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Loans and the Allowance for Credit Losses
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Receivables [Abstract]  
Loans and the Allowance for Credit Losses Loans and the Allowance for Credit Losses –
Loans receivable at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, are summarized as follows:
(Dollars in thousands)September 30,
2026
December 31,
2025
Real Estate Loans:
Commercial$2,896,707 $2,611,279 
Construction774,170 639,069 
Residential1,048,400 944,065 
Total Real Estate Loans4,719,277 4,194,413 
Commercial1,990,998 1,921,833 
Consumer and Other70,612 73,244 
Total Loans Held for Investment6,780,887 6,189,490 
Less:
Allowance for Loan Losses(59,595)(53,959)
Net Loans$6,721,292 $6,135,531 
The performing 1-4 family residential, multi-family residential, commercial real estate, and commercial loans, are pledged under a blanket lien as collateral securing advances from the FHLB at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025. Commercial and agricultural loans are pledged against the Federal Reserve Banks’ (“FRB”) discount window as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025.
Net deferred loan origination fees were $9.9 million and $11.4 million at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively, and are netted in their respective loan categories above. In addition to loans issued in the normal course of business, the Company considers overdrafts on customer deposit accounts to be loans and reclassifies overdrafts as loans in its consolidated balance sheets. At September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, overdrafts of $1.3 million and $7.9 million, respectively, have been reclassified to loans.
The Bank is the lead lender on participations sold, without recourse, to other financial institutions which amounts are not included in the consolidated balance sheets. The unpaid principal balances of mortgages and other loans serviced for others were approximately $724.0 million and $643.8 million at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. The Company had servicing rights of $1.6 million and $956,000 recorded at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively, and is recorded within other assets.
The Bank grants loans and extensions of credit to individuals and a variety of businesses and corporations located in its general market areas throughout Louisiana and Texas. Management segregates the loan portfolio into portfolio segments which is defined as the level at which the Bank develops and documents a systematic method for determining its allowance for credit losses. The portfolio segments are segregated based on loan types and the underlying risk factors present in each loan type. Such risk factors are periodically reviewed by management and revised as deemed appropriate.
Portfolio Segments and Risk Factors
The loan portfolio is disaggregated into portfolio segments and then further disaggregated into classes for certain disclosures. GAAP defines a portfolio segment as the level at which an entity develops and documents a systematic method for determining its allowance for credit losses. A class is generally a disaggregation of a portfolio segment. The Company's loan portfolio segments are Real Estate, Commercial, and Consumer and Other. The classes and risk characteristics of each segment are discussed in more detail below. The segmentation and disaggregation of the portfolio is part of the ongoing credit monitoring process.
Real Estate Portfolio Segment
Real Estate: Commercial loans are extensions of credit secured by owner-occupied and non-owner-occupied collateral. Repayment is generally dependent on the successful operations of the property. General economic conditions may impact the performance of these types of loans, including fluctuations in the value of real estate, vacancy rates, and unemployment trends. Real estate commercial loans also include farmland loans that can be, or are, used for agricultural purposes. These loans are usually repaid through refinancing, cash flow from the borrower’s ongoing operations, development of the property, or sale of the property.
Real Estate: Construction loans include loans to small-to-midsized businesses to construct owner-occupied properties, loans to developers of commercial real estate investment properties and residential developments and, to a lesser extent, loans to individual clients for construction of single-family homes in the Company’s market areas. Risks associated with these loans include fluctuations in the value of real estate, project completion risk and changes in market trends. The Company is also exposed to risk based on the ability of the construction loan borrower to finance the loan or sell the property upon completion of the project, which may be affected by changes in secondary market terms and criteria for permanent financing since the time that the Company funded the loan.
Real Estate: Residential loans include first and second lien 1-4 family mortgage loans, as well as home equity lines of credit, in each case primarily on owner-occupied primary residences. The Company is exposed to risk based on fluctuations in the value of the real estate collateral securing the loan, as well as changes in the borrower’s financial condition, which could be affected by numerous factors, including divorce, job loss, illness, or other personal hardship. Real estate residential loans also include multi-family residential loans originated to provide permanent financing for multi-family residential income producing properties. Repayment of these loans primarily relies on successful rental and management of the property.
Commercial Portfolio Segment
Commercial loans include general commercial and industrial, or C&I, loans, including commercial lines of credit, working capital loans, term loans, equipment financing, asset acquisition, expansion, and development loans, borrowing base loans, letters of credit and other loan products, primarily in the Company’s target markets that are underwritten based on the borrower’s ability to service the debt from income. Commercial loan risk is derived from the expectation that such loans generally are serviced principally from the operations of the business, and those operations may not be successful. Any interruption or discontinuance of operating cash flows from the business, which may be influenced by events not under the control of the borrower such as economic events and changes in governmental regulations, could materially affect the ability of the borrower to repay the loan.
Consumer and Other Portfolio Segment
Consumer and other loans include a variety of loans to individuals for personal, family and household purposes, including secured and unsecured installment and term loans. The risk is based on changes in the borrower’s financial condition, which could be affected by numerous factors, including divorce, job loss, illness or other personal hardship, and fluctuations in the value of the real estate or personal property securing the consumer loan, if any.
The following tables set forth, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, and 2025, the balance of the allowance for credit losses by loan portfolio segment. The allowance for credit losses allocated to each portfolio segment is not necessarily indicative of future losses in any particular portfolio segment and does not restrict the use of the allowance to absorb losses in other portfolio segments.
Allowance for Credit Losses and Recorded Investment in Loans Receivable
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026
(Dollars in thousands)Real Estate:
Commercial
Real Estate:
Construction
Real Estate:
Residential
CommercialConsumer
and Other
Total
Allowance for Loan Losses:
Beginning Balance$23,486 $3,237 $7,423 $19,282 $531 $53,959 
Adjustment for Progressive Loans2,431 281 3,344 3,148 60 9,264 
Charge-offs(1,877)(147)(162)(6,763)(1,150)(10,099)
Recoveries112 4 69 400 173 758 
Provision (Recovery)(554)1,574 (4,286)8,161 818 5,713 
Ending Balance$23,598 $4,949 $6,388 $24,228 $432 $59,595 
Reserve for Unfunded Loan Commitments:
Beginning Balance$320 $1,179 $309 $2,336 $33 $4,177 
Provision (Recovery)(32)119 (122)501 28 494 
Ending Balance$288 $1,298 $187 $2,837 $61 $4,671 
Total Allowance for Credit Losses$23,886 $6,247 $6,575 $27,065 $493 $64,266 
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2026
(Dollars in thousands)Real Estate:
Commercial
Real Estate:
Construction
Real Estate:
Residential
CommercialConsumer
and Other
Total
Allowance for Loan Losses:
Beginning Balance$21,589 $3,849 $9,143 $27,086 $791 $62,458 
Charge-offs(820)(147)(135)(4,304)(381)(5,787)
Recoveries106 — 9 101 68 284 
Provision (Recovery)2,723 1,247 (2,629)1,345 (46)2,640 
Ending Balance$23,598 $4,949 $6,388 $24,228 $432 $59,595 
Reserve for Unfunded Loan Commitments:
Beginning Balance$318 $1,193 $210 $3,594 $58 $5,373 
Provision (Recovery)(30)105 (23)(757)3 (702)
Ending Balance$288 $1,298 $187 $2,837 $61 $4,671 
Total Allowance for Credit Losses$23,886 $6,247 $6,575 $27,065 $493 $64,266 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025
(Dollars in thousands)Real Estate:
Commercial
Real Estate:
Construction
Real Estate:
Residential
CommercialConsumer
and Other
Total
Allowance for Loan Losses:
Beginning Balance$23,460 $7,162 $8,036 $15,667 $515 $54,840 
Charge-offs(1,678)(20)(236)(2,572)(1,478)(5,984)
Recoveries10 200 21 698 189 1,118 
Provision (Recovery)(3,352)187 505 8,445 1,303 7,088 
Ending Balance$18,440 $7,529 $8,326 $22,238 $529 $57,062 
Reserve for Unfunded Loan Commitments:
Beginning Balance$228 $1,311 $358 $1,765 $26 $3,688 
Provision (Recovery)73 635 (62)488 (2)1,132 
Ending Balance$301 $1,946 $296 $2,253 $24 $4,820 
Total Allowance for Credit Losses$18,741 $9,475 $8,622 $24,491 $553 $61,882 
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2025
(Dollars in thousands)Real Estate:
Commercial
Real Estate:
Construction
Real Estate:
Residential
CommercialConsumer
and Other
Total
Allowance for Loan Losses:
Beginning Balance$23,317 $6,198 $8,176 $20,289 $516 $58,496 
Charge-offs(1,412)— 1 (1,525)(479)(3,415)
Recoveries— 102 11 132 103 348 
Provision (Recovery)(3,465)1,229 138 3,342 389 1,633 
Ending Balance$18,440 $7,529 $8,326 $22,238 $529 $57,062 
Reserve for Unfunded Loan Commitments:
Beginning Balance$266 $888 $286 $1,808 $22 $3,270 
Provision (Recovery)35 1,058 10 445 2 1,550 
Ending Balance$301 $1,946 $296 $2,253 $24 $4,820 
Total Allowance for Credit Losses$18,741 $9,475 $8,622 $24,491 $553 $61,882 
Included within the above allowance, in the tables above, are loans which management has individually evaluated to determine an allowance for credit losses. The following table summarizes, by segment, the loan balance and specific allowance allocation for those loans which have been individually evaluated.
September 30, 2026December 31, 2025
(Dollars in thousands)Loan BalanceSpecific AllocationsLoan BalanceSpecific Allocations
Real Estate Loans:
Commercial$11,748 $4,924 $29,248 $1,873 
Construction4,450 — 2,141 149 
Residential6,008 — 2,380 — 
Total Real Estate Loans22,206 4,924 33,769 2,022 
Commercial14,982 5,538 10,771 4,989 
Consumer and Other— — — — 
Total$37,188 $10,462 $44,540 $7,011 
Credit Quality Indicators
We utilize a risk grading matrix to assign a risk grade to each of our commercial loans. Loans are graded on a scale of 10 to 80. Individual loan officers review updated financial information, which may include credit scores, financial statements, collateral valuations and other borrower information, for all pass grade (10-45) loans to reassess the risk grade, generally on at least an annual basis.
When a loan has a risk grade of 50, it is considered to be on management's “watch list,” and subject to additional and more frequent monitoring by both the loan officer and senior credit and risk personnel. Loans graded 60 or higher have exhibited potential or actual credit weakness that makes their full collection uncertain and are considered classified loans, consisting of substandard (60), doubtful (70) and loss (80) categories. Generally, loans that are classified are assigned special assets personnel for ongoing monitoring and resolution.
The following tables set forth the credit quality indicators, disaggregated by loan segment, as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025:
September 30, 2026
Criticized
(Dollars in thousands)Pass
(Risk Grade 10-45)
Special Mention
(Risk Grade 50)
Substandard
(Risk Grade 60)
Doubtful
(Risk Grade 70)
Loss
(Risk Grade 80)
TotalCurrent Period Charge-
offs
Real Estate: Commercial
Originated in 2026$330,857 $2,633 $115 $— $— $333,605 $— 
Originated in 2025409,972 3,811 3,724 — — 417,507 — 
Originated in 2024302,698 159 16,288 — — 319,145 — 
Originated in 2023201,046 18 24,028 — — 225,092 — 
Originated in 2022654,431 5,489 8,413 — — 668,333 786 
Originated Prior to 2022820,903 15,932 16,172 101 — 853,108 1,091 
Revolving77,457 — — — — 77,457 — 
Revolving Loans Converted to Term2,460 — — — — 2,460 — 
Total Real Estate: Commercial$2,799,824 $28,042 $68,740 $101 $— $2,896,707 $1,877 
Real Estate: Construction
Originated in 2026$128,543 $199 $— $— $— $128,742 $— 
Originated in 2025255,580 — 15 — — 255,595 — 
Originated in 2024107,484 159 5,028 — — 112,671 — 
Originated in 202355,991 — 7,076 — — 63,067 16 
Originated in 202271,050 2,644 67 — — 73,761 — 
Originated Prior to 202254,690 661 3,822 — — 59,173 131 
Revolving77,924 — — — — 77,924 — 
Revolving Loans Converted to Term3,237 — — — — 3,237 — 
Total Real Estate: Construction$754,499 $3,663 $16,008 $— $— $774,170 $147 
Real Estate: Residential
Originated in 2026$103,653 $715 $140 $— $— $104,508 $— 
Originated in 2025102,457 1,093 3,452 — — 107,002 — 
Originated in 2024121,294 100 809 — — 122,203 — 
Originated in 202381,631 234 4,718 — — 86,583 53 
Originated in 2022218,329 265 1,553 — — 220,147 — 
Originated Prior to 2022232,844 1,589 21,439 — — 255,872 109 
Revolving140,894 1,602 2,048 — — 144,544 — 
Revolving Loans Converted to Term6,739 — 802 — — 7,541 — 
Total Real Estate: Residential$1,007,841 $5,598 $34,961 $— $— $1,048,400 $162 
Commercial
Originated in 2026$300,526 $1,254 $67 $— $— $301,847 $40 
Originated in 2025245,448 595 3,388 — — 249,431 32 
Originated in 2024203,826 852 7,070 — — 211,748 178 
Originated in 2023142,623 6,326 5,045 51 — 154,045 1,033 
Originated in 2022103,888 1,363 18,457 263 — 123,971 5,362 
Originated Prior to 2022108,627 1,702 10,395 9 — 120,733 118 
Revolving719,995 12,954 17,786 183 — 750,918 — 
Revolving Loans Converted to Term74,264 1,853 2,188 — — 78,305 — 
Total Commercial$1,899,197 $26,899 $64,396 $506 $— $1,990,998 $6,763 
Consumer and Other
Originated in 2026$13,820 $— $13 $— $— $13,833 $445 
Originated in 20258,271 — 17 — — 8,288 42 
Originated in 20244,370 — 4 — — 4,374 13 
Originated in 20232,257 — 14 — — 2,271 20 
Originated in 20222,217 — 25 — — 2,242 4 
Originated Prior to 202220,697 — 92 1 — 20,790 260 
Revolving17,855 — 1 — — 17,856 366 
Revolving Loans Converted to Term818 — 140 — — 958 — 
Total Consumer and Other$70,305 $— $306 $1 $— $70,612 $1,150 
Total Loans$6,531,666 $64,202 $184,411 $608 $— $6,780,887 $10,099 
December 31, 2025
Criticized
(Dollars in thousands)Pass
(Risk Grade 10-45)
Special Mention
(Risk Grade 50)
Substandard
(Risk Grade 60)
Doubtful
(Risk Grade 70)
Loss
(Risk Grade 80)
TotalCurrent Period Charge-
offs
Real Estate: Commercial
Originated in 2025$387,209 $1,506 $8,789 $— $— $397,504 $— 
Originated in 2024279,558 12,505 14,421 — — 306,484 — 
Originated in 2023206,195 22,360 3,622 — — 232,177 — 
Originated in 2022642,357 21,182 29,621 — — 693,160 3,850 
Originated in 2021366,356 7,871 1,048 — — 375,275 2 
Originated Prior to 2021536,644 8,692 6,641 472 — 552,449 — 
Revolving51,905 — — — — 51,905 264 
Revolving Loans Converted to Term2,325 — — — — 2,325 — 
Total Real Estate: Commercial$2,472,549 $74,116 $64,142 $472 $— $2,611,279 $4,116 
Real Estate: Construction
Originated in 2025$206,047 $848 $— $— $— $206,895 $— 
Originated in 2024155,588 — 474 — — 156,062 — 
Originated in 202342,018 3,561 1,205 — — 46,784 — 
Originated in 2022104,768 2,074 2,088 — — 108,930 1 
Originated in 202126,011 3,056 472 — — 29,539 19 
Originated Prior to 202131,263 1,690 1,928 — — 34,881 — 
Revolving54,618 — — — — 54,618 — 
Revolving Loans Converted to Term1,360 — — — — 1,360 — 
Total Real Estate: Construction$621,673 $11,229 $6,167 $— $— $639,069 $20 
Real Estate: Residential
Originated in 2025$95,656 $1,377 $— $— $— $97,033 $(79)
Originated in 202484,881 — 507 — — 85,388 — 
Originated in 202384,761 — 1,346 — — 86,107 — 
Originated in 2022242,424 614 1,830 — — 244,868 8 
Originated in 2021136,520 14,266 454 32 — 151,272 — 
Originated Prior to 2021148,862 6,755 6,611 — — 162,228 197 
Revolving110,519 1,758 2,120 — — 114,397 116 
Revolving Loans Converted to Term2,685 — 87 — — 2,772 — 
Total Real Estate: Residential$906,308 $24,770 $12,955 $32 $— $944,065 $242 
Commercial
Originated in 2025$350,624 $606 $326 $— $— $351,556 $3 
Originated in 2024246,163 7,686 1,782 — — 255,631 239 
Originated in 2023166,677 2,265 3,363 48 — 172,353 1,051 
Originated in 2022137,273 16,048 9,030 — — 162,351 4,279 
Originated in 202169,146 1,467 5,367 13 — 75,993 464 
Originated Prior to 202198,366 884 3,290 38 — 102,578 732 
Revolving748,302 10,058 1,576 24 — 759,960 — 
Revolving Loans Converted to Term18,360 135 22,916 — — 41,411 — 
Total Commercial$1,834,911 $39,149 $47,650 $123 $— $1,921,833 $6,768 
Consumer and Other
Originated in 2025$12,063 $— $8 $— $— $12,071 $1,119 
Originated in 20246,896 — 6 — — 6,902 49 
Originated in 20233,812 — 19 — — 3,831 169 
Originated in 20222,771 — 33 — — 2,804 97 
Originated in 20211,045 — 68 2 — 1,115 48 
Originated Prior to 202129,095 — 125 — — 29,220 12 
Revolving16,120 — 19 — — 16,139 497 
Revolving Loans Converted to Term904 — 258 — — 1,162 — 
Total Consumer and Other$72,706 $— $536 $2 $— $73,244 $1,991 
Total Loans$5,908,147 $149,264 $131,450 $629 $— $6,189,490 $13,137 
The above classifications follow regulatory guidelines and can generally be described as follows:
•Pass loans are of satisfactory quality.
•Special mention loans have an existing weakness that could cause future impairment, including the deterioration of financial ratios, past due status, questionable management capabilities and possible reduction in the collateral values.
•Substandard loans have an existing specific and well-defined weakness that may include poor liquidity and deterioration of financial ratios. The loan may be past due and related deposit accounts experiencing overdrafts. Immediate corrective action is necessary.
•Doubtful loans have specific weaknesses that are severe enough to make collection or liquidation in full highly questionable and improbable.
As of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, loan balances outstanding more than 90 days past due and still accruing interest amounted to $3.7 million and $2.2 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, loan balances outstanding on nonaccrual status amounted to $80.4 million and $74.5 million, respectively. The Bank considers all loans more than 90 days past due as nonperforming loans.
The following tables provide an analysis of the aging of loans and leases as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025. All loans greater than 90 days past due are generally placed on nonaccrual status.
Aged Analysis of Past Due Loans Receivable
September 30, 2026
(Dollars in thousands)30-59 Days
Past Due
60-89 Days
Past Due
Greater
Than 90 Days
Past Due
Total
Past Due
CurrentTotal Loans
Receivable
Recorded
Investment Over
90 Days Past Due
and Still Accruing
Real Estate Loans:
Commercial$7,005 $4,127 $21,275 $32,407 $2,864,300 $2,896,707 $3,208 
Construction519 6,633 8,675 15,827 758,343 774,170 110 
Residential2,587 795 13,657 17,039 1,031,361 1,048,400 53 
Total Real Estate Loans10,111 11,555 43,607 65,273 4,654,004 4,719,277 3,371 
Commercial9,329 1,023 33,972 44,324 1,946,674 1,990,998 330 
Consumer and Other255 10 235 500 70,112 70,612 - 
Total$19,695 $12,588 $77,814 $110,097 $6,670,790 $6,780,887 $3,701 
December 31, 2025
(Dollars in thousands)30-59 Days
Past Due
60-89 Days
Past Due
Greater
Than 90 Days
Past Due
Total
Past Due
CurrentTotal Loans
Receivable
Recorded
Investment Over
90 Days Past Due
and Still Accruing
Real Estate Loans:
Commercial$1,838 $38,693 $10,097 $50,628 $2,560,651 $2,611,279 $363 
Construction1,988 72 4,363 6,423 632,646 639,069 — 
Residential3,775 1,562 8,151 13,488 930,577 944,065 79 
Total Real Estate Loans7,601 40,327 22,611 70,539 4,123,874 4,194,413 442 
Commercial15,585 552 24,692 40,829 1,881,004 1,921,833 1,760 
Consumer and Other185 356 163 704 72,540 73,244 13 
Total$23,371 $41,235 $47,466 $112,072 $6,077,418 $6,189,490 $2,215 

The following table presents non-accrual loans by segment as of September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025.
(Dollars in thousands)September 30,
2026
December 31,
2025
Real Estate Loans:
Commercial$18,245 $36,252 
Construction8,608 4,539 
Residential14,364 10,144 
Total Real Estate Loans41,217 50,935 
Commercial38,909 23,370 
Consumer and Other237 166 
Total$80,363 $74,471 
The Bank had $13.9 million and $9.8 million as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, in non-accrual loans with no specific allowance allocation.
The Bank seeks to assist customers who are experiencing financial difficulty by renegotiating loans within lending regulations and guidelines. The Bank makes loan modifications, primarily utilizing internal renegotiation programs via direct customer contact, that manage customers’ debt exposures held only by the Bank. Additionally, the Bank makes loan modifications with customers who have elected to work with external renegotiation agencies and these modifications provide solutions to customers’ entire unsecured debt structures. During the periods ended September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, the concessions granted to certain borrowers included extending the payment due dates and offering below market contractual interest rates, and were not significant to the consolidated financial statements.
Accrued interest receivable of $1.2 million and $1.7 million was outstanding at September 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively, for all loan deferrals, primarily attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic and, to a much lesser extent, hurricanes which occurred in 2020 and 2021. These loans are no longer within their deferral periods. The accrued interest on the loans is due at their maturity.
At September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, accrued interest receivable on loans was $34.7 million and $33.2 million, respectively, and included within accrued interest receivable on the consolidated balance sheets.
In June 2026, the Company sold $95.3 million in loans that were acquired from Progressive, including $54.7 million of residential mortgages and $40.6 million of commercial real estate loans. As part of the sale, the Company will retain the servicing of these loans.