Item 2. | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
Macatawa Bank Corporation is a Michigan corporation and a registered bank holding company. It wholly-owns Macatawa Bank. Macatawa Bank is a Michigan chartered bank with depository accounts insured by the FDIC. The Bank operates twenty-six branch offices and a lending and operational service facility, providing a full range of commercial and consumer banking and trust services in Kent County, Ottawa County, and northern Allegan County, Michigan. For further information regarding consolidation, see the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
At March 31, 2023, we had total assets of $2.64 billion, total loans of $1.22 billion, total deposits of $2.33 billion and shareholders’ equity of $260.6 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we recognized net income of $12.0 million compared to $6.0 million for the same period in 2022. The Bank was categorized as “well capitalized” under regulatory capital standards at March 31, 2023.
We paid a dividend of $0.08 per share in each quarter in 2022 and in the first quarter of 2023.
In early March 2023, over the course of five days, three large financial institutions in the United States failed. Silvergate Bank self liquidated and Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were both closed by the FDIC. These bank failures were driven by rapid withdrawals by depositors with large uninsured balances held at these institutions and losses incurred by these banks in liquidating their bond portfolios to provide liquidity to fund these deposit outflows. Silvergate Bank’s failure was also caused by its exposure to FTX and Alameda cryptocurrency firm failures. The FDIC determined that Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were systematically important and fully guaranteed their depositor balances above the $250,000 FDIC insurance limit. Given the sharp increase in market interest rates during 2022 and into 2023, most financial institutions’ bond portfolios have significant unrealized loss positions. In response to this, the FRB created a new borrowing facility called the Bank Term Funding Program. This program allows a bank to borrow against its investment portfolio, at par value, with no reduction for unrealized losses. The term is for one year and interest rate is fixed at the time the advance is taken and there is no prepayment penalty. Allowable investments for pledge are those the FRB can own. This would include all of the Company’s investments except municipal securities and corporate bonds. At March 31, 2023, the Company had no advances under this program and had $642.2 million in unused borrowing capacity under this program. The program expires on March 11, 2024.
At March 31, 2023, the Company had $391.3 million in federal funds sold and overnight balances and had total additional borrowing capacity of $951 million, including $242.3 million in unused availability with the FHLB, $65.0 million in available fed funds facilities with correspondent banks, $1.5 million in availability at the FRB’s Discount Window and the $642.2 million availability in the FRB Bank Term Funding Program discussed above. Given the flexibility of borrowing structure options with the FHLB, if the Company needed to borrow, we would likely utilize our FHLB capacity first. At March 31, 2023, our uninsured deposits totaled approximately $962.7 million, or 41% of total deposits, and our liquidity sources exceeded the amount of uninsured deposit balances by over $300 million.
While the Bank experienced a decline in deposit balances during the three months ended March 31, 2023, most of the decline took place prior to the early March 2023 bank failures noted. Our deposit base is primarily made up of many small accounts, and balances at March 31, 2023 were comprised of 48% personal customers and 52% business customers. Our core deposits - which we define as deposits we have sourced within our local markets - represented 100% of our total deposits at March 31, 2023. Our total deposit balances of $2.33 billion at March 31, 2023 remain elevated, reflecting a $625.5 million increase, or 37%, over pre-pandemic totals of $1.71 billion as of March 31, 2020.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Summary: Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $12.0 million, compared to $6.0 million for the same period in 2022. Net income per share on a diluted basis for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $0.35 compared to $0.18 for the same period in 2022.
The increase in earnings in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 was due primarily to higher levels of net interest income partially offset by lower mortgage banking income and a provision for credit losses benefit recorded in the first quarter of 2022. Throughout 2022, beginning in March, the Federal Reserve Bank increased the federal funds rate several times, bringing the high end of their rate range rate from 0.25% at the beginning of 2022 to 4.50% at the end of 2022. The Federal Reserve Bank raised this rate an additional 50 basis points to 5.00% during the three months ended March 31, 2023. Given our asset sensitive balance sheet posture, this had a significant positive impact on our net interest income. Net interest income increased to $22.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to $12.7 million in the same period in 2022. Gains on sales of mortgage loans decreased to $11,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to $308,000 in the same period in 2022.
The provision for credit losses was $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to a benefit (income) of $1.5 million for the same period in 2022. We were in a net loan recovery position for the three months ended March 31, 2023, with $33,000 in net loan recoveries, compared to $227,000 in net loan recoveries in the same period in 2022. Several of the previous qualitative environmental factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic were reduced in the first quarter of 2022, reflecting improvement in economic conditions and success at mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in the net provision benefit recorded in the first quarter of 2022. Also impacting comparability between periods is our adoption of ASU 2016-13, commonly referred to as CECL, effective January 1, 2023. At adoption, we increased the allowance for credit losses by $1.5 million. Provision for the first quarter 2023 was determined under CECL while the first quarter 2022 was determined under the probable incurred loss model.
Net Interest Income: Net interest income totaled $22.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to $12.7 million for the same period in 2022.
Net interest income for the first quarter of 2023 increased $10.0 million compared to the same period in 2022. Of this increase, $1.4 million was from changes in the volume of average interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities and $8.6 million was from increases from changes in rates earned or paid. The largest changes occurred in interest income on commercial loans and in overnight funds. The net change in interest income for commercial loans was an increase of $5.4 million with an increase of $4.6 million due to rate and an increase of $782,000 due to portfolio growth. Overnight funds contributed an increase of $6.2 million due to changes in rate, partially offset by a reduction of $394,000 due to lower average balances compared to the first quarter of 2022 as excess funds were deployed into loans and investment securities. The average balance of our investment portfolio grew by $326.0 million from $572.7 million in the first quarter of 2022 to $898.7 million in the first quarter of 2023. This growth resulted in an additional $1.6 million of interest income in the first quarter of 2023.
The cost of funds increased to 1.07% in the first quarter of 2023 compared to 0.11% in the first quarter of 2022. Increases in the rates paid on our interest-bearing checking, savings, money market and certificate of deposit accounts in response to the federal funds rate increases over the past year and market conditions caused the increase in our cost of funds.
The asset yield improvement to 4.15% in the first quarter of 2023 from 1.92% in the first quarter of 2022, far outweighed the increase in cost of funds. As a result, net interest margin improved to 3.44% for the first quarter 2023 compared to 1.85% for the first quarter of 2022.
The following table shows an analysis of net interest margin for the three month periods ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (dollars in thousands):
| | For the three months ended March 31, | |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | |
| | Average Balance | | | Interest Earned or Paid | | | Average Yield or Cost | | | Average Balance | | | Interest Earned or Paid | | | Average Yield or Cost | |
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Taxable securities | | $ | 765,999 | | | $ | 4,481 | | | | 2.35 | % | | $ | 402,863 | | | $ | 1,434 | | | | 1.43 | % |
Tax-exempt securities (1) | | | 132,692 | | | | 698 | | | | 2.71 | | | | 169,845 | | | | 731 | | | | 2.22 | |
Commercial loans (2) | | | 985,258 | | | | 13,300 | | | | 5.40 | | | | 902,347 | | | | 7,888 | | | | 3.50 | |
PPP loans (3) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 20,364 | | | | 1,052 | | | | 20.66 | |
Residential mortgage loans | | | 143,839 | | | | 1,343 | | | | 3.73 | | | | 116,504 | | | | 939 | | | | 3.22 | |
Consumer loans | | | 57,303 | | | | 1,017 | | | | 7.20 | | | | 54,096 | | | | 519 | | | | 3.89 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank stock | | | 10,211 | | | | 65 | | | | 2.55 | | | | 11,019 | | | | 51 | | | | 1.84 | |
Federal funds sold and other short-term investments | | | 555,670 | | | | 6,362 | | | | 4.58 | | | | 1,111,216 | | | | 529 | | | | 0.19 | |
Total interest earning assets (1) | | | 2,650,972 | | | | 27,266 | | | | 4.15 | | | | 2,788,254 | | | | 13,143 | | | | 1.92 | |
Noninterest earning assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash and due from banks | | | 34,615 | | | | | | | | | | | | 32,505 | | | | | | | | | |
Other | | | 72,007 | | | | | | | | | | | | 96,703 | | | | | | | | | |
Total assets | | $ | 2,757,594 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 2,917,462 | | | | | | | | | |
Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Deposits: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest bearing demand | | $ | 690,246 | | | $ | 742 | | | | 0.43 | % | | $ | 706,872 | | | $ | 40 | | | | 0.02 | % |
Savings and money market accounts | | | 903,236 | | | | 3,017 | | | | 1.35 | | | | 894,976 | | | | 65 | | | | 0.03 | |
Time deposits | | | 134,401 | | | | 735 | | | | 2.22 | | | | 92,244 | | | | 53 | | | | 0.23 | |
Borrowings: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other borrowed funds | | | 30,000 | | | | 156 | | | | 2.08 | | | | 85,002 | | | | 320 | | | | 1.51 | |
Total interest bearing liabilities | | | 1,757,883 | | | | 4,650 | | | | 1.07 | | | | 1,779,094 | | | | 478 | | | | 0.11 | |
Noninterest bearing liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Noninterest bearing demand accounts | | | 732,434 | | | | | | | | | | | | 875,223 | | | | | | | | | |
Other noninterest bearing liabilities | | | 17,117 | | | | | | | | | | | | 11,545 | | | | | | | | | |
Shareholders’ equity | | | 250,160 | | | | | | | | | | | | 251,600 | | | | | | | | | |
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | | $ | 2,757,594 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 2,917,462 | | | | | | | | | |
Net interest income | | | | | | $ | 22,616 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 12,665 | | | | | |
Net interest spread (1) | | | | | | | | | | | 3.08 | % | | | | | | | | | | | 1.81 | % |
Net interest margin (1) | | | | | | | | | | | 3.44 | % | | | | | | | | | | | 1.85 | % |
Ratio of average interest earning assets to average interest bearing liabilities | | | 150.80 | % | | | | | | | | | | | 156.72 | % | | | | | | | | |
(1) | Yields are presented on a tax equivalent basis using an assumed tax rate of 21% at March 31, 2023 and 2022. |
(2) | Includes loan fees of $148,000 and $99,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Includes average nonaccrual loans of approximately $75,000 and $90,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Excludes PPP loans. |
(3) | Includes loan fees of $0 and $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. |
The following table presents the dollar amount of changes in net interest income due to changes in volume and rate (dollars in thousands):
| | For the three months ended March 31, 2023 vs 2022 Increase (Decrease) Due to | |
| | Volume | | | Rate | | | Total | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Interest income | | | | | | | | | |
Taxable securities | | $ | 1,778 | | | $ | 1,269 | | | $ | 3,047 | |
Tax-exempt securities | | | (223 | ) | | | 190 | | | | (33 | ) |
Commercial loans, excluding PPP loans | | | 782 | | | | 4,630 | | | | 5,412 | |
PPP loans | | | (1,052 | ) | | | — | | | | (1,052 | ) |
Residential mortgage loans | | | 241 | | | | 163 | | | | 404 | |
Consumer loans | | | 32 | | | | 466 | | | | 498 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank stock | | | (4 | ) | | | 18 | | | | 14 | |
Federal funds sold and other short-term investments | | | (394 | ) | | | 6,227 | | | | 5,833 | |
Total interest income | | | 1,160 | | | | 12,963 | | | | 14,123 | |
Interest expense | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest bearing demand | | $ | (1 | ) | | $ | 703 | | | $ | 702 | |
Savings and money market accounts | | | 1 | | | | 2,951 | | | | 2,952 | |
Time deposits | | | 35 | | | | 647 | | | | 682 | |
Other borrowed funds | | | (257 | ) | | | 93 | | | | (164 | ) |
Long-term debt | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Total interest expense | | | (222 | ) | | | 4,394 | | | | 4,172 | |
Net interest income | | $ | 1,382 | | | $ | 8,569 | | | $ | 9,951 | |
Provision for Credit Losses: The provision for credit losses for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $0 compared to a benefit of $1.5 million for the same period in 2022. Total loans increased by $43.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023 which, on its own, creates a need for provision expense; however, the economic forecast used in our calculation improved slightly from January 1, 2023 to March 31, 2023, thereby offsetting the need to record provision expense due to loan portfolio growth. Net loan recoveries were $33,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to net loan recoveries of $227,000 in the same period in 2022.
Gross loan recoveries were $54,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and $262,000 for the same period in 2022. In the three months ended March 31, 2023, we had $21,000 in gross loan charge-offs, compared to $35,000 in the same period in 2022.
We adopted CECL effective January 1, 2023 using the modified retrospective method for all financial assets measured at amortized cost and off-balance sheet credit exposures. Results for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2023 are presented under CECL while prior period amounts continue to be reported in accordance with the probable incurred loss accounting standards. The transition adjustment of the CECL adoption included an increase in the allowance for credit losses of $1.5 million, $62,000 to establish a reserve for unfunded commitments and a $1.2 million decrease to retained earnings to reflect the cumulative effect of adoption of CECL, with the $323,000 tax impact portion being recorded as part of the deferred tax asset on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. The amounts of provision for credit losses in both the most recent quarter and comparable prior year period were the result of establishing our allowance for credit losses at levels believed necessary based upon our methodology for determining the adequacy of the allowance. The provision for credit losses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was impacted by net reductions to certain qualitative factors that had been elevated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More information about our allowance for loan losses and our methodology for establishing its level may be found under the heading “Allowance for Credit Losses” below.
Noninterest Income: Noninterest income for the three month period ended March 31, 2023 was $4.5 million compared to $5.0 million for the same period in 2022. The components of noninterest income are shown in the table below (in thousands):
| | Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 | | | Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 | |
Service charges and fees on deposit accounts | | $ | 994 | | | $ | 1,211 | |
Net gains on mortgage loans | | | 11 | | | | 308 | |
Trust fees | | | 1,033 | | | | 1,088 | |
ATM and debit card fees | | | 1,662 | | | | 1,599 | |
Bank owned life insurance (“BOLI”) income | | | 199 | | | | 240 | |
Investment services fees | | | 411 | | | | 313 | |
Other income | | | 218 | | | | 206 | |
Total noninterest income | | $ | 4,528 | | | $ | 4,965 | |
Net gains on mortgage loans were down $297,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 as a result of changes in the volume of loans originated for sale. Mortgage rates increased sharply throughout 2022 and into the first quarter of 2023, causing a reduction in mortgage volume compared to the first quarter of 2022. In addition, more of our origination volume in the first three months of 2023 was in variable rate products, which we hold in portfolio. Mortgage loans originated for sale in the three months ended March 31, 2023 were $179,000, compared to $10.1 million in the same period in 2022.
Service charges on deposit accounts decreased by $217,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the same period in 2022 largely due to higher earnings credit offsets for treasury management accounts. Trust fees were down $55,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. The decrease for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was largely due to lower market valuations of underlying trust investments. ATM and debit card fees were up $63,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022 due to higher volume of usage by our customers.
Noninterest Expense: Noninterest expense increased by $426,000 to $12.2 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the same period in 2022. The components of noninterest expense are shown in the table below (in thousands):
| | Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 | | | Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 | |
Salaries and benefits | | $ | 6,698 | | | $ | 6,289 | |
Occupancy of premises | | | 1,137 | | | | 1,172 | |
Furniture and equipment | | | 1,031 | | | | 1,016 | |
Legal and professional | | | 348 | | | | 194 | |
Marketing and promotion | | | 219 | | | | 195 | |
Data processing | | | 955 | | | | 884 | |
FDIC assessment | | | 330 | | | | 180 | |
Interchange and other card expense | | | 384 | | | | 373 | |
Bond and D&O insurance | | | 122 | | | | 130 | |
Outside services | | | 469 | | | | 494 | |
Other noninterest expense | | | 472 | | | | 812 | |
Total noninterest expense | | $ | 12,165 | | | $ | 11,739 | |
Most categories of noninterest expense were relatively unchanged compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022 due to our ongoing efforts to manage expenses and scale our operations. Our largest component of noninterest expense, salaries and benefits, increased by $409,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2023 from the same period in 2022. This increase is primarily due to higher base compensation, higher variable compensation, higher medical costs and lower salary deferral from commercial loan originations partially offset by lower variable compensation tied to lower mortgage production. The table below identifies the primary components of salaries and benefits (in thousands):
| | Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 | | | Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 | |
Salaries and other compensation | | $ | 5,912 | | | $ | 5,627 | |
Salary deferral from commercial loan originations | | | (145 | ) | | | (215 | ) |
Bonus accrual | | | 287 | | | | 221 | |
Mortgage production - variable comp | | | 58 | | | | 144 | |
401k matching contributions | | | 211 | | | | 212 | |
Medical insurance costs | | | 375 | | | | 300 | |
Total salaries and benefits | | $ | 6,698 | | | $ | 6,289 | |
Legal and professional fees were up $154,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 due to costs associated with new accounting and proxy disclosures as well as regulatory compliance matters related to loan and deposit accounts referred to legal counsel during the quarter. FDIC assessment costs were up $150,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 due to higher assessment rates imposed by the FDIC on all banks. Other noninterest expense was down $340,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 due to $356,000 net gain recognized on the sale of our last remaining other real estate owned property during the first quarter of 2023.
Federal Income Tax Expense: We recorded $3.0 million in federal income tax expense for the three month period ended March 31, 2023 compared to $1.4 million for the same period in 2022. Our effective tax rate for the three month period ended March 31, 2023 was 19.86% compared to 18.82% for the same period in 2022.
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Total assets were $2.64 billion at March 31, 2023, a decrease of $269.8 million from December 31, 2022. This decrease was caused primarily by a decrease in total deposits of $284.2 million at March 31, 2023 compared to December 31, 2022.
Cash and Cash Equivalents: Our cash and cash equivalents, which include federal funds sold and short-term investments, were $420.7 million at March 31, 2023 compared to $755.2 million at December 31, 2022. The decrease in these balances primarily related to an increase in our loan and investment portfolios as well as a reduction in deposit balances.
Securities: Debt securities available for sale were $526.0 million at March 31, 2023 compared to $499.3 million at December 31, 2022. The balance at March 31, 2023 primarily consisted of U.S. agency securities, agency mortgage backed securities and various municipal investments. Our held to maturity portfolio was $348.4 million at March 31, 2023 compared to $348.8 million at December 31, 2022. Our held to maturity portfolio is comprised of U.S. Treasury securities and state, municipal and privately placed commercial bonds.
We classify privately placed municipal and commercial bonds as held to maturity as they are typically non-transferable in the bond market. In addition, we generally classify short-term U.S. Treasury securities as held to maturity. Typically the final maturity on these short-term Treasury securities is three years or less. Longer-term Treasury securities and all other marketable debt securities are generally classified as available for sale.
At March 31, 2023, the overall duration of our debt security available for sale portfolio was 3.11 years and the overall duration of our debt security held to maturity portfolio was 2.18 years and were similar to durations for these portfolios before the pandemic. Net unrealized losses on debt securities available for sale decreased by $6.7 million from $40.1 million at December 31, 2022 to $33.7 million at March 31, 2023. Net unrealized losses on debt securities held to maturity decreased by $3.3 million from $16.1 million at December 31, 2022 to $12.8 million at March 31, 2023. Our overall bond portfolio will provide nearly $400 million in liquidity through maturities and scheduled paydowns over the next 24 months ending March 31, 2025.
Per U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, unrealized gains or losses on debt securities available for sale are reflected on the balance sheet in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), while unrealized gains or losses on debt securities held to maturity are not reflected on the balance sheet in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
Portfolio Loans and Asset Quality: Total portfolio loans increased by $43.2 million in the first three months of 2023 and were $1.22 billion at March 31, 2023 compared to $1.18 billion at December 31, 2022. During the first three months of 2023, our commercial portfolio increased by $37.4 million. During the same period, our consumer portfolio decreased by $3.7 million and our residential mortgage portfolio increased by $9.5 million.
Mortgage loans originated for portfolio are typically adjustable rate loans as well as fixed rate loans that conform to secondary market requirements and have a term of fifteen years or less. However, given the significant increase in residential mortgage rates, we have increased the percentage of our longer term fixed rate mortgage production that we hold in portfolio as they will typically have lower duration due to refinancings that occur when interest rates decline. Mortgage loans originated for portfolio in the first three months of 2023 decreased $1.7 million compared to the same period in 2022, from $14.8 million in the first three months of 2022 to $13.1 million in the same period in 2023.
The volume of residential mortgage loans originated for sale in the first three months of 2023 decreased $10.0 million compared to the same period in 2022. Residential mortgage loans originated for sale were $179,000 in the first three months of 2023 compared to $10.1 million in the first three months of 2022.
The following table shows our loan origination activity for loans to be held in portfolio during the first three months of 2023 and 2022, broken out by loan type and also shows average originated loan size (dollars in thousands):
| | Three months ended March 31, 2023 | | | Three months ended March 31, 2022 | |
| | Portfolio Originations | | | Percent of Total Originations | | | Average Loan Size | | | Portfolio Originations | | | Percent of Total Originations | | | Average Loan Size | |
Commercial real estate: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Residential developed | | $ | 125 | | | | 0.1 | % | | $ | 63 | | | $ | 4,322 | | | | 2.7 | % | | $ | 1,080 | |
Unsecured to residential developers | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Vacant and unimproved | | | 2,779 | | | | 3.1 | | | | 463 | | | | 1,570 | | | | 1.0 | | | | 523 | |
Commercial development | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Residential improved | | | 11,852 | | | | 13.1 | | | | 539 | | | | 23,944 | | | | 15.1 | | | | 684 | |
Commercial improved | | | 3,161 | | | | 3.5 | | | | 316 | | | | 22,907 | | | | 14.5 | | | | 1,909 | |
Manufacturing and industrial | | | 5,364 | | | | 5.9 | | | | 894 | | | | 44,128 | | | | 27.8 | | | | 4,413 | |
Total commercial real estate | | | 23,281 | | | | 25.7 | | | | 506 | | | | 96,871 | | | | 61.1 | | | | 1,514 | |
Commercial and industrial | | | 47,097 | | | | 52.0 | | | | 1,002 | | | | 32,371 | | | | 20.4 | | | | 549 | |
Total commercial and commercial real estate | | | 70,378 | | | | 77.7 | | | | 757 | | | | 129,242 | | | | 81.5 | | | | 1,051 | |
Consumer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Residential mortgage | | | 13,084 | | | | 14.4 | | | | 262 | | | | 14,829 | | | | 9.4 | | | | 362 | |
Unsecured | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Home equity | | | 6,818 | | | | 7.5 | | | | 114 | | | | 13,372 | | | | 8.4 | | | | 131 | |
Other secured | | | 348 | | | | 0.4 | | | | 29 | | | | 1,080 | | | | 0.7 | | | | 154 | |
Total consumer | | | 20,250 | | | | 22.3 | | | | 166 | | | | 29,281 | | | | 18.5 | | | | 195 | |
Total loans | | $ | 90,628 | | | | 100.0 | % | | $ | 422 | | | $ | 158,523 | | | | 100.0 | % | | $ | 581 | |
Overall, the commercial loan portfolio increased $37.4 million in the first three months of 2023. Our commercial and industrial portfolio increased by $31.7 million while our commercial real estate loans increased by $5.7 million. While overall originations as shown in the table above were down compared to the first three months of 2022, our on-balance-sheet commercial loan balances grew since year end 2022. This largely resulted from the funding of various construction projects originating in 2022 and higher usage of approved commercial lines by our commercial borrowers. This utilization was up $22.2 million from December 31, 2022 to March 31, 2023.
We also have a significant amount of unfunded commercial lines of credit, that can be drawn on by our commercial loan customers. The table below shows the total commitment, the unused portion and the percentage of unused to total commitment at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):
| | March 31, 2023 | | | December 31, 2022 | |
Commercial - Lines of credit commitments | | $ | 1,011,846 | | | $ | 1,021,795 | |
Commercial - Unused portion of lines of credit | | | 580,120 | | | | 612,317 | |
Commercial - Unused lines of credit to total commitment | | | 57.33 | % | | | 60.07 | % |
Total commercial lines of credit commitments decreased by $9.9 million from December 31, 2022 to March 31, 2023.
Commercial and commercial real estate loans remained our largest loan segment and accounted for approximately 83.3% and 83.2% of the total loan portfolio at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Residential mortgage and consumer loans comprised approximately 16.7% and 16.8% of total loans at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
A further breakdown of the composition of the loan portfolio is shown in the table below (in thousands):
| | March 31, 2023 | | | December 31, 2022 | |
| | Balance | | | Percent of Total Loans | | | Balance | | | Percent of Total Loans | |
Commercial real estate: (1) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Residential developed | | $ | 7,001 | | | | 0.6 | % | | $ | 7,234 | | | | 0.6 | % |
Unsecured to residential developers | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Vacant and unimproved | | | 38,700 | | | | 3.2 | | | | 36,270 | | | | 3.1 | |
Commercial development | | | 99 | | | | — | | | | 103 | | | | — | |
Residential improved | | | 116,177 | | | | 9.5 | | | | 112,791 | | | | 9.6 | |
Commercial improved | | | 255,894 | | | | 20.9 | | | | 259,281 | | | | 22.0 | |
Manufacturing and industrial | | | 125,477 | | | | 10.3 | | | | 121,924 | | | | 10.4 | |
Total commercial real estate | | | 543,348 | | | | 44.5 | | | | 537,603 | | | | 45.7 | |
Commercial and industrial | | | 473,354 | | | | 38.8 | | | | 441,716 | | | | 37.5 | |
Total commercial and commercial real estate | | | 1,016,702 | | | | 83.3 | | | | 979,319 | | | | 83.2 | |
Consumer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Residential mortgage | | | 148,676 | | | | 12.2 | | | | 139,148 | | | | 11.8 | |
Unsecured | | | 106 | | | | — | | | | 121 | | | | — | |
Home equity | | | 52,647 | | | | 4.3 | | | | 56,321 | | | | 4.8 | |
Other secured | | | 2,808 | | | | 0.2 | | | | 2,839 | | | | 0.2 | |
Total consumer | | | 204,237 | | | | 16.7 | | | | 198,429 | | | | 16.8 | |
Total loans | | $ | 1,220,939 | | | | 100.0 | % | | $ | 1,177,748 | | | | 100.0 | % |
| (1) | Includes both owner occupied and non-owner occupied commercial real estate. |
Commercial real estate loans accounted for 44.5% and 45.7% of the total loan portfolio at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, and consisted primarily of loans to business owners and developers of owner and non-owner occupied commercial properties and loans to developers of single and multi-family residential properties. In the table above, we show our commercial real estate portfolio by loans secured by residential and commercial real estate, and by stage of development. Improved loans are generally secured by properties that are under construction or completed and placed in use. Development loans are secured by properties that are in the process of development or fully developed. Vacant and unimproved loans are secured by raw land for which development has not yet begun and agricultural land.
Our consumer residential mortgage loan portfolio, which also includes residential construction loans made to individual homeowners, comprised 12.2% of portfolio loans at March 31, 2023 and 11.8% at December 31, 2022. We expect to continue to retain in our loan portfolio certain types of residential mortgage loans (primarily high quality, low loan-to-value loans) in an effort to continue to diversify our credit risk and deploy our excess liquidity.
Our portfolio of other consumer loans includes loans secured by personal property and home equity fixed term and line of credit loans. This portfolio decreased by $3.7 million to $55.6 million at March 31, 2023 from $59.3 million at December 31, 2022. These other consumer loans comprised 4.5% of our portfolio loans at March 31, 2023 and 5.0% at December 31, 2022.
Given that current industry credit conditions are tightening, we expect industry pricing will increase in response to cost of funds increases and we will respond accordingly.
Our loan portfolio is reviewed regularly by our senior management, our loan officers, and an internal loan review team that is independent of our loan originators and credit administration. An administrative loan committee consisting of senior management and seasoned lending and collections personnel meets quarterly to manage our internal watch list and proactively manage high risk loans.
When reasonable doubt exists concerning collectability of interest or principal of one of our loans, the loan is placed in nonaccrual status. Any interest previously accrued but not collected is reversed and charged against current earnings.
Nonperforming assets are comprised of nonperforming loans, foreclosed assets and repossessed assets. At March 31, 2023, nonperforming assets totaled just $75,000, down $2.3 million from $2.4 million at December 31, 2022. There were no additions to other real estate owned in the first three months of 2023 or in the first three months of 2022. At March 31, 2023, there were no loans in foreclosure, so we expect there to be few, if any, additions to other real estate owned in the remainder of 2023. Proceeds from sales of foreclosed properties were $2.7 million in the first three months of 2023, resulting in net realized gains on sales of $356,000. Proceeds from sales of foreclosed properties were $0 in the first three months of 2022, resulting in net realized loss on sales of $0. With the sale of foreclosed properties in the first quarter of 2023, we have no remaining other real estate owned at March 31, 2023.
Nonperforming loans include loans on nonaccrual status and loans delinquent more than 90 days but still accruing. Nonperforming loans at March 31, 2023 consisted of $75,000 of residential mortgage loans. As of March 31, 2023, nonperforming loans totaled $75,000, or 0.01% of total portfolio loans, compared to $78,000, or 0.01% of total portfolio loans, at December 31, 2022.
Foreclosed and repossessed assets include assets acquired in settlement of loans. Foreclosed assets totaled $0 at March 31, 2023 and $2.3 million at December 31, 2022. All properties acquired through or in lieu of foreclosure are initially transferred at their fair value less estimated costs to sell and then evaluated monthly for impairment after transfer using a lower of cost or market approach. Updated property valuations are obtained at least annually on all foreclosed assets.
The following table shows the composition and amount of our nonperforming assets (dollars in thousands):
| | March 31, 2023 | | | December 31, 2022 | |
Nonaccrual loans | | $ | 75 | | | $ | 78 | |
Loans 90 days or more delinquent and still accruing | | | — | | | | — | |
Total nonperforming loans (NPLs) | | | 75 | | | | 78 | |
Foreclosed assets | | | — | | | | 2,343 | |
Repossessed assets | | | — | | | | — | |
Total nonperforming assets (NPAs) | | $ | 75 | | | $ | 2,421 | |
NPLs to total loans | | | 0.01 | % | | | 0.01 | % |
NPAs to total assets | | | 0.00 | % | | | 0.08 | % |
We adopted ASU 2022-02 effective January 1, 2023. This standard eliminated the previous troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) accounting model and replaced it with guidance and disclosure requirements for identifying modifications to loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty. The following table shows the balance of loans modified to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty as of March 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands):
| | March 31, 2023 | |
| | Number of Loans | | | Outstanding Recorded Balance | | | Percentage to Total Loans | |
Commercial and industrial | | | 3 | | | $ | 309 | | | | 0.07 | % |
Commercial real estate | | | 3 | | | | 509 | | | | 0.09 | % |
Consumer | | | 32 | | | | 2,847 | | | | 1.39 | % |
| | | 38 | | | $ | 3,665 | | | | 0.30 | % |
Allowance for credit losses: The allowance for credit losses at March 31, 2023 was $16.8 million, an increase of $1.5 million from December 31, 2022. The allowance for credit losses represented 1.38% of total portfolio loans at March 31, 2023 and 1.30% at December 31, 2022. The allowance for credit losses to nonperforming loan coverage ratio increased from 19596.2% at December 31, 2022 to 22392.0% at March 31, 2023.
We adopted the Current Expected Credit Loss (“CECL”) standard effective January 1, 2023 using the modified retrospective method for all financial assets measured at amortized cost and off-balance sheet credit exposures. Results for reporting periods after January 1, 2023 are presented under CECL while prior period amounts continue to be reported in accordance with the probable incurred loss accounting standards. The transition adjustment of the CECL adoption included an increase in the allowance for credit losses of $1.5 million, $62,000 to establish a reserve for unfunded commitments and a $1.2 million decrease to retained earnings to reflect the cumulative effect of adoption of CECL, with the $323,000 tax impact portion being recorded as part of the deferred tax asset on our Consolidated Balance Sheet.
The table below shows the changes in certain credit metrics over the past five quarters (dollars in thousands):
| | Quarter Ended March 31, 2023 | | | Quarter Ended December 31, 2022 | | | Quarter Ended September 30, 2022 | | | Quarter Ended June 30, 2022 | | | Quarter Ended March 31, 2022 | |
Nonperforming loans | | $ | 75 | | | $ | 78 | | | $ | 85 | | | $ | 90 | | | $ | 90 | |
Other real estate owned and repo assets | | | — | | | | 2,343 | | | | 2,343 | | | | 2,343 | | | | 2,343 | |
Total nonperforming assets | | | 75 | | | | 2,421 | | | | 2,428 | | | | 2,433 | | | | 2,433 | |
Net charge-offs (recoveries) | | | (33 | ) | | | (89 | ) | | | (190 | ) | | | (15 | ) | | | (227 | ) |
Total delinquencies | | | 277 | | | | 172 | | | | 84 | | | | 197 | | | | 171 | |
At March 31, 2023, we had net loan recoveries in thirty-one of the past thirty-three quarters. Our total delinquencies were $277,000 at March 31, 2023 and $172,000 at December 31, 2022. Our delinquency percentage at March 31, 2023 was 0.02%.
The allowance for credit losses increased $1.5 million in the first three months of 2023. As discussed above, the increase in the first three months of 2023 was due to the effect of adopting CECL on January 1, 2023. We recorded a provision for credit losses expense of $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to a provision benefit of $1.5 million for the same period of 2022. Net loan recoveries were $33,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to net loan recoveries of $227,000 for the same period in 2022. The ratio of net charge-offs (recoveries) to average loans was -0.01% on an annualized basis for the first three months of 2023 and -0.03% for the first three months of 2022.
While we have experienced low levels of gross charge-offs over recent quarters, we recognize that future charge-offs and resulting provisions for credit losses are expected to be impacted by the timing and extent of changes in the overall economy and the real estate markets.
The allowance for credit loss accounting in effect at December 31, 2022 and all prior periods was based on our estimate of probable incurred loan losses as of the reporting date (“incurred loss” methodology). Under the CECL methodology, our allowance is based on the total amount of credit losses that are expected over the remaining life of the loan portfolio. Our estimate of credit losses under CECL is determined using a complex model that relies on historical loss information including our own history as well as peer loss history, reasonable and supportable economic forecasts, and various qualitative factors.
The primary risk elements with respect to our commercial loans are the financial condition of the borrower, sufficiency of collateral and timeliness of scheduled payments. We have a policy of reviewing periodic financial statements from commercial loan customers and have a disciplined and formalized review of the existence of collateral and its value. The primary risk element with respect to residential and consumer loans is the timeliness of scheduled payments. We have a reporting process that monitors past due loans and have adopted policies to pursue creditors’ rights in order to preserve our collateral position. Over the past several years, consumer delinquency has been nominal.
Under CECL, for commercial loans not identified as collateral dependent, we estimate the CECL reserve based on the internal risk grade of such loans. We use a loan rating method based upon an eight point system. Loans are stratified between real estate secured and non-real estate secured. The real estate secured portfolio is further stratified by the type of real estate. Each stratified portfolio is assigned a loss allocation factor. A higher numerical grade assigned to a loan category generally results in a greater allocation percentage. Changes in risk grade of loans affect the amount of the allowance allocation.
We believe our commercial portfolio is adequately diversified, with our largest commercial concentrations in Real Estate, Rental and Leasing (27.5%), followed by Manufacturing (13.3%) and Retail Trade (11.7%).
The table below breaks down our commercial loan portfolio by industry type at March 31, 2023 and identifies the percentage of loans in each type that have a pass rating within our grading system (4 or better) and criticized rating (5 or worse) (dollars in thousands):
| | Total | | | Percent of Total Loans | | | Percent Grade 4 or Better | | | Percent Grade 5 or Worse | |
Industry: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Agricultural Products | | $ | 47,478 | | | | 4.67 | % | | | 85.04 | % | | | 14.96 | % |
Mining and Oil Extraction | | | 397 | | | | 0.04 | % | | | 89.17 | % | | | 10.83 | % |
Construction | | | 86,876 | | | | 8.54 | % | | | 97.56 | % | | | 2.44 | % |
Manufacturing | | | 134,851 | | | | 13.26 | % | | | 96.34 | % | | | 3.66 | % |
Wholesale Trade | | | 68,215 | | | | 6.71 | % | | | 100.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Retail Trade | | | 119,262 | | | | 11.73 | % | | | 99.95 | % | | | 0.05 | % |
Transportation and Warehousing | | | 68,983 | | | | 6.78 | % | | | 99.94 | % | | | 0.06 | % |
Information | | | 567 | | | | 0.06 | % | | | 5.47 | % | | | 94.53 | % |
Finance and Insurance | | | 44,467 | | | | 4.37 | % | | | 100.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | | | 279,131 | | | | 27.45 | % | | | 99.98 | % | | | 0.02 | % |
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | | | 5,807 | | | | 0.57 | % | | | 96.68 | % | | | 3.32 | % |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | | | 756 | | | | 0.07 | % | | | 100.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Administrative and Support Services | | | 24,246 | | | | 2.38 | % | | | 98.41 | % | | | 1.59 | % |
Education Services | | | 4,639 | | | | 0.46 | % | | | 100.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Health Care and Social Assistance | | | 37,907 | | | | 3.73 | % | | | 100.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation | | | 3,588 | | | | 0.35 | % | | | 91.56 | % | | | 8.44 | % |
Accommodations and Food Services | | | 51,198 | | | | 5.04 | % | | | 86.78 | % | | | 13.22 | % |
Other Services | | | 38,334 | | | | 3.77 | % | | | 100.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Total commercial loans | | $ | 1,016,702 | | | | 100.00 | % | | | 97.78 | % | | | 2.22 | % |
Considering our qualitative factors and our commercial loan portfolio balances, the general allowance allocated to commercial loans was $13.8 million at March 31, 2023 (under CECL) and $12.8 million at December 31, 2022 (under incurred loss). The qualitative component of our allowance allocated to commercial loans was $11.2 million at March 31, 2023 (under CECL) compared to $12.7 million at December 31, 2022 (under incurred loss). Under CECL, we use historical peer loss history so the quantitative component receives a higher allocation and, with the addition of reasonable and supportable forecast assumption under CECL in choosing the historical loss period, less qualitative allocations related to economic conditions are necessary.
Groups of homogeneous loans, such as residential real estate and open- and closed-end consumer loans, receive allowance allocations based on loan type. The determination of the allowance allocation percentage is based principally on peer historical loss experience under CECL. These allocations are adjusted for consideration of general economic and business conditions, credit quality and delinquency trends, collateral values, and recent loss experience for these similar pools of loans. The homogeneous allowance for credit losses for consumer loans was $2.8 million at March 31, 2023 (under CECL) and $2.2 million at December 31, 2022 (under incurred loss).
Allowance for credit losses allocated to loans identified as collateral dependent were $6,000 at March 31, 2023 (under CECL). Allowance allocations for loans identified as impaired at December 31, 2022 (under incurred loss) were $295,000.
The allowance allocations are not intended to imply limitations on usage of the allowance for loan losses. The entire allowance for credit losses is available for any loan loss without regard to loan type.
See Note 1 - Significant Accounting Policies in this Form 10-Q for further descriptions of our allowance for credit loss estimation process. See also Note 3 - Loans in this Form 10-Q for further information regarding our loan portfolio and allowance.
Bank-Owned Life Insurance: Bank-owned life insurance increased $212,000 from December 31, 2022 to March 31, 2023 due to earnings on the underlying policies.
Premises and Equipment: Premises and equipment totaled $40.2 million at March 31, 2023, down $57,000 from $40.3 million at December 31, 2022.
Deposits and Other Borrowings: Total deposits decreased $284.2 million to $2.33 billion at March 31, 2023, as compared to $2.62 billion at December 31, 2022. While the Bank experienced a decline in deposit balances during the three months ended March 31, 2023, most of the decline took place prior to the early March 2023 bank failures noted earlier. We experienced a seasonal run up in business deposits of about $90 million in December 2022, which came back out in January 2023. In addition, a couple of large business customers removed deposits totaling nearly $90 million in early March 2023 for specific designated purposes. We saw very little change in our deposit balances overall following the news of the bank failures and banking system disruption.
Our deposit base is primarily made up of many small accounts, and balances at March 31, 2023 were comprised of 48% personal customers and 52% business customers. Our core deposits - which we define as deposits we have sourced within our local markets - represented 100% of our total deposits at March 31, 2023. Our total balances of $2.33 billion at March 31, 2023 remain elevated, reflecting a $625.5 million increase, or 37%, over pre-pandemic totals of $1.71 billion as of March 31, 2020.
Non-interest checking account balances decreased $144.4 million during the first three months of 2023. Interest bearing demand account balances decreased $151.9 million and savings and money market account balances decreased $63.5 million in the first three months of 2023 as municipal and business customers have begun deploying their excess balances they carried during the pandemic, including stimulus funding. Certificates of deposits increased by $75.6 million in the first three months of 2023 reflecting our increases in offered interest rates, particularly in the 12-18 month term. We believe our success in maintaining the balances of personal and business checking and savings accounts was primarily attributable to our focus on quality customer service, the desire of customers to deal with a local bank, the convenience of our branch network and the breadth and depth of our sophisticated product line.
Noninterest bearing demand accounts comprised 30% of total deposits at March 31, 2023 and 31% of total deposits at December 31, 2022. In recent years, because of the generally low rates paid on interest bearing account alternatives, many of our business customers chose to keep their balances in these more liquid noninterest bearing demand account types. We have begun to see some of these balances move to higher earning deposit types. Interest bearing demand, including money market and savings accounts, comprised 63% of total deposits at March 31, 2023 and 64% at December 31, 2022. Time accounts as a percentage of total deposits were 7% at March 31, 2023 and 4% at December 31, 2022.
Deposit balances in excess of the $250,000 FDIC insured limit totaled approximately $962.7 million, or 41% of total deposits, at March 31, 2023 and approximately $1.21 billion, or 45% of total deposits, at December 31, 2022. As discussed previously, we have sufficient liquid resources to cover all of the uninsured balances at March 31, 2023.
Borrowed funds at March 31, 2023 consisted of $30.0 million of Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances. Borrowed funds at December 31, 2022 consisted of $30.0 million of FHLB advances. At March 31, 2023, we had $242.3 million in available borrowing capacity at the FHLB.
CAPITAL RESOURCES
Total shareholders’ equity of $260.6 million at March 31, 2023 reflected an increase of $13.5 million from $247.0 million at December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily a result of net income of $12.0 million earned in the first three months of 2023 and a positive swing of $5.3 million in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”), partially offset by a payment of $2.7 million in cash dividends to shareholders and $1.2 million reduction from adoption of the ASU 2016-13 CECL standard on January 1, 2023. The positive swing in AOCI was attributable to a decrease in market interest rates on bonds during the first quarter 2023 causing an increase in market value on our investment securities available for sale. The Bank was categorized as “well capitalized” at March 31, 2023. The amount of capital retained by the Bank in excess of well capitalized minimums was $127.2 million at March 31, 2023.
Capital guidelines for U.S. banks are commonly known as Basel III guidelines. The rules include a common equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio (CET1 ratio) of 4.5% and a capital conservation buffer of 2.5% of risk-weighted assets, effectively resulting in a minimum CET1 ratio of 7.0%. The Basel III minimum ratio of Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets is 6.0% (which, with the capital conservation buffer, effectively results in a minimum Tier 1 capital ratio of 8.5%), and the minimum total capital to risk-weighted assets ratio is 10.5% (with the capital conservation buffer), and Basel III requires a minimum leverage ratio of 4.0%. The capital ratios for the Company and the Bank under Basel III have continued to exceed the well capitalized minimum capital requirements.
The following table shows our regulatory capital ratios (on a consolidated basis) for the past several quarters:
Macatawa Bank Corporation | | March 31, 2023 | | | Dec 31, 2022 | | | Sept 30, 2022 | | | June 30, 2022 | | | March 31, 2022 | |
Total capital to risk weighted assets | | | 18.1 | % | | | 17.9 | % | | | 17.6 | % | | | 17.5 | % | | | 17.9 | % |
Common Equity Tier 1 to risk weighted assets | | | 17.1 | | | | 16.9 | | | | 16.7 | | | | 16.5 | | | | 16.9 | |
Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets | | | 17.1 | | | | 16.9 | | | | 16.7 | | | | 16.5 | | | | 16.9 | |
Tier 1 capital to average assets | | | 10.3 | | | | 9.7 | | | | 9.3 | | | | 9.1 | | | | 8.8 | |
LIQUIDITY
Liquidity of Macatawa Bank: The liquidity of a financial institution reflects its ability to manage a variety of sources and uses of funds. Our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows categorize these sources and uses into operating, investing and financing activities. We primarily focus on developing access to a variety of borrowing sources to supplement our deposit gathering activities and provide funds for our investment and loan portfolios. Our sources of liquidity include our borrowing capacity with the FRB’s discount window, the Federal Home Loan Bank, federal funds purchased lines of credit and other secured borrowing sources with our correspondent banks, loan payments by our borrowers, maturity and sales of our securities available for sale, maturities of our securities held to maturity, growth of our deposits, federal funds sold and other short-term investments, and the various capital resources discussed above. In March 2023, the Federal Reserve Bank introduced a new borrowing facility named the Bank Term Funding Program. This program allows an institution to borrow against its investment portfolio at a fixed rate for up to one year and to use their investment portfolio for liquidity without incurring losses by liquidating those investments. At March 31, 2023, we would qualify for approximately $642.2 million in such borrowing capacity.
Liquidity management involves the ability to meet the cash flow requirements of our customers. Our customers may be either borrowers with credit needs or depositors wanting to withdraw funds. Our liquidity management involves periodic monitoring of our assets considered to be liquid and illiquid, and our funding sources considered to be core and non-core and short-term (less than 12 months) and long-term. We have established parameters that monitor, among other items, our level of liquid assets to short-term liabilities, our level of non-core funding reliance and our level of available borrowing capacity. We maintain a diversified wholesale funding structure and actively manage our maturing wholesale sources to reduce the risk to liquidity shortages. We have also developed a contingency funding plan to stress test our liquidity requirements arising from certain events that may trigger liquidity shortages, such as rapid loan growth in excess of normal growth levels or the loss of deposits and other funding sources under extreme circumstances.
We have actively pursued initiatives to maintain a strong liquidity position. The Bank has reduced its reliance on non-core funding sources, including brokered deposits, and focused on achieving a non-core funding dependency ratio below its peer group average. We have had no brokered deposits on our balance sheet since December 2011. We continue to maintain significant on-balance sheet liquidity. At March 31, 2023, the Bank held $391.3 million of federal funds sold and other short-term investments. In addition, the Bank had available borrowing capacity from correspondent banks, including the Bank Term Funding Program discussed above, of approximately $951.0 million as of March 31, 2023. Finally, because we have maintained the discipline of buying shorter-term bond durations in our investment securities portfolio, we have $393.0 million in bond maturities and paydowns coming into the Bank in the next 24 months ending March 31, 2025.
In addition to normal loan funding, we also maintain liquidity to meet customer financing needs through unused lines of credit, unfunded loan commitments and standby letters of credit. The level and fluctuation of these commitments is also considered in our overall liquidity management. At March 31, 2023, we had a total of $719.0 million in unused lines of credit, $115.1 million in unfunded loan commitments and $11.9 million in standby letters of credit.
Liquidity of Holding Company: The primary sources of liquidity for the Company are dividends from the Bank, existing cash resources and the capital markets if the need to raise additional capital arises. Banking regulations and the laws of the State of Michigan in which our Bank is chartered limit the amount of dividends the Bank may declare and pay to the Company in any calendar year. Under the state law limitations, the Bank is restricted from paying dividends to the Company in excess of retained earnings. In 2022, the Bank paid dividends to the Company totaling $11.9 million. In the same period, the Company paid $10.9 million in dividends to its shareholders. On February 27, 2023, the Bank paid a dividend totaling $3.1 million to the Company in anticipation of the common share cash dividend of $0.08 per share paid on February 28, 2023 to shareholders of record on February 13, 2023. The cash distributed for this cash dividend payment totaled $2.7 million. The Company retained the remaining balance in each period for general corporate purposes. At March 31, 2023, the Bank had a retained earnings balance of $114.5 million.
The Company’s cash balance at March 31, 2023 was $8.1 million. The Company believes that it has sufficient liquidity to meet its cash flow obligations.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES:
To prepare financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management makes estimates and assumptions based on available information. These estimates and assumptions affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and future results could differ. The allowance for credit losses, other real estate owned valuation, loss contingencies, revenue recognition and income taxes are deemed critical due to the required level of management judgment and the use of estimates, making them particularly subject to change.
Our methodology for determining the allowance for credit losses and the related provision for credit losses is described above in the “Allowance for Credit Losses” discussion. This area of accounting requires significant judgment due to the number of factors which can influence the collectability of a loan. Unanticipated changes in these factors could significantly change the level of the allowance for credit losses and the related provision for credit losses. Although, based upon our internal analysis, and in our judgment, we believe that we have provided an adequate allowance for credit losses, there can be no assurance that our analysis has properly identified all of the probable losses in our loan portfolio. As a result, we could record future provisions for credit losses that may be significantly different than the levels that we recorded in the first three months of 2023.
Assets acquired through or instead of foreclosure, primarily other real estate owned, are initially recorded at fair value less estimated costs to sell when acquired, establishing a new cost basis. New real estate appraisals are generally obtained at the time of foreclosure and are used to establish fair value. If fair value declines, a valuation allowance is recorded through expense. Estimating the initial and ongoing fair value of these properties involves a number of factors and judgments including holding time, costs to complete, holding costs, discount rate, absorption and other factors.
Loss contingencies are recorded as liabilities when the likelihood of loss is probable and an amount or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. This, too, is an accounting area that involves significant judgment. Although, based upon our judgment, internal analysis, and consultations with legal counsel we believe that we have properly accounted for loss contingencies, future changes in the status of such contingencies could result in a significant change in the level of contingent liabilities and a related impact to operating earnings.
Noninterest revenue is recognized in accordance with contractual requirements and as we fulfill our obligations under contractual terms. Most of our noninterest revenue comes from services that are transaction based and such revenue is recognized as the related service is provided.
Our accounting for income taxes involves the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities primarily associated with differences in the timing of the recognition of revenues and expenses for financial reporting and tax purposes. At March 31, 2023, we had gross deferred tax assets of $10.8 million and gross deferred tax liabilities of $2.3 million resulting in a net deferred tax asset of $8.5 million. Accounting standards require that companies assess whether a valuation allowance should be established against their deferred tax assets based on the consideration of all available evidence using a “more likely than not” standard. We concluded at March 31, 2023 that no valuation allowance on our net deferred tax asset was required. Changes in tax laws, changes in tax rates, changes in ownership and our future level of earnings can impact the ultimate realization of our net deferred tax asset.
Item 3. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK. |
Our primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk and, to a lesser extent, liquidity risk. All of our transactions are denominated in U.S. dollars with no specific foreign exchange exposure. Macatawa Bank has only limited agricultural-related loan assets, and therefore has no significant exposure to changes in commodity prices.
Our balance sheet has sensitivity, in various categories of assets and liabilities, to changes in prevailing rates in the U.S. for prime rate, mortgage rates, U.S. Treasury rates and various money market indexes. Our asset/liability management process aids us in providing liquidity while maintaining a balance between interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities.
We utilize a simulation model as our primary tool to assess the direction and magnitude of variations in net interest income and the economic value of equity (“EVE”) resulting from potential changes in market interest rates. Key assumptions in the model include contractual cash flows and maturities of interest-sensitive assets and interest-sensitive liabilities, prepayment speeds on certain assets, and changes in market conditions impacting loan and deposit pricing. We also include pricing floors on discretionary priced liability products which limit how low various checking and savings products could go under declining interest rates. These floors reflect our pricing philosophy in response to changing interest rates.
We forecast the next twelve months of net interest income under an assumed environment of gradual changes in market interest rates under various scenarios. The resulting change in net interest income is an indication of the sensitivity of our earnings to directional changes in market interest rates. The simulation also measures the change in EVE, or the net present value of our assets and liabilities, under an immediate shift, or shock, in interest rates under various scenarios, as calculated by discounting the estimated future cash flows using market-based discount rates.
The following table shows the impact of changes in interest rates on net interest income over the next twelve months and EVE based on our balance sheet as of March 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands):
Interest Rate Scenario | | Economic Value of Equity | | | Percent Change | | | Net Interest Income | | | Percent Change | |
Interest rates up 200 basis points | | $ | 380,272 | | | | (6.13 | )% | | $ | 92,806 | | | | 1.64 | % |
Interest rates up 100 basis points | | | 392,526 | | | | (3.10 | ) | | | 92,049 | | | | 0.81 | |
No change | | | 405,104 | | | | — | | | | 91,313 | | | | — | |
Interest rates down 100 basis points | | | 412,343 | | | | 1.79 | | | | 90,291 | | | | (1.12 | ) |
Interest rates down 200 basis points | | | 402,802 | | | | (0.57 | ) | | | 87,957 | | | | (3.68 | ) |
If interest rates were to increase, this analysis suggests that we are positioned for an improvement in net interest income over the next twelve months. If interest rates were to decrease, this analysis suggests we would experience a reduction in net interest income over the next twelve months.
We also forecast the impact of immediate and parallel interest rate shocks on net interest income under various scenarios to measure the sensitivity of our earnings under extreme conditions.
The quarterly simulation analysis is monitored against acceptable interest rate risk parameters by the Asset/Liability Committee and reported to the Board of Directors.
In addition to changes in interest rates, the level of future net interest income is also dependent on a number of other variables, including: the growth, composition and absolute levels of loans, deposits, and other earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities; economic and competitive conditions; potential changes in lending, investing and deposit gathering strategies; and client preferences.
Item 4: | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
(a) | Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) as of March 31, 2023, the end of the period covered by this report. |
In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, as the Company’s are designed to do, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating whether the benefits of the controls and procedures that the Company adopts outweigh their costs.
Our CEO and CFO, after evaluating the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report, have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms.
(b) | Changes in Internal Controls. During the period covered by this report, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. |
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. |
The following table provides information regarding the Company’s purchase of its own common stock during the first quarter of 2023. All employee transactions are under stock compensation plans. These include shares of Macatawa Bank Corporation common stock surrendered to satisfy tax withholding obligations that occur upon the vesting of restricted shares. The value of the shares withheld is determined based on the closing price of Macatawa Bank Corporation common stock at the date of vesting. The Company has no publicly announced repurchase plans or programs.
| | Total Number of Shares Purchased | | | Average Price Paid Per Share | |
Period | | | | | | |
January 1 - January 31, 2023 | | | | | | |
Employee Transactions | | | 1,338 | | | $ | 10.92 | |
February 1 - February 28, 2023 | | | | | | | | |
Employee Transactions | | | — | | | $ | — | |
March 1 - March 31, 2023 | | | | | | | | |
Employee Transactions | | | — | | | $ | — | |
Total for First Quarter ended March 31, 2023 | | | | | | | | |
Employee Transactions | | | 1,338 | | | $ | 10.92 | |
3.1 | Restated Articles of Incorporation. Previously filed with the Commission on October 27, 2016 in Macatawa Bank Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Exhibit 3.1. Here incorporated by reference. |
3.2 | Bylaws. Previously filed with the Commission on February 19, 2015 in Macatawa Bank Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, Exhibit 3.2. Here incorporated by reference. |
4.1 | Restated Articles of Incorporation. Exhibit 3.1 is here incorporated by reference. |
4.2 | |
4.3 | Long-Term Debt. The registrant has outstanding long-term debt which at the time of this report does not exceed 10% of the registrant’s total consolidated assets. The registrant agrees to furnish copies of the agreements defining the rights of holders of such long-term debt to the SEC upon request. |
| Certification of Chief Executive Officer. |
| Certification of Chief Financial Officer. |
| Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. |
101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document |
101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| MACATAWA BANK CORPORATION |
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| /s/ Ronald L. Haan |
| Ronald L. Haan |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
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| /s/ Jon W. Swets |
| Jon W. Swets |
| Senior Vice President and |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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Dated: April 27, 2023 | |
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