UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM10-Q

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2024

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period ended

Commission File Number:001-35477

Regional Management Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

57-0847115

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

979 Batesville Road, Suite B

Greer, South Carolina

29651

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(864)(864) 448-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, $0.10 par value

RM

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of RegulationS-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

☐  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No

As of November 7, 2017,May 1, 2024, the registrant had outstanding 11,666,8649,896,200 shares of Common Stock, $0.10 par value.


Regional Management Corp.

QUARTERLY Report on Form 10-Q

Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2024


Table of Contents

Page No.

GLOSSARY

3

PART I.I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Item 1.

Financial Statements

Consolidated Balance Sheets Dated September 30, 2017March 31, 2024 and December 31, 20162023

3

4

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2024 and 20162023

4

5

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the NineThree Months Ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2024 and the Year Ended December 31, 20162023

5

6

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the NineThree Months Ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2024 and 20162023

6

7

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

7

8

Note 1. Nature of Business

8

Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

8

Note 3. Finance Receivables, Credit Quality Information, and Allowance for Credit Losses

11

Note 4. Restricted Available-for-Sale Investments

17

Note 5. Debt

18

Note 6. Stockholders’ Equity

21

Note 7. Disclosure About Fair Value of Financial Instruments

21

Note 8. Income Taxes

22

Note 9. Earnings Per Share

23

Note 10. Share-Based Compensation

23

Note 11. Commitments and Contingencies

26

Note 12. Subsequent Events

26

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

19

27

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

37

39

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

37

40

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

PART II. OTHER INFORMATIONItem 1. Legal Proceedings

41

Item 1A. Risk Factors

41

Item 1.5. Other Information

Legal Proceedings38

41

Item 6. Exhibits

42

Item 1A.

SIGNATURE

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Table of Contents

GLOSSARY

Terms and abbreviations used in this report are defined below:

Term or Abbreviation

Risk Factors

38

Definition

2007 Plan

2007 Management Incentive Plan

Item 6.

2011 Plan

Exhibits39

2011 Stock Incentive Plan

2015 Plan

2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan

SIGNATURE

ASU

Accounting Standards Update

Board

40

the Company's Board of Directors

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.

CFPB

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Company

Regional Management Corp.

Consent Agreement

Consent Agreement between the CFPB and the Company dated January 4, 2024

CSPU

cash-settled performance unit

Efficiency ratio

annualized general and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenue

Exchange Act

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

FASB

Financial Accounting Standard Board

FICO

Fair Isaac Corporation

GAAP

U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

LGD

loss given default

LTIP

long-term incentive program

Net credit loss ratio

annualized net credit losses as a percentage of average net finance receivables

Notice

notice provided by the CFPB to the Company dated March 7, 2023

NQSO

nonqualified stock option

Operating expense ratio

annualized general and administrative expenses as a percentage of average net finance receivables

PD

probability of default

PRSU

performance restricted stock unit

RMIT

Regional Management Issuance Trust

RMR

Regional Management Receivables

RMR II

Regional Management Receivables II, LLC

RMR III

Regional Management Receivables III, LLC

RMR IV

Regional Management Receivables IV, LLC

RMR V

Regional Management Receivables V, LLC

RMR VI

Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC

RMR VII

Regional Management Receivables VII, LLC

RSA

restricted stock award

RSU

restricted stock unit

SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission

SOFR

secured overnight financing rate

SPE

wholly owned, bankruptcy-remote, special purpose entity

TDR

troubled debt restructuring

VIE

variable interest entity

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Part I financial information

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

Regional Management Corp. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except par value amounts)

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

4,215

 

 

$

4,509

 

Net finance receivables

 

 

1,744,286

 

 

 

1,771,410

 

Unearned insurance premiums

 

 

(45,675

)

 

 

(47,892

)

Allowance for credit losses

 

 

(187,100

)

 

 

(187,400

)

Net finance receivables, less unearned insurance premiums and
 allowance for credit losses

 

 

1,511,511

 

 

 

1,536,118

 

Restricted cash

 

 

118,194

 

 

 

124,164

 

Lease assets

 

 

33,400

 

 

 

34,303

 

Restricted available-for-sale investments

 

 

22,596

 

 

 

22,740

 

Intangible assets

 

 

17,360

 

 

 

15,846

 

Deferred tax assets, net

 

 

13,491

 

 

 

13,641

 

Property and equipment

 

 

13,440

 

 

 

13,787

 

Other assets

 

 

22,541

 

 

 

29,419

 

Total assets

 

$

1,756,748

 

 

$

1,794,527

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt

 

$

1,358,795

 

 

$

1,399,814

 

Unamortized debt issuance costs

 

 

(3,948

)

 

 

(4,578

)

Net debt

 

 

1,354,847

 

 

 

1,395,236

 

Lease liabilities

 

 

35,679

 

 

 

36,576

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

29,762

 

 

 

40,442

 

Total liabilities

 

 

1,420,288

 

 

 

1,472,254

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock ($0.10 par value, 100,000 shares authorized, none issued or outstanding)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock ($0.10 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 14,675 shares issued and 9,868 shares outstanding at March 31, 2024 and 14,566 shares issued and 9,759 shares outstanding at December 31, 2023)

 

 

1,468

 

 

 

1,457

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

123,563

 

 

 

121,752

 

Retained earnings

 

 

361,791

 

 

 

349,579

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(219

)

 

 

(372

)

Treasury stock (4,807 shares at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023)

 

 

(150,143

)

 

 

(150,143

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

336,460

 

 

 

322,273

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

1,756,748

 

 

$

1,794,527

 

   September 30, 2017
(Unaudited)
  December 31,
2016
 

Assets

   

Cash

  $5,191  $4,446 

Gross finance receivables

   1,002,630   916,954 

Unearned finance charges and insurance premiums

   (227,774  (199,179
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Finance receivables

   774,856   717,775 

Allowance for credit losses

   (47,400  (41,250
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net finance receivables

   727,456   676,525 

Property and equipment

   12,657   11,693 

Restricted cash

   13,849   8,297 

Intangible assets

   10,239   6,448 

Deferred tax asset

   5,121   33 

Other assets

   5,337   4,782 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total assets

  $779,850  $712,224 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

   

Liabilities:

   

Long-term debt

  $538,351  $491,678 

Unamortized debt issuance costs

   (5,266  (2,152
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net long-term debt

   533,085   489,526 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   18,950   15,223 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   552,035   504,749 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 9)

   

Stockholders’ equity:

   

Preferred stock ($0.10 par value, 100,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding)

   —     —   

Common stock ($0.10 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 13,213 shares issued and 11,667 shares outstanding at September 30, 2017, and 12,996 shares issued and 11,450 shares outstanding at December 31, 2016)

   1,321   1,300 

Additionalpaid-in-capital

   93,673   92,432 

Retained earnings

   157,867   138,789 

Treasury stock (1,546 shares at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016)

   (25,046  (25,046
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

   227,815   207,475 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

  $779,850  $712,224 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

The following table presents the assets and liabilities of our consolidated variable interest entities:

 

 

Assets

   

Cash

  $71  $36 

Finance receivables

   89,147   41,244 

Allowance for credit losses

   (4,460  (2,337

Restricted cash

   8,238   4,426 

Other assets

   39   201 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total assets

  $93,035  $43,570 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Liabilities

   

Net long-term debt

  $74,377  $37,898 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   18   5 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

  $74,395  $37,903 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Regional Management Corp. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and fee income

 

$

128,818

 

 

$

120,407

 

Insurance income, net

 

 

10,974

 

 

 

10,959

 

Other income

 

 

4,516

 

 

 

4,012

 

Total revenue

 

 

144,308

 

 

 

135,378

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for credit losses

 

 

46,423

 

 

 

47,668

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel

 

 

37,820

 

 

 

38,597

 

Occupancy

 

 

6,375

 

 

 

6,288

 

Marketing

 

 

4,315

 

 

 

3,379

 

Other

 

 

11,938

 

 

 

11,059

 

Total general and administrative expenses

 

 

60,448

 

 

 

59,323

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

17,504

 

 

 

16,782

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

19,933

 

 

 

11,605

 

Income taxes

 

 

4,728

 

 

 

2,916

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

15,205

 

 

$

8,689

 

Net income per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

1.59

 

 

$

0.93

 

Diluted

 

$

1.56

 

 

$

0.90

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

9,569

 

 

 

9,325

 

Diluted

 

 

9,746

 

 

 

9,622

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized income on restricted available-for-sale investments

 

 

195

 

 

 

263

 

Other comprehensive income, before tax

 

 

195

 

 

 

263

 

Income taxes related to items of other comprehensive income

 

 

(42

)

 

 

(55

)

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

 

153

 

 

 

208

 

Total comprehensive income

 

$

15,358

 

 

$

8,897

 

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   2017   2016   2017   2016 

Revenue

        

Interest and fee income

  $63,615   $57,420   $182,657   $161,309 

Insurance income, net

   3,095    2,346    9,985    7,886 

Other income

   2,484    2,709    7,710    7,302 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

   69,194    62,475    200,352    176,497 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

        

Provision for credit losses

   20,152    16,410    57,875    43,587 

Personnel

   19,534    18,180    56,089    51,981 

Occupancy

   5,480    5,175    16,184    14,808 

Marketing

   2,303    1,786    5,287    5,363 

Other

   6,523    5,312    19,376    17,654 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total general and administrative expenses

   33,840    30,453    96,936    89,806 

Interest expense

   6,658    5,116    17,092    14,637 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

   8,544    10,496    28,449    28,467 

Income taxes

   3,235    4,020    9,371    10,903 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

  $5,309   $6,476   $19,078   $17,564 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income per common share:

        

Basic

  $0.46   $0.57   $1.65   $1.47 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

  $0.45   $0.56   $1.62   $1.44 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding:

        

Basic

   11,563    11,384    11,537    11,963 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

   11,812    11,664    11,752    12,194 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Regional Management Corp. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

  Common Stock           

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

 

  Shares Amount Additional
Paid-in-Capital
 Retained
Earnings
   Treasury
Stock
 Total 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2015

   12,914  $1,291  $89,178  $114,758   $—    $205,227 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Additional Paid-In

 

 

Retained

 

 

Other Comprehensive

 

 

Treasury

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Income (Loss)

 

 

Stock

 

 

Total

 

Balance, December 31, 2023

 

 

14,566

 

 

$

1,457

 

 

$

121,752

 

 

$

349,579

 

 

$

(372

)

 

$

(150,143

)

 

$

322,273

 

Cash dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,993

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,993

)

Issuance of restricted stock awards

   37  4  (4  —      —     —   

 

 

110

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise of stock options

   203  20   —     —      —    20 

Excess tax deficiency from stock option exercises

   —     —    (35  —      —    (35

Repurchase of common stock

   —     —     —     —      (25,046 (25,046

Shares withheld related to net share settlement

   (158 (15 (493  —      —    (508

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10

)

Share-based compensation

   —     —    3,786   —      —    3,786 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,832

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,832

 

Net income

   —     —     —    24,031    —    24,031 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,205

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,205

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2016

   12,996  $1,300  $92,432  $138,789   $(25,046 $207,475 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Issuance of restricted stock awards

   76  8  (8  —      —     —   

Exercise of stock options

   283  28  305   —      —    333 

Shares withheld related to net share settlement

   (142 (15 (1,808  —      —    (1,823

Share-based compensation

   —     —    2,752   —      —    2,752 

Net income

   —     —     —    19,078    —    19,078 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2017

   13,213  $1,321  $93,673  $157,867   $(25,046 $227,815 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

153

 

 

 

 

 

 

153

 

Balance, March 31, 2024

 

 

14,675

 

 

$

1,468

 

 

$

123,563

 

 

$

361,791

 

 

$

(219

)

 

$

(150,143

)

 

$

336,460

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Additional Paid-In

 

 

Retained

 

 

Other Comprehensive

 

 

Treasury

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Income (Loss)

 

 

Stock

 

 

Total

 

Balance, December 31, 2022

 

 

14,330

 

 

$

1,433

 

 

$

112,384

 

 

$

345,545

 

 

$

(586

)

 

$

(150,143

)

 

$

308,633

 

Cash dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,910

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,910

)

Issuance of restricted stock awards

 

 

56

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares withheld related to net share settlement

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

(31

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(31

)

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,104

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,104

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,689

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,689

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

208

 

 

 

 

 

 

208

 

Balance, March 31, 2023

 

 

14,385

 

 

$

1,438

 

 

$

114,452

 

 

$

351,324

 

 

$

(378

)

 

$

(150,143

)

 

$

316,693

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Regional Management Corp. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   2017  2016 

Cash flows from operating activities:

   

Net income

  $19,078  $17,564 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

   

Provision for credit losses

   57,875   43,587 

Depreciation and amortization

   5,337   4,948 

(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment

   131   (15

Share-based compensation

   3,254   3,006 

Fair value adjustment on interest rate caps

   85   213 

Deferred income taxes, net

   (5,088  2,414 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

   

Increase in other assets

   (641  (3,436

Increase (decrease) in other liabilities

   3,174   (1,433
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

   83,205   66,848 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

   

Net originations of finance receivables

   (108,806  (109,644

Purchases of intangible assets

   (5,447  (3,823

(Increase) decrease in restricted cash

   (5,552  2,600 

Purchases of property and equipment

   (4,146  (4,620

Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment

   558   718 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

   (123,393  (114,769
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

   

Net advances on senior revolving credit facility

   8,168   97,119 

Payments on amortizing loan

   (17,245  (26,530

Net advances on revolving warehouse credit facility

   55,750   —   

Payments for debt issuance costs

   (4,251  (971

Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards

   (1,796  (346

Repurchases of common stock

   —     (25,046

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

   307   —   
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

   40,933   44,226 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net change in cash

   745   (3,695

Cash at beginning of period

   4,446   7,654 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash at end of period

  $5,191  $3,959 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information

   

Interest paid

  $14,436  $13,219 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income taxes paid

  $12,930  $10,758 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

15,205

 

 

$

8,689

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for credit losses

 

 

46,423

 

 

 

47,668

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

3,498

 

 

 

4,078

 

Amortization of deferred origination fees and costs

 

 

(3,874

)

 

 

(3,778

)

Loss on disposal of intangibles, property, and equipment

 

 

215

 

 

 

113

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

1,832

 

 

 

2,104

 

Deferred income taxes, net

 

 

108

 

 

 

(935

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decrease in unearned insurance premiums

 

 

(2,217

)

 

 

(1,882

)

Decrease in lease assets

 

 

903

 

 

 

14

 

Decrease in other assets

 

 

8,077

 

 

 

4,426

 

Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

(10,802

)

 

 

(8,041

)

Increase (decrease) in lease liabilities

 

 

(897

)

 

 

193

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

58,471

 

 

 

52,649

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Originations of finance receivables

 

 

(325,995

)

 

 

(311,484

)

Repayments of finance receivables

 

 

309,019

 

 

 

296,564

 

Purchases of intangible assets

 

 

(2,603

)

 

 

(1,733

)

Purchases of property and equipment

 

 

(1,026

)

 

 

(1,647

)

Purchase of restricted available-for-sale investments

 

 

(3,832

)

 

 

(1,900

)

Proceeds from maturities of restricted available-for-sale investments

 

 

4,108

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(20,329

)

 

 

(20,200

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances on revolving credit facilities

 

 

359,518

 

 

 

408,683

 

Payments on revolving credit facilities

 

 

(351,421

)

 

 

(434,221

)

Payments on securitizations

 

 

(48,996

)

 

 

 

Payments for debt issuance costs

 

 

(400

)

 

 

(1,160

)

Taxes refunded (paid) related to net share settlement of equity awards

 

 

147

 

 

 

(145

)

Cash dividends

 

 

(3,254

)

 

 

(3,119

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(44,406

)

 

 

(29,962

)

Net change in cash and restricted cash

 

 

(6,264

)

 

 

2,487

 

Cash and restricted cash at beginning of period

 

 

128,673

 

 

 

131,799

 

Cash and restricted cash at end of period

 

$

122,409

 

 

$

134,286

 

Supplemental cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

16,308

 

 

$

14,750

 

Income taxes paid (refunded)

 

$

(967

)

 

$

15

 

Operating leases paid

 

$

2,806

 

 

$

2,316

 

Non-cash lease assets and liabilities acquired

 

$

1,368

 

 

$

2,023

 

The following table reconciles cash and restricted cash from the Consolidated Balance Sheets to the statements above:

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

March 31, 2023

 

Cash

 

$

4,215

 

 

$

4,509

 

 

$

7,108

 

Restricted cash

 

 

118,194

 

 

 

124,164

 

 

 

127,178

 

Total cash and restricted cash

 

$

122,409

 

 

$

128,673

 

 

$

134,286

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Regional Management Corp. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Note 1. Nature of Business

Regional Management Corp. (the “The Company”) was incorporated and began operations in 1987. The Company is engaged in the consumer finance business, offering small loans, large loans, automobile loans, retailsmall loans, and related payment and collateral protection insurance products. The Company formerly offered retail loans but ceased accepting applications for retail loan products effective November 2022. The Company continues to own and service its existing portfolio of retail loans. As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, the Company operated branches in 344 locations in the states of Alabama (48 branches), Georgia (8 branches), New Mexico (18 branches), North Carolina (36 branches), Oklahoma (28 branches), South Carolina (70 branches), Tennessee (21 branches), Texas (98 branches), and Virginia (17 branches) under the name Regional Finance. “Regional Finance” online and in branch locations in 19 states across the United States.

The Company opened five net new branches duringCompany’s large loan receivables are direct loans to customers, some of which are convenience check receivables and the nine months ended September 30, 2017.vast majority of which are secured by non-essential household goods, automobiles, and/or other vehicles. Convenience checks are direct loans originated by mailing checks to customers based on a pre-screening process that includes a review of the prospective customer’s credit profile provided by national credit reporting bureaus or data aggregators. A recipient of a convenience check is able to enter into a loan by endorsing and depositing or cashing the check. The Company’s small loan portfolio is comprised of branch small loan receivables and convenience check receivables. Branch small loan receivables are direct loans to customers and are secured by non-essential household goods and, in some instances, an automobile. Retail loan receivables consist principally of retail installment sales contracts collateralized by the purchased furniture, appliances, and other retail items and are initiated by and purchased from retailers, subject to the Company’s credit approval.

The Company’s loan volume and contractual delinquency follow seasonal trends. Demand for the Company’s small and large loans is typically highest during the second, third, and fourth quarters, which the Company believes is largely due to customers borrowing money for vacation,back-to-school, and holiday spending. With the exception of automobile and retail loans, loanLoan demand has generally been the lowest during the first quarter, which the Company believes is largely due to the timing of income tax refunds. Delinquencies generally reach their lowest point in the first quarterhalf of the year and rise throughoutin the remaindersecond half of the fiscal year. Changes in quarterly growth or liquidation could result in larger allowance for credit loss releases in periods of portfolio liquidation and larger provisions for credit losses in periods of portfolio growth. Consequently, the Company experiences seasonal fluctuations in its operating resultsresults. However, changes in macroeconomic factors, including inflation, rising interest rates, and cash needs.geopolitical conflict, have impacted the Company’s typical seasonal trends for loan volume and delinquency.

Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of presentation:The consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to the Quarterly Report on Form10-Q adopted by the SecuritiesSEC regulations and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and, accordingly, do not include all information and note disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The interim financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), but in the opinion of management, the interim financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows in accordance with GAAP. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016,2023, as filed with the SEC.

Significant accounting policies: The following is a description of significant accounting policies used in preparing the financial statements. The accounting and reporting policies of the Company are in accordance with GAAP and conform to general practices within the consumer finance industry.GAAP.

Business segments: The Company has one reportable segment, which is the consumer finance segment. The other revenue generating activities of the Company, including insurance operations, are performed in the existing branch network in conjunction with or as a complement to the lending operations.

Principles of consolidation: The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company operates through a separate wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiary in each state. The Company also consolidates variable interest entities (each, a “VIE”)VIEs when it is considered to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE because it has (i) power over the significant activities of the VIE and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive returns that could be significant to the VIE.

Treasury stock:Variable interest entities: The Company records the repurchasetransfers pools of shares of its common stock at cost on the settlement date of the transaction. These shares are considered treasury stock, which is a reductionloans to stockholders’ equity. Treasury stock is included in authorized and issued shares but excluded from outstanding shares.

Variable interest entities: The Company has an asset-backed, amortizing loanSPEs to secure debt for general funding purposes. The transaction involved selling a poolThese entities have the limited purpose of acquiring finance receivables, in addition to holding and making payments on the related debts. Assets transferred to each SPE are legally isolated from the Company and its affiliates, as well as the claims of the Company’s automobile loansand its affiliates’ creditors. Further, the assets of each SPE are owned by such SPE and are not available to its wholly-owned subsidiary, Regional Management Receivables, LLC (“RMR”), as collateral forsatisfy the loan. The Company also has a revolving warehouse credit facility for general funding purposes. The transaction involves the sale of poolsdebts or other obligations of the Company’s large loans toCompany or any of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Regional Management Receivables II, LLC (“RMR II”), as collateral for the facility.affiliates. The Company continues to service the finance receivables transferred to RMR and RMR II. RMR and RMR II have the limited purpose of issuing debt, acquiring finance receivables, and holding and making payments on the related debt. Assets transferred to RMR and RMR II are legally isolated from the Company and the claims of the Company’s other creditors.SPEs. The lenders ofand investors in the debt issued by RMR and RMR IIthe SPEs generally only have recourse to the assets of RMR or RMR II, respectively,the SPEs and do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company.

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The Company’s asset-backed loans under theseSPEs’ debt arrangements are structured to provide credit enhancements to the lenders in the formand investors, which may include overcollateralization, subordination of overcollateralization (principal balance of the collateral exceeds the balance of the debt)interests, excess spread, and reserve funds (restricted cash accounts held by RMR and RMR II).funds. These enhancements, along with the isolated finance receivables pools, increase the creditworthiness of RMR and RMR IIthe SPEs above that of the Company as a whole. This increases the marketability of the Company’s collateral for borrowing purposes, leading to more favorable borrowing terms, improved interest rate risk management, and additional flexibility to grow the business.

Both RMR and RMR IIThe SPEs are considered VIEs under GAAP and are consolidated into the financial statements of their primary beneficiary. The Company is considered to be the primary beneficiary of RMR and RMR IIthe SPEs because it has (i) power over the significant activities of RMR and RMR II through its role as servicer of the finance receivables under each credit agreementdebt arrangement, (ii) the obligation to absorb losses that could be significant through note investment, if applicable, and (ii)(iii) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive returns that could be significant through the Company’s interest in the monthly residual cash flows of RMR and RMR II after each debt is paid.the SPEs.

Consolidation of RMR and RMR IIVIEs results in thethese transactions being accounted for as secured borrowings; therefore, the pooled receivables and the related debts remain on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company. Each debt is secured solely by the assets of RMR and RMR II, respectively,the VIEs and not by any other assets of the Company. The assets of RMR and RMR IIthe VIEs are the only source of funds for repayment on each debt. Restricteddebt, and restricted cash accounts held by RMR and RMR IIthe VIEs can only be used to support payments on the debt. The Company recognizes revenue and provision for credit losses on the finance receivables of RMR and RMR IIthe VIEs and interest expense on the related secured debt.

Use of estimates: The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities for the periods indicated in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Material estimatesEstimates that are particularly susceptible to change relate to the determination of the allowance for credit losses, the fair value of share-based compensation, the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, contingent liabilities on litigation matters, and the allocationfair value of the purchase price to assets acquired in business combinations.financial instruments.

Reclassifications:Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. Such reclassifications had no impact on previously reported net income or stockholders’ equity.

Recent accounting pronouncements: In May 2014,November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an accounting update onASU 2023-07, improving the recognition of revenue from contracts with customers. The update is based on the principle that revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, the update specifies the accounting for certain costs to obtain or fulfill a contract with a customer and expands disclosure requirements for revenue recognition. The update applies to all contracts with customers, except leases, insurance contracts, financial instruments, guarantees, and certain nonmonetary exchanges. In August 2015, the FASB issuedreportable segments, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. These enhanced disclosures require reporting of incremental segment information on an additional update on revenue recognition, which defers the effective date of the update to annual and interim reportingbasis for all public entities, including public entities with only one reportable segment, to enable investors to develop more decision-useful financial analyses. The amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company will adopt the new standard effective January 1, 2018. As substantially all of the Company’s revenues are generated from activities that are outside the scope of the new standard, the adoption will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued an accounting update to increase transparency2023 and comparability of accounting for lease transactions. The update requires all leases to be recognized on the balance sheet as lease assets and lease liabilities and requires both quantitative and qualitative disclosures regarding key information about leasing arrangements. All of the Company’s leases are currently classified as operating leases, with no lease assets or lease liabilities recorded. The update is effective forinterim periods within annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018,2024, and early adoption is permitted. The segment reporting guidance should be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements, and upon transition, the expense categories and amounts disclosed in the prior periods should be based on the significant segment expense categories identified and disclosed in the period of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this update on its consolidated financial statements.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, enhancing the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendment, among other things, improves transparency of income tax disclosures by requiring more consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in rate reconciliations, and disaggregation of income taxes paid by jurisdiction. The amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The income tax guidance should be applied on a prospective basis, however, retrospective application is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of this update on its consolidated financial statements.

Net finance receivables: Generally, the Company classifies finance receivables as held for investment based on management’s intent at the time of origination. The Company determines classification on a receivable-by-receivable basis. The Company classifies finance receivables as held for investment due to its ability and intent to hold them until their contractual maturities. Net finance receivables consist of the Company’s installment loans. The Company carries net finance receivables at amortized cost, which includes remaining principal balance, accrued interest, and net unamortized deferred origination costs and unamortized fees.

Loan renewals are a significant piece of new volume and are considered a terminal event of the previous loan. The Company may renew delinquent secured or unsecured loan accounts if the customer meets the Company’s underwriting criteria and it does not appear the cause of past delinquency will affect the customer’s ability to repay the renewed loan.

Finance receivable origination fees and costs: Non-refundable fees received and direct costs (personnel and digital loan origination costs) incurred for the origination of finance receivables are deferred and recognized to interest income over their contractual lives using the constant yield method. Unamortized amounts are recognized in interest income at the time that finance receivables are paid in full, renewed, or charged off.

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Nonaccrual status: Accrual of interest income on finance receivables is suspended when an account becomes 90 days delinquent. If the account is charged off, the accrued interest income is reversed as a reduction of interest and fee income. Interest received on such loans is accounted for on the cash-basis method, until qualifying for return to accrual. Under the cash-basis method, interest income is recorded when the payment is received. Loans resume accruing interest when the past due status is brought below 90 days. The Company made a policy election to not record an allowance for credit losses related to accrued interest because it has nonaccrual and charge-off policies that result in the timely suspension and reversal of accrued interest.

Allowance for credit losses: The allowance for credit losses is based on historical credit experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable economic forecasts. The historical loss experience is adjusted for quantitative and qualitative factors that are not fully reflected in the historical data. In March 2016,determining its estimate of expected credit losses, the FASB issued an accounting updateCompany evaluates information related to simplify the accounting for share-based compensation, including the accounting for forfeitures, the statutory tax withholding requirements, the accounting for income taxes,credit metrics, changes in its lending strategies and underwriting practices, and the classificationcurrent and forecasted direction of share-based compensation transactionsthe economic and business environment. These metrics include, but are not limited to, loan portfolio mix and growth, unemployment, credit loss trends, delinquency trends, changes in underwriting, and operational risks.

The Company selected a PD / LGD model to estimate its base allowance for credit losses, in which the estimated loss is equal to the product of PD and LGD. Historical net finance receivables are tracked over the term of the pools to identify the incidences of loss (PDs) and the average severity of losses (LGDs).

To enhance the precision of the allowance for credit loss estimate, the Company evaluates its finance receivable portfolio on a pool basis and segments each pool of finance receivables with similar credit risk characteristics. As part of its evaluation, the Company considers loan portfolio characteristics such as product type, loan size, loan term, internal or external credit scores, delinquency status, geographical location, and vintage. Based on analysis of historical loss experience, the Company selected the following segmentation: product type, FICO score, and delinquency status.

As finance receivables are originated, provisions for credit losses are recorded in amounts sufficient to maintain an allowance for credit losses at an adequate level to provide for estimated losses over the contractual life of the finance receivables (considering the effect of prepayments). Subsequent changes to the contractual terms that are a result of re-underwriting are not included in the statementfinance receivable’s contractual life (considering the effect of prepayments). The Company uses its segmentation loss experience to forecast expected credit losses. Historical information about losses generally provides a basis for the estimate of expected credit losses. The Company also considers the need to adjust historical information to reflect the extent to which current conditions differ from the conditions that existed for the period over which historical information was evaluated. These adjustments to historical loss information may be qualitative or quantitative in nature.

Reasonable and supportable macroeconomic forecasts are required for the Company’s allowance for credit loss model. The Company engaged a major rating service to assist with compiling a reasonable and supportable forecast. The Company reviews macroeconomic forecasts to use in its allowance for credit losses. The Company adjusts the historical loss experience by relevant qualitative factors for these expectations. The Company does not require reversion adjustments, as the contractual lives of its portfolio are shorter than its available forecast periods.

The Company charges credit losses against the allowance for all products when an account reaches 180 days contractually delinquent, subject to certain exceptions. The Company’s customer accounts without a lien on a vehicle in a confirmed bankruptcy are charged off in the month following the bankruptcy notification or at 60 days contractually delinquent, subject to certain exceptions. Deceased borrower accounts are charged off in the month following the proper notification of passing, with the exception of borrowers with credit life insurance. Subsequent recoveries of amounts charged off, if any, are credited to the allowance.

Restricted cash: Restricted cash includes cash and cash equivalents for which the Company’s ability to withdraw funds is contractually limited. The Company’s restricted cash consists of cash flows. The key provisionreserves that are maintained as collateral for potential credit life insurance claims and cash restricted for debt servicing of the update isCompany’s revolving warehouse credit facilities and securitizations.

Restricted available-for-sale investments: The Company classifies its investments in debt securities that were purchased with the requirement forCompany’s restricted cash as restricted available-for-sale investments and carries the tax benefitsinvestments at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses, net of taxes, are excluded from earnings and reported in other comprehensive income or tax deficiencies from the exercise or vestingloss until realized. The unrealized gains and losses, net of share-based awards to flow through the statement of income, rather than through additionalpaid-in-capital on the balance sheet. The standard is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and early adoption was permitted. Beginning in 2017, the Company prospectively recognizes the tax benefits or deficiencies from the exercise or vesting of share-based awards in the income tax line of the consolidated statements of income. Additionally, the Company has retrospectively reclassified tax benefits or deficiencies from financing activities to operating activitiestaxes, are recorded on the consolidated statementsbalance sheet in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss in stockholders’ equity. Realized gains and losses from the sale of cash flows.available-for-sale investments are specifically identified and reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income or loss and included within earnings on the consolidated statement of income.

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Share-based compensation: The Company has historically recognized taxes paid relatingmeasures compensation cost for share-based awards at estimated fair value and recognizes compensation expense over the service period for awards expected to net share settlement of equity awards within financing activities and will continue this practice, consistent with the new accounting update. Regarding the accounting for estimated share-based forfeitures, the Company has historically recognized forfeitures as they are incurred due to a lack of award forfeiture history and will continue this practice under the new accounting update.vest. The Company expects increased periodic volatility in income tax expense baseduses the closing stock price on the continued applicationdate of the accounting update.

In June 2016, the FASB issued an accounting update to change the impairment model for estimating credit losses on financial assets. The current incurred loss impairment model requires the recognition of credit losses when it is probable that a loss has been incurred. The incurred loss model will be replaced by an expected loss model, which requires entities to estimate the lifetime expected credit loss on such instruments and to record an allowance to offset the amortized cost basis of the financial asset. This update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and early adoption is permitted. The Company believes the implementation of the accounting update will have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and is in the process of quantifying the potential impacts.

In January 2017, the FASB issued an accounting update to simplify the subsequent measurement of goodwill. The amendment reduces the cost and complexity of evaluating goodwill for impairment by eliminating a step in the goodwill impairment test, which required the same procedure used to determinegrant as the fair value of assets acquiredrestricted stock awards and liabilities assumed inperformance-contingent restricted stock units. The fair value of stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model, and the fair value of performance restricted stock units is determined using the Monte Carlo valuation model. The Black-Scholes and Monte Carlo models require the input of assumptions, including expected volatility, expected dividends, expected term, risk-free interest rate, and a business combination. This updatediscount associated with post-vest holding restrictions, changes to which can affect the fair value estimate. Expected volatility is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this accounting pronouncement will not impactbased on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.historical stock price volatility. Expected dividends are calculated using the expected dividend yield (annualized dividends divided by the grant date stock price). The expected term is calculated by using the simplified method (average of the vesting and original contractual terms) due to insufficient historical data to estimate the expected term. The risk-free rate is based on the zero-coupon U.S. Treasury bond rate over the expected term of the awards. The estimated discount associated with post-vest holding restrictions is calculated using a blend of the Finnerty and Chaffe models. In addition, the estimation of share-based awards that will ultimately vest requires judgment, and to the extent actual results or updated estimates differ from current estimates, such amounts will be recorded as a cumulative adjustment in the period estimates are revised.

Note 3. Finance Receivables, Credit Quality Information, and Allowance for Credit Losses

FinanceNet finance receivables for the periods indicated consisted of the following:

In thousands  September 30,
2017
   December 31,
2016
 

Dollars in thousands

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Large loans

 

$

1,250,647

 

 

$

1,274,137

 

Small loans

  $363,262   $358,471 

 

 

490,830

 

 

 

493,473

 

Large loans

   308,642    235,349 

Automobile loans

   71,666    90,432 

Retail loans

   31,286    33,523 

 

 

2,809

 

 

 

3,800

 

  

 

   

 

 

Finance receivables

  $774,856   $717,775 
  

 

   

 

 

Net finance receivables

 

$

1,744,286

 

 

$

1,771,410

 

Net finance receivables included net deferred origination fees and costs of $14.5 million and $15.1 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

The credit quality of the Company’s finance receivable portfolio is dependent on the Company’s ability to enforce sound underwriting standards, maintain diligent servicing of the portfolio, and respond to changing economic conditions as it grows its portfolio. The allowance for credit losses uses FICO scores and delinquency as key data points in estimating the allowance. The Company uses six FICO band categories to assess FICO scores. The first three FICO band categories include subprime FICO scores below 620. The fourth and fifth FICO band categories include near-prime FICO scores ranging from 620 to 659. The sixth FICO band category includes prime FICO scores of 660 or higher.

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Net finance receivables by product, FICO band at origination, and origination year as of March 31, 2024, as well as credit losses for the three months ended March 31, 2024, are as follows:

 

 

Net Finance Receivables by Origination Year

 

Dollars in thousands

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Prior

 

 

Total Net Finance Receivables

 

Large Loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICO Band

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

$

21,982

 

 

$

71,528

 

 

$

23,666

 

 

$

7,882

 

 

$

1,934

 

 

$

916

 

 

$

127,908

 

2

 

 

12,185

 

 

 

40,147

 

 

 

13,414

 

 

 

4,087

 

 

 

716

 

 

 

288

 

 

 

70,837

 

3

 

 

19,642

 

 

 

73,955

 

 

 

36,486

 

 

 

11,270

 

 

 

1,457

 

 

 

246

 

 

 

143,056

 

4

 

 

26,557

 

 

 

104,161

 

 

 

52,815

 

 

 

15,896

 

 

 

2,416

 

 

 

383

 

 

 

202,228

 

5

 

 

29,370

 

 

 

112,420

 

 

 

57,081

 

 

 

18,737

 

 

 

2,844

 

 

 

270

 

 

 

220,722

 

6

 

 

66,787

 

 

 

256,144

 

 

 

120,009

 

 

 

37,048

 

 

 

5,553

 

 

 

355

 

 

 

485,896

 

Total large loans

 

$

176,523

 

 

$

658,355

 

 

$

303,471

 

 

$

94,920

 

 

$

14,920

 

 

$

2,458

 

 

$

1,250,647

 

Credit losses

 

$

19

 

 

$

12,522

 

 

$

14,246

 

 

$

4,091

 

 

$

631

 

 

$

202

 

 

$

31,711

 

Small Loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICO Band

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

$

20,400

 

 

$

45,091

 

 

$

6,841

 

 

$

1,028

 

 

$

111

 

 

$

67

 

 

$

73,538

 

2

 

 

9,285

 

 

 

22,897

 

 

 

3,647

 

 

 

393

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

36,257

 

3

 

 

16,083

 

 

 

37,908

 

 

 

4,824

 

 

 

417

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

59,254

 

4

 

 

20,480

 

 

 

49,474

 

 

 

5,837

 

 

 

369

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

76,180

 

5

 

 

22,925

 

 

 

57,163

 

 

 

8,359

 

 

 

324

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

88,781

 

6

 

 

41,042

 

 

 

99,483

 

 

 

15,747

 

 

 

536

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

156,820

 

Total small loans

 

$

130,215

 

 

$

312,016

 

 

$

45,255

 

 

$

3,067

 

 

$

168

 

 

$

109

 

 

$

490,830

 

Credit losses

 

$

15

 

 

$

11,945

 

 

$

4,767

 

 

$

436

 

 

$

20

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

17,188

 

Retail Loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICO Band

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

$

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

4

 

 

$

7

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

161

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

180

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

464

 

 

 

142

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

609

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

510

 

 

 

235

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

767

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

391

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

608

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

420

 

 

 

205

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

638

 

Total retail loans

 

$

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

1,948

 

 

$

804

 

 

$

40

 

 

$

16

 

 

$

2,809

 

Credit losses

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

179

 

 

$

104

 

 

$

8

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

294

 

Total Loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICO Band

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

$

42,382

 

 

$

116,620

 

 

$

30,509

 

 

$

8,910

 

 

$

2,045

 

 

$

987

 

 

$

201,453

 

2

 

 

21,470

 

 

 

63,044

 

 

 

17,222

 

 

 

4,499

 

 

 

734

 

 

 

305

 

 

 

107,274

 

3

 

 

35,725

 

 

 

111,863

 

 

 

41,774

 

 

 

11,829

 

 

 

1,474

 

 

 

254

 

 

 

202,919

 

4

 

 

47,037

 

 

 

153,635

 

 

 

59,162

 

 

 

16,500

 

 

 

2,444

 

 

 

397

 

 

 

279,175

 

5

 

 

52,295

 

 

 

169,583

 

 

 

65,831

 

 

 

19,264

 

 

 

2,860

 

 

 

278

 

 

 

310,111

 

6

 

 

107,829

 

 

 

355,627

 

 

 

136,176

 

 

 

37,789

 

 

 

5,571

 

 

 

362

 

 

 

643,354

 

Total loans

 

$

306,738

 

 

$

970,372

 

 

$

350,674

 

 

$

98,791

 

 

$

15,128

 

 

$

2,583

 

 

$

1,744,286

 

Credit losses

 

$

34

 

 

$

24,467

 

 

$

19,192

 

 

$

4,631

 

 

$

659

 

 

$

210

 

 

$

49,193

 

12


Net finance receivables by product, FICO band at origination, and origination year as of December 31, 2023, as well as credit losses for the three months ended March 31, 2023, are as follows:

 

 

Net Finance Receivables by Origination Year

 

Dollars in thousands

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Prior

 

 

Total Net Finance Receivables

 

Large Loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICO Band

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

$

83,107

 

 

$

28,068

 

 

$

9,542

 

 

$

2,510

 

 

$

980

 

 

$

347

 

 

$

124,554

 

2

 

 

46,855

 

 

 

16,964

 

 

 

5,342

 

 

 

1,077

 

 

 

309

 

 

 

83

 

 

 

70,630

 

3

 

 

86,191

 

 

 

45,778

 

 

 

14,999

 

 

 

2,201

 

 

 

316

 

 

 

66

 

 

 

149,551

 

4

 

 

120,054

 

 

 

65,753

 

 

 

20,712

 

 

 

3,481

 

 

 

592

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

210,647

 

5

 

 

128,901

 

 

 

69,706

 

 

 

23,779

 

 

 

4,043

 

 

 

496

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

226,947

 

6

 

 

291,795

 

 

 

144,663

 

 

 

46,630

 

 

 

7,936

 

 

 

732

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

491,808

 

Total large loans

 

$

756,903

 

 

$

370,932

 

 

$

121,004

 

 

$

21,248

 

 

$

3,425

 

 

$

625

 

 

$

1,274,137

 

Credit losses

 

$

8

 

 

$

13,653

 

 

$

12,142

 

 

$

1,696

 

 

$

529

 

 

$

69

 

 

$

28,097

 

Small Loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICO Band

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

$

64,664

 

 

$

10,459

 

 

$

1,625

 

 

$

172

 

 

$

68

 

 

$

18

 

 

$

77,006

 

2

 

 

31,289

 

 

 

5,886

 

 

 

724

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

37,955

 

3

 

 

51,222

 

 

 

8,099

 

 

 

717

 

 

 

31

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

60,076

 

4

 

 

65,743

 

 

 

10,074

 

 

 

679

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

76,528

 

5

 

 

74,207

 

 

 

13,838

 

 

 

632

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

88,696

 

6

 

 

126,400

 

 

 

25,679

 

 

 

1,111

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

153,212

 

Total small loans

 

$

413,525

 

 

$

74,035

 

 

$

5,488

 

 

$

287

 

 

$

104

 

 

$

34

 

 

$

493,473

 

Credit losses

 

$

14

 

 

$

11,463

 

 

$

4,599

 

 

$

285

 

 

$

17

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

16,380

 

Retail Loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICO Band

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

$

1

 

 

$

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

10

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

213

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

243

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

634

 

 

 

211

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

850

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

650

 

 

 

352

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

1,042

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

508

 

 

 

278

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

814

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

524

 

 

 

286

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

841

 

Total retail loans

 

$

1

 

 

$

2,529

 

 

$

1,159

 

 

$

92

 

 

$

4

 

 

$

15

 

 

$

3,800

 

Credit losses

 

$

 

 

$

44

 

 

$

62

 

 

$

15

 

 

$

8

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

132

 

Total Loans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FICO Band

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

$

147,772

 

 

$

38,527

 

 

$

11,169

 

 

$

2,683

 

 

$

1,049

 

 

$

370

 

 

$

201,570

 

2

 

 

78,144

 

 

 

23,063

 

 

 

6,096

 

 

 

1,113

 

 

 

320

 

 

 

92

 

 

 

108,828

 

3

 

 

137,413

 

 

 

54,511

 

 

 

15,927

 

 

 

2,235

 

 

 

323

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

210,477

 

4

 

 

185,797

 

 

 

76,477

 

 

 

21,743

 

 

 

3,536

 

 

 

602

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

288,217

 

5

 

 

203,108

 

 

 

84,052

 

 

 

24,689

 

 

 

4,081

 

 

 

500

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

316,457

 

6

 

 

418,195

 

 

 

170,866

 

 

 

48,027

 

 

 

7,979

 

 

 

739

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

645,861

 

Total loans

 

$

1,170,429

 

 

$

447,496

 

 

$

127,651

 

 

$

21,627

 

 

$

3,533

 

 

$

674

 

 

$

1,771,410

 

Credit losses

 

$

22

 

 

$

25,160

 

 

$

16,803

 

 

$

1,996

 

 

$

554

 

 

$

74

 

 

$

44,609

 

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The contractual delinquency of the net finance receivablereceivables portfolio by product and aging for the periods indicated are as follows:

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

 

Large

 

 

Small

 

 

Retail

 

 

Total

 

Dollars in thousands

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

Current

 

$

1,080,450

 

 

 

86.4

%

 

$

407,012

 

 

 

83.0

%

 

$

2,048

 

 

 

72.9

%

 

$

1,489,510

 

 

 

85.4

%

1 to 29 days past due

 

 

92,142

 

 

 

7.4

%

 

 

38,014

 

 

 

7.7

%

 

 

422

 

 

 

15.0

%

 

 

130,578

 

 

 

7.5

%

Delinquent accounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30 to 59 days

 

 

18,987

 

 

 

1.4

%

 

 

10,959

 

 

 

2.2

%

 

 

74

 

 

 

2.7

%

 

 

30,020

 

 

 

1.7

%

60 to 89 days

 

 

15,953

 

 

 

1.3

%

 

 

9,393

 

 

 

1.9

%

 

 

63

 

 

 

2.2

%

 

 

25,409

 

 

 

1.5

%

90 to 119 days

 

 

14,388

 

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

9,005

 

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

67

 

 

 

2.4

%

 

 

23,460

 

 

 

1.3

%

120 to 149 days

 

 

14,270

 

 

 

1.1

%

 

 

7,836

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

57

 

 

 

2.0

%

 

 

22,163

 

 

 

1.3

%

150 to 179 days

 

 

14,457

 

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

8,611

 

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

78

 

 

 

2.8

%

 

 

23,146

 

 

 

1.3

%

Total delinquency

 

$

78,055

 

 

 

6.2

%

 

$

45,804

 

 

 

9.3

%

 

$

339

 

 

 

12.1

%

 

$

124,198

 

 

 

7.1

%

Total net finance receivables

 

$

1,250,647

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

490,830

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

2,809

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

1,744,286

 

 

 

100.0

%

Net finance receivables in nonaccrual status

 

$

46,471

 

 

 

3.7

%

 

$

26,939

 

 

 

5.5

%

 

$

240

 

 

 

8.5

%

 

$

73,650

 

 

 

4.2

%

  September 30, 2017 
  Small  Large  Automobile  Retail  Total 
In thousands $  %  $  %  $  %  $  %  $  % 

Current

 $294,286   81.1 $266,783   86.5 $51,463   71.8 $26,164   83.6 $638,696   82.5

1 to 29 days past due

  38,648   10.6  26,281   8.5  14,923   20.8  3,378   10.8  83,230   10.7
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Delinquent accounts

          

30 to 59 days

  10,045   2.7  5,598   1.8  2,302   3.3  676   2.2  18,621   2.4

60 to 89 days

  6,814   1.9  3,381   1.1  1,021   1.4  415   1.3  11,631   1.5

90 to 119 days

  5,606   1.5  2,915   0.9  854   1.2  278   0.9  9,653   1.2

120 to 149 days

  4,042   1.1  1,889   0.6  663   0.9  205   0.7  6,799   0.9

150 to 179 days

  3,821   1.1  1,795   0.6  440   0.6  170   0.5  6,226   0.8
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total delinquency

 $30,328   8.3 $15,578   5.0 $5,280   7.4 $1,744   5.6 $52,930   6.8
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total finance receivables

 $363,262   100.0 $308,642   100.0 $71,666   100.0 $31,286   100.0 $774,856   100.0
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Finance receivables in nonaccrual status

 $13,469   3.7 $6,599   2.1 $1,957   2.7 $653   2.1 $22,678   2.9
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

 

Large

 

 

Small

 

 

Retail

 

 

Total

 

Dollars in thousands

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

Current

 

$

1,084,518

 

 

 

85.1

%

 

$

406,203

 

 

 

82.4

%

 

$

2,620

 

 

 

69.0

%

 

$

1,493,341

 

 

 

84.3

%

1 to 29 days past due

 

 

109,483

 

 

 

8.6

%

 

 

45,119

 

 

 

9.1

%

 

 

594

 

 

 

15.6

%

 

 

155,196

 

 

 

8.8

%

Delinquent accounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30 to 59 days

 

 

22,587

 

 

 

1.7

%

 

 

12,053

 

 

 

2.4

%

 

 

116

 

 

 

3.1

%

 

 

34,756

 

 

 

1.9

%

60 to 89 days

 

 

19,844

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

11,253

 

 

 

2.3

%

 

 

115

 

 

 

3.0

%

 

 

31,212

 

 

 

1.8

%

90 to 119 days

 

 

16,951

 

 

 

1.3

%

 

 

10,030

 

 

 

2.0

%

 

 

126

 

 

 

3.2

%

 

 

27,107

 

 

 

1.5

%

120 to 149 days

 

 

10,938

 

 

 

0.9

%

 

 

4,247

 

 

 

0.9

%

 

 

132

 

 

 

3.5

%

 

 

15,317

 

 

 

0.9

%

150 to 179 days

 

 

9,816

 

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

4,568

 

 

 

0.9

%

 

 

97

 

 

 

2.6

%

 

 

14,481

 

 

 

0.8

%

Total delinquency

 

$

80,136

 

 

 

6.3

%

 

$

42,151

 

 

 

8.5

%

 

$

586

 

 

 

15.4

%

 

$

122,873

 

 

 

6.9

%

Total net finance receivables

 

$

1,274,137

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

493,473

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

3,800

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

1,771,410

 

 

 

100.0

%

Net finance receivables in nonaccrual status

 

$

44,627

 

 

 

3.5

%

 

$

21,850

 

 

 

4.4

%

 

$

394

 

 

 

10.4

%

 

$

66,871

 

 

 

3.8

%

  December 31, 2016 
  Small  Large  Automobile  Retail  Total 
In thousands $  %  $  %  $  %  $  %  $  % 

Current

 $288,983   80.6 $204,063   86.8 $66,936   74.0 $27,220   81.2 $587,202   81.9

1 to 29 days past due

  36,533   10.2  19,172   8.1  17,196   19.0  4,205   12.5  77,106   10.7
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Delinquent accounts

          

30 to 59 days

  9,408   2.6  3,948   1.7  2,654   3.0  717   2.2  16,727   2.3

60 to 89 days

  7,110   2.0  2,920   1.2  1,171   1.3  440   1.3  11,641   1.6

90 to 119 days

  6,264   1.8  2,271   1.0  1,110   1.2  376   1.1  10,021   1.4

120 to 149 days

  5,424   1.5  1,710   0.7  743   0.8  328   1.0  8,205   1.1

150 to 179 days

  4,749   1.3  1,265   0.5  622   0.7  237   0.7  6,873   1.0
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total delinquency

 $32,955   9.2 $12,114   5.1 $6,300   7.0 $2,098   6.3 $53,467   7.4
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total finance receivables

 $358,471   100.0 $235,349   100.0 $90,432   100.0 $33,523   100.0 $717,775   100.0
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Finance receivables in nonaccrual status

 $16,437   4.6 $5,246   2.2 $2,475   2.7 $941   2.8 $25,099   3.5
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The allowance for credit losses consistsaccrual of general and specific components. Prior to September 30, 2016, the general component reflected estimated credit losses for groups ofinterest income on finance receivables onis suspended when an account becomes 90 days delinquent. If a collective basisloan is charged off, the accrued interest is reversed as a reduction of interest and was primarily based on historical loss rates (adjusted for qualitative factors). Effective beginning September 30, 2016, the general component is primarily based on delinquency roll rates. Delinquency roll rate modeling is forward-looking and common practice in the consumer finance industry. As a result of this change, the Company decreased the provision for credit losses for the year ended December 31, 2016 by $0.5 million, which increased net income by $0.3 million, or $0.03 diluted earnings per share.

Changes in the allowance for credit losses for the periods indicated are as follows:

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
In thousands  2017   2016   2017   2016 

Balance at beginning of period

  $42,000   $36,200   $41,250   $37,452 

Provision for credit losses

   20,152    16,410    57,875    43,587 

Credit losses

   (16,739   (14,680   (56,736   (45,576

Recoveries

   1,987    1,170    5,011    3,637 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

  $47,400   $39,100   $47,400   $39,100 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

In September 2017, the Company recorded a $3.0 million increase to the allowance for credit losses related to estimated incremental credit losses on customer accounts impacted by the hurricanes. The incremental hurricane allowance resulted in a decrease to net income of $1.9 million, or $0.16 diluted earnings per share, forfee income. During the three months ended September 30, 2017.

In December 2015,March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company began selling previouslycharged-off loans for all products in the portfolio to a third-party debt buyer. The proceeds from these sales were recognizedreversed $5.2 million and $4.7 million of accrued interest as a recovery in the allowance for credit losses. Recoveries during the year ended December 31, 2015 included $2.0 million from the salereductions ofcharged-off loans. In January 2016, the Company began selling the flow ofcharged-off loans. The flow sales are recognized as recoveries in the allowance for credit losses interest and as a reduction of the provision for credit losses. In September 2017, the Company recognized a recovery of $1.0 million from the bulk sale of previouslycharged-off customer accounts in bankruptcy. These accounts had been excluded from previous sales ofcharged-off loans.fee income, respectively.

The following is a reconciliation of the allowance for credit losses by product for the periods indicated:three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:

In thousands Balance
July 1,

2017
  Provision  Credit Losses  Recoveries  Balance
September 30,

2017
  Finance
Receivables
September 30,
2017
  Allowance as
Percentage of
Finance
Receivables
September 30, 2017
 

Small loans

 $20,910  $10,364  $(9,570 $1,255  $22,959  $363,262   6.3

Large loans

  14,000   8,035   (5,068  350   17,317   308,642   5.6

Automobile loans

  5,210   805   (1,511  308   4,812   71,666   6.7

Retail loans

  1,880   948   (590  74   2,312   31,286   7.4
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total

 $42,000  $20,152  $(16,739 $1,987  $47,400  $774,856   6.1
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Dollars in thousands

Large

 

 

Small

 

 

Retail

 

 

Total

 

Beginning balance at January 1, 2024

$

127,992

 

 

$

58,736

 

 

$

672

 

 

$

187,400

 

Provision for credit losses

 

28,655

 

 

 

17,729

 

 

 

39

 

 

 

46,423

 

Credit losses

 

(31,711

)

 

 

(17,188

)

 

 

(294

)

 

 

(49,193

)

Recoveries

 

1,592

 

 

 

865

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

2,470

 

Ending balance at March 31, 2024

$

126,528

 

 

$

60,142

 

 

$

430

 

 

$

187,100

 

Net finance receivables at March 31, 2024

$

1,250,647

 

 

$

490,830

 

 

$

2,809

 

 

$

1,744,286

 

Allowance as percentage of net finance receivables at March 31, 2024

 

10.1

%

 

 

12.3

%

 

 

15.3

%

 

 

10.7

%

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In thousands Balance
July 1,

2016
  Provision  Credit Losses  Recoveries  Balance
September 30,

2016
  Finance
Receivables
September 30,
2016
  Allowance as
Percentage of
Finance
Receivables
September 30, 2016
 

Small loans

 $18,752  $11,103  $(9,722 $667  $20,800  $349,390   6.0

Large loans

  7,886   4,209   (2,436  141   9,800   217,102   4.5

Automobile loans

  7,851   308   (1,976  317   6,500   97,141   6.7

Retail loans

  1,711   790   (546  45   2,000   32,516   6.2
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total

 $36,200  $16,410  $(14,680 $1,170  $39,100  $696,149   5.6
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
In thousands Balance
January 1,

2017
  Provision  Credit Losses  Recoveries  Balance
September 30,

2017
  Finance
Receivables
September 30,
2017
  Allowance as
Percentage of
Finance
Receivables
September 30, 2017
 

Small loans

 $21,770  $32,608  $(34,313 $2,894  $22,959  $363,262   6.3

Large loans

  11,460   19,762   (14,720  815   17,317   308,642   5.6

Automobile loans

  5,910   3,369   (5,568  1,101   4,812   71,666   6.7

Retail loans

  2,110   2,136   (2,135  201   2,312   31,286   7.4
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total

 $41,250  $57,875  $(56,736 $5,011  $47,400  $774,856   6.1
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
In thousands Balance
January 1,

2016
  Provision  Credit Losses  Recoveries  Balance
September 30,

2016
  Finance
Receivables
September 30,
2016
  Allowance as
Percentage of
Finance
Receivables
September 30, 2016
 

Small loans

 $21,535  $29,200  $(32,170 $2,235  $20,800  $349,390   6.0

Large loans

  5,593   9,359   (5,534  382   9,800   217,102   4.5

Automobile loans

  8,828   3,077   (6,272  867   6,500   97,141   6.7

Retail loans

  1,496   1,951   (1,600  153   2,000   32,516   6.2
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total

 $37,452  $43,587  $(45,576 $3,637  $39,100  $696,149   5.6
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Impaired finance receivables

Dollars in thousands

Large

 

 

Small

 

 

Retail

 

 

Total

 

Beginning balance at January 1, 2023

$

119,592

 

 

$

57,915

 

 

$

1,293

 

 

$

178,800

 

Provision for credit losses

 

27,709

 

 

 

19,819

 

 

 

140

 

 

 

47,668

 

Credit losses

 

(28,097

)

 

 

(16,380

)

 

 

(132

)

 

 

(44,609

)

Recoveries

 

1,178

 

 

 

758

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

1,941

 

Ending balance at March 31, 2023

$

120,382

 

 

$

62,112

 

 

$

1,306

 

 

$

183,800

 

Net finance receivables at March 31, 2023

$

1,211,836

 

 

$

456,313

 

 

$

8,081

 

 

$

1,676,230

 

Allowance as percentage of net finance receivables at March 31, 2023

 

9.9

%

 

 

13.6

%

 

 

16.2

%

 

 

11.0

%

The Company uses certain loan modification programs for borrowers experiencing financial difficulties as a percentageloss mitigation strategy to improve collectability of total finance receivables were 2.0%the loans and 1.6%assist customers through financial setbacks. The programs consist of offering payment deferrals, refinancing, and, in limited instances, settlements. Customers may also pursue financial assistance through external sources, such as filing for bankruptcy protection. Modification programs available to our customers are described in more detail below:

Customers with temporary hardships may be offered payment deferrals related to past due payments. Such deferrals extend the customer’s maturity date and are generally considered insignificant delays. During the second quarter of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.2023, the Company enhanced its policy for determining an insignificant delay in payment. The following isCompany’s previous policy for an insignificant delay in payment was two or fewer deferrals in a summary of finance receivables evaluated for impairmentrolling twelve-month period, which was updated to be three or fewer deferrals in a rolling twelve-month period. The disclosures for the periods indicated:

   September 30, 2017 
In thousands  Small   Large   Automobile   Retail   Total 

Impaired receivables specifically evaluated

  $4,592   $8,894   $1,761   $111   $15,358 

Finance receivables evaluated collectively

   358,670    299,748    69,905    31,175    759,498 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance receivables outstanding

  $363,262   $308,642   $71,666   $31,286   $774,856 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Impaired receivables in nonaccrual status

  $655   $907   $104   $27   $1,693 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amount of the specific reserve for impaired accounts

  $1,069   $1,848   $383   $20   $3,320 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amount of the general component of the allowance

  $21,890   $15,469   $4,429   $2,292   $44,080 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   December 31, 2016 
In thousands  Small   Large   Automobile   Retail   Total 

Impaired receivables specifically evaluated

  $2,409   $6,441   $2,460   $101   $11,411 

Finance receivables evaluated collectively

   356,062    228,908    87,972    33,422    706,364 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance receivables outstanding

  $358,471   $235,349   $90,432   $33,523   $717,775 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Impaired receivables in nonaccrual status

  $288   $610   $175   $7   $1,080 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amount of the specific reserve for impaired accounts

  $563   $1,216   $576   $19   $2,374 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amount of the general component of the allowance

  $21,207   $10,244   $5,334   $2,091   $38,876 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average recorded investmentthree months ended March 31, 2023 reflect this policy enhancement, but the rolling twelve-month period begins on or after January 1, 2023 (the date of adoption). The change had no material impact to the Company's disclosures.

Customers with delinquent loans who have made recent payments and have verified current employment are allowed to refinance their loan with a reduced interest rate and/or term extension, making the monthly payments more affordable.
The Company may also agree to settle a past-due loan by accepting less than the full principal balance owed in impaired finance receivablescertain limited cases once it is determined that collection of the entire outstanding balance is unlikely.
Customers who receive bankruptcy protection may receive principal forgiveness, interest rate reductions, and/or term extensions.

The information relating to modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty for the periods indicated are as follows:

 

As of and for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

 

 

Principal Forgiveness, Interest Rate Reduction, & Term Extension

 

 

Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension

 

 

Term Extension

 

 

Total

 

Dollars in thousands

Amortized Cost Basis

 

 

% of Net Finance Receivables

 

 

Amortized Cost Basis

 

 

% of Net Finance Receivables

 

 

Amortized Cost Basis

 

 

% of Net Finance Receivables

 

 

Amortized Cost Basis

 

 

% of Net Finance Receivables

 

Large loans

$

143

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,545

 

 

 

0.3

%

 

$

1,493

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

$

5,181

 

 

 

0.4

%

Small loans

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

637

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

271

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

920

 

 

 

0.2

%

Total

$

155

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,182

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

$

1,764

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

$

6,101

 

 

 

0.3

%

 

As of and for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023

 

 

Principal Forgiveness, Interest Rate Reduction, & Term Extension

 

 

Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension

 

 

Term Extension

 

 

Total

 

Dollars in thousands

Amortized Cost Basis

 

 

% of Net Finance Receivables

 

 

Amortized Cost Basis

 

 

% of Net Finance Receivables

 

 

Amortized Cost Basis

 

 

% of Net Finance Receivables

 

 

Amortized Cost Basis

 

 

% of Net Finance Receivables

 

Large loans

$

24

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,622

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

$

241

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,887

 

 

 

0.4

%

Small loans

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

932

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

138

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,073

 

 

 

0.2

%

Total

$

27

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,554

 

 

 

0.3

%

 

$

379

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,960

 

 

 

0.4

%

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   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
In thousands  2017   2016   2017   2016 

Small loans

  $4,190   $1,908   $3,629   $1,497 

Large loans

   8,414    4,861    7,747    3,992 

Automobile loans

   1,896    2,643    2,157    2,879 

Retail loans

   114    119    107    115 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total average recorded investment

  $14,614   $9,531   $13,640   $8,483 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

It is not practicalThe financial effects of the modifications made to computeborrowers experiencing financial difficulty for the amountperiods indicated are as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

Loan Modification

Product

Financial Effect

Principal forgiveness

Large loans

Reduced the amortized cost basis of the loans by $0.4 million.

Small loans

Reduced the amortized cost basis of the loans by $0.1 million.

Interest rate reduction

Large loans

Reduced the weighted-average contractual interest rate by 7.1%.

Small loans

Reduced the weighted-average contractual interest rate by 13.2%.

Term extension

Large loans

Added a weighted-average 1.5 years to the life of loans.

Small loans

Added a weighted-average 1.4 years to the life of loans.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2023

Loan Modification

Product

Financial Effect

Principal forgiveness

Large loans

Reduced the amortized cost basis of the loans by $0.2 million.

Small loans

Reduced the amortized cost basis of the loans by $0.1 million.

Interest rate reduction

Large loans

Reduced the weighted-average contractual interest rate by 12.4%.

Small loans

Reduced the weighted-average contractual interest rate by 13.0%.

Term extension

Large loans

Added a weighted-average 1.4 years to the life of loans.

Small loans

Added a weighted-average 1.3 years to the life of loans.

The following table provides the amortized cost basis for modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty within the previous twelve months that subsequently defaulted. The Company defines payment default as 90 days past due for this disclosure. The respective amounts for each modification for the period indicated are as follows:

 

 

As of and for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Principal Forgiveness, Interest Rate Reduction, & Term Extension

 

 

Interest Rate Reduction & Term Extension

 

 

Term Extension

 

 

Total

 

Large loans

 

$

14

 

 

$

1,669

 

 

$

47

 

 

$

1,730

 

Small loans

 

 

6

 

 

 

272

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

284

 

Total

 

$

20

 

 

$

1,941

 

 

$

53

 

 

$

2,014

 

The Company had no amortized cost basis as of interest earnedMarch 31, 2023 for modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty on impairedor after January 1, 2023 that subsequently defaulted during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The contractual delinquencies of loans that were modified to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty within the previous twelve months for the period indicated are as follows:

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Current

 

 

30 - 89 Days Past Due

 

 

90+ Days Past Due

 

 

Total

 

Large loans

 

$

11,924

 

 

$

934

 

 

$

1,341

 

 

$

14,199

 

Small loans

 

 

2,024

 

 

 

216

 

 

 

209

 

 

 

2,449

 

Total (1)

 

$

13,948

 

 

$

1,150

 

 

$

1,550

 

 

$

16,648

 

(1) Excludes modified finance receivables that subsequently charged off of $1.2 million and $0.3 million in large and small loans, respectively.

The contractual delinquencies of loans that were modified to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty on or after January 1, 2023 for the period indicated are as follows:

 

 

March 31, 2023

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Current

 

 

30 - 89 Days Past Due

 

 

90+ Days Past Due

 

 

Total

 

Large loans

 

$

4,825

 

 

$

60

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

4,887

 

Small loans

 

 

1,053

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1,073

 

Total (1)

 

$

5,878

 

 

$

77

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

5,960

 

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(1) Excludes modified finance receivables that subsequently charged off of $6 thousand in large loans.

Note 4. Long-TermRestricted Available-for-Sale Investments

The following tables reconcile the amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss, and estimated fair value of the Company’s restricted available-for-sale investments as of the periods indicated:

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Gross Unrealized Gains

 

 

Gross Unrealized Losses

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

Restricted investments

 

$

22,873

 

 

$

 

 

$

(277

)

 

$

22,596

 

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Gross Unrealized Gains

 

 

Gross Unrealized Losses

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

Restricted investments

 

$

23,211

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

(472

)

 

$

22,740

 

The following tables include the gross unrealized losses and estimated fair values of restricted available-for-sale investments that were in a continuous unrealized loss position, for which no allowance for credit loss has been recorded, as of the periods indicated:

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

 

Less than 12 Months

 

 

12 Months or Longer

 

 

Total

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

 

Gross Unrealized Losses

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

 

Gross Unrealized Losses

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

 

Gross Unrealized Losses

 

Restricted investments

 

$

3,875

 

 

$

(3

)

 

$

18,721

 

 

$

(274

)

 

$

22,596

 

 

$

(277

)

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

 

Less than 12 Months

 

 

12 Months or Longer

 

 

Total

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

 

Gross Unrealized Losses

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

 

Gross Unrealized Losses

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

 

Gross Unrealized Losses

 

Restricted investments

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

18,633

 

 

$

(472

)

 

$

18,633

 

 

$

(472

)

The restricted available-for-sale investments consist of U.S. Treasuries which are measured at fair value and include accrued interest receivables of $0.1 million and $0.3 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The investments consist of highly rated securities backed by the U.S. federal government. As a result, the Company has not recorded an allowance for credit losses related to the restricted available-for-sale investments.

The following table includes the amortized cost and estimated fair values of restricted available-for-sale investments by contractual maturity as of the periods indicated:

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

Due in one year

 

$

20,684

 

 

$

20,460

 

Due within one year to five years

 

 

2,189

 

 

 

2,136

 

Due within five years to ten years

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due after ten years

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total restricted available-for-sale investments

 

$

22,873

 

 

$

22,596

 

The Company had no proceeds from sold restricted available-for-sale investments during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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The Company had no gross realized gains or losses during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For additional information on the Company's restricted available-for-sale investments, see Note 7, "Disclosure About Fair Value of Financial Instruments."

Note 5. Debt

The following is a summary of the Company’s long-term debt as of the periods indicated:

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Debt

 

 

Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs (1)

 

 

Net Debt

 

 

Debt

 

 

Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs (1)

 

 

Net Debt

 

Senior revolving credit facility

 

$

154,208

 

 

$

(776

)

 

$

153,432

 

 

$

195,462

 

 

$

(606

)

 

$

194,856

 

RMR IV revolving warehouse credit facility

 

 

22,133

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,133

 

 

 

3,197

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,197

 

RMR V revolving warehouse credit facility

 

 

51,276

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,276

 

 

 

26,718

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,718

 

RMR VI revolving warehouse credit facility

 

 

20,640

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,640

 

 

 

15,953

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,953

 

RMR VII revolving warehouse credit facility

 

 

5,309

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,309

 

 

 

4,216

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,216

 

RMIT 2020-1 securitization

 

 

113,089

 

 

 

 

 

 

113,089

 

 

 

145,290

 

 

 

 

 

 

145,290

 

RMIT 2021-1 securitization

 

 

232,078

 

 

 

 

 

 

232,078

 

 

 

248,915

 

 

 

(141

)

 

 

248,774

 

RMIT 2021-2 securitization

 

 

200,191

 

 

 

(999

)

 

 

199,192

 

 

 

200,192

 

 

 

(1,106

)

 

 

199,086

 

RMIT 2021-3 securitization

 

 

125,202

 

 

 

(785

)

 

 

124,417

 

 

 

125,202

 

 

 

(864

)

 

 

124,338

 

RMIT 2022-1 securitization

 

 

250,374

 

 

 

(779

)

 

 

249,595

 

 

 

250,374

 

 

 

(991

)

 

 

249,383

 

RMIT 2022-2B securitization

 

 

184,295

 

 

 

(609

)

 

 

183,686

 

 

 

184,295

 

 

 

(870

)

 

 

183,425

 

Total

 

$

1,358,795

 

 

$

(3,948

)

 

$

1,354,847

 

 

$

1,399,814

 

 

$

(4,578

)

 

$

1,395,236

 

Unused amount of revolving credit facilities (subject to borrowing base)

 

$

478,411

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

551,508

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Unamortized debt issuance costs related to the revolving warehouse credit facilities are presented within other assets in the consolidated balance sheets. These credit facilities had $2.2 million and $2.4 million in such costs as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

   September 30, 2017   December 31, 2016 
In thousands  Long-Term
Debt
   Unamortized
Debt Issuance
Costs
  Net
Long-Term
Debt
   Long-Term
Debt
   Unamortized
Debt Issuance
Costs
  Net
Long-Term
Debt
 

Senior revolving credit facility

  $461,017   $(2,309 $458,708   $452,849   $(1,221 $451,628 

Amortizing loan

   21,584    (468  21,116    38,829    (931  37,898 

Revolving warehouse credit facility

   55,750    (2,489  53,261    —      —     —   
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total

  $538,351   $(5,266 $533,085   $491,678   $(2,152 $489,526 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Unused amount of revolving credit facilities (subject to borrowing base)

  $246,233      $132,151    
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

Senior Revolving Credit Facility:In June 2017,February 2024, the Company amended and restated its senior revolving credit facility to, among other things, increasereduce the availability under the facility from $585$420 million to $638$355 million and extend the maturity of the facility from August 2019date to June 2020. The facility has an accordion provision that allows for the expansion of the facility to $700 million.September 2025. Excluding the receivables held by the Company’s VIEs, the senior revolving credit facility is secured by substantially all of the Company’s finance receivables and equity interests of the majority of its subsidiaries. Advances on the senior revolving credit facility are capped at 83% of eligible finance receivables (80% of eligible finance receivables as of March 31, 2024).

Borrowings under the facility bear interest, payable monthly, at rates equal to LIBOR of a maturity the Company elects between one and six months,one-month SOFR with a LIBOR floor of 1.00%not less than 0.50%, plus a 3.00%3.00% margin increasing to 3.25% when the availability percentage is below 10%.and a benchmark adjustment. The LIBOR rate for this facility was 1.25% and 0.88% at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. Alternatively, the Company may payeffective interest at the prime rate, plus a 2.00% margin, increasing to 2.25% when the availability percentage is below 10%. The prime rate was 4.25% and 3.75%8.43% at September 30, 2017 and DecemberMarch 31, 2016, respectively. 2024. The Company pays an unused line fee of 0.50% per annum, payable monthly, decreasing to 0.375% when the average outstanding balance exceeds $413.0 million. Advances on the senior revolving credit facility are capped at 85% of eligible secured finance receivables, plus 70% of eligible unsecured finance receivables. These rates are subject to adjustment at certain credit quality levels (84% of eligible secured finance receivables and 69% of eligible unsecured finance receivables as of September 30, 2017). As of September 30, 2017, the Company had $58.4 million of eligible capacity under the facility.

In June 2017, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, RMR II, entered into a credit agreement providing for a $125 million revolving warehouse credit facility to RMR II (expandable to $150 million). RMR II purchases large loan finance receivables, net of the related allowance for credit losses, from the Company’s affiliates using the proceeds of the facility and equity investments from the Company. The facility is secured by the finance receivables owned by RMR II. RMR II held $0.7 million in a restricted cash reserve account as of September 30, 2017 to satisfy provisions of the credit agreement. Through October 1, 2017, borrowings under the facility bore interest, payable monthly, at a blended rate equal to three-month LIBOR, plus a margin of 3.50%. Effective October 2, 2017, the margin decreased to 3.25% following the satisfaction of a milestone associated with the Company’s conversion to a new loan origination and servicing system. The margin may again decrease to 3.00% with the satisfaction of a further system conversion milestone. The three-month LIBOR was 1.34% at September 30, 2017. RMR II pays an unused commitment fee of between 0.35%0.50% and 0.85% per annum, payable monthly,1.00% based upon the average daily utilizationoutstanding balance. As of March 31, 2024, the facility. Advances onCompany had $163.7 million of immediate available liquidity to draw down cash under the facility are capped at 80%and held $4.2 million in unrestricted cash.

Variable Interest Entity Debt: As part of finance receivables.

In December 2015,its overall funding strategy, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, RMR, entered into a credit agreement providing for a $75.7 million asset-backed, amortizing loan to RMR. RMR purchased $86.1 million in automobilehas transferred certain finance receivables net of a $2.6 million allowanceto affiliated VIEs for credit losses, fromasset-backed financing transactions, including securitizations. The following debt arrangements are issued by the Company’s affiliates usingSPEs, which are considered VIEs under GAAP and are consolidated into the proceedsfinancial statements of the loan and an equity investment from the Company to fund such purchase. The loan is secured by the finance receivables owned by RMR. RMR held $1.7 million in a restricted cash reserve account as of September 30, 2017 to satisfy provisions of the credit agreement. RMR pays interest of 3.00% per annum on the loan balance from the closing date until the date the loan balance has been fully repaid. The amortizing loan terminates in December 2022. The credit agreement allows RMR to prepay the loan when the outstanding balance falls below 20% of the original loan amount.

their primary beneficiary.

These debt agreements contain restrictive covenants requiring monthly and annual reporting to the banks. At September 30, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants.

Both the amortizing loan and warehouse credit facilitydebts are supported by the expected cash flows from the underlying collateralized finance receivables. Collections on these accountsfinance receivables are remitted to restricted cash collection accounts, which totaled $5.8$103.7 million and $2.7$109.9 million as of September 30, 2017March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2016,2023, respectively. Cash inflows from the finance receivables are distributed to the lenders andlenders/investors, the service providers, and/or the residual interest that the Company owns in accordance with a monthly contractual priority of payments (waterfall) and, as such, the inflows are directed first to servicing fees. RMR and RMR IIpayments. The SPEs pay a 4% servicing fee to the Company, which is eliminated in consolidation. Next, all cash inflows are directed to the interest, principal, and any adjustments to the reserve accounts and, thereafter, to the residual interest that the Company owns. Distributions from RMR and RMR IIthe SPEs to the Company are permitted under the credit agreements.debt arrangements.

Both RMRAt each sale of receivables from the Company’s affiliates to the SPEs, the Company makes certain representations and RMR IIwarranties about the quality and nature of the collateralized receivables. The debt arrangements require the Company to repurchase the receivables in certain circumstances, including circumstances in which the representations and warranties made by the Company concerning the quality and characteristics of the receivables are considered VIEs under GAAPinaccurate. Assets transferred to each SPE are legally isolated from

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the Company and its affiliates, as well as the claims of the Company’s and its affiliates’ creditors. Further, the assets of each SPE are owned by such SPE and are consolidated intonot available to satisfy the financial statements of their primary beneficiary. The Company is considered to be the primary beneficiary of RMR and RMR II because it has (i) power over the significant activities of RMR and RMR II through its role as servicerdebts or other obligations of the finance receivables under each credit agreement and (ii)Company or any of its affiliates.

The following table presents the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive returns that could be significant through the Company’s interest in the monthly residual cash flows of RMR and RMR II after each debt is paid.

The carrying amounts of consolidated VIE assets and liabilities of our consolidated variable interest entities:

Dollars in thousands

 

(Unaudited)
March 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

378

 

 

$

378

 

Net finance receivables

 

 

1,259,776

 

 

 

1,278,568

 

Allowance for credit losses

 

 

(133,161

)

 

 

(133,207

)

Restricted cash

 

 

117,934

 

 

 

123,899

 

Other assets

 

 

3,137

 

 

 

2,880

 

Total assets

 

$

1,248,064

 

 

$

1,272,518

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net debt

 

$

1,201,415

 

 

$

1,200,380

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

213

 

 

 

218

 

Total liabilities

 

$

1,201,628

 

 

$

1,200,598

 

RMR IV Revolving Warehouse Credit Facility: In April 2021, the Company and its SPE, RMR IV, entered into a credit agreement that provides for a $125 million revolving warehouse credit facility to RMR IV. In April and May 2023, the Company and RMR IV amended and restated the credit agreement that provides for a revolving warehouse credit facility to (i) extend the amortizing loan conversion date from April 2023 to May 2025 and the termination date from April 2024 to May 2026; (ii) decrease the capped advances on the facility from 81% to 77% of eligible finance receivables; and (iii) increase the margin from 2.35% to 2.80%. The debt is secured by finance receivables and other related assets that the Company purchased from its affiliates, which the Company then sold and transferred to RMR IV. Advances on the facility are capped at 79% of eligible finance receivables following a March 2024 amendment (79% of eligible finance receivables as follows:of March 31, 2024).

Borrowings under the facility bear interest, payable monthly, at rates equal to one-month SOFR plus a margin of 2.80% and a benchmark adjustment. The effective interest rate was 8.23% as of March 31, 2024. RMR IV pays an unused commitment fee between 0.35% and 0.70% based upon the average daily utilization of the facility. RMR IV had no immediate availability to draw down cash under the facility and held $0.3 million in restricted cash reserves as of March 31, 2024 to satisfy provisions of the credit agreement.

In thousands  September 30, 2017   December 31, 2016 

Assets

    

Cash

  $71   $36 

Finance receivables

   89,147    41,244 

Allowance for credit losses

   (4,460   (2,337

Restricted cash

   8,238    4,426 

Other assets

   39    201 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

  $93,035   $43,570 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

    

Net long-term debt

  $74,377   $37,898 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   18    5 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

  $74,395   $37,903 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

RMR V Revolving Warehouse Credit Facility: In November 2022, the Company and its SPE, RMR V, amended and restated the credit agreement that provides for a $100 million revolving warehouse credit facility to RMR V to extend the date at which the facility converts to an amortizing loan and the termination date to November 2024 and November 2025, respectively. The debt is secured by finance receivables and other related assets that the Company purchased from its affiliates, which the Company then sold and transferred to RMR V. Advances on the facility are capped at 80% of eligible finance receivables (80% of eligible finance receivables as of March 31, 2024).

Borrowings under the facility bear interest, payable monthly, at a per annum rate, which in the case of a conduit lender is the commercial paper rate, plus a margin of 2.75%. The effective interest rate was 8.28% as of March 31, 2024. RMR V pays an unused commitment fee between 0.45% and 0.75% based upon the average daily utilization of the facility. RMR V had no immediate availability to draw down cash under the facility and held $0.6 million in restricted cash reserves as of March 31, 2024 to satisfy provisions of the credit agreement.

RMR VI Revolving Warehouse Credit Facility: In February 2023, the Company and its SPE, RMR VI, entered into a credit agreement that provides for a $75 million revolving warehouse credit facility to RMR VI. The facility converts to an amortizing loan in February 2025 and terminates in February 2026. The debt is secured by finance receivables and other related assets that the Company purchased from its affiliates, which the Company then sold and transferred to RMR VI. Advances on the facility are capped at 75% of eligible finance receivables (previously 80%) following a March 2024 amendment (75% of eligible finance receivables as of March 31, 2024).

Borrowings under the facility bear interest, payable monthly, at a rate equal to one-month SOFR, plus (i) 0.10% per annum, (ii) a margin of 2.50%, and (iii) the applicable step-up margin (0.00% during the revolving period). The effective interest rate was 7.93% as of March 31, 2024. RMR VI pays a monthly unused commitment fee of 0.50%. RMR VI had $1.4 million of immediate availability to

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draw down cash under the facility and held $0.3 million in restricted cash reserves as of March 31, 2024 to satisfy provisions of the credit agreement.

RMR VII Revolving Warehouse Credit Facility: In April 2023, the Company and its SPE, RMR VII, entered into a credit agreement that provides for a $75 million revolving warehouse credit facility to RMR VII. The facility converts to an amortizing loan in October 2024 and terminates in October 2025. The debt is secured by finance receivables and other related assets that the Company purchased from its affiliates, which the Company then sold and transferred to RMR VII. Advances on the facility are capped at 80% of eligible finance receivables (80% of eligible finance receivables as of March 31, 2024).

Borrowings under the facility bear interest, payable monthly, at a rate equal to one-month SOFR, plus (i) 0.10% per annum, (ii) a margin of 3.00%, and (iii) the applicable step-up margin (0.00% during the revolving period). The effective interest rate was 8.43% as of March 31, 2024. RMR VII pays a monthly unused commitment fee ranging between 0.45% and 0.65%. RMR VII had no immediate availability to draw down cash under the facility and held $0.1 million in restricted cash reserves as of March 31, 2024 to satisfy provisions of the credit agreement.

RMIT 2020-1 Securitization: In September 2020, the Company, its SPE, RMR III, and the Company’s indirect SPE, RMIT 2020-1, completed a private offering and sale of $180 million of asset-backed notes. The transaction consisted of the issuance of four classes of fixed-rate asset-backed notes by RMIT 2020-1. The asset-backed notes are secured by finance receivables and other related assets that RMR III purchased from the Company, which RMR III then sold and transferred to RMIT 2020-1. The notes had a revolving period ending in September 2023, with a final maturity date in October 2030. RMIT 2020-1 held $1.9 million in restricted cash reserves as of March 31, 2024 to satisfy provisions of the transaction documents. Borrowings under the RMIT 2020-1 securitization bear interest, payable monthly, at an effective interest rate of 3.15% as of March 31, 2024. Prior to maturity in October 2030, the Company may redeem the notes in full, but not in part.

RMIT 2021-1 Securitization: In February 2021, the Company, its SPE, RMR III, and the Company’s indirect SPE, RMIT 2021-1, completed a private offering and sale of $249 million of asset-backed notes. The transaction consisted of the issuance of four classes of fixed-rate asset-backed notes by RMIT 2021-1. The asset-backed notes are secured by finance receivables and other related assets that RMR III purchased from the Company, which RMR III then sold and transferred to RMIT 2021-1. The notes had a revolving period ending in February 2024, with a final maturity date in March 2031. RMIT 2021-1 held $2.6 million in restricted cash reserves as of March 31, 2024 to satisfy provisions of the transaction documents. Borrowings under the RMIT 2021-1 securitization bear interest, payable monthly, at an effective interest rate of 2.11% as of March 31, 2024. Prior to maturity in March 2031, the Company may redeem the notes in full, but not in part.

RMIT 2021-2 Securitization: In July 2021, the Company, its SPE, RMR III, and the Company’s indirect SPE, RMIT 2021-2, completed a private offering and sale of $200 million of asset-backed notes. The transaction consisted of the issuance of four classes of fixed-rate asset-backed notes by RMIT 2021-2. The asset-backed notes are secured by finance receivables and other related assets that RMR III purchased from the Company, which RMR III then sold and transferred to RMIT 2021-2. The notes have a revolving period ending in July 2026, with a final maturity date in August 2033. RMIT 2021-2 held $2.1 million in restricted cash reserves as of March 31, 2024 to satisfy provisions of the transaction documents. Borrowings under the RMIT 2021-2 securitization bear interest, payable monthly, at an effective interest rate of 2.30% as of March 31, 2024. Prior to maturity in August 2033, the Company may redeem the notes in full, but not in part, at its option on any business day on or after the payment date occurring in August 2026. No payments of principal of the notes will be made during the revolving period.

RMIT 2021-3 Securitization: In October 2021, the Company, its SPE, RMR III, and the Company’s indirect SPE, RMIT 2021-3, completed a private offering and sale of $125 million of asset-backed notes. The transaction consisted of the issuance of fixed-rate, asset-backed notes by RMIT 2021-3. The asset-backed notes are secured by finance receivables and other related assets that RMR III purchased from the Company, which RMR III then sold and transferred to RMIT 2021-3. The notes have a revolving period ending in September 2026, with a final maturity date in October 2033. RMIT 2021-3 held $1.5 million in restricted cash reserves as of March 31, 2024 to satisfy provisions of the transaction documents. Borrowings under the RMIT 2021-3 securitization bear interest, payable monthly, at an effective interest rate of 3.88% as of March 31, 2024. Prior to maturity in October 2033, the Company may redeem the notes in full, but not in part, at its option on any business day on or after the payment date occurring in October 2024. No payments of principal of the notes will be made during the revolving period.

RMIT 2022-1 Securitization: In February 2022, the Company, its SPE, RMR III, and the Company’s indirect SPE, RMIT 2022-1, completed a private offering and sale of $250 million of asset-backed notes. The transaction consisted of the issuance of four classes of fixed-rate asset-backed notes by RMIT 2022-1. The asset-backed notes are secured by finance receivables and other related assets that RMR III purchased from the Company, which RMR III then sold and transferred to RMIT 2022-1. The notes have a revolving period ending in February 2025, with a final maturity date in March 2032. RMIT 2022-1 held $2.6 million in restricted cash reserves

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as of March 31, 2024 to satisfy provisions of the transaction documents. Borrowings under the RMIT 2022-1 securitization bear interest, payable monthly, at an effective interest rate of 3.59% as of March 31, 2024. Prior to maturity in March 2032, the Company may redeem the notes in full, but not in part, at its option on any note payment date on or after the payment date occurring in March 2025. No payments of principal of the notes will be made during the revolving period.

RMIT 2022-2B Securitization: In October 2022, the Company, its SPE, RMR III, and the Company’s indirect SPE, RMIT 2022-2B, completed a private offering and sale of $200 million of asset-backed notes. The transaction consisted of the issuance of three classes of fixed-rate, asset-backed notes by RMIT 2022-2B. The asset-backed notes were secured by finance receivables and other related assets that RMR III purchased from the Company and have a revolving period ending in October 2024, with a final maturity date in November 2031. RMR III sold two classes of the asset-backed notes and transferred them to RMIT 2022-2B. RMIT 2022-2B held $2.3 million in restricted cash reserves as of March 31, 2024 to satisfy provisions of the transaction documents. Borrowings under the sold notes bear interest, payable monthly, at an effective interest rate of 7.51% as of March 31, 2024. The $16.3 million class of the fixed-rate, asset-backed notes was retained by RMR III on the closing date but may be sold in whole or in part. Prior to maturity in November 2031, the Company may redeem the notes in full, but not in part, at its option on any note payment date on or after the payment date occurring in November 2024. No payments of principal of the notes will be made during the revolving period.

The Company’s debt arrangements are subject to certain covenants, including monthly and annual reporting, maintenance of specified interest coverage and debt ratios, restrictions on distributions, limitations on other indebtedness, and certain other restrictions. As of March 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants.

Note 6. Stockholders’ Equity

Quarterly cash dividend: The Board may in its discretion declare and pay cash dividends on the Company’s common stock. The following table presents the dividends declared per share of common stock for the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Dividends declared per common share

 

$

0.30

 

 

$

0.30

 

See Note 12, “Subsequent Events,” for information regarding the Company’s cash dividend following the end of the fiscal quarter.

Note 5.7. Disclosure About Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value:

Cash and restricted cash: Cash and restricted cash is recorded at cost, which approximates fair value due to its generally short maturity and highly liquid nature.

FinanceRestricted available-for-sale investments: The fair value of U.S. Treasury securities is priced using an external pricing service which the Company corroborates using a secondary external vendor. For additional information on the Company's restricted available-for-sale investments, see Note 4, "Restricted Available-for-Sale Investments."

Net finance receivables: Finance receivables are originated at prevailing market rates. The Company’s finance receivable portfolio turns approximately 1.4 times per year. The portfolio turnover is calculated by dividing cash payments, renewals, and net credit losses by the average finance receivables. Management believes that the carrying amount approximatesCompany determines the fair value of itsnet finance receivable portfolio.

Interest rate caps:receivables using a discounted cash flows methodology. The fair valueapplication of the interest rate caps is the estimated amountthis methodology requires the Company would receive to terminate the cap agreements at the reporting date, taking into account current interestmake certain estimates and judgments. These estimates and judgments include, but are not limited to, prepayment rates, default rates, loss severity, and the creditworthiness of the counterparty.risk-adjusted discount rates.

Repossessed assets: Repossessed assets are valued at the lower of the receivable balance of the finance receivable prior to repossession or the estimated net realizable value.Debt: The Company estimates net realizable value at the projected cash value upon liquidation, less costs to sell the related collateral.

Long-term debt: The Company’s long-term debt is frequently renewed, amended, or recently originated. As a result, the Company believes that the fair value of long-term debt approximates carrying amounts. The Company also considered its creditworthiness in its determinationusing estimated credit marks based on an index of fair value.

The carrying amount and estimated fair values of the Company’ssimilar financial instruments summarized by level are as follows:(credit facilities) and projected cash flows from the underlying collateralized finance receivables (securitizations), each discounted using a risk-adjusted discount rate.

   September 30, 2017   December 31, 2016 
In thousands  Carrying
Amount
   Estimated
Fair Value
   Carrying
Amount
   Estimated
Fair Value
 

Assets

        

Level 1 inputs

        

Cash

  $5,191   $5,191   $4,446   $4,446 

Restricted cash

   13,849    13,849    8,297    8,297 

Level 2 inputs

        

Interest rate caps

   77    77    62    62 

Level 3 inputs

        

Net finance receivables

   727,456    727,456    676,525    676,525 

Repossessed assets

   381    381    502    502 

Liabilities

        

Level 3 inputs

        

Long-term debt

   538,351    538,351    491,678    491,678 

Certain of the Company’s assets carried atestimated fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

Level 1 – Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Observable market-based inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or unobservableliabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.

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In determining the appropriate levels, the Company performs an analysis of the assets and liabilities that are carriedestimated at fair value. At each reporting period, all assets and liabilities for which the fair value measurement is based on significant unobservable inputs are classified as Level 3.

The following table includes the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial assets and liabilities disclosed but not carried at fair value:

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Carrying
Amount

 

 

Estimated
Fair Value

 

 

Carrying
Amount

 

 

Estimated
Fair Value

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

4,215

 

 

$

4,215

 

 

$

4,509

 

 

$

4,509

 

Restricted cash

 

 

118,194

 

 

 

118,194

 

 

 

124,164

 

 

 

124,164

 

Level 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net finance receivables, less unearned insurance
   premiums and allowance for credit losses

 

 

1,511,511

 

 

 

1,565,165

 

 

 

1,536,118

 

 

 

1,603,737

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt

 

 

1,358,795

 

 

 

1,271,525

 

 

 

1,399,814

 

 

 

1,308,349

 

The following table includes the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of amounts the Company measures at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Carrying
Amount

 

 

Estimated
Fair Value

 

 

Carrying
Amount

 

 

Estimated
Fair Value

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted available-for-sale investments

 

 

22,596

 

 

 

22,596

 

 

 

22,740

 

 

 

22,740

 

As of the periods indicated above, there were no financial assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

Note 6.8. Income Taxes

Pursuant to the adoption ofThe Company records interim provisions for income taxes based on an accounting standard update issued in March 2016 andestimated annual effective for fiscal year 2017, thetax rate. The Company now recognizes thediscrete tax benefits or deficiencies from the exercise or vesting of share-based awards in the income tax line of the consolidated statements of income. These taxGenerally, these discrete benefits andor deficiencies were previously recognized within additionalpaid-in-capital onare primarily the Company’s balance sheet.result of exercises or vestings of share-based awards.

ForThe following table summarizes the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company recordedcomponents of income tax expense of $3.2 million and $4.0 million, respectively. Included in these amounts are tax benefits from share-based awards of $37 thousand and $0taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company recorded $9.4 million and $10.9 millionperiods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

Dollars in thousands

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Provision for corporate taxes

 

$

4,786

 

 

$

2,901

 

Discrete tax (benefits) deficiencies

 

 

(58

)

 

 

15

 

Total income taxes

 

$

4,728

 

 

$

2,916

 

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Note 7.9. Earnings Per Share

The following schedule reconciles the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the periods indicated:

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
In thousands, except per share amounts  2017   2016   2017   2016 

Numerator:

        

Net income

  $5,309   $6,476   $19,078   $17,564 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Denominator:

        

Weighted average shares outstanding for basic earnings per share

   11,563    11,384    11,537    11,963 

Effect of dilutive securities

   249    280    215    231 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average shares adjusted for dilutive securities

   11,812    11,664    11,752    12,194 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings per share:

        

Basic

  $0.46   $0.57   $1.65   $1.47 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

  $0.45   $0.56   $1.62   $1.44 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

15,205

 

 

$

8,689

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares outstanding for basic earnings per share

 

 

9,569

 

 

 

9,325

 

Effect of dilutive securities

 

 

177

 

 

 

297

 

Weighted-average shares adjusted for dilutive securities

 

 

9,746

 

 

 

9,622

 

Earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

1.59

 

 

$

0.93

 

Diluted

 

$

1.56

 

 

$

0.90

 

Options to purchase 240 thousand and 310 thousandThe Company excluded outstanding shares of common stock were outstanding duringtotaling 0.5 million and 0.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2024 and 2016,2023, respectively, but were not included infrom the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were anti-dilutive. These anti-dilutive awards include NQSOs, RSAs, performance-contingent RSUs, and PRSUs.

Note 8.10. Share-Based Compensation

The Company previously adopted the 2007 Management Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”) and the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”).Plan. On April 22, 2015, the stockholders of the Company approved the 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan, (the “2015 Plan”), and on each of April 27, 2017 and May 20, 2021, the stockholders of the Companyre-approved the 2015 Plan, as amended and restated. restated on each respective date. As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, subject to adjustments as provided in the 2015 Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock that could be issued under the 2015 Plan could not exceed the sum of (i) 1.62.6 million shares (such amount reflecting an increase of 1.05 million additional or “new” shares in connection with the May 20, 2021 re-approval of the 2015 Plan) plus (ii) any shares (A) remaining available for the grant of awards as of the 2015 Plan effective date (April 22, 2015) under the 2007 Plan or the 2011 Plan, and/or (B)plus (iii) any shares subject to an award granted under the 2007 Plan or the 2011 Plan, which award is forfeited, cash-settled, cancelled, terminated, expires, or lapses for any reason without the issuance of shares or pursuant to which such shares are forfeited. As of the effectivenesseffective date of the 2015 Plan (April 22, 2015), there were 922 thousand0.9 million shares available for grant under the 2015 Plan, inclusive of shares previously available for grant under the 2007 Plan and the 2011 Plan that were rolled over to the 2015 Plan. No further grants will be made under the 2007 Plan or the 2011 Plan. However, awards that are outstanding under the 2007 Plan and the 2011 Plan will continue in accordance with their respective terms. As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, there were 1.30.6 million shares available for grant under the 2015 Plan.

For each of the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2024 and 2016,2023, the Company recorded share-based compensation expense of $1.2 million. The Company recorded $3.3$1.8 million and $3.0$2.1 million, in share-based compensation for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, unrecognized share-based compensation expense to be recognized over future periods approximated $6.2$9.1 million. This amount will be recognized as expense over a weighted-average period of 1.91.4 years. Share-based compensation expenses are recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the agreement. All share-based compensation is classified as equity awards except for cash-settled performance units, which are classified as liabilities.awards.

The Company allows for the settlement of share-based awards on a net share basis. With net share settlement, the employee does not surrender any cash or shares upon the exercise of stock options or the vesting of stock awards or stock units. Rather, the Company withholds the number of shares with a value equivalent to the option exercise price (for stock options) and the statutory tax withholding (for all share-based awards). Net share settlements have the effect of reducing the number of shares that would have otherwise been issued as a result of exercise or vesting.

Long-term incentive program:The Company issues nonqualified stock options, performance-contingent restricted stock units (“RSUs”),PRSUs and cash-settled performance units (“CSPUs”)RSAs to certain members of senior management under a long-term incentive program.the Company’s LTIP. Recurring annual grants are made at the discretion of the Board. The annual grants are subject to cliff- and graded-vesting, generally concluding at the end of the third calendar year and subject to continued employment or as otherwise provided in the underlying award agreements. Vested PRSUs are subject to an additional one-year holding period following the vesting date. The actual value of the PRSUs that may be earned can range from 0% to 150% of target based on positive or negative cumulative total shareholder return concluding at the end of the third calendar year.

Prior to 2022, the Company issued NQSOs, performance-contingent RSUs, CSPUs, and RSAs to certain members of senior management under the LTIP. The CSPUs are cash incentive awards, and the associated expense is not based on the market price of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).common stock. The annual grants are subject to cliff- and graded-vesting, generally concluding at the end of the third calendar year and subject to continued employment or as otherwise provided in the underlying award agreements. The actual value

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of the performance-contingent RSUs and CSPUs that may be earned can range from 0%0% to 150%150% of target based on the achievement of EBITDA and net income per share performance targets (2015 grants) or the percentile ranking of the Company’s compound annual growth rate of pre-provision net income and pre-provision net income per share compared to a public company peer group (2016 and 2017 grants), in each case over a three-year performance period.

In 2016, theKey team member incentive program: The Company introducedalso has a key team member incentive program for certain other members of senior management. Recurring annual participation in the program is at the discretion of the Board and executive management. Each participant in the program is eligible to earn a restricted stock award,an RSA, subject to performance over aone-year period. Payout under the program can range from 0%0% to 150%150% of target based on the achievement of five Company performance metrics and individual performance goals (subject to continued employment and certain other terms and conditions of the program). If earned, the restricted stock awardRSA is issued following theone-year performance period and vests ratably over a subsequenttwo-year period (subject to continued employment or as otherwise provided in the underlying award agreement).

Inducement and retention program: From time to time, the Company issues share-basedstock awards and other long-term incentive awards in conjunction with employment offers to select new employees and retention grants to select existing employees. The Company issues these awards to attract and retain talent and to provide market competitive compensation. The grants have various vesting terms, including fully-vested awards at the grant date, cliff-vesting, and graded-vesting over periods of 18 monthsup to 5five years (subject to continued employment or as otherwise provided in the underlying award agreements).

Non-employee director compensation program:In 2015 and 2016, theThe Company awardedawards itsnon-employee directors a cash retainer committee meeting fees,and shares of restricted common stock, and nonqualified stock options.stock. The Board revised the compensation program in April 2017 to provide that the value of each director’s equity-based award be allocated solely to restricted stock, rather than split evenly between restricted stock and nonqualified stock options. The restricted stock awardsRSAs are granted on the fifth business day following the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders and fully vest upon the earlier of the first anniversary of the grant date or the completion of the directors’ annual service to the Company. In 2015 and 2016,Company (so long as the nonqualified stock option awards were granted onperiod between the fifth business day followingdate of the Company’s annual stockholders’ meeting of stockholders and were immediately vested onrelated to the grant date.date and the date of the next annual stockholders’ meeting is not less than 50 weeks).

The following are the terms and amounts of the awards issued under the Company’s share-based incentive programs:

Nonqualified stock options: The exercise price of all stock options is equal to the Company’s closing stock price on the date of grant. Stock options are subject to various vesting terms, including graded- and cliff-vesting over18-month periods of up to5-year vesting periods.five years. In addition, stock options vest and become exercisable in full or in part under certain circumstances, including following the occurrence of a change of control (as defined in the option award agreements). Participants who are awarded options must exercise their options within a maximum of ten years of the grant date.

The fair value of option grants are estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions for option grants during the periods indicated below.

   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   2017  2016 

Expected volatility

   43.95  46.04

Expected dividends

   0.00  0.00

Expected term (in years)

   5.96   5.80 

Risk-free rate

   2.09  1.32

Expected volatility is based on the Company’s historical stock price volatility. The expected term is calculated by using the simplified method (average of the vesting and original contractual terms) due to insufficient historical data to estimate the expected term. The risk-free rate is based on the zero coupon U.S. Treasury bond rate over the expected term of the awards.

The following table summarizes the stock option activity for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017:March 31, 2024:

Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Per Share

 

 

Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual
Life (Years)

 

 

Aggregate Intrinsic Value

 

Options outstanding at January 1, 2024

 

 

509

 

 

$

23.32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options outstanding at March 31, 2024

 

 

509

 

 

$

23.32

 

 

 

4.6

 

 

$

1,735

 

Options exercisable at March 31, 2024

 

 

509

 

 

$

23.32

 

 

 

4.6

 

 

$

1,735

 

In thousands, except per share amounts  Number of
Shares
   Weighted-Average
Price Per Share
   Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)
   Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 

Options outstanding at January 1, 2017

   1,166   $14.66     

Granted

   116    19.99     

Exercised

   (283   7.15     

Forfeited

   (35   18.30     

Expired

   —      —       
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

Options outstanding at September 30, 2017

   964   $17.38    7.4   $6,843 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Options exercisable at September 30, 2017

   463   $17.25    6.5   $3,376 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Available for grant at September 30, 2017

   1,263       
  

 

 

       

The following table provides additional stock option information for the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Weighted-average grant date fair value per share

 

$

 

 

$

 

Intrinsic value of options exercised

 

$

 

 

$

 

Fair value of stock options that vested

 

$

 

 

$

 

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   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
In thousands, except per share amounts  2017   2016   2017   2016 

Weighted-average grant date fair value per share

  $—     $8.36   $8.90   $7.74 

Intrinsic value of options exercised

  $143   $708   $4,945   $979 

Fair value of stock options that vested

  $—     $—     $559   $668 

Performance restricted stock units: Compensation expense for PRSUs is based on the fair value of the award estimated on the grant date using the Monte Carlo valuation model. There were no PRSUs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

The following table summarizes PRSU activity during the three months ended March 31, 2024:

Dollars and units in thousands, except per unit amounts

 

Units

 

 

Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value Per Unit

 

Non-vested units at January 1, 2024

 

 

175

 

 

$

39.94

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

Achieved performance adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vested

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-vested units at March 31, 2024

 

 

175

 

 

$

39.94

 

The following table provides additional PRSU information for the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

Dollars in thousands, except per unit amounts

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Weighted-average grant date fair value per unit

 

$

 

 

$

 

Fair value of PRSUs that vested

 

$

 

 

$

 

Performance-contingent restricted stock units:Compensation expense for performance-contingent RSUs is based on the Company’s closing stock price on the date of grant and the probability that certain financial goals arewill be achieved over the performance period. Compensation costexpense is estimated based on expected performance and is adjusted at each reporting period.

The following table summarizes RSU activity during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017:March 31, 2024:

Dollars and units in thousands, except per unit amounts

 

Units

 

 

Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value Per Unit

 

Non-vested units at January 1, 2024

 

 

45

 

 

$

30.22

 

Granted (target)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Achieved performance adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vested

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-vested units at March 31, 2024

 

 

45

 

 

$

30.22

 

In thousands, except per unit amounts  Units   Weighted-Average
Grant Date

Fair Value
 

Non-vested units at January 1, 2017

   164   $16.07 

Granted

   85    19.99 

Vested

   —      —   

Forfeited

   (48   17.69 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-vested units at September 30, 2017

   201   $17.33 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following table provides additional RSU information for the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

Dollars in thousands, except per unit amounts

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Weighted-average grant date fair value per unit

 

$

 

 

$

 

Fair value of RSUs that vested

 

$

 

 

$

 

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   2017   2016   2017   2016 

Weighted-average grant date fair value per unit

  $—     $—     $19.99   $17.02 

Cash-settled performance units: CSPUs will be settled in cash at the endRestricted stock awards: The fair value and compensation expense of the performance measurement period and are classified as a liability. The value of CSPUs bears no relationship to the valueprimary portion of the Company’s common stock.RSAs are calculated using the Company’s closing stock price on the date of grant. These RSAs include director awards, inducement awards, and RSAs granted pursuant to the Company’s long-term incentive program.

The fair value and compensation expense of RSAs granted pursuant to the Company’s performance-based key team member incentive program are calculated using the Company’s closing stock price on the date of grant and the probability that certain financial goals will be achieved over the performance period. Compensation costexpense is estimated based on expected performance and is adjusted at each reporting period.

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The following table summarizes CSPURSA activity during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017:March 31, 2024:

Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value Per Share

 

Non-vested shares at January 1, 2024

 

 

190

 

 

$

35.89

 

Granted

 

 

111

 

 

 

29.61

 

Vested

 

 

(2

)

 

 

44.39

 

Forfeited

 

 

(1

)

 

 

47.49

 

Non-vested shares at March 31, 2024

 

 

298

 

 

$

33.49

 

In thousands, except per unit amounts  Units   Weighted-Average
Grant Date

Fair Value
 

Non-vested units at January 1, 2017

   2,641   $1.00 

Granted

   1,686    1.00 

Vested

   —      —   

Forfeited

   (843   1.00 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-vested units at September 30, 2017

   3,484   $1.00 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Restricted stock awards:The fair value and compensation cost of restricted stock is calculated using the Company’s closing stock price on the date of grant.

The following table summarizes restricted stock activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2017:

In thousands, except per share amounts  Shares   Weighted-Average
Grant Date

Fair Value
 

Non-vested shares at January 1, 2017

   39   $16.46 

Granted

   83    18.35 

Vested

   (39   16.46 

Forfeited

   (7   18.77 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-vested shares at September 30, 2017

   76   $18.31 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following table provides additional restricted stock information.RSA information for the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Weighted-average grant date fair value per share

 

$

29.61

 

 

$

51.87

 

Fair value of RSAs that vested

 

$

58

 

 

$

154

 

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
In thousands, except per share amounts  2017   2016   2017   2016 

Weighted-average grant date fair value per share

  $—     $—     $18.35   $16.37 

Fair value of restricted stock awards that vested

  $252   $—     $642   $347 

Note 9.11. Commitments and Contingencies

On May 30, 2014, a securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (theDistrict Court”) against the Company and certain of its current and former directors, executive officers, and stockholders (collectively, the “Defendants”). The complaint alleged violations of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act Claims”) and sought unspecified compensatory damages and other relief on behalf of a purported class of purchasers of the Company’s common stock in the September 2013 and December 2013 secondary public offerings. On August 25, 2014, Waterford Township Police & Fire Retirement System and City of Roseville Employees’ Retirement System were appointed as lead plaintiffs (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”). An amended complaint was filed on November 24, 2014. In addition to the 1933 Act Claims, the amended complaint also added claims for violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act Claims”) seeking unspecified compensatory damages on behalf of a purported class of purchasers of the Company’s common stock between May 2, 2013 and October 30, 2014, inclusive. On January 26, 2015, the Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint in its entirety. In response, the Plaintiffs sought and were granted leave to file an amended complaint. On February 27, 2015, the Plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint. Like the prior amended complaint, the second amended complaint asserts 1933 Act Claims and 1934 Act Claims and seeks unspecified compensatory damages. The Defendants’ motion to dismiss the second amended complaint was filed on April 28, 2015, the Plaintiffs’ opposition was filed on June 12, 2015, and the Defendants’ reply was filed on July 13, 2015.

On March 30, 2016, the District Court granted the Defendants’ motion to dismiss the second amended complaint in its entirety. On May 23, 2016, the Plaintiffs moved for leave to file a third amended complaint. The Defendants’ opposition brief was filed on June 9, 2016, and the Plaintiffs’ reply brief was filed on June 20, 2016. On January 27, 2017, the District Court denied the Plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file a third amended complaint and directed entry of final judgment in favor of the Defendants. On January 30, 2017, the District Court entered final judgment in favor of the Defendants. On March 1, 2017, the Plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Appellate Court”). The Plaintiffs/Appellants’ appellate brief was filed on June 13, 2017, the Defendants/Appellees’ appellate brief was filed on September 12, 2017, and the Plaintiffs/Appellants’ reply brief was filed on October 17, 2017. The Appellate Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on November 17, 2017.

The Company believes that the claims against it are without merit and will continue to defend against the litigation vigorously. Because the lawsuit contains multiple 1933 Act Claims and 1934 Act Claims, each with varying probabilities of being overturned on appeal and varying probabilities of loss and loss amounts, the Company is unable to estimate the reasonably possible loss or range of reasonably possible loss arising from this matter. The Company’s primary insurance carrier during the applicable time period has (i) denied coverage for the 1933 Act Claims and (ii) acknowledged coverage of the Company and other insureds for the 1934 Act Claims under a reservation of rights and subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable insurance policy. The parties are in the process of negotiating an allocation between denied and acknowledged claims.

In the normal course of business, the Company has been named as a defendant in legal actions including arbitrations, class actions, and other litigation arising in connection with its activities. Some of the actual or threatened legal actions include claims for compensatory and punitive damages or claims for indeterminate amounts of damages. While the Company will continue to identify legal actions where the Company believes a material loss to be reasonably possible and reasonably estimable, there can be no assurance that material losses will not be incurred from claims that the Company has not yet been notified of or are not yet determined to be probable, or reasonably possible and reasonable to estimate.

The Company contests liability and the amount of damages, as appropriate, in each pending matter.

Where available information indicates that it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the Company can reasonably estimate the amount of that loss, the Company accrues the estimated loss by a charge to net income. In

However, in many legal actions, however, it is inherently difficult to determine whether any loss is probable, or even reasonably possible, or to estimate the amount of loss. This is particularly true for actions that are in their early stages of development or where plaintiffs seek indeterminate damages. In addition, even where a loss is reasonably possible or an exposure to loss exists in excess of the liability already accrued, it is not always possible to reasonably estimate the size of the possible loss or range of loss.

For certain legal actions, the Company cannot reasonably estimate such losses, particularly for actions that are in their early stages of development or where plaintiffs seek indeterminate damages. Numerous issues may need to be resolved, including through lengthy discovery and determination of important factual matters, and by addressing novel or unsettled legal questions relevant to the actions in question, before Before a loss, additional loss, range of loss, or range of additional loss can be reasonably estimated for any given action.action, numerous issues may need to be resolved, including through lengthy discovery, following determination of important factual matters, and/or by addressing novel or unsettled legal questions.

For certain other legal actions, the Company can estimate reasonably possible losses, additional losses, ranges of loss, or ranges of additional loss in excess of amounts accrued, but the Company does not believe, based on current knowledge and after consultation with counsel, that such losses will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial statements.

While the Company will continue to identify legal actions where it believes a material loss to be reasonably possible and reasonably estimable, there can be no assurance that material losses will not be incurred from claims that the Company has not yet been notified of or are not yet determined to be probable, or reasonably possible and reasonable to estimate.

The Company expenses legal costs as they are incurred.

Note 12. Subsequent Events

ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Quarterly cash dividend: In May 2024, the Company announced that the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.30 per share. The dividend will be paid on June 12, 2024to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 22, 2024. The declaration, amount, and payment of any future cash dividends on shares of the Company’s common stock will be at the discretion of the Board.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, our unaudited consolidated financial statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q. These discussions contain forward-looking statements that reflect our current expectations and that include, but are not limited to, statements concerning our strategy,strategies, future operations, future financial position, future revenues, projected costs, expectations regarding demand and acceptance for our financial products, growth opportunities and trends in the market in which we operate, prospects, and plans and objectives of management. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “projects,” “predicts,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “potential,” “continue,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions, or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, events, and/or eventsperformance to differ materially from the plans, intentions, and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the risks set forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC,”), including our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20162023 (which was filed with the SEC on February 10, 2017), our Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 (which was filed with the SEC on May 2, 2017), our Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 (which was filed with the SEC on August 1, 2017),22, 2024) and this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q. The forward-looking information we have provided in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q pursuant to the safe harbor established under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 should be evaluated in the context of these factors. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise such statements, except as required by the federal securities laws.

Overview

We are a diversified consumer finance company providing a broad array ofthat provides installment loan products primarily to customers with limited access to consumer credit from banks, thrifts, credit card companies, and other traditional lenders. We began operationsAs of March 31, 2024, we operate under the name “Regional Finance” online and in 1987 with four branches in South Carolina and have expanded our343 branch network to 344 locations in 19 states across the states of Alabama, Georgia, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia as of September 30, 2017.United States, serving 540,600 active accounts. Most of our loan products are secured, and each is structured on a fixed rate, fixed termfixed-rate, fixed-term basis with fully amortizing equal monthly installment payments, repayable at any time without penalty. OurWe source our loans are sourced through our multiple channelomni-channel platform, which includes our branches, centrally-managed direct mail campaigns, retailers,digital partners, and our consumer website. We operate an integrated branch model in which nearly all loans, regardless of origination channel, are serviced through our branch network providingwith the support of centralized sales, underwriting, service, collections, and administrative teams. This model provides us with frequentin-person contact with our customers, which we believe improves our credit performance and customer loyalty. Our goal is to consistently and soundly grow our finance receivables and to soundly manage our portfolio risk, while providing our customers with attractive andeasy-to-understand loan products that serve their varied financial needs.

Our diversified product offeringsproducts include:

Large Loans (>$2,500) – As of March 31, 2024, we had 245.7 thousand large installment loans outstanding, representing $1.3 billion in net finance receivables. This included 63.6 thousand large loan convenience checks, representing $193.3 million in net finance receivables.
Small Loans (≤$2,500) – As of March 31, 2024, we had 292.9 thousand small installment loans outstanding, representing $490.8 million in net finance receivables. This included 154.2 thousand small loan convenience checks, representing $227.5 million in net finance receivables.
Retail Loans – As of March 31, 2024, we had 2.0 thousand retail purchase loans outstanding, representing $2.8 million in net finance receivables.
OptionalInsurance Products – We offer optional payment and collateral protection insurance to our direct loan customers.

Small Loans (£$2,500) – As of September 30, 2017, we had 259.7 thousand small installment loans outstanding, representing $363.3 million in finance receivables. This included 86.8 thousand small loan convenience checks, representing $105.9 million in finance receivables as of September 30, 2017.

Large Loans (>$2,500) – As of September 30, 2017, we had 72.7 thousand large installment loans outstanding, representing $308.6 million in finance receivables. This included 1.4 thousand large loan convenience checks, representing $3.5 million in finance receivables as of September 30, 2017.

Automobile Loans – As of September 30, 2017, we had 8.4 thousand automobile purchase loans outstanding, representing $71.7 million in finance receivables. This included 4.6 thousand indirect automobile loans and 3.8 thousand direct automobile loans, representing $42.6 million and $29.1 million in finance receivables, respectively.

Retail Loans – As of September 30, 2017, we had 21.4 thousand retail purchase loans outstanding, representing $31.3 million in finance receivables.

OptionalInsurance Products – We offer optional payment and collateral protection insurance to our direct loan customers.

Small and large installment loans are our core products and will be the drivers of our future growth. We will cease originating automobile loansceased accepting applications for our retail loan product offering in November 20172022, to focus on growing our core loan portfolio, though we willportfolio. We continue to own and service our current automobileexisting portfolio of retail loans. Our primary sources of revenue are interest and fee income from our loan products, of which interest and fees relating to small and large installment loans are the largest component. In addition to interest and fee income from loans, we derive revenue from optional insurance products purchased by customers of our direct loan products.

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Outlook

We continually assess the macroeconomic environment in which we operate in order to appropriately and timely adapt to current market conditions. Macroeconomic factors, including, but not limited to, inflationary pressures, rising interest rates, and impacts from current geopolitical events outside the U.S., may affect our business, liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations.

Ongoing inflationary pressures and interest rate trends have continued to create economic uncertainty. Recent geopolitical events outside of the U.S. have also contributed to volatility in U.S. markets. As inflation accelerated and geopolitical stability began to deteriorate in the fourth quarter of 2021, we began to proactively tighten our credit models. We have maintained a tighter credit box and our advanced underwriting models have performed well. We have focused on higher quality originations and a better credit risk borrower profile as we manage through an uncertain macroeconomic environment.

Our allowance for credit losses was 10.7% of net finance receivables as of March 31, 2024. Our contractual delinquency as a percentage of net finance receivables was 7.1% as of March 31, 2024, down from 7.2% as of March 31, 2023. Going forward, we may experience changes to the macroeconomic assumptions within our forecast and to our credit loss performance outlook, either of which could lead to further changes in our allowance for credit losses, reserve rate, and provision for credit losses expense.

We proactively diversified our funding over the past few years and continue to maintain a strong liquidity profile. As of March 31, 2024, we had $169.4 million of available liquidity, comprised of unrestricted cash on hand and immediate availability to draw down cash from our revolving credit facilities. In addition, we had $478.4 million of unused capacity on our revolving credit facilities (subject to the borrowing base) as of March 31, 2024. We believe our liquidity position provides substantial runway to support the fundamental operations of our business and to fund future growth.

Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations

Our business is drivenimpacted by several factors affecting our revenues, costs, and results of operations, including the following:

Quarterly Information and Seasonality.Our loan volume and contractual delinquency follow seasonal trends. Demand for our small and large loans is typically highest during the second, third, and fourth quarters, which we believe is largely due to customers borrowing money for vacation,back-to-school, and holiday spending. With the exception of automobile and retail loans, loanLoan demand has generally been the lowest during the first quarter, which we believe is largely due to the timing of income tax refunds. Delinquencies generally reach their lowest point in the first quarterhalf of the year and rise throughoutin the remaindersecond half of the fiscal year. Changes in quarterly growth or liquidation could result in larger allowance for credit loss releases in periods of portfolio liquidation and larger provisions for credit losses in periods of portfolio growth. Consequently, we experience seasonal fluctuations in our operating resultsresults. However, changes in macroeconomic factors, including inflation, rising interest rates, and cash needs.geopolitical conflict, have impacted our typical seasonal trends for loan volume and delinquency.

Growth in Loan Portfolio. The revenue that we derive from interest and fees is largely driven by the balance of loans that we originate and purchase.originate. Average net finance receivables grew 14.8% from $572.8 million in 2015 to $657.4 million in 2016. Average finance receivables grew 13.2% from $641.4 million inwere $1.8 billion for the first ninethree months of 2016 to $726.2 million in2024 and $1.7 billion for the first nine months of 2017.prior-year period. We source our loans through our branches, centrally-managed direct mail program, retaildigital partners, and our consumer website. OurThe majority of our loans, regardless of origination channel, are made almost exclusively in geographic markets served byserviced through our network of branches. Increasing the number of loans per branch and the number of branches we operategrowing our state footprint allows us to increase the number of loans thatcustomers we are able to serve. We continue to assess our legacy branch network for clear opportunities to consolidate operations into larger branches within close geographic proximity. This branch optimization is consistent with our omni-channel strategy and builds upon our recent successes in entering new states with a lighter branch footprint, while still providing customers with best-in-class service. We opened 8 and 31 net new branches in 2016 and 2015, respectively. We opened 5 and 7 net new branches in the first nine months of 2017 and 2016, respectively. We believe that we have the opportunityplan to add as many as 700 additional branches in new and existing states where it is currently favorable for us to conduct business, and we have plans to continue to grow our branch network.business.

Product Mix. We are exposed to different credit risks and charge different interest rates and fees and are exposed to different credit risks with respect to the various types of loans we offer. Our product mix also varies to some extent by state, and we may further diversify our product mix in the future. The interest rates and fees vary from state to state, depending on the competitive environment and relevant laws and regulations.

Asset Quality and Allowance for Credit Losses. Our results of operations are highly dependent upon the credit quality of our loan portfolio. The credit quality of our loan portfolio is the result of our ability to enforce sound underwriting standards, maintain diligent servicing of the portfolio, and respond to changing economic conditions as we grow our loan portfolio.

The allowance for credit losses calculation uses the current delinquency profile and historical delinquency roll rates as key data points in estimating the allowance. We believe that the primary underlying factors driving the provision for credit losses for each loan type are our underwriting standards, delinquency trends, the general economic conditions in the areas in which we conduct business, loan portfolio growth, and the

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effectiveness of our servicing and collection efforts. In addition, the market for repossessed automobiles at auction is another underlying factor that we believe influences the provision for credit losses for automobile purchase loans and, to a lesser extent, large loans. We monitor these factors, and the amount and past due status of delinquencies for all loans, one or more days past due, to identify trends that might require us to modify the allowance for credit losses.

Interest Rates. Our costs of funds are affected by changes in interest rates, as the interest rates that we pay on certain of our revolving credit facilities are variable. We have purchasedAs a component of our strategy to manage the interest rate cap contractsrisk associated with an aggregate notional principal amountfuture interest payments on our variable-rate debt, a majority of $250.0 million and 2.50% strike rates against theone-month LIBOR (1.23%our funding was held at a fixed rate as of September 30, 2017). The interest rate caps have maturitiesMarch 31, 2024, representing 81% of April 2018 ($150.0 million), March 2019 ($50.0 million), and June 2020 ($50.0 million). When theone-month LIBOR exceeds 2.50%, the counterparty reimburses us for the excess over 2.50%. No payment is required by us or the counterparty when theone-month LIBOR is below 2.50%.total debt.

OperatingCosts. Our financial results are impacted by the costs of operations and homehead office functions. Those costs are included in general and administrative expenses onwithin our consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Our receivable efficiency ratio (annualized sum of general and administrative expenses divided by average finance receivables) was 17.8% for the first nine months of 2017, compared to 18.7% for the same period of 2016. We believe this ratio is generally in line with industry standards for companies of our size.

Components of Results of Operations

Interest and Fee Income.Our interest and fee income consists primarily of interest earned on outstanding loans. We cease accruingAccrual of interest income on a loanfinance receivables is suspended when the customer isan account becomes 90 days contractually past due. Interest accrual resumes when the account is less than 90 days contractually past due.delinquent. If the account is charged off, the accrued interest accrualincome is reversed as a reduction of interest and fee income during the period that the credit loss occurs.income.

Most states allow certain fees in connection with lending activities, such as loan origination fees, acquisition fees, and maintenance fees. Some states allow for higher fees while keeping interest rates lower. Loan fees are additional charges to the customer and generally are included in the annual percentage rate shown in the Truth in Lending disclosure that we make to our customers. The fees may or may not be refundable to the customer in the event of an early payoff, depending on state law. Fees are accrued torecognized as income over the life of the loan on the constant yield method.

Insurance Income, Net.Our insurance operations are a material part of our overall business and are integral to our lending activities. Insurance income, net consists primarily of revenue,earned premiums, net of expenses,certain direct costs, from the sale of various optional payment and collateral protection insurance products offered to customers who obtain loans directly from us. Insurance income, net also includes the earned premiums and direct costs associated with the non-file insurance that we purchase to protect us from credit losses where, following an event of default, we are unable to take possession of personal property collateral because our security interest is not perfected. We do not sell insurance tonon-borrowers. Direct costs included in insurance income, net are claims paid, claims reserves, ceding fees, and premium taxes paid. We offer optional credit lifedo not allocate to insurance credit accident and healthincome, net, any other head office or branch administrative costs associated with management of insurance credit involuntary unemployment insurance, and personal property insurance. The type and termsoperations, management of our optionalcaptive insurance company, marketing and selling insurance products, vary from state to state based on applicable lawslegal and regulations. We require property insurance on any personal property securing loanscompliance review, or internal audits.

As reinsurer, we maintain restricted reserves comprised of restricted cash and offer customers the option of providing proof of such insurance purchased from a third party in lieu of purchasing property insurance from us. We also collect a fee for collateral protection and purchasenon-filing insurance in lieu of recording and perfecting our security interest in the assets pledged on certain loans. We require proof of insurance for any vehicles securing loans. In addition, in select markets, we offer vehicle single interest insurance and a Guaranteed Asset Protection (“GAP”) waiver product. Vehicle single interest insurance provides coverage on automobiles used as collateral on small and large loans. This insurance affords the borrower flexibility regarding the requirement to maintain full coverage on the vehicle while also protecting the collateral used to secure the loan. The GAP waiver product reduces or eliminates any loan balance remaining following payment by a primary insurance carrier.

We continually assess our products for an equitable balance of costs and benefits. Due to this ongoing assessment, premiums and benefits may change, which may impact the revenue and/or costs of our insurance operations.

We issue insurance certificates as agents on behalf of an unaffiliated insurance company and then remit to the unaffiliated insurance company the premiums we collect (net of refunds on prepaid loans and net of commission on new business). The unaffiliated insurance company cedes life insurance premiums to our wholly-owned insurance subsidiary, RMC Reinsurance, Ltd. (“RMC Reinsurance”), as written andnon-life premiums as earned. We maintain cash reservesrestricted available-for-sale investments for life insurance claims in an amount determined by the unaffiliated insurance companies.company. As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, the restricted cash balance for these cash reserves was $5.6 million.consisted of $21.6 million of unearned premium reserves and $1.3 million of unpaid claims reserves. The unaffiliated insurance companies maintaincompany maintains the reserves fornon-life claims. Insurance income, net includes all of the above-described insurance premiums, claims, and expenses.

Other Income.Our other income consists primarily of late charges assessed on customers who fail to make a payment within a specified number of days following the due date of the payment. In addition, fees for extendinginterest income from restricted cash, commissions earned from the due datesale of a loanan auto club product, and returned check chargesinvestment income from restricted available-for-sale securities are included in other income.

Provision for Credit Losses.Provisions for credit losses are charged to income in amounts that we estimate as sufficient to maintain an allowance for credit losses at an adequate level to provide for estimatedlifetime expected credit losses on the related finance receivable portfolio. Credit loss experience, current conditions, reasonable and supportable economic forecasts, delinquency of finance receivables, loan portfolio growth, the value of underlying collateral, and management’s judgment are factors used in assessing the overall adequacy of the allowance and the resulting provision for credit losses. Our provision for credit losses fluctuates so that we maintain an adequate credit loss allowance that reflects our estimate of losses over the effective life of our loan portfolios. Changes in our delinquency and net credit loss rates may result in changes to our provision for credit losses. FutureSubstantial adjustments to the allowance may be necessary if there are significant changes in forecasted economic conditions or loan portfolio performance.

General and Administrative Expenses.Our financial results are impacted by the costs of operations and head office functions. Those costs are included in general and administrative expenses within our consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Our general and administrative expenses are comprised of four categories: personnel, occupancy, marketing, and other. We measure our general and administrative expenses as a percentage of average net finance receivables, which we refer to as our receivable efficiencyoperating expense ratio.

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Our personnel expenses are the largest component of our general and administrative expenses and consist primarily of the salaries and wages, bonuses,overtime, contract labor, relocation costs, incentives, benefits, and related payroll taxes associated with all of our branch, field,operations and homehead office employees.

Our occupancy expenses consist primarily of the cost of renting our facilities, all of which are leased, as well asand the utility, depreciation of leasehold improvements and furniture and fixtures, telecommunication,communication services, data processing, and othernon-personnel costs associated with operating our business.

Our marketing expenses consist primarily of costs associated with our direct mail campaigns (including postage and costs associated with selecting recipients) and, digital marketing, maintaining our consumer website, as well as someand local marketing by branches. These costs are expensed as incurred.

Other expenses consist primarily of legal, compliance, audit, and consulting costs, as well as software maintenance and support, non-employee director compensation, amortization of software licenses and implementationelectronic payment processing costs, bank service charges, office supplies, and credit bureau charges.charges, and the amortization of software, software licenses, and implementation costs. We expect legalfrequently experience fluctuations in other expenses as we grow our loan portfolio and compliance costs to remain elevated due to the regulatory environment in the consumer finance industry and as a result of certain litigation matters, including those discussed in Part II, Item 1. “Legal Proceedings.”expand our market footprint. For a discussion regarding how risks and uncertainties associated with legal proceedings and the current regulatory environment may impact our future expenses, net income, and overall financial condition, see Part II, Item 1A.1A, “Risk Factors” and the filings referenced therein.Factors.”

Interest Expense.Our interest expense consists primarily of paid and accrued interest for long-term debt, unused line fees, and amortization of debt issuance costs on long-term debt. Interest expense also includes costs attributable to the interest rate caps that we use to manage our interest rate risk. Changes in the fair value of the interest rate caps are reflected in interest expense.

Income Taxes.Income taxes consist primarily of state and federal income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The change in deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in the period in which the change occurs, and the effects of future tax rate changes are recognized in the period in which the enactment of new rates occurs.

Results of Operations

The following table summarizes our results of operations, both in dollars and as a percentage of average net finance receivables (annualized):

 

 

1Q 24

 

 

1Q 23

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Amount

 

 

% of
Average Net Finance
Receivables

 

 

Amount

 

 

% of
Average Net Finance
Receivables

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and fee income

 

$

128,818

 

 

 

29.3

%

 

$

120,407

 

 

 

28.5

%

Insurance income, net

 

 

10,974

 

 

 

2.5

%

 

 

10,959

 

 

 

2.6

%

Other income

 

 

4,516

 

 

 

1.0

%

 

 

4,012

 

 

 

0.9

%

Total revenue

 

 

144,308

 

 

 

32.8

%

 

 

135,378

 

 

 

32.0

%

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for credit losses

 

 

46,423

 

 

 

10.6

%

 

 

47,668

 

 

 

11.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel

 

 

37,820

 

 

 

8.6

%

 

 

38,597

 

 

 

9.1

%

Occupancy

 

 

6,375

 

 

 

1.4

%

 

 

6,288

 

 

 

1.5

%

Marketing

 

 

4,315

 

 

 

1.0

%

 

 

3,379

 

 

 

0.8

%

Other

 

 

11,938

 

 

 

2.7

%

 

 

11,059

 

 

 

2.6

%

Total general and administrative

 

 

60,448

 

 

 

13.7

%

 

 

59,323

 

 

 

14.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

17,504

 

 

 

4.0

%

 

 

16,782

 

 

 

4.0

%

Income before income taxes

 

 

19,933

 

 

 

4.5

%

 

 

11,605

 

 

 

2.7

%

Income taxes

 

 

4,728

 

 

 

1.0

%

 

 

2,916

 

 

 

0.6

%

Net income

 

$

15,205

 

 

 

3.5

%

 

$

8,689

 

 

 

2.1

%

Information explaining the changes in our results of operations from year-to-year is provided in the following pages.

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  3Q 17  3Q 16  YTD 17  YTD 16 
In thousands Amount  % of
Average
Receivables
  Amount  % of
Average
Receivables
  Amount  % of
Average
Receivables
  Amount  % of
Average
Receivables
 

Revenue

        

Interest and fee income

 $63,615   33.8 $57,420   34.0 $182,657   33.5 $161,309   33.5

Insurance income, net

  3,095   1.6  2,346   1.4  9,985   1.8  7,886   1.6

Other income

  2,484   1.3  2,709   1.6  7,710   1.5  7,302   1.6
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total revenue

  69,194   36.7  62,475   37.0  200,352   36.8  176,497   36.7
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Expenses

        

Provision for credit losses

  20,152   10.7  16,410   9.7  57,875   10.6  43,587   9.1

Personnel

  19,534   10.4  18,180   10.8  56,089   10.3  51,981   10.8

Occupancy

  5,480   2.9  5,175   3.1  16,184   3.0  14,808   3.1

Marketing

  2,303   1.2  1,786   1.1  5,287   1.0  5,363   1.1

Other

  6,523   3.5  5,312   3.1  19,376   3.5  17,654   3.7
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total general and administrative

  33,840   18.0  30,453   18.1  96,936   17.8  89,806   18.7

Interest expense

  6,658   3.5  5,116   3.0  17,092   3.2  14,637   3.0
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

  8,544   4.5  10,496   6.2  28,449   5.2  28,467   5.9

Income taxes

  3,235   1.7  4,020   2.4  9,371   1.7  10,903   2.2
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income

 $5,309   2.8 $6,476   3.8 $19,078   3.5 $17,564   3.7
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The following table summarizestables summarize the quarterly trendtrends of our financial results:

  Quarterly Trend 

 

Income Statement Quarterly Trend

 

In thousands, except per share amounts  3Q 16   4Q 16   1Q 17   2Q 17   3Q 17   QoQ $
B(W)
 YoY $
B(W)
 

 

1Q 23

 

 

2Q 23

 

 

3Q 23

 

 

4Q 23

 

 

1Q 24

 

 

QoQ $
B(W)

 

 

YoY $
B(W)

 

Revenue

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and fee income

  $57,420   $59,654   $59,255   $59,787   $63,615   $3,828  $6,195 

 

$

120,407

 

 

$

118,083

 

 

$

125,018

 

 

$

126,190

 

 

$

128,818

 

 

$

2,628

 

 

$

8,411

 

Insurance income, net

   2,346    1,570    3,805    3,085    3,095    10  749 

 

 

10,959

 

 

 

11,203

 

 

 

11,382

 

 

 

10,985

 

 

 

10,974

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

15

 

Other income

   2,709    2,797    2,760    2,466    2,484    18  (225

 

 

4,012

 

 

 

4,198

 

 

 

4,478

 

 

 

4,484

 

 

 

4,516

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

504

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total revenue

   62,475    64,021    65,820    65,338    69,194    3,856  6,719 

 

 

135,378

 

 

 

133,484

 

 

 

140,878

 

 

 

141,659

 

 

 

144,308

 

 

 

2,649

 

 

 

8,930

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Expenses

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for credit losses

   16,410    19,427    19,134    18,589    20,152    (1,563 (3,742

 

 

47,668

 

 

 

52,551

 

 

 

50,930

 

 

 

68,885

 

 

 

46,423

 

 

 

22,462

 

 

 

1,245

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel

   18,180    16,998    18,168    18,387    19,534    (1,147 (1,354

 

 

38,597

 

 

 

36,419

 

 

 

39,832

 

 

 

42,024

 

 

 

37,820

 

 

 

4,204

 

 

 

777

 

Occupancy

   5,175    5,251    5,285    5,419    5,480    (61 (305

 

 

6,288

 

 

 

6,158

 

 

 

6,315

 

 

 

6,268

 

 

 

6,375

 

 

 

(107

)

 

 

(87

)

Marketing

   1,786    1,474    1,205    1,779    2,303    (524 (517

 

 

3,379

 

 

 

3,844

 

 

 

4,077

 

 

 

4,474

 

 

 

4,315

 

 

 

159

 

 

 

(936

)

Other

   5,312    5,103    6,796    6,057    6,523    (466 (1,211

 

 

11,059

 

 

 

10,475

 

 

 

11,880

 

 

 

12,030

 

 

 

11,938

 

 

 

92

 

 

 

(879

)

Total general and administrative

 

 

59,323

 

 

 

56,896

 

 

 

62,104

 

 

 

64,796

 

 

 

60,448

 

 

 

4,348

 

 

 

(1,125

)

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total general and administrative

   30,453    28,826    31,454    31,642    33,840    (2,198 (3,387

Interest expense

   5,116    5,287    5,213    5,221    6,658    (1,437 (1,542

 

 

16,782

 

 

 

16,224

 

 

 

16,947

 

 

 

17,510

 

 

 

17,504

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

(722

)

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Income before income taxes

   10,496    10,481    10,019    9,886    8,544    (1,342 (1,952

 

 

11,605

 

 

 

7,813

 

 

 

10,897

 

 

 

(9,532

)

 

 

19,933

 

 

 

29,465

 

 

 

8,328

 

Income taxes

   4,020    4,014    2,385    3,751    3,235    516  785 

 

 

2,916

 

 

 

1,790

 

 

 

2,077

 

 

 

(1,958

)

 

 

4,728

 

 

 

(6,686

)

 

 

(1,812

)

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net income

  $6,476   $6,467   $7,634   $6,135   $5,309   $(826 $(1,167

 

$

8,689

 

 

$

6,023

 

 

$

8,820

 

 

$

(7,574

)

 

$

15,205

 

 

$

22,779

 

 

$

6,516

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net income per common share:

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

  $0.57   $0.57   $0.66   $0.53   $0.46   $(0.07 $(0.11

 

$

0.93

 

 

$

0.64

 

 

$

0.94

 

 

$

(0.80

)

 

$

1.59

 

 

$

2.39

 

 

$

0.66

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Diluted

 

$

0.90

 

 

$

0.63

 

 

$

0.91

 

 

$

(0.80

)

 

$

1.56

 

 

$

2.36

 

 

$

0.66

 

Weighted-average shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

9,325

 

 

 

9,399

 

 

 

9,429

 

 

 

9,437

 

 

 

9,569

 

 

 

(132

)

 

 

(244

)

Diluted

  $0.56   $0.55   $0.65   $0.52   $0.45   $(0.07 $(0.11

 

 

9,622

 

 

 

9,566

 

 

 

9,650

 

 

 

9,437

 

 

 

9,746

 

 

 

(309

)

 

 

(124

)

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares outstanding:

             

Basic

   11,384    11,408    11,494    11,554    11,563    (9 (179
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

Balance Sheet Quarterly Trend

 

Diluted

   11,664    11,763    11,715    11,730    11,812    (82 (148
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net interest margin

  $57,359   $58,734   $60,607   $60,117   $62,536   $2,419  $5,177 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net credit margin

  $40,949   $39,307   $41,473   $41,528   $42,384   $856  $1,435 

Dollars in thousands

 

1Q 23

 

 

2Q 23

 

 

3Q 23

 

 

4Q 23

 

 

1Q 24

 

 

QoQ $
Inc (Dec)

 

 

YoY $
Inc (Dec)

 

Total assets

 

$

1,701,114

 

 

$

1,723,616

 

 

$

1,765,340

 

 

$

1,794,527

 

 

$

1,756,748

 

 

$

(37,779

)

 

$

55,634

 

Net finance receivables

 

$

1,676,230

 

 

$

1,688,937

 

 

$

1,751,009

 

 

$

1,771,410

 

 

$

1,744,286

 

 

$

(27,124

)

 

$

68,056

 

Allowance for credit losses

 

$

183,800

 

 

$

181,400

 

 

$

184,900

 

 

$

187,400

 

 

$

187,100

 

 

$

(300

)

 

$

3,300

 

Debt

 

$

1,329,677

 

 

$

1,344,855

 

 

$

1,372,748

 

 

$

1,399,814

 

 

$

1,358,795

 

 

$

(41,019

)

 

$

29,118

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Key Metrics Quarterly Trend

 

  3Q 16   4Q 16   1Q 17   2Q 17   3Q 17   QoQ $
Inc (Dec)
 YoY $
Inc (Dec)
 

 

1Q 23

 

 

2Q 23

 

 

3Q 23

 

 

4Q 23

 

 

1Q 24

 

 

QoQ
Inc (Dec)

 

 

YoY
Inc (Dec)

 

Total assets

  $691,329   $712,224   $690,432   $727,533   $779,850   $52,317  $88,521 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Finance receivables

  $696,149   $717,775   $695,004   $726,767   $774,856   $48,089  $78,707 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Allowance for credit losses

  $39,100   $41,250   $41,000   $42,000   $47,400   $5,400  $8,300 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Long-term debt

  $481,766   $491,678   $462,994   $497,049   $538,351   $41,302  $56,585 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Interest and fee yield (annualized)

 

 

28.5

%

 

 

28.2

%

 

 

29.0

%

 

 

28.8

%

 

 

29.3

%

 

 

0.5

%

 

 

0.8

%

Efficiency ratio

 

 

43.8

%

 

 

42.6

%

 

 

44.1

%

 

 

45.7

%

 

 

41.9

%

 

 

(3.8

)%

 

 

(1.9

)%

Operating expense ratio

 

 

14.0

%

 

 

13.6

%

 

 

14.4

%

 

 

14.8

%

 

 

13.7

%

 

 

(1.1

)%

 

 

(0.3

)%

30+ contractual delinquency

 

 

7.2

%

 

 

6.9

%

 

 

7.3

%

 

 

6.9

%

 

 

7.1

%

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

(0.1

)%

Net credit loss ratio

 

 

10.1

%

 

 

13.1

%

 

 

11.0

%

 

 

15.1

%

 

 

10.6

%

 

 

(4.5

)%

 

 

0.5

%

Book value per share

 

$

33.06

 

 

$

32.71

 

 

$

33.61

 

 

$

33.02

 

 

$

34.10

 

 

$

1.08

 

 

$

1.04

 

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Comparison of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, Versus September 30, 2016March 31, 2023

The following discussion and table describe the changes in finance receivables by product type:

Large Loans (>$2,500) – Large loans outstanding increased by $38.8 million, or 3.2%, to $1.3 billion at March 31, 2024, from $1.2 billion at March 31, 2023. The increase was due to the growth of receivables in branches opened during 2023, increased marketing, and the transition of small loan customers to large loans, partially offset by credit tightening for disciplined growth.
Small Loans (≤$2,500) – Small loans outstanding increased by $34.5 million, or 7.6%, to $490.8 million at March 31, 2024, from $456.3 million at March 31, 2023. The increase was due to growth of receivables in branches opened during 2023 and increased marketing, partially offset by credit tightening for disciplined growth and the transition of small loan customers to large loans.
Retail Loans – Retail loans outstanding decreased $5.3 million, or 65.2%, to $2.8 million at March 31, 2024, from $8.1 million at March 31, 2023. We ceased accepting applications for our retail loan product offering as of November 2022 to focus on growing our core loan portfolio.

Small Loans (£$2,500)– Small loans outstanding increased by $13.9 million, or 4.0%, to $363.3 million at September 30, 2017, from $349.4 million at September 30, 2016, despite theup-sell of many small loan customers to large loans. The growth in receivables in branches opened in 2016 and 2017 contributed to the growth in small loans outstanding.

 

 

Net Finance Receivables by Product

 

Dollars in thousands

 

1Q 24

 

 

1Q 23

 

 

YoY $
Inc (Dec)

 

 

YoY %
Inc (Dec)

 

Large loans

 

$

1,250,647

 

 

$

1,211,836

 

 

$

38,811

 

 

 

3.2

 %

Small loans

 

 

490,830

 

 

 

456,313

 

 

 

34,517

 

 

 

7.6

 %

Retail loans

 

 

2,809

 

 

 

8,081

 

 

 

(5,272

)

 

 

(65.2

)%

Total net finance receivables

 

$

1,744,286

 

 

$

1,676,230

 

 

$

68,056

 

 

 

4.1

 %

Number of branches at period end

 

 

343

 

 

 

344

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(0.3

)%

Net finance receivables per branch

 

$

5,085

 

 

$

4,873

 

 

$

212

 

 

 

4.4

 %

Large Loans (>$2,500)– Large loans outstanding increased by $91.5 million, or 42.2%, to $308.6 million at September 30, 2017, from $217.1 million at September 30, 2016. The increase was primarily due to increased marketing and theup-sell of small loan customers to large loans.

Automobile Loans– Automobile loans outstanding decreased by $25.5 million, or 26.2%, to $71.7 million at September 30, 2017, from $97.1 million at September 30, 2016. We will cease originating automobile loans in November 2017 to focus on growing our core loan portfolio. We, therefore, expect the automobile loan portfolio to liquidate at a slightly faster rate in 2018 compared to 2017.

Retail Loans– Retail loans outstanding decreased $1.2 million, or 3.8%, to $31.3 million at September 30, 2017, from $32.5 million at September 30, 2016.

   Finance Receivables by Product 
In thousands  3Q 17   2Q 17   QoQ $
Inc (Dec)
  QoQ %
Inc (Dec)
  3Q 16   YoY $
Inc (Dec)
  YoY %
Inc (Dec)
 

Small loans

  $363,262   $348,742   $14,520   4.2 $349,390   $13,872   4.0

Large loans

   308,642    267,921    40,721   15.2  217,102    91,540   42.2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total core loans

   671,904    616,663    55,241   9.0  566,492    105,412   18.6

Automobile loans

   71,666    79,861    (8,195  (10.3)%   97,141    (25,475  (26.2)% 

Retail loans

   31,286    30,243    1,043   3.4  32,516    (1,230  (3.8)% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total finance receivables

  $774,856   $726,767   $48,089   6.6 $696,149   $78,707   11.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Number of branches at period end

   344    347    (3  (0.9)%   338    6   1.8

Average finance receivables per branch

  $2,252   $2,094   $158   7.5 $2,060   $192   9.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, Versus the Three Months Ended September 30, 2016March 31, 2023

Net Income. Net income decreased $1.2increased $6.5 million, or 18.0%75.0%, to $5.3$15.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from $6.5$8.7 million during the prior-year period. The decreaseincrease was primarily due to an increase in revenue of $8.9 million and a decrease in provision for credit losses of $3.7$1.2 million, partially offset by an increase in income taxes of $1.8 million, an increase in general and administrative expenses of $3.4$1.1 million, and an increase in interest expense of $1.5 million, offset by an increase in revenue of $6.7 million and a decrease in income taxes of $0.8$0.7 million.

Revenue.Total revenue increased $6.7$8.9 million, or 10.8%6.6%, to $69.2$144.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from $62.5$135.4 million during the prior-year period. The components of revenue are explained in greater detail below.

Interest and Fee Income.Interest and fee income increased $6.2$8.4 million, or 10.8%7.0%, to $63.6$128.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from $57.4$120.4 million during the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to an 11.8%a 3.9% increase in average net finance receivables and a 0.8% increase in annualized average yield. The increase in yield was due to price increases and product mix, partially offset by a 0.2% yield decrease since September 30, 2016.the credit impact from macroeconomic conditions on revenue reversals and non-accrual loans. The yield decrease was partiallythree months ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023 included reductions in revenue reversals of an estimated $1.7 million and $1.9 million attributable to an estimated hurricane impactthe loan sales that occurred during the fourth quarters of 0.1%.

2023 and 2022, respectively.

The following table sets forth the average net finance receivables balance and average yield (annualized) for each of our loan product categories:products:

 

 

Average Net Finance Receivables for the
 Three Months Ended

 

 

Average Yields for the
Three Months Ended (1)

 

Dollars in thousands

 

1Q 24

 

 

1Q 23

 

 

YoY %
Inc (Dec)

 

 

1Q 24

 

 

1Q 23

 

 

YoY %
Inc (Dec)

 

Large loans

 

$

1,263,491

 

 

$

1,215,547

 

 

 

3.9

%

 

 

26.0

%

 

 

26.0

%

 

 

 

Small loans

 

 

491,911

 

 

 

467,851

 

 

 

5.1

%

 

 

37.8

%

 

 

35.0

%

 

 

2.8

%

Retail loans

 

 

3,341

 

 

 

8,954

 

 

 

(62.7

)%

 

 

15.8

%

 

 

18.6

%

 

 

(2.8

)%

Total interest and fee yield

 

$

1,758,743

 

 

$

1,692,352

 

 

 

3.9

%

 

 

29.3

%

 

 

28.5

%

 

 

0.8

%

(1) Annualized interest and fee income as a percentage of average net finance receivables.

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   Average Finance Receivables for the Quarter Ended  Average Yields for the Quarter Ended 
In thousands  3Q 17   3Q 16   YoY %
Inc (Dec)
  3Q 17  3Q 16  YoY %
Inc (Dec)
 

Small loans

  $358,380   $337,674    6.1  42.7  43.3  (0.6)% 

Large loans

   288,684    206,437    39.8  29.0  29.0  0.0

Automobile loans

   75,984    99,113    (23.3)%   16.2  17.8  (1.6)% 

Retail loans

   30,788    31,317    (1.7)%   17.8  19.4  (1.6)% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total interest and fee yield

  $753,836   $674,541    11.8  33.8  34.0  (0.2)% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total revenue yield

  $753,836   $674,541    11.8  36.7  37.0  (0.3)% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Small loan yields decreased 0.6% comparedTotal originations increased to $326.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024, from $303.2 million during the prior-year period. Quarterly origination volume was higher than the prior-year period as more of ourprimarily due to an increase in small loan customers have originated loans with larger balances and longer maturities, which typically are priced at lower interest rates. Automobile loan yields decreased 1.6% compared to the prior-year period due to our revised pricing model for our automobile loan program. Retail loan yields decreased 1.6% compared to the prior-year period as a result of adjusted pricing that reflects current market conditions. Since we began focusing on large loan growth in early 2015, the large loan portfolio has grown faster than the rest of our loan products, and we expect this trend will continue in the future. Over time, large loan growth will change our product mix, which will slightly reduce our overall interest and fee yield.

convenience checks. The following table represents the amountprincipal balance of loan originationsloans originated and refinancing, net of unearned finance charges:refinanced:

 

 

Loans Originated for the Three Months Ended

 

Dollars in thousands

 

1Q 24

 

 

1Q 23

 

 

YoY $
Inc (Dec)

 

 

YoY %
Inc (Dec)

 

Large loans

 

$

185,074

 

 

$

193,571

 

 

$

(8,497

)

 

 

(4.4

)%

Small loans

 

 

141,281

 

 

 

109,484

 

 

 

31,797

 

 

 

29.0

%

Retail loans

 

 

 

 

 

146

 

 

 

(146

)

 

 

(100.0

)%

Total loans originated

 

$

326,355

 

 

$

303,201

 

 

$

23,154

 

 

 

7.6

%

   Net Loans Originated 
In thousands  3Q 17   2Q 17   QoQ $
Inc (Dec)
  QoQ %
Inc (Dec)
  3Q 16   YoY $
Inc (Dec)
  YoY %
Inc (Dec)
 

Small loans

  $148,820   $160,380   $(11,560  (7.2)%  $160,642   $(11,822  (7.4)% 

Large loans

   105,460    86,771    18,689   21.5  62,846    42,614   67.8

Automobile loans

   3,787    5,828    (2,041  (35.0)%   11,099    (7,312  (65.9)% 

Retail loans

   7,905    6,353    1,552   24.4  9,258    (1,353  (14.6)% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total net loans originated

  $265,972   $259,332   $6,640   2.6 $243,845   $22,127   9.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

The hurricanes had an estimated $3.0 million negative impact on loan originations during the three months ended September 30, 2017, most of which we believe would have been in small loans.

The following table summarizes the components of the increase in interest and fee income:

 

 

Components of Increase in Interest and Fee Income
 1Q 24 Compared to 1Q 23
Increase (Decrease)

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Volume

 

 

Rate

 

 

Volume &
Rate

 

 

Net

 

Large loans

 

$

3,116

 

 

$

27

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

3,144

 

Small loans

 

 

2,107

 

 

 

3,276

 

 

 

169

 

 

 

5,552

 

Retail loans

 

 

(261

)

 

 

(63

)

 

 

39

 

 

 

(285

)

Product mix

 

 

(238

)

 

 

308

 

 

 

(70

)

 

 

 

Total increase in interest and fee income

 

$

4,724

 

 

$

3,548

 

 

$

139

 

 

$

8,411

 

   Components of Increase in Interest and Fee Income
3Q 17 Compared to 3Q 16
Increase (Decrease)
 
In thousands  Volume   Rate   Volume & Rate   Net 

Small loans

  $2,239   $(466  $(29  $1,744 

Large loans

   5,971    (29   (12   5,930 

Automobile loans

   (1,027   (393   92    (1,328

Retail loans

   (26   (127   2    (151

Product mix

   (407   518    (111   —   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase in interest and fee income

  $6,750   $(497  $(58  $6,195 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The $6.2Insurance Income, Net. Insurance income, net remained constant at $11.0 million increase in interest and fee income during both the three months ended September 30, 2017 fromMarch 31, 2024, and the prior-year period. During both the three months ended March 31, 2024 and the prior-year period, personal property insurance premiums represented the largest component of aggregate earned insurance premiums, and life insurance claims expense represented the largest component of direct insurance expenses.

The following table summarizes the components of insurance income, net:

 

 

Insurance Premiums and Direct Expenses for the Three Months Ended

 

Dollars in thousands

 

1Q 24

 

 

1Q 23

 

 

YoY $
B(W)

 

 

YoY %
B(W)

 

Earned premiums

 

$

14,499

 

 

$

15,416

 

 

$

(917

)

 

 

(5.9

)%

Claims, reserves, and certain direct expenses

 

 

(3,525

)

 

 

(4,457

)

 

 

932

 

 

 

20.9

%

Insurance income, net

 

$

10,974

 

 

$

10,959

 

 

$

15

 

 

 

0.1

%

Earned premiums decreased by $0.9 million, and claims, reserves, and certain direct expenses decreased by $0.9 million compared to the prior year period. The decrease in earned premiums was primarily driven by finance receivables growth, offset by a slightdue to fewer active policies. The decrease in yield. We expect future increasesclaims, reserves, and certain direct expenses was primarily due to a decrease in interest and feeclaims expense.

Other Income. Other income to continue to result primarily from growth in our average receivables.

Insurance Income, Net.Insurance income, net increased $0.7$0.5 million, or 31.9%12.6%, to $3.1$4.5 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from $2.3$4.0 million during the prior-year period. Annualized insurance income, net represented 1.6% and 1.4% of average receivables during the three months ended September 30, 2017 and the prior-year period, respectively. The increase from the prior-year period was primarily due to a transition in insurance carriers that caused somehigher late charges of our insurance claims to impact net$0.2 million associated with portfolio growth and higher interest income of $0.2 million from cash reserves.

Provision for Credit Losses. Our provision for credit losses instead of insurance income, net, offset by a $0.2 million increase in claims expense related to the hurricanes.

Other Income.Other income, which consists primarily of late charges, decreased $0.2$1.2 million, or 8.3%2.6%, to $2.5$46.4 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from $2.7$47.7 million during the prior-year period. The decrease from the prior-year period was primarily due to waived extension and late feesa change in the current-year period for our customers impactedprovision expense of $5.3 million, partially offset by the hurricanes. Additionally, the 0.3% decrease in contractual delinquency from the prior-year period to 6.8% in the current-year period resulted in fewer late charges per active account. As large loans continue to represent a greater percentage of our total portfolio, we expect the better credit quality of our large loan customers to result in lower other income per active account. Annualized other income represented $28 and $31 per active account during the three months ended September 30, 2017 and the prior-year period, respectively.

Provision for Credit Losses.Our provision for credit losses increased $3.7 million, or 22.8%, to $20.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $16.4 million during the prior-year period. The increase was due to an increase in net credit losses of $1.2$4.1 million, and a $2.5 million increase in the allowance for credit losseseach case compared to the prior-year period. The provision for credit losses represented 10.7% of average receivables during the three months ended September 30, 2017, compared to 9.7% of average receivables during the prior-year period. The current-year period includes 1.6% from the hurricane-related $3.0 million increase, 0.5% from the temporary shift of $1.0 million in insurance claims into net credit losses during a transition in our insurance provider, and a 0.5% benefit from the bulk sale. The increasedecrease in the provision for credit losses is explained in greater detail below.

Hurricane Impact.Allowance for Credit Losses. We evaluate delinquency and losses in each of our loan products in establishing the allowance for credit losses. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, our provision for credit losses was impacted by a $3.0 million increase inMarch 31, 2024, and the prior-year period, the allowance for credit losses related to estimated incrementalincluded a release of $0.3 million and build of $5.0 million, respectively. The allowance for credit losses as a percentage of finance receivables decreased to 10.7% as of March 31, 2024, from 11.0% as of the prior-year period due to changes in estimated future macroeconomic impacts on customer accounts impacted by the hurricanes.credit losses.

Bulk Sale.We recognized a recovery of $1.0 million from the bulk sale of previouslycharged-off customer accounts in bankruptcy (“bulk sale”). These accounts had been excluded from prior sales ofcharged-off loans.

Net Credit Losses. Net credit losses increased $1.2$4.1 million, or 9.2%9.5%, to $14.8$46.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from $13.5$42.7 million during the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to a $79.3 million increase inhigher average net finance

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receivables overand the prior-year period and a temporary shift of $1.0 million in insurance claims into net credit losses during a transition in our insurance provider, which was offset by the recovery of $1.0 million from the bulk sale.macroeconomic environment. Annualized net credit losses as a percentage of average net finance receivables were 7.8%10.6% during the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, compared to 8.0%10.1% during the prior-year period. The current-year period includes 0.5% from the temporary shift of $1.0 million in insurance claims intoOur net credit losses and a 0.5% benefit from the $1.0 million bulk sale. To improve future net credit losses, we reduced lending to specific underperforming segments of our customer base in the fourth quarter of 2016 and in the first nine months of 2017. Additionally, in early 2017, we began to build a centralized collections department, andloss ratios during the three months ended September 30, 2017, we continuedMarch 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023 were inclusive of estimated 270 basis point and 280 basis point benefits from accelerated charge-offs in the fourth quarters of 2023 and 2022, respectively, attributable to experience its positive impact.the loan sales.

Delinquency Performance.As a result of our credit policy tightening and new centralized collections department, our delinquencies 1 day and over past due Our contractual delinquency as a percentage of totalnet finance receivables decreasedimproved to 17.5%, and our delinquencies 30 days or more past due7.1% as a percentage of total finance receivables decreased to 6.8% (both of which are inclusive of a decrease of 0.2% attributable toMarch 31, 2024, from 7.2% in the impact of the hurricanes). As expected, the free payment extensions that were processed for our customers impacted by the hurricanes resulted in lower delinquency rates. The days past due did not advance for these accounts after the hurricanes and through September 30, 2017.

prior-year period.

The following tables include delinquency balances by aging category and by product:

  Contractual Delinquency by Aging 

 

Contractual Delinquency by Aging

 

In thousands  3Q 17 3Q 16 

Allowance for credit losses

  $47,400    6.1 $39,100    5.6

Dollars in thousands

 

1Q 24

 

 

1Q 23

 

Current

   638,696    82.5 569,412    81.8

 

$

1,489,510

 

 

 

85.4

%

 

$

1,438,354

 

 

 

85.8

%

1 to 29 days past due

   83,230    10.7 77,097    11.1

 

 

130,578

 

 

 

7.5

%

 

 

116,723

 

 

 

7.0

%

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

Delinquent accounts:

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30 to 59 days

   18,621    2.4 17,323    2.4

 

 

30,020

 

 

 

1.7

%

 

 

27,428

 

 

 

1.6

%

60 to 89 days

   11,631    1.5 10,966    1.6

 

 

25,409

 

 

 

1.5

%

 

 

25,178

 

 

 

1.5

%

90 to 119 days

   9,653    1.2 8,363    1.3

 

 

23,460

 

 

 

1.3

%

 

 

23,148

 

 

 

1.4

%

120 to 149 days

   6,799    0.9 7,215    1.0

 

 

22,163

 

 

 

1.3

%

 

 

22,263

 

 

 

1.3

%

150 to 179 days

   6,226    0.8 5,773    0.8

 

 

23,146

 

 

 

1.3

%

 

 

23,136

 

 

 

1.4

%

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

Total contractual delinquency

  $52,930    6.8 $49,640    7.1

 

$

124,198

 

 

 

7.1

%

 

$

121,153

 

 

 

7.2

%

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

Total finance receivables

  $774,856    100.0 $696,149    100.0
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

1 day and over past due

  $136,160    17.5 $126,737    18.2
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 
  Contractual Delinquency by Product 
In thousands  3Q 17 3Q 16 

Small loans

  $30,328    8.3 $30,169    8.6

Large loans

   15,578    5.0 10,142    4.7

Automobile loans

   5,280    7.4 7,459    7.7

Retail loans

   1,744    5.6 1,870    5.8
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

Total contractual delinquency

  $52,930    6.8 $49,640    7.1
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

Total net finance receivables

 

$

1,744,286

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

1,676,230

 

 

 

100.0

%

The delinquency of our automobile loans has improved while the automobile portfolio has liquidated since September 30, 2016.

Allowance for Credit Losses We evaluate delinquency and losses in each of our loan categories in establishing the allowance for credit losses. The following table sets forth our allowance for credit losses compared to the related finance receivables as of the end of the periods indicated:

 

 

Contractual Delinquency by Product

 

Dollars in thousands

 

1Q 24

 

 

1Q 23

 

Large loans

 

$

78,055

 

 

 

6.2

%

 

$

74,606

 

 

 

6.2

%

Small loans

 

 

45,804

 

 

 

9.3

%

 

 

45,600

 

 

 

10.0

%

Retail loans

 

 

339

 

 

 

12.1

%

 

 

947

 

 

 

11.7

%

Total contractual delinquency

 

$

124,198

 

 

 

7.1

%

 

$

121,153

 

 

 

7.2

%

   3Q 17  3Q 16 
In thousands  Finance
Receivables
   Allowance
for Credit
Losses
   Allowance as
Percentage
of Related
Finance
Receivables
  Finance
Receivables
   Allowance
for Credit
Losses
   Allowance as
Percentage
of Related
Finance
Receivables
 

Small loans

  $363,262   $22,959    6.3 $349,390   $20,800    6.0

Large loans

   308,642    17,317    5.6  217,102    9,800    4.5

Automobile loans

   71,666    4,812    6.7  97,141    6,500    6.7

Retail loans

   31,286    2,312    7.4  32,516    2,000    6.2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $774,856   $47,400    6.1 $696,149   $39,100    5.6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The allowance as a percentage of finance receivables increased to 6.1% as of September 30, 2017, from 5.6% as of September 30, 2016. The increase was primarily due to the $3.0 million incremental allowance for credit losses on customer accounts impacted by the hurricanes.

General and Administrative Expenses.Our general and administrative expenses comprising expenses for personnel, occupancy, marketing, and other expenses, increased $3.4$1.1 million, or 11.1%1.9%, to $33.8$60.4 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from $30.5$59.3 million during the prior-year period. Our receivable efficiency ratio (annualized general and administrative expenses as a percentage of average finance receivables) decreased slightly to 18.0% during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from 18.1% during the prior-year period.

  General & Administrative Expenses Trend 
In thousands 3Q 16  4Q 16  1Q 17  2Q 17  3Q 17  YoY
B(W)
 

Legacy operations expenses

 $19,596  $19,238  $20,497  $19,208  $20,591  $(995

2017 new branch expenses

    276   499   676   (676
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total operations expenses

  19,596   19,238   20,773   19,707   21,267   (1,671

Marketing expenses

  1,786   1,474   1,205   1,779   2,303   (517

Home office expenses

  9,071   8,114   9,476   10,156   10,270   (1,199
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total G&A expenses

 $30,453  $28,826  $31,454  $31,642  $33,840  $(3,387
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Annualized G&A expenses as % of average finance receivables

  18.1  16.3  17.7  17.9  18.0  0.1
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operations general and administrative expenses increased $1.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017, compared to the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to costs related to the opening of 6 net new branches since September 30, 2016, costs related to our new centralized collections department, and an increase in collection expenses for legal claims filed against customers. Home office general and administrative expenses increased $1.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017, compared to the prior-year period, primarily due to an increase in personnel costs from added headcount in our information technology department, an increase in consulting and legal costs, and an increase in training and amortization costs for our new loan management system. In July 2017 and October 2017, we began using the new loan management system in South Carolina and Texas, respectively. We now operate with the new system in our New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia branches, with 80% of our loans on the new loan management system. Theabsolute dollar increase in general and administrative expenses is explained in greater detail below.

Personnel.The largest component of general and administrative expenses iswas personnel expense, which increased $1.4decreased $0.8 million, or 7.4%2.0%, to $19.5$37.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from $18.2$38.6 million during the prior-year period. Home officeThe decrease was driven by lower incentive costs of $1.3 million and higher capitalized loan origination costs, which reduce personnel expense increased $0.6expenses, of $0.4 million. This decrease was partially offset by higher labor expenses of $0.9 million incompared to the three months ended September 30, 2017. The increase was primarily due to an increase in salary and hiring expense from added headcount in our information technology department. Operations personnel expense increased $0.8 million primarily due to costs related to building the centralized collections department and the opening of 6 net new branches since September 30, 2016.prior-year period.

Occupancy. Occupancy expenses increased $0.3by $0.1 million, or 5.9%1.4%, to $5.5$6.4 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from $5.2 million during the prior-year period. The increase was due to costs related to the opening of 6 net new branches since the prior-year period and branch relocations. Additionally, we frequently experience increases in rent as we renew existing branch leases.

Marketing. Marketing expenses increased $0.5 million, or 28.9%, to $2.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $1.8 million during the prior-year period. The increase was due to more convenience check mailings, increased direct mail to existing customers, and expanded digital marketing.

Other Expenses. Other expenses increased $1.2 million, or 22.8%, to $6.5 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $5.3$6.3 million during the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to aincreased rent of $0.2 million increase in collectionmillion.

Marketing. Marketing expenses a $0.2 million increase in consulting and legal costs, a $0.4 million increase due to training costs and amortization related to our new loan management system, and a $0.4 million increase in costs related to receivable growth and the opening of 6 net new branches since the prior-year period.

Interest Expense.Interest expense on long-term debt increased $1.5$0.9 million, or 30.1%27.7%, to $6.7$4.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from $5.1$3.4 million during the prior-year period due to increased activity in our direct mail campaigns of $1.0 million to support growth.

Other Expenses. Other expenses increased $0.9 million, or 7.9%, to $11.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024, from $11.1 million during the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to increases in the average balanceprofessional services of our revolving credit facilities, an increase in LIBOR rates, an increase in unused line fees, and additional debt issuance cost amortization related to both the amended senior revolving credit facility$0.5 million and our new warehouse credit facility. The average costinvestment in digital and technological capabilities of our revolving credit facilities combined increased 0.74%$0.3 million compared to 5.17% forthe prior-year period.

Operating Expense Ratio. Our annualized operating expense ratio decreased by 0.3% to 13.7% during the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from 4.43% for14.0% during the prior-year period. The average cost of our long-term debtOur operating expense ratio has increasedimproved as we have diversifiedgrown our long-term funding sources.loan portfolio and controlled expense growth.

Income Taxes.Income taxes decreased $0.8Interest Expense. Interest expense increased $0.7 million, or 19.5%4.3%, to $3.2$17.5 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from $4.0 million during the prior-year period. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in income before taxes of $2.0 million. Our effective tax rates were 37.9% and 38.3% for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The effective tax rate decreased slightly due to tax benefits from the exercise of stock options.

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017, Versus the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

Net Income. Net income increased $1.5 million, or 8.6%, to $19.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from $17.6$16.8 million during the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to an increase in revenueour average cost of $23.9 million and a decrease in income taxesdebt as

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well as an increase in provision for credit lossesthe average balance of $14.3 million, anour debt facilities. An increase in general and administrative expensesvariable rate funding costs increased our annualized average cost of $7.1 million, and an increase in interest expense of $2.5 million.

Revenue.Total revenue increased $23.9 million, or 13.5%,debt 0.04% to $200.4 million5.10% during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from $176.5 million during5.06% as of the prior-year period. The componentsaverage balance of revenue are explained in greater detail below.our debt facilities increased to $1.4 billion during the three months ended March 31, 2024, from $1.3 billion during the prior-year period.

Interest and Fee Income.Interest and fee income Taxes. Income taxes increased $21.3$1.8 million, or 13.2%62.1%, to $182.7$4.7 million during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, from $161.3$2.9 million during the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to a 13.2%$8.3 million increase in average finance receivables.

The following table sets forth the average finance receivables balance and average yield (annualized) for each of our loan product categories:

  Average Finance Receivables for the Nine Months Ended  Average Yields for the Nine Months Ended 
In thousands YTD 17  YTD 16  YoY %
Inc (Dec)
  YTD 17  YTD 16  YoY %
Inc (Dec)
 

Small loans

 $351,204  $327,626   7.2  42.4  42.5  (0.1)% 

Large loans

  261,277   179,508   45.6  28.8  28.7  0.1

Automobile loans

  82,313   104,797   (21.5)%   16.4  17.9  (1.5)% 

Retail loans

  31,389   29,464   6.5  18.4  19.2  (0.8)% 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total interest and fee yield

 $726,183  $641,395   13.2  33.5  33.5  0.0
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total revenue yield

 $726,183  $641,395   13.2  36.8  36.7  0.1
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Automobile loan yields decreased 1.5%income before income taxes compared to the prior-year period due to our revised pricing modelperiod. Our effective tax rates were 23.7% and 25.1% for our automobile loan program. Retail loan yields decreased 0.8% compared to the prior-year period as a result of adjusted pricing that reflects current market conditions. Since we began focusing on large loan growth in early 2015, the large loan portfolio has grown faster than the rest of our loan products, and we expect this trend will continue in the future. Over time, large loan growth will change our product mix, which will slightly reduce our overall interest and fee yield.

The following table represents the amount of loan originations and refinancing net of unearned finance charges for the periods indicated:

   Net Loans Originated 
In thousands  YTD 17   YTD 16   YoY $
Inc (Dec)
   YoY %
Inc (Dec)
 

Small loans

  $424,559   $428,068   $(3,509   (0.8)% 

Large loans

   249,251    183,589    65,662    35.8

Automobile loans

   18,404    28,939    (10,535   (36.4)% 

Retail loans

   20,522    26,586    (6,064   (22.8)% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net loans originated

  $712,736   $667,182   $45,554    6.8
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The hurricanes had an estimated $3.0 million negative impact on the amount of loan originations during the three months ended September 30, 2017, most of which we believe would have been in small loans.

The following table summarizes the components of the increase in interest and fee income:

   Components of Increase in Interest and Fee Income
YTD 17 Compared to YTD 16
Increase (Decrease)
 
In thousands  Volume   Rate   Volume & Rate   Net 

Small loans

  $7,508   $(68  $(4  $7,436 

Large loans

   17,598    112    51    17,761 

Automobile loans

   (3,025   (1,174   252    (3,947

Retail loans

   277    (168   (11   98 

Product mix

   (1,034   1,319    (285   —   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase in interest and fee income

  $21,324   $21   $3   $21,348 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The $21.3 million increase in interest and fee income during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from the prior-year period was primarily driven by finance receivables growth. We expect future increases in interest and fee income to continue to result primarily from growth in our average receivables.

Insurance Income, Net.Insurance income, net increased $2.1 million, or 26.6%, to $10.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from $7.9 million during the prior-year period. Annualized insurance income, net as a percentage of average finance receivables increased to 1.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from 1.6% during the prior-year period. The increase from the prior-year period was primarily due to a transition in insurance carriers that caused some of our insurance claims to impact net credit losses instead of insurance income, net, offset by an increase in claims expense.

Other Income.Other income, which consists primarily of late charges, increased $0.4 million, or 5.6%, to $7.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from $7.3 million during the prior-year period. The increase from the prior-year period was primarily due to the increase in average receivables. Annualized other income represented $29 and $28 per active account during the nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2024 and the prior-year period, respectively. As large loans continue to represent a greater percentage of our total portfolio, we expect the better credit quality of our large loan customers to result in lower other income per active account.

Provision for Credit Losses. Our provision for credit losses increased $14.3 million, or 32.8%, to $57.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from $43.6 million during the prior-year period. The increasedecrease in the provision for credit losses was dueeffective tax rate relates primarily to improved state tax mix and an increase in net credit losses of $9.8 million and a $4.6 million increase in the allowance for credit losses compared to the prior-year period. The provision for credit losses represented 10.6% of average receivables during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, compared to 9.1% of average receivables during the prior-year period. The current-year period includes 0.5% from the $3.0 million hurricane reserve, 0.7% from the temporary shift of $3.6 million in insurance claims into net credit losses during a transition in our insurance provider, and a 0.2% benefit from the bulk sale. The increase in the provision for credit losses is explained in greater detail below.

Hurricane Impact. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, our provision for credit was impacted by a $3.0 million increase in the allowance for credit losses related to estimated incremental credit losses on customer accounts impacted by the hurricanes.

Bulk Sale. We recognized a recovery of $1.0 million from the bulk sale of previouslycharged-off customer accounts in bankruptcy. These accounts had been excluded from prior sales ofcharged-off loans.

Net Credit Losses. Net credit losses increased $9.8 million, or 23.3%, to $51.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from $41.9 million during the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to an $84.8 million increase in average finance receivables over the prior-year period and a temporary shift of $3.6 million in insurance claims into net credit losses during a transition in our insurance provider, which was offset by the $1.0 million bulk sale. Annualized net credit losses as a percentage of average receivables were 9.5% during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, compared to 8.7% during the prior-year period. The current-year period includes 0.7% from the temporary shift of $3.6 million in insurance claims into net credit losses and a 0.2% benefit from the $1.0 million bulk sale.

General and Administrative Expenses.Our general and administrative expenses, comprising expenses for personnel, occupancy, marketing, and other expenses, increased $7.1 million, or 7.9%, to $96.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from $89.8 million during the prior-year period. Our receivable efficiency ratio (annualized general and administrative expenses as a percentage of average finance receivables) decreased to 17.8% during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from 18.7% during the prior-year period.

Personnel.The largest component of general and administrative expenses is personnel expense, which increased $4.1 million, or 7.9%, to $56.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from $52.0 million during the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to $2.7 million of increased salary expense related to the opening of 6 net new branches and added headcount primarily in our information technology and centralized collections functions. Additionally, the increase was due to increased incentive expenses of $0.6 million, executive separation costs of $0.4 million, an increase of $0.2 million in overtime pay, and an increase of $0.1 million in contract labor.

Occupancy. Occupancy expenses increased $1.4 million, or 9.3%, to $16.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from $14.8 million during the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to costs related to the opening of 6 net new branches since the prior-year period, branch relocations, and expenses associated with a larger home office building. Additionally, we frequently experience increases in rent as we renew existing branch leases.

Marketing. Marketing expenses decreased $0.1 million, or 1.4%, to $5.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from $5.4 million during the prior-year period. The decrease was primarily due to improved efficiencies and pricing in direct mail marketing, partially offset by an 11% increase in mail quantities during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the prior-year period.

Other Expenses. Other expenses increased $1.7 million, or 9.8%, to $19.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from $17.7 million during the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to a $0.8 million increase in collection expenses, a $0.3 million increase in bank charges due to an increase in branch count and increased fees for accepting electronic payments, a $0.4 million increase in amortization expense for our new loan management system, and a $0.5 million increase in costs related to branch and receivable growth, offset by a $0.3 million decrease in director equity compensation. The decrease in director equity compensation is the result of a change to the vesting provisions of the director equity awards and represents a timing difference, as the new stock compensation will amortize over twelve months.

Interest Expense.Interest expense on long-term debt increased $2.5 million, or 16.8%, to $17.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from $14.6 million during the prior-year period. The increase was primarily due to an increase in the average balance of our revolving credit facilities. The average cost of our long-term debt increased by 0.08% to 4.64% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from 4.56% for the prior-year period. The average cost of our long-term debt has increased as we have diversified our long-term funding sources.

Income Taxes.Income taxes decreased $1.5 million, or 14.1%, to $9.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, from $10.9 million during the prior-year period. The decrease was primarily due to $1.5 million indiscrete tax benefits related to the exercise of stock options during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. Our effective tax rates were 32.9% and 38.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The tax benefits related to the exercise of stock options reduced the effective tax rate by 5.4% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.share-based compensation.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary cash needs relate to the funding of our lending activities and, to a lesser extent, capital expenditures relating to improving our technology infrastructure and expanding and maintaining our branch locations. In connection with our plans to improve our technology infrastructure and to expand our branch network in future years, we will incur approximately $7.0 million to $14.0 million of expenditures annually. We have historically financed, and plan to continue to finance, our short-term and long-term operating liquidity and capital needs through a combination of cash flows from operations and borrowings under our debt facilities, including our senior revolving credit facility, our revolving warehouse credit facility,facilities, and our amortizing loan, eachasset-backed securitization transactions, all of which isare described below. We continue to seek ways to diversify our funding sources. As of March 31, 2024, we had a funded debt-to-equity ratio (debt divided by total stockholders’ equity) of 4.0 to 1.0 and a stockholders’ equity ratio (total stockholders’ equity as a percentage of total assets) of 19.2%.

Cash and cash equivalents decreased to $4.2 million as of March 31, 2024, from $7.1 million as of the prior year-end. We had immediate availability to draw down cash from our revolving credit facilities of $165.1 million and $108.1 million as of March 31, 2024 and the prior year-end, respectively. Our unused capacity on our revolving credit facilities (subject to the borrowing base) was $478.4 million and $551.5 million as of March 31, 2024, and the prior year-end, respectively. Our total debt was $1.4 billion as of both March 31, 2024, and the prior year-end, respectively.

Based upon anticipated cash flows, we believe that cash flowflows from our operations and borrowings under our long-termvarious financing alternatives will provide sufficient financing for debt facilities will be adequate to fund the business formaturities and operations over the next twelve months, including initial operating losses of new branches and finance receivable growth of new and existing branches. as well as into the future.

From time to time, we have extended the maturity date of and increased the borrowing limits under our senior revolving credit facility. While we have successfully obtained such extensions and increases in the past, there can be no assurance that additional fundingwe will be available (or available on reasonable terms)able to do so if and when needed in the future. WeIn addition, the revolving period maturities of our securitizations and warehouse credit facilities (each as described below within “Financing Arrangements and Restricted Cash Reserve Accounts”) range from October 2024 to September 2026. As of March 31, 2024, we did not exercise our right to redeem the notes of our RMIT 2020-1 and RMIT 2021-1 securitizations, for which the revolving periods ended in September 2023 and February 2024, respectively. There can be no assurance that we will be able to secure an extension of the warehouse credit facilities or close additional securitization transactions if and when needed in the future.

Dividends.

The Board may in its discretion declare and pay cash dividends on our common stock. The following table sets forth the dividends declared and paid for the three months ended March 31, 2024:

Period

 

Declaration Date

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Dividends Declared Per
Common Share

 

1Q 24

 

February 7, 2024

 

February 22, 2024

 

March 14, 2024

 

$

0.30

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

0.30

 

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The Board declared and paid $3.0 million of cash dividends on our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2024. See Note 12, “Subsequent Events” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements,” for information regarding our cash dividend following the end of the quarter.

While we intend to pay our quarterly dividend for the foreseeable future, all subsequent dividends will be reviewed and declared at the discretion of the Board and will depend on many factors, including our financial condition, earnings, cash flows, capital requirements, level of indebtedness, statutory and contractual restrictions applicable to the payment of dividends, and other considerations that the Board deems relevant. Our dividend payments may change from time to time, and the Board may choose not to continue to seek ways to diversify our long-term funding sources, including throughdeclare dividends in the securitization of certain finance receivables. We expect that new funding sources will be more expensive than our senior revolving credit facility.

future.

Cash Flow.

Operating Activities.Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $16.4 million, or 24.5%, to $83.2 million during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017, from $66.8March 31, 2024 was $58.5 million, compared to $52.6 million during the prior-year period.period, a net increase of $5.8 million. The increase was primarily due to the growth in the business, which produced higher net income, before provision for credit losses.of our loan portfolio.

Investing Activities.Investing activities consist of originations and repayments of finance receivables, originated and purchased, the net change in restricted cash, the purchasepurchases of intangible assets, and the purchasepurchases of property and equipment for new and existing branches. Net cash used in investing activities during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2024 was $123.4$20.3 million, compared to $114.8$20.2 million during the prior-year period, a net increase in cash used of $8.6$0.1 million. The increase in cash used was primarily due to an $8.2 million increase in the change in restricted cash balances related to the diversificationdriven by increased originations as we grow our loan portfolio, partially offset by increased repayments of funding sources.finance receivables.

Financing Activities.Financing activities consist of borrowings and payments on our outstanding indebtedness and issuances and repurchases of common stock. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, netindebtedness. Net cash provided by financing activities was $40.9 million, a decrease of $3.3 million compared to the $44.2 million net cash provided byused in financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $44.4 million, compared to $30.0 million during the prior-year period.period, a net increase in cash used of $14.4 million. The decreasenet increase in cash used was primarily a result ofdue to an increase in the net payments on long-term debt instruments of $23.9 million, an increase in payments for debt issuance costs$15.4 million.

Financing Arrangements and Restricted Cash Reserve Accounts.

As of $3.3 million,March 31, 2024, we had five credit facilities outstanding and, taxes paid of $1.5 million relatedfrom time to net share settlements of equity awards, offset by proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $0.3 milliontime, engaged in the nine months ended September 30, 2017private offering and stock repurchasessale of $25.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

Financing Arrangements.

Senior Revolving Credit Facility.We entered into a sixth amended and restatedasset-backed notes. As part of our overall funding strategy, we have transferred certain finance receivables to affiliated VIEs for asset-backed financing transactions. Our debt arrangements described below, other than our senior revolving credit facility, with a syndicateare issued by each of banks in June 2017. The facility provides for up to $638.0 million in availability, with a borrowing base of up to 85% of eligible secured finance receivables and 70% of eligible unsecured finance receivables, in each case, subject to adjustment at certain credit quality levels (84% of eligible secured finance receivables and 69% of eligible unsecured finance receivables as of September 30, 2017). The facility matures in June 2020 and has an accordion provision that allows for the expansion of the facility to $700.0 million. Borrowings under the facility bear interest, payable monthly, at rates equal to LIBOR of a maturity we elect between one and six months, with a LIBOR floor of 1.00%, plus a margin of 3.00%. The margin increases to 3.25% if the availability percentage under the facility decreases below 10%. Alternatively, we may pay interest at a rate based on the prime rate (which was 4.25% as of September 30, 2017) plus a margin of 2.00%. The margin increases to 2.25% if the availability percentage under the facility decreases below 10%. We also pay an unused line fee of 0.50% per annum, payable monthly. This fee decreases to 0.375% when the average outstanding balance exceeds $413.0 million. Excluding the receivables held byour RMR and RMR II, the senior revolving credit facility is secured by substantially all of our finance receivables and the equity interests of the majority of our subsidiaries. The credit agreement contains certain restrictive covenants, including maintenance of specified interest coverage and debt ratios, restrictions on distributions, limitations on other indebtedness, maintenance of a minimum allowance for credit losses, and certain other restrictions.

Our long-term debtRMIT SPEs, which are considered VIEs under the senior revolving credit facility was $461.0 million at September 30, 2017, and the amount available for borrowing, but not yet advanced, was $58.4 million. At September 30, 2017, we were in compliance with our debt covenants. A year or more in advance of its June 2020 maturity date, we intend to extend the maturity date of the amended and restated senior revolving credit facility or take other appropriate action to address repayment upon maturity. See Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” and the filings referenced therein for a discussion of risks related to our amended and restated senior revolving credit facility, including refinancing risk.

Revolving Warehouse Credit Facility.In June 2017, we entered into a credit agreement providing for a $125.0 million revolving warehouse credit facility. The facility is expandable to $150.0 million, is secured by certain large loan receivables, converts to an amortizing loan in December 2018, and terminates in December 2019. Through October 1, 2017, borrowings under the revolving warehouse credit facility bore interest, payable monthly, at a blended rate equal to three-month LIBOR, plus a margin of 3.50%. Effective October 2, 2017, the revolving warehouse credit facility margin decreased to 3.25% following the satisfaction of a milestone associated with our conversion to a new loan origination and servicing system. The revolving warehouse credit facility margin may again decrease to 3.00% with the satisfaction of a further system conversion milestone. We pay an unused commitment fee of between 0.35% and 0.85% per annum, payable monthly, based upon the average daily utilization of the facility. Advances on the facilityGAAP. These debts are capped at 80% of finance receivables. On each sale of receivables to the revolving warehouse credit facility VIE, we make certain representations and warranties about the quality and nature of the collateralized receivables. The credit agreement requires us to pay the administrative agent a release fee for the release of receivables in certain circumstances, including circumstances in which the representations and warranties made by us concerning the quality and characteristics of the receivables are inaccurate. As of September 30, 2017, our long-term debt under the facility was $55.8 million and we were in compliance with our debt covenants. We intend to seek an extension of the maturity date of the facility before December 2018.

Amortizing Loan.We entered into a credit agreement in December 2015 providing for a $75.7 million amortizing loan that is secured by certain of our automobile loan receivables. We pay interest of 3.00% per annum on the loan balance from the closing date until the date that the loan balance has been fully repaid. The amortizing loan terminates in December 2022, and the credit agreement allows us to prepay the loan when the outstanding balance falls below 20% of the original loan amount. On the closing date of the amortizing loan, we made certain representations and warranties about the quality and nature of the collateralized receivables. The credit agreement requires us to pay the administrative agent a release fee for the release of receivables in certain circumstances, including circumstances in which the representations and warranties made by us concerning the quality and characteristics of the receivables are inaccurate. As of September 30, 2017, our long-term debt under the credit agreement was $21.6 million and we were in compliance with our debt covenants.

Other Financing Arrangements.We have $3.0 million in commercial overdraft capability that assists with our cash management needs forintra-day temporary funding.

Restricted Cash Reserve Accounts.

The credit agreement for the revolving warehouse credit facility requires that we maintain a 1% cash reserve based upon the ending receivables balance of the facility. As of September 30, 2017, the warehouse facility cash reserve requirement totaled $0.7 million. The warehouse facility is supported by the expected cash flows from the underlying collateralized finance receivables. Collections on these finance receivables are remitted to a restricted cash collection account,accounts, which totaled $4.3$103.7 million and $109.9 million as of September 30, 2017.March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Our debt arrangements also contain various debt covenants. We were in compliance with all such debt covenants as of March 31, 2024.

As required under theRevolving Credit Facilities. The following is a summary of our revolving credit agreement for the amortizing loan, we deposited $3.7facilities as of March 31, 2024:

Dollars in thousands

 

Capacity

 

 

Debt Balance

 

 

Effective Interest Rate

 

Facility Cash Reserve Requirement

 

 

Restricted Cash Collection

 

 

Maturity Date

Senior

 

$

355,000

 

 

$

154,208

 

 

8.43%

 

N/A

 

 

N/A

 

 

Sep 2025

RMR IV warehouse

 

$

125,000

 

 

$

22,133

 

 

8.23%

 

$

284

 

 

$

2,095

 

 

May 2026

RMR V warehouse

 

$

100,000

 

 

$

51,276

 

 

8.28%

 

$

638

 

 

$

4,678

 

 

Nov 2025

RMR VI warehouse

 

$

75,000

 

 

$

20,640

 

 

7.93%

 

$

274

 

 

$

1,995

 

 

Feb 2026

RMR VII warehouse

 

$

75,000

 

 

$

5,309

 

 

8.43%

 

$

66

 

 

$

479

 

 

Oct 2025

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Securitizations. The following is a summary of our securitizations as of March 31, 2024:

Dollars in thousands

 

Issue Amount

 

 

Debt Balance

 

 

Effective Interest Rate

 

Restricted Cash Reserves

 

 

Restricted Cash Collection

 

 

Revolving Period Maturity

 

Final Maturity Date

RMIT 2020-1

 

$

180,000

 

 

$

113,089

 

 

3.15%

 

$

1,875

 

 

$

9,003

 

 

Sep 2023

 

Oct 2030

RMIT 2021-1

 

$

248,700

 

 

$

232,078

 

 

2.11%

 

$

2,604

 

 

$

18,395

 

 

Feb 2024

 

Mar 2031

RMIT 2021-2

 

$

200,000

 

 

$

200,191

 

 

2.30%

 

$

2,083

 

 

$

14,773

 

 

Jul 2026

 

Aug 2033

RMIT 2021-3

 

$

125,000

 

 

$

125,202

 

 

3.88%

 

$

1,471

 

 

$

16,107

 

 

Sep 2026

 

Oct 2033

RMIT 2022-1

 

$

250,000

 

 

$

250,374

 

 

3.59%

 

$

2,646

 

 

$

19,720

 

 

Feb 2025

 

Mar 2032

RMIT 2022-2B (1)

 

$

200,000

 

 

$

184,295

 

 

7.51%

 

$

2,326

 

 

$

16,422

 

 

Oct 2024

 

Nov 2031

(1) RMR III retained $16.3 million of cash proceeds into a restricted cash reserve account at closing. The reserve requirement decreased to $1.7 millionClass C fixed-rate, asset-backed notes that may be sold in June 2016 following our satisfaction of certain provisions ofwhole or in part on the credit agreement and will remain at $1.7 million until the termination of the credit agreement. The amortizing loan is supported by the expected cash flows from the underlying collateralized finance receivables. Collections are remitted to a restricted cash collection account, which totaled $1.5 million as of September 30, 2017.closing date.

In addition, our wholly-owned subsidiary, RMC Reinsurance Ltd., is required to maintain cash reserves ($5.6 million as of September 30, 2017) against life insurance policies ceded to it, as determined by the ceding company, and has also purchased a $0.8 million cash-collateralized letter of credit in favor of the ceding company.

Interest Rate Caps.

We have purchased interest rate cap contracts with an aggregate notional principal amount of $250.0 million and 2.50% strike rates against theone-month LIBOR. The interest rate caps have maturities of April 2018 ($150.0 million), March 2019 ($50.0 million), and June 2020 ($50.0 million). When theone-month LIBOR exceeds 2.50%, the counterparty reimburses us for the excess over 2.50%. No payment is required by us or the counterparty when theone-month LIBOR is below 2.50%.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Reinsurance.Our wholly-owned subsidiary, RMC Reinsurance, Ltd., is required to maintain cash reserves against life insurance policies ceded to it, as determined by the ceding company. AsThese reserves are comprised of September 30, 2017, therestricted cash reserves were $5.6 million. We have also purchased a cash collateralized letterand restricted available-for-sale investments, which totaled $0.3 million and $22.6 million, respectively, as of credit in favor of the ceding company. As of September 30, 2017, the letter of credit was $0.8 million.March 31, 2024.

Impact of Inflation

Our results of operations and financial condition are presented based on historical cost, except for interest rate caps, which are carried at fair value. While it is difficult to accurately measure the impact of inflation due to the imprecise nature of the estimates required, we believe the effects of inflation, if any, on our results of operations and financial condition have been immaterial.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and conform to general practices within the consumer finance industry. The preparation of these financial statements requires estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities for the periods indicated in the financial statements. Management bases estimates on historical experience and other assumptions it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances and evaluates these estimates on an ongoing basis. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Allowance for Credit Losses.

The allowance for credit losses is based on historical credit experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable economic forecasts. The historical loss experience is adjusted for quantitative and qualitative factors that are not fully reflected in the historical data. In determining our estimate of expected credit losses, we evaluate information related to credit metrics, changes in our lending strategies and underwriting practices, and the current and forecasted direction of the economic and business environment. These metrics include, but are not limited to, loan portfolio mix and growth, unemployment, credit loss trends, delinquency trends, changes in underwriting, and operational risks.

We set forth below those material accounting policies thatselected a PD / LGD model to estimate our base allowance for credit losses, in which the estimated loss is equal to the product of PD and LGD. Historical net finance receivables are tracked over the term of the pools to identify the incidences of loss (PDs) and the average severity of losses (LGDs).

To enhance the precision of the allowance for credit loss estimate, we believe are the most critical to an investor’s understandingevaluate our finance receivable portfolio on a pool basis and segment each pool of finance receivables with similar credit risk characteristics. As part of our financial resultsevaluation, we consider loan portfolio characteristics such as product type, loan size, loan term, internal or external credit scores, delinquency status, geographical location, and conditionvintage. Based on analysis of historical loss experience, we selected the following segmentation: product type, FICO score, and that involve a higher degree of complexity and management judgment.

delinquency status.

Credit Losses.

ProvisionsAs finance receivables are originated, provisions for credit losses are charged to income as losses are estimated to have occurred andrecorded in amounts sufficient to maintain an allowance for credit losses at an adequate level to provide for futureestimated losses on ourover the contractual life of the finance receivables. We charge credit losses againstreceivables (considering the allowance when an account is contractually delinquent 180 days, subjecteffect of prepayments). Subsequent changes to certain exceptions. Our policy fornon-titled accounts inthe contractual terms that are a confirmed bankruptcy is to charge them off at 60 days contractually delinquent, subject to certain exceptions. Deceased borrower accountsresult of re-underwriting are charged offnot included in the month followingfinance receivable’s contractual life (considering the proper notificationeffect of passing, with the exception of borrowers with credit life insurance. Subsequent recoveries, if any, are creditedprepayments). We use our segmentation loss experience to the allowance. Loss experience, effective loan life, contractual delinquency of finance receivables by loan type, the value of underlying collateral, and management’s judgment are factors used in assessing the overall adequacy of the allowance and the resulting provision forforecast expected credit losses. While management usesHistorical information about losses generally provides a basis for the bestestimate of expected credit losses. We also consider the need to adjust historical information available to make its evaluation, futurereflect the extent to which current conditions differ from the conditions that existed for the period over which historical information was evaluated. These adjustments to the allowancehistorical loss information may be necessary if therequalitative or quantitative in nature.

Macroeconomic forecasts are changes in economic conditions or portfolio performance. This evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revisions as more information becomes available.

We initiate repossession proceedings when, in the opinion of management, the customer is unlikely to make further payments. We sell substantially all repossessed vehicle inventory through public sales conducted by independent automobile auction organizations after the required post-repossession waiting period. Losses on the sale of repossessed collateral are charged to thefor our allowance for credit losses.

The allowance for credit losses consistsloss model and require significant judgment and estimation uncertainty. We consider key economic factors, most notably unemployment rates, to incorporate into our estimate of general and specific components. The general component of the allowance reflects estimated credit losses for groups of finance receivables on a collective basis and relates to probable incurred losses of unimpaired finance receivables. Prior to September 30, 2016, the general component of the allowance was primarily based on historical loss rates. Effective beginning September 30, 2016, the general component is primarily based on delinquency roll rates. Delinquency roll rate modeling is forward-looking and common practice in the consumer finance industry. Our finance receivable types are stratified by delinquency stages, and the future monthly delinquency profiles and credit losses are projected forward using historical delinquency roll rates. We record a general allowance for credit losses that includes forecasted future credit losses over the estimated loss emergence period (the interval of time between the event which caused a borrower to default and our recording of the credit loss) for each finance receivable type.

We adjust the computed roll rate forecast as described above for qualitative factors based on an assessment of internal and external influences on credit quality that are not fully reflected in the roll rate forecast. Those qualitative factors include trends in growth in the loan portfolio, delinquency, unemployment, bankruptcy, operational risks, and other economic trends.

The specific component of the allowance for credit losses relates to impaired finance receivables, which include accounts for which a customer has initiated a bankruptcy filing and finance receivables that have been modified under our loss mitigation policies. Finance receivables that have been modified are accounted for as troubled debt restructurings. At the time of the bankruptcy filing or restructuring pursuant to a loss mitigation policy, a specific valuation allowance is established for such finance receivables within the allowance for credit losses. We computeengaged a major rating service provider to assist with compiling a reasonable and supportable forecast which we use to support the estimated loss on our impaired loans by discounting the projected cash flows at the original contract rates on the loan using the terms imposed by the bankruptcy court or restructured by us. This method is applied in the aggregate to eachadjustments of our four classeshistorical loss experience.

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Table of loans. In making the computations of the present value of cash payments to be received on impaired accounts in each product category, we use the weighted-average interest rates and weighted-average remaining term based on data as of each balance sheet date.Contents

For customers in a confirmed Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan, we reduce the interest rate to that specified in the bankruptcy order and we receive payments with respect

Due to the remaining amount ofjudgment and uncertainty in estimating the loan from the bankruptcy trustee. For customers who recently filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy,expected credit losses, we generally do not receive any payments until their bankruptcy plan is confirmed by the court. If the customers have made paymentsmay experience changes to the trusteemacroeconomic assumptions within our forecast, as well as changes to our credit loss performance outlook, both of which could lead to further changes in advanceour allowance for credit losses, allowance as a percentage of plan confirmation, we may receive a lump sum payment fromnet finance receivables, and provision for credit losses. Potential macroeconomic changes have created conditions that increase the trustee once the plan is confirmed. This lump sum payment representslevel of uncertainty associated with ourpro-rata share estimate of the amount paidand timing of future credit losses from our loan portfolio.

Macroeconomic Sensitivity. To demonstrate the sensitivity of forecasting macroeconomic conditions, we stressed our macroeconomic model with 10% increased weighting towards slower near-term growth that would have increased our reserves as of March 31, 2024 by $1.3 million.

The macroeconomic scenarios are highly influenced by timing, severity, and duration of changes in the customer. Ifunderlying economic factors. This makes it difficult to estimate how potential changes in economic factors affect the estimated credit losses. Therefore, this hypothetical analysis is not intended to represent our expectation of changes in our estimate of expected credit losses due to a customer fails to complychange in the macroeconomic environment, nor does it consider management’s judgment of other quantitative and qualitative information which could increase or decrease the estimate.

Regulatory Developments.

On March 7, 2023, the CFPB provided us with the termsNotice seeking to establish supervisory authority over us pursuant to section 1024(a)(1)(C) of the bankruptcy order, we will petitionConsumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. Under that provision, the trusteeCFPB may establish supervisory authority over any non-bank covered person that it has reasonable cause to have the customer dismissed from bankruptcy. Upon dismissal, we restore the accountdetermine is engaging, or has engaged, in conduct that poses risks to consumers with regard to the original terms and pursue collection through our normal loan servicing activities.

If a customer files for bankruptcy under Chapter 7offering or provision of the bankruptcy code, the bankruptcy court has the authority to cancel the customer’s debt. If a vehicle secures a Chapter 7 bankruptcy account, the customer has the option of buying the vehicle at fair valueconsumer financial products or reaffirming the loan and continuing to pay the loan.

The FASB issued an accounting update in June 2016 to change the impairment model for estimating credit losses on financial assets. The current incurred loss impairment model requires the recognition of credit losses when it is probable that a loss has been incurred. The incurred loss model will be replaced by an expected loss model, which requires entities to estimate the lifetime expected credit loss on such instruments and to record an allowance to offset the amortized cost basis of the financial asset. This update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and early adoption is permitted.services. We believe the implementation of the accounting update will have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements, and we are in the process of quantifying the potential impacts.

Income Recognition.

Interest income is recognized using the interest method (constant yield method). Therefore, we recognize revenue from interest at an equal rate over the term of the loan. Unearned finance charges onpre-compute contracts are rebated to customers utilizing statutory methods, which in many cases is thesum-of-the-years’ digits method. The difference between income recognized under the constant yield method and the statutory method is recognized as an adjustment to interest income at the time of rebate. Accrual of interest income on finance receivables is suspended when an account becomes 90 days delinquent on a contractual basis. The accrual of income is not resumed until the account is less than 90 days contractually delinquent. Interest income is suspended on finance receivables for which collateral has been repossessed. If the account is charged off, the interest income is reversed as a reduction of interest and fee income.

We recognize income on credit life insurance using thesum-of-the-years’ digits or actuarial methods over the terms of the policies. We recognize income on credit accident and health insurance using the average of thesum-of-the-years’ digits and the straight-line methods over the terms of the policies. We recognize income on credit-related property and automobile insurance using the straight-line orsum-of-the-years’ digits methods over the terms of the policies. We recognize income on credit-related involuntary unemployment insurance using the straight-line method over the terms of the policies. Rebates are computed using statutory methods, which in many cases match the GAAP method, and where it does not match, the difference between the GAAP method and the statutory method is recognized in income at the time of rebate.

We defer fees charged to automobile dealers and recognize income using the constant yield method for indirect loans and the straight-line method for direct loans over the lives of the respective loans.

Charges for late fees are recognized as income when collected.

Insurance Operations.

Insurance operations include revenue and expense from the sale of optional insurance products to our customers. These optional products include credit life insurance, credit accident and health insurance, credit personal property insurance, vehicle single interest insurance, and involuntary unemployment insurance.

Share-Based Compensation.

We measure compensation cost for share-based awards at estimated fair value and recognize compensation expense over the service period for awards expected to vest. We use the closing stock price on the date of grant as the fair value of restricted stock awards. The fair value of stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model. The Black-Scholes model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including expected volatility, risk-free interest rate, and expected life, changes to which can materially affect the fair value estimate. We estimate volatility using our historical stock prices. The risk-free rate is based on the zero coupon U.S. Treasury bond rate for the expected term of the award on the grant date. The expected term is calculated by using the simplified method (average of the vesting and original contractual terms) due to insufficient historical data to estimate the expected term. In addition, the estimation of share-based awards that will ultimately vest requires judgment, andresponded to the extent actual results or updated estimates differ from current estimates, such amounts will be recorded as a cumulative adjustment in the period estimates are revised.

Income Taxes.

We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and in various states. We are generally no longer subject to federal, state, or local income tax examinationsNotice by taxing authorities before 2013, though we remain subject to examination in New Mexico and Texas for the 2011 and 2012 tax years.

When tax returns are filed, it is highly certain that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while others are subject to uncertainty about the merits of the position taken or the amount of the position that would be ultimately sustained. The benefit of a tax position is recognized in the financial statements in the period during which, based on all available evidence, it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation processes, if any. Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions. Tax positions that meet themore-likely-than-not recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax positions taken that exceeds the amount measured as described above is reflected as a liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying balance sheet along with any associated interest and penalties that would be payablevoluntarily consenting to the taxing authorities upon examination. As of September 30, 2017, we had not taken any tax position that exceedsCFPB’s supervisory authority and entering into the amount described above.

Interest and penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefits are classified as additional income taxes in the consolidated statements of income.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effects of future tax rate changes are recognized in the period when the enactment of new rates occurs.

Consent Agreement dated January 4, 2024. Pursuant to the adoptionConsent Agreement and related CFPB order, the CFPB will have supervisory authority over us for a period of two years ending January 8, 2026. The Consent Agreement does not constitute an accounting standard update issuedadmission by us that we are a nonbank covered person who is engaging, or has engaged, in March 2016 and effective for fiscal year 2017, we now recognizeconduct that poses risks to consumers with regard to the tax benefitsoffering or deficiencies from the exerciseprovision of consumer financial products or vesting of share-based awards in the income tax line of the consolidated statements of income. These tax benefits and deficiencies were previously recognized within additionalpaid-in-capital on our balance sheet.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

services. See Note 2, “Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements“Government Regulation” in Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements”1 “Business” and “Risks Related to Regulation and Legal Proceedings” in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 for a further discussion of recentlythe regulation and regulatory risks to which we are subject.

On March 6, 2024, the SEC adopted a final rule to require registrants to disclose certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports. On April 4, 2024, the SEC issued accounting pronouncements, including information on new accounting standards andan order staying the future adoptioneffectiveness of such standards.the final rule pending completion of the judicial review of consolidated challenges to the rule by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. We will continue to monitor the outcome of this judicial review.

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ITEM 3.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Interest Rate Risk

Interest rate risk arises from the possibility that changes in interest rates will affect our results of operations and financial condition. We originate finance receivables either at either prevailing market rates or at statutory limits. Our finance receivables are structured on a fixed rate, fixed termfixed-rate, fixed-term basis. Accordingly, subject to statutory limits, our ability to react to changes in prevailing market rates is dependent upon the speed at which our customers pay off or renew loans in our existing loan portfolio, which allows us to originate new loans at prevailing market rates. Our loan portfolio turns over approximately 1.4 times per year from payments, renewals, and net credit losses. Because our automobilelarge loans have longer maturities than our small loans and typically are not refinanced priorrenew at a slower rate than our small loans, our reaction time to maturity, the rate of turnover of the loan portfoliochanges may changebe affected as theseour large loans change as a percentage of our portfolio.

We also are exposed to changes in interest rates as a result of ourcertain borrowing activities. As of March 31, 2024, the interest rates on 81.3% of our debt (the securitizations) were fixed. We maintain liquidity and fund our business operations in large part through variable-rate borrowings under a senior revolving credit facility and amultiple revolving warehouse credit facility. At September 30, 2017, the outstanding balances under the senior revolving credit facility and the revolving warehouse credit facility were $461.0 million and $55.8 million, respectively. The interest rate that we pay on each credit facility is a variable rate.

Borrowings under the senior revolving credit facility bear interest, payable monthly, at a rate equal to LIBOR of a maturity we elect between one and six months, with a LIBOR floor of 1.00%, plus a margin of 3.00%, increasing to 3.25% when the availability percentage is below 10%. Alternatively, we may pay interest under the senior revolving credit facility at a rate based on the prime rate, plus a margin of 2.00%, increasing to 2.25% when the availability percentage is below 10%. Through October 1, 2017, borrowings under the revolving warehouse credit facility bore interest, payable monthly, at a blended rate equal to three-month LIBOR, plus a margin of 3.50%. Effective October 2, 2017, the revolving warehouse credit facility margin decreased to 3.25% following the satisfaction of a milestone associated with our conversion to a new loan origination and servicing system. The revolving warehouse credit facility margin may again decrease to 3.00% with the satisfaction of a further system conversion milestone.facilities. As of September 30, 2017, our LIBOR rates underMarch 31, 2024, the senior revolvingbalances and key terms of the credit facility and warehouse revolving credit facilityfacilities were 1.25% and 1.34%, respectively.as follows:

Revolving Credit Facility

 

Balance
(in thousands)

 

 

Interest Payment Frequency

 

Rate Type

 

Floor

 

 

Margin

 

 

Effective Interest Rate

 

Senior

 

$

154,208

 

 

Monthly

 

1-month SOFR

 

 

0.50

%

 

 

3.00

%

 

 

8.43

%

RMR IV Warehouse

 

 

22,133

 

 

Monthly

 

1-month SOFR

 

 

 

 

 

2.80

%

 

 

8.23

%

RMR V Warehouse

 

 

51,276

 

 

Monthly

 

Conduit

 

 

 

 

 

2.75

%

 

 

8.28

%

RMR VI Warehouse

 

 

20,640

 

 

Monthly

 

1-month SOFR

 

 

 

 

 

2.50

%

 

 

7.93

%

RMR VII Warehouse

 

 

5,309

 

 

Monthly

 

1-month SOFR

 

 

 

 

 

3.00

%

 

 

8.43

%

Total

 

$

253,566

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rates on borrowings under the senior revolving credit facility and the revolving warehouse credit facility were approximately 4.30% and 6.00%, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, including, in each case, an unused line fee. Based on the LIBORunderlying rates and the outstanding balances at September 30, 2017,as of March 31, 2024, an increase of 100 basis points in LIBORthe rates would result in an increase of 100 basis points to our borrowing costs andrevolving credit facilities would result in approximately $5.6$2.5 million of increased interest expense on an annual basis, in the aggregate, under these LIBOR-based borrowings.

The nature and amount of our debt may vary as a result of future business requirements, market conditions, and other factors.

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We have purchased interest rate caps to manage interest rate risk associated with a notional $250.0 million of our LIBOR-based borrowings. These interest rate caps are based on theone-month LIBOR and reimburse us for the difference when theone-month LIBOR exceeds 2.50%. The interest rate caps have maturities of April 2018 ($150.0 million), March 2019 ($50.0 million), and June 2020 ($50.0 million).

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

ITEM 4.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2017.March 31, 2024. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules13a-15(e) and15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act, of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’sSEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officers,officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2024, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost–benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

Changes in Internal Control

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in management’s evaluation pursuant to Rules13a-15(d) or15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Part II Other information

ITEM 1.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On May 30, 2014, a securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”) against the Company and certain of its current and former directors, executive officers, and stockholders (collectively, the “Defendants”). The complaint alleged violations of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act Claims”) and sought unspecified compensatory damages and other relief on behalf of a purported class of purchasers of the Company’s common stock in the September 2013 and December 2013 secondary public offerings. On August 25, 2014, Waterford Township Police & Fire Retirement System and City of Roseville Employees’ Retirement System were appointed as lead plaintiffs (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”). An amended complaint was filed on November 24, 2014. In addition to the 1933 Act Claims, the amended complaint also added claims for violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act Claims”) seeking unspecified compensatory damages on behalf of a purported class of purchasers of the Company’s common stock between May 2, 2013 and October 30, 2014, inclusive. On January 26, 2015, the Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint in its entirety. In response, the Plaintiffs sought and were granted leave to file an amended complaint. On February 27, 2015, the Plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint. Like the prior amended complaint, the second amended complaint asserts 1933 Act Claims and 1934 Act Claims and seeks unspecified compensatory damages. The Defendants’ motion to dismiss the second amended complaint was filed on April 28, 2015, the Plaintiffs’ opposition was filed on June 12, 2015, and the Defendants’ reply was filed on July 13, 2015.ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

On March 30, 2016, the District Court granted the Defendants’ motion to dismiss the second amended complaint in its entirety. On May 23, 2016, the Plaintiffs moved for leave to file a third amended complaint. The Defendants’ opposition brief was filed on June 9, 2016, and the Plaintiffs’ reply brief was filed on June 20, 2016. On January 27, 2017, the District Court denied the Plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file a third amended complaint and directed entry of final judgment in favor of the Defendants. On January 30, 2017, the District Court entered final judgment in favor of the Defendants. On March 1, 2017, the Plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Appellate Court”). The Plaintiffs/Appellants’ appellate brief was filed on June 13, 2017, the Defendants/Appellees’ appellate brief was filed on September 12, 2017, and the Plaintiffs/Appellants’ reply brief was filed on October 17, 2017. The Appellate Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on November 17, 2017.

The Company believes that the claims against it are without merit and will continue to defend against the litigation vigorously. Because the lawsuit contains multiple 1933 Act Claims and 1934 Act Claims, each with varying probabilities of being overturned on appeal and varying probabilities of loss and loss amounts, the Company is unable to estimate the reasonably possible loss or range of reasonably possible loss arising from this matter. The Company’s primary insurance carrier during the applicable time period has (i) denied coverage for the 1933 Act Claims and (ii) acknowledged coverage of the Company and other insureds for the 1934 Act Claims under a reservation of rights and subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable insurance policy. The parties are in the process of negotiating an allocation between denied and acknowledged claims.

The Company is also involved in various legal proceedings and related actions that have arisen in the ordinary course of its business that have not been fully adjudicated. The Company’s management does not believe that these matters, when ultimately concluded and determined, will have a material adverse effect on its financial condition, liquidity, or results of operations.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS

There have been no material changes to our risk factors from those included in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and in our Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017.2023. In addition to the other information set forth in this report and in our other reports and statements that we file with the SEC, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20162023 (which was filed with the SEC on February 10, 2017) and in Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017 (which was filed with the SEC on August 1, 2017)22, 2024), which could materially affect our business, financial condition, and/or future operating results. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form10-Q are not the only risks facing our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to the Company or that the Company currently deems to be immaterial also may materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, none of the Company’s officers or directors adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as such terms are defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit

Number

 

Exhibit Description

 

Filed

Herewith

 

Form

 

File

Number

 

Exhibit

 

Filing Date

10.1

 

Eighth Amendment to Seventh Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 5, 2024, by and among Regional Management Corp. and its subsidiaries named as borrowers therein, the financial institutions named as lenders therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as agent

 

 

 

8-K

 

001-35477

 

10.1

 

2/7/2024

10.2

 

Omnibus Amendment to Credit Agreement and Account Control Agreement and Consent, dated as of March 29, 2024, by and among Regional Management Corp., as servicer, Regional Management Receivables IV, LLC, as borrower, the lenders party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to Wells Fargo Bank National Association), acting through its Corporate Trust Services division, as account bank and backup servicer

 

 

 

8-K

 

001-35477

 

10.1

 

4/3/2024

10.3

 

Amendment No. 5 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2024, by and among Regional Management Corp., as servicer, Regional Management Receivables V, LLC, as borrower, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting through its Corporate Trust Services division, including its successors and permitted assigns, as account bank and backup servicer, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent

 

 

 

8-K

 

001-35477

 

10.2

 

4/3/2024

10.4

 

First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent, dated as of March 29, 2024, by and among Regional Management Corp., as servicer, Regional Management Receivables VI, LLC, as borrower, the lenders parties thereto, and Regions Bank, as administrative agent

 

 

 

8-K

 

001-35477

 

10.3

 

4/3/2024

10.5

 

First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent, dated as of March 29, 2024, by and among Regional Management Corp., as servicer, Regional Management Receivables VII, LLC, as borrower, the lenders parties thereto, and BMO Capital Markets Corp., as administrative agent

 

 

 

8-K

 

001-35477

 

10.4

 

4/3/2024

31.1

 

Rule 13a-14(a) / 15(d)-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.2

 

Rule 13a-14(a) / 15(d)-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.1

 

Section 1350 Certifications

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document—the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBITS

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit

Number

Exhibit Description

Filed

Herewith

Form

File

Number

Exhibit

Filing Date

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema With Embedded Linkbase Documents

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File—the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document contained in Exhibit 101

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Exhibit     

Incorporated by Reference

  Filed

Number

  

Exhibit Description

  

Form

  

File No.

  

Exhibit

  

Filing Date

  

Herewith

10.1  Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement Termination, dated as of July 28, 2017, by and among Regional Management Corp. and the shareholders party thereto          X
10.2  First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated August 30, 2017, by and between Peter R. Knitzer and Regional Management Corp.  8-K  001-35477  10.1  9/1/2017  
10.3  First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated August 30, 2017, by and between John D. Schachtel and Regional Management Corp.  8-K  001-35477  10.2  9/1/2017  
10.4  Employment Agreement, dated August 30, 2017, by and between Donald E. Thomas and Regional Management Corp.  8-K  001-35477  10.3  9/1/2017  
10.5  Employment Agreement, dated August 30, 2017, by and between Daniel J. Taggart and Regional Management Corp.  8-K  001-35477  10.4  9/1/2017  
10.6  Employment Agreement, dated August 30, 2017, by and between Brian J. Fisher and Regional Management Corp.  8-K  001-35477  10.5  9/1/2017  
31.1  Rule13a-14(a) /15(d)-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer  —    —    —    —    X
31.2  Rule13a-14(a) /15(d)-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer  —    —    —��   —    X
32.1  Section 1350 Certifications  —    —    —    —    X
101  The following materials from our Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016; (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016; (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2016; (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016; and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements  —    —    —    —    X

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

REGIONAL MANAGEMENT CORP.

Date: November 8, 2017By:

/s/ Donald E. Thomas

Donald E. Thomas,

Date: May 3, 2024

By:

/s/ Harpreet Rana

Harpreet Rana, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Duly Authorized Officer)

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