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Note 6 - Derivative Financial Instruments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements  
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 6: Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The following table summarizes the aggregate notional amounts and estimated net fair values of our derivative instruments as of December 31, 2025 and 2024:

 

  

As of December 31, 2025

  

As of December 31, 2024

 
  

Notional

  

Fair Value of Assets

  

Fair Value of Liabilities

  

Notional

  

Fair Value of Assets

  

Fair Value of Liabilities

 

Cash flow hedges:

                        

Interest rate swaps

 $600,000  $6,006  $346  $500,000  $20,328  $ 

Interest rate collars

  200,000   3,344      200,000   8,972    

Forward interest rate swap

  150,000   490             

Total

 $950,000  $9,840  $346  $700,000  $29,300  $ 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

On August 6, 2025, we entered into a forward interest rate swap contract with a notional value of $150,000, a strike rate of 3.26% and a maturity date of June 17, 2030. The interest rate swap has an effective date of June 17, 2026. We designated this interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge at inception and determined that the hedge is highly effective in offsetting interest rate fluctuations associated with the identified indebtedness.

 

On March 14, 2025, we entered into an interest rate swap contract with a notional value of $100,000, a strike rate of 3.96% and a maturity date of March 17, 2026. The interest rate swap has an effective date of March 17, 2025. We designated this interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge at inception and determined that the hedge is highly effective in offsetting interest rate fluctuations associated with the identified indebtedness.

 

On March 16, 2023, we entered into an interest rate swap contract with a notional value of $200,000, a strike rate of 3.39% and a maturity date of March 17, 2030. We designated this interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge at inception and determined that the hedge is highly effective in offsetting interest rate fluctuations associated with the identified indebtedness.

 

 

On March 2, 2020, we entered into a forward starting interest rate swap contract with a notional value of $150,000 and a strike rate of 0.985%. The interest rate swap became effective on May 17, 2022 and has a maturity date of May 17, 2027. We designated this interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge at inception and determined that the hedge is highly effective in offsetting interest rate fluctuations associated with the identified indebtedness.

 

On May 9, 2019, we entered into a forward starting interest rate swap contract with a notional value of $150,000 and a strike rate of 2.176%. The interest rate swap became effective on June 17, 2021 and has a maturity date of June 17, 2026. We designated this interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge at inception and determined that the hedge is highly effective in offsetting interest rate fluctuations associated with the identified indebtedness.

 

Interest rate collars

 

On July 12, 2022, we entered into forward starting interest rate collars with a total notional value of $200,000, a cap rate of 2.50%, a floor rate of 1.50% and a maturity date of January 17, 2028. The effective date for $100,000 of the forward interest rate collars was January 17, 2024 and November 17, 2024, for the other $100,000. We designated these forward interest rate collars as cash flow hedges at inception and determined that the hedges are highly effective in offsetting interest rate fluctuations associated with the identified indebtedness.

 

For interest rate swaps and collars that are considered effective hedges, we reclassified realized gains of $13,036, $19,730, and $19,189 to earnings within interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For interest rate swaps and collars that are considered effective hedges, gains of $5,572 are expected to be reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to earnings over the next 12 months.

 

Effective interest rate swaps and collars are reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and the fair value of these hedge agreements is included in other assets or other liabilities.