The Company’s balance sheet remains highly liquid. The Company’s liquidity position, defined as the sum of cash, unencumbered securities and available secured borrowing capacity, totaled $852.6 million as of March 31, 2023 compared to $763.5 million as of December 31, 2022 and represented 36.3% and 32.5% of total assets, respectively.
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Liquidity Trends |
| | | March 31, 2023 | | | December 31, 2022 | | | September 30, 2022 | | | June 30, 2022 | | | March 31, 2022 | |
| | | Amount | % of Assets | | | Amount | % of Assets | | | Amount | % of Assets | | | Amount | % of Assets | | | Amount | % of Assets | |
Cash | | $ | 103,359 | 4.4 | % | $ | 61,599 | 2.6 | % | $ | 74,756 | 3.2 | % | $ | 120,887 | 5.2 | % | $ | 182,361 | 8.1 | % |
Unencumbered Securities | | | 298,194 | 12.7 | % | | 313,618 | 13.4 | % | | 345,987 | 15.0 | % | | 351,675 | 15.2 | % | | 294,081 | 13.1 | % |
Available Secured Borrowing Capacity | | | 451,008 | 19.2 | % | | 388,257 | 16.5 | % | | 401,828 | 17.4 | % | | 402,840 | 17.4 | % | | 388,408 | 17.3 | % |
Total Liquidity | | $ | 852,561 | 36.3 | % | $ | 763,474 | 32.5 | % | $ | 822,571 | 35.6 | % | $ | 875,402 | 37.8 | % | $ | 864,850 | 38.5 | % |
If the Company were to avail itself of the BTFP, we estimate an incremental increase in our liquidity position of approximately $35.2 million, increasing our potential liquidity to $887.8 million as of March 31, 2023. In addition to available secured borrowing capacity, the Bank had available federal funds lines of $110.0 million at March 31, 2023.
Total deposits were $2.09 billion at March 31, 2023, $2.07 billion at December 31, 2022, and $1.98 billion at March 31, 2022. Deposits increased $20.9 million or 1.0%, when compared to December 31, 2022 and 5.3% when compared to March 31, 2022. The increase in deposits was primarily due to time deposit growth. As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $756.0 million of deposits that were not insured or not collateralized by securities, which represented only 36.2% of total deposits.
Total borrowings decreased by $25.5 million or 50.8% to $24.6 million at March 31, 2023 compared to $50.1 million at December 31, 2022 due to the repayment of $25.5 million in federal funds purchased. Total borrowings decreased $18.2 million or 42.5% when compared to March 31, 2022 primarily due to Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances that were called. The Company did not have any FHLB advances or federal funds purchased outstanding as of March 31, 2023.
Shareholders’ equity increased $15.9 million or 7.8% to $220.8 million at March 31, 2023 compared to $204.9 million at March 31, 2022. Book value per share was $15.63 as of March 31, 2023 compared to $14.68 as of March 31, 2022. The year-over-year change in book value per share was primarily due to the Company’s earnings over the previous twelve months, partially offset by an increase in accumulated other comprehensive loss, increased share count from shareholder option exercises and restricted share award issuances. The increase in accumulated other comprehensive loss was primarily attributable to increases in unrealized losses on our available-for-sale investment portfolio due to market value changes as a result of rising interest rates.
The Bank’s capital ratios at March 31, 2023 increased when compared to both the periods ended December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022. We remain well above regulatory thresholds for well-capitalized banks. As of March 31, 2023, the Bank’s total risk-based capital ratio was 16.1%, compared to 15.4% at March 31, 2022.
The Company recorded no net charge-offs during the first quarter of 2023, no net charge-offs during the fourth quarter of 2022 and $1 thousand in net charge-offs during the first quarter of 2022. As of March 31, 2023, the Company had no non-accrual loans, no loans 15 days or more past due, and no other real estate owned assets.
At March 31, 2023, the allowance for loan credit losses was $21.6 million or 1.22% of outstanding loans, net of unearned income, compared to $20.2 million or 1.13% of outstanding loans, net of unearned income, at December 31, 2022. The increase in the allowance as a percentage of outstanding loans, net of unearned income, was primarily a result of the Company recognizing an incremental allowance upon adoption of the current expected credit losses (“CECL”) standard on January 1, 2023. The Company previously accounted for its allowance for loan losses under the incurred loss model.
At March 31, 2023, the allowance for credit losses on unfunded loan commitments was $1.0 million compared to $303 thousand at December 31, 2022. The increase in the allowance for credit losses on unfunded loan commitments was primarily the result of the Company’s adoption of the CECL standard on January 1, 2023. The Company previously accounted for its allowance for unfunded loan commitments under the incurred loss model.
The Company did not have an allowance for credit losses on held-to-maturity securities as of March 31, 2023 or upon adoption of CECL.