HOMB - Home Bancshares Inc. (Conway AR) (HOMB) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
2024-04-18 17:30:09 ET
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB)
Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call
April 18, 2024, 02:00 PM ET
Company Participants
Donna Townsell - Senior Vice President, Director of Investor Relations
John Allison - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Tipton - Chief Operating Officer
Kevin Hester - Chief Lending Officer
Chris Poulton - President, CCFG
Brian Davis - Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Catherine Mealor - KBW
Brett Rabatin - Hovde Group
Jon Arfstrom - RBC Capital Markets
Stephen Scouten - Piper Sandler
Brian Martin - Janney Montgomery Scott
Presentation
Operator
Greetings, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Home BancShares Incorporated First Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. The purpose of this call is to discuss the information and data provided in the quarterly earnings release issued this morning. The company presenters will begin with their prepared remarks, then entertain questions. [Operator Instructions]
The company has asked to remind everyone to refer to the cautionary notes regarding forward-looking statements. You will find this note on Page 3 of the Form 10-K filed with the SEC in February 2024. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode and this conference call is being recorded. [Operator Instructions]
It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Donna Townsell, Director of Investor Relations.
Donna Townsell
Thank you. Good afternoon and welcome to our first quarter conference call. With me for today's discussion is our Chairman, John Allison; Tracy French, President and CEO of Centennial Bank; Stephen Tipton, Chief Operating Officer; Kevin Hester, Chief Lending Officer; Brian Davis, our Chief Financial Officer; Chris Poulton, President of CCFG; and John Marshall, President of Shore Premier Finance.
To open our discussion on the quarter today, we will begin with some remarks from our Chairman, John Allison.
John Allison
Thank you, Donna, and welcome, everyone. Welcome to Home BancShares first quarter earnings release and conference call. We released our results this morning prior to the market opening and overall it was a good start to a volatile year.
Anytime, you conduct the trends with positive results across the board on net interest income, revenue, EPS, margin, increases in both loans and deposits, while maintaining our strong liquidity position and reducing expenses by over $3 million below the first quarter of last year '23 is a big win....
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript