the surviving institution. The Company’s financial results reflect the merger of CBT Bank with and into Riverview Bank under the purchase method of accounting, with the Company treated as the acquirer for accounting and reporting purposes. In accordance with the acquisition accounting for the merger, the historical assets and liabilities of CBT have been recorded at their respective estimated fair values on the date of the merger. The historical financial information included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related notes as reported in this Form10-K is that of Riverview and, consequently, comparisons may not be particularly meaningful. The results for the year ended December 31, 2018 include the operating results of Riverview and the CBT division for the entire year, as compared with the results for the year ended December 31, 2017, which included three months of the operating results of the CBT. The merger had a significant impact on the results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Riverview Bank, with 28 community banking offices and four limited purpose offices, is a full-service commercial bank offering a wide range of traditional banking services and financial advisory, insurance and investment services to individuals, municipalities and small to medium sized businesses in the Pennsylvania market areas of Berks, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Dauphin, Huntington, Lebanon, Lycoming, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill and Somerset Counties.
The Bank is state-chartered under the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Bank’s primary product is loans to small- andmedium-sized businesses. Other lending products includeone-to-four family residential mortgages and consumer loans. The Bank primarily funds its loans by offering interest-bearing transaction accounts to commercial enterprises and individuals. Other deposit product offerings include certificates of deposits and various demand deposit accounts. The Bank offers a broad range of financial advisory, investment and fiduciary services through its wealth management and trust operating divisions.
The wealth management and trust divisions did not meet the quantitative thresholds for required segment disclosure in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The Bank’s 28 community banking offices, all similar with respect to economic characteristics, share a majority of the following aggregation criteria: (i) products and services; (ii) operating processes; (iii) customer bases; (iv) delivery systems; and (v) regulatory oversight. Accordingly, they were aggregated into a single operating segment.
The Company faces competition primarily from commercial banks, thrift institutions and credit unions within the northern, central and southwestern Pennsylvania markets, many of which are substantially larger in terms of assets and capital. In addition, mutual funds and security brokers compete for various types of deposits, and consumer, mortgage, leasing and insurance companies compete for various types of loans and leases. Principal methods of competing for banking and permitted nonbanking services include price, nature of product, quality of service and convenience of location.
The Company and the Bank are subject to regulations of certain federal and state regulatory agencies and undergo periodic examinations.
Readers of this Management Discussion and Analysis are encouraged to refer to the note entitled “Merger accounting,” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements to more fully understand the impact that the merger had on the Company’s financial position and results of operations.
Total assets, loans and deposits were $1.1 billon, $893.2 million and $1,004.6 million, respectively, at December 31, 2018. Comparatively, total assets, loans and deposits were $1.2 billon, $956.0 million and $1,026.5 million, respectively, at December 31, 2017. All major categories of loans declined in 2018. Business lending, including commercial and commercial real estate decreased $40.7 million, while retail lending, including residential mortgages and consumer loans decreased $22.1 million during 2018. Investment securities increased $11.5 million, or 12.3%, in 2018. Noninterest-bearing deposits increased $6.7 million, while interest-bearing deposits decreased $28.6 million in 2018 as compared with 2017.
The loan portfolio consisted of $660.1 million of business loans, including construction, commercial and commercial real estate loans, and $233.1 million in retail loans, including residential mortgage and consumer loans at December 31, 2018. Total investment securities were $104.7 million at December 31, 2018, all of which were classified asavailable-for sale. Total deposits consisted of $162.6 million in noninterest-bearing deposits and $842.0 million in interest-bearing deposits at December 31, 2018.
Stockholders’ equity equaled $113.9 million, or $12.49 per share, at December 31, 2018, and $106.3 million or $11.72 per share, at December 31, 2017. Dividends declared for the 2018 amounted to $0.30 per share, representing an annual yield of 2.8% based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock of $10.90 per share on December 31, 2018.
Nonperforming assets equaled $7,202 or 0.81% of loans, net and foreclosed assets at December 31, 2018, an improvement from $8,151, or 0.85%, at December 31, 2017. Nonperforming loans at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 exclude $3,825 and $8,512, respectively, of loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality, which were recorded at their fair value at acquisition. The allowance for loan losses equaled $6,348, or 0.71%, of loans, net, at December 31, 2018, compared to $6,306, or 0.66%, of loans, net atyear-end 2017. The increase in the ratio of the allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loans, net, was the result of reduced loan balances. Loanscharged-off, net of recoveries equaled $573, or 0.06%, of average loans in 2018, compared to $160, or 0.03%, of average loans in 2017.
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