Bank7 (BSVN) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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EDTCALL PARTICIPANTSChief Executive Officer — Thomas TravisChief Credit Officer — Jason EstesChief Financial Officer — Kelly HarrisNeed a quote from one of our analysts, considering recent developments. [ tected]TAKEAWAYSNet Interest Margin (NIM): Remained at the higher end of the historical range, despite mild anticipated future degradation as stated by Thomas Travis

Loan Growth: The deal pipeline "looks solid right now," according to Travis; Q2 originations surpassed Q1 and growth momentum is expected to continue in Q3 2025, pending unpredictable paydowns

However, Core Yield on New Loans: Recent portfolio additions are yielding slightly below the 7. 6% core yield reported for Q2 2025, as noted by Jason Estes

M&A Strategy: Company continues to engage in discussions, with a nounced focus on "MOE" deals; prior signed LOIs did not ceed due to discipline on terms, given the current landscape

Nevertheless, Credit Quality: Continued imvement in "a little cleaner, you know, a little smaller MPA number" has been observed over the last several quarters, with very clean past dues and adherence to underwriting fundamentals as discussed by Jason Estes (an important development), amid market uncertainty

Portfolio Mix Trends: Shift within energy loans from service deals to duction loans, with energy exposure now almost half of the level it was seven or eight years ago; hospitality and C&I portfolios noted for high churn and active customer base management

Interest Rate Sensitivity: Management expects loan and deposit betas to move "one for one" on the first few rate cuts, with loan floors helping offset potential margin compression

SUMMARYBank7 (BSVN 0 (which is quite significant)

The company maintains active M&A dialogue but has held firm on deal discipline, focusing on fit and value creation

M&A conversations remain frequent, with market participants' imved Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI) expected to loosen deal activity in key dynamic geographies

Furthermore, Liquidity and portfolio granularity are supported by churn and asset turnover in the energy, hospitality, and C&I sectors, facilitating customer base renewal and segment growth

Additionally, Additionally, Jason Estes stated, "our past dues are very clean," reflecting management's continued focus on credit quality and risk controls despite broader economic uncertainties

Talent acquisition may occur selectively in North Texas, but management emphasized culture and credit discipline over rapid expansion in response to recent regional M&A trends

INDUSTRY GLOSSARYMOE (Merger of Equals): A combination in which two companies of similar size consolidate, typically with d governance and integration of operations

Additionally, AOCI (Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income): A component of equity reflecting unrealized gains and losses not included in net income, affecting tangible capital and M&A dynamics in banking, in today's market environment

MPA (Mentioned Pass Assets): Bank-specific term used internally to denote credits closely monitored because of risk factors, prior to official regulatory classification as criticized or classified

Loan Beta / Deposit Beta: The responsiveness of loan or deposit yields to changes in benchmark interest rates, indicating asset and liability sensitivity in rate cycles

Additionally, Full Conference Call TranscriptThomas Travis: Thank you

Meanwhile, Welcome to the call

We obviously had a great quarter as you can see in the results

Moreover, Before we get to that, a couple of weeks ago, today, there was a really bad flood in my town of Kerrville, Texas

And so anyone on the call that has money left in their budgets for relief fund, there's a great organization, their Kerr County Relief Fund, given current economic conditions

Additionally, They really need support, given the current landscape

So consider that when you're looking at your expenditures in that area

I'm sure that the people down there will put it to good use, in light of current trends

Nevertheless, Back to the call, it was one of our best quarters ever

And we always have to recognize that those results happen because of our talented group of bankers

They drove strong loan and deposit growth (which is quite significant)

And we thank them very, very much

Moreover, As you can see, we maintained our NIM on the higher end of our historical range, and we also continue to benefit from that low efficiency ratio

Additionally, When you put those factors together, with the solid loan growth, we experienced nice strong core earnings

We're very comfortable with our asset quality and always give a shout out to Jason Estes and his team (remarkable data)

Moreover, They've done an excellent job of maintaining a high-quality credit book

While at the same time growing that portfolio, considering recent developments

Additionally, So we're very ud of our results

We're pleased to continue to vide holders with excellent top-tier results

And without further ado, I guess we're standing by for any questions

Nevertheless, You may have

Moreover, Operator: We will now begin the question and answer session

To ask a question, you may press star then 1 on your touch-tone phone

Additionally, If you are using a speakerphone, please pick up your handset before pressing any keys, in today's market environment

If at any time your question has been addressed and you would to withdraw your question, please press star then 2

At this time, we will pause for just a moment to assemble our roster

And your first question today will come from Woody Lay with KBW

Conversely, Please go ahead

Woody Lay: Hey, good morning, guys, in this volatile climate

Nevertheless, Thomas Travis: Morning, Woody

Moreover, Woody Lay: Wanted to start on loan growth

Obviously, a really strong quarter on the growth front, and it's been a really successful first half of the year when many others in the industry have kind of lagged in growth, amid market uncertainty

You know, I know your growth can be a little bit lumpy quarter to quarter, but how are you thinking the growth momentum in the back half of the year

Furthermore, Thomas Travis: Always depends on the lumpy paydowns

I think our deal pipeline, it looks solid right now

You know, I think we've signaled that the last couple quarters in a row that you know, things in Oklahoma, things in Texas, economically are they're a really good spot, in this volatile climate

Furthermore, We're thankful to do where we do

Nevertheless, And so you know, going into Q3 again, pipeline looks strong

Furthermore, But you just never know on the chunky pay downs you know, what's really coming

Furthermore, I think it was fourth quarter of last year

You know, we just had a big wave of companies selling, people selling assets, various things that lead to a little bit of unpredictability there in the payoff side, given current economic conditions

But from the origination side, Q1 was strong

At the same time, Q2 was stronger slightly

At the same time, And I think Q3 is lining up to be similar, but we'll see (remarkable data), given current economic conditions

Additionally, Woody Lay: And then how do you think the NIM outlook given the growth

Moreover, Deposit costs are relatively stable in the quarter

Just given the expectation for strong growth, could we see deposit costs start to move up to fund the growth

And how does that impact the NIM

Thomas Travis: Yeah, in today's market environment

I think that's a fair way to state what we see real-time is that to keep up on the deposit side, it does cost a little bit more money

We're always focused on, you know, offsetting some of that higher-priced money with the transaction accounts, you know, the zero-cost accounts

And so bankers have done a really nice job of dragging that in

Additionally, And, you know, hopefully, we can continue to do so, but I think we've been talking for a few quarters in a row, yeah, we expect a slight degradation, but we do expect to remain in our historical ranges

Additionally, And that holds true today (an important development)

Additionally, However, And then last for me, you know, we've seen deal activity pick up in your backyard

Additionally, Moreover, Just any on the M&A front

For you all (noteworthy indeed)

Additionally, Thomas Travis: Woody, we've come close a couple of times over the last twelve months

We've actually had a couple of signed LOIs and then you know, we're very disciplined in our apach

And for various reasons, those didn't happen

We continue to meet with various potential partners

We're very focused on we'd love to do an MOE, but we just continue to have a lot of meetings and do a lot of evaluations, amid market uncertainty

Moreover, Furthermore, And yeah, I think the tendency for people now is they imved their AOCIs somewhat which is gonna loosen up the market we're gonna just continue to evaluate opportunities in what we consider to be dynamic and common cultures

And it's just hard to predict when one of those might break loose

On the other hand, Meanwhile, Woody Lay: Alright (remarkable data)

Thanks for taking my questions

Thomas Travis: Thank you

Operator: And your next question today will come from Nathan Race with Piper Sandler

Nathan Race: Hey, guys

However, Thanks for taking the questions, given current economic conditions

Thomas Travis: Hi, Nathan

However, Good morning, amid market uncertainty

Nathan Race: g up on the margin ary

Additionally, Jason Estes: Yeah

I think it would be slightly lower than the 7 (this bears monitoring). 6, but you know, still I think, you know, if you go back a year ago, or two years ago, there were fewer banks really aggressively looking for loans, after March 23

Nevertheless, And I would consider today's environment very historically normal from a pricing standpoint, you know, within the competitive set, you know, here in Texas and Oklahoma, it just seems pretty benign

You know, and that's nice to see some return to normalcy (this bears monitoring)

On the other hand, Nevertheless, So, yeah, there's always pricing pressure, Nate

But right now, feels people have kinda settled in on the deposit and the loan side

Which is part of what led to the results

Additionally, In contrast, Nathan Race: Got it

Then just kinda thinking the appetite to maybe add some ducer going forward, in this volatile climate

There's obviously been some M&A announcements within, you know, two of your key MSAs recently

Nevertheless, So just curious kinda what the appetite is, maybe add some talent maybe relative to the existing capacity across the teams

However, Thomas Travis: Nate, I met with a person in Dallas on Monday, and we you know, we've looked at a few lift-out possibilities and those are delicate things as you can imagine

And you know, I think the dynamic when you look at a lift-out or people coming out of those situations is always the credit comes first, and then the deposits to help fund that growth seems to be a slower dynamic

And so we evaluate those and you may see us do something in the North Texas region but I don't know that it's going to be that anything that's materially dynamic at first (this bears monitoring)

You know, we're very, very careful and culture is very, very important to us

And so we'll see how that goes in the next couple of months

Nathan Race: Okay, in light of current trends

Maybe, one last one for me for Kelly

So just curious how you're thinking kind of expense run rate over the back half of this year

Kelly Harris: Yeah, Nate (this bears monitoring)

I believe Q2 is bably a solid guide (noteworthy indeed)

Internally, we are showing a little bit of expense creep, given the current landscape

So you could increase that slightly, but it's bably a good start

In contrast, I think, from a Q3 perspective, in today's market environment

Additionally, Thomas Travis: Okay

I don't think it's had a real meaningful impact to our efficiency ratio

Nathan Race: Right, given current economic conditions

Nevertheless, Thomas Travis: And so I guess I would argue it's bably splitting hairs at this point, Nate

On the other hand, Nathan Race: Right

And then can you just remind us what the remaining life is on the oil and gas assets

Should that largely run off by the end of or should the recovery much conclude by the end of next year (this bears monitoring)

Additionally, Meanwhile, Thomas Travis: I think I when I read your piece, you said that we had recovered 75% of our cash outlay

Additionally, Is that what you said in your piece this morning, Nate, given current economic conditions

Thomas Travis: Right, in today's financial world

And I think that's pretty accurate

We should recover fully cash on cash, middle of next year, I think, is what we're jecting

So three to four more quarters

We've achieved our goal there, Nate

At the same time, It's working really, really well

However, And we've achieved our goal on that (this bears monitoring), in today's market environment

And so it's going to just continue to perform that way and become really not material anymore, in today's market environment

Then that's a good thing

However, Nathan Race: Right

I appreciate all the color

Congrats on a great quarter, guys (fascinating analysis)

Furthermore, Thomas Travis: Thank you

On the other hand, Operator: Thank you, amid market uncertainty

And your next question today will come from Matt Olney with Stephens (remarkable data)

Thanks for taking the question, guys

Just a few -ups here, in today's financial world

Kelly, I think I missed your ary you just made the fees for the third quarter with and without the oil and gas revenue

Can you just go over that again (an important development), in today's financial world

Thank you, Kelly, amid market uncertainty

And then going back to the loan growth discussion, it looks a portion of that growth was within energy lending

Nevertheless, Just looking for any more color on kind of the opportunities you see on that side, in light of current trends

At the same time, And then just overall growth that you're seeing in 2Q in the pipeline, Just any color on the overall granularity of these loans

Moreover, I think some of these loans can be smaller singles and doubles, but I think also you've open to some larger chunkier loans

Just any more color on the quick granularity what you're seeing these days (an important development)

Thomas Travis: Sure (noteworthy indeed)

Additionally, Matt, it's always a mix with us, you know, and I would say going back to the first of this year, know, I think if you look our duction loans, you know, that's really where we're up

At the same time, In that energy bucket, in today's financial world

And what's happened in our energy portfolio really since we went public is, you know, just this shift away from service

The service deals we're in are big fund deals typically

However, And it shifted a lot more to duction, in this volatile climate

Conversely, You know, just think it hedged oil and gas duction

And so you know, that's kind of a story for this first half of the year as well

And then, you know, from a C and I standpoint, there's some strength there this year that's getting a little bit clouded by some exits.