v3.25.2
Note 2 - Investment Securities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements  
Investments in Debt and Marketable Equity Securities (and Certain Trading Assets) Disclosure [Text Block]
 

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Investment Securities

 

Debt securities purchased in which Bancorp has the intent and ability to hold to their maturity are classified as HTM securities. All other investment securities are classified as AFS securities.

 

AFS Debt Securities

 

The following table summarizes the amortized cost, unrealized gains and losses, and fair value of Bancorp’s AFS debt securities portfolio:

 

(in thousands)

 

Amortized

   

Unrealized

   

Fair

 
June 30, 2025   cost    

Gains

   

Losses

    value  
                                 

U.S. Treasury and other U.S. Government obligations

  $ 248,012     $ -     $ (8 )   $ 248,004  

Government sponsored enterprise obligations

    82,169       119       (3,240 )     79,048  

Mortgage backed securities

    655,139       29       (82,977 )     572,191  

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

    125,223       3       (12,172 )     113,054  

Other

    1,623       -       (58 )     1,565  

Total available for sale debt securities

  $ 1,112,166     $ 151     $ (98,455 )   $ 1,013,862  
                                 

December 31, 2024

                               
                                 

U.S. Treasury and other U.S. Government obligations

  $ 198,182     $ 33     $ -     $ 198,215  

Government sponsored enterprise obligations

    88,895       110       (4,847 )     84,158  

Mortgage backed securities

    696,767       -       (105,790 )     590,977  

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

    128,431       1       (14,198 )     114,234  

Other

    2,686       -       (156 )     2,530  

Total available for sale debt securities

  $ 1,114,961     $ 144     $ (124,991 )   $ 990,114  

 

 

HTM Debt Securities

 

The following table summarizes the amortized cost, unrecognized gains and losses, and fair value of Bancorp’s HTM debt securities portfolio:

 

(in thousands)

 

Carrying

   

Unrecognized

   

Fair

 
June 30, 2025   value    

Gains

   

Losses

    value  
                                 

U.S. Treasury and other U.S. Government obligations

  $ 1,985     $ -     $ (40 )   $ 1,945  

Government sponsored enterprise obligations

    23,380       -       (1,303 )     22,077  

Mortgage backed securities

    182,615       3       (19,369 )     163,249  

Total held to maturity debt securities

  $ 207,980     $ 3     $ (20,712 )   $ 187,271  
                                 

December 31, 2024

                               

U.S. Treasury and other U.S. Government obligations

  $ 153,850     $ -     $ (741 )   $ 153,109  

Government sponsored enterprise obligations

    25,395       -       (2,034 )     23,361  

Mortgage backed securities

    190,926       2       (26,041 )     164,887  

Total held to maturity debt securities

  $ 370,171     $ 2     $ (28,816 )   $ 341,357  

 

All investment securities classified as HTM by Bancorp as of June 30, 2025 are obligations of the U.S. Government and/or are issued by U.S. Government-sponsored agencies and have an implicit or explicit government guarantee. Therefore, no ACL has been recorded for Bancorp’s HTM securities as of June 30, 2025. Further, as of June 30, 2025, none of Bancorp’s HTM securities were in non-accrual or past due status.

 

Debt Securities by Contractual Maturity

 

A summary of AFS and HTM debt securities by contractual maturity as of June 30, 2025 follows:

 

   

AFS Debt Securities

   

HTM Debt Securities

 

(in thousands)

 

Amortized cost

   

Fair value

   

Carrying value

   

Fair value

 
                                 

Due within one year

  $ 257,665     $ 257,556     $ 24,863     $ 23,530  

Due after one year but within five years

    33,170       31,969       -       -  

Due after five years but within 10 years

    92,360       82,127       -       -  

Due after 10 years

    73,832       70,019       502       492  

Mortgage backed securities

    655,139       572,191       182,615       163,249  

Total

  $ 1,112,166     $ 1,013,862     $ 207,980     $ 187,271  

 

Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because some issuers have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without prepayment penalties. The investment portfolio includes MBS, which are guaranteed by agencies such as FHLMC, FNMA and GNMA. These securities differ from traditional debt securities primarily in that they may have uncertain principal payment dates and are priced based on estimated prepayment rates on the underlying collateral.

 

At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were no holdings of debt securities of any one issuer, other than the U.S. government and its agencies, in an amount greater than 10% of stockholders’ equity.

 

Accrued interest on the investment securities portfolio (AFS and HTM) totaled $4 million and $5 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Accrued interest receivable on the investment securities portfolios is included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

Securities with a carrying value of $899 million and $852 million were pledged at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, to secure accounts of commercial depositors in cash management accounts, public deposits and uninsured cash balances for certain WM&T accounts.

 

Based on an evaluation of available information including security type, counterparty credit quality, past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that are relevant to collectability, Bancorp has concluded that it expects to receive all contractual cash flows from each security held in its AFS and HTM debt securities portfolio. As such, no allowance or impairment was recorded with respect to investment securities as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

 

Unrealized and Unrecognized Loss Analysis on Debt Securities

 

Debt securities with unrealized and unrecognized losses at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, aggregated by investment category and length of time securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position follows:

 

   

AFS Debt Securities

 
   

Less than 12 months

   

12 months or more

   

Total

 

(in thousands)

 

Fair

   

Unrealized

   

Fair

   

Unrealized

   

Fair

   

Unrealized

 

June 30, 2025

 

value

   

losses

   

value

   

losses

   

value

   

losses

 
                                                 

U.S. Treasury and other U.S. Government obligations

  $ 248,004     $ (8 )   $ -     $ -     $ 248,004     $ (8 )

Government sponsored enterprise obligations

    5,606       (26 )     69,341       (3,214 )     74,947       (3,240 )

Mortgage-backed securities

    15,277       (134 )     550,235       (82,843 )     565,512       (82,977 )

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

    4,683       (53 )     97,939       (12,119 )     102,622       (12,172 )

Other

    -       -       1,565       (58 )     1,565       (58 )

Total AFS debt securities

  $ 273,570     $ (221 )   $ 719,080     $ (98,234 )   $ 992,650     $ (98,455 )
                                                 

December 31, 2024

                                               
                                                 

Government sponsored enterprise obligations

  $ 5,801     $ (49 )   $ 74,478     $ (4,798 )   $ 80,279     $ (4,847 )

Mortgage-backed securities

    23,159       (579 )     567,818       (105,211 )     590,977       (105,790 )

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

    9,181       (164 )     101,407       (14,034 )     110,588       (14,198 )

Other

    -       -       2,530       (156 )     2,530       (156 )

Total AFS debt securities

  $ 38,141     $ (792 )   $ 746,233     $ (124,199 )   $ 784,374     $ (124,991 )

 

   

HTM Debt Securities

 
   

Less than 12 months

   

12 months or more

   

Total

 

(in thousands)

 

Fair

   

Unrecognized

   

Fair

   

Unrecognized

   

Fair

   

Unrecognized

 

June 30, 2025

 

value

   

losses

   

value

   

losses

   

value

   

losses

 
                                                 

U.S. Treasury and other U.S. Government obligations

  $ -     $ -     $ 1,946     $ (40 )   $ 1,946     $ (40 )

Government sponsored enterprise obligations

    339       (4 )     21,729       (1,299 )     22,068       (1,303 )

Mortgage-backed securities

    12       -       162,779       (19,369 )     162,791       (19,369 )

Total HTM debt securities

  $ 351     $ (4 )   $ 186,454     $ (20,708 )   $ 186,805     $ (20,712 )
                                                 

December 31, 2024

                                               
                                                 

U.S. Treasury and other U.S. Government obligations

  $ -     $ -     $ 153,109     $ (741 )   $ 153,109     $ (741 )

Government sponsored enterprise obligations

    396       (6 )     22,965       (2,028 )     23,361       (2,034 )

Mortgage-backed securities

    -       -       164,724       (26,041 )     164,724       (26,041 )

Total HTM debt securities

  $ 396     $ (6 )   $ 340,798     $ (28,810 )   $ 341,194     $ (28,816 )

 

Applicable dates for determining when securities are in unrealized and unrecognized loss positions are June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. As such, it is possible that a security had a market value lower than its amortized cost on other days during the past 12 months, but is not in the “Less than 12 months” category of the preceding table.

 

For debt securities with unrealized and unrecognized loss positions, Bancorp evaluates the securities to determine whether the decline in the fair value below the amortized cost basis (impairment) is due to credit-related factors or non-credit related factors. Any impairment that is not credit-related is recognized in AOCI, net of tax. Credit-related impairment is recognized as an ACL for debt securities on the balance sheet, limited to the amount by which the amortized cost basis exceeds the fair value, with a corresponding adjustment to earnings. Accrued interest receivable is excluded from the estimate of credit losses. Both the ACL and the adjustment to net income may be reversed if conditions change. However, if Bancorp intends to sell an impaired debt security or more likely than not will be required to sell such a security before recovering its amortized cost basis, the entire impairment amount would be recognized in earnings with a corresponding adjustment to the security’s amortized cost basis. Because the security’s amortized cost basis is adjusted to fair value, there is no ACL in this situation.

 

In evaluating debt securities in unrealized and unrecognized loss positions for impairment and the criteria regarding its intent or requirement to sell such securities, Bancorp considers the extent to which fair value is less than amortized cost, whether the securities are issued by the federal government or its government-sponsored enterprises, whether downgrades by bond rating agencies have occurred, and the results of reviews of the issuers’ financial condition, among other factors. Unrealized and unrecognized losses on Bancorp’s investment securities portfolio have not been recognized as an expense because the securities are of high credit quality, and the decline in fair values is attributable to changes in the prevailing interest rate environment since the purchase date. Fair value is expected to recover as securities reach maturity and/or the interest rate environment returns to conditions similar to when these securities were purchased. These investments consisted of 452 and 488 separate investment positions as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. By dollar value, approximately 98% and 86% of the debt securities portfolio was in a loss position as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. There were no credit related factors underlying unrealized and unrecognized losses on debt securities at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.