4th Quarter 2022 Highlights:

• Net income was $79.7 million for the current quarter, an increase of $339 thousand, or 43 basis points, from the prior quarter net income of $79.3 million. Net income for the current quarter increased $29.0 million, or 57 percent, over the prior year fourth quarter net income of $50.7 million.

• The loan portfolio, excluding the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans, grew $397 million, or 11 percent annualized, in the current quarter.

• The loan yield for the current quarter of 4.83 percent, increased 16 basis points, compared to 4.67 percent in the prior quarter and increased 13 basis points from the prior year fourth quarter loan yield of 4.70 percent.

• Interest income of $225 million in the current quarter increased $10.7 million, or 5 percent, over the prior quarter interest income of $214 million. Interest income in the current quarter increased $32.3 million, or 17 percent, over the prior year fourth quarter.

• Non-interest expense of $129.0 million, decreased $1.1 million, or 1 percent, over prior quarter, and decreased $5.1 million, or 4 percent over the prior year fourth quarter.

• Non-performing assets as a percentage of subsidiary assets was 0.12 percent in the current quarter compared to 0.13 percent in the prior quarter and 0.26 percent in the prior year fourth quarter.

• The Company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share. The Company has declared 151 consecutive quarterly dividends and has increased the dividend 49 times.
  

Year 2022 Highlights:

• Record net income of $303 million for 2022 increased $18.4 million, or 6 percent, compared to the prior year net income.

• The loan portfolio, excluding the PPP loans, grew $1.974 billion, or 15 percent annualized, in 2022.

• Interest income of $830 million in the current year increased $149 million, or 22 percent, over the prior year interest income of $681 million.

• Declared regular total dividends in 2022 of $1.32 per share, an increase of $0.05 per share, or 4 percent, over the prior year regular dividends of $1.27.

Financial Summary

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¹ Includes a special dividend declared of $0.10 per share for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2021.
² Excluding the special dividend, the dividend payout ratio was 69.57 percent for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 44.25 percent for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021.

KALISPELL, Mont., Jan. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: GBCI) reported net income of $79.7 million for the current quarter, an increase of $29.0 million, or 57 percent, from the $50.7 million of net income for the prior year fourth quarter. Diluted earnings per share for the current quarter was $0.72 per share, an increase of 57 percent from the prior year fourth quarter diluted earnings per share of $0.46. The $29.0 million net income increase over the prior year fourth quarter was driven by a $24.2 million increase in interest income on loans and a $21.8 million decrease in credit loss expense driven by the prior year credit loss expense from the acquisition of Altabancorp and its Altabank subsidiary (“Alta”) on October 1, 2021. Included in the current quarter non-interest expense was a $2.5 million gain on the sale of former branch buildings. “We were pleased to see healthy loan growth, continued strong credit, increasing loan yields and well managed expenses,” said Randy Chesler, President and Chief Executive Officer. “The Glacier team had many important accomplishments in 2022 and is ready and well positioned for 2023.”

Net income for 2022 was $303 million, an increase of $18.4 million, or 6 percent, from the $285 million net income for the prior year. Diluted earnings per share for 2022 was $2.74 per share, a decrease of 4 percent from the prior year earnings per share of $2.86. The $18.4 million increase in net income over the prior year was driven by a $125.9 million increase in net interest income from both organic loan growth and the acquisition of Alta which more than offset the $43.0 million decrease in gain on sale of loans, a $40.0 million decrease in PPP related income, and an $84.0 million increase in non-interest expense from the acquisition of Alta and increased operating expenses.

Asset Summary

Total debt securities of $9.022 billion at December 31, 2022 decreased $489 million, or 5 percent, during the current quarter and decreased $1.348 billion, or 13 percent, from the prior year end. The Company continues to selectively sell debt securities to fund organic loan growth and the reduction in deposits. Debt securities represented 34 percent of total assets at December 31, 2022 compared to 40 percent at December 31, 2021.

Excluding the PPP loans, during the current quarter the loan portfolio increased $397 million, or 11 percent annualized, with the largest dollar increase in commercial real estate which increased $214 million, or 9 percent annualized. Excluding the PPP loans, the loan portfolio increased $1.974 billion, or 15 percent, from the prior year fourth quarter with the largest dollar increase in commercial real estate loans which increased $1.166 billion, or 14 percent.

Credit Quality Summary

Non-performing assets of $32.7 million at December 31, 2022 decreased $2.3 million, or 7 percent, over the prior quarter and decreased $34.9 million, or 52 percent, over prior year fourth quarter. Non-performing assets as a percentage of subsidiary assets at December 31, 2022 was 0.12 percent compared to 0.13 percent in the prior quarter and 0.26 percent in the prior year fourth quarter.

Early stage delinquencies (accruing loans 30-89 days past due) of $21.0 million at December 31, 2022 increased $10.0 million from the prior quarter and decreased $29.6 million from the prior year fourth quarter. Early stage delinquencies as a percentage of loans at December 31, 2022 was 14 basis points, which compared to 7 basis points in the prior quarter and 38 basis points from prior year fourth quarter.

The current quarter credit loss expense of $6.1 million included $6.1 million of credit loss expense from loans and $65 thousand of credit loss expense from unfunded loan commitments. The allowance for credit losses on loans (“ACL”) as a percentage of total loans outstanding at December 31, 2022 was 1.20 percent which was the same compared to the prior quarter and a 9 basis points decrease from the prior year end.

Credit Quality Trends and Provision for Credit Losses on the Loan Portfolio

Net charge-offs for the current quarter of $2.0 million compared to $3.2 million for the prior quarter and $616 thousand from the same quarter last year. Net charge-offs of $2.0 million included $2.1 million in deposit overdraft net charge-offs and $91 thousand of net loan recoveries.

The current quarter provision for credit loss expense for loans was $6.1 million which was a decrease of $2.3 million from the prior quarter. The prior year fourth quarter credit loss expense of $19.3 million on the loan portfolio included $18.1 million of provision for credit loss from the acquisition of Alta to fully fund an allowance for credit losses post-acquisition. Excluding the impact from the acquisition of Alta, the current quarter provision for credit loss expense for loans increased $4.8 million from the prior year fourth quarter. Loan portfolio growth, composition, average loan size, credit quality considerations, economic forecasts and other environmental factors will continue to determine the level of the provision for credit losses for loans.

Supplemental information regarding credit quality and identification of the Company’s loan portfolio based on regulatory classification is provided in the exhibits at the end of this press release. The regulatory classification of loans is based primarily on collateral type while the Company’s loan segments presented herein are based on the purpose of the loan.

Liability Summary

Core deposits of $20.575 billion decreased $1.301 billion, or 6 percent, during the current quarter and decreased $737 million, or 3 percent, from the prior year end. Non-interest bearing deposits were 37 percent of total core deposits at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances increased $1.095 billion during the current quarter and $1.800 billion during 2022 to support liquidity needs from organic loan growth and the decrease in deposits.

Stockholders’ Equity Summary

Tangible stockholders’ equity of $1.816 billion at December 31, 2022 increased $73.6 million, or 4 percent, from the prior quarter which was primarily driven by earnings retention and the decrease in the unrealized loss on the available-for-sale (“AFS”) debt securities during the current quarter. Tangible stockholders’ equity decreased by $324 million from the prior year as a result of an increase in unrealized loss on the AFS debt securities which resulted from the significant increase in interest rates during the current year. Tangible book value per common share of $16.40 at the current quarter end increased $0.67 per share, or 4 percent, from the prior quarter. The tangible book value per common share decreased $2.93 per share, or 15 percent, from the prior year fourth quarter primarily as a result of the increase in the unrealized loss on AFS debt securities.

Cash Dividends
On November 16, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.33 per share. The dividend was payable December 15, 2022 to shareholders of record on December 6, 2022. The dividend was the Company’s 151st consecutive regular dividend. Future cash dividends will depend on a variety of factors, including net income, capital, asset quality, general economic conditions and regulatory considerations.

Operating Results for Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 
Compared to September 30, 2022, June 30, 2022, March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021

Income Summary