Republic Bancorp(US:RBCAA)2025-11-06 19:06Financial Performance - Total Company net income for Q3 2025 was $29.7 million, an increase of $3.2 million, or 12%, compared to Q3 2024 [298]. - Diluted EPS increased 11% to $1.52 for Q3 2025 compared to $1.37 for the same period in 2024 [298]. - Total Company net income for the first nine months of 2025 was $108.5 million, a $26.1 million, or 32%, increase from the same period in 2024 [357]. - Diluted EPS increased 32% to $5.55 for the first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.24 for the same period in 2024 [357]. - Net income increased by $4.2 million, or 24%, for the first nine months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 [364]. Net Interest Income - Total Company net interest income increased by $5.7 million, or 8%, to $77.0 million in Q3 2025 compared to $71.3 million in Q3 2024 [308]. - Traditional Bank net interest income rose by $6.4 million, or 13%, to $57.4 million in Q3 2025 from $51.0 million in Q3 2024, driven by growth in average interest-earning assets and NIM expansion [309]. - Net interest income for the third quarter of 2025 was $76,970 thousand, up from $71,305 thousand in the third quarter of 2024, representing an increase of 8.73% [325]. - Total Company net interest income was $255.9 million during the first nine months of 2025, an increase of $19.1 million, or 8%, from the first nine months of 2024 [368]. - Traditional Bank net interest income increased by $17.9 million, or 12%, to $167.1 million for the first nine months of 2025 [369]. Loan Performance and Provisions - The Bank maintains an Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans (ACLL) for expected credit losses, which is evaluated monthly and discussed quarterly with the Audit Committee and Board of Directors [227]. - Provision for loan losses was a net charge of $4.0 million in Q3 2025, down from a net charge of $6.4 million in Q3 2024 [311]. - The total provision for credit losses was a net charge of $2.0 million in Q3 2025, significantly lower than the $5.7 million charge in Q3 2024, marking a decrease of 64.91% [329]. - The Traditional Banking segment recorded a net credit to the provision of $325,000 in Q3 2025, compared to a net charge of $1.5 million in Q3 2024, reflecting improved asset quality [330]. - The provision for credit losses decreased to $21.5 million in 2025 from $41.4 million in 2024, indicating a reduction of 48.00% [388]. Segment Performance - The Traditional Banking segment's performance is primarily driven by net interest income, which is the difference between interest income and fees on interest-earning assets and interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities [238]. - Traditional Banking segment net income increased $2.3 million, or 15%, from Q3 2024 to Q3 2025 [303]. - Republic Payment Solutions segment reported a decrease in noninterest income of $576,000, or 5%, from Q3 2024 to Q3 2025 [303]. - Republic Credit Solutions segment net income increased $72,000 from Q3 2024 to Q3 2025 [304]. - Tax Refund Solutions segment's net interest income decreased by $2.0 million, or 6%, from the first nine months of 2024 to the first nine months of 2025 [376]. Asset and Deposit Growth - Total assets increased to $6,991,878 thousand as of September 30, 2025, compared to $6,711,818 thousand in the same period of 2024, reflecting a growth of 4.16% [325]. - Total Traditional Bank deposits increased $337 million, or 7%, from December 31, 2024, to $4.91 billion as of September 30, 2025 [360]. - Average interest-bearing deposit balances grew by $260 million, or 7%, while the weighted-average cost of these deposits decreased from 2.77% in Q3 2024 to 2.32% in Q3 2025 [315]. Credit Quality - The RCS allowance for credit losses (ACLL) was 17.59% as of September 30, 2025, up from 15.70% a year earlier, reflecting a shift towards higher risk loan categories [341]. - Nonperforming loans to total loans for the RCS segment was 0.12% as of September 30, 2025, compared to 0.11% as of December 31, 2024 [364]. - Delinquent loans to total loans for the RCS segment decreased to 7.69% as of September 30, 2025, from 8.00% as of December 31, 2024 [364]. Tax Refund Solutions - The Bank's Tax Refund Solutions segment generates most of its revenue during the first half of the year, with RT revenue recognized immediately after the taxpayer's refund is disbursed [269][272]. - The ERA loan product allows taxpayers to borrow funds as an advance of their tax refund, with a maximum advance amount of $6,500 for the 2024 Tax Season [273]. - Total ERA/RA origination volume for the 2025 tax filing season totaled $802 million, representing a $72 million, or 8%, decline from $874 million originated for the 2024 tax filing season [361]. - RA origination volume totaled $663 million during the first nine months of 2025, a decrease from $771 million in the same period of 2024 [364].