UMB Financial Corporation Reports Third Quarter Net Income of $94.5 Million

Third quarter 2021 Financial Highlights (all comparisons to prior year unless otherwise noted)

• GAAP net income of $94.5 million, or $1.94 per diluted share; net operating income of $95.1 million, or $1.95 per diluted share.
• Pre-tax, pre-provision (PTPP) income of $108.8 million, an increase of $9.4 million.
• Quarterly average loan balances increased $1.0 billion, or 6.5%.
• Excluding Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) balances, average loans increased 15.3% on a linked-quarter, annualized basis.
• Quarterly average deposits grew 22.0% to $29.4 billion.

UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF), a financial services company, announced net income for the third quarter of 2021 of $94.5 million, or $1.94 per diluted share, compared to $87.4 million, or $1.79 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2021 (linked quarter) and $73.1 million, or $1.52 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2020.

Net operating income, a non-GAAP financial measure reconciled to net income, the nearest comparable GAAP measure, later in this release, was $95.1 million, or $1.95 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2021, compared to $87.6 million, or $1.80 per diluted share, for the linked quarter and $76.4 million, or $1.59 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2020. Pre-tax, pre-provision income on a fully tax equivalent basis (PTPP-FTE), a non-GAAP measure reconciled to the components of net income before taxes, the nearest comparable GAAP measure, later in this release, was $115.3 million, or $2.37 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2021, compared to $138.0 million, or $2.83 per diluted share, for the linked quarter, and $106.2 million, or $2.21 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2020. These PTPP-FTE results represent a decrease of 16.4% on a linked-quarter basis and an increase of 8.6% compared to the third quarter of 2020.

“Our market share gains continue to differentiate us from our peers as evidenced in our third quarter 2021 results,” said Mariner Kemper, chairman, president and chief executive officer. “Excluding PPP, average loans increased 15.3% on a linked quarter annualized basis, driven by solid performance in commercial and industrial lending, as well as in both commercial and residential real estate. Asset quality remained strong in the quarter, with net charge offs of just seven basis points and a $5.0 million reduction in provision for credit losses. Additionally, on a year-to-date basis, total revenue increased 9.8% compared to 2020 despite a challenging interest rate environment, highlighting the resilience of our business model.”

Net interest income

• Net interest income totaled $209.8 million, which is an increase of $8.7 million as compared to the linked quarter. The benefit from growth in average earning assets was partially offset by reduced income from PPP loans. Average earning assets increased $1.5 billion, or 4.7%, driven by an increase in liquidity and investment securities, while interest-bearing liabilities increased $799.2 million, or 4.0%.
• Net interest margin for the third quarter was 2.52%, a decrease of four basis points from the linked quarter, driven in large part by earning asset mix shift. Earning asset yields declined five basis points from the linked quarter, driven by a three-basis-point decline in securities yields and mix changes. The cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased one basis point to 0.22%. Net interest spread decreased four basis points to 2.43% from the linked quarter and was 20 basis points lower than the third quarter of 2020.
• On a year-over-year basis, net interest income increased $25.4 million, or 13.8%, driven by a $2.1 billion, or 21.3% increase in average securities, coupled with a $1.0 billion, or 6.5%, increase in average loans. These increases were driven by organic loan growth, excess liquidity, and the company’s PPP participation.
• Average deposits increased 5.9% on a linked-quarter basis and 22.0% compared to the third quarter of 2020. Average noninterest-bearing demand deposit balances increased 6.5% on a linked-quarter basis and 38.0% compared to the third quarter of 2020.

Noninterest income

• Third quarter 2021 noninterest income decreased $23.7 million, or 18.0%, on a linked-quarter basis, largely due to:
  • A decrease of $19.0 million in investment securities gains, driven by a mark-to-market decline of $13.2 million on the company’s marketable investments, primarily in Tattooed Chef, Inc. (TTCF), as well as $5.6 million in lower gains on other equity investments that benefited the prior quarter.
  • A decrease of $3.5 million in derivative income, recorded in other income.
  • Decreases of $2.7 million in both trading and investment banking and service charges on deposits due to lower trading volume and reduced healthcare income related to customer transfer and conversion fees realized in the prior quarter, respectively.
  • These decreases were offset by increases of $3.1 million in trust and securities processing income and $1.1 million in bankcard fees. The increase in trust and securities processing income is primarily driven by increases of $2.6 million in fund services income and $0.3 million in trust services income. The increase in bankcard income is due to increased interchange income and reduced rebates expense.
• Compared to the prior year, noninterest income in the third quarter of 2021 decreased $5.1 million, or 4.5%, primarily driven by:
  • A decrease of $4.0 million and $3.4 million in company-owned life insurance income and derivative income, respectively, both recorded in other income. The decrease in company-owned life insurance is offset by a proportionate decrease in deferred compensation expense as noted below.
  • A decrease of $3.0 million in investment securities gains, primarily due to mark-to-market valuations on the company’s equity investment in TTCF.
  • A $2.7 million decrease in trading and investment banking due to decreased trading volumes.
  • These decreases were offset by an increase of $6.4 million in trust and securities processing income and an increase of $1.1 million in bank-owned life insurance, recorded in other income. The increase in trust and securities processing was driven by increases of $7.2 million and $1.3 million in fund services income and corporate trust income, respectively, partially offset by a decrease of $2.2 million trust services income.

Noninterest expense

• Noninterest expense for the third quarter of 2021 was $208.9 million, an increase of $7.5 million, or 3.7%, from the linked quarter and an increase of $10.9 million, or 5.5%, from the third quarter of 2020.
• The linked-quarter increase in noninterest expense was driven by:
  • An increase of $4.6 million in salaries and employee benefits, driven primarily by increased bonus expense from higher company performance.
  • An increase of $2.7 million in operational losses, recorded in other expense.
• The year-over-year increase in noninterest expense was driven by:
  • An increase of $3.8 million in processing fees, due to timing of software projects.
  • Increases of $3.0 million in operational losses and $1.3 million in charitable contributions expense, both recorded in other expense.
  • Increases of $1.2 million in travel and entertainment expense and $0.7 million in advertising expense, both recorded in marketing and business development.
  • An increase of $0.8 million in salary and benefit expense, driven by an increase of $4.5 million in salary and bonus expense, partially offset by a decrease of $3.7 million in employee benefit expense. The decline in employee benefit expense was primarily driven by a decrease of $2.7 million in deferred compensation expense. The decrease in deferred compensation expense was offset by the decrease in company-owned life insurance income noted above.

Income taxes

• The company’s effective tax rate was 17.0% for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to 11.9% for the same period in 2020. The increase in the effective tax rate for 2021 is primarily attributable to a smaller portion of income being earned from tax-exempt municipal securities.

Balance sheet

• Average total assets for the third quarter of 2021 were $35.9 billion compared to $34.3 billion for the linked quarter and $29.5 billion for the same period in 2020.

• Average loans for the third quarter of 2021 decreased 0.4% on a linked-quarter basis and increased 6.5% compared to the third quarter of 2020 primarily due to the company’s participation in the PPP. Excluding PPP balances, average loans increased 3.8% on a linked-quarter basis.

• Average securities available for sale increased 6.5% on a linked-quarter basis and 23.3% compared to the third quarter of 2020.

• Average deposits increased 5.9% on a linked-quarter basis and 22.0% compared to the third quarter of 2020.
• Average noninterest-bearing demand deposits increased 6.5% on a linked-quarter basis to $11.4 billion.

Capital

• At September 30, 2021, the regulatory capital ratios presented in the foregoing table exceeded all “well-capitalized” regulatory thresholds.

Asset Quality

• Provision for credit losses for the third quarter decreased $29.0 million from the linked quarter and $21.0 million from the third quarter of 2020. Provision expense in the second quarter of 2021 included the impact to the Allowance for Credit Losses (ACL) of a large charge-off, offset by the impacts of positive macro-economic metrics. The decline in provision expense in the third quarter represents a release of ACL based on positive macro-economic data and portfolio credit metrics.
• Net charge-offs for the third quarter totaled $3.1 million, or 0.07%, of average loans, compared to $28.4 million, or 0.68%, of average loans in the linked quarter, and $5.1 million, or 0.13%, of average loans for the third quarter of 2020.

Dividend Declaration

At the company’s quarterly board meeting, the Board of Directors declared a $0.37 per share quarterly cash dividend, payable on January 3, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 10, 2021.

Conference Call

The company plans to host a conference call to discuss its third quarter 2021 earnings results on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. (CT).

Interested parties may access the call by dialing (toll-free) 877-267-8760 or (international) 412-542-4148 and requesting to join the UMB Financial call. The live call may also be accessed by visiting investorrelations.umb.com or by using the following link:

UMB Financial 3Q 2021 Conference Call

A replay of the conference call may be heard through November 10, 2021 by calling (toll-free) 877-344-7529 or (international) 412-317-0088. The replay access code required for playback is 10160723. The call replay may also be accessed at investorrelations.umb.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Information

In this release, we provide information about net operating income, operating earnings per share - diluted (operating EPS), operating return on average equity (operating ROE), operating return on average assets (operating ROA), operating noninterest expense, operating efficiency ratio, pre-tax, pre-provision income, pre-tax, pre-provision earnings per share – diluted (PTPP EPS), pre-tax, pre-provision income on a fully tax equivalent basis (PTPP-FTE), pre-tax, pre-provision FTE earnings per share – diluted (PTPP-FTE EPS), tangible shareholders’ equity, and tangible book value per share, all of which are non-GAAP financial measures. This information supplements the results that are reported according to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) and should not be viewed in isolation from, or as a substitute for, GAAP results. The differences between the non-GAAP financial measures – net operating income, operating EPS, operating ROE, operating ROA, operating noninterest expense, operating efficiency ratio, PTPP, PTPP EPS, PTPP-FTE, PTPP-FTE EPS, tangible shareholders’ equity, and tangible book value per share – and the nearest comparable GAAP financial measures are reconciled later in this release. The company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures and the reconciliations may be useful to investors because they adjust for acquisition-, severance-, and COVID-19 related items that management does not believe reflect the company’s fundamental operating performance. COVID-19 related expense includes hazard pay for branch associates, computer hardware expense to support associates working remotely, and additional equipment, cleaning, and janitorial supplies to protect the well-being of our associates and customers while on the company’s premises.

Net operating income for the relevant period is defined as GAAP net income, adjusted to reflect the impact of excluding expenses related to acquisitions, severance expense, COVID-19 related expense, and the cumulative tax impact of these adjustments.

Operating EPS (diluted) is calculated as earnings per share as reported, adjusted to reflect, on a per share basis, the impact of excluding the non-GAAP adjustments described above for the relevant period. Operating ROE is calculated as net operating income, divided by the company’s average total shareholders’ equity for the relevant period. Operating ROA is calculated as net operating income, divided by the company’s average assets for the relevant period. Operating noninterest expense for the relevant period is defined as GAAP noninterest expense, adjusted to reflect the pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments described above. Operating efficiency ratio is calculated as the company’s operating noninterest expense, net of amortization of other intangibles, divided by the company’s total non-GAAP revenue (calculated as net interest income plus noninterest income, less gains on sales of securities available for sale, net).

PTPP income for the relevant period is defined as GAAP net income, adjusted to reflect the impact of excluding income tax and provision expenses.

PTPP-FTE for the relevant period is defined as GAAP net interest income on a fully tax equivalent basis plus noninterest income, less noninterest expense.

Tangible shareholders’ equity for the relevant period is defined as GAAP shareholders’ equity, net of intangible assets. Tangible book value per share is defined as tangible shareholders’ equity divided by the Company’s total shares outstanding.

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About UMB:

UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF) is a financial services company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. UMB offers commercial banking, which includes comprehensive deposit, lending and investment services, personal banking, which includes wealth management and financial planning services, and institutional banking, which includes asset servicing, corporate trust solutions, investment banking, and healthcare services. UMB operates branches throughout Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arizona and Texas, and serves business and institutional clients nationwide. For more information, visit UMB.com, UMB Blog, UMB Facebook and UMB LinkedIn, or follow us on Twitter at @UMBBank. For information about UMB’s operations, approach and relief measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit umb.com/COVID-19.