Company: FGBI
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001408534-25-000092
Chunk: 189

Company: First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-17
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 189
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 of a decrease in the average balance and average yield of loans. The average balance of loans (excluding loans held for sale) decreased by $317.3 million to $2.5 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 from $2.8 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 largely as a result of loan sales and payoffs on the portfolio. The average yield on loans (excluding loans held for sale) decreased by 24 basis points to 6.66% for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 from 6.90% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Nonaccrual loans were $114.3 million at September 30, 2025 compared to $108.5 million at December 31, 2024.

Interest income on interest-earning deposits with banks increased $9.5 million to $21.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the prior year period as a result of an increase in the average balance of interest-bearing deposits with banks. The average balance of interest-bearing deposits with banks increased $341.5 million to $641.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 from $299.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. This was partially offset by a decrease in the yield on interest-earning deposits of 80 basis points.

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Interest Expense

Three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024. Interest expense decreased $3.5 million, or 10.0%, to $31.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 from $34.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 due primarily to a decrease on the average rate of interest-bearing deposits, partially offset by an increase in the average balance of interest-bearing liabilities. The average rate of interest-bearing demand deposits was 3.74% for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 4.50% for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The decrease in market interest rates, particularly U.S. Treasury rates, contributed to the decrease in rates paid on interest-bearing demand deposits. The largest concentration