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Note 4 - Securities

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Note 4 - Securities
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Investments in Debt and Marketable Equity Securities (and Certain Trading Assets) Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE
4
- SECURITIES
 
The amortized cost and fair value of available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities at
March 31, 2019
and
December 31, 2018
are summarized as follows:
 
    Amortized
Cost		   Gross
Unrealized
Gain		   Gross
Unrealized
Loss		   Fair Value
March 31, 2019  
(In Thousands)
Available for sale debt securities                                
U.S. Treasury and government sponsored agencies   $
74,285
     $
126
     $
(330
 )   $
74,081
 
Mortgage-backed securities    
330,444
      
1,392
      
(2,460
 )    
329,376
 
State and municipal securities    
96,438
      
280
      
(250
 )    
96,468
 
Corporate debt    
131,802
      
508
      
(539
 )    
131,771
 
Total   $
632,969
     $
2,306
     $
(3,579
 )   $
631,696
 
Held to maturity debt securities                                
State and municipal securities   $
250
     $
–
     $
–
     $
250
 
Total   $
250
     $
–
     $
–
     $
250
 
                                 
December 31, 2018                                
Available for sale debt securities                                
U.S. Treasury and government sponsored agencies   $
77,534
     $
78
     $
(619
 )   $
76,993
 
Mortgage-backed securities    
309,244
      
591
      
(5,531
 )    
304,304
 
State and municipal securities    
106,465
      
208
      
(679
 )    
105,994
 
Corporate debt    
102,982
      
668
      
(757
 )    
102,893
 
Total   $
596,225
     $
1,545
     $
(7,586
 )   $
590,184
 
 
The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities as of
March 31, 2019
and
December 31, 2018
by contractual maturity are shown below. Actual maturities
may
differ from contractual maturities of mortgage-backed securities since the mortgages underlying the securities
may
be called or prepaid with or without penalty. Therefore, these securities are
not
included in the maturity categories along with the other categories of debt securities.
 
    March 31, 2019   December 31, 2018
    Amortized
Cost		   Fair Value   Amortized
Cost		   Fair Value
    (In thousands)
Available for sale debt securities                                
Due within one year   $
35,222
     $
35,168
     $
38,343
     $
38,225
  
Due from one to five years    
170,094
      
169,701
      
167,873
      
166,380
  
Due from five to ten years    
94,404
      
94,605
      
77,811
      
78,276
  
Due after ten years    
2,805
      
2,846
      
2,954
      
2,999
  
Mortgage-backed securities    
330,444
      
329,376
      
309,244
      
304,304
  
    $
632,969
     $
631,696
     $
596,225
     $
590,184
  
                                 
Held to maturity debt securities                                
Due from one to five years   $
250
     $
250
     $
–
     $
–
  
    $
250
     $
250
     $
–
     $
–
  
 
All mortgage-backed securities are with government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) such as Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Bank, and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
 
The following table identifies, as of
March 31, 2019
and
December 31, 2018,
the Company’s investment securities that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than
12
months and those that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for
12
or more months. At
March 31, 2019,
328
of the Company’s
752
debt securities had been in an unrealized loss position for
12
or more months. The Company does
not
intend to sell these securities, and it is more likely than
not
that the Company will
not
be required to sell the securities before recovery of their amortized cost, which
may
be maturity; accordingly, the Company does
not
consider these securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired at
March 31, 2019.
Further, the Company believes any deterioration in value of its current investment securities is attributable to changes in market interest rates and
not
credit quality of the issuer.
 
    Less Than Twelve Months   Twelve Months or More   Total
    Gross
Unrealized
Losses		    
 
Fair Value
   Gross
Unrealized
Losses		    
 
Fair Value
   Gross
Unrealized
Losses		    
 
Fair Value
    (In Thousands)
March 31, 2019                        
U.S. Treasury and government sponsored agencies   $
(5
 )   $
1,003
     $
(325
 )   $
47,913
     $
(330
 )   $
48,916
  
Mortgage-backed securities    
(203
 )    
40,066
      
(2,257
 )    
187,872
      
(2,460
 )    
227,938
  
State and municipal securities    
(24
 )    
4,394
      
(226
 )    
41,231
      
(250
 )    
45,625
  
Corporate debt    
(238
 )    
33,466
      
(301
 )    
25,191
      
(539
 )    
58,657
  
Total   $
(470
 )   $
78,929
     $
(3,109
 )   $
302,207
     $
(3,579
 )   $
381,136
  
                                                 
December 31, 2018                                                
U.S. Treasury and government sponsored agencies   $
(8
 )   $
1,001
     $
(611
 )   $
50,878
     $
(619
 )   $
51,880
  
Mortgage-backed securities    
(539
 )    
67,721
      
(4,992
 )    
204,260
      
(5,531
 )    
271,981
  
State and municipal securities    
(101
 )    
20,821
      
(578
 )    
52,190
      
(679
 )    
73,011
  
Corporate debt    
(315
 )    
36,245
      
(442
 )    
13,474
      
(757
 )    
49,718
  
Total   $
(963
 )   $
125,788
     $
(6,623
 )   $
320,802
     $
(7,586
 )   $
446,590
  
 
The carrying value of investment securities pledged to secure public funds on deposit and for other purposes as required by law was
$314.4
million and
$291.6
million as of
March 31, 2019
and
December 31, 2018,
respectively.