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Sep 30, 2020
Amerant Q3 2020 Earnings Report
Reported a net income due to lower loan loss provision, offset by higher non-interest expenses and lower net interest income.
Key Takeaways
Amerant Bancorp Inc. reported third quarter 2020 net income of $1.7 million, a significant improvement compared to the net loss of $15.3 million in the previous quarter and a decrease compared to the net income of $11.9 million in the same period of 2019. The improvement was primarily due to lower provision for loan losses.
Net income of $1.7 million, compared to net loss of $15.3 million in the second quarter of 2020 and net income of $11.9 million in the same period of 2019.
Operating income decreased to $11.5 million, down 46.6% from $21.6 million in the second quarter of 2020, and down 9.8% from $12.8 million in the same period of 2019.
Loans under interest-only deferral and/or forbearance totaled $101.2 million, down significantly from $1.1 billion at the beginning of April.
Noninterest income was $20.3 million, up 2.7% from $19.8 million in the second quarter of 2020, and up 46.7% from $13.8 million in the same period of 2019.
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CapyFin.com Forward Guidance
Amerant expects to achieve a number of near-term digital milestones, including a full rollout of Salesforce CRM across all business lines and support functions as well as nCino for Commercial use by the end of the year. nCino for retail use is expected to be rolled out next year.
Positive Outlook
- The Company expects to reprice CDs at lower market rates upon maturity over the next two quarters bringing down the average cost of CDs by approximately 50bps
- Amerant continued to aggressively reprice deposits and seek lower-rate alternatives to replace brokered CDs
- Actively implement floor rates in the loan portfolio
- Assess risk and increase spreads during extensions and renewals in order to optimize yields
- Maximize high-yield investments consisting primarily of financial institutions subordinated debt
Challenges Ahead
- Ongoing low-interest rate environment will continue to pressure NII and NIM
- Potential runoff of Amerant’s low-cost foreign deposits will continue to pressure NII and NIM
- Loan production across all segments in the third quarter of 2020 continued to be challenged by the decline in economic activity and more stringent credit underwriting standards associated with the pandemic
- Lower NII versus the second quarter of 2020 is mainly due to lower average market rates on variable-rate loans, declines in average yields and balances on securities available for sale and the full-quarter impact of interest costs associated with the senior notes issued in late June.
- The quarter-over-quarter increase was mainly driven by higher salaries and employee benefits and other operating expenses related to the absence of the deferral of direct origination costs associated with the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) recorded in the second quarter of 2020, FDIC assessments and insurance as well as marketing expenses, partially offset by a decrease in professional and other services fees.