OBK 10-K & 10-Q changes, risk factors and insider trading
Origin Bancorp, Inc. · NYSE · State Commercial Banks · CIK 1516912 · All filings on SEC.gov
At a glance
What changed in the latest 10-K
Risk Factors
Removed heading “Our business has grown rapidly, and we may not be able to maintain our historical rate of growth, which could have an adverse effect on our ability to successfully implement our business strategy.”
Removed heading “We may be required to repurchase mortgage loans in some circumstances, which could diminish our liquidity.”
Largest changes
“The global credit and financial markets have from time to time experienced extreme volatility and disruptions, including severely diminished liquidity and credit availability, declines in consumer confidence, declines in economic growth, increases in unemployment rates, high rates of inflation, and uncertainty about economic stability. …”see in full comparison
“The global credit and financial markets have from time to time experienced extreme volatility and disruptions, including severely diminished liquidity and credit availability, declines in consumer confidence, declines in economic growth, increases in unemployment rates, high rates of inflation, and uncertainty about economic stability. …”see in full comparison
“Historically, we have originated mortgage loans for sale in the secondary market. When mortgage loans are sold in the secondary market, we are required to make customary representations and warranties to the purchasers about the mortgage loans and the manner in which they were originated. The mortgage loan sale agreements require us to repurchase or substitute mortgage loans or indemnify buyers against losses, in the event we breach these representations and warranties. …”see in full comparison
“We may be required to repurchase mortgage loans in some circumstances, which could diminish our liquidity.”see in full comparison
“Our business has grown rapidly, and we may not be able to maintain our historical rate of growth, which could have an adverse effect on our ability to successfully implement our business strategy.”see in full comparison
At December 31,see in full comparison2024,2025, the fair value of our portfolio of available for sale investment securities was approximately$1.10$1.12 billion, which included a net unrealized loss of approximately$134.9$68.9 million, before taxes. The unrealized loss resulted from the decline in fair value of our available for sale investment securitiesportfolioportfolio,startingwhich primarily reflected increases in market interest rates during 2022 and early 2023. While theyearCompanyendedrecorded net unrealized gains in subsequent periods following decreases in market interest rates from prior levels, the available for sale securities portfolio remained in a net unrealized loss position at December 31,2022, and continuing through the year ended December 31, 2024, which decline was primarily due to the steepening of the short end of the yield curve as a result of the rapid increase in interest rates intended to reduce inflation.2025. The unrealized loss negatively impacted total stockholders’ equity. Factors beyond our control can significantly influence the fair value of securities in our portfolio and can cause potential adverse changes to the fair value of these securities. These factors include, but are not limited to, rating agency actions in respect of the securities, defaults by the issuer or with respect to the underlying securities, and changes in market interest rates and continued instability in the capital markets. Any of these factors, among others, could cause an increase in the amount of the allowance for credit losses as it pertains to available for sale or held-to-maturity debt securities, which could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and future prospects. The process for determining if a security has a credit loss often requires complex, subjective judgments about whether there has been a significant deterioration in the financial condition of the issuer, whether management has the intent or ability to hold a security for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value, the future financial performance and liquidity of the issuer and any collateral underlying the security, and other relevant factors.
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•Current uncertain economic conditions (both domestic and international) and increased geopolitical risks pose challenges, and could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations;
•Risks related to ESGsustainability strategies and initiatives, the scope and pace of which could alter our reputation and shareholder, associate, customer and third-party affiliations;
Current uncertain economic conditions and increased geopolitical risks pose challenges, and could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
•inflationary pressures remained elevated throughout 20232024 and 2024,2025, and may to continue into 20252026;
The global credit and financial markets have from time to time experienced extreme volatility and disruptions, including severely diminished liquidity and credit availability, declines in consumer confidence, declines in economic growth, increases in unemployment rates, high rates of inflation, and uncertainty about economic stability. The financial markets and the global economy may also be adversely affected by the current or anticipated impact of military conflict, including uncertainty surrounding the impact of the United States’ involvement in the Venezuelan government, the ongoing wars in the Ukraine and the Middle East, which have increased volatility in commodity and energy prices, created supply chain issues and caused instability in financial markets, all of which may continue or worsen in the future. Sanctions imposed by the United States and other countries in response to such conflicts could further adversely impact the financial markets and the global economy, and any economic countermeasures by the affected countries or others could exacerbate market and economic instability. There can be no assurance that further deterioration in markets and confidence in economic conditions will not occur. Our general business strategy may be adversely affected by any such economic downturn, volatile business environment, hostile third-party action, or continued unpredictable and unstable market conditions.
Significant increases or decreases in market interest rates on loans,rates, or the perception that ansuch increasea change may occur, could adversely affect both our ability to originate new loans and our ability to grow.business. In response to growing signs of inflation, the Federal Reserve rapidly increased interest rates during 2022 and 2023 and took further actions to mitigate inflationary pressures. These interest rate changes had a number of negative effects on our business, including reducing the value of our securities portfolio, increasing our interest rate expense, and decreasing demand for new loans, particularly residential mortgages. The Federal Reserve began reducing interest rates in 2024, but the future direction of interest rate changes remain unclear as inflation remains above target. Future rapid changes in interest rates, in either direction, may make it difficult for us to balance our loan and deposit portfolios, which may adversely affect our results of operations by, for example, reducing asset yields or spreads, or having other adverse impacts on our business. Decreases in interest ratesrates, such as those that occurred in 2024 and 2025, could result in an acceleration of loan prepayments. Continued increasedIncreased market interest rates could also adversely affect the ability of our floating-rate borrowers to meet their higher payment obligations. If this occurred, it could cause an increase in nonperforming assets and charge offs,charge-offs, which could adversely affect our business.
Changes in interest rates can increase or decrease our net interest income, because different types of assets and liabilities may react differently, and at different times, to market interest rate changes. When interest-bearing liabilities mature or reprice more quickly, or to a greater degree than interest-earning assets in the same period, an increase in interest rates could reduce net interest income. Similarly, when interest-earning assets mature or reprice more quickly, or to a greater degree than interest-bearing liabilities, falling interest rates could reduce net interest income. Changes in market values of investment securities classified as available for sale are impacted by higherchanges in interest rates and can negatively impact our other comprehensive (loss) income and equity levels through accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, which includes net unrealized gains and losses on those securities. Further, such losses could be realized into earnings should liquidity and/or business strategy necessitate the sales of securities in a loss position.
Additionally, furtherfuture increases in interest rates may, among other things, reduce the demand for loans and our ability to originate loans and decrease loan repayment rates. A decrease in the general level of interest rates may affect us through, among other things, increased prepayments on our loan portfolio and increased competition for deposits. Accordingly, changes in the level of market interest rates affect our net yield on interest-earning assets, loan origination volume, loan portfolio and our overall results. Moreover, althoughthe practices we have implemented practices,that weare believeintended willto reduce the potential effects of changes in interest rates on our net interest income, these practicesincome may not always be successful. Accordingly, changes in levels of market interest rates could materially and adversely affect our net interest income and our net interest margin, asset quality, loan and lease origination volume, liquidity, and overall profitability. We cannot assure you that we can minimize our interest rate risk.
Inflation rose over the last several years to levels not seen for over 40 years. Inflationary pressures may continue intoin 2025.2026. Inflation could lead to increased costs to our customers, making it more difficult for them to repay their loans or other obligations increasing our credit risk. While the Federal Reserve hasbegan cutcutting interest rates in late 2024, current market interest rates remain significantly higher than interest rates as of early 2022. A deterioration in economic conditions in the United States and our markets could result in an increase in loan delinquencies and non-performing assets, decreases in loan collateral values and a decrease in demand for our products and services, all of which, in turn, would adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The global credit and financial markets have from time to time experienced extreme volatility and disruptions, including severely diminished liquidity and credit availability, declines in consumer confidence, declines in economic growth, increases in unemployment rates, high rates of inflation, and uncertainty about economic stability. The financial markets and the global economy may also be adversely affected by the current or anticipated impact of military conflict, including the ongoing wars in the Ukraine and the Middle East, which have increased volatility in commodity and energy prices, created supply chain issues and caused instability in financial markets, all of which may continue or worsen in the future. Sanctions imposed by the United States and other countries in response to such conflicts could further adversely impact the financial markets and the global economy, and any economic countermeasures by the affected countries or others could exacerbate market and economic instability. There can be no assurance that further deterioration in markets and confidence in economic conditions will not occur. Our general business strategy may be adversely affected by any such economic downturn, volatile business environment, hostile third-party action or continued unpredictable and unstable market conditions.
The geographic concentration of our markets in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and most recently into Alabama and Florida makes us more sensitive than our more geographically diversified competitors to adverse changes in the local economy.
Unlike larger financial institutions that are more geographically diversified, we are a regional bank concentrated in the Interstate 20 corridor between the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area, East Texas, North Louisiana and Jackson, Mississippi, as well as in Houston, Texas and Oxford, Mississippi. Recently,In 2024, we expanded our presence into Mobile, Alabama and Fort Walton Beach, Florida. At December 31, 2024,2025, 69.2%64.7% of our total real estate loans (by dollar amount), excluding mortgage warehouse lines of credit, were made to borrowers who reside or conduct business in Texas, 18.4%15.4% attributable to Louisiana and 7.1%9.1% attributable, in total, to Mississippi, Mobile, Alabama and Fort Walton Beach, Florida and majority of our real estate loans are secured by properties located in these states. A deterioration in local economic conditions or in the residential or commercial real estate markets could have an adverse effect on the quality of our portfolio, the demand for our products and services, the ability of borrowers to timely repay loans, and the value of the collateral securing loans. If the population, employment or income growth in one of our markets is negative or slower than projected, income levels, deposits and real estate development could be adversely impacted. Some of our larger competitors that are more geographically diverse may be better able to manage and mitigate risks posed by adverse conditions impacting only local or regional markets.
As described in Part II, Item 9A — Controls and Procedures of Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed February 26, 2025, we identified a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting relating to controls over employees’ ability to initiate certain manual transfers between deposit accounts. A material weakness, as defined by the SEC rules, is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. During the year ended December 31, 2024, we implemented remediation actions to address the material weakness in our internal controls and, as of December 31, 2024, this material weakness hashad been deemed remediated.
It is difficult or impossible to defend against every risk being posed by changing technologies or criminals’ intent on committing cyber-crime. Our controls and protections and those of our vendors could prove inadequate. In the last few years, there have been an increasing number of cyber incidents and cyber criminals continue to increase their sophistication, including several well-publicized cyber-attacks that targeted other companies in the United States, including financial services companies much larger than us. The sophistication of these incidents has also increased, and is expected to increase further, as cyber criminals utilize artificial intelligence and related emerging technologies. These cyber incidents have been initiated from a variety of sources, including terrorist organizations and hostile foreign governments. As technology advances, the ability to initiate transactions and access data has also become more widely distributed among mobile devices, personal computers, automated teller machines, remote deposit capture sites and similar access points, some of which are not controlled or secured by us. It is possible that we could have exposure to liability and suffer losses as a result of a security breach or cyber-attack that occurred through no fault of our own. Further, the probability of a successful cyber-attack against us or one of our third-party services providers cannot be predicted, and in some cases, prevented.
The Company’s business exposes it to fraud risk from loan and deposit customers, the parties they do business with, as well as from employees, contractors and vendors. The Company relies on financial and other data from new and existing customers which could turn out to be fraudulent when accepting such customers, executing their financial transactions and making and purchasing loans and other financial assets. In times of increased economic stress, the Company is at increased risk of fraud losses. The Company believes it has underwriting and operational controls in place to prevent or detect such fraud, but cannot provide assurance that these controls will be effective in detecting fraud or that the Company will not experience fraud losses or incur costs or other damage related to such fraud, at levels that adversely affect financial results or reputation. The Company’s lending customers may also experience fraud in their businesses which could adversely affect their ability to repay their loans or make use of services. The Company’s and its customers’ exposure to fraud may increase the Company’s financial risk and reputation risk as it may result in unexpected litigation expense, other costs and loan losses that exceed those that have been provided for in the allowance for credit losses. In addition, the use of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies by those committing fraud against the Company and its customers may increase the likelihood that such attempts at fraud are successful and decrease the likelihood of, or delay, the detection of fraud.
As of December 31, 2024,2025, our total assets were $9.68$9.72 billion, and we expect our total assets to grow in excess of $10 billion during the 2025 year.billion. In addition to our current regulatory requirements, banks with $10 billion or more in total assets are, among other things: examined directly by the CFPB with respect to various federal consumer financial laws; subject to limits on debit interchange fees pursuant to Section 1075 of the Dodd-Frank Act, known as the Durbin Amendment; eligible for potentially a smaller dividend on holdings of Federal Reserve Bank stock; subject to the Volcker Rule’s limitations on proprietary trading and investments or sponsorship in covered funds; subject to the large bank assessment methodology for calculating FDIC insurance premiums; and no longer eligible to elect to be subject to the CBLR. Compliance with these additional ongoing requirements may necessitate additional personnel, the design and implementation of additional internal controls, or the incurrence of other significant expenses, among other things, any of which could have a significant adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Our regulators may also consider our preparation for compliance with these regulatory requirements in the course of examining our operations generally or when considering any request from us or the Bank. Although the CFPB’s level of activity has been significantly reduced, the scope of its future activities remains subject to ongoing litigation, and it is unclear what regulatory role the CFPB would play if our total assets were to exceed $10 billion.
We will become subject to reduced debit interchange income and overdraft income and could face related adverse business consequences if our total assets grow in excess of $10 billion as of December 31 of any calendar year.
Debit card interchange fee restrictions set forth in the Durbin Amendment, as implemented by regulations of the Federal Reserve, cap the maximum debit interchange fee that a debit card issuer may receive per transaction. Debit card issuers with total consolidated assets of less than $10 billion are exempt from these interchange fee restrictions. The exemption for small issuers ceases to apply as of July 1 of the year following the calendar year in which the debit card issuer has total consolidated assets of $10 billion or more at calendar year end. At December 31, 2024,2025, we had total consolidated assets of $9.68$9.72 billion and our expectation is that we will exceed $10 billion in total consolidated assets during 2025.billion. Any reduction in interchange income as a result of the loss of the exemption for small issuers under the Durbin Amendment could have a significant adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Our interchange fees for the year ended December 31, 2024,2025, were $8.3$8.5 million. Although the Durbin Amendment’s restrictions on debit interchange fees currently remain in place, they are subject to ongoing litigation.
Similarly, the CFPB recently adopted final rules, effective October 1, 2025, that limits the overdraft fees that banks with more than $10 billion in assets can charge per occurrence. During 2024, our total overdraft fee income was $2.2 million. At this time, there is still some uncertainty surrounding this rule’s ultimate disposition and the timing of its effectiveness on Origin.
Over recent years we have faced increased public scrutiny related to ESG activities. We risk damage to our brand and reputation if we fail to act responsibly in a number of areas, such as diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”), environmental stewardship, human capital management, support for our local communities, corporate governance and transparency, or fail to consider ESG factors in our business operations. Additionally, investors and shareholder advocates are placing ever increasing emphasis on how corporations address ESG issues in their business strategy when making investment decisions and when developing their investment theses and proxy recommendations. We may incur meaningful costs with respect to our ESG efforts and if such efforts are negatively perceived, our reputation and stock price may suffer.
Our business has grown rapidly, and we may not be able to maintain our historical rate of growth, which could have an adverse effect on our ability to successfully implement our business strategy.
Our business has grown rapidly. Financial institutions that grow rapidly can experience significant difficulties as a result of rapid growth. Furthermore, our primary strategy focuses on organic growth, supplemented by acquisitions of banking teams or other financial institutions. We may be unable to execute on aspects of our growth strategy to sustain our historical rate of growth or we may be unable to grow at all. For example, we may be unable to generate sufficient new loans and deposits within acceptable risk and expense tolerances, obtain the personnel or funding necessary for additional growth or find suitable banking teams or acquisition candidates. Various factors, such as economic conditions and competition, may impede or prohibit the growth of our operations, the opening of new branches, and the consummation of acquisitions. Further, we may be unable to attract and retain experienced bankers, which could adversely affect our growth. The success of our strategy also depends on our ability to effectively manage growth, which is dependent upon a number of factors, including our ability to adapt existing credit, operational, technology and governance infrastructure to accommodate our expanded operations. If we fail to build infrastructure sufficient to support rapid growth or fail to implement one or more aspects of our strategy, we may be unable to maintain historical earnings trends, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions or the Federal Reserve may direct us to restrain our growth.
The markets in which we operate are susceptible to hurricanes and other natural disasters, adverse weather and climate change effects, which could result in a disruption of our operations and increases in loan losses.
The financial services industry is undergoing rapid technological changes with frequent introductions of new technology-driven products and services (including those related to or involving artificial intelligence, machine learning, stablecoins, blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies) and an established and growing demand for mobile and other phone and computer banking applications. The effective use of technology increases efficiency and enables financial institutions to reduce costs as well as service our customers better. Largely unregulated “fintech” businesses have increased their participation in the lending and payments businesses and have increased competition in these businesses. This trend is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Our future success will depend, at least in part, upon our ability to address the needs of our customers by using technology to provide products and services that will satisfy customer demands for convenience as well as to create additional efficiencies in our operations as we continue to grow and expand our products and service offerings. We may experience operational challenges as we implement these new technology enhancements or products, which could result in us not fully realizing the anticipated benefits from such new technology or require us to incur significant costs to remedy any such challenges in a timely manner.
We may be required to repurchase mortgage loans in some circumstances, which could diminish our liquidity.
Historically, we have originated mortgage loans for sale in the secondary market. When mortgage loans are sold in the secondary market, we are required to make customary representations and warranties to the purchasers about the mortgage loans and the manner in which they were originated. The mortgage loan sale agreements require us to repurchase or substitute mortgage loans or indemnify buyers against losses, in the event we breach these representations and warranties. In addition, we may be required to repurchase mortgage loans as a result of early payment default of the borrower on a mortgage loan. With respect to loans that are originated by us through our broker or correspondents, the remedies available against the originating broker or correspondent, if any, may not be as broad as the remedies available to a purchaser of mortgage loans against us or the originating broker or correspondent, if any, may not have the financial capacity to perform remedies that otherwise may be available. Therefore, if a purchaser enforces their remedies against us, we may not be able to recover losses from the originating broker or correspondent. If repurchase and indemnity demands increase and such demands are valid claims, it could diminish our liquidity, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We were not required to repurchase any material amount of mortgage loans sold into the secondary market during 2024, 2023 or 2022.
Other primary sources of funds consist of cash flows from operations, maturities and sales of investment securities, and proceeds from the issuance and sale of our equity and debt securities to investors. Access to liquidity may be negatively impacted by the value of our securities portfolio, if liquidity and/or business strategy necessitate the sales of securities in a loss position. Additional liquidity is provided by the ability to borrow from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas. Recently proposed changes to the Federal Home Loan Bank system could adversely impact the Company’s access to Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings or increase the cost of such borrowings. We also may borrow funds from third-party lenders, such as other financial institutions. Our access to funding sources in amounts adequate to finance or capitalize our activities, or on terms that are acceptable to us, could be impaired by factors that affect us directly or the financial services industry or economy in general, such as disruptions in the financial markets or negative views and expectations about the prospects for the financial services industry. Our access to funding sources could also be affected by a decrease in the level of our business activity as a result of a downturn in our primary market area or by one or more adverse regulatory actions against us. In addition, our access to deposits may be affected by the liquidity and/or cash flow needs of depositors, which may be exacerbated in an inflationary, recessionary, or elevated rate environment.
We use interest rate swaps to help manage our interest rate risk from recorded financial assets and liabilities when they can be demonstrated to effectively hedge a designated asset or liability and the asset or liability exposes us to interest rate risk or risks inherent in customer related derivatives. We use other derivative financial instruments to help manage other economic risks, such as liquidity and credit risk, including exposures that arise from business activities that result in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates. Our derivative financial instruments are used to manage differences in the amount, timing, and duration of our known or expected cash receipts principally related to our fixed rate loan assets. Hedging interest rate risk is a complex process, requiring sophisticated models and routine monitoring, and is not a perfect science. As a result of interest rate fluctuations, hedged assets and liabilities will appreciate or depreciate in market value. The effect of this unrealized appreciation or depreciation will generally be offset by income or loss on the derivative instruments that are linked to the hedged assets and liabilities. By engaging in derivative transactions, we are exposed to credit and market risk. If the counterparty fails to perform, credit risk exists to the extent of the fair value gain in the derivative.derivative is not collateralized. Market risk exists to the extent that interest rates change in ways that are significantly different from what we expected when we entered into the derivative transaction. The existence of credit and market risk associated with our derivative instruments could adversely affect our net interest income and, therefore, could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
At December 31, 2024,2025, the fair value of our portfolio of available for sale investment securities was approximately $1.10$1.12 billion, which included a net unrealized loss of approximately $134.9$68.9 million, before taxes. The unrealized loss resulted from the decline in fair value of our available for sale investment securities portfolioportfolio, startingwhich primarily reflected increases in market interest rates during 2022 and early 2023. While the yearCompany endedrecorded net unrealized gains in subsequent periods following decreases in market interest rates from prior levels, the available for sale securities portfolio remained in a net unrealized loss position at December 31, 2022, and continuing through the year ended December 31, 2024, which decline was primarily due to the steepening of the short end of the yield curve as a result of the rapid increase in interest rates intended to reduce inflation.2025. The unrealized loss negatively impacted total stockholders’ equity. Factors beyond our control can significantly influence the fair value of securities in our portfolio and can cause potential adverse changes to the fair value of these securities. These factors include, but are not limited to, rating agency actions in respect of the securities, defaults by the issuer or with respect to the underlying securities, and changes in market interest rates and continued instability in the capital markets. Any of these factors, among others, could cause an increase in the amount of the allowance for credit losses as it pertains to available for sale or held-to-maturity debt securities, which could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and future prospects. The process for determining if a security has a credit loss often requires complex, subjective judgments about whether there has been a significant deterioration in the financial condition of the issuer, whether management has the intent or ability to hold a security for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value, the future financial performance and liquidity of the issuer and any collateral underlying the security, and other relevant factors.
We and certain of our directors, officers and subsidiaries are named from time to time as defendants in litigation and are the subject of investigations and other proceedings relating to our business and activities, including, during 2024 and continuing into 2025, proceedings relating to the questioned banker activity discussed in detail in Part II, Item 8, Note 1819 — Commitments and Contingencies under Loss Contingencies. Past, present and future litigation has included or could include claims for substantial compensatory and/or punitive damages or claims for indeterminate amounts of damages. We are also involved from time to time in other reviews, investigations and proceedings (both formal and informal) by governmental, law enforcement and self-regulatory agencies regarding our business. These matters could result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties, injunctions, amendments and/or restatements of our SEC filings and/or financial statements, determinations of material weaknesses in our disclosure controls and procedures or other relief. Substantial legal liability or significant regulatory action against us, as well as matters in which we are involved that are ultimately determined in our favor, could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations, cause significant reputational harm to our business, divert management attention from the operation of our business and/or result in additional litigation.
Increased regulatory capital requirements (and the associated compliance costs), whether due to the adoption of new laws and regulations, changes in existing laws and regulations, or more expansive or aggressive interpretations of existing laws and regulations, may require us to raise additional capital, or impact our ability to repurchase shares of capital stock, pay dividends or pay compensation to our executives, which could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and the value of our common stock. If Origin Bank does not meet minimum capital requirements, it will be subject to prompt corrective action by the Federal Reserve. Prompt corrective action can include progressively more restrictive constraints on operations, management and capital distributions. Federal Reserve regulations do not permit dividends unless our consolidated capital levels exceed certain higher levels applying capital conservation buffers. Failure to exceed the capital conservation buffer will result in certain limitations on dividends, capital repurchases, and discretionary bonus payments to executive officers. In addition, the Federal Reserve has issued supervisory guidance advising bank holding companies to eliminate, defer or reduce dividends paid on common stock and share repurchases under certain circumstances including where the company’s prospective rate of earnings retention is not consistent with the company’s capital needs and overall current and prospective financial condition or the company will not meet, or is in danger of not meeting, minimum regulatory capital adequacy ratios. Recent supplements to this guidance reiterate the need for bank holding companies to consult with the Federal Reserve sufficiently in advance of the proposed payment of a dividend in certain circumstances. Even if we meet minimum capital requirements, it is possible that our regulators may ask us to raise additional capital.
The deposits of Origin Bank are insured by the FDIC up to legal limits and, accordingly, subject it to the payment of FDIC deposit insurance assessments. The Bank’s regular assessments are determined by the level of its assessment base and its risk classification, which is based on its regulatory capital levels and the level of supervisory concern that it poses. Moreover, the FDIC has the unilateral power to change deposit insurance assessment rates and the manner in which deposit insurance is calculated and also to charge special assessments to FDIC-insured institutions. The FDIC utilized these powers during the financial2008 crisisGlobal Financial Crisis for the purpose of restoring the reserve ratios of the Deposit Insurance Fund.Fund Beginningand again in theresponse first quarterly assessment period of 2023,to the FDIC2023 deposithigh-profile insurancebank premiums were increased by two basis points.failures. Any future special assessments, increases in assessment rates or premiums, or required prepayments in FDIC insurance premiums could reduce our profitability or limit our ability to pursue certain business opportunities, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
New heading “Equity Method Investments”
Removed heading “Holding Company Line of Credit”
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Mortgage banking revenue. Thesee in full comparison$3.2$2.9 millionincreasedecrease in mortgage banking revenue compared to the year ended December 31,2023,2024, wasprimarily driven by a $1.8 million increase in gain on sale of loans held for saleprimarily due tohigher profit margins and increased sales volume, and a net $1.3 million increasedecreases in most mortgage bankingrevenueincomecaused by $1.8 million MSR asset impairment recordedcategories during the year ended December 31,2023,2025,whichprimarily due to the restructuring of our mortgage banking operations that wasoffsetdonebyasa $410,000 gain on salepart oftheOptimizeMSR asset during the year ended December 31, 2024.Origin.
In July 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized a stock repurchase program pursuant to which the Companysee in full comparisonmay,wasfrom timeauthorized totime,purchase up to$50$50.0 million of its outstanding common stock. ThesharesJulymay2022berepurchaserepurchasedplan expired intheJulyopen market or in privately negotiated transactions from time to time, depending upon market conditions and other factors, and in accordance2025 withapplicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The stock repurchase program is intended to expire in three years but may be terminated or amended by the Board of Directors at any time. The stock repurchase program does not obligatethe Companytohaving repurchased a total of 136,399 shares of its common stock at an average price per share of $32.13, for an aggregate purchaseanypricesharesofat$4.4anymillion,time.including broker commissions and applicable excise taxes. All the common stock repurchases executed under the July 2022 repurchase plan were completed during the second quarter of 2025.
“In July 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized a stock repurchase program pursuant to which the Company may, from time to time, purchase up to $50.0 million of its outstanding common stock. The shares may be repurchased in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions from time to time, depending upon market conditions and other factors, and in accordance with applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The stock repurchase program is intended to expire in three years but may be terminated or amended by the Board of Directors at any time. …”see in full comparison
“Total deposits remained relatively flat at December 31, 2024, compared to December 31, 2023, with increases of $184.6 million, $157.9 million, and $40.1 million in interest-bearing demand, money market, and savings deposits, respectively, being offset by decreases of $364.8 million and $26.9 million in brokered and time deposits. Typically, higher market interest rates and sustained inflation will cause customers to move liquid asset balances into higher interest-earning vehicles such as money market funds.”see in full comparison
“Salaries and employee benefits. The $10.0 million increase in salaries and employee benefits expense was primarily driven by increases of $6.6 million, $2.0 million, $1.7 million, and $1.5 million in salary expense, incentive compensation bonus, share-based compensation, and medical insurance expenses respectively. The increase was partially offset by an employee retention credit (“ERC”) of $1.7 million that was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2024, and related to the operations of BTH Bank, N.A., which we acquired in 2022. …”see in full comparison
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We are a financial holding company headquartered in Ruston, Louisiana. Our wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Origin Bank, was founded in 1912 in Choudrant, Louisiana. Deeply rooted in our history is a culture committed to providing personalized, relationship banking to businesses, municipalities, and personal clients to enrich the lives of the people in the communities we serve. We provide a broad range of financial services and currently has overmore 60than 56 locations from Dallas/Fort Worth, East Texas, Houston, across North Louisiana, Mississippi, South Alabama and into the Florida Panhandle. In addition, we provide a broad range of insurance agency products and services through our wholly owned insurance agency subsidiary, Forth Insurance, LLC. As a financial holding company operating through one segment, we generate the majority of our revenue from interest earned on loans and investments, service charges and fees on deposit accounts.
We incur interest expense on deposits and other borrowed funds and noninterest expense, such as salaries and employee benefits and occupancy expenses. We analyze our ability to maximize income generated from interest earning assets and expense of our liabilities through our net interest margin. Net interest margin is a ratio calculated as net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets. Net interest income is the difference between interest income on interest-earning assets, such as loans, securities and interest-bearinginterest-earning cash, and interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities, such as deposits and borrowings. Net interest spread is the average yield on interest-earning assets minus the average rate on interest-bearing liabilities.
The year ended December 31, 2024,2025, was impacted by certainthe questionedTricolor activityHoldings, involvingLLC aborrower former bankerfraud, which iswas explainedfirst disclosed in detailour Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 10, 2025 and discussed in Partsubsequent II, Item 8, Note 18 — Commitments and Contingencies under Loss Contingencies.filings. These items negatively impacted our diluted EPS of $2.45$2.40 by $0.29$0.77 for the year ended December 31, 2024.2025.
The year ended December 31, 2024, was impacted by certain questioned activity involving a former banker which is explained in detail in the Company's 2024 Form 10-K filed with the SEC. These items negatively impacted our diluted EPS of $2.45 by $0.29 for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Our net income decreased $1.3 million, or 1.7%, to $75.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, from $76.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. On a diluted EPS basis, we reported $2.40 per share for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $2.45 per share for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Net interest income for the year ended December 31, 2024,2025, was $300.4$331.0 million, an increase of $809,000,$30.6 million, or 0.3%,10.2%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023.2024. The increaseexpansion in net interest income was primarily drivendue byto a $50.5 million increase in interest income earned on LHFI and a $15.7$57.2 million decrease in interest expenseexpense, incurred on Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advance & other borrowings,partially offset by a $58.4 million increase in interest expense paid on interest-bearing deposits and a $6.5$26.6 million decrease in total interest income earned on investment securities, during the year ended December 31, 2024,2025, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023.2024.
The $57.2 million decrease in interest expense was mainly attributable to a $55.4 million reduction in interest expense on interest-bearing deposits. Lower interest rates contributed $38.8 million of the decrease, while lower average balances contributed $16.6 million. The rate-related decrease was driven primarily by money market deposits and interest-bearing demand deposits, which contributed $22.2 million and $11.2 million, respectively. The average rate on money market deposits declined 67-basis points to 3.39% for the year ended December 31, 2025, from 4.06% for the year ended December 31, 2024. The average rate on interest-bearing demand deposits decreased 59 basis points to 2.81% for the year ended December 31, 2025, from 3.40% for the year ended December 31, 2024. Lower average time deposit balances contributed $28.7 million to the decrease in interest expense, partially offset by a $14.3 million increase in interest expense resulting from higher average money market deposit balances. Average time deposit balances decreased by $577.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2025, when compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, while average money market deposit balances increased by $351.1 million over the same period.
The $26.6 million decrease in interest income was mainly driven by a $39.1 million reduction in interest income on LHFI, partially offset by increases of $8.6 million and $4.1 million in interest income on investment securities and interest-earning balances in banks. Lower average balances and lower interest rates contributed $22.3 million and $16.9 million, respectively, to the total $39.1 million decrease in interest income on LHFI. The $333.2 million decrease in average construction/land/land development loans balances, and the 66-basis point decline in the average yield on construction and industrial loans contributed $23.8 million and $13.2 million to the total decrease in interest income on LHFI. The increase in interest income on investment securities was primarily driven by improved yields resulting from the execution of our bond portfolio optimization strategy during the intervening period, in conjunction with our Optimize Origin initiative. The increase in interest income on interest-earning balances due from banks was primarily driven by a $152.1 million increase in average balances which generated a $7.9 million increase in interest income, partially offset by a $3.8 million decrease in interest income due to lower market interest rates.
Interest income earned on LHFI during the year ended December 31, 2024, increased in substantially all loan categories when compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. Interest income earned on real estate-based loans, mortgage warehouse lines of credit and commercial and industrial loans contributed $32.4 million, $10.1 million and $8.0 million, respectively, of the $50.5 million total increase in interest income earned on LHFI when compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. Increases in interest rates drove $17.9 million, $5.5 million and $2.8 million of the increase in interest income earned on real estate-based loans, commercial and industrial loans, and mortgage warehouse lines of credit, and increases in average loan balances drove $14.6 million, $7.3 million and $2.5 million of the increase in interest income earned on real estate-based loans, mortgage warehouse lines of credit and commercial and industrial loans for the comparable periods, respectively.
The increase in average rates and average balances of interest-bearing deposits during the year ended December 31, 2024, contributed increases of $43.3 million and $15.1 million, respectively, to interest expense when compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. The average rate on interest-bearing deposits was 3.86% for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of 65 basis points, from 3.21% for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase in average balances of interest-bearing deposits was primarily driven by a $296.2 million increase in average money market deposit balances.
Lower average balances in investment securities contributed a decrease of $7.7 million in interest income and the decrease in average balance in FHLB advances and other borrowings contributed a decrease of $15.5 million in interest expense, during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023, as a result of a strategic decision to sell available for sale securities to pay down borrowings and fund loan growth during the intervening period.
The Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) sets various benchmark rates, including the federal funds rate, and thereby influences the general market rates of interest, including the loan and deposit rates offered by financial institutions. OnDuring September 18, 2024,2025, the FRBFederal Reserve reduced the federal funds target rate range three times, by 50a total of 75 basis points, to a range of 4.75%3.50% to 5.00%,3.75%, markingbringing the firsttotal ratenumber reductionof since early 2020. Priorreductions to thissix movement, the fed funds rate was atfor a 23-yearcumulative high, reflecting a total federal funds target rate range increasedecrease of 525 basis points since the FRB started raising rates in early 2022 through the last federal funds target rate range increase in mid-2023. During the second half of 2024, the federal funds target range has decreased 100175 basis points from its recent cycle high with the current federal funds target range set to 4.25% to 4.50% on December 18, 2024. While the FRB has eased rates, the impact of higher interest rates for a sustained period of time continues to be reflected in our fully tax equivalent net interest margin (“NIM-FTE”) as well as in other financial metrics.mid-2023.
The NIM-FTE was 3.61% for the year ended December 31, 2025, a 39-basis point increase from 3.22% for the year ended December 31, 2024. The improvement was mainly driven by an expanding interest rate spread, as the 70-basis-point decline in the average rate on total interest-bearing liabilities exceeded the 18-basis-point decline in the yield on interest-earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. The average rate on total interest-bearing liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2025, was 3.18%, compared to 3.88% for the year ended December 31, 2024. The average yield on total interest-earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2025, was 5.83%, compared to 6.01% for the year ended December 31, 2024.
The NIM-FTE was 3.22% for the year ended December 31, 2024, a one basis point decrease from 3.23% for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to a 51-basis point increase in the rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities to 3.88% for the year ended December 31, 2024, from 3.37% for year ended December 31, 2023, compared to a 42-basis point increase in the yield earned on interest-earning assets to 6.01% from 5.59%.
During the quarter ended December 31, 2024, we executed a bond portfolio optimization strategy aimed at enhancing long-term yields and improving overall portfolio performance. This strategy involved selling lower-yielding investment securities prior to their maturity and using the proceeds to purchase higher-yielding investments. As a result, we replaced securities with a total book value of $188.2 million and a weighted average yield of 1.51%, with new securities totaling $173.7 million with a weighted average yield of 5.22%, realizing a loss of $14.6 million. The weighted average duration of the securities portfolio increased to 4.46 years as of December 31, 2024, compared to 4.28 years as of December 31, 2023. Due to the timing of this transaction, the optimization positively impacted our NIM-FTE by one basis point for the year ended December 31, 2024, while on an annual basis, the estimated positive impact in NIM-FTE is seven basis points. While the associated loss, net of the increase in interest income, resulted in a $0.35 negative impact to diluted EPS for the year ended December 31, 2024, we believe the trade-off in yield represents an attractive opportunity with an estimated increase in annual net interest income of $5.6 million and earn-back period of 2.4 years.
The following table presents average consolidated balance sheet information, interest income, interest expense and the corresponding average yields earned, and rates paid for the year ended December 31, 2024, 20232025 and 2022.2024.
(2)Yields/Rates are calculated on an actual/actual day count basis.
We recorded a provision expense of $46.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, a $38.8 million increase from $7.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily driven by a $36.6 million increase in the provision for loan credit losses. The increase was primarily related to the borrower fraud impacting the Tricolor Holdings, LLC loan relationship which drove a $29.6 million increase in the total provision, consisting of a $29.3 million provision for loan credit losses and a $338,000 provision for off-balance sheet commitments, during the year ended December 31, 2025.
Net charge-offs increased $25.1 million, to $39.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, from $14.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was largely reflecting net charge-offs of $29.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2025, related to borrower fraud impacting the Tricolor Holdings, LLC loan relationship discussed above. Our net charge-offs, exclusive of this event, would have been $10.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, representing a $4.4 million decrease from the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily resulting from charge-offs on one commercial and industrial loan relationship totaling $6.0 million during the prior year. Net charge-offs to total average LHFI increased to 0.52% for the year ended December 31, 2025, from 0.18% for the year ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to higher net charge-offs during the year ended December 31, 2025.
We recorded a provision expense of $7.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, a $9.3 million decrease from $16.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, primarily driven by a $8.8 million decrease in the provision for loan credit losses.
The net decrease in provision expense for loan credit losses for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023, was mainly due to decreases of $8.5 million and $7.1 million in collectively and individually evaluated reserves, respectively, which decreases were offset by the $4.1 million provision increase associated with the questioned activity recognized during the year ended December 31, 2024, as discussed in detail in Part II, Item 8, Note 18 — Commitments and Contingencies under Loss Contingencies.
During the period, we experienced a $6.7 million increase in net charge-offs. The increase in charge-offs was mainly driven by charge-offs relating to four commercial and industrial relationships totaling $15.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to four commercial and industrial relationships totaling $6.8 million being the major driver for charge-offs during the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase in charge-offs was partially offset by increase in recoveries on two commercial and industrial relationships totaling $4.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2024.
N/A = Not applicable.
Noninterest income for the year ended December 31, 2024,2025, decreasedincreased by $3.0$4.5 million, or 5.1%,8.0%, to $55.4$59.8 million, compared to $58.3$55.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023.2024. The decreaseincrease was primarily due to a decreaseincreases of $4.9$3.1 million, $2.3 million and $1.8 million in theswap fee income, other income, and change in fair value of equity investmentsinvestments, andrespectively. aThese $3.2increases million increase in loss on sales of securities, net,were partially offset by increasesdecreases of $3.2$2.9 million and $1.7 million in mortgage banking revenue and insuranceequity commissionmethod andinvestment fee(loss) income, respectively.
Swap fee income. The $3.1 million increase in swap fee income during the year ended December 31, 2025, was primarily due to both an attractive interest rate environment which is increasingly conducive to facilitating back-to-back swaps for our customers and an increased focus on the marketing of customer swaps as part of Optimize Origin.
Other income. The $2.3 million increase in other income was primarily due to insurance recoveries of $2.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2025, in connection with the previously disclosed questioned banker activity, as explained in detail in Part I, Item 1, Note 19 - Commitments and Contingencies under Loss Contingencies.
Change in fair value of equity investments. The $1.8 million increase in the change in fair value of equity investments, was driven by an upward adjustment of $7.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to a $5.2 million upward adjustment for the year ended December 31, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2025, there was an additional investment in Argent Financial which increased our ownership percentage above the threshold required to implement the equity method of accounting. The equity method of accounting requires the asset be recorded at fair value immediately prior to the purchase, and therefore required an adjustment to its basis.
Change in fair value of equity investments. The decrease in change in fair value of equity investments was primarily due to a $5.2 million positive valuation adjustment on a non-marketable equity security during the year ended December 31, 2024, which was more than offset by a $10.1 million positive valuation adjustment on the same non-marketable equity security that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2023. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, we observed multiple orderly transactions for this equity security indicating a price change had occurred and adjusted our basis upwards accordingly.
Mortgage banking revenue. The $3.2$2.9 million increasedecrease in mortgage banking revenue compared to the year ended December 31, 2023,2024, was primarily driven by a $1.8 million increase in gain on sale of loans held for sale primarily due to higher profit margins and increased sales volume, and a net $1.3 million increasedecreases in most mortgage banking revenueincome caused by $1.8 million MSR asset impairment recordedcategories during the year ended December 31, 2023,2025, whichprimarily due to the restructuring of our mortgage banking operations that was offsetdone byas a $410,000 gain on salepart of theOptimize MSR asset during the year ended December 31, 2024.Origin.
Equity method investment (loss) income. The decrease in the equity method investment (loss) income was primarily due to a $3.8 million loss on one limited partnership investment during the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to income of $932,000 recognized on the same investment during the year ended December 31, 2024. The decrease was partially offset by income of $3.2 million from the Argent investment, which was accounted for under the equity method beginning July 1, 2025, following an increase in ownership.
Loss on sales of securities, net. The $3.2 million increase in loss on sales of securities, net, was mainly driven by a $14.6 million loss recognized in the last quarter of 2024 as a result of our bond portfolio optimization strategy transaction. This was partially offset by a $11.8 million loss recognized in the second half of 2023, resulting from a strategic decision to use securities sale proceeds to pay down FHLB advances and support loan growth in our markets.
Insurance commission and fee income. The $1.7 million increase in insurance commission and fee income was mainly due to increases in both direct bill commission and contingency income. The increase in direct bill commission was mainly driven by higher commissions from property and casualty insurance. The increase in contingency income was mainly due to new commercial accounts combined with lower claims for catastrophic events experienced by our insurance agency counterparties during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023.
N/A = Not applicable.
Noninterest expense for the year ended December 31, 2024,2025, increaseddecreased by $15.8$2.1 million, or 6.7%,0.9%, to $251.0$248.9 million, compared to $235.2$251.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023,2024, primarily due to a $4.2 million decrease in other expense and $1.4 million decreases in both regulatory assessments and intangible asset amortization. These decreases were partially offset by increases of $10.0$2.1 million, $4.4 million $1.9 millionmillion, and $1.1$1.3 million in salaries and employee benefits, other noninterest, data processing and occupancy and equipment, netnet, and office and operations expenses, respectively. These increases were partially offset by decreases of $1.9 million and $1.6 million in loan-related expenses and intangible asset amortization, respectively.
Salaries and employee benefits. The $10.0 million increase in salaries and employee benefits expense was primarily driven by increases of $6.6 million, $2.0 million, $1.7 million, and $1.5 million in salary expense, incentive compensation bonus, share-based compensation, and medical insurance expenses respectively. The increase was partially offset by an employee retention credit (“ERC”) of $1.7 million that was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2024, and related to the operations of BTH Bank, N.A., which we acquired in 2022. The ERC is a refundable tax credit for certain eligible businesses that had employees affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. The increase in salary expense was mainly attributed to raises given as a result of our annual salary reviews combined with an increase driven by our entry into South Alabama and the Florida Panhandle markets during 2024. The increase in incentive compensation bonuses can be attributed primarily to elevated anticipated payouts, driven by a greater focus on meeting deposit objectives. This is evidenced by a larger sum of incentives linked to these deposit goals, alongside an increase in accruals associated with financial targets for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase in share-based compensation was primarily due to evaluation adjustments on performance stock units to align with payout expectations based on company performance. Medical insurance expense increased as a result of higher insurance premiums combined with higher self-insurance claims during the current period.
Other noninterest expense. The $4.4$4.2 million increasedecrease in other noninterest expense was primarily due to a $4.3 million incontingent contingencyliability expenserecognized during the year ended December 31, 2024, related to certain questioned activity involving a former banker in our East Texas market, as explained in detail in Part II,I, Item 8,1, Note 1819 — Commitments and Contingencies under Loss Contingencies.
Regulatory assessments. The $1.4 million decrease in regulatory assessment expense was primarily driven by our improved risk-based pricing as a result of an adjustment to our loan mix during the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024.
Data Processing. The $1.9 million increase in data processing expense was primarily due to an increase of $1.1 million in software expenses, primarily driven by new services and increased fees for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. Also, contributing a combined increase of $749,000 were increased expenses associated with core services, compliance systems and data processing costs.
Occupancy and equipment, net. The $1.1 million increase in occupancy and equipment, net was primarily due to an increase in expense associated with the accounting for our strategic profitability initiative which includes consolidation of eight banking centers, five in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, with one each in the Houston, Louisiana and Mississippi markets. We expect to close six of these banking centers at the end of February 2025, which combined with the two branch closures that occurred mid-year 2024, is expected to reduce our occupancy expense by approximately $4.6 million annually.
Loan-related expenses. The $1.9 million decrease in loan-related expenses was primarily due to decreases of $675,000 and $630,000 in loan related legal fees and servicing costs, respectively.
Intangible asset amortization. The $1.6$1.4 million decrease in intangible asset amortization is primarily due to the accelerated amortization method used to measure the amortization expense of the assets, as well as certain intangible assets that were fully amortized during the year ended December 31, 2023.assets.
Salaries and employee benefits. The $2.1 million increase in salaries and employee benefits expense was primarily driven by increases of $1.8 million and $1.1 million in medical costs and incentive compensation, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was also attributable to a lower employee retention credit recognized during the year ended December 31, 2025, of $213,000, compared to $1.7 million recognized during the year ended December 31, 2024. These increases were partially offset by a net decrease of $2.7 million in salaries, reflecting a decline in full time equivalent (“FTE”) employees, partially offset by annual cost-living adjustments. Our FTE employees declined to 988 at December 31, 2025, from 1,031 at December 31, 2024. Approximately 70 FTE employees were reduced as part of Optimize Origin, partially offset by net new hires and attrition during the intervening period.
Occupancy and equipment, net. The $1.9 million increase in occupancy and equipment, net was primarily driven by an increase of $1.4 million in depreciation expense. Of this increase, $832,000 and $597,000 were related to additional depreciation expense associated with the opening or relocation of four banking centers during 2024 and 2025, and additional fixed asset purchases, respectively. In addition, depreciation expense increased by $302,000 due to shortened estimated useful lives of certain leasehold improvements and furniture, fixtures and equipment associated with our branch consolidations during the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to the year ended December 31, 2024, as a part of our Optimize Origin initiative.
Office and operations. The $1.3 million increase in office and operations expense was primarily related to a $724,000 increase in check and card fraud.
For the year ended December 31, 2024,2025, we recognized income tax expense of $20.8$20.4 million, compared to $22.1$20.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023.2024. Our effective tax rate was 21.4% for both the yearyears ended December 31, 2024,2025 comparedand to 20.9% for the year ended December 31, 2023.2024.
Total assets increased by $46.0 million, or 0.5%, to $9.72 billion at December 31, 2025, from $9.68 billion on December 31, 2024. The increase in total assets is primarily due to increases of $97.2 million and $48.5 million in LHFI and equity method investments, respectively. LHFI were $7.67 billion at December 31, 2025, an increase of 1.3%, compared to $7.57 billion at December 31, 2024. Equity method investments were $67.5 million at December 31, 2025, an increase of 255.8%, compared to $19.0 million at December 31, 2024. These increases were offset by decreases of $46.0 million and $40.6 million in cash and cash equivalents and non-marketable equity securities held in other financial institutions, respectively. Cash and cash equivalents were $424.2 million at December 31, 2025, a decrease of 9.8%, compared to $470.2 million at December 31, 2024. Non-marketable equity securities held in other financial institutions were $31.1 million at December 31, 2025, a decrease of 56.6%, compared to $71.6 million at December 31, 2024.
Total assets decreased by $43.9 million, or 0.5%, to $9.68 billion at December 31, 2024, from $9.72 billion at December 31, 2023. The decrease in total assets is primarily due to decreases of $151.1 million and $87.2 million in available for sale securities and LHFI, respectively. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $189.8 million in cash and cash equivalents. LHFI were $7.57 billion at December 31, 2024, a decrease of 1.1%, compared to $7.66 billion at December 31, 2023. Available for sale securities declined to $1.10 billion, reflecting a 12.1% decrease, at December 31, 2024, compared to $1.25 billion at December 31, 2023. Cash and cash equivalents increased to $470.2 million, an increase of 67.7%, at December 31, 2024, compared to $280.4 million at December 31, 2023.
Total liabilities decreased by $126.2$55.4 million, or 1.5%,0.6%, to $8.48 billion at December 31, 2025, from $8.53 billion at December 31, 2024,2024. fromSubordinated $8.66 billion at December 31, 2023. Federal Home Loan Bank advances, repurchase obligations and other borrowingsindebtedness decreased $71.1$143.4 million, or 85.1%,89.7%, to $12.5$16.5 million at December 31, 2024,2025, from $83.6 million at December 31, 2023. Subordinated debentures decreased $34.3 million, or 17.7%, to $159.9 million at December 31, 2024, fromas $194.3we millionredeemed eligible subordinated indebtedness as part of Optimize Origin. Total deposits increased by $84.1 million, or 1.0%, to $8.31 billion at December 31, 2023.2025, Total deposits decreased by $28.0 million, or 0.3%, tofrom $8.22 billion at December 31, 2024, from $8.25 billion at December 31, 2023, primarily due to a decreaseincreases of $364.8$351.0 million and $79.2 million in brokeredmoney market and noninterest-bearing deposits, whichrespectively. wasThese increases were partially offset by increasesdecreases of $184.6$142.8 million, $111.5 million and $157.9$80.2 million andin interest-bearing demand deposits, time deposits (excluding brokered time deposits) and money marketbrokered deposits, respectively.
Our loan portfolio is our largest category of interest-earning assets, and interest income earned on our loan portfolio is our primary source of income. At December 31, 2024,2025, 75.2%73.7% of the loan portfolio held for investment was comprised of commercial and industrial loans, including mortgage warehouse lines of credit, commercial real estate and construction/land/land development loans, which were primarily originated within our legacyexisting market areas of Texas, North Louisiana, and Mississippi,areas, compared to 77.1%75.2% at December 31, 2023.2024.
______________________ (1)Includes owner-occupied CREcommercial real estate of $975.9$1.00 millionbillion and $953.8$975.9 million at December 31, 20242025 and December 31, 2023,2024, respectively.
At December 31, 2024,2025, total LHFI were $7.57$7.67 billion, aan decreaseincrease of $87.2$97.2 million, or 1.1%,1.3%, compared to $7.66$7.57 billion at December 31, 2023.2024. The decreaseincrease was primarily driven by growth of $179.7 million, $140.2 million and $46.5 million in mortgage warehouse lines of credit, residential real estate loans and commercial real estate loans, respectively. This growth was offset by a decline of $206.2$252.8 million in construction/land/land development loans,loans. whichThe decrease in construction/land/land development loans was partiallyprimarily offsetdue byto anthe increasenormal reclassification of $122.7these millionloans upon completion, resulting in residentiala realchange estatein loans.loan category during the current period compared to December 31, 2024. Total LHFI at December 31, 2024,2025, excluding mortgage warehouse lines of credit, were $7.22$7.14 billion, reflecting a decrease of $106.3$82.5 million, or 1.5%,1.1%, compared to December 31, 2023.2024.
A significant portion, 32.7%,32.9%, of our LHFI portfolio at December 31, 2024,2025, consisted of CREcommercial real estate loans secured by real estate properties. Such loans can involve high principal loan amounts, and the repayment of these loans is dependent, in large part, on a borrower’s ongoing business operations or on income generated from the properties that are leased to third parties.
The table below sets forth the CREcommercial real estate loan portfolio, by portfolio industry sector and collateral location as of December 31, 2024.2025.
Purchased loans that have experienced more than insignificant credit deterioration since origination are purchased credit deteriorated (“PCD”) loans. The Company evaluates acquired loans for deterioration in credit quality based on any of, but not limited to, the following: (1) nonaccrual status; (2) borrowers are experiencing financial difficulty which results in modification to the loan terms; (3) risk ratings of special mention, substandard or doubtful; (4) watchlist credits; and (5) delinquency status, including loans that are current on merger/acquisition date, but had previously been 60 days delinquent twice. An allowance for credit losses is determined using the same methodology as other individually evaluated loans. Subsequent changes to the allowance for credit losses are recorded through the provision for credit losses. We held approximately $12.3 million of unpaid principal balance PCD loans at December 31, 2024, and $34.8 million of unpaid principal balance PCD loans at December 31, 2023.
As explained in detail in Part II, Item 8,I, Note 1819 — Commitments and Contingencies under Loss Contingencies, and as discussed in previous filings, our creditclassified metricsand nonperforming LHFI were negatively impacted bybeginning in the second quarter of 2024 as a result of certain questioned activity involving a former banker in our East Texas market. OurWe investigation of this activity remains ongoing and is not final. The Company continuescontinue to work withtoward a third-party forensic accounting team to confirm the Bank’s identification and reconciliation of the activity, and also to assistresolution in evaluating any additional impact from the questioned activity. At this time, we believe that any ultimate loss arising from the situation will not be material to our financial position.matter.
Nonperforming LHFI increased $44.9$6.2 million at December 31, 2024,2025, compared to December 31, 2023,2024, and nonperforming LHFI to LHFI increased to 0.99%1.06% compared to 0.39%.0.99%. The $44.9 million increase in non-performing loans was primarily driven by one loan relationship totaling $29.0 million impacted by the questioned loan activity mentioned above. Also contributing to the increase in nonperforming LHFIloans atprimarily Decemberresulted 31,from 2024, compared to December 31, 2023, were three residential real estateseven loan relationships totaling $9.7$20.9 million.million placed on non-performing status during the year ended December 31, 2025, partially offset by reductions totaling $11.0 million through pay-off, pay-down or charge-off activities during the intervening period. Please see Note 45 — Loans to our consolidated financial statements contained in Part II, Item 8 of this report for more information on nonperforming loans.
The steep incline in the interest rate environment over the last several years driven by the FRB’s federal funds rate setting policy, as outlined in the Results of Operations section above, has negatively impacted borrowers with variable or floating rate loans causing their cost of borrowings to increase significantly since mid-2022. This has put pressure on borrower’s cash flow and contributed to higher overall nonperforming loans at December 31, 2024, compared to December 31, 2023.
Purchased loans that have experienced more than insignificant credit deterioration since origination are purchased credit deteriorated (“PCD”) loans. We evaluate acquired loans for deterioration in credit quality based on any of, but not limited to, the following: (1) nonaccrual status; (2) borrowers are experiencing financial difficulty which results in modification to the loan terms; (3) risk ratings of special mention, substandard or doubtful; (4) watchlist credits; and (5) delinquency status, including loans that are current on merger/acquisition date, but had previously been 60 days delinquent twice. We held approximately $5.4 million and $12.3 million of unpaid principal balance PCD loans at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
Purchased loans that have experienced more than insignificant credit deterioration since origination are PCD loans. An ALCL is determined using the same methodology as other individually evaluated loans. The sum of the loan’s purchase price and allowance for credit losses becomes its initial amortized cost basis. The difference between the initial amortized cost basis and the par value of the loan is a non-credit discount or premium, which is amortized or accreted into interest income over the life of the loan. Subsequent changes to the ALCL are recorded through the provision for credit losses.
•for residential mortgage loans, the borrower’s ability to repay the loan, including a consideration of the debt to income ratio and employment and income stability, the loan-to-value ratio, and the age, condition and marketability of the collateral; and
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Risk Factors
There are no material changes during the period covered by this Report to the risk factors previously disclosed in our 2025 Form 10-K.
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“Short-term fixed-rate FHLB advances totaled $125.0 million as of June 30, 2026, bearing an interest rate of 3.85%. These advances matured on July 1, 2026. Short-term FHLB advances are typically used as a liquidity management tool in order to meet temporary funding needs when loan growth outpaces deposit growth or to manage liquidity fluctuations.”see in full comparison
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“The Company has entered into a Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”), along with certain ancillary instruments, with a correspondent financial institution (“Lender”) pursuant to which the Company has the ability to borrow up to $30.0 million under a revolving credit loan. Advances under the Loan Agreement bear interest at a variable rate equal to the then-applicable Prime Rate (as defined in the Loan Agreement) minus 1.00%, subject to a 4.00% floor. The loan matures on June 30, 2027, and is secured by a pledge of the common stock of Origin Bank. …”see in full comparison
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Unless the context indicates otherwise, references in this report to “we,” “us,” “our,” “our company,” “the Company” or “Origin” refer to Origin Bancorp, Inc., a Louisiana corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries. All references to “Origin Bank” or “the Bank” refer to Origin BankBank, our wholly-owned bank subsidiary.
We are a financial holding company headquartered in Ruston, Louisiana. Origin’s wholly owned bank subsidiary, Origin Bank, was founded in 1912 in Choudrant, Louisiana. Deeply rooted in Origin’s history is a culture committed to providing personalized relationship banking to businesses, municipalities, and personal clients to enrich the lives of the people in the communities it serves. Origin provides a broad range of financial services and currently operates more than 57 locations in Dallas/Fort Worth, East Texas, Houston, North Louisiana, Mississippi, South Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. In addition, Origin provides a broad range of insurance agency products and services through its wholly owned insurance agency subsidiary, Forth Insurance, LLC. As a financial holding company operating through one segment, we generate the majority of our revenue from interest earned on loans and investments, service charges and fees on deposit accounts.
•As announced in our Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Earnings Release, we updated our near term ROAA run rate target tois 1.15% or higher by 4Q26, as we continue towards our ultimate target of a top quartile ROAA.ROAA target.
2026 FirstSecond Quarter Key Metrics
•Net interest income was $87.2$33.8 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, reflecting an increase of $8.8$19.2 million, or 11.2%,131.1%, compared to the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025.
•Net interest income was $92.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, reflecting an increase of $10.1 million, or 12.3%, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025.
•Our fully tax equivalent net interest margin (“NIM-FTE”) increased 2731 basis points for the quarter ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, compared to the quarter ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. This expansion was driven primarily by a 63-basis58-basis point reduction in rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities, offset by a 23-basis13-basis point decline in our yield earned on interest-earning assets.
•Total loans held for investment (“LHFI”) were $7.86$8.07 billion at MarchJune 31,30, 2026, reflecting an increase of $193.3$402.7 million, or 2.5%,5.2%, compared to December 31, 2025. LHFI, excluding mortgage warehouse lines of credit, were $7.34$7.48 billion at MarchJune 31,30, 2026, reflecting an increase of $199.8$341.7 million, or 2.8%,4.8%, compared to December 31, 2025.
•Total deposits were $8.76$8.70 billion at MarchJune 31,30, 2026, reflecting an increase of $449.0$396.0 million, or 5.4%,4.8%, compared to December 31, 2025. Interest-bearingNoninterest-bearing deposits were $5.90$2.26 billion, reflecting an increase of $398.0$280.1 million, or 7.2%,14.1%, compared to December 31, 2025.
•During the quarter ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, we repurchased 165,500217,034 shares of our common stock at an average price of $41.27$46.60 per share, including broker commissions and applicable excise taxes. Also, in July 2026, our board of directors approved a $100 million increase in repurchase authority under our stock repurchase program, which expires in July 2028.
•During April 2026, our board approved an increase in our quarterly dividend from $0.15 to $0.25 per share, a 67% increase, reflecting balance sheet strength and earnings durability.
Comparison of Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and 2025
Our net income increased $5.3$19.2 million, or 23.6%,131.1%, to $27.7$33.8 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, from $22.4$14.6 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. Diluted EPS increased $0.18$0.62 to $0.89$1.09 per share for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, compared to $0.71$0.47 per share for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. The increase was primarily due to anincreases $8.8of $14.0 million increaseand $10.1 million in noninterest income and net interest income, partiallyrespectively. offsetAlso bycontributing increasesto ofthe $1.7increase was a $2.8 million and $1.5 milliondecrease in noninterest expense and provision expense for credit losses,losses. respectively,These increases were partially offset by an increase of $2.4 million in noninterest expense for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, compared to the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025.
Net interest income for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, was $87.2$92.2 million, an increase of $8.8$10.1 million, or 11.2%,12.3%, compared to the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. The increase was primarily due to a $10.0$9.0 million decrease in interest expense,expense partiallyand offsetan byincrease aof $1.2$1.1 million decrease in total interest income during the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, compared to three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025.
InterestThe $9.0 million decrease in interest expense was mainly due to decreases of $8.2 million and $894,000 in interest expense on total interest-bearing deposits decreasedand bysubordinated $8.1indebtedness, million,respectively. primarilyOf duethe to a $9.3$8.2 million decline in interest-bearing deposits, $9.0 million was attributable to lower interest rates, partially offset by a $1.2 million$898,000 increase resulting from higher average balances, during the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, compared to the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. The average$9.0 ratemillion ondecrease interest-bearing deposits declined 57 basis pointsdue to 2.66% for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from 3.23% for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The decline in the average rates reflected lower rates acrosswas allprimarily categoriesdue to decreases of $5.2 million, $2.6 million and $872,000 on money market, interest-bearing deposits.demand and time deposits, respectively. The benefit of these lower rates was partially offset by a $1.2 million$898,000 increase in interest expense attributable to higher average balances, as average interest-bearing deposit balances increased $158.5$105.0 million to $6.67$6.38 billion for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, from $6.51$6.28 billion for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. This increase was primarily driven by a $349.7$224.1 million increase in average money market deposit balances, which increased interest expense by $3.0$1.9 million, partially offset by a $160.2$102.9 million decrease in average time deposit balances, which reduced interest expense by $1.6 million.$997,000. In addition, interest expense on subordinated debentures decreased $2.0 million$894,000 for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, primarily due to the redemption of $145.1$74.0 million in principal amount of subordinated debentures during the yearquarter ended December 31, 2025, which reduced the average balance of subordinated debenture to $16.6 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, from $124.1$89.6 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025.
Interest income increased $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to increases of $1.4 million and $783,000 in interest income on investment securities and interest income on LHFI, partially offset by a $885,000 decrease in interest income on non-marketable equity securities held in other financial institutions. The $1.4 million increase in interest income earned on investment securities was primarily driven by improved yields resulting from the execution of our bond portfolio optimization strategy, with the most recent transaction occurring in June 2025, in conjunction with our Optimize Origin initiative. Of the $783,000 increase in interest income on LHFI, $4.5 million was due to higher average balances, which was offset by a $3.7 million decrease due to lower yields. The $4.5 million increase in interest income attributable to higher average LHFI balances was primarily due to increases in average balances in commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, and multifamily residential real estate loans, respectively. The impact of larger average balances was partially offset by $3.7 million due to lower yields primarily attributable to commercial and industrial loans, which declined to 6.65% for the three months ended June 30, 2026, from 7.30% for the three months ended June 30, 2025, and reduced interest income by $3.6 million.
Interest income decreased $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to a $2.8 million decrease in interest income on LHFI, partially offset by a $1.2 million increase in interest income on investment securities. The decrease in interest income on LHFI was primarily due to lower yields, which reduced interest income by $4.9 million. The decrease in yields was primarily driven by lower yields on commercial and industrial loans, which declined to 6.62% for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from 7.37% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and reduced interest income by $3.8 million. The impact of lower yields was partially offset by a $2.1 million increase in interest income attributable to higher average LHFI balances, primarily due to increases in average balances in mortgage warehouse lines of credit, commercial and industrial and multifamily residential real estate loans, respectively, partially offset by lower average balances in construction/land/land development loans. The $1.2 million increase in interest income earned on investment securities was primarily driven by improved yields resulting from the execution of our bond portfolio optimization strategy during the intervening period, in conjunction with our Optimize Origin initiative.
The Federal Reserve Board sets various benchmark rates, including the federal funds rate, and thereby influences the general market rates of interest, including the loan and deposit rates offered by financial institutions. On September 17, 2025, October 29, 2025, and December 10, 2025, theThe Federal Reserve Board reduced the federal funds target rate range bythree 25times, for a total of 75 basis pointspoints, each,during the second half of 2025, to a range of 3.50% to 3.75%, and has maintained the federal funds target raterange unchanged since December 10, 2025.
The NIM-FTE was 3.71%3.92% for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, a 27-basis31-basis point increase from 3.44%3.61% for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. The improvement was mainly driven by an expanding interest rate spread, as the 63-basis-point58-basis-point decline in the average cost of total interest-bearing liabilities exceeded the 23-basis-point13-basis-point decline in the yield earned on interest-earning assets for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, compared to the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. The average rate on total interest-bearing liabilities for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, was 2.67%, compared to 3.30%3.25% for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025. The average yield earned on total interest-earning assets for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, was 5.56%,5.74%, compared to 5.79%5.87% for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025.
The following table presents average balance sheet information, interest income, interest expense and the corresponding average yields earned, and rates paid for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and 2025.
Total provision expense decreased by $2.8 million, to $65,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2026, from $2.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to a $3.1 million decrease in provision expense for loan credit losses. The decrease was primarily the result of lower risk embedded in our loan portfolio, evidenced by the reduction in historical loss factors within the CECL model, lower charge-offs on loans that were not previously reserved, and favorable net credit migration, partially offset by reserve increases associated with new loan production. Net credit migration reflects the combined impact of loan risk rating changes, specific reserve adjustments, and loan balance movements, such as loan balance changes and payoffs.
Net charge-offs decreased $1.8 million, to $454,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2026, from $2.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease was mainly attributable to a $1.2 million reduction in total charge-offs, mainly driven by a $1.3 million decrease in commercial and industrial loan charge-offs, together with a $641,000 increase in recoveries, also primarily in commercial and industrial loans. The allowance for loan credit losses to nonperforming LHFI increased to 125.05% for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to 108.33% for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The increase in the ratio is primarily the result of a $6.8 million decrease in nonperforming LHFI, primarily due to a $5.6 million decrease in nonperforming commercial and industrial loans, together with a $5.8 million increase in the allowance for loan credit loss, for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to three months ended June 30, 2025, primarily driven by an increase in collective reserves.
Total provision expense increased by $1.5 million, to $5.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from $3.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to a $1.3 million increase in provision expense for loan credit losses, which was primarily driven by higher collectively evaluated reserves associated with growth in LHFI and updated credit data and risks embedded in our LHFI portfolio.
Net charge-offs increased $49,000, to $2.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, from $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The allowance for loan credit losses to nonperforming LHFI increased slightly to 113.46% for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to 113.08% for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
N/M = Not meaningful.
Noninterest income for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, increased by $1.2$14.0 million, or 7.6%,million to $16.8$15.4 million, compared to $15.6$1.4 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025,2025. The increase was primarily duedriven toby ana $14.4 million increase in gain (loss) on sales of $1.7securities, net, and a $1.3 million in changesreduction in insuranceequity commissionmethod investment losses. These favorable variances were partially offset by decreases of $1.4 million and $521,000 in swap fee income.income and mortgage banking revenue, respectively.
Gain (loss) on sales of securities, net. The increase in gain (loss) on sales of securities, net, resulted from a $14.4 million loss recognized during the three months ended June 30, 2025, as a result of our bond portfolio optimization strategy in conjunction with our Optimize Origin initiative.
Equity method investment loss. The $1.3 million decrease in equity method investment loss was primarily attributable to a net $638,000 reduction in losses primarily resulting from offsetting variances in two limited partnership investments during the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared with the same period in 2025. Additionally, the Company recognized $668,000 of income from its equity investment in Argent Financial during the three months ended June 30, 2026, further contributing to the improvement.
Swap fee income. The $1.4 million decrease in swap fee income was the result of lower customer swap activity during the current quarter, reflecting reduced demand for hedging solutions compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025.
Mortgage banking revenue. The $521,000 decrease in mortgage banking revenue was primarily due to the restructuring of our mortgage banking operations which was completed as part of Optimize Origin.
Insurance commission and fee income. The $1.7 million increase in insurance commission and fee income was driven by higher policy volumes resulting from continued expansion of our customer base, increased new business production, and favorable retention of existing policies reflected primarily in the property and casualty and contingency lines of business.
Noninterest expense for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, increased by $1.7$2.4 million, or 2.8%,3.9%, to $63.8$64.4 million, compared to $62.1$62.0 million for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025, primarily due to increases of $1.4$2.1 million, $1.1 million$524,000, and $666,000$492,000 in professional services, data processing and salaries and employee benefits, professional services, and advertising and marketing, respectively. These increases were offset by a decreasedecreases of $1.6$525,000 millionand $424,000 in occupancyother expense and equipment,electronic net.banking, respectively.
Professional services. The $1.4 million increase in professional services was primarily due to $858,000 in consultant fees related to contract renegotiations which is expected to result in meaningful expense savings on our technology contracts in the future. Additionally, there was a $473,000 increase in legal and consultant expense related to the Tricolor Holdings, LLC fraud which was first disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 10, 2025 and discussed in subsequent filings.
Data processing. The $1.1 million increase in data processing was primarily due to an increase of $791,000 in software related expense.
Salaries and employee benefits. The $666,000$2.1 million increase in salaries and employee benefits was primaryprimarily due to a $1.8$1.5 million increase in incentive compensation expense, including stocka based$1.0 incentivemillion compensation.increase in bonuses driven by improved performance. Also contributing to the increase was ana net increase in salaries of $900,000 primarily due anto annual merit increases and a net increase inof full13 timefull-time equivalent (“FTE”) employees. Our FTE employees increased to 1,000 at March 31, 2026, from 991 at March 31, 2025. These increases were partially offset by a $1.9 million decrease in medical insurance expense.
Professional services. The $524,000 increase in professional services was primarily due to a $526,000 increase in consultant fees for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025, related to contract renegotiations which is expected to result in meaningful technology expense savings.
OccupancyAdvertising and equipment, net.marketing. The $1.6$492,000 million decreaseincrease in occupancyadvertising and equipment,marketing net expenseexpenses was primarily due to atargeted $1.5marketing million increase in expensecampaigns during the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025,2026, duecompared to the accounting for our strategic profitability initiative which included the consolidation of eight banking centers, six of which closed during the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2025.
Other noninterest expense. The $525,000 decrease in other noninterest expense was primarily due to a $389,000 release of litigation reserve during the three months ended June 30, 2026.
Electronic banking. The $424,000 decrease in electronic banking expense was primarily driven by a total decrease of $453,000 in card processing and mobile banking expenses, predominantly as a result of contract renegotiations mentioned above in Professional services.
Comparison of FinancialResults Conditionof atOperations Marchfor 31,the 2026,Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025
Our net income increased $24.5 million, or 66.1%, to $61.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, from $37.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. On a diluted EPS basis, we reported $1.97 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to $1.18 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin
Net interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2026, was $179.4 million, an increase of $18.8 million, or 11.7%, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025. The increase in net interest income was predominantly driven by a $19.0 million decrease in interest expense while total interest income remained relatively stable.
The $19.0 million decrease in interest expense was mainly attributable to decreases of $16.2 million and $2.9 million in interest expense on interest-bearing deposits and subordinated indebtedness, respectively. The decrease in interest expense on interest-bearing deposits was primarily driven by lower rates, which reduced interest expense on money market, interest-bearing demand and time deposits by $10.4 million, $5.3 million and $1.9 million, respectively. The benefit from lower deposit rates was partially offset by a $5.0 million increase in interest expense on money market deposits due to higher average balances, while lower average time deposit balances reduced interest expense by $2.6 million. The $2.9 million decrease in interest expense on subordinated indebtedness was primarily attributable to the redemption of $145.1 million in principal amount of subordinated debentures during the year ended December 31, 2025, which reduced the average balance of subordinated debentures to $16.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, from $106.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
Total interest income remained stable for the comparable periods, but was impacted by lower yields on loans held for investment, which reduced interest income by $8.6 million, partially offset by higher average loan balances, which increased interest income by $6.6 million. Additionally, an increase in yield on taxable investment securities contributed $2.0 million to the increase in interest income during the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to six months ended June 30, 2025. Of the $8.6 million decrease in interest income attributable to lower yields, $7.4 million and $1.2 million were attributable to commercial and industrial and mortgage warehouse lines of credit, respectively. Of the $6.6 million increase in interest income attributable to higher average loan balances, $4.0 million, $3.1 million, $2.3 million and $2.0 million were attributable to commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, multifamily residential real estate, and mortgage warehouse lines of credit, respectively, partially offset by a $4.4 million decrease in interest income on construction/land/land development loans. The increase in interest income on investment securities was primarily driven by improved yields resulting from the execution of our bond portfolio optimization strategy during the intervening period with the most recent transaction occurring in June 2025, in conjunction with our Optimize Origin initiative.
The NIM-FTE was 3.82% for the six months ended June 30, 2026, a 30-basis point increase from 3.52% for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The improvement was mainly driven by an expanding interest rate spread, as the 60-basis-point decline in the average rate on total interest-bearing liabilities exceeded the 18-basis-point decline in the yield on interest-earning assets for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2025. The average rate on total interest-bearing liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2026, was 2.67%, compared to 3.27% for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The average yield on total interest-earning assets for the six months ended June 30, 2026, was 5.65%, compared to 5.83% for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
The following table presents average consolidated balance sheet information, interest income, interest expense and the corresponding average yields earned, and rates paid for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025.
(1)Nonaccrual loans are included in their respective loan category for the purpose of calculating the yield earned. All average balances are daily average balances.
(2)Yields/Rates are calculated on an actual/actual day count basis.
(3)In order to present pre-tax income and resulting yields on tax-exempt investments comparable to those on taxable investments, a tax-equivalent adjustment has been computed. This adjustment also includes income tax credits received on Qualified School Construction Bonds and income from tax-exempt investments, and tax credits were computed using a federal income tax rate of 21%.
Rate/Volume Analysis
The following tables present the dollar amount of changes in interest income and interest expense for major components of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. It distinguishes between the changes related to outstanding balances and those due to changes in interest rates. The change in interest attributable to rate changes has been determined by applying the change in rate between periods to average balances outstanding in the earlier period. The change in interest due to volume has been determined by applying the rate from the earlier period to the change in average balances outstanding between periods. For purposes of the below table, changes attributable to both rate and volume that cannot be segregated, including the difference in day count, have been allocated to rate.
Provision for Credit Losses
We recorded a provision expense of $5.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, a $1.3 million decrease from $6.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The decrease primarily reflected a $1.8 million decrease in the provision for loan credit losses, driven by lower net charge-offs on loans that were not previously reserved and reductions in historical loss factors within the CECL model, partially offset by reserve increases associated with new loan production and net credit migration. Net credit migration reflects the combined impact of loan risk rating changes, specific reserve adjustments, and loan balance movements, such as loan balance changes and payoffs.
Net charge-offs decreased $1.8 million, to $3.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, from $5.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily driven by lower net charge-offs on commercial and industrial loans. Net charge-offs to total average LHFI decreased to 0.08% for the six months ended June 30, 2026, from 0.13% for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
Noninterest Income
The table below presents the various components of and changes in our noninterest income for the periods indicated.
Noninterest income for the six months ended June 30, 2026, increased by $15.2 million, or 89.7%, to $32.2 million, compared to $17.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The increase was primarily due to improvements of $14.4 million, $1.9 million, $1.5 million, and $642,000 in gain (loss) on sales of securities, net, insurance commission and fee income, equity method investment loss, and service charges and fees, respectively. The increases were partially offset by decreases of $1.9 million and $873,000 in swap fee income and mortgage banking revenue, respectively.
Gain (loss) on sales of securities, net. The increase in gain (loss) on sales of securities, net, resulted from a $14.4 million loss recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2025, as a result of our bond portfolio optimization strategy in conjunction with our Optimize Origin initiative.
Insurance commission and fee income. The $1.9 million increase in insurance commission and fee income is the result of new business production, combined with strong renewal retention rates, in both the agency bill and property and casualty direct bill market sectors.
OBK insider buying and selling (Form 4)
Since 2026-04-11, insiders reported open-market purchases in 1 Form 4 filing (1 insider, 1 trade date, 3,700 shares, about $199.3K) and open-market sales in 1 filing (1 insider, 1 trade date, 2,265 shares, about $86.9K). Net open-market shares: 1,435 (purchases minus sales); net value about $112.4K.Totals add up every open-market (code P and S) line in those filings, using the prices reported in the filings. Awards, option exercises, tax withholding and gifts are listed below but not counted.
| Trade date | Insider | Transaction | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | Farr Meryl Kennedy |
Option exercise | 407 | — | — |
| 2026-08-19 | Wallace Willliam J Iv |
Shares withheld for tax | 593 | $52.51 | $31.1K |
| 2026-08-19 | Wallace Willliam J Iv |
Option exercise | 2,226 | — | — |
| 2026-08-07 | Jones Cecil W. |
Open-market purchase | 3,700 | $53.86 | $199.3K |
| 2026-08-05 | Jones Michael Aubrey |
Gift | 500 | — | — |
| 2026-06-17 | Mills Drake |
Shares withheld for tax | 10,338 | $48.71 | $503.6K |
| 2026-06-17 | Mills Drake |
Option exercise | 25,947 | — | — |
| 2026-05-21 | Davison James E. Jr. |
Other | 43,996 | — | — |
| 2026-05-21 | Davison James E. Jr. |
Other | 97,572 | — | — |
| 2026-05-21 | Davison James E. Jr. |
Other | 97,574 | — | — |
| 2026-05-21 | Davison James E. Jr. |
Other | 97,573 | — | — |
| 2026-05-21 | Davison James E. Jr. |
Other | 336,715 | — | — |
| 2026-05-20 | Farr Meryl Kennedy |
Option exercise | 152 | — | — |
| 2026-05-20 | Farr Meryl Kennedy |
Option exercise | 523 | — | — |
| 2026-05-20 | Mcgee Derek |
Shares withheld for tax | 391 | $47.38 | $18.5K |
| 2026-05-20 | Mcgee Derek |
Option exercise | 1,199 | — | — |
| 2026-05-20 | Brolly Stephen H |
Option exercise | 839 | — | — |
| 2026-05-20 | Brolly Stephen H |
Shares withheld for tax | 231 | $47.38 | $10.9K |
| 2026-05-20 | Mills Drake |
Shares withheld for tax | 2,068 | $47.38 | $98.0K |
| 2026-05-20 | Mills Drake |
Option exercise | 5,061 | — | — |
| 2026-05-20 | Moore Preston |
Option exercise | 959 | — | — |
| 2026-05-20 | Hall Martin Lance |
Shares withheld for tax | 619 | $47.38 | $29.3K |
| 2026-05-20 | Hall Martin Lance |
Option exercise | 1,514 | — | — |
| 2026-05-20 | Wallace Willliam J Iv |
Option exercise | 959 | — | — |
| 2026-05-20 | Wallace Willliam J Iv |
Shares withheld for tax | 271 | $47.38 | $12.8K |
| 2026-05-20 | Crotwell Jim |
Shares withheld for tax | 219 | $47.38 | $10.4K |
| 2026-05-20 | Crotwell Jim |
Option exercise | 858 | — | — |
| 2026-05-13 | Jones Michael Aubrey |
Gift | 1,000 | — | — |
| 2026-04-28 | Davison James E. Jr. |
Grant/award | 1,162 | $47.35 | $55.0K |
| 2026-04-28 | Farr Meryl Kennedy |
Grant/award | 1,162 | $47.35 | $55.0K |
| 2026-04-28 | Goff Stacey W |
Grant/award | 1,162 | $47.35 | $55.0K |
| 2026-04-28 | Jones Cecil W. |
Grant/award | 1,162 | $47.35 | $55.0K |
| 2026-04-28 | Jones Michael Aubrey |
Grant/award | 1,162 | $47.35 | $55.0K |
| 2026-04-28 | Luffey Gary E. |
Grant/award | 1,162 | $47.35 | $55.0K |
| 2026-04-28 | Edney Andrea La'verne |
Grant/award | 1,162 | $47.35 | $55.0K |
| 2026-04-28 | D'agostino James Samuel Jr. |
Grant/award | 1,162 | $47.35 | $55.0K |
| 2026-04-28 | Gallot Richard J. Jr. |
Grant/award | 1,162 | $47.35 | $55.0K |
| 2025-12-26 | Farr Meryl Kennedy |
Open-market sale | 2,265 | $38.37 | $86.9K |
| 2025-05-20 | Farr Meryl Kennedy |
Option exercise | 525 | — | — |
| 2025-05-20 | Farr Meryl Kennedy |
Option exercise | 152 | — | — |
| 2025-05-20 | Farr Meryl Kennedy |
Shares withheld for tax | 40 | $33.89 | $1.4K |
| 2024-05-20 | Farr Meryl Kennedy |
Option exercise | 525 | — | — |
Well-known investors holding OBK (13F)
| Investor | Quarter | Shares | Reported value | % of their 13F | Change vs prior quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millennium Management (Israel Englander) | 2026-06-30 | 556,437 | $28.5M | 0.02% | Added 65% |
| AQR Capital Management (Cliff Asness) | 2026-06-30 | 305,742 | $15.6M | 0.01% | Added 18% |
| Two Sigma Investments | 2026-06-30 | 279,516 | $14.3M | 0.01% | Added 29% |
| Point72 Asset Management (Steve Cohen) | 2026-06-30 | 70,480 | $3.6M | 0.01% | Reduced 26% |
| Citadel Advisors (Ken Griffin) | 2026-06-30 | 37,427 | $1.9M | 0.0% | Reduced 23% |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | 2026-06-30 | 5,238 | $267.9K | 0.0% | Reduced 59% |