Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Rhea-AI Summary

Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. reported financial results for Q3 2024. Key highlights include:

• Net income of $7.4 million, or $0.65 per basic share
• Return on average assets of 0.96% and return on average equity of 9.58%
• Net interest margin improved to 3.33%, up 31 basis points year-over-year
• Total deposits increased by $42.8 million to $2.67 billion
• Nonperforming assets were 0.66% of total assets
• Repurchased 59,996 shares at an average price of $30.65
• Total equity increased to $319.3 million

The company reported stable earnings and improved net interest margin, while maintaining solid capital and liquidity positions. Credit quality remained strong with low past-dues and charge-offs.

Positive

• Net income increased to $7.4 million, up from $6.3 million in Q3 2023
• Net interest margin improved to 3.33%, up 31 basis points year-over-year
• Total deposits increased by $42.8 million during the quarter
• Repurchased 59,996 shares of common stock
• Total equity increased to $319.3 million from $296.8 million in Q3 2023
• Recorded a reverse provision for credit losses of $500,000

Negative

• Gross loans decreased by $78.5 million, or 3.5%, during the quarter
• Nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets increased to 0.66% from 0.09% in Q3 2023
• Noninterest-bearing deposits decreased by $63.8 million compared to Q3 2023

Insights

Financial Analyst

Guaranty Bancshares reported solid Q3 2024 results, with net income of $7.4 million ($0.65 per share), flat compared to Q2 but up from $6.3 million ($0.54 per share) in Q3 2023. The improvement was driven by higher net interest income and a $500,000 reverse provision for credit losses.

Key positives include:

• Net interest margin improved to 3.33%, up 31 basis points year-over-year
• Strong capital position with total equity to assets at 10.4%
• Good asset quality with nonperforming assets at 0.66% of total assets
• Deposit growth of $42.8 million in Q3

However, loan balances declined $78.5 million in Q3 and $181.7 million year-over-year due to tighter underwriting and lower demand. The efficiency ratio improved to 70.47% but remains elevated. Overall, GNTY is maintaining stable performance in a challenging environment.

Banking Industry Specialist

Guaranty Bancshares' Q3 results reflect the broader challenges facing regional banks amid high interest rates and economic uncertainty. The bank's strategic focus on balance sheet optimization and maintaining strong capital/liquidity positions is prudent given the uncertain environment.

The improvement in net interest margin to 3.33% is encouraging and above peer averages. However, the 8% year-to-date decline in loans bears watching, as it could pressure future revenue growth if it continues. The stable core deposit base (31.5% noninterest-bearing) provides a solid funding foundation.

Asset quality metrics remain sound, with nonperforming assets at 0.66% of total assets. The 1.34% allowance for credit losses appears adequate. The bank's proactive approach in working with stressed borrowers is positive.

Overall, GNTY is navigating the challenging environment relatively well, but sustained loan growth and further efficiency improvements will be key to driving stronger shareholder returns going forward.

ADDISON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE: GNTY) (the "Company"), the parent company of Guaranty Bank & Trust, N.A. (the "Bank"), today reported financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024. The Company's net income available to common shareholders was $7.4 million, or $0.65 per basic share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to $7.4 million, or $0.65 per basic share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 and $6.3 million, or $0.54 per basic share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. Return on average assets and average equity for the third quarter of 2024 were 0.96% and 9.58%, respectively, compared to 0.95% and 9.91%, respectively, for the second quarter of 2024 and 0.78% and 8.43%, respectively, for the third quarter of 2023. The increase in earnings during the third quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter of 2023 was primarily due to an increase in net interest income of $889,000, or 3.8%, along with a reverse provision for credit losses of $500,000 during the third quarter of 2024 compared to no provision during the prior year quarter.

"Our earnings and margin results were good in the third quarter and continue to show improvement as the Fed begins to lower interest rates. Net interest margin is now at 3.33%, up 7 basis points from the prior quarter and 31 basis points from the third quarter of 2023. We continue to position our balance sheet to take advantage of possible loan growth and other opportunities when economic conditions improve and interest rates continue to fall. Deposit balances increased during the quarter, we purchased additional higher yielding AFS securities and we repaid the remaining $45.0 million in FHLB advances. We believe credit quality remains strong with very low past-dues and charge-offs. Non-performing assets should also be very low by year-end as we anticipate resolutions for the ORE on our balance sheet. Our capital and liquidity levels are solid and will leave us well positioned to drive positive strategic objectives and obtain favorable results for shareholders for the remainder of 2024 and 2025," said Ty Abston, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

QUARTERLY HIGHLIGHTS

• Improvement in NIM and Stable Earnings. Net interest margin, on a fully taxable equivalent basis, continued to improve in the third quarter, increasing to 3.33%, compared to 3.26% in the second quarter and 3.02% in the prior year quarter. Earnings were fairly consistent with the prior quarter, showing improvements in net interest income, non-interest income and employee and compensation expenses, which were slightly offset by a lower reverse provision for credit losses and higher provision for income taxes in the third quarter. The net interest income improvements resulted primarily from a decrease in interest bearing liability costs, while earning assets have continued to reprice upward.
  

• Solid Balance Sheet, Capital and Liquidity. During the past year, we have strategically shrunk our balance sheet primarily by paying off debt and allowing transactional/non-relationship loans to pay off. This strategy positions us to be on the offense when we believe strong opportunities for growth or M&A are presented. Our capital and liquidity ratios, as well as contingent liquidity sources, remain very healthy. During the third quarter of 2024, we repurchased 59,996 shares of our common stock, or 0.53% of our average shares outstanding during the period, at an average price of $30.65 per share. Our liquidity ratio, calculated as cash and cash equivalents and unpledged investments divided by total liabilities, was 17.1% as of September 30, 2024, compared to 14.0% as of September 30, 2023. Our total available contingent liquidity, net of current outstanding borrowings, was $1.4 billion, consisting of FHLB, FRB and correspondent bank fed funds and revolving lines of credit. Finally, our total equity to average quarterly assets as of September 30, 2024 was 10.4%. If we had to recognize our entire net unrealized losses on both AFS and HTM securities, our total equity to average assets ratio would be 9.8%^†, which we believe represents a strong capital level under regulatory requirements.
  
  
• Good Asset Quality. Overall credit quality remains strong and the expected losses on deteriorating credits are low due to the Bank's equity position and/or strong guarantor support. Nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets were 0.66% at September 30, 2024, compared to 0.71% at June 30, 2024 and 0.09% at September 30, 2023. Net charge-offs (annualized) to average loans were 0.04% for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to 0.01% for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, and 0.11% for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  
  There was a reverse provision to the allowance for credit losses of $500,000 during the third quarter, in addition to the $1.45 million reverse provision during the first half of the year. Changes to historical and qualitative factors have been minimal during the first three quarters of 2024, therefore the decrease in the allowance for credit losses was due primarily to the decreases in outstanding loan balances of $186.0 million, or 8.0%, since January 1, 2024, which were partially offset by an increase in special mention loans during the same period as we continue to work with a relatively small number of stressed borrowers.
  
  Nonperforming assets consist of both nonaccrual loans and other real estate owned (ORE). Nonaccrual loans represented 0.24% of total outstanding loan balances as of September 30, 2024 and consisted primarily of smaller dollar consumer and small business loans. ORE consisted of two real estate properties, both of which we expect to resolve and sell in the fourth quarter of 2024 with minimal, if any, losses. Nonaccrual loans represented 0.28% and 0.12% of total outstanding loan balances as of June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively.
  

• Granular and Consistent Core Deposit Base. As of September 30, 2024, we have 89,878 total deposit accounts with an average account balance of $29,695. We have a historically reliable core deposit base, with strong and trusted banking relationships. Total deposits increased by $42.8 million during the third quarter. DDA and time deposit balances increased $19.2 million and $24.5 million, respectively, while savings and MMDA balances decreased $965,000 during the third quarter of 2024. Excluding public funds and Bank-owned accounts, our uninsured deposits as of September 30, 2024 were 26.3% of total deposits.
  
  Interest rates paid on deposits during the quarter stabilized with minimal increases. Noninterest-bearing deposits represent 31.5% of total deposits as of September 30, 2024. Our cost of interest-bearing deposits increased one basis point during the quarter from 3.32% in the prior quarter to 3.33%. This increase was primarily due to renewals of maturing certificates of deposit into new CDs paying higher rates, although current CD rate offerings were recently lowered late in the quarter. Our cost of total deposits for the third quarter of 2024 increased three basis points from 2.28% in the prior quarter to 2.31%^†.

_{† Non-GAAP financial metric. Calculations of this metric and reconciliations to GAAP are included in the schedules accompanying this release.}

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Net interest income, before the reversal of the provision for credit losses, for the third quarter of 2024 and 2023 was $24.2 million and $23.3 million, respectively, an increase of $889,000, or 3.8%. The increase in net interest income resulted from an increase in interest income of $615,000, or 1.5%, combined with a decrease in interest expense of $274,000, or 1.7%, compared to the prior year quarter. The increase in interest income resulted primarily from a $670,000, or 16.5%, increase in interest income on securities and a $205,000, or 29.6%, increase in interest income received from Federal funds sold and interest-bearing deposits. The decrease in interest expense resulted primarily from a $2.3 million and $808,000 decrease in interest paid on FHLB borrowings and brokered deposits, respectively. These decreases were partially offset by a $2.6 million increase in interest paid on CD accounts during the third quarter of 2024 compared to the same period of the prior year. Our noninterest-bearing deposits to total deposits were 31.5% and 34.0% as of September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Net interest margin, on a fully taxable equivalent basis, for the third quarter of 2024 and 2023 was 3.33% and 3.02%, respectively. Net interest margin, on a fully taxable equivalent basis, increased 31 basis points primarily due to a 40 basis point increase in interest-earning asset yields partially offset by an increase of eight basis points in the cost of interest-bearing liabilities from the prior year quarter. The increase in yield on interest-earning assets was primarily due to increases in yield on the loan portfolio from 5.91% to 6.35%, or 44 basis points, as well as 82 and 10 basis point increases in yield on AFS and HTM securities, respectively, during the period. The increase in the cost of interest-bearing liabilities was due primarily to an increase in the cost of interest-bearing deposits from 3.00% to 3.33%, a change of 33 basis points, since September 30, 2023.

Net interest income, before the reversal of the provision for credit losses, increased $311,000, or 1.3%, from $23.9 million in the second quarter of 2024 to $24.2 million for the third quarter of 2024. The increase in net interest income resulted primarily from a larger decrease in interest expense of $591,000, or 3.5%, compared to the decrease in interest income of $280,000, or 0.7%, from the prior quarter.

Net interest margin, on a fully taxable equivalent basis, increased from 3.26% for the second quarter of 2024 to 3.33% for the third quarter of 2024, an increase of seven basis points. The increase in net interest margin, on a fully taxable equivalent basis, was primarily due to a one basis point increase in the yield earned on interest-earning assets, further improved by a seven basis point decrease in rates on interest-bearing liabilities. The increase in yield was primarily due to an increase in loan yields from 6.29% for the second quarter of 2024 to 6.35% for the third quarter of 2024, a change of six basis points, partially offset by decreases in yield on all other interest-earning assets for a net increase of one basis point in yields on interest-earning assets. This increase was improved by a decrease in interest-bearing liabilities of seven basis points since June 30, 2024.

We recorded a reverse provision for credit losses of $500,000 during the third quarter of 2024, and $1.2 million and $250,000 of reverse provisions during the second and first quarters of 2024, respectively. The reverse provisions resulted from a decline in gross loan balances of $78.5 million during the third quarter and of $186.0 million year to date, while overall credit quality trends and economic forecast assumptions remained relatively stable. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, our allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total loans was 1.34% and 1.33%, respectively.

Noninterest income increased $215,000, or 4.4%, during the third quarter of 2024 to $5.2 million, compared to $4.9 million for the third quarter of 2023. The increase from the same quarter in 2023 was primarily due to rental income received during the quarter.

Noninterest income for the third quarter of 2024 increased by $555,000, or 12.1%, from $4.6 million in the second quarter of 2024. The increase was primarily due to an increase in other noninterest income of $909,000, or 1377.3%, primarily the result of a $900,000 ORE valuation allowance during the second quarter of 2024. This was partially offset by a $305,000, or 14.4%, decrease in merchant and debit card fees due to an annual payment from our third party processing vendor during the second quarter of 2024.

Noninterest expense increased $164,000, or 0.8%, during the third quarter of 2024 to $20.7 million, compared to $20.5 million for the third quarter of 2023. The increase in noninterest expense during the third quarter of 2024 was driven primarily by an increase in other noninterest expense of $498,000, or 39.9%, due to $642,000 in ORE-related holding costs during the current quarter, which was partially offset by a $358,000, or 3.0%, decrease in employee compensation and benefits and a $127,000, or 14.1%, decrease in legal and professional fees compared to the third quarter of 2023.

Noninterest expense increased $76,000, or 0.4%, during the third quarter of 2024, from $20.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. The increase resulted primarily from a $141,000, or 8.8%, increase in other noninterest expense due to $642,000 in ORE-related holding costs during the current quarter. Additionally, the Bank saw a $102,000, or 3.5%, increase in occupancy expenses during the third quarter of 2024 compared to the second quarter of 2024. These increases were partially offset by a $137,000, or 1.2%, decrease in employee compensation and benefits.

The Company’s efficiency ratio for the third quarter of 2024 was 70.47%, compared to 72.64% for the prior year quarter and 72.34% for the second quarter of 2024.

FINANCIAL CONDITION

Consolidated assets for the Company totaled $3.10 billion at September 30, 2024, compared to $3.08 billion at June 30, 2024 and $3.23 billion at September 30, 2023.

Gross loans decreased by $78.5 million, or 3.5%, during the quarter resulting in a gross loan balance of $2.14 billion at September 30, 2024, compared to $2.21 billion at June 30, 2024. Our decline in loans resulted primarily from tighter underwriting, strategic non-renewal decisions and from lower demand from potential borrowers.

Gross loans decreased $181.7 million, or 7.8%, from $2.32 billion at September 30, 2023. The decrease in gross loans during the third quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter of 2023 resulted from tightened credit underwriting standards and loan terms, along with fewer borrower requests in response to higher interest rates and project costs.

Total deposits increased by $42.8 million, or 1.6%, to $2.67 billion at September 30, 2024, compared to $2.63 billion at June 30, 2024, and increased $10.6 million, or 0.4%, from $2.66 billion at September 30, 2023. The increase in deposits during the third quarter of 2024 compared to the second quarter of 2024 was the result of an increase in noninterest-bearing and interest-bearing deposits of $19.1 million and $23.6 million, respectively. The increase in deposits during the current quarter compared to the prior year quarter resulted primarily from an increase in interest-bearing deposits of $74.4 million, offset by a decrease in noninterest-bearing deposits of $63.8 million.

Nonperforming assets as a percentage of total loans were 0.96% at September 30, 2024, compared to 0.98% at June 30, 2024 and 0.13% at September 30, 2023. Nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets were 0.66% at September 30, 2024, compared to 0.71% at June 30, 2024, and 0.09% at September 30, 2023. The Bank's nonperforming assets consist primarily of ORE and nonaccrual loans. The increase in nonperforming assets compared to the prior year quarter was primarily due to the acquisition of ORE, which is expected to be fully resolved by year-end.

Total equity was $319.3 million at September 30, 2024, compared to $308.6 million at June 30, 2024 and $296.8 million at September 30, 2023. The increase in total equity compared to the prior quarter and prior year quarter resulted primarily from net income of $7.4 million during the third quarter and from a positive shift in our net unrealized losses on securities compared to the prior periods. The increases in equity were somewhat offset by the payment of dividends and by the repurchase of stock totaling $1.8 million during the third quarter of 2024, $4.1 million during the second quarter of 2024 and $1.7 million during the third quarter of 2023.

		As of
		2024												2023
(dollars in thousands)		September 30				June 30				March 31				December 31				September 30
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks		$	50,623			$	45,016			$	43,872			$	47,744			$	47,922
Federal funds sold			108,350				40,475				24,300				36,575				73,275
Interest-bearing deposits			3,973				4,721				4,921				5,205				8,980
Total cash and cash equivalents			162,946				90,212				73,093				89,524				130,177
Securities available for sale			277,567				242,662				228,787				196,195				178,644
Securities held to maturity			341,911				347,992				363,963				404,208				408,308
Loans held for sale			770				871				874				976				2,506
Loans, net			2,107,597				2,185,247				2,234,012				2,290,881				2,286,163
Accrued interest receivable			10,927				12,397				11,747				13,143				11,307
Premises and equipment, net			56,964				57,475				56,921				57,018				56,712
Other real estate owned			15,184				15,184				14,900				—				—
Cash surrender value of life insurance			42,623				42,369				42,119				42,348				42,096
Core deposit intangible, net			1,100				1,206				1,312				1,418				1,524
Goodwill			32,160				32,160				32,160				32,160				32,160
Other assets			47,356				53,842				67,550				56,920				80,816
Total assets		$	3,097,105			$	3,081,617			$	3,127,438			$	3,184,791			$	3,230,413
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Deposits
Noninterest-bearing		$	839,567			$	820,430			$	828,861			$	852,957			$	903,391
Interest-bearing			1,829,347				1,805,732				1,798,983				1,780,289				1,754,902
Total deposits			2,668,914				2,626,162				2,627,844				2,633,246				2,658,293
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase			31,164				25,173				39,058				25,172				19,366
Accrued interest and other liabilities			33,849				32,860				33,807				32,242				31,218
Line of credit			—				—				—				4,500				2,000
Federal Home Loan Bank advances			—				45,000				75,000				140,000				175,000
Subordinated debentures			43,885				43,852				45,819				45,785				47,752
Total liabilities			2,777,812				2,773,047				2,821,528				2,880,945				2,933,629
Equity attributable to Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.			318,784				308,043				305,371				303,300				296,226
Noncontrolling interest			509				527				539				546				558
Total equity			319,293				308,570				305,910				303,846				296,784
Total liabilities and equity		$	3,097,105			$	3,081,617			$	3,127,438			$	3,184,791			$	3,230,413

		Quarter Ended
		2024												2023
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)		September 30				June 30				March 31				December 31				September 30
STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
Interest income		$	40,433			$	40,713			$	40,752			$	40,796			$	39,818
Interest expense			16,242				16,833				17,165				16,983				16,516
Net interest income			24,191				23,880				23,587				23,813				23,302
Reversal of provision for credit losses			(500	)			(1,200	)			(250	)			—				—
Net interest income after reversal of provision for credit losses			24,691				25,080				23,837				23,813				23,302
Noninterest income			5,154				4,599				5,258				4,796				4,939
Noninterest expense			20,678				20,602				20,692				21,402				20,514
Income before income taxes			9,167				9,077				8,403				7,207				7,727
Income tax provision			1,788				1,654				1,722				1,341				1,437
Net earnings		$	7,379			$	7,423			$	6,681			$	5,866			$	6,290
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest			18				12				7				12				7
Net earnings attributable to Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.		$	7,397			$	7,435			$	6,688			$	5,878			$	6,297
PER COMMON SHARE DATA
Earnings per common share, basic		$	0.65			$	0.65			$	0.58			$	0.51			$	0.54
Earnings per common share, diluted			0.65				0.65				0.58				0.51				0.54
Cash dividends per common share			0.24				0.24				0.24				0.23				0.23
Book value per common share - end of quarter			27.94				26.98				26.47				26.28				25.64
Tangible book value per common share - end of quarter(1)			25.03				24.06				23.57				23.37				22.72
Common shares outstanding - end of quarter(2)			11,408,908				11,417,270				11,534,960				11,540,644				11,554,094
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic			11,383,027				11,483,091				11,539,167				11,536,878				11,568,897
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, diluted			11,443,324				11,525,504				11,598,239				11,589,165				11,619,342
PERFORMANCE RATIOS
Return on average assets (annualized)			0.96	%			0.95	%			0.85	%			0.73	%			0.78	%
Return on average equity (annualized)			9.58				9.91				8.93				7.93				8.43
Net interest margin, fully taxable equivalent (annualized)(3)			3.33				3.26				3.16				3.11				3.02
Efficiency ratio(4)			70.47				72.34				71.74				74.81				72.64
(1) See Non-GAAP Reconciling Tables.
(2) Excludes the dilutive effect, if any, of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options.
(3) Net interest margin on a fully taxable equivalent basis is equal to net interest income adjusted for nontaxable income divided by average interest-earning assets, annualized, using a marginal tax rate of 21%.
(4) The efficiency ratio was calculated by dividing total noninterest expense by net interest income plus noninterest income, excluding securities gains or losses. Taxes are not part of this calculation.

		As of
		2024												2023
(dollars in thousands)		September 30				June 30				March 31				December 31				September 30
LOAN PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION
Commercial and industrial		$	245,738			$	264,058			$	269,560			$	287,565			$	292,410
Real estate:
Construction and development			213,014				231,053				273,300				296,639				317,484
Commercial real estate			866,112				899,120				906,684				923,195				901,321
Farmland			169,116				180,126				180,502				186,295				188,614
1-4 family residential			524,245				526,650				523,573				514,603				504,002
Multi-family residential			54,158				47,507				44,569				44,292				42,720
Consumer			52,530				53,642				54,375				57,059				58,294
Agricultural			11,293				12,506				12,418				12,685				13,076
Overdrafts			331				335				276				243				328
Total loans(1)(2)		$	2,136,537			$	2,214,997			$	2,265,257			$	2,322,576			$	2,318,249
		Quarter Ended
		2024												2023
(dollars in thousands)		September 30				June 30				March 31				December 31				September 30
ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES
Balance at beginning of period		$	29,282			$	30,560			$	30,920			$	31,140			$	31,759
Loans charged-off			(272	)			(115	)			(310	)			(242	)			(644	)
Recoveries			33				37				200				22				25
Reversal of provision for credit losses			(500	)			(1,200	)			(250	)			—				—
Balance at end of period		$	28,543			$	29,282			$	30,560			$	30,920			$	31,140
Allowance for credit losses / period-end loans			1.34	%			1.32	%			1.35	%			1.33	%			1.34	%
Allowance for credit losses / nonperforming loans			560.2				470.4				496.0				552.9				1,148.2
Net charge-offs / average loans (annualized)			0.04				0.01				0.02				0.04				0.11
NONPERFORMING ASSETS
Nonaccrual loans		$	5,095			$	6,225			$	6,161			$	5,592			$	2,712
Other real estate owned			15,184				15,184				14,900				—				—
Repossessed assets owned			154				331				236				234				250
Total nonperforming assets		$	20,433			$	21,740			$	21,297			$	5,826			$	2,962
Nonaccrual loans as a percentage of total loans(1)(2)			0.24	%			0.28	%			0.27	%			0.24	%			0.12	%
Nonperforming assets as a percentage of:
Total loans(1)(2)			0.96	%			0.98	%			0.94	%			0.25	%			0.13	%
Total assets			0.66				0.71				0.68				0.18				0.09
(1) Excludes outstanding balances of loans held for sale of $770,000, $871,000, $874,000, $976,000, and $2.5 million as of September 30, June 30 and March 31, 2024 and December 31 and September 30, 2023, respectively.
(2) Excludes deferred loan fees of $397,000, $468,000, $685,000, $775,000, and $946,000 as of September 30, June 30 and March 31, 2024 and December 31 and September 30, 2023, respectively.

		Quarter Ended
		2024												2023
(dollars in thousands)		September 30				June 30				March 31				December 31				September 30
NONINTEREST INCOME
Service charges		$	1,165			$	1,098			$	1,069			$	1,123			$	1,131
Net realized gain on sale of loans			252				227				272				196				218
Fiduciary and custodial income			542				657				649				624				637
Bank-owned life insurance income			255				250				251				249				267
Merchant and debit card fees			1,817				2,122				1,706				1,760				1,752
Loan processing fee income			102				136				118				116				128
Mortgage fee income			46				43				41				30				46
Other noninterest income			975				66				1,152				698				760
Total noninterest income		$	5,154			$	4,599			$	5,258			$	4,796			$	4,939
NONINTEREST EXPENSE
Employee compensation and benefits		$	11,586			$	11,723			$	12,437			$	12,715			$	11,944
Occupancy expenses			3,026				2,924				2,747				2,757				2,960
Legal and professional fees			775				841				772				954				902
Software and technology			1,649				1,653				1,642				1,740				1,490
Amortization			142				142				143				145				147
Director and committee fees			188				198				200				186				192
Advertising and promotions			239				208				169				352				288
ATM and debit card expense			791				785				609				763				803
Telecommunication expense			178				159				173				175				178
FDIC insurance assessment fees			359				365				360				321				363
Other noninterest expense			1,745				1,604				1,440				1,294				1,247
Total noninterest expense		$	20,678			$	20,602			$	20,692			$	21,402			$	20,514

		Quarter Ended September 30,
		2024												2023
(dollars in thousands)		Average Outstanding Balance				Interest Earned/ Interest Paid				Average Yield/ Rate				Average Outstanding Balance				Interest Earned/ Interest Paid				Average Yield/ Rate
ASSETS
Interest-earning assets:
Total loans(1)		$	2,167,701			$	34,615				6.35	%		$	2,332,171			$	34,765				5.91	%
Securities available for sale			263,487				2,484				3.75				181,946				1,346				2.93
Securities held to maturity			345,422				2,242				2.58				432,687				2,710				2.48
Nonmarketable equity securities			19,341				194				3.99				25,429				304				4.74
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks			66,583				898				5.37				52,424				693				5.24
Total interest-earning assets			2,862,534				40,433				5.62				3,024,657				39,818				5.22
Allowance for credit losses			(29,101	)											(31,574	)
Noninterest-earning assets			232,947												220,406
Total assets		$	3,066,380											$	3,213,489
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Interest-bearing deposits		$	1,821,395			$	15,243				3.33	%		$	1,726,218			$	13,069				3.00	%
Advances from FHLB and fed funds purchased			21,739				286				5.23				194,115				2,588				5.29
Line of credit			261				6				9.15				5,011				204				16.15
Subordinated debt			43,863				506				4.59				47,730				534				4.44
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase			34,370				201				2.33				22,718				121				2.11
Total interest-bearing liabilities			1,921,628				16,242				3.36				1,995,792				16,516				3.28
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
Noninterest-bearing deposits			800,573												888,772
Accrued interest and other liabilities			36,970												32,716
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities			837,543												921,488
Equity			307,209												296,209
Total liabilities and equity		$	3,066,380											$	3,213,489
Net interest rate spread(2)											2.26	%											1.94	%
Net interest income						$	24,191											$	23,302
Net interest margin(3)											3.36	%											3.06	%
Net interest margin, fully taxable equivalent(4)											3.33	%											3.02	%
(1) Includes average outstanding balances of loans held for sale of $882,000 and $1.1 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
(2) Net interest spread is the average yield on interest-earning assets minus the average rate on interest-bearing liabilities.
(3) Net interest margin is equal to net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets, annualized.
(4) Net interest margin on a fully taxable equivalent basis is equal to net interest income adjusted for nontaxable income divided by average interest-earning assets, annualized, using a marginal tax rate of 21%.

		Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2024												2023
(dollars in thousands)		Average Outstanding Balance				Interest Earned/ Interest Paid				Average Yield/ Rate				Average Outstanding Balance				Interest Earned/ Interest Paid				Average Yield/ Rate
ASSETS
Interest-earning assets:
Total loans(1)		$	2,234,538			$	105,115				6.28	%		$	2,359,880			$	100,513				5.69	%
Securities available for sale			241,777				6,602				3.65				180,645				3,619				2.68
Securities held to maturity			365,174				7,107				2.60				463,434				8,591				2.48
Nonmarketable equity securities			22,329				722				4.32				27,727				1,024				4.94
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks			56,901				2,352				5.52				49,923				1,949				5.22
Total interest-earning assets			2,920,719				121,898				5.57				3,081,609				115,696				5.02
Allowance for credit losses			(30,125	)											(31,804	)
Noninterest-earning assets			234,822												219,227
Total assets		$	3,125,416											$	3,269,032
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Interest-bearing deposits		$	1,802,228			$	44,526				3.30	%		$	1,668,394			$	30,670				2.46	%
Advances from FHLB and fed funds purchased			84,234				3,413				5.41				255,011				9,711				5.09
Line of credit			367				24				8.74				4,139				268				8.66
Subordinated debt			44,713				1,534				4.58				48,357				1,609				4.45
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase			39,880				743				2.49				19,548				271				1.85
Total interest-bearing liabilities			1,971,422				50,240				3.40				1,995,449				42,529				2.85
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
Noninterest-bearing deposits			814,117												944,870
Accrued interest and other liabilities			36,458												30,057
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities			850,575												974,927
Equity			303,418												298,656
Total liabilities and equity		$	3,125,415											$	3,269,032
Net interest rate spread(2)											2.17	%											2.17	%
Net interest income						$	71,658											$	73,167
Net interest margin(3)											3.28	%											3.17	%
Net interest margin, fully taxable equivalent(4)											3.25	%											3.16	%
(1) Includes average outstanding balances of loans held for sale of $801,000 and $1.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
(2) Net interest spread is the average yield on interest-earning assets minus the average rate on interest-bearing liabilities.
(3) Net interest margin is equal to net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets, annualized.
(4) Net interest margin on a fully taxable equivalent basis is equal to net interest income adjusted for nontaxable income divided by average interest-earning assets, annualized, using a marginal tax rate of 21%.

NON-GAAP RECONCILING TABLES

Tangible Book Value per Common Share

		As of
		2024												2023
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)		September 30				June 30				March 31				December 31				September 30
Equity attributable to Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.		$	318,784			$	308,043			$	305,371			$	303,300			$	296,226
Adjustments:
Goodwill			(32,160	)			(32,160	)			(32,160	)			(32,160	)			(32,160	)
Core deposit intangible, net			(1,100	)			(1,206	)			(1,312	)			(1,418	)			(1,524	)
Total tangible common equity attributable to Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.		$	285,524			$	274,677			$	271,899			$	269,722			$	262,542
Common shares outstanding(1)			11,408,908				11,417,270				11,534,960				11,540,644				11,554,094
Book value per common share		$	27.94			$	26.98			$	26.47			$	26.28			$	25.64
Tangible book value per common share(1)			25.03				24.06				23.57				23.37				22.72
(1) Excludes the dilutive effect, if any, of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options.

Net Unrealized Loss on Securities, Tax Effected, as a Percentage of Total Equity

(dollars in thousands)		September 30, 2024
Total equity(1)		$	319,293
Less: net unrealized loss on HTM securities, tax effected			(17,852	)
Total equity, including net unrealized loss on AFS and HTM securities		$	301,441
Net unrealized loss on AFS securities, tax effected			8,374
Net unrealized loss on HTM securities, tax effected			17,852
Net unrealized loss on AFS and HTM securities, tax effected		$	26,226
Net unrealized loss on securities as % of total equity(1)			8.2	%
Total equity before impact of unrealized losses		$	327,667
Net unrealized loss on securities as % of total equity before impact of unrealized losses			8.0	%
Total average assets		$	3,066,380
Total equity to average assets			10.4	%
Total equity, adjusted for tax effected net unrealized loss, to average assets			9.8	%
(1) Includes the net unrealized loss on AFS securities of $8.4 million, tax effected.

Cost of Total Deposits

		Quarter Ended
(dollars in thousands)		September 30, 2024				June 30, 2024				September 30, 2023
Total average interest-bearing deposits		$	1,821,395			$	1,795,958			$	1,726,218
Adjustments:
Noninterest-bearing deposits			800,573				818,290				888,772
Total average deposits		$	2,621,968			$	2,614,248			$	2,614,990
Total deposit-related interest expense		$	15,243			$	14,824			$	13,069
Average cost of interest-bearing deposits			3.33	%			3.32	%			3.00	%
Average cost of total deposits			2.31				2.28				1.98

About Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Certain of the financial measures and ratios we present, including “tangible book value per common share”, "net unrealized loss on securities, tax effected, as a percentage of total equity" and "cost of total deposits" are supplemental measures that are not required by, or are not presented in accordance with, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). We refer to these financial measures and ratios as “non-GAAP financial measures.” We consider the use of select non-GAAP financial measures and ratios to be useful for financial and operational decision making and useful in evaluating period-to-period comparisons. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance by excluding certain expenditures or assets that we believe are not indicative of our primary business operating results or by presenting certain metrics on a fully taxable equivalent basis. We believe that management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting, analyzing and comparing past, present and future periods.

These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP and you should not rely on non-GAAP financial measures alone as measures of our performance. The non-GAAP financial measures we present may differ from non-GAAP financial measures used by our peers or other companies. We compensate for these limitations by providing the equivalent GAAP measures whenever we present the non-GAAP financial measures and by including a reconciliation of the impact of the components adjusted for in the non-GAAP financial measure so that both measures and the individual components may be considered when analyzing our performance.

A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures is included at the end of the financial statement tables.

Conference Call Information

The Company will hold a conference call to discuss third quarter 2024 financial results on Monday, October 21, 2024 at 10:00 am Central Time. The conference call will be hosted by Ty Abston, Chairman and CEO, and Shalene Jacobson, EVP and CFO. All conference attendees must register before the call at www.gnty.com/earningscall. The conference materials will be available by accessing the Investor Relations page on our website, www.gnty.com. A recording of the conference call will be available by 1:00 pm Central Time the day of the call and remain available through October 31, 2024 on our Investor Relations webpage.

About Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.

Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. is the parent company for Guaranty Bank & Trust, N.A. Guaranty Bank & Trust has 33 banking locations across 26 Texas communities located within the East Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and Central Texas regions of the state. As of September 30, 2024, Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. had total assets of $3.1 billion, total loans of $2.1 billion and total deposits of $2.7 billion. Visit www.gnty.com for more information.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to, among other things, future events and our results of operations, financial condition and financial performance. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “predict,” “potential,” “believe,” “will likely result,” “expect,” “continue,” “will,” “anticipate,” “seek,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “projection,” “would” and “outlook,” or the negative version of those words or other comparable words of a future or forward-looking nature. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, and are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, management’s beliefs and certain assumptions made by management, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and beyond our control. Accordingly, we caution you that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, assumptions and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date made, actual results may prove to be materially different from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, without limitation, the “Risk Factors” referenced in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and other risks and uncertainties listed from time to time in our reports and documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We can give no assurance that any goal or plan or expectation set forth in forward-looking statements can be achieved and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this communication, and we do not intend, and assume no obligation, to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances, except as required by applicable law.

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Shalene Jacobson

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.

(888) 572-9881

investors@gnty.com

Source: Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.

FAQ

What was Guaranty Bancshares' (GNTY) net income for Q3 2024?

Guaranty Bancshares reported net income of $7.4 million, or $0.65 per basic share, for Q3 2024.

How did Guaranty Bancshares' (GNTY) net interest margin change in Q3 2024?

The net interest margin improved to 3.33% in Q3 2024, up 31 basis points from 3.02% in Q3 2023.

What was the change in Guaranty Bancshares' (GNTY) total deposits for Q3 2024?

Total deposits increased by $42.8 million to $2.67 billion during Q3 2024.

How many shares did Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY) repurchase in Q3 2024?

Guaranty Bancshares repurchased 59,996 shares of common stock at an average price of $30.65 per share in Q3 2024.

What was Guaranty Bancshares' (GNTY) total equity as of September 30, 2024?

Guaranty Bancshares' total equity was $319.3 million as of September 30, 2024.