Form 10 Explorer
10-K
Annual Report
AMERIS BANCORP

ABCB

NASDAQ

CIK: 351569

File #: 001-13901

Period End: Dec 31, 2023

Fiscal Year: 2023

View on EDGAR
Balance Sheet
203 line items · 2 periods
XBRL
ItemDec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2022
Assets
Cash and due from banks
230,470,000284,567,000
Carrying Amount
230,470,000284,567,000
Level 1 - Fair Value
230,470,000284,567,000
Level 2 - Fair Value
00
Level 3 - Fair Value
00
Fair Value
230,470,000284,567,000
Ameris Bancorp
165,179,000153,099,000
Interest-bearing deposits in banks
936,834,000833,565,000
Cash and cash equivalents
1,167,304,0001,118,132,000
Debt securities available-for-sale, at fair value, net of allowance for credit losses of $69 and $75
1,402,944,0001,500,060,000
U.S. Treasuries
720,877,000759,534,000
U.S. government-sponsored agencies
985,000979,000
State, county and municipal securities
28,051,00034,195,000
Corporate debt securities
10,027,00015,926,000
SBA pool securities
51,516,00027,398,000
Mortgage-backed securities
591,488,000662,028,000
Debt securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost, net of allowance for credit losses of $0 and $0 (fair value of $122,731 and $114,538)
141,512,000134,864,000
State, county and municipal securities
31,905,00031,905,000
Mortgage-backed securities
109,607,000102,959,000
Other investments
71,794,000110,992,000
Visa Class B Shares
242,000,000
Loans held for sale, at fair value
281,332,000392,078,000
Loans, net of unearned income
20,269,303,00019,855,253,000
Commercial, financial and agricultural
2,688,929,0002,679,403,000
Consumer
241,552,000384,037,000
Indirect automobile
34,257,000108,648,000
Mortgage warehouse
818,728,0001,038,924,000
Municipal
492,668,000509,151,000
Premium finance
946,562,0001,023,479,000
Real estate – construction and development
2,129,187,0002,086,438,000
Real estate – commercial and farmland
8,059,754,0007,604,867,000
Real estate – residential
4,857,666,0004,420,306,000
Commercial, financial and agricultural - Loans 30-59 Days Past Due
11,023,00016,219,000
Commercial, financial and agricultural - Loans 60-89 Days Past Due
5,439,0005,451,000
Commercial, financial and agricultural - Loans 90 or More Days Past Due
9,733,00011,632,000
Commercial, financial and agricultural - Total Loans Past Due
26,195,00033,302,000
Commercial, financial and agricultural - Current Loans
2,662,734,0002,646,101,000
Consumer - Loans 30-59 Days Past Due
2,155,0002,539,000
Consumer - Loans 60-89 Days Past Due
1,037,0003,163,000
Consumer - Loans 90 or More Days Past Due
498,000741,000
Consumer - Total Loans Past Due
3,690,0006,443,000
Consumer - Current Loans
237,862,000377,594,000
Indirect automobile - Loans 30-59 Days Past Due
153,000466,000
Indirect automobile - Loans 60-89 Days Past Due
17,00077,000
Indirect automobile - Loans 90 or More Days Past Due
78,000267,000
Indirect automobile - Total Loans Past Due
248,000810,000
Indirect automobile - Current Loans
34,009,000107,838,000
Mortgage warehouse - Loans 30-59 Days Past Due
00
Mortgage warehouse - Loans 60-89 Days Past Due
00
Mortgage warehouse - Loans 90 or More Days Past Due
00
Mortgage warehouse - Total Loans Past Due
00
Mortgage warehouse - Current Loans
818,728,0001,038,924,000
Municipal - Loans 30-59 Days Past Due
00
Municipal - Loans 60-89 Days Past Due
00
Municipal - Loans 90 or More Days Past Due
00
Municipal - Total Loans Past Due
00
Municipal - Current Loans
492,668,000509,151,000
Premium finance - Loans 30-59 Days Past Due
12,379,00013,859,000
Premium finance - Loans 60-89 Days Past Due
6,832,00010,620,000
Premium finance - Loans 90 or More Days Past Due
11,678,00013,626,000
Premium finance - Total Loans Past Due
30,889,00038,105,000
Premium finance - Current Loans
915,673,000985,374,000
Real estate – construction and development - Loans 30-59 Days Past Due
2,094,00025,367,000
Real estate – construction and development - Loans 60-89 Days Past Due
03,829,000
Real estate – construction and development - Loans 90 or More Days Past Due
282,000966,000
Real estate – construction and development - Total Loans Past Due
2,376,00030,162,000
Real estate – construction and development - Current Loans
2,126,811,0002,056,276,000
Real estate – commercial and farmland - Loans 30-59 Days Past Due
5,070,0001,738,000
Real estate – commercial and farmland - Loans 60-89 Days Past Due
1,656,000168,000
Real estate – commercial and farmland - Loans 90 or More Days Past Due
6,352,00010,223,000
Real estate – commercial and farmland - Total Loans Past Due
13,078,00012,129,000
Real estate – commercial and farmland - Current Loans
8,046,676,0007,592,738,000
Real estate – residential - Loans 30-59 Days Past Due
49,976,00035,015,000
Real estate – residential - Loans 60-89 Days Past Due
19,300,00011,329,000
Real estate – residential - Loans 90 or More Days Past Due
127,087,000106,170,000
Real estate – residential - Total Loans Past Due
196,363,000152,514,000
Real estate – residential - Current Loans
4,661,303,0004,267,792,000
Loans 30-59 Days Past Due
82,850,00095,203,000
Loans 60-89 Days Past Due
34,281,00034,637,000
Loans 90 or More Days Past Due
155,708,000143,625,000
Total Loans Past Due
272,839,000273,465,000
Current Loans
19,996,464,00019,581,788,000
9
00
Commercial, financial and agricultural - Pass
2,661,321,0002,656,427,000
Commercial, financial and agricultural - 6
7,512,0003,276,000
Commercial, financial and agricultural - 7
20,096,00019,700,000
Consumer - Pass
239,918,000382,621,000
Consumer - 6
31,000332,000
Consumer - 7
1,603,0001,084,000
Indirect automobile - Pass
33,732,000107,769,000
Indirect automobile - 7
525,000868,000
Mortgage warehouse - Pass
772,366,000990,106,000
Mortgage warehouse - 6
46,362,00022,831,000
Municipal - Pass
492,668,000509,151,000
Premium finance - Pass
934,884,0001,009,893,000
Premium finance - 7
11,678,00013,586,000
Real estate – construction and development - Pass
2,126,430,0002,071,132,000
Real estate – construction and development - 6
479,000615,000
Real estate – construction and development - 7
2,278,00014,691,000
Real estate – commercial and farmland - Pass
7,868,550,0007,486,148,000
Real estate – commercial and farmland - 6
147,030,00072,512,000
Real estate – commercial and farmland - 7
44,174,00046,207,000
Real estate – residential - Pass
4,716,862,0004,300,481,000
Real estate – residential - 6
2,311,0005,037,000
Real estate – residential - 7
138,493,000114,788,000
Pass
19,846,731,00019,513,728,000
6
203,725,000104,614,000
7
218,847,000236,911,000
Indirect automobile - 6
11,000
Mortgage warehouse - 7
25,987,000
Allowance for credit losses
307,100,000205,677,000
Commercial, financial and agricultural
64,053,00039,455,000
Consumer
3,902,0005,413,000
Indirect automobile
50,000174,000
Mortgage warehouse
1,678,0002,118,000
Municipal
345,000357,000
Premium finance
602,0001,025,000
Real estate – construction and development
61,017,00032,659,000
Real estate – commercial and farmland
110,097,00067,433,000
Real estate – residential
65,356,00057,043,000
Accounting Standards Update 2022-02 - Commercial, financial and agricultural
(105,000)
Accounting Standards Update 2022-02 - Consumer
0
Accounting Standards Update 2022-02 - Indirect automobile
0
Accounting Standards Update 2022-02 - Mortgage warehouse
0
Accounting Standards Update 2022-02 - Municipal
0
Accounting Standards Update 2022-02 - Premium finance
0
Accounting Standards Update 2022-02 - Real estate – construction and development
(37,000)
Accounting Standards Update 2022-02 - Real estate – commercial and farmland
(722,000)
Accounting Standards Update 2022-02 - Real estate – residential
(847,000)
Accounting Standards Update 2022-02
(1,711,000)
Loans, net
19,962,203,00019,649,576,000
Other real estate owned, net
6,199,000843,000
Level 3 - Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring
5,324,000
Premises and equipment, net
216,435,000220,283,000
Goodwill
1,015,646,0001,015,646,000
Banking Division
951,148,000951,148,000
Premium Finance Division
64,498,00064,498,000
Retail Mortgage Division
00
Warehouse Lending Division
00
SBA Division
00
Other intangible assets, net
87,949,000106,194,000
Banking Division
81,959,00097,254,000
Premium Finance Division
5,990,0008,940,000
Retail Mortgage Division
00
Warehouse Lending Division
00
SBA Division
00
Cash value of bank owned life insurance
395,778,000388,405,000
Other assets
454,603,000416,213,000
Ameris Bancorp
29,898,00019,896,000
Total assets
25,203,699,00025,053,286,000
Banking Division
18,041,865,00017,848,972,000
Premium Finance Division
1,169,905,0001,192,433,000
Retail Mortgage Division
4,916,753,0004,739,612,000
Warehouse Lending Division
825,415,0001,016,192,000
SBA Division
249,761,000256,077,000
Ameris Bancorp
3,806,170,0003,650,912,000
Liabilities
Deposits
Noninterest-bearing
6,491,639,0007,929,579,000
Interest-bearing
14,216,870,00011,533,159,000
Total deposits
20,708,509,00019,462,738,000
Other borrowings
509,586,0001,875,736,000
Advance from correspondent bank due November 28, 2024; secured by a loan receivable; variable interest rate at one-month SOFR plus 2.50%
10,000,0000
Advance from correspondent bank due December 1, 2025; secured by a loan receivable; variable interest rate at one-month SOFR plus 2.65%
10,000,0000
Carrying Amount
509,586,0001,875,736,000
Level 1 - Fair Value
00
Level 2 - Fair Value
501,723,0001,861,850,000
Level 3 - Fair Value
00
Fair Value
501,723,0001,861,850,000
Ameris Bancorp
215,342,000301,205,000
Subordinated deferrable interest debentures, net
130,315,000128,322,000
Subordinated notes payable due March 15, 2027 net of unamortized debt issuance cost of $0 and $551, respectively; fixed interest rate of 5.75% through March 14, 2022; variable interest rate thereafter at three-month LIBOR plus 3.616% (2027 subordinated notes)
074,449,000
Subordinated notes payable due December 15, 2029 net of unamortized debt issuance cost of $1,296 and $1,680, respectively; fixed interest rate of 4.25% through December 14, 2024; variable interest rate thereafter at three-month SOFR plus 2.94% (2029 subordinated notes)
106,704,000118,320,000
Subordinated notes payable due May 31, 2030 net of unaccreted purchase accounting fair value adjustment of $784 and $906, respectively; fixed interest rate of 5.875% through May 31, 2025; variable interest rate thereafter at three-month SOFR plus 3.63% (Bank subordinated notes) (1)
75,784,00075,906,000
Subordinated notes payable due October 1, 2030 net of unamortized debt issuance cost of $1,362 and $1,564, respectively; fixed interest rate of 3.875% through September 30, 2025; variable interest rate thereafter at three-month SOFR plus 3.753% (2030 subordinated notes)
108,638,000108,436,000
Carrying Amount
130,315,000128,322,000
Level 1 - Fair Value
00
Level 2 - Fair Value
141,407,000125,988,000
Level 3 - Fair Value
00
Fair Value
141,407,000125,988,000
Ameris Bancorp
130,315,000128,322,000
Other liabilities
428,542,000389,090,000
Ameris Bancorp
33,766,00023,985,000
Total liabilities
21,776,952,00021,855,886,000
Ameris Bancorp
379,423,000453,512,000
Shareholders’ Equity
Preferred stock, stated value $1,000; 5,000,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding
00
Common stock, par value $1; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 72,516,079 and 72,263,727 shares issued
72,516,00072,264,000
Capital surplus
1,945,385,0001,935,211,000
Retained earnings
1,539,957,0001,311,258,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
(35,939,000)(46,507,000)
Treasury stock, at cost, 3,462,738 and 2,894,677 shares
95,172,00074,826,000
Total shareholders’ equity
3,426,747,0003,197,400,000
Common Stock
72,516,00072,264,000
Capital Surplus
1,945,385,0001,935,211,000
Retained Earnings
1,539,957,0001,311,258,000
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax
(35,939,000)(46,507,000)
Treasury Stock
(95,172,000)(74,826,000)
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Securities
(35,939,000)(46,507,000)
Ameris Bancorp
3,426,747,0003,197,400,000
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
25,203,699,00025,053,286,000
Ameris Bancorp
3,806,170,0003,650,912,000