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City Holding Company Announces Quarterly Results

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CHARLESTON, W. Va., October 24, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--City Holding Company ("Company" or "City") (NASDAQ:CHCO), a $6.4 billion bank holding company headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia, today announced quarterly net income of $29.8 million and diluted earnings of $2.02 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. In the third quarter of 2024, the Company achieved a return on assets of 1.87% and a return on tangible equity of 20.9%.

Net Interest Income

The Company’s net interest income increased approximately $1.0 million, or 1.8%, from $54.6 million during the second quarter of 2024 to $55.6 million during the third quarter of 2024. The Company’s tax equivalent net interest income increased $1.0 million, or 1.8%, from $54.8 million for the second quarter of 2024 to $55.8 million for the third quarter of 2024. Due to an increase in the yield on loans (7 basis points) and an increase in average loans outstanding ($41.1 million), net interest income increased $1.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively. In addition, net interest income increased $0.4 million due to an increase in the average investment balances ($41.5 million). These increases were partially offset by an increase in the cost of interest bearing liabilities (7 basis points) which decreased net interest income by $0.8 million, and lower average deposits in depository institutions balances ($36.5 million) that lowered net interest income by $0.5 million. The Company’s reported net interest margin remained steady at 3.87% for both the second and third quarters of 2024.

Credit Quality

The Company’s ratio of nonperforming assets to total loans and other real estate owned increased from 0.25%, or $10.2 million, at June 30, 2024 to 0.39%, or $16.2 million, at September 30, 2024. Total past due loans increased slightly from $10.9 million, or 0.26% of total loans outstanding, at June 30, 2024, to $11.3 million, or 0.27% of total loans outstanding at September 30, 2024.

As a result of the Company’s quarterly analysis of the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses, the Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $1.2 million in the third quarter of 2024, compared to a provision for credit losses of $0.2 million for the comparable period in 2023, and a provision for credit losses of $0.5 million for the second quarter of 2024. The provision for credit losses in the third quarter was primarily related to a commercial loan for a movie theater that had been originated in September 2014. The loan had paid according to terms but cash flows began deteriorating during the COVID-19 crisis which began in 2020. Due to further operating weaknesses during 2024, the loan was transferred to nonaccrual status and a $2.0 million charge-off was recorded in the quarter ending September 30, 2024, leaving an outstanding balance of approximately $6.7 million. The Company has only one other loan to a movie theater and the outstanding balance of that performing loan is under $5.0 million. This charge-off was partially offset by a $0.75 million reversal of a reserve on a purchase credit deteriorated loan that was paid-off in full during the quarter ended September 30, 2024.