TrustCo Bank Corp NY

To withdraw your question, you may press star followed by two. Before proceeding, we would like to mention that this presentation may contain forward-looking information about Trust Co-Bank Corp New York that's intended to be covered by the safe harbour for forward-looking statements provided by the Private Security Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such statements due to various risks, uncertainties and other factors. More detailed information about these and other risk factors can be found in our press release that preceded this call and in the Risk Factors and Forward Looking Statements section of our annual report on Form 10-K and as uploaded by our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward looking statements made on this call are valid only as of the date hereof and the company disclaims any obligation to update this information and reflect any events or developments after the date of this call, except as may be required by applicable law. During today's call, we will discuss certain financial measures derived from our financial statements that are not determined in accordance with US GAAP. The reconciliations of such non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP figures are included in our earnings press release, which is available under the investor relations tab on our website at trustcobank.com. Please also note that today's event is being recorded. The replay of the call will be available for 30 days and an audio webcast will be available for one year as described in our earnings press release. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Robert J. McCormick, Chairman, President and CEO to begin. Please go ahead, Robert.

Thanks, Sammy. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining the call. I'm Rob McCormick, the president of the bank. I'm joined today, as usual, by Mike Ozemek, our CFO, who will go through the numbers, and Kevin Curley, our chief banking officer, will talk about lending. We are very pleased to announce the outstanding year-to-date and year-over-year performance results. Mike will provide the details, but the net income of $15 million for the quarter and nearly $30 million year-to-date is nothing short of stellar. This is, and the numbers support it, our time to shine. The strategy we developed and deployed over the past several years has been to amass capital for the purpose, at least in part, of having low-cost funds available to lend out exactly at this moment. When the interest rate environment is favorable, loan demand is up, and our competition is scraping to borrow funds to lend out, it is a fundamental principle of Trust Gold Bank that we take in deposits and lend those funds right back out into the communities where they were gathered. Average deposits are up over the year, and meaningful margin expansion is contributing to our success. Compared to this time last year, margin increased by a solid 7%. Our increased income is, of course, affected by increased loan volume over the period. On the residential side, home equity products led the way because of the flexibility offered customers looking to preserve favorable first lien rates. and increased by 18% year over year. In fact, our team got so good at originating equity loans that we were able to offer a product that promises and delivers a closing within seven days of application. We also successfully executed strategy of growth in our commercial loan portfolio. That program grew by 11% over the past year. And in trademark Trustco fashion, all of this was accomplished while preserving credit quality. We saw net recoveries for the second quarter, second consecutive quarter, in 25. These successes have served our own as well. All return metrics are up significantly, return on assets, return on equity, earnings per share, and efficiency ratio, also a double-digit improvement from this time last year. The beauty of our deployed capital strategy is that we can support the lending in the way we have while preserving our ability to execute on authorized share buyback program, which we have done and likely will continue. I will conclude where I started. Performance has been stellar. The results in the first half of 2025 established positive momentum that we believe may extend into 2026. Now, Mike will go into the details.

Mike? Thank you, Rob, and good morning, everyone. I will now review Trusco's financial results for the second quarter of 2025. As we noted in the press release, the company saw standout results for the second quarter of 2025, marked by increases in both net income and net interest income, of Trusco Bank during the second quarter of 2025 compared to the second quarter of 2024. This performance is underscored by rising net interest income, continued margin expansion, and accelerated loan growth across key portfolios. This results in the second quarter net income of $15 million, an increase of 19.8% over the prior year quarter, which yielded a return on average assets and average equity of 0.96% and 8.73% respectively. Capital remains strong. Consolidated equity to assets ratio was 10.91% for the second quarter of 2025 compared to 10.73% in the second quarter of 2024. Book value per share at June 30, 25 was $36.75, up 6.6% compared to $34.46 a year earlier. During the second quarter of 25, Trusco repurchased 169,000 shares of common stock under the previously announced stock repurchase program. And as always, we remain committed to returning value to shareholders through a disciplined share repurchase program, which reflects our confidence in the long-term strength of the franchise and our focus on capital optimization. Average loans for the second quarter of 25 grew 2.3% or $115.6 million to $5.1 billion from the second quarter of 24, an all-time high. Consequently, overall loan growth has continued to increase, and leading the charge was home equity lines of credit portfolio, which increased by $64.7 million, or 17.8% in the second quarter of 25 over the same period in 24. The residential real estate portfolio increased $27.9 million, or 0.6%. The average commercial loans increased $25.8 million, or 9.2%, and installment loans decreased $2.9 million over the same period in 24. This uptick continues to reflect a strong local economy and increased demand for credit. For the second quarter of 25, the provision for credit losses was $650,000. Retaining deposits has been a key focus as we navigate through 2025. Total deposits ended the quarter at $5.5 billion and was up $213 million compared to the prior year quarter. We believe the increase in these deposits compared to the same period in 24 continues to indicate strong customer confidence in the bank's competitive deposit offerings. The bank's continued emphasis on relationship banking combined with competitive product offerings and digital capabilities has continued to be a stable deposit base that continues to support ongoing loan growth and expansion. The net interest income was $41.7 million for the second quarter of 25. an increase of 4 million or 10.5% compared to the prior year quarter. The net interest margin for the second quarter of 25 was 2.71% of 18 basis points from the prior year quarter. Yield on interest earning assets increased to 4.19% of 13 basis points from the prior year quarter. The cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased to 1.91% in the second quarter of 25 from 1.97% in the second quarter of 24. The bank is well positioned to continue delivering strong net interest income performance, even as the Federal Reserve signals a potential easing cycle in the months ahead. The bank remains committed to maintaining a competitive deposit offerings while ensuring financial stability and continued support for our community's banking needs. Our Wealth Management Division continues to be a significant recurring source of non-interest income. They had approximately $1.2 billion of assets under management as of June 30, 2025. Non-interest income attributable to wealth management and financial services fees increased 13% to $1.8 million, driven by strong client demand and higher assets under management. These revenues now represent 37.5% of non-interest income. The majority of this fee income is recurring, supported by long-term advisory relationships and a growing base of managed assets. Now on to non-interest expense. Total non-interest expense net of ORE expense came in at $25.7 million, down $600,000 from the prior year quarter. ORE expense net came in at an expense of $522,000 for the quarter as compared to $16,000 in the prior year quarter. We're going to continue to hold the anticipated level of expense not to exceed $250,000 per quarter for ORE expense. All the other categories of non-interest expense We're in line with expectations for the second quarter. Now, Kevin will review the loan portfolio and non-performing loans.