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Cathay General Bancorp

CATY

Financial Services

3w

Significant Loan Growth and Revised 2025 Guidance

Q2 2025 loan growth was strong, increasing by $432 million (8.9% annualized), driven by commercial, real estate, and residential loans.
Management revised the 2025 loan growth guidance upward to 3-4%, from the previous 1-4%, due to the strong Q2 performance.

The Bancorp, Inc.

TBBK

Financial Services

3w

Expansion of Fintech Ecosystem with Block and Cash App Partnership

Announced a 5-year expansion of relationship with Block, adding debit and prepaid card issuance for Cash App customers.
Additional services expected to begin as early as Q1 2026.
Program aims to significantly boost GDV and fee growth, leveraging over 50 million Cash App users.
Management emphasizes the strategic importance of this partnership for future revenue and GDV growth.

First Financial Bancorp.

FFBC

Financial Services

3w

Record Revenue and Industry-Leading Profitability Driven by Net Interest Margin

Achieved record revenue of $226.3 million, up 5% YoY.
Adjusted earnings per share of $0.74, return on assets of 1.54%, and return on tangible common equity of 20%.
Profitability primarily driven by a robust net interest margin of 4.05%, a 17 basis point increase from Q1.

OFG

Financial Services

4w

Financial Performance Summary

Capital ratios remained strong with CET1 at 13.99% and tangible common equity ratio at 10.20%.
Core revenues totaled $182 million, with total interest income of $194 million and interest expense of $42 million.
Net charge-offs were $13 million, down $7.6 million sequentially, with a net charge-off rate of 0.64%.
Net interest margin was 5.31%, slightly down from 5.42%, impacted by increased liquidity and wholesale funding.
Noninterest expenses were $94.8 million, in line with guidance of $95-96 million for 2025.
Record assets exceeded $12 billion and loans surpassed $8 billion, with strong loan origination and core deposit flows.
Return on average assets was 1.73% and return on average tangible common equity was 17%.
Second quarter earnings per share diluted was $1.15, a 6.5% increase year-over-year, driven by a 1.5% increase in total core revenue.
Tangible book value per share was $27.67, and efficiency ratio was 52%.

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.

GSBC

Financial Services

4w

Financial Performance Summary

Annualized net interest margin improved to 3.68%, up 25 basis points from the prior year and 11 basis points from Q1 2025.
Capital position remained strong with total stockholders' equity at $622.4 million, representing 10.6% of total assets and a book value of $54.61 per share.
Loan portfolio declined 3.3% to $4.6 billion due to higher loan payoffs, including a $30 million payoff on the last day of the quarter.
Net income for Q2 2025 was $19.8 million or $1.72 per diluted common share, up from $17.0 million or $1.45 per share in Q2 2024.
Net interest income increased to $51.0 million, an 8.9% improvement year-over-year, supported by higher loan and investment yields and lower funding costs.
Noninterest expenses declined 3.9% year-over-year to $35.0 million, driven by lower legal and professional fees and reduced expenses on other real estate owned, partially offset by increased technology investments.
Noninterest income decreased 16.5% year-over-year to $8.2 million, impacted by timing of tax credit partnership income and prior year software vendor termination income.
Nonperforming assets were $8.1 million or 0.14% of total assets, with net recoveries on loans of $111,000 and no provision for credit losses on outstanding loans.
The company redeemed $75 million of subordinated notes early, saving future interest costs, and repurchased nearly 176,000 shares in the quarter.
Total deposits were $4.68 billion at quarter end, up 1.7% from December 31, 2024, but down 1.6% from Q1 2025, with brokered deposits and checking accounts increasing while retail CDs declined.

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.

GSBC

Financial Services

4w

Impact of Terminated Interest Rate Swap on Future Margins

The company will lose the benefit of the terminated interest rate swap after Q3 2025, which is expected to reduce interest income by approximately $2 million in Q4 2025.
Management indicates that the margin could be affected by the loss of this swap, but expects a neutral to slightly positive impact due to redeployment of funds into higher-yield assets and maturing low-rate fixed loans.

LendingTree, Inc.

TREE

Financial Services

2w

Financial Performance Summary

Adjusted EBITDA rose 35% to $31.8 million compared to last year.
Consumer segment revenue grew 12% with segment profit up 19%.
Home segment revenue increased 25%, driven by a 38% rise in home equity revenue.
Insurance segment showed 21% year-over-year growth, with higher bids and budgets.
LendingTree reported Q2 revenue of $250 million, a 19% year-over-year increase.
Small business loan revenue surged 61%, and personal loan revenue increased 14%.
The company achieved profitability for the fifth consecutive period of year-over-year revenue growth.

Home Bancorp, Inc.

HBCP

Financial Services

3w

Financial Performance Summary

Classified and nonperforming loans increased due to 4 downgraded loans totaling $18 million, but no expected losses due to conservative underwriting and collateral.
Deposits increased at an 11% annual rate, with noninterest-bearing deposits up $41.9 million, comprising 27% of total deposits.
Home Bancorp reported Q2 2025 net income of $11.3 million or $1.45 per share, up $0.08 from Q1 and $0.43 from a year ago.
Loans grew by $17.3 million (3%) in Q2, impacted by slower commercial construction activity and paydowns of about $20 million.
Net charge-offs were low at $335,000 for the quarter, or 3 basis points year-to-date.
Net interest margin (NIM) expanded for the fifth consecutive quarter to 4.04%, driven by an 8 basis point increase in earning asset yields and stable deposit costs.
Noninterest income was $3.7 million, in line with expectations, while noninterest expenses increased to $22.4 million due to compensation and a $987,000 SBA receivables write-down.
Share repurchases totaled 147,000 shares at an average price of $43.72, with 391,000 shares remaining on the buyback plan.

First Internet Bancorp

INBK

Financial Services

3w

Elevated Provision Expense and Credit Quality in Franchise and Small Business Portfolios

Third consecutive quarter of increased provision expense and nonperforming loans, particularly in franchise finance and small business lending portfolios.
Overall industry nonperforming loan ratio remains at 1%, with delinquencies improving to 62 basis points, a 15 basis point decline.
Franchise finance loans moved to nonperforming status totaling $12.6 million in Q2, with specific reserves of $4.5 million.
Portfolio of 633 loans, with 5% on nonaccrual, and recent success in workout strategies leading to improved recovery rates.
Significant progress in derisking the franchise portfolio, with a small pool of delinquent borrowers and slowing delinquencies, indicating potential for future improvement.

First Internet Bancorp

INBK

Financial Services

3w

Financial Performance Summary

Cost of interest-bearing liabilities declined to 3.96% from 4.02%, helped by CD repricing and growth in lower-cost fintech deposits.
Diluted earnings per share were $0.02 for the quarter, impacted by elevated credit provisions and changes in noninterest income.
Interest income increased while interest expense decreased in Q2 2025, resulting in a net interest margin above 2% on a tax-effective basis.
Net income for Q2 was $28 million ($29.1 million fully taxable equivalent), up 11.5% and 11% respectively from Q1.
Net interest margin improved to 1.96% (2.04% fully taxable equivalent), driven by higher loan yields and lower deposit costs.
Noninterest income was $5.6 million, including $1.6 million gain on sale of SBA loans, down $7 million from the prior quarter due to holding loans longer.
Yield on average interest-earning assets rose to 5.65% from 5.57%, with loan yields exceeding 7.5% on new originations.

USB

Financial Services

4w

Strategic Balance Sheet Repositioning through Portfolio Sales

U.S. Bancorp divested approximately $6 billion in mortgage and auto loans in Q2, leveraging favorable rate environment for asset sales.
The sale of $4.6 billion in mortgage loans was aimed at shifting the asset mix towards supporting fee growth and higher-margin, multiservice clients.
Proceeds from asset sales were reinvested into investment securities, with a $57 million loss from restructuring, expected to benefit net interest income within 2 years.
The company plans to continue opportunistic asset sales aligned with market conditions to support strategic growth objectives.