Press Release: Southern States Bancshares, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Dow Jones
21 Jan
                               Average                                         Average 
                               Balance         Interest      Yield/Rate        Balance         Interest      Yield/Rate 
                          -----------------  -------------  ------------  -----------------  -------------  ------------ 
Assets: 
Interest-earning assets: 
Loans, net of unearned 
 income(1)                $      2,061,604   $     146,712     7.12%      $      1,711,006   $     114,662   6.70% 
Taxable securities                 171,878           8,462     4.92%               152,707           6,806   4.46% 
Nontaxable securities               46,065             952     2.07%                47,340             977   2.06% 
Other interest-earnings 
 assets                            257,533          13,655     5.30%               192,433           9,815   5.10% 
                           ---------------    ------------  -------        ---------------    ------------  ----- ---- 
  Total interest-earning 
   assets                        2,537,080         169,781     6.69%             2,103,486         132,260   6.29% 
  Allowance for credit 
   losses                          (26,302)                                        (21,233) 
  Noninterest-earning 
   assets                          153,575                                         129,489 
                           ---------------                                 --------------- 
    Total Assets          $      2,664,353                                $      2,211,742 
                           ===============                                 =============== 
 
Liabilities and 
Stockholders' Equity: 
Interest-bearing 
liabilities: 
  Interest-bearing 
   transaction accounts   $         90,252   $         105     0.12%      $         90,231   $          82   0.09% 
  Savings and money 
   market accounts                 997,349          38,576     3.87%               851,351          28,124   3.30% 
  Time deposits                    695,892          31,949     4.59%               480,871          17,162   3.57% 
  FHLB advances                     39,847           2,006     5.03%                39,830           1,848   4.64% 
  Other borrowings                  96,941           5,438     5.61%                87,023           4,932   5.67% 
                           ---------------    ------------  -------        ---------------    ------------  ----- ---- 
    Total 
     interest-bearing 
     liabilities          $      1,920,281   $      78,074     4.07%      $      1,549,306   $      52,148   3.37% 
 
Noninterest-bearing 
liabilities: 
  Noninterest-bearing 
   deposits               $        470,376                                $        436,571 
  Other liabilities                 31,472                                          28,185 
                           ---------------                                 --------------- 
    Total 
     noninterest-bearing 
     liabilities                   501,848                                         464,756 
    Stockholders' Equity           242,224                                         197,680 
                           ---------------                                 --------------- 
      Total Liabilities 
       and Stockholders' 
       Equity             $      2,664,353                                $      2,211,742 
                           ===============                                 =============== 
 
Net interest income                          $      91,707                                   $      80,112 
Net interest spread(2)                                         2.62%                                         2.92% 
Net interest margin(3)                                         3.61%                                         3.81% 
Net interest margin - 
 FTE(4)(5)                                                     3.63%                                         3.82% 
Cost of funds(6)                                               3.27%                                         2.63% 
Cost of interest-bearing 
 deposits                                                      3.96%                                         3.19% 
Cost of total deposits                                         3.13%                                         2.44% 
 
   1. Includes nonaccrual loans. 
 
   2. Net interest spread is the difference between interest rates earned on 
      interest earning assets and interest rates paid on interest-bearing 
      liabilities. 
 
   3. Net interest margin is a ratio of net interest income to average interest 
      earning assets for the same period. 
 
   4. Net interest margin - FTE is a ratio of fully-taxable equivalent net 
      interest income to average interest earning assets for the same period. 
      It assumes a 24.0% tax rate. 
 
   5. Refer to "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures". 
 
   6. Includes total interest-bearing liabilities and noninterest deposits. 
 
                                         LOAN COMPOSITION 
                                      (Dollars in thousands) 
 
                        December 31,               September 30,                December 31, 
                            2024                        2024                        2023 
                 --------------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------- 
                                    % of                        % of                        % of 
                     Amount         gross        Amount         gross        Amount         gross 
                 ---------------  ---------  ---------------  ---------  ---------------  --------- 
 
Real estate 
mortgages: 
  Construction 
   and 
   development   $      238,634    10.7%     $      245,275    11.1%     $      242,960    12.9% 
  Residential           315,092    14.1%            293,150    13.3%            224,603    11.9% 
  Commercial          1,352,084    60.6%          1,344,554    61.0%          1,144,867    60.5% 
Commercial and 
 industrial             315,854    14.1%            310,540    14.1%            269,961    14.3% 
Consumer and 
 other                   11,580     0.5%             12,228     0.5%              8,286     0.4% 
                  -------------   -----       -------------   -----       -------------   ----- 
  Gross loans         2,233,244   100.0%          2,205,747   100.0%          1,890,677   100.0% 
Unearned income          (6,675)                     (6,536)                     (6,169) 
                  -------------               -------------               ------------- 
  Loans, net of 
   unearned 
   income             2,226,569                   2,199,211                   1,884,508 
Allowance for 
 credit losses          (28,338)                    (28,061)                    (24,378) 
                  -------------               -------------               ------------- 
    Loans, net   $    2,198,231              $    2,171,150              $    1,860,130 
                  =============               =============               ============= 
 
 
                                       DEPOSIT COMPOSITION 
                                      (Dollars in thousands) 
 
                            December 31,             September 30,              December 31, 
                                2024                      2024                      2023 
                      ------------------------ 
                                       % of                      % of                      % of 
                         Amount        total       Amount        total       Amount        total 
                      -------------  ---------  -------------  ---------  -------------  --------- 
 
 
Noninterest-bearing 
 transaction          $     575,357   23.8%     $     546,282   22.5%     $     437,959   21.7% 
Interest-bearing 
 transaction              1,128,959   46.8%         1,124,706   46.5%           946,347   46.9% 
Savings                      52,472    2.2%            53,565    2.2%            35,412    1.7% 
Time deposits, 
 $250,000 and under         512,717   21.3%           558,600   23.1%           500,406   24.8% 
Time deposits, over 
 $250,000                   141,792    5.9%           137,393    5.7%            98,065    4.9% 
                       ------------  -----       ------------  -----       ------------  ----- 
    Total deposits    $   2,411,297  100.0%     $   2,420,546  100.0%     $   2,018,189  100.0% 
                       ============  =====       ============  =====       ============  ===== 
 
 
 
                                         Nonperfoming Assets 
                                        (Dollars in thousands) 
 
                           December 31,               September 30,                December 31, 
                               2024                        2024                        2023 
                    --------------------------  --------------------------  -------------------------- 
 
 
Nonaccrual loans    $                6,434      $                7,803      $                1,017 
Past due loans 90 
 days or more and 
 still accruing 
 interest                               99                          65                         160 
                     ---------------------       ---------------------       --------------------- 
    Total 
     nonperforming 
     loans                           6,533                       7,868                       1,177 
                     =====================       =====================       ===================== 
OREO                                    --                          33                          33 
    Total 
     nonperforming 
     assets         $                6,533      $                7,901      $                1,210 
                     =====================       =====================       ===================== 
 
Financial 
 difficulty 
 modification 
 loans -- 
 nonaccrual(1)                         600                         622                         907 
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