Company: TFC
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000092230-25-000020
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Company: TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 2
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 consolidated LCR was 109% for the three months ended December 31, 2024, compared to the regulatory minimum of 100%.

Analysis of Results of Operations

Net Interest Income and NIM

Taxable-equivalent net interest income for the year ended December 31, 2024 was down $441 million, or 3.0%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023 primarily as a result of having a smaller more efficient balance sheet after the repositioning. Net interest margin was 3.03%, up five basis points compared to the prior year.

•Average earning assets decreased $21.6 billion, or 4.4%, compared to the prior year primarily due to declines in average total loans of $15.8 billion, or 4.9%, and average securities of $13.7 billion, or 10.0%, partially offset by an increase in other earning assets of $7.3 billion, or 25%. The change in average securities was driven by maturities and the balance sheet repositioning. The change in other earning assets (increase in balances held at the Federal Reserve) was driven by the balance sheet repositioning.

•The yield on the average total loan portfolio was 6.34% for 2024, up 22 basis points, compared to the prior year primarily reflecting higher market interest rates. The yield on the average securities portfolio was 2.83% for 2024, up 60 basis points compared to the prior year, reflecting the balance sheet repositioning and reinvesting cash flows into higher yielding securities.

•Average deposits decreased $13.3 billion, or 3.3%, average short-term borrowings were flat, and average long-term debt decreased $13.0 billion, or 26% due to decreased funding needs.

•The average cost of total deposits was 2.02% for 2024, up 42 basis points compared to the prior year. The average cost of short-term borrowings was 5.36% for 2024, up 11 basis points compared to the prior year. The average cost of long-term debt was 4.94% for 2024, up 48 basis points compared to the prior year. The increases in rates on deposits and other funding sources was largely attributable to the repricing of lower cost funding sources.

The major components of net interest income and the related annualized yields as well as the variances between the periods caused by changes