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Home BancShares Earns $118 Million in Q1 as One Big Loan Swells Problem Loans

Investors will watch credit after a $92 million non-accrual dented asset quality.

Overview

  • Home BancShares, which reported first-quarter results Wednesday, posted net income of $118.2 million with diluted EPS of $0.60.
  • Total net revenue came in at about $266.7 million as the bank reported a 4.51% net interest margin and an ROA near 2.09%.
  • Non-performing loans climbed to $182.1 million and non-performing assets reached $224.1 million, driven mainly by one $92.1 million loan moved to non-accrual.
  • The allowance for credit losses held at $297.6 million, or 1.90% of loans, which reduced coverage of non-performing loans to about 163% from roughly 350% at year-end.
  • Following the close of its Mountain Commerce Bancorp deal effective April 1, the company issued about 5.4 million shares as consideration.