The following table shows an analysis of net interest margin for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in thousands):
| | For the nine months ended September 30, | |
| | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
| | Average Balance | | | Interest Earned or Paid | | | Average Yield or Cost | | | Average Balance | | | Interest Earned or Paid | | | Average Yield or Cost | |
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Taxable securities | | $ | 184,809 | | | $ | 2,882 | | | | 2.08 | % | | $ | 177,969 | | | $ | 2,952 | | | | 2.21 | % |
Tax-exempt securities (1) | | | 132,471 | | | | 2,607 | | | | 3.38 | | | | 120,505 | | | | 2,623 | | | | 3.73 | |
Commercial loans (2) | | | 1,035,247 | | | | 31,882 | | | | 4.06 | | | | 1,055,873 | | | | 38,428 | | | | 4.80 | |
Paycheck protection program loans (3) | | | 203,875 | | | | 3,682 | | | | 2.38 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Residential mortgage loans | | | 190,782 | | | | 5,275 | | | | 3.69 | | | | 234,823 | | | | 6,541 | | | | 3.71 | |
Consumer loans | | | 71,732 | | | | 2,354 | | | | 4.38 | | | | 81,222 | | | | 3,211 | | | | 5.29 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank stock | | | 11,558 | | | | 339 | | | | 3.86 | | | | 11,558 | | | | 475 | | | | 5.42 | |
Federal funds sold and other short-term investments | | | 346,900 | | | | 802 | | | | 0.30 | | | | 190,245 | | | | 3,278 | | | | 2.27 | |
Total interest earning assets (1) | | | 2,177,374 | | | | 49,823 | | | | 3.07 | | | | 1,872,195 | | | | 57,508 | | | | 4.12 | |
Noninterest earning assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash and due from banks | | | 30,572 | | | | | | | | | | | | 31,649 | | | | | | | | | |
Other | | | 96,605 | | | | | | | | | | | | 88,587 | | | | | | | | | |
Total assets | | $ | 2,304,551 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 1,992,431 | | | | | | | | | |
Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Deposits: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest bearing demand | | $ | 510,181 | | | $ | 356 | | | | 0.09 | % | | $ | 442,789 | | | $ | 1,175 | | | | 0.36 | % |
Savings and money market accounts | | | 698,097 | | | | 1,050 | | | | 0.20 | | | | 619,861 | | | | 3,678 | | | | 0.79 | |
Time deposits | | | 141,762 | | | | 1,712 | | | | 1.62 | | | | 146,142 | | | | 2,113 | | | | 1.94 | |
Borrowings: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other borrowed funds | | | 68,610 | | | | 1,069 | | | | 2.06 | | | | 59,954 | | | | 1,020 | | | | 2.24 | |
Long-term debt | | | 20,619 | | | | 612 | | | | 3.90 | | | | 41,238 | | | | 1,710 | | | | 5.47 | |
Total interest bearing liabilities | | | 1,439,269 | | | | 4,799 | | | | 0.44 | | | | 1,309,984 | | | | 9,696 | | | | 0.99 | |
Noninterest bearing liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Noninterest bearing demand accounts | | | 625,759 | | | | | | | | | | | | 472,345 | | | | | | | | | |
Other noninterest bearing liabilities | | | 13,327 | | | | | | | | | | | | 9,255 | | | | | | | | | |
Shareholders' equity | | | 226,196 | | | | | | | | | | | | 200,847 | | | | | | | | | |
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | | $ | 2,304,551 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 1,992,431 | | | | | | | | | |
Net interest income | | | | | | $ | 45,024 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 47,812 | | | | | |
Net interest spread (1) | | | | | | | | | | | 2.63 | % | | | | | | | | | | | 3.13 | % |
Net interest margin (1) | | | | | | | | | | | 2.77 | % | | | | | | | | | | | 3.43 | % |
Ratio of average interest earning assets to average interest bearing liabilities | | | 151.28 | % | | | | | | | | | | | 142.92 | % | | | | | | | | |
(1) | Yields are presented on a tax equivalent basis using an assumed tax rate of 21% at September 30, 2020 and 2019. |
(2) | Includes loan fees of $612,000 and $660,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Includes average nonaccrual loans of approximately $2.8 million and $431,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Excludes paycheck protection program loans. |
(3) | Includes loan fees of $2.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. |
The following table presents the dollar amount of changes in net interest income due to changes in volume and rate (dollars in thousands):
| | For the three months ended September 30, 2020 vs 2019 Increase (Decrease) Due to | | | For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 vs 2019 Increase (Decrease) Due to | |
| | Volume | | | Rate | | | Total | | | Volume | | | Rate | | | Total | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Taxable securities | | $ | 264 | | | $ | (365 | ) | | $ | (101 | ) | | $ | 157 | | | $ | (227 | ) | | $ | (70 | ) |
Tax-exempt securities | | | 463 | | | | (521 | ) | | | (58 | ) | | | 430 | | | | (446 | ) | | | (16 | ) |
Commercial loans, excluding PPP loans | | | (946 | ) | | | (1,982 | ) | | | (2,928 | ) | | | (738 | ) | | | (5,808 | ) | | | (6,546 | ) |
Paycheck protection program loans | | | 2,067 | | | | — | | | | 2,067 | | | | 3,682 | | | | — | | | | 3,682 | |
Residential mortgage loans | | | (497 | ) | | | (49 | ) | | | (546 | ) | | | (1,218 | ) | | | (48 | ) | | | (1,266 | ) |
Consumer loans | | | (142 | ) | | | (200 | ) | | | (342 | ) | | | (346 | ) | | | (511 | ) | | | (857 | ) |
Federal Home Loan Bank stock | | | — | | | | (59 | ) | | | (59 | ) | | | — | | | | (136 | ) | | | (136 | ) |
Federal funds sold and other short-term investments | | | 4,948 | | | | (6,238 | ) | | | (1,290 | ) | | | 2,438 | | | | (4,914 | ) | | | (2,476 | ) |
Total interest income | | | 6,157 | | | | (9,414 | ) | | | (3,257 | ) | | | 4,405 | | | | (12,090 | ) | | | (7,685 | ) |
Interest expense | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest bearing demand | | $ | 516 | | | $ | (780 | ) | | $ | (264 | ) | | $ | 255 | | | $ | (1,074 | ) | | $ | (819 | ) |
Savings and money market accounts | | | 1,277 | | | | (2,392 | ) | | | (1,115 | ) | | | 679 | | | | (3,307 | ) | | | (2,628 | ) |
Time deposits | | | (106 | ) | | | (237 | ) | | | (343 | ) | | | (62 | ) | | | (339 | ) | | | (401 | ) |
Other borrowed funds | | | 226 | | | | (211 | ) | | | 15 | | | | 174 | | | | (125 | ) | | | 49 | |
Long-term debt | | | (214 | ) | | | (174 | ) | | | (388 | ) | | | (698 | ) | | | (400 | ) | | | (1,098 | ) |
Total interest expense | | | 1,699 | | | | (3,794 | ) | | | (2,095 | ) | | | 348 | | | | (5,245 | ) | | | (4,897 | ) |
Net interest income | | $ | 4,458 | | | $ | (5,620 | ) | | $ | (1,162 | ) | | $ | 4,057 | | | $ | (6,845 | ) | | $ | (2,788 | ) |
Provision for Loan Losses: The provision for loan losses for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was $500,000 compared to $0 for the same period in 2019. The provision for loan losses for the first nine months of 2020 was $2.2 million compared to a negative $450,000 for the same period in 2019. The provisions for loan losses for the 2020 periods were impacted by additional qualitative adjustments made to provide for estimated losses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the large charge-off taken in June 2020, some of which was specifically reserved for previously. A $4.1 million charge-off was taken in June 2020 related to a single loan relationship with a movie theater business for which the underlying assets were sold through bankruptcy proceedings. No other loans of this industry type remain in our portfolio. This was partially offset by continued strong asset quality metrics and loan portfolio contraction. The balances of loans graded 5 and 6, which receive higher allocations, decreased by $5.0 million from December 31, 2019 to September 30, 2020. Specific reserves on impaired loans decreased by $608,000 from $1.6 million at December 31, 2019 to $1.0 million at September 30, 2020. When excluding PPP loans, which are 100% guaranteed by the SBA, total loans decreased by $22.8 million in the three months ended September 30, 2020. Net loan recoveries were $203,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to net loan recoveries of $259,000 in the same period in 2019.
Gross loan recoveries were $227,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and $307,000 for the same period in 2019. In the three months ended September 30, 2020, we had $24,000 in charge-offs, compared to $48,000 in the same period in 2019. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we experienced gross loan recoveries of $1.4 million compared to $965,000 for the same period in 2019. Gross charge-offs for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 were $4.2 million compared to $246,000 for the same period in 2019.
The amounts of loan loss provision in both the most recent quarter and comparable prior year period were the result of establishing our allowance for loan losses at levels believed necessary based upon our methodology for determining the adequacy of the allowance. More information about our allowance for loan losses and our methodology for establishing its level may be found under the heading "Allowance for Loan Losses" below.
Noninterest Income: Noninterest income for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2020 was $6.1 million and $16.9 million compared to $5.2 million and $14.6 million for the same periods in 2019, respectively. The components of noninterest income are shown in the table below (in thousands):
| | Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 | | | Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 | |
Service charges and fees on deposit accounts | | $ | 987 | | | $ | 1,139 | | | $ | 2,957 | | | $ | 3,267 | |
Net gains on mortgage loans | | | 1,546 | | | | 824 | | | | 4,045 | | | | 1,650 | |
Trust fees | | | 921 | | | | 920 | | | | 2,801 | | | | 2,813 | |
ATM and debit card fees | | | 1,542 | | | | 1,469 | | | | 4,199 | | | | 4,276 | |
Bank owned life insurance (“BOLI”) income | | | 215 | | | | 252 | | | | 688 | | | | 737 | |
Investment services fees | | | 328 | | | | 286 | | | | 980 | | | | 934 | |
Other income | | | 553 | | | | 323 | | | | 1,234 | | | | 962 | |
Total noninterest income | | $ | 6,092 | | | $ | 5,213 | | | $ | 16,904 | | | $ | 14,639 | |
Net gains on mortgage loans were up $722,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2020 and were up $2.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same periods in 2019 as a result of an increase in the volume of loans originated for sale in the 2020 periods due to a lower interest rate environment, spurring more refinancing of fixed rate loans which we sell into the secondary market. Mortgage loans originated for sale in the three months ended September 30, 2020 were $40.8 million, compared to $24.9 million in the same period in 2019. For the first nine months of 2020, mortgages originated for sale were $120.2 million, compared to $53.7 million for the same period in 2019.
Investment services fees were up $43,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2020 and were up $46,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. ATM and debit card fees were up $73,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2020 and down $77,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. We saw reduced volume of usage by our customers during the COVID-19 shutdown of the economy in the second quarter of 2020 and a return to normal volumes in the third quarter of 2020. Service charges on deposit accounts decreased in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same periods in 2019 due to lower overdraft fees as our customers have generally retained higher deposit balances in the low interest rate environment and due to uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic, thereby resulting in fewer overdrafts. That said, these fees have increased in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the second quarter of 2020 as businesses reopened and economic activity began to recover.
Other income was up in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 due to fees collected on customer back-to-back interest rate swaps. These fees were up $253,000 and $402,000 in the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2020, respectively.
Noninterest Expense: Noninterest expense increased by $524,000 to $11.5 million for the three month period ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019. Noninterest expense increased by $177,000 to $33.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $33.6 million for the same period in 2019. The components of noninterest expense are shown in the table below (in thousands):
| | Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 | | | Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 | |
Salaries and benefits | | $ | 6,480 | | | $ | 6,272 | | | $ | 18,937 | | | $ | 18,895 | |
Occupancy of premises | | | 1,026 | | | | 966 | | | | 2,984 | | | | 3,055 | |
Furniture and equipment | | | 967 | | | | 887 | | | | 2,704 | | | | 2,597 | |
Legal and professional | | | 260 | | | | 211 | | | | 798 | | | | 652 | |
Marketing and promotion | | | 239 | | | | 228 | | | | 716 | | | | 689 | |
Data processing | | | 761 | | | | 735 | | | | 2,309 | | | | 2,226 | |
FDIC assessment | | | 131 | | | | — | | | | 207 | | | | 239 | |
Interchange and other card expense | | | 367 | | | | 347 | | | | 1,041 | | | | 1,057 | |
Bond and D&O insurance | | | 104 | | | | 103 | | | | 313 | | | | 309 | |
Net (gains) losses on repossessed and foreclosed properties | | | — | | | | — | | | | 32 | | | | (69 | ) |
Administration and disposition of problem assets | | | 25 | | | | 46 | | | | 71 | | | | 183 | |
Outside services | | | 491 | | | | 403 | | | | 1,322 | | | | 1,348 | |
Other noninterest expense | | | 682 | | | | 811 | | | | 2,325 | | | | 2,401 | |
Total noninterest expense | | $ | 11,533 | | | $ | 11,009 | | | $ | 33,759 | | | $ | 33,582 | |
Most categories of noninterest expense were relatively unchanged compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019 due to our ongoing efforts to manage expenses and scale our operations. Our largest component of noninterest expense, salaries and benefits, increased by $208,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2020 from same period in 2019. This increase was due primarily to an increase in salaries and compensation and an increase in variable-based compensation due to higher mortgage origination volume. Salaries and benefits increased by $42,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019 due to the same combination of factors. Benefitting the 2020 periods was a decrease in our medical insurance plan as we experienced lower claims, and higher cost deferrals from commercial loan production associated with the origination of PPP loans. The 401k match and the bonus accruals that were curtailed in the second quarter of 2020 in reaction to the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic were reinstated during the third quarter of 2020. The table below identifies the primary components of salaries and benefits (in thousands):
| | Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 | | | Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 | |
Salaries and other compensation | | | 5,678 | | | | 5,520 | | | | 16,919 | | | | 16,333 | |
Salary deferral from commercial loans | | | (229 | ) | | | (219 | ) | | | (899 | ) | | | (601 | ) |
Bonus accrual | | | 296 | | | | 284 | | | | 619 | | | | 853 | |
Mortgage production - variable comp | | | 316 | | | | 228 | | | | 834 | | | | 434 | |
401k matching contributions | | | 194 | | | | 183 | | | | 464 | | | | 555 | |
Medical insurance costs | | | 225 | | | | 276 | | | | 1,000 | | | | 1,321 | |
Total salaries and benefits | | $ | 6,480 | | | $ | 6,272 | | | $ | 18,937 | | | $ | 18,895 | |
Occupancy expenses were up $60,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2020 and were down $71,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same periods in 2019 due to maintenance costs incurred associated with branch facilities. Furniture and equipment expenses were up $80,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2020 and were up $107,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same periods in 2019 due to costs associated with equipment and service contracts.
Our FDIC assessment costs increased by $131,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 due to our full utilization of assessment credits. In January 2019, the FDIC notified us that the Bank would receive an assessment credit of approximately $400,000 to offset future assessments as the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund had exceeded its target ratio of 1.35%. Assessment credits totaling $266,000 were applied in the third and fourth quarters of 2019, $136,000 was applied in the first quarter of 2020 and the remaining $36,000 was applied in the second quarter of 2020. Expenses for future periods will increase as the Bank has utilized all of its assessment credits.
Costs associated with administration and disposition of problem assets have decreased significantly over the past several years. These expenses include legal costs and repossessed and foreclosed property administration expense. Repossessed and foreclosed property administration expense includes survey and appraisal, property maintenance and management and other disposition and carrying costs. Net (gains) losses on repossessed and foreclosed properties include both net gains and losses on the sale of properties and unrealized losses from value declines for outstanding properties.
These costs are itemized in the following table (in thousands):
| | Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 | | | Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 | |
Legal and professional – nonperforming assets | | $ | 14 | | | $ | 19 | | | $ | 38 | | | $ | 69 | |
Repossessed and foreclosed property administration | | | 11 | | | | 27 | | | | 33 | | | | 68 | |
Net (gains) losses on repossessed and foreclosed properties | | | — | | | | — | | | | 32 | | | | (69 | ) |
Total | | $ | 25 | | | $ | 46 | | | $ | 103 | | | $ | 68 | |
As the level of problem loans and assets has declined, the costs associated with these nonperforming assets have decreased significantly over the past several years. Other real estate owned decreased from $3.1 million at September 30, 2019 to $2.6 million at September 30, 2020.
For the first nine months of 2020, net (gains) losses on repossessed and foreclosed properties swung unfavorably by $101,000 compared to the same period in 2019. The net increase in expense was due to an improvement in net gains realized in the 2019 period. There were no valuation writedowns in the three month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. In the nine month period ended September 30, 2020, valuation writedowns totaled $32,000 compared to valuation writedowns of $10,000 for the same period in 2019. There were no realized gains or losses on repossessed assets and foreclosed properties in the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, net realized gains totaled $0, compared to net realized gains of $79,000 for the same period in 2019.
Outside services were up $88,000 in the three month period ended September 30, 2020 and were down $26,000 in the nine month period ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same periods in 2019 due to ongoing efforts to manage and scale these costs.
Federal Income Tax Expense: We recorded $1.6 million and $4.8 million in federal income tax expense for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2020 compared to $1.9 million and $5.5 million for the same periods in 2019. Our effective tax rates for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2020 were 18.47% and 18.48%, respectively, compared to 18.75% and 18.80% for the same periods in 2019.
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Total assets were $2.51 billion at September 30, 2020, an increase of $439.9 million from December 31, 2019. This change reflected increases of $260.6 million in cash and cash equivalents, $4.7 million in securities available for sale, $8.7 million in securities held to maturity, $339.2 million in PPP loans, and $5.7 million in other assets, partially offset by decreases of $182.5 million in our loan portfolio excluding PPP loans. Total deposits increased by $417.3 million at September 30, 2020 compared to December 31, 2019.
Cash and Cash Equivalents: Our cash and cash equivalents, which include federal funds sold and short-term investments, were $533.0 million at September 30, 2020 compared to $272.5 million at December 31, 2019. The increase in these balances related to an increase in our total deposits due to customers holding higher balances, particularly liquid deposits, in the low interest rate environment and due to uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Securities: Debt securities available for sale were $229.9 million at September 30, 2020 compared to $225.2 million at December 31, 2019. The balance at September 30, 2020 primarily consisted of U.S. agency securities, agency mortgage backed securities and various municipal investments. Our held to maturity portfolio was $91.4 million at September 30, 2020 compared to $82.7 million at December 31, 2019. Our held to maturity portfolio is comprised of state, municipal and privately placed commercial bonds.
Portfolio Loans and Asset Quality: Total portfolio loans increased by $156.7 million in the first nine months of 2020 and were $1.54 billion at September 30, 2020 compared to $1.39 billion at December 31, 2019. During the first nine months of 2020, our commercial portfolio increased by $212.7 million. The SBA created the Paycheck Protection Program to provide an efficient means to provide funding for small businesses to maintain payroll and operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are an active participant in this program and originated a total of 1,738 loans totaling $346.7 million in principal in first nine months of 2020. Borrowers who use the funds from their PPP loans to maintain payroll and for certain fixed expenses such as rent, occupancy, etc. are eligible to have 100% of their loans forgiven by the SBA. We expect a substantial majority of our PPP borrowers will apply for and receive approval for loan forgiveness by early 2021. This expectation is subject to change due to borrower behavior, changing SBA requirements and processes relating to loan forgiveness and other relevant factors. In early October 2020, the SBA issued a streamlined forgiveness application for PPP loans under $50,000. This should accelerate the forgiveness timeline for small loans. Through October 20, 2020, we have received forgiveness proceeds from the SBA totaling $3.1 million for PPP forgiveness applications submitted to date amounting to $90.5 million. Excluding the PPP originations, our commercial loans decreased by $125.4 million in the first nine months of 2020. Our consumer portfolio decreased by $10.9 million and our residential mortgage portfolio decreased by $46.2 million in the first nine months of 2020.
Mortgage loans originated for portfolio are typically adjustable rate loans as well as fixed rate loans that conform to secondary market requirements and have a term of fifteen years or less. Mortgage loans originated for portfolio in the first nine months of 2020 increased $127,000 compared to the same period in 2019, from $29.2 million in the first nine months of 2019 to $29.3 million in the same period in 2020.
The volume of residential mortgage loans originated for sale in the first nine months of 2020 increased $66.5 million compared to the same period in 2019. Residential mortgage loans originated for sale were $120.2 million in the first nine months of 2020 compared to $53.7 million in the first nine months of 2019.
The following table shows our loan origination activity for loans to be held in portfolio during the first nine months of 2020 and 2019, broken out by loan type and also shows average originated loan size (dollars in thousands):
| | Nine months ended September 30, 2020 | | | Nine months ended September 30, 2019 | |
| | Portfolio Originations | | | Percent of Total Originations | | | Average Loan Size | | | Portfolio Originations | | | Percent of Total Originations | | | Average Loan Size | |
Commercial real estate: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Residential developed | | $ | 3,035 | | | | 0.5 | % | | | 217 | | | $ | 6,042 | | | | 2.1 | % | | | 302 | |
Unsecured to residential developers | | | 170 | | | | — | | | | 170 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Vacant and unimproved | | | 23,943 | | | | 3.7 | | | | 2,394 | | | | 2,179 | | | | 0.7 | | | | 436 | |
Commercial development | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Residential improved | | | 45,463 | | | | 7.0 | | | | 425 | | | | 39,059 | | | | 13.6 | | | | 315 | |
Commercial improved | | | 45,493 | | | | 7.0 | | | | 1,379 | | | | 54,463 | | | | 18.9 | | | | 1,184 | |
Manufacturing and industrial | | | 12,098 | | | | 1.9 | | | | 432 | | | | 14,384 | | | | 5.0 | | | | 899 | |
Total commercial real estate | | | 130,202 | | | | 20.1 | | | | 675 | | | | 116,127 | | | | 40.3 | | | | 550 | |
Commercial and industrial (1) | | | 458,588 | | | | 70.8 | | | | 246 | | | | 110,289 | | | | 38.3 | | | | 702 | |
Total commercial | | | 588,790 | | | | 90.9 | | | | 287 | | | | 226,416 | | | | 78.6 | | | | 615 | |
Consumer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Residential mortgage | | | 29,327 | | | | 4.5 | | | | 333 | | | | 29,174 | | | | 10.1 | | | | 260 | |
Unsecured | | | 21 | | | | — | | | | 11 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Home equity | | | 28,727 | | | | 4.4 | | | | 112 | | | | 30,383 | | | | 10.6 | | | | 107 | |
Other secured | | | 1,003 | | | | 0.2 | | | | 15 | | | | 2,090 | | | | 0.7 | | | | 23 | |
Total consumer | | | 59,078 | | | | 9.1 | | | | 142 | | | | 61,647 | | | | 21.4 | | | | 127 | |
Total loans | | $ | 647,868 | | | | 100.0 | % | | | 262 | | | $ | 288,063 | | | | 100.0 | % | | | 338 | |
| (1) | Nine months ended September 30, 2020 includes $346.7 million in PPP loan originations |
The following table shows a breakout of our commercial loan activity during the first nine months of 2020 and 2019 (dollars in thousands):
| | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 | |
Commercial loans originated (1) | | $ | 588,790 | | | $ | 226,416 | |
Repayments of commercial loans | | | (288,049 | ) | | | (237,205 | ) |
Change in undistributed - available credit | | | (86,930 | ) | | | 1,286 | |
Net increase (decrease) in total commercial loans | | $ | 213,811 | | | $ | (9,503 | ) |
| (1) | Nine months ended September 30, 2020 includes $346.7 million in PPP loan originations |
Overall, the commercial loan portfolio increased $213.8 million in the first nine months of 2020. Our commercial and industrial portfolio increased by $253.3 million while our commercial real estate loans decreased by $39.5 million. As discussed above, included in the commercial production for the first nine months of 2020 is $346.7 million in PPP loans. Our overall production of commercial loans increased by $362.4 million, predominantly due to the PPP loans, from $226.4 million in the first nine months of 2019 to $588.8 million in the same period of 2020. Beyond the effect of the PPP loan production, our commercial and industrial portfolio is subject to seasonal fluctuations includes floor plan loan lines to vehicle dealers, which were impacted by COVID-19. The decline in borrowings in this sector was primarily the result of our dealers selling through their inventory but not being able to receive new inventory due to supply shortages from the COVID-19 shutdown of the economy.
Commercial and commercial real estate loans remained our largest loan segment and accounted for approximately 85.0% and 79.2% of the total loan portfolio at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Residential mortgage and consumer loans comprised approximately 15.0% and 20.8% of total loans at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.
A further breakdown of the composition of the loan portfolio is shown in the table below (in thousands):
| | September 30, 2020 | | | December 31, 2019 | |
| | Balance | | | Percent of Total Loans | | | Balance | | | Percent of Total Loans | |
Commercial real estate: (1) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Residential developed | | $ | 10,072 | | | | 0.6 | % | | $ | 14,705 | | | | 1.1 | % |
Unsecured to residential developers | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Vacant and unimproved | | | 45,534 | | | | 3.0 | | | | 41,796 | | | | 3.0 | |
Commercial development | | | 605 | | | | — | | | | 665 | | | | 0.1 | |
Residential improved | | | 117,202 | | | | 7.6 | | | | 130,861 | | | | 9.4 | |
Commercial improved | | | 273,355 | | | | 17.7 | | | | 292,799 | | | | 21.1 | |
Manufacturing and industrial | | | 112,155 | | | | 7.3 | | | | 117,632 | | | | 8.5 | |
Total commercial real estate | | | 558,923 | | | | 36.2 | | | | 598,458 | | | | 43.2 | |
Commercial and industrial (2) | | | 752,918 | | | | 48.8 | | | | 499,572 | | | | 36.0 | |
Total commercial | | | 1,311,841 | | | | 85.0 | | | | 1,098,030 | | | | 79.2 | |
Consumer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Residential mortgage | | | 164,818 | | | | 10.7 | | | | 211,049 | | | | 15.3 | |
Unsecured | | | 189 | | | | — | | | | 274 | | | | — | |
Home equity | | | 61,276 | | | | 4.0 | | | | 70,936 | | | | 5.1 | |
Other secured | | | 4,211 | | | | 0.3 | | | | 5,338 | | | | 0.4 | |
Total consumer | | | 230,494 | | | | 15.0 | | | | 287,597 | | | | 20.8 | |
Total loans | | $ | 1,542,335 | | | | 100.0 | % | | $ | 1,385,627 | | | | 100.0 | % |
| (1) | Includes both owner occupied and non-owner occupied commercial real estate. |
| (2) | September 30, 2020 balances include PPP loans totaling $339.2 million. |
Commercial real estate loans accounted for 36.2% and 43.2% of the total loan portfolio at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, and consisted primarily of loans to business owners and developers of owner and non-owner occupied commercial properties and loans to developers of single and multi-family residential properties. In the table above, we show our commercial real estate portfolio by loans secured by residential and commercial real estate, and by stage of development. Improved loans are generally secured by properties that are under construction or completed and placed in use. Development loans are secured by properties that are in the process of development or fully developed. Vacant and unimproved loans are secured by raw land for which development has not yet begun and agricultural land.
Our consumer residential mortgage loan portfolio, which also includes residential construction loans made to individual homeowners, comprised 10.7% of portfolio loans at September 30, 2020 and 15.3% at December 31, 2019. We expect to continue to retain in our loan portfolio certain types of residential mortgage loans (primarily high quality, low loan-to-value loans) in an effort to continue to diversify our credit risk and deploy our excess liquidity.
The volume of residential mortgage loans originated for sale during the first nine months of 2020 increased significantly from the first nine months of 2019 as a result of interest rate conditions. The decrease in market interest rates in early 2020 has caused an increase in refinancing of fixed rate mortgages which we sell into the secondary market.
Our portfolio of other consumer loans includes loans secured by personal property and home equity fixed term and line of credit loans. This portfolio decreased by $10.9 million to $65.7 million at September 30, 2020 from $76.5 million at December 31, 2019, due primarily to a decrease in home equity loans. These other consumer loans comprised 4.3% of our portfolio loans at September 30, 2020 and 5.5% at December 31, 2019.
Our loan portfolio is reviewed regularly by our senior management, our loan officers, and an internal loan review team that is independent of our loan originators and credit administration. An administrative loan committee consisting of senior management and seasoned lending and collections personnel meets quarterly to manage our internal watch list and proactively manage high risk loans.
When reasonable doubt exists concerning collectability of interest or principal of one of our loans, the loan is placed in nonaccrual status. Any interest previously accrued but not collected is reversed and charged against current earnings.
Nonperforming assets are comprised of nonperforming loans, foreclosed assets and repossessed assets. At September 30, 2020, nonperforming assets totaled $2.8 million compared to $3.0 million at December 31, 2019. There were no additions to other real estate owned in the first nine months of 2020 or in the first nine months of 2019. At September 30, 2020, there were no loans in redemption, so we expect there to be few additions to other real estate owned in the fourth quarter of 2020. Proceeds from sales of foreclosed properties were $92,000 in the first nine months of 2020, resulting in net realized gain on sales of $0. Proceeds from sales of foreclosed properties were $340,000 in the first nine months of 2019 resulting in net realized gain on sales of $79,000.
Nonperforming loans include loans on nonaccrual status and loans delinquent more than 90 days but still accruing. Nonperforming loans at September 30, 2020 consisted of $97,000 of commercial real estate loans and $98,000 of consumer and residential mortgage loans. As of September 30, 2020, nonperforming loans totaled $195,000, or 0.01% of total portfolio loans, compared to $203,000, or 0.01% of total portfolio loans, at December 31, 2019.
Foreclosed and repossessed assets include assets acquired in settlement of loans. Foreclosed assets totaled $2.6 million at September 30, 2020 and $2.7 million at December 31, 2019. The entire balance at September 30, 2020 was comprised of six commercial real estate properties. All properties acquired through or in lieu of foreclosure are initially transferred at their fair value less estimated costs to sell and then evaluated monthly for impairment after transfer using a lower of cost or market approach. Updated property valuations are obtained at least annually on all foreclosed assets.
At September 30, 2020, our foreclosed asset portfolio had a weighted average age held in portfolio of 8.6 years. Below is a breakout of our foreclosed asset portfolio at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 by property type and the percentages the property has been written down since taken into our possession and the combined writedown percentage, including losses taken when the property was loan collateral (dollars in thousands):
| | September 30, 2020 | | | December 31, 2019 | |
Foreclosed Asset Property Type | | Carrying Value | | | Foreclosed Asset Writedown | | | Combined Writedown (Loan and Foreclosed Asset) | | | Carrying Value | | | Foreclosed Asset Writedown | | | Combined Writedown (Loan and Foreclosed Asset) | |
Vacant Land | | | 66 | | | | 72.0 | % | | | 78.2 | % | | | 79 | | | | 66.6 | % | | | 74.1 | % |
Residential Development | | | 215 | | | | 51.2 | | | | 77.7 | | | | 326 | | | | 38.7 | | | | 69.1 | |
Commercial Improved | | | 2,343 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,343 | | | | — | | | | — | |
| | $ | 2,624 | | | | 13.1 | | | | 27.3 | | | $ | 2,748 | | | | 11.7 | | | | 25.8 | |
The following table shows the composition and amount of our nonperforming assets (dollars in thousands):
| | September 30, 2020 | | | December 31, 2019 | |
Nonaccrual loans | | $ | 195 | | | $ | 203 | |
Loans 90 days or more delinquent and still accruing | | | — | | | | — | |
Total nonperforming loans (NPLs) | | | 195 | | | | 203 | |
Foreclosed assets | | | 2,624 | | | | 2,748 | |
Repossessed assets | | | — | | | | — | |
Total nonperforming assets (NPAs) | | $ | 2,819 | | | $ | 2,951 | |
NPLs to total loans | | | 0.01 | % | | | 0.01 | % |
NPAs to total assets | | | 0.11 | % | | | 0.14 | % |
The following table shows the composition and amount of our troubled debt restructurings (TDRs) at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (dollars in thousands):
| | September 30, 2020 | | | December 31, 2019 | |
| | Commercial | | | Consumer | | | Total | | | Commercial | | | Consumer | | | Total | |
Performing TDRs | | $ | 4,881 | | | $ | 4,356 | | | $ | 9,237 | | | $ | 8,469 | | | $ | 5,140 | | | $ | 13,609 | |
Nonperforming TDRs (1) | | | 97 | | | | — | | | | 97 | | | | 98 | | | | — | | | | 98 | |
Total TDRs | | $ | 4,978 | | | $ | 4,356 | | | $ | 9,334 | | | $ | 8,567 | | | $ | 5,140 | | | $ | 13,707 | |
(1) | Included in nonperforming asset table above |
We had a total of $9.3 million and $13.7 million of loans whose terms have been modified in TDRs as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. These loans may have involved the restructuring of terms to allow customers to mitigate the risk of foreclosure by meeting a lower loan payment requirement based upon their current cash flow. These may also include loans that renewed at existing contractual rates, but below market rates for comparable credit. For each restructuring, a comprehensive credit underwriting analysis of the borrower’s financial condition and prospects of repayment under the revised terms is performed to assess whether the structure can be successful and whether cash flows will be sufficient to support the restructured debt. An analysis is also performed to determine whether the restructured loan should be on accrual status. Generally, if the loan is on accrual at the time of restructure, it will remain on accrual after the restructuring. In some cases, a nonaccrual loan may be placed on accrual at restructuring if the loan’s actual payment history demonstrates it would have cash flowed under the restructured terms. After six consecutive payments under the restructured terms, a nonaccrual restructured loan is reviewed for possible upgrade to accruing status. In situations where there is a subsequent modification or renewal and the loan is brought to market terms, including a contractual interest rate not less than a market interest rate for new debt with similar credit risk characteristics, the TDR and impaired designations may be removed. Total TDRs decreased by $4.4 million from December 31, 2019 to September 30, 2020 due to payoffs and paydowns on existing TDRs exceeding new additions. There were 82 loans identified as TDRs at September 30, 2020 compared to 91 loans at December 31, 2019.
As with other impaired loans, an allowance for loan loss is estimated for each TDR based on the most likely source of repayment for each loan. For impaired commercial real estate loans that are collateral dependent, the allowance is computed based on the fair value of the underlying collateral, less estimated costs to sell. For impaired commercial loans where repayment is expected from cash flows from business operations, the allowance is computed based on a discounted cash flow computation. Certain groups of TDRs, such as residential mortgages, have common characteristics and for them the allowance is computed based on a discounted cash flow computation on the change in weighted rate for the pool. The allowance allocations for commercial TDRs where we have reduced the contractual interest rate are computed by measuring cash flows using the new payment terms discounted at the original contractual rate.
On March 22, 2020, the federal banking agencies issued an “Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working with Customers Affected by the Coronavirus”. This guidance encourages financial institutions to work prudently with borrowers that may be unable to meet their contractual obligations because of the effects of COVID-19. The guidance goes on to explain that in consultation with the FASB staff that the federal banking agencies conclude that short-term modifications (e.g. six months) made on a good faith basis to borrowers who were current as of the implementation date of a relief program are not Troubled Debt Restructurings (“TDRs”). The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act was passed by Congress on March 27, 2020. Section 4013 of the CARES Act also addressed COVID-19 related modifications and specified that COVID-19 related modifications on loans that were current as of December 31, 2019 are not TDRs. Through September 30, 2020, the Bank had applied this guidance and modified 726 individual loans with aggregate principal balances totaling $337.2 million. The majority of these modifications involved three-month extensions.
By September 30, 2020, most of these modification had expired, other than those receiving a second short-term modification as allowed under the guidance. At September 30, 2020, there were 26 such loans under COVID-19 modifications, totaling $79.9 million. This is down from a quarter end peak of $297.3 million at June 30, 2020. The table below shows the number and balances of loans with such modifications as of the past three quarter end dates (dollars in thousands):
| | Number of COVID-19 Modifications | | | Outstanding Balance of COVID-19 Modifications | |
March 31, 2020 | | | 176 | | | $ | 87,917 | |
June 30, 2020 | | | 599 | | | | 297,269 | |
September 30, 2020 | | | 26 | | | | 79,894 | |
Allowance for loan losses: The allowance for loan losses at September 30, 2020 was $16.6 million, a decrease of $642,000 from December 31, 2019. The allowance for loan losses represented 1.07% of total portfolio loans at September 30, 2020 and 1.24% at December 31, 2019. The ratio at September 30, 2020 is impacted by $339.2 million of PPP loans which were generated during the second and third quarters of 2020. The ratio excluding these loans was 1.38% at September 30, 2020. The allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loan coverage ratio increased from 8473% at December 31, 2019 to 8491% at September 30, 2020.
The table below shows the changes in certain credit metrics over the past five quarters (dollars in millions):
| | Quarter Ended September 30, 2020 | | | Quarter Ended June 30, 2020 | | | Quarter Ended March 31, 2020 | | | Quarter Ended December 31, 2019 | | | Quarter Ended September 30, 2019 | |
Commercial loans | | $ | 1,311.9 | | | $ | 1,310.7 | | | $ | 1,120.0 | | | $ | 1,098.0 | | | $ | 1,072.5 | |
Nonperforming loans | | | 0.2 | | | | 3.0 | | | | 7.2 | | | | 0.2 | | | | 0.2 | |
Other real estate owned and repo assets | | | 2.6 | | | | 2.6 | | | | 2.6 | | | | 2.7 | | | | 3.1 | |
Total nonperforming assets | | | 2.8 | | | | 5.6 | | | | 9.9 | | | | 3.0 | | | | 3.3 | |
Net charge-offs (recoveries) | | | (0.2 | ) | | | 4.0 | | | | (1.0 | ) | | | (0.0 | ) | | | (0.3 | ) |
Total delinquencies | | | 0.5 | | | | 3.3 | | | | 0.5 | | | | 0.4 | | | | 0.2 | |
A $4.1 million charge-off was taken in June 2020 related to a single loan relationship with a movie theater business for which the underlying assets were sold through bankruptcy proceedings. This was an isolated charge-off, the amount of which was amplified by the COVID-19 shutdown of the economy. No other loans of this industry type remain in our portfolio. At September 30, 2020, we had net loan recoveries in twenty-one of the past twenty-three quarters. Our total delinquencies were $524,000 at September 30, 2020 and $405,000 at December 31, 2019. Our delinquency percentage at September 30, 2020 was 0.03%.
These factors all impact our necessary level of allowance for loan losses and our provision for loan losses. The allowance for loan losses decreased $642,000 in the first nine months of 2020. We recorded a provision for loan losses of $2.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to a negative $450,000 for the same period of 2019. Net loan charge-offs were $2.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to net loan recoveries of $719,000 for the same period in 2019. The ratio of net charge-offs (recoveries) to average loans was 0.25% on an annualized basis for the first nine months of 2020 and -0.07% for the first nine months of 2019.
Despite the large charge-off taken in the second quarter of 2020, we are encouraged by the reduced level of gross charge-offs over recent quarters. We do, however, recognize that future charge-offs and resulting provisions for loan losses are expected to be impacted by the timing and extent of changes in the overall economy and the real estate markets, in particular due to the impact of COVID-19.
Our allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level believed appropriate based upon our assessment of the probable estimated losses inherent in the loan portfolio. Our methodology for measuring the appropriate level of allowance and related provision for loan losses relies on several key elements, which include specific allowances for loans considered impaired, general allowance for commercial loans not considered impaired based upon applying our loan rating system, and general allocations based on historical trends for homogeneous loan groups with similar risk characteristics.
Overall, impaired loans declined by $4.5 million to $9.3 million at September 30, 2020 compared to $13.9 million at December 31, 2019. The specific allowance for impaired loans decreased $608,000 to $1.0 million at September 30, 2020, compared to $1.6 million at December 31, 2019. The specific allowance for impaired loans represented 10.9% of total impaired loans at September 30, 2020 and 11.7% at December 31, 2019.
The general allowance allocated to commercial loans that were not considered to be impaired was based upon the internal risk grade of such loans. We use a loan rating method based upon an eight point system. Loans are stratified between real estate secured and non-real estate secured. The real estate secured portfolio is further stratified by the type of real estate. Each stratified portfolio is assigned a loss allocation factor. A higher numerical grade assigned to a loan category generally results in a greater allocation percentage. Changes in risk grade of loans affect the amount of the allowance allocation.
The determination of our loss factors is based upon our actual loss history by loan grade and adjusted for significant factors that, in management's judgment, affect the collectability of the portfolio as of the analysis date. We use a rolling 18 month actual net charge-off history as the base for our computation. Over the past few years, the 18 month period computations have reflected sizeable decreases in net charge-off experience. We addressed this volatility in the qualitative factor considerations applied in our allowance for loan losses computation. We also considered the extended period of strong asset quality in assessing the overall qualitative component.
At September 30, 2020, we also considered the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic has had and is having on our loan borrowers and our local economy. An analysis of each credit in our commercial loan portfolio was performed during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 to evaluate the impact of the shutdown on each business and identify the potential loss exposure. While this analysis revealed limited stress in our portfolio and significant stimulus and mitigation efforts are expected to soften the shutdown impact, we believe a downgrade to our economic qualitative factor was appropriate and, after adding 7 basis points to this qualitative factor at March 31, 2020, we added another 6 basis points at June 30, 2020 and maintained this level at September 30, 2020. We also added 4 basis points to our valuation qualitative factor at June 30, 2020 due to the potential for devalued collateral in the current environment and maintained at this level at September 30, 2020. We also added 2 basis points to the external factors qualitative at September 30, 2020.
As discussed earlier, under the CARES Act, we provided payment relief, primarily in the form of interest-only periods, to a number of our borrowers. Most of these modifications had expired by September 30, 2020, but 26 loans totaling $79.9 million remain under modified terms as of September 30, 2020, primarily those which received a second modification. Recognizing that these loans may have higher risk of loss than other portfolio loans, we have isolated them in our allowance computation at September 30, 2020 and applied an additional 35 basis point allocation on these loans.
Certain industry sectors will be more negatively impacted than others by the economic effects of COVID-19 and governmental action. For example, businesses that thrive on large masses of people assembling in close proximity, such as hospitality, restaurants and sporting events will likely incur longer lasting negative effects than other industries. We believe our commercial portfolio is adequately diversified, with our largest commercial concentrations in Real Estate, Rental and Leasing (22.6%), followed by Manufacturing (13.7%) and Retail Trade (10.4%).
The table below breaks down our commercial loan portfolio by industry type at September 30, 2020 and identifies the percentage of loans in each type that have a pass rating within our grading system (4 or better) and criticized rating (5 or worse) (dollars in thousands):
| | September 30, 2020 | |
| | Excluding PPP | | | PPP Loans | | | Total | | | Percent of Total Loans | | | Percent Grade 4 or Better | | | Percent Grade 5 or Worse | |
Industry: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Agricultural Products | | $ | 58,078 | | | $ | 17,757 | | | $ | 75,835 | | | | 5.78 | % | | | 90.00 | % | | | 10.00 | % |
Mining and Oil Extraction | | | 1,956 | | | | 104 | | | | 2,060 | | | | 0.16 | % | | | 100.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Utilities | | | — | | | | 43 | | | | 43 | | | | 0.00 | % | | | 100.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Construction | | | 74,089 | | | | 52,473 | | | | 126,562 | | | | 9.65 | % | | | 99.07 | % | | | 0.93 | % |
Manufacturing | | | 119,386 | | | | 60,098 | | | | 179,484 | | | | 13.68 | % | | | 96.99 | % | | | 3.01 | % |
Wholesale Trade | | | 58,974 | | | | 16,573 | | | | 75,547 | | | | 5.76 | % | | | 99.89 | % | | | 0.11 | % |
Retail Trade | | | 113,037 | | | | 22,792 | | | | 135,829 | | | | 10.35 | % | | | 99.92 | % | | | 0.08 | % |
Transportation and Warehousing | | | 44,666 | | | | 21,047 | | | | 65,713 | | | | 5.01 | % | | | 99.27 | % | | | 0.73 | % |
Information | | | 795 | | | | 4,612 | | | | 5,407 | | | | 0.41 | % | | | 100.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Finance and Insurance | | | 43,419 | | | | 6,633 | | | | 50,052 | | | | 3.82 | % | | | 100.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | | | 292,066 | | | | 4,382 | | | | 296,448 | | | | 22.60 | % | | | 99.50 | % | | | 0.50 | % |
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | | | 5,157 | | | | 24,634 | | | | 29,791 | | | | 2.27 | % | | | 99.13 | % | | | 0.87 | % |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | | | 1,990 | | | | 350 | | | | 2,340 | | | | 0.18 | % | | | 100.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Administrative and Support Services | | | 21,495 | | | | 28,902 | | | | 50,397 | | | | 3.84 | % | | | 99.77 | % | | | 0.23 | % |
Education Services | | | 3,060 | | | | 10,089 | | | | 13,149 | | | | 1.00 | % | | | 99.25 | % | | | 0.75 | % |
Health Care and Social Assistance | | | 55,091 | | | | 32,549 | | | | 87,640 | | | | 6.68 | % | | | 99.99 | % | | | 0.01 | % |
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation | | | 7,590 | | | | 4,510 | | | | 12,100 | | | | 0.92 | % | | | 97.11 | % | | | 2.89 | % |
Accommodations and Food Services | | | 42,036 | | | | 13,215 | | | | 55,251 | | | | 4.21 | % | | | 83.30 | % | | | 16.70 | % |
Other Services | | | 29,744 | | | | 18,342 | | | | 48,086 | | | | 3.67 | % | | | 99.26 | % | | | 0.74 | % |
Public Administration | | | — | | | | 107 | | | | 107 | | | | 0.01 | % | | | 100.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Private Households | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 0.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % |
Total commercial loans | | $ | 972,629 | | | $ | 339,212 | | | $ | 1,311,841 | | | | 100.00 | % | | | 97.96 | % | | | 2.04 | % |
Accommodations and Food Services in the table above includes our loans to restaurants and hotels. We have reviewed each relationship in this industry group and have determined based upon their nature of operations and our loan structure that we believe our loss exposure is limited.
Groups of homogeneous loans, such as residential real estate and open- and closed-end consumer loans, receive allowance allocations based on loan type. A rolling 12 month (four quarter) historical loss experience period was applied to residential mortgage and consumer loan portfolios. As with commercial loans that are not considered impaired, the determination of the allowance allocation percentage is based principally on our historical loss experience. These allocations are adjusted for consideration of general economic and business conditions, credit quality and delinquency trends, collateral values, and recent loss experience for these similar pools of loans. The homogeneous loan allowance was $2.6 million at September 30, 2020 and $2.6 million at December 31, 2019.
The allowance allocations are not intended to imply limitations on usage of the allowance for loan losses. The entire allowance for loan losses is available for any loan losses without regard to loan type.
Premises and Equipment: Premises and equipment totaled $43.7 million at September 30, 2020, up $316,000 from $43.4 million at December 31, 2019.
Other Assets: Other assets totaled $15.5 million at September 30, 2020, up $5.7 million from $9.8 million at December 31, 2019. This increase is largely attributable to additional customer back-to-back interest rate swaps and changes in their market values. The market value of these swaps was $5.1 million at September 30, 2020 and $1.8 million at December 31, 2019.
Deposits and Other Borrowings: Total deposits increased $417.3 million to $2.17 billion at September 30, 2020, as compared to $1.75 billion at December 31, 2019. Non-interest checking account balances increased $256.0 million during the first nine months of 2020. Interest bearing demand account balances increased $80.7 million and savings and money market account balances increased $198.0 million in the first nine months of 2020. Certificates of deposits decreased by $36.7 million in the first nine months of 2020. Our overall deposit balances are elevated as a result of customers holding higher level of liquid deposits in this low interest rate environment and due to uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Business deposits are also elevated partially due to PPP loan proceeds but also due to cash conservation efforts deployed by many of our customers given COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty. We typically see seasonal deposit growth in the third quarter each year from municipal customers from property tax collections. We believe our success in maintaining the balances of personal and business checking and savings accounts was primarily attributable to our focus on quality customer service, the desire of customers to deal with a local bank, the convenience of our branch network and the breadth and depth of our sophisticated product line.
Noninterest bearing demand accounts comprised 34.0% of total deposits at September 30, 2020 and 27.5% at December 31, 2019. These balances typically increase at year end for many of our commercial customers, then decline in the first quarter. Because of the generally low rates paid on interest bearing account alternatives, many of our business customers chose to keep their balances in these more liquid noninterest bearing demand account types. Interest bearing demand, including money market and savings accounts, comprised 60.7% of total deposits at September 30, 2020 and 63.8% at December 31, 2019. Time accounts as a percentage of total deposits were 5.3% at September 30, 2020 and 8.7% December 31, 2019.
Borrowed funds totaled $90.6 million at September 30, 2020, including $70.0 million of Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) advances and $20.6 million in long-term debt associated with trust preferred securities. Borrowed funds totaled $80.6 million at December 31, 2019, including $60.0 million of FHLB advances and $20.6 million in long-term debt associated with trust preferred securities. The $10.0 million increase in borrowed funds in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was due to the addition of a $10.0 million FHLB advance in February 2020.
CAPITAL RESOURCES
Total shareholders' equity of $233.9 million at September 30, 2020 increased $16.4 million from $217.5 million at December 31, 2019. The increase was primarily a result of net income of $21.2 million earned in the first nine months of 2020 and an increase of $3.1 million in accumulated other comprehensive income, partially offset by a payment of $8.2 million in cash dividends to shareholders. The Bank was categorized as “well capitalized” at September 30, 2020.
Capital guidelines for U.S. banks are commonly known as Basel III guidelines. The rules include a common equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio (CET1 ratio) of 4.5% and a capital conservation buffer of 2.5% of risk-weighted assets, effectively resulting in a minimum CET1 ratio of 7.0%. The Basel III minimum ratio of Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets is 6.0% (which, with the capital conservation buffer, effectively results in a minimum Tier 1 capital ratio of 8.5%), and the minimum total capital to risk-weighted assets ratio is 10.5% (with the capital conservation buffer), and Basel III requires a minimum leverage ratio of 4.0%. The capital ratios for the Company and the Bank under Basel III have continued to exceed the well capitalized minimum capital requirements.
The following table shows our regulatory capital ratios (on a consolidated basis) for the past several quarters:
Macatawa Bank Corporation | | Sept 30, 2020 | | | June 30, 2020 | | | March 31, 2020 | | | Dec 31, 2019 | | | Sept 30, 2019 | |
Total capital to risk weighted assets | | | 17.7 | % | | | 17.3 | % | | | 15.8 | % | | | 15.8 | % | | | 16.8 | % |
Common Equity Tier 1 to risk weighted assets | | | 15.3 | | | | 14.9 | | | | 13.4 | | | | 13.5 | | | | 13.2 | |
Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets | | | 16.6 | | | | 16.3 | | | | 14.7 | | | | 14.7 | | | | 15.8 | |
Tier 1 capital to average assets | | | 9.8 | | | | 10.5 | | | | 11.9 | | | | 11.5 | | | | 12.2 | |
LIQUIDITY
Liquidity of Macatawa Bank: The liquidity of a financial institution reflects its ability to manage a variety of sources and uses of funds. Our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows categorize these sources and uses into operating, investing and financing activities. We primarily focus on developing access to a variety of borrowing sources to supplement our deposit gathering activities and provide funds for our investment and loan portfolios. Our sources of liquidity include our borrowing capacity with the FRB's discount window, the Federal Home Loan Bank, federal funds purchased lines of credit and other secured borrowing sources with our correspondent banks, loan payments by our borrowers, maturity and sales of our securities available for sale, growth of our deposits, federal funds sold and other short-term investments, and the various capital resources discussed above.
Liquidity management involves the ability to meet the cash flow requirements of our customers. Our customers may be either borrowers with credit needs or depositors wanting to withdraw funds. Our liquidity management involves periodic monitoring of our assets considered to be liquid and illiquid, and our funding sources considered to be core and non-core and short-term (less than 12 months) and long-term. We have established parameters that monitor, among other items, our level of liquid assets to short-term liabilities, our level of non-core funding reliance and our level of available borrowing capacity. We maintain a diversified wholesale funding structure and actively manage our maturing wholesale sources to reduce the risk to liquidity shortages. We have also developed a contingency funding plan to stress test our liquidity requirements arising from certain events that may trigger liquidity shortages, such as rapid loan growth in excess of normal growth levels or the loss of deposits and other funding sources under extreme circumstances.
We have actively pursued initiatives to maintain a strong liquidity position. The Bank has reduced its reliance on non-core funding sources, including brokered deposits, and focused on achieving a non-core funding dependency ratio below its peer group average. We have had no brokered deposits on our balance sheet since December 2011. We continue to maintain significant on-balance sheet liquidity. At September 30, 2020, the Bank held $504.7 million of federal funds sold and other short-term investments. In addition, the Bank had available borrowing capacity from correspondent banks of approximately $315.8 million as of September 30, 2020.
In the normal course of business, we enter into certain contractual obligations, including obligations which are considered in our overall liquidity management. The table below summarizes our significant contractual obligations at September 30, 2020 (dollars in thousands):
| | Less than 1 year | | | 1-3 years | | | 3-5 years | | | More than 5 years | |
Long term debt | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 20,619 | |
Time deposit maturities | | | 93,946 | | | | 19,114 | | | | 2,349 | | | | 57 | |
Other borrowed funds | | | 10,000 | | | | 10,000 | | | | 40,000 | | | | 10,000 | |
Operating lease obligations | | | 383 | | | | 479 | | | | 271 | | | | 26 | |
Total | | $ | 104,329 | | | $ | 29,593 | | | $ | 42,620 | | | $ | 30,702 | |
In addition to normal loan funding, we also maintain liquidity to meet customer financing needs through unused lines of credit, unfunded loan commitments and standby letters of credit. The level and fluctuation of these commitments is also considered in our overall liquidity management. At September 30, 2020, we had a total of $594.1 million in unused lines of credit, $83.1 million in unfunded loan commitments and $12.5 million in standby letters of credit.
Liquidity of Holding Company: The primary sources of liquidity for the Company are dividends from the Bank, existing cash resources and the capital markets if the need to raise additional capital arises. Banking regulations and the laws of the State of Michigan in which our Bank is chartered limit the amount of dividends the Bank may declare and pay to the Company in any calendar year. Under the state law limitations, the Bank is restricted from paying dividends to the Company in excess of retained earnings. In 2019, the Bank paid dividends to the Company totaling $32.5 million. In the same period, the Company paid $20.0 million to redeem trust preferred securities and paid $9.5 million in dividends to its shareholders. On February 25, 2020, the Bank paid a dividend totaling $2.8 million to the Company in anticipation of the common share cash dividend of $0.08 per share paid on February 27, 2020 to shareholders of record on February 11, 2020. The cash distributed for this cash dividend payment totaled $2.7 million. On May 26, 2020, the Bank paid a dividend totaling $2.7 million to the Company in anticipation of the common share cash dividend of $0.08 per share paid on May 28, 2020 to shareholders of record on May 12, 2020. The cash distributed for this cash dividend payment totaled $2.7 million. On August 26, 2020, the Bank paid a dividend totaling $3.2 million to the Company in anticipation of the common share cash dividend of $0.08 per share paid on August 27, 2020 to shareholders of record on August 11, 2020. The cash distributed for this cash dividend payment totaled $2.7 million. The Company retained the remaining balance in each period for general corporate purposes. At September 30, 2020, the Bank had a retained earnings balance of $80.0 million.
The Company has the right to defer interest payments for 20 consecutive quarters on its trust preferred securities if necessary for liquidity purposes. During the deferral period, the Company may not declare or pay any dividends on its common stock or make any payment on any outstanding debt obligations that rank equally with or junior to the trust preferred securities.
The Company’s cash balance at September 30, 2020 was $7.5 million. The Company believes that it has sufficient liquidity to meet its cash flow obligations.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES:
To prepare financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management makes estimates and assumptions based on available information. These estimates and assumptions affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and future results could differ. The allowance for loan losses, other real estate owned valuation, loss contingencies, revenue recognition and income taxes are deemed critical due to the required level of management judgment and the use of estimates, making them particularly subject to change.
Our methodology for determining the allowance for loan losses and the related provision for loan losses is described above in the "Allowance for Loan Losses" discussion. This area of accounting requires significant judgment due to the number of factors which can influence the collectability of a loan. Unanticipated changes in these factors could significantly change the level of the allowance for loan losses and the related provision for loan losses. Although, based upon our internal analysis, and in our judgment, we believe that we have provided an adequate allowance for loan losses, there can be no assurance that our analysis has properly identified all of the probable losses in our loan portfolio. As a result, we could record future provisions for loan losses that may be significantly different than the levels that we recorded in the first nine months of 2020.
Assets acquired through or instead of foreclosure, primarily other real estate owned, are initially recorded at fair value less estimated costs to sell when acquired, establishing a new cost basis. New real estate appraisals are generally obtained at the time of foreclosure and are used to establish fair value. If fair value declines, a valuation allowance is recorded through expense. Estimating the initial and ongoing fair value of these properties involves a number of factors and judgments including holding time, costs to complete, holding costs, discount rate, absorption and other factors.
Loss contingencies are recorded as liabilities when the likelihood of loss is probable and an amount or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. This, too, is an accounting area that involves significant judgment. Although, based upon our judgment, internal analysis, and consultations with legal counsel we believe that we have properly accounted for loss contingencies, future changes in the status of such contingencies could result in a significant change in the level of contingent liabilities and a related impact to operating earnings.
Noninterest revenue is recognized in accordance with contractual requirements and as we fulfill our obligations under contractual terms. Most of our noninterest revenue comes from services that are transaction based and such revenue is recognized as the related service is provided.
Our accounting for income taxes involves the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities primarily associated with differences in the timing of the recognition of revenues and expenses for financial reporting and tax purposes. At September 30, 2020, we had gross deferred tax assets of $5.8 million and gross deferred tax liabilities of $3.2 million resulting in a net deferred tax asset of $2.5 million. Accounting standards require that companies assess whether a valuation allowance should be established against their deferred tax assets based on the consideration of all available evidence using a "more likely than not" standard. At December 31, 2018, a valuation allowance of $92,000 was established against a capital loss carryforward created by the liquidation of the assets of a partnership interest the Bank acquired through a loan settlement thereby reducing net deferred tax assets. This valuation allowance was maintained at September 30, 2020, resulting in a net deferred tax asset balance of $2.4 million. With the positive results in 2019 and the first nine months of 2020, we concluded at September 30, 2020 that no other valuation allowance on our net deferred tax asset was required. Changes in tax laws, changes in tax rates, changes in ownership and our future level of earnings can impact the ultimate realization of our net deferred tax asset.
Item 3. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK. |
Our primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk and, to a lesser extent, liquidity risk. All of our transactions are denominated in U.S. dollars with no specific foreign exchange exposure. Macatawa Bank has only limited agricultural-related loan assets, and therefore has no significant exposure to changes in commodity prices.
Our balance sheet has sensitivity, in various categories of assets and liabilities, to changes in prevailing rates in the U.S. for prime rate, mortgage rates, U.S. Treasury rates and various money market indexes. Our asset/liability management process aids us in providing liquidity while maintaining a balance between interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities.
We utilize a simulation model as our primary tool to assess the direction and magnitude of variations in net interest income and the economic value of equity (“EVE”) resulting from potential changes in market interest rates. Key assumptions in the model include contractual cash flows and maturities of interest-sensitive assets and interest-sensitive liabilities, prepayment speeds on certain assets, and changes in market conditions impacting loan and deposit pricing. We also include pricing floors on discretionary priced liability products which limit how low various checking and savings products could go under declining interest rates. These floors reflect our pricing philosophy in response to changing interest rates.
We forecast the next twelve months of net interest income under an assumed environment of gradual changes in market interest rates under various scenarios. The resulting change in net interest income is an indication of the sensitivity of our earnings to directional changes in market interest rates. The simulation also measures the change in EVE, or the net present value of our assets and liabilities, under an immediate shift, or shock, in interest rates under various scenarios, as calculated by discounting the estimated future cash flows using market-based discount rates.
The following table shows the impact of changes in interest rates on net interest income over the next twelve months and EVE based on our balance sheet as of September 30, 2020 (dollars in thousands):
Interest Rate Scenario | | Economic Value of Equity | | | Percent Change | | | Net Interest Income | | | Percent Change | |
Interest rates up 200 basis points | | $ | 283,472 | | | | 4.34 | % | | $ | 59,505 | | | | 12.75 | % |
Interest rates up 100 basis points | | | 278,479 | | | | 2.50 | | | | 55,918 | | | | 5.95 | |
No change | | | 271,682 | | | | — | | | | 52,776 | | | | — | |
Interest rates down 100 basis points | | | 269,057 | | | | (0.97 | ) | | | 53,041 | | | | 0.50 | |
Interest rates down 200 basis points | | | 269,039 | | | | (0.97 | ) | | | 53,231 | | | | 0.86 | |
If interest rates were to increase, this analysis suggests that we are positioned for an improvement in net interest income over the next twelve months. If interest rates were to decrease, this analysis suggests we would experience an increase in net interest income over the next twelve months. This is due to the impact of interest rate floors being triggered in a decrease scenario.
We also forecast the impact of immediate and parallel interest rate shocks on net interest income under various scenarios to measure the sensitivity of our earnings under extreme conditions.
The quarterly simulation analysis is monitored against acceptable interest rate risk parameters by the Asset/Liability Committee and reported to the Board of Directors.
In addition to changes in interest rates, the level of future net interest income is also dependent on a number of other variables, including: the growth, composition and absolute levels of loans, deposits, and other earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities; economic and competitive conditions; potential changes in lending, investing and deposit gathering strategies; and client preferences.
Item 4: | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
(a) | Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) as of September 30, 2020, the end of the period covered by this report. |
In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, as the Company's are designed to do, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating whether the benefits of the controls and procedures that the Company adopts outweigh their costs.
Our CEO and CFO, after evaluating the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report, have concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms.
(b) | Changes in Internal Controls. During the period covered by this report, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. |
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Uncertainty as to legal requirements relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan may have a negative impact on the business, financial condition, and results of operations of the Company and its customers.
In December 2019, news began to surface regarding an influenza pandemic in China, known as the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. In January 2020, the United States restricted entry to anyone traveling from China. In February 2020, the pandemic spread broadly and swiftly throughout Europe and the Middle East. Cases began to surface in the United States in February 2020 and accelerated in early March 2020. The Federal Reserve reduced the overnight federal funds rate by 50 basis points on March 3, 2020 and by another 100 basis points on March 15, 2020 and announced the resumption of quantitative easing. During the week of March 9, 2020, individual states began implementing restrictions and promoting “social distancing”. These restrictions included closure of schools, restrictions on the number of public gatherings, restrictions on businesses, including closures and mandatory work at home orders, and other measures. Congress passed a number of measures in late March 2020, designed to infuse cash into the economy to offset the negative impacts of business closings and restrictions.
In Michigan, beginning March 24, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a series of executive orders, which severely limited economic activity in Michigan, requiring businesses not deemed to be essential, to severely limit or shut down operations. Under later executive orders, Governor Whitmer permitted a phased reopening of businesses, subject to stringent health and safety requirements and strict social distancing measures. As of September 30, 2020, most businesses in Michigan were allowed to be open in some capacity under the executive orders, subject to stringent health and safety requirements, strict social distancing measures and nonsurgical face mask requirements.
On October 2, and 12, 2020, the Michigan Supreme Court issued decisions invalidating all of Governor Whitmer’s executive orders effective immediately. In response, Governor Whitmer, acting through various state agencies, has sought to substantially re-implement the requirements of the executive orders by way of state agency emergency orders. Also, certain county and municipal governments have issued emergency orders seeking to keep elements of the executive orders in place. Legal challenges to these orders may occur. Finally, the Michigan legislature has passed legislation – which Governor Whitmer is expected to sign and enact into law – codifying certain elements of the executive orders. The patchwork implementation of state agency and local government executive orders – coupled with the possibility of legal challenges to these orders – creates uncertainty as to legal requirements applicable to businesses, institutions and individuals in Michigan. This uncertainty may have a negative impact on the business, financial condition, and results of operations of the Company and its customers.
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. |
The following table provides information regarding the Company’s purchase of its own common stock during the third quarter of 2020. All employee transactions are under stock compensation plans. These include shares of Macatawa Bank Corporation common stock surrendered to satisfy tax withholding obligations that occur upon the vesting of restricted shares. The value of the shares withheld is determined based on the closing price of Macatawa Bank Corporation common stock at the date of vesting. The Company has no publicly announced repurchase plans or programs.
| | Total Number of Shares Purchased | | | Average Price Paid Per Share | | | Total Number of Shares purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs | |
Period | | | | | | | | | |
July 1 - July 31, 2020 | | | | | | | | | |
Employee Transactions | | | — | | | $ | — | | | | — | |
August 1 - August 31, 2020 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Employee Transactions | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
September 1 - September 30, 2020 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Employee Transactions | | | 1,696 | | | | 7.39 | | | | — | |
Total for Third Quarter ended September 30, 2020 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Employee Transactions | | | 1,696 | | | $ | 7.39 | | | | — | |
| | Restated Articles of Incorporation. Previously filed with the Commission on October 27, 2016 in Macatawa Bank Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Exhibit 3.1. Here incorporated by reference. |
| | Bylaws. Previously filed with the Commission on February 19, 2015 in Macatawa Bank Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, Exhibit 3.2. Here incorporated by reference. |
| | Restated Articles of Incorporation. Exhibit 3.1 is here incorporated by reference. |
| | Bylaws. Exhibit 3.2 is here incorporated by reference. |
4.3 | | Long-Term Debt. The registrant has outstanding long-term debt which at the time of this report does not exceed 10% of the registrant's total consolidated assets. The registrant agrees to furnish copies of the agreements defining the rights of holders of such long-term debt to the SEC upon request. |
| | Certification of Chief Executive Officer. |
| | Certification of Chief Financial Officer. |
| | Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. |
101.INS | | XBRL Instance Document |
101.SCH | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
101.CAL | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
101.DEF | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
101.LAB | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
101.PRE | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| MACATAWA BANK CORPORATION |
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| /s/ Ronald L. Haan |
| Ronald L. Haan |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
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| /s/ Jon W. Swets |
| Jon W. Swets |
| Senior Vice President and |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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Dated: October 22, 2020 |
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