Priced for one buyer, wanted by many: management describes new sources of demand converging on the same thing it already
The model's full reasoning — Q3 2017 call → NOWe need answer YES/NO based on transcript. Need identify if management describes demand for same thing company already makes/does coming from more than one direction at once, widening demand base, and management responding with steps, and numbers lag it. We need parse transcript. Company is Heartland Financial USA, a bank holding company. They make loans, take deposits, mortgage banking, etc. Question asks about demand for same thing company already makes or does. Could be loan demand? Deposit growth? Mortgage? Need see if management describes demand now coming from multiple sources, new industries, geographies, etc. In transcript, management discusses organic loan growth, pipeline, demand across footprint. Let's examine. Bruce Lee: "As I spend time in our markets, I continue to hear our bankers and customers express cautious optimism. While they are seeking to ensure stability, they are also looking to enable growth while keeping a watchful eye on the strength of the economy. The loan portfolio reflects this positive customer sentiment. Last quarter, we reported an encouraging trend in new money advance to new and existing clients in our commercial and agribusiness portfolio. This positive trend accelerated in the third quarter with $238 million in new advances in this quarter, an increase of 11% over last quarter. Also extremely positive is the significant increase in brand new borrowing relationships for the banks with $77 million in new advances this quarter more than doubling the 34 million in new relationship advances in the second quarter." This is about loan growth, new borrowing relationships. But is that demand from multiple directions? It says new advances to new and existing clients in commercial and agribusiness portfolio. New relationships doubled. But is that widening of demand base? It's more new customers, but same product (loans) and same markets? Need see if distinct sources of demand competing for same output. Not really. Later: "I would say that the Citywide banks, their credit policy and credit appetite is very similar to ours. There is nothing in their portfolio that we do not want to continue to attract that type of relationship and actually we're pretty pleased that for the quarter, we would consider their organic growth, the new Citywide combined with Centennial was basically flat for the quarter.
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