BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS
Assets
The Company reported total assets of $17.54 billion at March 31, 2022. This represented an increase of $1.66 billion, or 10.42%, from total assets of $15.88 billion at December 31, 2021. Interest-earning assets of $16.1 billion at March 31, 2022 increased by $1.42 billion, or 9.70%, when compared with $14.68 billion at December 31, 2021. The increase in interest-earning assets was primarily due to a $900.2 million increase in investment securities and a $704.0 million increase in total loans, partially offset by a $160.5 million decrease in interest-earning balances due from the Federal Reserve.
Total assets at March 31, 2022 increased by $2.70 billion, or 18.18%, from total assets of $14.84 billion at March 31, 2021. Interest-earning assets increased by $2.49 billion, or 18.24%, when compared with $13.62 billion at March 31, 2021. The increase in interest-earning assets included a $2.11 billion increase in investment securities, a $298.6 million increase in total loans and a $96.5 million increase in interest-earning balances due from the Federal Reserve. The increase in total loans included a $776.5 million decrease in PPP loans with a remaining outstanding balance totaling $121.2 million as of March 31, 2022. Excluding PPP loans, total loans increased by $769.4 million from December 31, 2021 and by $1.08 billion from March 31, 2021.
On January 7, 2022, we completed the acquisition of Suncrest with approximately $1.4 billion in total assets, acquired at fair value, and 7 banking centers. The increase in total assets at March 31, 2022 included $765.9 million of acquired net loans, $131 million of investment securities, and $9 million in bank-owned life insurance. The acquisition resulted in $102.1 million of goodwill and $3.9 million in core deposit premium. Net cash proceeds were used to fund the $39.6 million in cash paid to the former shareholders of Suncrest as part of the merger consideration.
Investment Securities
Total investment securities were $6.01 billion at March 31, 2022, an increase of $900.2 million, or 17.62%, from $5.11 billion at December 31, 2021 and an increase of $2.11 billion, or 54.13%, from $3.90 billion at March 31, 2021.
At March 31, 2022, investment securities held-to-maturity (“HTM”) totaled $2.36 billion, an increase of $436.8 million, or 22.68%, from December 31, 2021 and a $1.28 billion increase, or 117.37%, from March 31, 2021.
At March 31, 2022, investment securities available-for-sale (“AFS”) totaled $3.65 billion, inclusive of a pre-tax net unrealized loss of $203.4 million. AFS securities increased by $463.4 million, or 14.55%, from $3.18 billion at December 31, 2021 and increased by $835.0 million, or 29.69%, from March 31, 2021.
Combined, the AFS and HTM investments in mortgage backed securities (“MBS”) and collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMO”) totaled $5.07 billion or approximately 84% of the total investment securities at March 31, 2022. Virtually all of our MBS and CMO are issued or guaranteed by government or government sponsored enterprises, which have the implied guarantee of the U.S. Government. In addition, we had $570.3 million of Government Agency securities (HTM) at March 31, 2022, that represent approximately 10% of the total investment securities.
Our combined AFS and HTM municipal securities totaled $370.3 million as of March 31, 2022, or approximately 6% of our total investment portfolio. These securities are located in 35 states. Our largest concentrations of holdings by state, as a percentage of total municipal bonds, are located in Minnesota at 13.28%, Texas at 9.96%, California at 9.01%, Washington at 7.84%, Ohio at 7.49%, and Massachusetts at 7.43%.
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