Earnings Call Insights: South Plains Financial (SPFI) Q4 2025 Management View Curtis Griffith, Chairman & CEO, highlighted a 17.8% increase in diluted earnings per share for the full year, loan growth in line with guidance, 33 basis points of net interest margin (NIM) expansion to 4% for the quarter, and tangible book value per share growth of more than 14% to $29.05. Griffith emphasized the defin...
Earnings Call Insights: South Plains Financial (SPFI) Q4 2025 Management View Curtis Griffith, Chairman & CEO, highlighted a 17.8% increase in diluted earnings per share for the full year, loan growth in line with guidance, 33 basis points of net interest margin (NIM) expansion to 4% for the quarter, and tangible book value per share growth of more than 14% to $29.05. Griffith emphasized the definitive agreement to acquire BOH Holdings and its banking subsidiary, Bank of Houston, stating, "we expect it to be approximately 11% accretive to our earnings in 2027 with an attractive tangible book value earn back of less than 3 years." He also noted, "we expect our loan growth to accelerate to a mid- to high single-digit growth rate in 2026 which should also drive a nice acceleration to the earning power of South Plains." Griffith announced, "our Board of Directors authorized a $0.17 per share quarterly dividend which will be our 27th consecutive dividend." Cory Newsom, President & Director, stated, "Our loans held for investment increased by $91 million to $3.14 billion in the fourth quarter as compared to the linked quarter... primarily due to organic loan growth in multifamily property loans, direct energy loans and other commercial loans." Newsom also explained, "We ended the year having completed about 50% of our expected hiring occurring across our Dallas, Houston and Midland markets." Steven Crockett, CFO & Treasurer, reported, "For the fourth quarter, diluted earnings per share were $0.90 compared to $0.96 from the linked quarter. This decrease was primarily a result of a larger provision for credit losses as we experienced strong loan growth in the quarter, though the majority of those new loans funded later in December, coupled with the onetime interest income items in the linked quarter." Outlook Griffith stated the company expects "loan growth to accelerate to a mid- to high single-digit growth rate in 2026." Newsom indicated, "we do still expect some headwind...
Key Points It published the preliminary figures for its final quarter of 2025. It's anticipating a fairly deep loss on the bottom line. 10 stocks we like better than Cvr Energy › Petroleum refining and fertilizer production company CVR Energy (NYSE: CVI) had a Monday to forget on the stock exchange. Its shares lost nearly 10% of their value after the company announced preliminary quarterly and ful...
Key Points It published the preliminary figures for its final quarter of 2025. It's anticipating a fairly deep loss on the bottom line. 10 stocks we like better than Cvr Energy › Petroleum refining and fertilizer production company CVR Energy (NYSE: CVI) had a Monday to forget on the stock exchange. Its shares lost nearly 10% of their value after the company announced preliminary quarterly and full-year results that investors clearly found unimpressive. Fourth-quarter flop? Well before market open, in what seems like a rip-the-bandage-off-quickly move, CVR released those figures. According to the energy company's calculations, its net loss attributable to shareholders for the fourth quarter of 2025 will fall between $105 million and $125 million. That's on the back of total refining throughput of 210,000 to 220,000 barrels per day (bpd). Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » The bottom-line forecast compares quite unfavorably to CVR's performance in the same period of 2024. In that quarter, the specialty energy company posted a headline net profit attributable to shareholders of $28 million. Meanwhile, its refining throughput was 214,000 bpd. Worse, CVR is estimating that its ammonia utilization rate (a key indicator for the fertilization production business of its publicly traded subsidiary, CVR Partners) had fallen precipitously to 60% to 65% in the recently completed quarter. However, the year-ago period's utilization rate was far higher, at 96%. A costly delay Last year, CVR had to contend with operational challenges and delays at Coffeyville, one of its two fertilizer plants. These led to a maintenance shutdown lasting several months and negatively affected production. While the company has worked through Coffeyville's issues, its overall business doesn't seem to be in tip-top shape. Considering that, I would probably avoid its stock for now. Should you buy stock in...