State Profile Arkansas

Fourth Quarter 2023

ECONOMIC INDICATORS (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, UNLESS NOTED)

Q4-23 Q3-23 Q4-22 2023 2022

0.9% 1.2% 3.0% 1.7% 3.5%

Employment Growth Rates (% change from year ago, unless noted)

Total Nonfarm (share of trailing four quarter employment in parentheses)

Manufacturing

Other (non-manufacturing) Goods-Producing

Private Service-Providing

Government

Unemployment Rate (% of labor force, seasonally adjusted)

(12%)

(5%)

(67%)

(16%)

-1.6%

8.2%

0.8%

1.3%

3.7%

-0.6%

6.7%

1.0%

1.5%

3.4%

2.7%

6.8%

3.4%

0.9%

3.2%

0.1%

8.2%

1.6%

1.2%

3.2%

3.3%

4.7%

4.2%

0.7%

3.2%

Other Indicators (% change of 4-qtr moving total, unless noted) Q4-23 2023 2022

Single-Family Home Permits

Multifamily Building Permits

Home Price Index (change from year ago)

Nonbusiness Bankruptcy Filings per 1000 people (quarterly annualized level)

-2.5%

-30.1%

6.2%

N/A

-16.4%

-44.4%

6.4%

2.08

-11.3%

16.5%

13.3%

1.82

-2.5%

-30.1%

8.1%

N/A

-11.3%

16.5%

17.6%

1.77

BANKING TRENDS

General Information Q4-23 Q3-23 Q4-22 2023 2022

Institutions (#) 82 82 83 82 83

Total Assets (in millions) $168,731 $165,607 $158,267 $168,731 $158,267

New Institutions (# < 3 years) 0 0 0 0 0

Subchapter S Institutions (#) 34 34 35 34 35

Asset Quality Q4-23 Q3-23 Q4-22 2023 2022

Past-Due and Nonaccrual Loans / Total Loans (median %) 0.78 0.79 0.75 0.78 0.75

Noncurrent Loans / Total Loans (median %) 0.30 0.33 0.31 0.30 0.31

Loan and Lease Allowance / Total Loans (median %) 1.35 1.34 1.38 1.35 1.38

Loan and Lease Allowance / Noncurrent Loans (median multiple) 4.19 4.08 4.23 4.19 4.23

Net Loan Losses / Total Loans (median %, year-to-date annualized) 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.03

Capital / Earnings (year-to-date annualized, unless noted) Q4-23 Q3-23 Q4-22 2023 2022

Tier 1 Leverage (median %, end of period) 10.60 10.87 10.53 10.60 10.53

Return on Assets (median %) 1.10 1.18 1.28 1.10 1.28

Pretax Return on Assets (median %) 1.29 1.39 1.52 1.29 1.52

Net Interest Margin (median %) 3.65 3.68 3.78 3.65 3.78

Yield on Earning Assets (median %) 5.28 5.13 4.32 5.28 4.32

Cost of Funding Earning Assets (median %) 1.70 1.53 0.51 1.70 0.51

Provisions to Avg. Assets (median %) 0.12 0.08 0.08 0.12 0.08

Noninterest Income to Avg. Assets (median %) 0.63 0.61 0.61 0.63 0.61

Overhead to Avg. Assets (median %) 2.66 2.62 2.62 2.66 2.62

Liquidity / Sensitivity Q4-23 Q3-23 2023

Net Loans to Assets (median %) 68.86 70.24 67.41 68.86 67.41

Noncore Funding to Assets (median %) 14.61 15.51 10.49 14.61 10.49

Long-term Assets to Assets (median %, call filers) 20.00 20.40 22.02 20.00 22.02

Brokered Deposits (number of institutions) 55 55 48 55 48

Brokered Deposits to Assets (median % for those above) 3.99 4.47 3.00 3.99 3.00

Loan Concentrations

(median % of Tier 1 Capital plus the Reserve for Loan and Lease Losses) Q4-23 Q3-23 Q4-22 2023 2022

Commercial and Industrial 69 64 64 69 64

Commercial Real Estate 206 196 201 206 201

Construction & Development 54 52 49 54 49

Multifamily Residential Real Estate 13 13 12 13 12

Nonresidential Real Estate 127 125 125 127 125

Residential Real Estate 142 141 135 142 135

Consumer 21 19 18 21 18

Agriculture 51 57 49 51 49

BANKING PROFILE

Asset Distribution

< $100 million 7 (8.5%)

Institutions in Market

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Memphis, TN-MS-AR 45 $41,168

Largest Deposit Markets (from 2023 Summary of Deposits) Deposits ($ millions) Institutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits ($ millions) Per

Employment Growth Rates (% change from year ago, unless noted)

Total Nonfarm (share of trailing four quarter employment in parentheses)

Manufacturing

Other (non-manufacturing) Goods-Producing

Private Service-Providing

Government

Unemployment Rate (% of labor force, seasonally adjusted)

Q3-23 Q4-22

Q4-22 2022

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 40 $33,552 $100 million to $250 million 21 (25.6%)

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 39 $16,419 $250 million to $1 billion 35 (42.7%)

Fort Smith, AR-OK 21 $5,994 $1 billion to $10 billion 15 (18.3%)

Jonesboro, AR 24 $4,656 $10 billion 4 (4.9%)