Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. (ORRF) Earnings Call Transcript

Good morning. My name is Regina, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I will now turn the call over to Adam Metz, President and Chief Executive Officer of Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. and Orrstown Bank, who will begin the conference. Mr. Mats, please go ahead.

Thank you, Regina, and good morning. I would like to thank everyone for participating in Orrstown Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call, both by telephone and through the webcast. And -- if you have not read the earnings release we issued yesterday afternoon, you may access it along with the financial tables and schedules by going to our website, www.orstown.com. Once there, you can click the Investor Relations link and then on the Events and Presentations link. Also, before we start, I would like to mention that today's presentation may contain forward-looking information. Cautionary statements about this information are included in the earnings release, the investor presentation and our SEC filings. The earnings release, investor presentation also includes non-GAAP financial measures. The appropriate reconciliations to GAAP are included in those documents. Joining me today on the call is Neil Colane, Orrstown Chief Financial Officer. Also participating in the discussion are Zach Corey, Chief Revenue Officer; Bob Coradi, Chief Risk Officer; and Dave Jackowski, Chief Credit Officer. Orrstown produced another strong outstanding quarter highlighted by strong net income, earnings per share return on average assets and return on average equity. Net income was $21.2 million or $1.09 per diluted share. Return on average equity and return on average assets continued to exceed peer multiples. Excluding the impact of a onetime charge to interest expense, the net interest margin improved 10 basis points to 4% during the quarter. Fee income of $13.8 million contributed 22.1% of total operating income. Wealth management income continues to be a source of strength for the bank. We redeemed our remaining subordinated notes, which resulted in a charge of $1.6 million, but is expected to enhance go-forward results. Despite higher-than-expected payoffs and paydowns, the bank achieved annualized loan growth of 5% for the quarter, with a meaningful portion of that growth occurring late in the quarter and therefore, having a limited impact on second quarter interest income. Credit quality remains strong. Classified loans and nonaccrual loans both decreased quarter-to-quarter. We remain prudent in our lending decisions, but we believe that the credit environment remains sound and without significant signs of stress. We maintain a long-term focus on generating earnings and growth to continually build shareholder value. In support of that, the Board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share payable in August. Neil Colane, our CFO, will now discuss our quarterly results in more detail. Neil?

Thank you, Adam, and good morning, everyone. We had an excellent second quarter with net income of $21.2 million or $1.09 in earnings per diluted share. Return on average assets for the quarter was $153 million return on average equity was 13.96%. Most notable for the quarter was our net interest margin expansion. On Slide 4 of the earnings deck, you see that our reported net interest margin was 3.87% in the second quarter. But if you exclude the impact of a onetime $1.6 million charge due to the subordinated debt redemption, our margin got back to 4% even, which is where it was in the fourth quarter of 2025. This was accomplished by a combination of actions on the funding side. We made some adjustments on deposit costs this early this quarter and recognized early in the first quarter, sorry. And and recognize the full benefit of mid-quarter apologize. We recognized the benefit of rate adjustments this quarter and recognize the full benefit of mid-quarter adjustments last quarter. Also the influx of deposits in the first quarter enabled us to reduce reliance on overnight borrowings. I believe our deposit costs have bottomed out at this stage. The previous guidance for net interest margin in the range of 3.90% to 4% for 2026 remains, and that's excluding the $1.6 million charge. With the deliberate steps we took in the first half of this year and our continued focus on deposit mix, I now expect that we'll be at a higher end of that range for the full year on an adjusted basis. The deposit environment remains very competitive, so there's always risk with future pricing pressures and deposit generation. And on the loan side, many of our fundings were pushed into late June. So the impact of that activity is not fully reflected in net interest income. So overall, I'm pleased with where we're positioned with the margin and its components. On Slide 5, fee income declined to $13.8 million in the second quarter from $15.6 million in the first quarter of 2026. In the first quarter, $2.4 million of life insurance benefits were recognized. Excluding that item, fee income is approximately $600,000 higher than the previous quarter. In the second quarter, Orrstown Financial Advisors, our Wealth Management team recorded income of $5.9 million, up from $5.6 million in the prior quarter. This was their highest quarterly income on record. We're very excited about both what the team -- that team has accomplished and the opportunities that lie ahead. Swap fees were around $700,000 in the quarter. The balance will continue to fluctuate based on timing and but remains a consistent source of solid fee income for us. I expect noninterest income to be in a similar range as the second quarter for the remainder of the year with full year guidance unchanged. Slide 6 is noninterest expenses. Expenses increased by $938,000 this quarter to $37.7 million. Salaries and benefits drove that increase due to the impact of annual merit increases and higher health care costs. Due to a few one-off items, I would expect this number to come down a little bit in the third quarter. I still expect our expenses will fall into the lower end of the range previously provided for the full year. I'll provide my usual caveat year that we will not hesitate to make a strategic investment to help us in the future if an opportunity arises. Slide 7 covers credit quality. Provision expense was $338,000 for the quarter. We had approximately $1.2 million of net charge-offs. We had a few qualitative factor adjustments in our model due to improvements in certain underlying metrics, which offset some of the charge-off impact. Our allowance coverage ratio was 1.13% at June 30, and we believe it remains adequately aligned with the risk profile of our loan portfolio. Classified loans have steadily declined for several quarters, which is a very positive trend. Nonaccruals declined by $6.2 million from the first quarter as our credit team continues to do an excellent job of managing our portfolio. Earnings and performance metrics are on Slide 8. All metrics remain strong. TCE has increased to 9.5% and tangible book value per share continues to grow at a nice rate. Slide 9 addresses our loan portfolio. Loans grew by 5% in the quarter with stable loan yields. Growth was strong for consumer loans. We had $286 million of commercial loan production during the second quarter. The net fundings reflected some unexpected payoff activity. We still feel confident about the loan growth guidance as the pipeline remains strong. As shown on Slide 10, deposits declined by $7.4 million in the second quarter. There is some seasonality in prior quarter deposit growth, so we feel good about our net deposit activity for the quarter. A specific highlight is a continued change in mix as noninterest-bearing deposits increased by $39 million during the quarter. Our team is actively seeking new low-cost deposit sources. The loan-to-deposit ratio increased a little bit to 89%, still in a good position for balance sheet growth. Cost of total deposits declined to 1.88% for the second quarter from 1.96, with this improvement being driven by the actions taken by our referenced earlier. The investment portfolio is discussed on Slide 11. The overall portfolio yield remains strong, and the unrealized losses have declined to $18.9 million. As presented on Slide 12, our total risk-based capital ratio declined from the prior quarter. This is a result of the reduction about $31 million of subordinated debt at June 30, '26, and we expect to recover the capital impact of this redemption within 2 quarters. The anticipated strength of future earnings is expected to drive further capital generation. We continue to believe we're positioned to take advantage of various capital allocation options. So to summarize the quarter, we had a strong expansion in our net interest margin. Our effective management of funding costs, coupled with the impact of the subordinated debt redemption will help us maintain the margin at current levels. We took a onetime charge to interest expense associated with the redemption, but the impact was offset with the benefit of a tax credit. Fee income remains a core strength, which also presents many future opportunities for growth. expenses will continue to be managed closely. All combined are expected to drive us to scale in future earnings generation. So thank you for your time this morning, and I'll now turn it back to Adam for his closing remarks. Adam?

Thank you, Neil. As Neil has emphasized, it was another outstanding quarter. As we look ahead, we remain confident in our strategy, our team and the opportunities in front of us. While the operating environment will undoubtedly continue to evolve, our focus remains unchanged, serving our clients exceptionally well, investing thoughtfully in our people and technology. maintaining strong risk discipline in allocating capital to create long-term shareholder value. Finally, I'd like to thank our employees for their dedication and our clients and shareholders for the trust they place in us. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to updating you on our achievements next quarter. We would now like to open the call to questions. Before we get started, Regina will briefly review the instructions with you.

[Operator Instructions] Our first question will come from the line of Tim Switzer with KBW.

First 1 I have is on the commentary around loan growth really picking up in June, it sounds like -- is there any more color you can provide on maybe either what drove the slower growth in the in the first half of the quarter, whether that's some of the macro concerns or something else? And then the acceleration of the end what drove that? And is it kind of sounds like it's maybe falling through into Q3 as well.

I think the loan growth, particularly the commercial really was just a timing thing, Tim. And so we did have some unexpected payoffs earlier in the quarter, but -- the pipeline remains strong, and our clients continue to seek funding opportunities. And so we're very optimistic about our growth going forward. We feel strong about it, and the teams are excited.

But there's nothing to answer the other part of your question, it's not about a macro level, but the true of that is really just splitting Yes.

Okay. Okay. That's helpful. And then, I mean, it sounds like it's kind of slower to last quarter, it's a deposit trends at the end of the quarter. Could you maybe help us out with what's the spot -- and then was at the end of the quarter, excluding the debt redemption? And what are your expectations for the trajectory going forward, assuming obviously, no more rate cuts, but we don't have any rate hikes it sounds like we can continue to grind a little bit higher probably with deposit trends.

Potentially. Once we get the full impact of the sub debt, we were kind of -- we're around that 4% level for us for most of the quarter, particularly back half. I expect to be around that level going forward, various some opportunity potentially to improve that a little bit. But I think we're -- this is likely we're going to sit. And like I said, I expect us to be excluding sub debt impact at the higher end of the broader range. But we're -- there's a team we're constantly focused on on what things we can do to help drive that margin higher. I did point to the change that it's been several quarters now. We've seen a good shift in the mix. You see the time deposits coming down, ones bearing an interest ten-point bearing with the growth there. So it's something we're continuing to focus on where we can -- where we can focus to keep maintain and drive that margin higher.

Okay. Okay. That's helpful. And then another 1 is on deposit competition right now in your markets? Are there any markets or deposit categories that have seen intensifying competition over the last few months?

Yes. I would say not really. I mean I wouldn't pick 1 particular area. I think we feel like we're very competitive -- and like Neil said, I think we've -- teams have done a great job of sort of shifting our mix more towards noninterest-bearing and those are operating accounts and whatnot. So we feel good about where we are.