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 7
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 to $505.5 million for 2022. Interest income grew by $91.7 million, or 17.81% in 2023, offset by a $109.2 million increase in interest expense year-over-year. Cost of funds for 2023 increased by 77 basis points over 2022, while the earning asset yield grew by 74 basis points. Interest-earning assets decreased on average by $610.4 million, or 3.95%, from $15.44 billion for 2022 to $14.83 billion for 2023. Our net interest margin (TE) was 3.31% for 2023, compared to 3.30% for 2022. 

Total interest income for 2023 of $606.3 million grew by $91.7 million, or 17.81%, when compared to 2022. Compared to 2022, average interest-earning assets decreased $610.4 million and the yield on interest-earning assets increased by 74 basis point from 3.36% for 2022 to 4.10% for 2023. The $610.4 million year-over-year decrease in earning assets resulted from a $471.9 million decrease in average earning balances due from the Federal Reserve and a decline of $360.1 million in average investment securities, offset by $216.5 million of growth in average loans. The 74 basis point increase in the earning asset yield over 2022 resulted from a 55 basis point increase in loan yields, increasing from 4.49% for 2022 to 5.04% for 2023, as well as a change in the mix of earning assets. Average loans as a percentage of earning assets grew from 56.20% for 2022 to 59.97% for 2023. Average investments as a percentage of earning assets decreased to 37.63% for 2023 from 38.47% for 2022. The tax-equivalent yield on investment securities was 2.52% for 2023, compared to 2.03% for 2022.

Total interest income and fees on loans for 2023 of $448.3 million increased $59.1 million, or 15.19%, when compared to 2022. This increase in income was partly due to growth in average loans of $216.5 million, as well as higher loan yields. Loan yields were