deposits decreased $64.1 million in 2019, as the reduction in loan volumes decreased the need to aggressively price deposits. Noninterest-bearing deposits decreased $15.2 million, while interest-bearing deposits decreased $48.9 million. As a percentage of total deposits, noninterest-bearing deposits amounted to 15.7% at December 31, 2019 and 16.2% at December 31, 2018.
Stockholders’ equity totaled $118.1 million, or $12.81 per share, at December 31, 2019, $117.3 million, or $12.77 per share, at September 30, 2019, and $113.9 million, or $12.49 per share, at December 31, 2018. The increase in equity in the year ended December 31, 2019 was due primarily to a change of $2.3 million in accumulated other comprehensive income and net income of $4.3 million offset partially by dividends declared of $3.2 million. Tangible stockholders’ equity per common share increased to $9.83 at December 31, 2019, compared to $9.75 at September 30, 2019 and $9.39 at December 31, 2018. Dividends declared for the fourth quarter of 2019 amounted to $0.075 per share representing a dividend payout ratio of 2.4% based on the Company’s closing market price on December 31, 2019.
ASSET QUALITY REVIEW
Nonperforming assets were $5.1 million, or 0.60% of loans, net, and foreclosed assets at December 31, 2019 compared to $7.2 million or 0.81% at December 31, 2018. Adjusting for accruing restructured loans, nonperforming assets were $2.4 million, or 0.28% of loans, net and foreclosed assets at December 31, 2019, and $4.3 million, or 0.48%, at December 31, 2018. The allowance for loan losses equaled $7.5 million, or 0.88%, of loans, net, at December 31, 2019, compared to $6.4 million, or 0.71%, at December 31, 2018. Adding accounting marks for purchased credit impaired loans to the allowance for loan losses would result in a ratio of 1.01% as a percentage of loans, net at December 31, 2019. The coverage ratio, allowance for loan losses as a percentage of nonperforming assets, was 148.0% at December 31, 2019 versus 88.1% at December 31, 2018. Excluding accruing restructured loans, the coverage ratio would be 311.4% at December 31, 2019. Loanscharged-off, net of recoveries, for the year ended December 31, 2019, equaled $1,238 thousand, compared to $573 thousand for the same period last year.
Riverview Financial Corporation is the parent company of Riverview Bank. An independent community bank, Riverview Bank serves the Pennsylvania market areas of Berks, Blair, Bucks, Centre, Clearfield, Cumberland, Dauphin, Huntingdon, Lebanon, Lehigh, Lycoming, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill and Somerset Counties through 27 community banking offices and 3 limited purpose offices. Each office, interdependent with the community, offers a comprehensive array of financial products and services to individuals, businesses,not-for-profit organizations and government entities. Riverview’s business philosophy includes offering direct access to senior management and other officers and providing friendly, informed and courteous service, local and timely decision making, flexible and reasonable operating procedures and consistently applied credit policies. The Company’s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “RIVE”. The Investor Relations site can be accessed at https://www.riverviewbankpa.com/.
SOURCE: Riverview Financial Corporation
Contact: Scott A. Seasock, CFO at 717.827.4039 or sseasock@riverviewbankpa.com
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