Company: CVBF
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-029985
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Company: CVB FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1B
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 income grew by $23.8 million, or 3.92%, in 2024, offset by a $64.4 million increase in interest expense year-over-year.  Cost of funds for 2024 increased by 49 basis points over 2023, while the earning asset yield grew by 25 basis points. Average earning assets declined by $275.6 million year-over-year.

Noninterest income of $54.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, decreased $4.8 million, or 8.18%, compared to the same period of 2023. Noninterest income in 2024 included a total pre-tax loss of $28.3 million from the sale of $467 million of AFS securities partially offset by a pre-tax gain of $25.9 million from the sale-leaseback of four buildings, while 2023 included a $2.6 million gain from an equity fund distribution. Trust and investment income for 2024 grew by $1.2 million, or 9.34%, from the prior year.  

Noninterest expense increased from $229.9 million in 2023 to $233.6 million in 2024.  The $3.7 million increase in noninterest expense generally represents normal inflationary increases in most expense categories, partially offset by a decrease in regulatory assessment expense as 2023 included the $9.2 million Special FDIC assessment. 

At December 31, 2024, total assets of $15.15 billion decreased by $867.3 million, or 5.41%, from total assets of $16.02 billion at December 31, 2023. Interest-earning assets of $13.53 billion at December 31, 2024 decreased by $934.2 million, or 6.46%, when compared with $14.46 billion at December 31, 2023. The decrease in interest-earning assets was primarily due to a $499.0 million decrease in investment securities, a $368.5 million decrease in total loans, and a decrease of $59.1 million in interest-earning balances due from the Federal Reserve.  

Total investment securities were $4.92 billion at December 31, 2024, a decrease of $499.0 million, or 9.20%, from $5.42 billion at December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to principal repayments and maturities,