Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.® Reports Fourth Quarter 2016 Earnings

HOUSTON, Jan. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.® (NYSE: PB), the parent company of Prosperity Bank® (collectively, "Prosperity"), reported net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2016 of $68.793 million or $0.99 per diluted common share. Additionally, nonperforming assets remain low at 0.25% of fourth quarter average earning assets.

"We were pleased with our fourth quarter 2016 performance. Our nonperforming assets decreased 19.7% as the Texas economy continues to improve. Our annualized return on fourth quarter average tangible common equity was 16.33%," said David Zalman, Prosperity's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

"We are excited going into 2017. We believe that the Texas and Oklahoma economies are improving with rising oil and gas prices. Further, expected increases in interest rates will help our net interest margin over the longer term," continued Zalman.

"We see optimism in our customer base, as businesses are now willing to expand purchasing. With a better economy and the absence of the loan contraction we experienced over the last several years, we believe that we will have more normalized organic growth in loans and deposits during 2017," concluded Zalman.

 

Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2016

Net income was $68.793 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016 compared with $70.475 million for the same period in 2015. Net income per diluted common share was $0.99 for the three months ended December 31, 2016 compared with $1.01 for the same period in 2015. Net income (excluding purchase accounting adjustments) was $64.191 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016 compared with $66.147 million for the three months ended December 31, 2015. Net income per diluted common share (excluding purchase accounting adjustments) was $0.92 for the three months ended December 31, 2016 compared with $0.94 for the same period in 2015. The reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest respective GAAP financial measures are shown on page 12.  Annualized returns on average assets, average common equity and average tangible common equity for the three months ended December 31, 2016 were 1.26%, 7.58% and 16.33%(1), respectively.  Prosperity's efficiency ratio (excluding credit loss provisions, net gains and losses on the sale of assets and taxes) was 43.29% for the three months ended December 31, 2016.

Net interest income before provision for credit losses for the three months ended December 31, 2016 was $153.832 million compared with $153.258 million during the same period in 2015, an increase of $574 thousand or 0.4%. This change was primarily due to an increase in average interest-earning assets, which was partially offset by an increase in the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities for the three months ended December 31, 2016. Linked quarter net interest income before provision for credit losses decreased $232 thousand or 0.2% to $153.832 million compared with $154.064 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016, primarily due to a slight increase in the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities.

The net interest margin on a tax equivalent basis was 3.26% for the three months ended December 31, 2016, compared with 3.24% for the same period in 2015. On a linked quarter basis the net interest margin was 3.26% compared with 3.29% for the three months ended September 30, 2016. Excluding purchase accounting adjustments, the net interest margin on a tax equivalent basis was 3.12% for the three months ended December 31, 2016, compared with 3.11% for the same period in 2015 and 3.14% for the three months ended September 30, 2016. The reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest respective GAAP financial measures are shown on page 12.

Noninterest income was $29.475 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016 compared with $30.283 million for the same period in 2015, a decrease of $808 thousand or 2.7%. On a linked quarter basis, noninterest income decreased $209 thousand or 0.7% compared with the three months ended September 30, 2016.

Noninterest expense was $79.148 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016 compared with $77.909 million for the same period in 2015, an increase of $1.239 million or 1.6%. This change was primarily due to an increase in incentive compensation and the Tradition acquisition. On a linked quarter basis, noninterest expense decreased $328 thousand or 0.4% compared with the three months ended September 30, 2016.

Results of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2016

Net income was $274.466 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared with $286.646 million for the same period in 2015.  Net income per diluted common share was $3.94 for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared with $4.09 for the same period in 2015. Net income (excluding purchase accounting adjustments) was $250.644 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared with $255.479 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. Net income per diluted common share (excluding purchase accounting adjustments) was $3.60 for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared with $3.65 for the year ended December 31, 2015. The reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest respective GAAP financial measures are shown on page 12. Annualized returns on average assets, average common equity and average tangible common equity for the year ended December 31, 2016 were 1.25%, 7.69% and 16.95%(1), respectively.  Prosperity's efficiency ratio (excluding credit loss provisions, net gains and losses on the sale of assets and taxes) was 42.50% for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Net interest income before provision for credit losses for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $632.620 million compared with $630.510 million for the same period in 2015, an increase of $2.110 million or 0.3%. The net interest margin on a tax equivalent basis for the year ended December 31, 2016 was 3.35% compared with 3.38% for the same period in 2015. This change was primarily due to a decrease in loan discount accretion of $13.152 million. Excluding purchase accounting adjustments, the net interest margin on a tax equivalent basis was 3.16% for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared with 3.13% for the same period in 2015. The reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest respective GAAP financial measures are shown on page 12.

Noninterest income was $118.425 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared with $120.781 million for the same period in 2015, a decrease of $2.356 million or 2.0%. This change was primarily due to a decrease in other noninterest income, brokerage income and NSF fees, which was partially offset by an increase in service charges on deposit accounts and mortgage income.

Noninterest expense was $318.387 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared with $313.536 million for the same period in 2015, an increase of $4.851 million or 1.5%.  This change was primarily due to the full year effect of the Tradition acquisition. Additionally, for the year ended December 31, 2016, one-time pretax merger-related expenses for the Tradition acquisition totaled $670 thousand.

Balance Sheet Information

At December 31, 2016, Prosperity had $22.331 billion in total assets, an increase of $293.856 million or 1.3%, compared with $22.037 billion at December 31, 2015.

Loans at December 31, 2016 were $9.622 billion, an increase of $183.471 million or 1.9%, compared with $9.439 billion at December 31, 2015. Linked quarter loans increased $73.746 million or 0.8% (3.1% annualized) from $9.548 billion at September 30, 2016.

As part of its commercial and industrial lending activities, Prosperity extends credit to oil and gas production and service companies. Oil and gas production loans are loans to companies directly involved in the exploration and/or production of oil and gas. Oil and gas service loans are loans to companies that provide services for oil and gas production and exploration. At December 31, 2016, oil and gas loans totaled $284.539 million or 3.0% of total loans, of which $119.934 million were to production companies and $164.605 million were to service companies. This compares with total oil and gas loans of $399.084 million or 4.2% of total loans at December 31, 2015, of which $178.614 million were to production companies and $220.470 million were to service companies. On a linked quarter basis, oil and gas loans decreased $24.412 million, from $308.951 million or 3.2% of total loans at September 30, 2016, of which $139.913 million were production loans and $169.038 million were service loans.

Deposits at December 31, 2016 were $17.307 billion, a decrease of $373.817 million or 2.1%, compared with $17.681 billion at December 31, 2015. Linked quarter deposits increased $385.893 million or 2.3% (9.1% annualized) from $16.921 billion at September 30, 2016. This change primarily resulted from seasonality.

The table below provides detail on the impact of loans acquired and deposits assumed in the acquisition of Tradition completed on January 1, 2016:

 

Excluding loans acquired in the Tradition acquisition and new production at the acquired banking centers since the acquisition date, loans at December 31, 2016 decreased $43.359 million or 0.5% compared with December 31, 2015 and, on a linked quarter basis, increased $75.273 million or 0.8%.

Excluding deposits assumed in the Tradition acquisition and new deposits generated at the acquired banking centers since the acquisition date, deposits at December 31, 2016 decreased $791.654 million or 4.5% compared with December 31, 2015 and, on a linked quarter basis, increased $400.914 million or 2.4%.

Asset Quality

Nonperforming assets totaled $48.302 million or 0.25% of quarterly average interest-earning assets at December 31, 2016, compared with $43.459 million or 0.23% of quarterly average interest-earning assets at December 31, 2015, and $60.166 million or 0.32% of quarterly average interest-earning assets at September 30, 2016.

The allowance for credit losses was $85.326 million or 0.89% of total loans at December 31, 2016, $81.384 million or 0.86% of total loans at December 31, 2015 and $85.585 million or 0.90% of total loans at September 30, 2016.  Excluding loans acquired that are accounted for under FASB Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topics 310-20 and 310-30, the allowance for credit losses was 1.00% of remaining loans as of December 31, 2016, compared with 1.01% at December 31, 2015 and 1.03% at September 30, 2016(1).

The provision for credit losses was $2.000 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016 compared with $500 thousand for the three months ended December 31, 2015 and $2.000 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  The provision for credit losses was $24.000 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared with $7.560 million for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Net charge-offs were $2.259 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016 compared with $119 thousand for the three months ended December 31, 2015 and $241 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2016. Net charge-offs for the fourth quarter of 2016 were primarily comprised of one commercial and industrial loan.  Net charge-offs were $20.058 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared with $6.938 million for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Conference Call

Prosperity's management team will host a conference call on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time (9:30 a.m. Central Time) to discuss Prosperity's fourth quarter 2016 earnings. Individuals and investment professionals may participate in the call by dialing 877-883-0383. The elite entry number is 3489792.

Alternatively, individuals may listen to the live webcast of the presentation by visiting Prosperity's website at www.prosperitybankusa.com.  The webcast may be accessed from Prosperity's home page by selecting "Presentations & Calls" from the drop-down menu on the Investor Relations tab and following the instructions.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Prosperity's management uses certain non−GAAP financial measures to evaluate its performance. Specifically, Prosperity reviews tangible book value per share, return on average tangible common equity and the tangible equity to tangible assets ratio.  Further, as a result of acquisitions and the related purchase accounting adjustments, Prosperity uses certain non-GAAP measures and ratios that exclude the impact of these items to evaluate its net income and earnings per share (excluding purchase accounting adjustments) and its allowance for credit losses to total loans (excluding acquired loans accounted for under ASC Topics 310-20, "Receivables-Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs" and 310-30, "Receivables-Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality").  Prosperity believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide information useful to investors in understanding Prosperity's financial results and that its presentation, together with the accompanying reconciliations, provides a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting Prosperity's business and allows investors to view performance in a manner similar to management, the entire financial services sector, bank stock analysts and bank regulators. Further, Prosperity believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of its core operating earnings and business outlook.  These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for, nor of greater importance than, GAAP basis measures and results; Prosperity strongly encourages investors to review its consolidated financial statements in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure. Because non-GAAP financial measures are not standardized, it may not be possible to compare these financial measures with other companies' non-GAAP financial measures having the same or similar names. Please refer to page 12 and the "Notes to Selected Financial Data" at the end of this Earnings Release for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures.

Dividend

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. ("Prosperity Bancshares") declared a first quarter cash dividend of $0.34 per share, to be paid on April 3, 2017 to all shareholders of record as of March 17, 2017.

Stock Repurchase Program

On January 27, 2016, Prosperity Bancshares announced a stock repurchase program under which up to 5%, or approximately 3.54 million shares, of its outstanding common stock may be acquired over the next twelve months at the discretion of management.  As of December 31, 2016, Prosperity Bancshares had repurchased an aggregate of 1.24 million shares of its common stock under this program at an average weighted average price of $40.98 per share. During the fourth quarter of 2016, Prosperity Bancshares did not repurchase any shares of its common stock.

Acquisition of Tradition Bancshares, Inc.

On January 1, 2016, Prosperity Bancshares completed the acquisition of Tradition Bancshares, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tradition Bank, headquartered in Houston, Texas. Tradition Bank operated 7 banking offices in the Houston, Texas area, including its main office in Bellaire, 3 banking centers in Katy and 1 banking center in The Woodlands. As of December 31, 2015, Tradition Bancshares, Inc., on a consolidated basis, reported total assets of $547.963 million, total loans of $253.315 million, total deposits of $488.928 million and shareholders' equity of $43.103 million.

Under the terms of the definitive agreement, Prosperity Bancshares issued 679,528 shares of Prosperity Bancshares common stock plus $39.0 million in cash for all outstanding shares of Tradition Bancshares, Inc. capital stock.

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. ®

As of December 31, 2016, Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. ® is a $22.331 billion Houston, Texas based regional financial holding company, formed in 1983. Operating under a community banking philosophy and seeking to develop broad customer relationships based on service and convenience, Prosperity offers a variety of traditional loan and deposit products to its customers, which consist primarily of small and medium sized businesses and consumers. In addition to established banking products, Prosperity offers a complete line of services including: Internet Banking services at www.prosperitybankusa.com, Retail Brokerage Services, Credit Cards, MasterMoney Debit Cards, 24 hour voice response banking, Trust and Wealth Management, Mortgage Services, Cash Management and Mobile Banking.

Prosperity currently operates 245 full-service banking locations: 65 in the Houston area, including The Woodlands; 29 in the South Texas area including Corpus Christi and Victoria; 36 in the Dallas/Fort Worth area; 22 in the East Texas area; 29 in the Central Texas area including Austin and San Antonio; 34 in the West Texas area including Lubbock, Midland-Odessa and Abilene; 16 in the Bryan/College Station area, 6 in the Central Oklahoma area and 8 in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release contains, and the remarks by Prosperity's management on the conference call may contain, forward-looking statements within the meaning of the securities laws that are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about Prosperity Bancshares and its subsidiaries.  These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of Prosperity's control, which may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.  These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to whether Prosperity can: successfully identify acquisition targets and integrate the businesses of acquired companies and banks; continue to sustain its current internal growth rate or total growth rate; provide products and services that appeal to its customers; continue to have access to debt and equity capital markets; and achieve its sales objectives.  Other risks include, but are not limited to: the possibility that credit quality could deteriorate; actions of competitors; changes in laws and regulations (including changes in governmental interpretations of regulations and changes in accounting standards); a deterioration or downgrade in the credit quality and credit agency ratings of the securities in Prosperity's securities portfolio; customer and consumer demand, including customer and consumer response to marketing; effectiveness of spending, investments or programs; fluctuations in the cost and availability of supply chain resources; economic conditions, including currency rate, interest rate and commodity price fluctuations; and weather.  These and various other factors are discussed in Prosperity Bancshares' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and other reports and statements Prosperity Bancshares has filed with the SEC. Copies of the SEC filings for Prosperity Bancshares may be downloaded from the Internet at no charge from http://www.prosperitybankusa.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.®Notes to Selected Financial Data (Unaudited)(Dollars and share amounts in thousands, except per share data)

Consolidated Financial Highlights

NOTES TO SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Prosperity's management uses certain non−GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) financial measures to evaluate its performance. Specifically, Prosperity reviews tangible book value per share, return on average tangible common equity and the tangible equity to tangible assets ratio for internal planning and forecasting purposes. In addition, due to the application of purchase accounting, Prosperity uses certain non-GAAP measures and ratios that exclude the impact of these items to evaluate its net income and earnings per share (each excluding purchase accounting adjustments) and its allowance for credit losses to total loans (excluding acquired loans accounted for under ASC Topics 310-20 and 310-30). Prosperity has included information below and on page 12 of this Earnings Release relating to these non-GAAP financial measures for the applicable periods presented.

 

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