheStreet. “Nobody else in sports, period, right now, is fueling record numbers on all these different networks, driving viewership beyond what the norm has been for 20 years."
The Caitlin Clark Effect is real — but there are other reasons for the success of women's basketball
The game in which Clark broke the all-time college scoring record against Ohio State on Sunday, Mar. 3 was seen by an average of 3.4 million viewers on Fox, marking the first time a women’s game broke the two million viewership barrier since 2010. Viewership for that game came in just behind the men’s game between Michigan State vs Arizona game on Thanksgiving, which Lewis said was driven by NFL viewership on the same day.
A week later, Iowa’s Big Ten Championship win over Nebraska breached the three million viewers mark as well, and the team has also seen viewership numbers crack over 1.5 million viewers multiple times throughout the regular season.
The success on television has also translated to higher ticket prices, as tickets to watch Clark at home and on the road have breached hundreds of dollars and drawn long lines outside stadiums. Isaacson, who is a professor at Northwestern, said she went to the game between the Hawkeyes and Northwestern Wildcats — which was the first sellout in school history for the team — and witnessed the effect of Clark in person.
“Standing in line interviewing people at the Northwestern game, seeing men who've never been to a women's game with their little girls watching and so excited, and seeing Caitlin and her engaging with little girls, it’s just been really fun,” Isaacson said.
But while Clark is certainly the biggest success driver, her game isn’t the only thing pulling up the women’s side. The three-point revolution, which started in the NBA with the introduction of deeper analytics as well as the rise of stars like Steph Curry, has been a positive for the Women’s game.
“They backed up to the three-point line and it’s opening up the game,” Isaacson said.
One of the major criticisms from a lot of women’s hoops detractors has been how the game does not compare in terms of quality to the men. However, shooting has become a great equalizer, displayed recently during the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend last month when the WNBA’s Sabrina Ionescu nearly defeated Curry — who is widely considered the greatest shooter ever — in a three-point contest.
Clark has become the embodiment of the three-point revolution for the women. Her shooting displays have demanded the respect of anyone who has doubted women’s basketball in the past because being a man simply doesn’t grant someone the ability to shoot long-distance bombs the way she can.
Basketball pundit Bill Simmons admitted on a Feb. 28 episode of “The Bill Simmons Podcast” that he used to not want to watch women’s basketball because he didn’t enjoy watching the product, but finds himself following the women’s game this year more than the men’s side in large part due to Clark.
“I think she has the chance to be the most fun basketball player, male or female, when she gets to the pros,” Simmons said. “If she’s going to make the same 30-footers, routinely. It’s basically all the same Curry stuff just with a female … I would like watching her play in any format.”
But while Clark is driving up the numbers at the top, she’s not the only one carrying the greatness of the product. Lewis, Isaacson, Giorgio — and even Simmons, on his podcast — agreed that there are several other names and collegiate programs pulling in fans.
“It’s not just Iowa, it’s not just Caitlin Clark, it’s all of these teams,” Giorgio said. “Part of it is Angel Reese … coaches like Dawn Staley in South Carolina … You’ve got great stories left and right.”
The viewership showed that as well because the SEC Championship game between the LSU Tigers and University of South Carolina Gamecocks on Sunday, Mar. 10 averaged two million viewers.
Bridging the gap between the Men’s and Women’s March Madness viewership
The first reason women are catching up to the men is really star power. While the Women’s division has names like Clark and Reese, there just aren’t any names on the Men’s side this year that carry the same weight.
Garnett said on his show that he can’t name any men’s college basketball players, while on the women’s side, he could easily throw out the likes of Clark, Reese, UConn’s Paige Bueckers, and USC’s JuJu Watkins. Lewis felt the same.
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“The stars in the men's game, with one and done, I genuinely couldn't give you a single name of a single men’s player,” Lewis said.
A major reason for this is that the Women’s side has the continuity that the Men’s side does not. The rules of the NBA allow for players to play just one year in college — or even play a year professionally elsewhere — before entering the draft, while the WNBA requires players to be 22-years-old during the year of the draft to be eligible.
“You know the stars in the women's game because they stay longer,” Lewis said. “[In the men’s game], the programs are the stars … In the women's game, it's a lot more like the NBA where the players are the stars.”
Parity is also a massive factor on both sides. The women’s game used to be dominated by a few schools like UConn and Notre Dame. Nowadays, between LSU, Iowa, University of South Carolina, Stanford, and UConn, there are a handful of schools that have a shot to win the entire tournament. While this is more exciting for fans, the talent in the women's game isn’t deep enough, so too many upsets are unlikely. Many of the biggest draws are still expected to make deep runs.
But on the men’s side, there is a bigger shot that the smaller programs make it to the end — which is what was seen last year. UConn eventually won the whole thing, but schools without as big of a national fanbase in San Diego State, Florida Atlantic University, and the University Miami rounded out the Final Four.
“People want to see one Cinderella,” Lewis said. “They don't want to see two and three, they want one team that isn't supposed to be there.”
Is Women's March Madness ready to overtake the Men?
Social media might feel like it’s giving more traction to the Women’s game, but experts don’t necessarily expect that to show up in the viewership numbers just yet.
“There’s certainly a lot more buzz than there used to be,” Giorgio said. “It’s been growing every year for not just the past few years but for 10 years, but it’s hard to compare it versus Men’s.”
But the gap continues to get smaller and smaller between the two sides, and this year's tournament could bridge that gap even further.
One indicator is ticket prices. For the NCAA Tournament Final Four in April, “get-in” ticket prices are currently more expensive for the Women’s game than the Men’s game, according to TickPick. The ticketing site also projects that the Women’s Final Four and Championship game ticket prices will smash any previous records for the Women’s side should Clark and the Hawkeyes make a run to the end.
The caveat is that the Women’s Final Four is played in a stadium that has less than a third of the seating capacity of the Men’s Final Four. That’s why the average ticket prices are still more expensive for the men, although the gap is a lot smaller this year than in previous years.
But that caveat pretty much sums up where the women’s game currently stands versus the men’s: There is still a significant gap between the distribution and availability of the former.
While Iowa’s regular season games have garnered millions of viewers, the majority of the most-viewed games are still Men’s contests.
To illustrate the gap between the men’s and women’s game — last year’s Women’s Championship game that saw the LSU Tigers defeat the Hawkeyes was a record-breaking one for the women, drawing an average of 9.9 million viewers, more than double the viewership from the previous year.
One of the main reasons for that increase, as Lewis pointed out, is that last year’s Championship game was on ABC, which was the first time since 1995 that the Women’s Championship game was on broadcast television. The 1995 contest between UConn and Tennessee drew 7.4 million viewers.
The Men’s Championship actually had a record low in viewership last year garnering only 14.7 million viewers, driven in-part due to a lack of hype surrounding the schools that made it to the Final Four and Championship game. Viewership for the Men’s title game has been trending down in recent years — partly due to the effect the pandemic had on collective sports viewership — but the Men’s side had been easily breaching 20 million viewers for the game as recently as 2017.
Iowa's Big Ten Championship win on Sunday actually only averaged 6,000 fewer viewers than the iconic rivalry game between Duke and University of North Carolina Men’s Basketball the day prior. However, there is also the case that the Iowa game was played on broadcast TV (CBS) versus the Duke-UNC game airing on cable channel (ESPN).
So historical precedence makes it unlikely that we’ll see the women’s game match the men’s in terms of viewership as early as this year barring another massive viewership jump for the women and a lack of recovery for the Men’s side.
But ultimately, this shouldn’t be looked at as a down point for Women’s Basketball, according to Lewis. The Men’s side has built its viewership base for years, and the Women’s side is still growing. Even keeping pace with the Men’s viewership is already a great sign.
“The fact that these games have Caitlin Clark are even in the conversation with men's games, in terms of viewership is a huge deal,” Lewis said.
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One city held a mass passport-getting event
A New Orleans congressman organized a way for people to apply for their passports en masse.
While the number of Americans who do not have a passport has dropped steadily from more than 80% in 1990 to just over 50% now, a lack of knowledge around passport requirements still keeps a significant portion of the population away from international travel.
Over the four years that passed since the start of covid-19, passport offices have also been dealing with significant backlog due to the high numbers of people who were looking to get a passport post-pandemic.
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To deal with these concurrent issues, the U.S. State Department recently held a mass passport-getting event in the city of New Orleans. Called the "Passport Acceptance Event," the gathering was held at a local auditorium and invited residents of Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District to complete a passport application on-site with the help of staff and government workers.
'Come apply for your passport, no appointment is required'
"Hey #LA02," Rep. Troy A. Carter Sr. (D-LA), whose office co-hosted the event alongside the city of New Orleans, wrote to his followers on Instagram (META) . "My office is providing passport services at our #PassportAcceptance event. Come apply for your passport, no appointment is required."
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The event was held on March 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. While it was designed for those who are already eligible for U.S. citizenship rather than as a way to help non-citizens with immigration questions, it helped those completing the application for the first time fill out forms and make sure they have the photographs and identity documents they need. The passport offices in New Orleans where one would normally have to bring already-completed forms have also been dealing with lines and would require one to book spots weeks in advance.
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According to Carter Sr.'s communications team, those who submitted their passport application at the event also received expedited processing of two to three weeks (according to the State Department's website, times for regular processing are currently six to eight weeks).
While Carter Sr.'s office has not released the numbers of people who applied for a passport on March 14, photos from the event show that many took advantage of the opportunity to apply for a passport in a group setting and get expedited processing.
Every couple of months, a new ranking agency puts together a list of the most and least powerful passports in the world based on factors such as visa-free travel and opportunities for cross-border business.
In January, global citizenship and financial advisory firm Arton Capital identified United Arab Emirates as having the most powerful passport in 2024. While the United States topped the list of one such ranking in 2014, worsening relations with a number of countries as well as stricter immigration rules even as other countries have taken strides to create opportunities for investors and digital nomads caused the American passport to slip in recent years.
A UAE passport grants holders visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 180 of the world’s 198 countries (this calculation includes disputed territories such as Kosovo and Western Sahara) while Americans currently have the same access to 151 countries.
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