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Note 2 - Investment Securities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
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Note 2. Investment Securities

 

The following tables summarize the amortized cost and fair value of securities available-for-sale and securities held-to-maturity at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 and the corresponding amounts of gross unrealized gains and losses, which are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for securities available-for-sale. The Company did not record an allowance for credit losses ("ACL") on its securities available-for-sale or held-to-maturity portfolio as of June 30, 2026 and  December 31, 2025.

 

Investment securities available-for-sale was comprised of the following:

 

  

June 30, 2026

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amortized Cost

  

Gross Unrealized Gains

  

Gross Unrealized Losses

  

Fair Value

 

Collateralized Mortgage Backed

 $18,210  $3  $(3,079) $15,134 

Subordinated Debt

  11,880   27   (498)  11,409 

Preferred Stock

  475         475 

Municipal Securities:

                

Taxable

  9,584      (1,901)  7,683 

Tax-exempt

  22,312   15   (1,725)  20,602 

U.S. Governmental Agencies

  1,820   7   (16)  1,811 

Total

 $64,281  $52  $(7,219) $57,114 

 

Investment securities held-to-maturity was comprised of the following:

 

  

June 30, 2026

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amortized Cost

  

Gross Unrealized Gains

  

Gross Unrealized Losses

  

Fair Value

 

Municipal Securities:

                

Tax-exempt

 $13,785  $27  $(46) $13,766 

Total

 $13,785  $27  $(46) $13,766 

 

Investment securities available-for-sale was comprised of the following:

 

  

December 31, 2025

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amortized Cost

  

Gross Unrealized Gains

  

Gross Unrealized Losses

  

Fair Value

 

Collateralized Mortgage Backed

 $19,027  $7  $(2,981) $16,053 

Subordinated Debt

  11,872   2   (668)  11,206 

Preferred Stock

  468         468 

Municipal Securities:

                

Taxable

  9,597      (1,908)  7,689 

Tax-exempt

  22,383   25   (1,957)  20,451 

U.S. Governmental Agencies

  2,098   6   (17)  2,087 

Total

 $65,445  $40  $(7,531) $57,954 

 

Investment securities held-to-maturity was comprised of the following:

 

  

December 31, 2025

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amortized Cost

  

Gross Unrealized Gains

  

Gross Unrealized Losses

  

Fair Value

 

Municipal Securities:

                

Tax-exempt

 $13,798  $32  $(76) $13,754 

Total

 $13,798  $32  $(76) $13,754 

 

For HTM securities, the Company evaluates the credit risk of its securities on at least a quarterly basis. The primary indicators of credit quality for the Company’s HTM portfolio are security type and credit rating, which is influenced by a number of factors including obligor cash flow, geography, seniority, and others. All of the Company’s HTM securities with credit risk are obligations of states and political subdivisions. For HTM securities that are not rated, the Company evaluates the capital levels of the bond issuers on a quarterly basis. The Company’s HTM securities ACL was immaterial at  June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

 

The following table presents the amortized cost of HTM securities as of  June 30, 2026 and  December 31, 2025 by security type and credit rating:

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Municipal Securities

  

Total HTM Securities

 

June 30, 2026

        

Credit Rating:

        

AAA/AA/A

 $13,785  $13,785 

Total

 $13,785  $13,785 

December 31, 2025

        

Credit Rating:

        

AAA/AA/A

 $13,798  $13,798 

Total

 $13,798  $13,798 

 

As of  June 30, 2026 and  December 31, 2025, the Company had no securities held-to-maturity that were past due 30 days or more as to principal or interest payments. The Company had no securities held-to-maturity classified as non-accrual as of  June 30, 2026 and  December 31, 2025.

 

The scheduled maturities of securities available-for-sale and held-to-maturity at  June 30, 2026 were as follows:

 

  

June 30, 2026

 
  

Available-for-Sale

  

Held-to-Maturity

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amortized Cost

  

Fair Value

  

Amortized Cost

  

Fair Value

 

Due in one year or less

 $  $  $1,150  $1,150 

Due from one to five years

  3,470   3,412   2,390   2,387 

Due from after five to ten years

  17,410   16,578   3,598   3,621 

Due after ten years

  43,401   37,124   6,647   6,608 

Total

 $64,281  $57,114  $13,785  $13,766 

 

The scheduled maturities of securities available-for-sale and held-to-maturity at  December 31, 2025 were as follows:

 

  

December 31, 2025

 
  

Available-for-Sale

  

Held-to-Maturity

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amortized Cost

  

Fair Value

  

Amortized Cost

  

Fair Value

 

Due in one year or less

 $  $  $399  $399 

Due from one to five years

  1,470   1,395   3,140   3,134 

Due from after five to ten years

  17,645   16,721   3,606   3,633 

Due after ten years

  46,330   39,838   6,653   6,588 

Total

 $65,445  $57,954  $13,798  $13,754 

 

One security with a fair value of $0.4 million was pledged as collateral to secure public funds at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. 

 

The following tables summarize the fair value and unrealized loss positions of securities available-for-sale as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, aggregated by security type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous loss position:

 

  

June 30, 2026

 
  

Less than 12 Months

  

12 Months or Longer

  

Total

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Fair Value

  

Unrealized Loss

  

Fair Value

  

Unrealized Loss

  

Fair Value

  

Unrealized Loss

 

Available-for-sale:

                        

Collateralized Mortgage Backed

 $  $  $14,950  $(3,079) $14,950  $(3,079)

Subordinated Debt

  1,159   (29)  7,251   (469)  8,410   (498)

Municipal securities:

                        

Taxable

        7,683   (1,901)  7,683   (1,901)

Tax-exempt

  4,260   (45)  12,566   (1,680)  16,826   (1,725)

U.S. Governmental Agencies

        504   (16)  504   (16)

Total

 $5,419  $(74) $42,954  $(7,145) $48,373  $(7,219)

 

  

December 31, 2025

 
  

Less than 12 Months

  

12 Months or Longer

  

Total

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Fair Value

  

Unrealized Loss

  

Fair Value

  

Unrealized Loss

  

Fair Value

  

Unrealized Loss

 

Available-for-sale:

                        

Collateralized Mortgage Backed

 $  $  $15,807  $(2,981) $15,807  $(2,981)

Subordinated Debt

  1,857   (45)  7,347   (623)  9,204   (668)

Municipal Securities:

                        

Taxable

        7,689   (1,908)  7,689   (1,908)

Tax-exempt

        14,796   (1,957)  14,796   (1,957)

U.S. Government Agencies

        579   (17)  579   (17)

Total

 $1,857  $(45) $46,218  $(7,486) $48,075  $(7,531)

 

The factors considered in evaluating securities for impairment include whether the Bank intends to sell the security, whether it is more likely than not that the Bank will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, and whether the Bank expects to recover the security’s entire amortized cost basis. These unrealized losses are primarily attributable to current financial market conditions for these types of investments, particularly changes in interest rates, causing bond prices to decline, and are not attributable to credit deterioration. Additionally, the issuers continue to make timely principal and interest payments. As such, there was no allowance for credit losses on available-for-sale securities at June 30, 2026. For the subordinated debt securities, the Company evaluates the capital levels of the issuers on a quarterly basis. The following description provides the number of investment positions in an unrealized loss position and approximate duration of that loss position.

 

At  June 30, 2026, there were nine tax-exempt municipal securities with a fair value totaling $4.3 million and two subordinated debt securities totaling $1.2 million in an unrealized loss position of less than 12 months. At  June 30, 2026, there were twenty-one collateralized mortgage backed securities with fair values totaling $15.0 million, eighteen subordinated debt securities totaling $7.3 million, nineteen tax-exempt municipal securities with a fair value totaling $12.6 million, ten taxable municipal securities with fair values totaling $7.7 million, and five government agency securities with a fair value totaling $0.5 million in an unrealized loss position of more than 12 months.   

 

The Company periodically invests in New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) opportunities, related primarily to certain community development projects. The Company receives tax credits related to these investments, for which the Company typically acts as a limited partner and therefore does not exert control over the operating or financial policies of the partnerships. These tax credits are subject to recapture by taxing authorities based on compliance features required to be met at the project level. On  January 1, 2024, the Company transitioned from the equity method of accounting and began applying the proportional amortization method of accounting to its qualifying new markets tax credit investments in addition to its low income housing tax credit partnerships already subject to the proportional amortization method. At June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the balance of the investments in new market tax credits was $9.5 million and $10.7 million and the balance of the investments in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (“LIHTC”) was $6.7 million and $7.0 million. These balances, as well as the nonmarketable securities that do not qualify for equity method accounting in the amount of $7.0 million as of  June 30, 2026 and $7.3 million as of   December 31, 2025, are reflected in the other assets line on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition. During the three-month period ended  June 30, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized amortization expense for the NMTC investments of $0.6 million and $0.5 million, and $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the LIHTC investments, respectively, which was included within the income tax expense line item on the Consolidated Statements of Income and the depreciation, amortization, and accretion, net line item on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. During the six-month period ended  June 30, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized amortization expense for the NMTC investments of $1.3 million and $1.1 million, and $0.3 million and $0.3 million for the LIHTC investments.

 

The restricted securities line on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition consist of the Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (“FHLB”) stock in the amount of $5.2 million and $1.5 million respectively, as of June 30, 2026, compared to $5.2 million and $1.6 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2025. We also had $126,800 and $124,000 in Community Bankers Bank stock and Atlantic Community Bankers Bank stock, respectively as of  June 30, 2026 and  December 31, 2025.