TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES INC quarterly report, Q2 FY2017

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. — Q2 2017 Form 10-Q

Reporting period: Quarter and six months ended June 30, 2017. The company is a Texas-focused commercial bank with additional regional and national lending businesses. Amounts below are in U.S. dollars; financial statement amounts are unaudited.

Financial performance

MetricQ2 2017Q2 2016Six months 2017Six months 2016
Total interest income$208.2 million$172.4 million$392.1 million$332.2 million
Net interest income$183.0 million$157.1 million$346.3 million$301.9 million
Provision for credit losses$13.0 million$16.0 million$22.0 million$46.0 million
Non-interest income$18.8 million$13.9 million$35.9 million$25.2 million
Non-interest expense$111.8 million$94.3 million$217.9 million$181.1 million
Net income$51.1 million$38.9 million$93.6 million$64.0 million
Net income available to common shareholders$48.7 million$36.4 million$88.8 million$59.1 million
Diluted earnings per share$0.97$0.78$1.77$1.27
  • Q2 net interest margin was 3.57%, up from 3.18%; six-month margin was 3.43%, up from 3.15%. Q2 return on average assets was 0.96% and return on average common equity was 10.08%, compared with 0.77% and 9.65%, respectively, a year earlier.
  • At June 30, total assets were $23.12 billion, net loans held for investment were $19.29 billion, and deposits were $17.29 billion. Since December 31, 2016, net loans grew about $2.0 billion and deposits grew $275.4 million.
  • Cash and cash equivalents were $2.27 billion, down from $2.84 billion at year-end. Six-month operating cash flow was $190.2 million, investing cash flow was negative $2.08 billion, and financing cash flow was positive $1.32 billion; net cash decreased $569.7 million. Mortgage loan purchases and sales are a significant driver of these cash flows.
  • At quarter-end, borrowings included $2.70 billion of other borrowings, $462.2 million of federal funds purchased and repurchase agreements, $281.2 million of subordinated notes, and $113.4 million of trust preferred subordinated debentures. The company reported $3.61 billion of additional FHLB borrowing capacity and $820 million of unused federal funds lines.
  • Regulatory capital ratios included company CET1 of 8.61% and bank CET1 of 8.16%; management reported that the bank met the ratios to be considered well capitalized.

Changes and credit quality

  • Compared with Q2 2016, Q2 net income rose 31%, driven principally by higher net interest income and non-interest income and a lower credit-loss provision; expense growth partly offset those gains. Six-month net income increased 46% year over year.
  • Loan growth and improved loan yields supported net interest income. Higher market rates also raised funding costs: the Q2 cost of interest-bearing liabilities increased to 0.90% from 0.57%.
  • Non-interest income growth included servicing income associated with the mortgage correspondent aggregation business. The residential mortgage servicing portfolio increased to $5.0 billion from $2.2 billion at year-end, and mortgage servicing rights rose to $63.0 million from $28.5 million.
  • Non-interest expense increased 19% in Q2. A $5.3 million write-off of unamortized software and development costs was recorded after management concluded that a support-area system was ineffective; a replacement technology was being enabled.
  • Non-accrual loans were $123.7 million, down from $167.8 million at year-end; total non-performing assets were $142.4 million, down from $186.8 million. The allowance for loan losses was $174.2 million, or 0.90% of loans held for investment; the combined loan and unfunded-commitment allowance was $183.4 million.
  • Energy loans were approximately $1.1 billion, or 5% of total loans. Energy non-accruals declined to $82.6 million from $125.9 million at June 30, 2016. Management cited improvement in the energy portfolio but noted continued uncertainty and maintained a qualitative reserve for risks not fully captured by historical loss experience.

Outlook, risks and contingencies

  • The filing provides no quantified earnings, loan-growth, or margin guidance. Management expressed expectations for continued growth in certain non-interest income components, while warning that competition could constrain growth; it also stated that it believed the allowance was adequate.
  • Key risks include deterioration in commercial and energy borrower credit, oil and gas price volatility, Texas economic and real-estate conditions, interest-rate and funding risk, mortgage market and servicing valuation volatility, competition, operational and cybersecurity risks, and regulatory or capital changes.
  • Mortgage loan sales and securitizations can create repurchase, indemnification, and make-whole obligations. The estimated exposure reserve was $1.1 million at June 30, 2017; reported losses from these obligations were $7,200 in the first half.
  • Commitments to extend credit totaled $6.24 billion and standby letters of credit totaled $184.0 million. These contractual amounts do not necessarily represent future cash needs because commitments may expire undrawn.
  • Management did not expect ordinary-course legal proceedings to have a material adverse impact. The filing reported no material change in previously disclosed risk factors and no material change in internal control over financial reporting.

Important facts for investors to verify

  • Whether the decline in energy non-accruals and non-performing assets persists, and whether loan growth changes credit quality, charge-offs, or reserve adequacy.
  • Whether rising deposit and borrowing costs continue to offset higher asset yields and net interest margin gains.
  • How mortgage aggregation volumes, servicing-right valuations, prepayment assumptions, and loan repurchase claims affect recurring earnings and risk.
  • Whether liquidity and funding remain adequate as loans and customer commitments grow, including reliance on FHLB and other borrowings.
  • The future expense and execution effects of replacing the written-off technology system, alongside continued staffing, servicing, and other operating-cost growth.