TriState Capital Reports First Quarter 2022 EPS of $0.48 on New Record Levels of Net Interest Income, Revenue and Loans, With Continued Net Interest Margin Expansion
— Organic growth of commercial loans, private banking loans primarily backed by marketable securities, and liquidity management franchise continues, while Chartwell delivered strong fixed income and equity performance over benchmarks and celebrates the 25th anniversary of its founding —
PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSC) reported first quarter 2022 financial results, including record net interest income, organic loan and balance sheet growth and its sixth consecutive quarter of net interest margin (NIM) expansion.
The parent company of TriState Capital Bank and Chartwell Investment Partners reported net income available to common shareholders of $18.5 million, or $0.48 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2022, compared to $13.1 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2021 and $19.9 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2021.
“Deliberate double-digit organic growth and TriState Capital’s synergistic businesses contributed to meaningful expansion in our client base and financial performance in the first quarter of 2022, and we are really excited about the opportunity that our agile businesses and our asset-sensitive balance sheet provide us to succeed in a highly dynamic environment,” President and Chief Executive Officer Brian S. Fetterolf said. “The company’s success and strength are entirely made possible by phenomenal clients and the exceptional talent we have been able to attract and develop together as one team. As we continue to work toward completing our transaction with Raymond James, we are incredibly proud of how our team members have kept their focus on delivering best-in-class client experience and business excellence at scale.”
FIRST QUARTER 2022 HIGHLIGHTS
- TriState Capital continued to progress toward the closing of its previously announced agreement to be acquired by Raymond James Financial, Inc. (“Raymond James”), which is currently expected to close by the end of the second quarter of 2022, subject to customary conditions including receipt of regulatory approvals.
- Pre-tax income increased by 29.5% from the year-ago quarter and 13.4% from the linked quarter.
- Net interest income (NII) increased by 38.7% from the year-ago quarter and 4.8% from the linked quarter on continued growth in the bank’s asset-sensitive balance sheet, with NIM expansion to 1.70%.
- Total loans grew by 31.6% from March 31, 2021 and 4.5% during the quarter.
- Commercial loans grew by 14.0% from March 31, 2021 and 2.6% during the quarter, led by fund finance solutions and other commercial and industrial (C&I) lending.
- Private banking loans grew by 43.8% from March 31, 2021 and 5.5% during the quarter, as the company continued to leverage talent and proprietary technology to fortify its position as the nation’s leading independent provider of loans collateralized by marketable securities and other liquid assets working with non-bank affiliated financial intermediaries.
- Treasury management deposit accounts grew by 64.2% from March 31, 2021 and 4.3% during the quarter.
- The company maintained superior credit quality metrics, with period-end non-performing assets (NPAs) and non-performing loans (NPLs) declining to 0.01% of assets and 0.00% of loans, respectively, while adverse rated credits represented just 0.29% of total loans at period-end.
- Record fees of $4.7 million from clients’ use of interest rate swaps and Chartwell investment management fees of $9.1 million contributed to non-interest income of $15.1 million.
- Chartwell year-to-date inflows from retail and institutional clients totaled $416.0 million, as fixed income and equity strategies delivered strong performance over benchmarks through period-end.
REVENUE GROWTH
NII grew to a record $53.6 million in the first quarter of 2022, increasing 38.7% from $38.7 million in the year-ago quarter and 4.8% from $51.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 on organic loan growth and the sixth consecutive quarter of NIM expansion. NII reflected continued organic loan growth and TriState Capital’s sixth consecutive quarter of NIM expansion to 1.70% for the three months ended March 31, 2022, up from 1.59% in the first quarter of 2021 and 1.68% in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Non-interest income was $15.1 million in the first quarter of 2022, compared to $13.7 million in the year-ago quarter and $15.9 million in the linked quarter. Chartwell investment management fees were $9.1 million in the first quarter of 2022, compared to $9.0 million in the same period the prior year and $9.6 million in the linked quarter. Fees from commercial and private banking clients’ use of TriState Capital’s interest rate swaps offering totaled a record $4.7 million in the first quarter of 2022, compared to $2.7 million in the prior year quarter and $4.4 million in the linked quarter.
NII and non-interest income, excluding net gains and losses on the sale of debt securities, combined to generate record total revenue of $68.7 million for the first quarter of 2022, which grew 31.3% from $52.3 million in the prior year period and 2.6% from $66.9 million in the linked quarter. Total revenue, which is not a financial metric under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), is a measure that TriState Capital has consistently utilized to provide a greater understanding of the combined performance of its diverse fee-generating businesses. Non-interest income represented 22.0% of total revenue in the first quarter of 2022 when excluding net gains on the sale of securities, compared to 26.1% in the year-ago period and 23.6% in the linked quarter.
EXPENSES REFLECT CONTINUED INVESTMENTS IN BUSINESSES AND CLIENT EXPERIENCE
TriState Capital continues to invest in talent, technology, product, and risk and compliance management to support the continued responsible growth of its businesses, providing a premier client experience as it continues to scale its efficient branchless operating model. First quarter 2022 non-interest expense of $41.2 million included approximately $400,000, or $0.01 per diluted share net of taxes, incurred in connection with the pending Raymond James transaction, announced in October 2021. Fourth quarter 2021 non-interest expense of $42.8 million included approximately $2.7 million, or $0.06 per diluted share net of taxes, incurred in connection with the transaction announced in October 2021. First quarter 2021 non-interest expense totaled $31.3 million.
TriState Capital Bank’s efficiency ratio for the first quarter of 2022 was 50.42%, compared to 50.59% in the first quarter of 2021 and 51.10% in the linked quarter. The improvement in the efficiency ratio demonstrates TriState Capital’s continued ability to scale its operational efficiency and resiliency while driving responsible growth. Efficiency ratio is a non-GAAP financial metric utilized to provide a greater understanding of a bank’s level of non-interest expense as a percentage of total revenue.
TriState Capital continued to maintain a low annualized non-interest expense to average assets ratio of 1.27% in the first quarter of 2022, compared to 1.24% in the first quarter of 2021 and 1.36% in the linked quarter.
Pre-tax, pre-provision net revenue of $27.5 million in the first quarter of 2022 increased 30.8% from $21.0 million in the year-ago period and 13.9% from $24.2 million in the linked quarter. Pre-tax, pre-provision net revenue is a non-GAAP financial metric representing net interest income and non-interest income, and excluding gains and losses on the sale and call of debt securities and total non-interest expense.
Pre-tax income was $27.0 million in the first quarter of 2022, increasing 29.5% from $20.8 million in the first quarter of 2021 and 13.4% from $23.8 million in the linked quarter.
TriState Capital’s effective tax rate was 19.7% for the first quarter of 2022, compared to 22.1% in the first quarter of 2021 and 3.0% in the linked quarter. The company’s effective tax rate is impacted by certain factors including the number, timing and size of tax credit investments.
Net income available to common shareholders, earnings per share and weighted average diluted shares in the first quarter of 2022 are net of $3.1 million in dividends payable to holders of the company’s Series A, Series B and Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
A combination of fixed income and equity strategy performance relative to benchmarks and a robust new business effort contributed to inflows of $416.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, as Chartwell celebrates the 25th anniversary of its founding in April 2022.
Chartwell’s new business and new flows from existing accounts of $416.0 million were offset by market depreciation of $407.0 million and outflows of $623.0 million in the first quarter of 2022. Chartwell’s assets under management (AUM) totaled $11.23 billion on March 31, 2022, compared to $11.20 billion on March 31, 2021 and $11.84 billion on December 31, 2021. The rate of net outflows experienced by Chartwell in the period are believed to be in line with or below levels experienced by the industry in the first quarter of the year.
Annual run-rate revenue was $36.8 million as of March 31, 2022, compared to $38.8 million on March 31, 2021 and $40.0 million on December 31, 2021. Chartwell’s weighted average fee rate was 0.33% at March 31, 2022. Investment management fee revenue was $9.1 million in the first quarter of 2022, compared to $9.0 million in the first quarter of 2021 and $9.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2021.
ORGANIC LENDING FRANCHISE GROWTH
TriState Capital’s client engagement and distribution capabilities continued to drive organic loan growth by expanding the number and depth of its premier relationships with high-quality middle-market commercial customers, as well as expanding the number of high-net-worth clients the bank serves through its growing national referral network of financial intermediaries.
Average loans totaled a record $10.83 billion in the first quarter of 2022, growing 30.9% from $8.28 billion in the prior year period and 6.0% from $10.21 billion in the linked quarter. Period-end loans totaled a record $11.25 billion on March 31, 2022, growing $2.70 billion, or 31.6%, from March 31, 2021, and $483.6 million, or 4.5%, from December 31, 2021.
TriState Capital continued to fortify its position as the nation’s leading independent provider of marketable securities-based loans for clients of independent investment advisory firms, trust companies, broker-dealers, regional securities firms, family offices, and other financial intermediaries that do not offer banking services themselves. Private banking loans totaled a record $7.27 billion at March 31, 2022, increasing $2.21 billion, or 43.8%, from one year prior and $381.7 million, or 5.5%, from the end of the linked quarter.
The company continued to grow relationships with top-quality middle-market sponsors and businesses, driving originations of commercial and industrial (“C&I”) and commercial real estate (“CRE”) loans while managing credit quality within the portfolio. Commercial loans totaled $3.98 billion at March 31, 2022, increasing $489.2 million, or 14.0%, from one year prior and $101.9 million, or 2.6%, from the end of the linked quarter.
C&I loans grew to $1.56 billion at March 31, 2022, increasing $315.1 million, or 25.2%, from one year prior and $50.9 million, or 3.4%, from December 31, 2021, including utilization of fund finance offerings and growth in equipment finance and traditional lending to middle-market companies.
CRE loans totaled $2.41 billion at March 31, 2022, increasing $174.1 million, or 7.8%, from March 31, 2021 and up $51.0 million, or 2.2%, from December 31, 2021 as new production activity offset increased amortization and paydowns in the first quarter.
STRATEGIC DEPOSIT AND LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT FRANCHISE EXPANSION
TriState Capital continues to deliver growth in its agile liquidity management franchise, which creates meaningful service-based client relationships and provides highly responsive funding. The bank is winning new business and enhancing the breadth and depth of existing client relationships with its nationally distributed service and liquidity management offerings for financial services businesses, payroll and other specialized payment servicers, real estate firms, high-net-worth individuals, family offices, middle market companies, municipalities and non-profits.
Average deposits totaled a record $11.65 billion in the first quarter of 2022, growing 31.7% from $8.85 billion in the first quarter of last year and 5.5% from $11.04 billion in the linked quarter. Period-end deposits totaled a record $12.17 billion at March 31, 2022, growing $2.92 billion, or 31.5%, from March 31, 2021, and $661.1 million, or 5.7%, from December 31, 2021.
Treasury management deposit accounts totaled $2.98 billion at March 31, 2022, increasing $1.17 billion, or 64.2%, from March 31, 2021 and $122.2 million, or 4.3%, from December 31, 2021.
The bank’s loan-to-deposit ratio at March 31, 2022 was 92.45%, compared to 92.36% at March 31, 2021 and 93.56% at December 31, 2021, as TriState Capital grew deposit balances in line with loan activity in the quarter.
INTEREST RATE MANAGEMENT
TriState Capital continues to favor an asset-sensitive approach to maintaining a balance sheet with significant flexibility to manage interest rate dynamics, while offering attractive deposit and loan pricing to clients.
Approximately 60% of TriState Capital’s non-fixed rate deposits use the Effective Federal Funds Rate or another benchmark as reference points, and the remaining non-fixed rate deposits are priced at rates set with bank discretion. Total cost of funds for all deposits and interest-bearing liabilities averaged 0.47% during the first quarter of 2022, compared to 0.59% in the same period last year and 0.45% in the linked quarter. The total cost of deposits averaged 0.37% during the first quarter of 2022, compared to 0.49% in the same period last year and 0.37% in the linked quarter.
At March 31, 2022, 95% of the company’s loans were floating rate and indexed to 30-day LIBOR, the Prime Rate, or another benchmark rate such as SOFR. TriState Capital continued to constructively use interest rate floors on existing and new variable rate loans throughout the first quarter of 2022.
The yield on total loans averaged 2.29% during the first quarter of 2022, compared to 2.41% in the prior year period and 2.30% in the linked quarter. Loan yields were affected primarily by growth in balances of private bank loans relative to commercial bank loans. The interest rate environment’s impact on first quarter of 2022 loan yields was partially offset by continued management of deposit costs.
Investment securities totaled a record $1.54 billion at March 31, 2022, up 25.0% from March 31, 2021 and 9.4% from December 31, 2021 as the bank continued to build on-balance sheet liquidity.
NIM expanded for the sixth consecutive quarter to 1.70% for the first quarter of 2022, up 11 basis points from the same period the year prior and two basis points from the linked quarter.
ASSET QUALITY
TriState Capital maintained strong asset quality metrics in the first quarter of 2022, reflecting its disciplined credit culture and lower risk profile resulting from the majority of its loans consisting of private banking non-purpose margin loans collateralized by marketable securities. Private banking grew to represent 64.6% of the total loan portfolio at March 31, 2022, while CRE and C&I comprised 21.5% and 13.9% of total loans, respectively.
The allowance for credit losses on loans and leases (ACL) was $25.0 million at March 31, 2022, compared to $34.6 million at March 31, 2021 and $28.6 million at December 31, 2021. ACL on commercial loans represented 0.58% of commercial loans at period end, excluding private banking loans primarily collateralized by liquid, marketable securities that do not require a reserve, compared to 0.99% at March 31, 2021 and 0.69% at December 31, 2021. As a percentage of total loans, ACL was 0.22% at March 31, 2022, 0.41% at March 31, 2021 and 0.27% at December 31, 2021.
TriState Capital’s net charge offs (NCOs) were $4.2 million in the first quarter of 2022, or 0.16% of total average loans of $10.83 billion, reflecting charge offs associated with an in-market commercial and industrial credit for which had previously been fully reserved. NCOs were $199,000 in the year-ago quarter and $4.2 million in the linked quarter.
NPAs were $2.0 million, or 0.01% of total assets, at March 31, 2022, compared to $25.5 million, or 0.24%, at March 31, 2021 and $6.3 million, or 0.05%, at December 31, 2021. NPLs were $0.0 million, or 0.00% of total loans, at March 31, 2022, compared to $22.7 million, or 0.27%, at March 31, 2021 and $4.3 million, or 0.04%, at December 31, 2021.
Total adverse-rated credits, including NPLs, were $32.1 million, or 0.29% of total loans, at March 31, 2022, compared to $50.9 million, or 0.60%, at March 31, 2021 and $36.9 million, or 0.34%, at December 31, 2021.
TriState Capital’s provision for credit losses was $563,000 in the first quarter of 2022, $224,000 in the first quarter of 2021 and $488,000 in the linked quarter.
CAPITAL STRENGTH AND EFFICIENCY
The company’s strong balance sheet included $2.02 billion in cash, equivalents and securities at March 31, 2022. Cash, equivalents, securities and private banking loans — which are primarily collateralized by marketable securities that are monitored daily, liquid and subject to favorable treatment under regulatory capital requirements — represented 67.91% of total assets at the end of the first quarter of 2022.
As of March 31, 2022, estimated regulatory capital ratios for TriState Capital Holdings were 13.23% for total risk-based capital, 11.52% for tier 1 risk-based capital, 8.91% for common equity tier 1 risk-based capital, and 6.16% for tier 1 leverage. For TriState Capital Bank, the estimated capital ratios were 14.42% for total risk-based capital, 14.08% for tier 1 risk-based capital, 14.08% for common equity tier 1 risk-based capital, and 7.52% for tier 1 leverage.
ABOUT TRISTATE CAPITAL
TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSC) is a bank holding company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., providing commercial banking, private banking and investment management services to middle-market companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth individuals. Its TriState Capital Bank subsidiary had $13.60 billion in assets as of March 31, 2022, and serves middle-market commercial customers through regional representative offices in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Edison, N.J., and New York City, as well as high-net-worth individuals nationwide through its national referral network of financial intermediaries. Its Chartwell Investment Partners subsidiary had $11.23 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2022, and serves institutional clients and TriState Capital’s financial intermediary network. For more information, please visit http://investors.tristatecapitalbank.com.
In light of the pending acquisition by Raymond James, the company will not hold a quarterly investor conference call and webcast. For more information related to the acquisition, please refer to the company’s and Raymond James’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION
Raymond James, TriState Capital, and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transaction. Information about the directors and executive officers of Raymond James can be found in Raymond James’s definitive proxy statement in connection with its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders, as filed with the SEC on January 8, 2021, and other documents subsequently filed by Raymond James with the SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of TriState Capital can be found in TriState Capital’s definitive proxy statement in connection with its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders, as filed with the SEC on April 7, 2021, and other documents subsequently filed by TriState Capital with the SEC. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC regarding the transaction when they become available.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements reflect TriState Capital’s current views with respect to, among other things, future events and the company’s financial performance, as well as the company’s goals and objectives for future operations, financial and business trends, business prospects and management’s outlook or expectations for earnings, revenues, expenses, capital levels, liquidity levels, asset quality or other measures of future financial or business performance, strategies or expectations. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as “achieve,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “maintain,” “may,” “opportunity,” “outlook,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “projection,” “seek,” “should,” “sustain,” “target,” “trend,” “will,” “will likely result,” and “would,” or the negative versions of those words or other comparable statements of a future or forward-looking nature. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, and are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about TriState Capital’s industry and beliefs or assumptions made by management, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain. Although TriState Capital believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date made, actual results may prove to be materially different from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, TriState Capital cautions you that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, assumptions and uncertainties that change over time and are difficult to predict, including, but not limited to, the following:
- risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and their expected impact and duration, including effects on TriState Capital’s operations, its clients, economic conditions and the demand for its products and services;
- risks associated with the acquisition of our company by Raymond James, including risks related to the failure of our company to satisfy conditions of the closing of the acquisition, which could result in the acquisition not closing, which could have a material adverse impact on the value of our stock;
- TriState Capital’s ability to prudently manage its growth and execute its strategy;
- deterioration of TriState Capital’s asset quality;
- TriState Capital’s level of non-performing assets and the costs associated with resolving problem loans, including litigation and other costs;
- possible additional loan and lease losses and impairment, changes in the value of collateral securing Tri
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