Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. |
The following discussion supplements and provides information about the major components of the results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and capital resources of the Company. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the notes to the financial statements, and the other financial data included in this report, as well as the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K. In addition to current and historical information, the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to the Company’s future business, financial condition or results of operations. For a description of certain factors that may have a significant impact on future business, financial condition or results of operations, see “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” at the end of this Item 2. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be attained for any other period. Amounts are rounded for presentation purposes while some of the percentages presented are computed based on unrounded amounts.
Overview
The Company’s primary goals are to maximize earnings by maintaining strong asset quality and deploying capital in profitable growth initiatives that will enhance long-term stockholder value. The Company operates in three principal business segments: the Bank, Wealth Management, and the Company as a separate segment, the Parent. Revenues from the Bank’s operations consist primarily of interest earned on loans and investment securities, fees earned on deposit accounts, debit card interchange, and treasury and commercial services and mortgage banking income. Wealth Management’s operating revenues consist principally of income from fiduciary and asset management fees. The Parent’s revenues are mainly fees and dividends received from the Bank and Wealth Management.
Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $2.5 million ($0.51 per diluted share) compared to $1.9 million ($0.36 per diluted share) for the three months ended September 30, 2021. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, net income was $6.5 million, or $1.27 per diluted common share, and $6.8 million, or $1.29 per diluted common share, respectively. Total assets of $1.3 billion as of September 30, 2022 decreased by $21.1 million from December 31, 2021.
Key factors affecting comparisons of consolidated net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 are as follows. Comparisons are to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 unless otherwise stated.
| • | Loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs), excluding PPP (non-GAAP), increased $150.6 million, or 18.7%, from September 30, 2021; |
| • | NIM on a fully tax-equivalent basis (FTE) (non-GAAP) was 3.78% and 3.26% for the third quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, NIM (FTE) was 3.44% compared to 3.32% for the comparative 2021 period; |
| • | ROE increased to 9.9% for the third quarter of 2022, compared to 6.2% for the prior year quarter; |
| • | Net interest income increased $1.7 million, or 17.2%, and $2.4 million, or 8.2%, respectively compared to the prior year comparative periods. The Company recognized net PPP origination fees of $77 thousand in the third quarter of 2022 compared to $713 thousand in the third quarter of 2021. For the first nine months of 2022, net PPP origination fees recognized were $698 thousand compared to $2.7 million for the comparative 2021 period; and |
| • | Mortgage banking income decreased $374 thousand, or 81.3%, and $1.6 million, or 79.4%, due to declines in volume of mortgage originations attributable to changes in mortgage market conditions. |
For more information about financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, please see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
Capital Management and Dividends
Total equity was $93.5 million at September 30, 2022, compared to $120.8 million at December 31, 2021. Total equity decreased $27.3 million at September 30, 2022 compared to December 31, 2021, due primarily to unrealized losses in the market value of securities available for sale, which are recognized as a component of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, and the repurchase of shares under the Company’s Repurchase Program, partially offset by net income. The Company’s securities available for sale are fixed income debt securities, and their decline in market value during the first nine months of 2022 was a result of increases in market interest rates. The Company expects to recover its investments in debt securities through scheduled payments of principal and interest and unrealized losses are not expected to affect the earnings or regulatory capital of the Company or its subsidiaries.
For the third quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively, the Company declared dividends of $0.13 per share. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, dividends declared were $0.39 per share compared to $0.37 per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The Board of Directors of the Company continually reviews the amount of cash dividends per share and the resulting dividend payout ratio in light of changes in economic conditions, current and future capital requirements, and expected future earnings. The Company’s principal goals related to the maintenance of capital are to provide adequate capital to support the Company’s risk profile consistent with the Board-approved risk appetite, provide financial flexibility to support future growth and client needs, comply with relevant laws, regulations, and supervisory guidance, and provide a competitive return to stockholders. Risk-based capital ratios, which include CET1 capital, Tier 1 capital and Total capital for the Bank are calculated based on regulatory guidance related to the measurement of capital and risk-weighted assets.
The Company has a Repurchase Program which was authorized by the Board of Directors in October 2021 to repurchase up to 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock through November 30, 2022. During the third quarter and first nine months of 2022, 69,000 shares, for an aggregate purchase price of $1.7 million, and 268,095 shares, for an aggregate purchase price of $6.7 million, respectively, were repurchased by the Company under the Repurchase Program.
At September 30, 2022, the book value per share of the Company’s common stock was $18.71, and tangible book value per share (non-GAAP) was $18.34, compared to $23.06 and $22.69, respectively, at December 31, 2021. Refer to “Non-GAAP Financial Measures,” below, for information about non-GAAP financial measures, including a reconciliation to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The accounting and reporting policies of the Company are in accordance with U.S. GAAP and conform to general practices within the banking industry. The Company’s financial position and results of operations are affected by management’s application of accounting policies, including estimates, assumptions, and judgments made to arrive at the carrying value of assets and liabilities and amounts reported for revenues, expenses, and related disclosures. Different assumptions in the application of these policies could result in material changes in the Company’s consolidated financial position and/or results of operations. The Company evaluates its critical accounting estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis and updates them, as needed. Management has discussed the Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
Allowance for Loan Losses
The allowance for loan losses is established through charges to earnings in the form of a provision for loan losses. Loan losses are charged against the allowance when it is believed the collection of the principal is unlikely. Subsequent recoveries of losses previously charged against the allowance are credited to the allowance. The allowance represents an amount that, in the Company’s judgment, will be adequate to absorb probable and estimable losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The judgment in determining the level of the allowance is based on evaluations of the collectability of loans while taking into consideration such factors as trends in delinquencies and charge-offs for relevant periods of time, changes in the nature and volume of the loan portfolio, current economic conditions that may affect a borrower’s ability to repay and the value of collateral, overall portfolio quality and review of specific potential losses. This evaluation is inherently subjective because it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available. In evaluating the level of the allowance, management considers a range of possible assumptions and outcomes related to the various factors identified above. Under alternative assumptions that we considered in developing our estimate of an allowance that will be adequate to absorb probable and estimable losses inherent in the loan portfolio at September 30, 2022, our estimate of the allowance varied between $9 million and $11 million.
For further information concerning accounting policies, refer to Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K.
Results of Operations
Net Interest Income
The principal source of earnings for the Company is net interest income. Net interest income is the difference between interest and fees generated by earning assets and interest expense paid to fund them. Changes in the volume and mix of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, as well as their respective yields and rates, have a significant impact on the level of net interest income. The NIM is calculated by dividing net interest income by average earning assets, or on a fully tax-equivalent basis, tax-equivalent net interest income by average earning assets.
Net interest income for the third quarter of 2022 was $11.6 million, an increase of $1.7 million, or 17.2%, from the third quarter of 2021. The increase from the prior-year comparative quarter was due primarily to deployment of lower yielding cash to fund growth in higher yielding loans and investments, and higher average yields on higher earning asset balances due to the effect of rising market interest rates. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, net interest income was $31.5 million and $29.1 million, respectively. The increase from the prior-year comparative period was due to higher average earning assets at higher average earning yields, despite the lower volume during 2022 of accelerated recognition of net deferred fees related to PPP forgiveness, combined with higher average interest-bearing liabilities at lower average rates.
Net interest income, on a fully tax-equivalent basis (non-GAAP), was $11.7 million for the third quarter of 2022, an increase of $1.7 million from the 2021 comparative quarter. On a fully tax-equivalent basis (non-GAAP), NIM was 3.78% and 3.26%, for the quarters ended, and 3.44% and 3.32% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Average loans increased $99.7 million, or 11.9%, and $58.0 million, or 7.0%, for the third quarter and first nine months of 2022 compared to the prior year comparative periods, respectively. The increase in average loans outstanding in 2022 compared to 2021 was due primarily to growth in the commercial real estate, automobile, and consumer real estate segments of the loan portfolio. Average loan yields were lower in the third quarter and first nine months of 2022 compared to the same periods of 2021, respectively, due primarily to lower accelerated recognition of deferred fees and costs related to PPP forgiveness partially offset by the effects of rising interest rates during 2022. Loan fees and costs related to PPP loans were deferred at time of loan origination, amortized into interest income over the remaining term of the loans and are accelerated upon forgiveness or repayment of the PPP loans. Loan fees and costs related to PPP loans were deferred at time of loan origination, amortized into interest income over the remaining term of the loans and accelerated upon forgiveness or repayment of the PPP loans. Net PPP fees of $77 thousand were recognized in the third quarter of 2022 compared to $713 thousand in the prior year quarter. Net PPP fees recognized for the first nine months of 2022 were $698 thousand, down from $2.7 million for the comparative 2021 period. As of September 30, 2022, unrecognized net PPP fees were $5 thousand. Year-over-year NIM was also impacted by subordinated debt interest expense related to the timing of issuance in 2021. During the first nine months of 2022, market interest rates increased, and the Company was asset sensitive at September 30, 2022 and believes the balance sheet is positively positioned for a rising interest rate environment; however, the extent to which rising interest rates will ultimately affect the Company’s NIM is uncertain. For more information about these FTE financial measures, please see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
Average securities available for sale increased $20.8 million and $38.3 million for the third quarter and first nine months of 2022, compared to 2021, due primarily to higher purchases of securities in order to utilize excess liquidity rather than holding in lower-yielding cash reserves. The average yield on the securities portfolio on a fully tax-equivalent basis increased 75 basis points for third quarter of 2022, compared to the third quarter of 2021, and 35 basis points for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021.
Average interest-bearing deposits in other banks, consisting primarily of excess cash reserves maintained at the Federal Reserve Bank, decreased $108.4 million for the third quarter of 2022 and $45.5 million for the first nine months of 2022, compared to the same periods in 2021 due primarily to deployment of excess liquidity in loans held for investment and securities available for sale. The average yield on interest-bearing deposits in other banks increased 203 basis points for the third quarter of 2022 and increased 58 basis points for the first nine months of 2022 compared to the same periods in 2021 due to rising interest rates during 2022. The Federal Reserve Bank increased the interest rate on excess cash reserve balances from 0.10 percent at December 31, 2020 to 0.15 percent by the end of 2021 and to 3.15 percent by the end of the third quarter of 2022.
Average money market, savings and interest-bearing demand deposits increased $11.4 million and $39.0 million for the third quarter and first nine months of 2022, respectively, and average time deposits decreased $19.6 million and $21.6 million for the third quarter and first nine months of 2022, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2021, due to growth in consumer and business deposits primarily as a result of new accounts and trailing liquidity from government stimulus programs as well as a shift from time deposits as a result of lower interest rates in 2021 and early 2022. Average noninterest-bearing demand deposits increased $36.3 million for the third quarter of 2022 and $35.1 million for the first nine months of 2022, compared to the same periods of 2021. The average cost of interest-bearing deposits decreased 11 basis points for the third quarter of 2022 and 15 basis points for the first nine months of 2022, compared to the same periods in 2021, due primarily to lower rates on deposits and a shift in composition from time deposits. Higher levels of liquidity contributed to year-over-year reductions in the average cost of interest-bearing deposits. As the rising interest rate environment lengthens, average cost of funding will begin to increase. Changes in rates take effect immediately for interest checking, money market and savings accounts, while changes in the average cost of time deposits lag changes in pricing based on the repricing of time deposits at maturity.
Average borrowings increased $5.01 million and $10.5 million for the third quarter and first nine months of 2022 compared to the same periods in 2021 due primarily to the repayment of PPPLF borrowings during 2021 offset by long-term borrowings related to the issuance of subordinated notes by the Company during July 2021. The average cost of borrowings increased during 2022 compared to 2021 due primarily to the issuance of subordinated notes by the Company during July 2021.
The following table shows analyses of average earning assets, interest-bearing liabilities and rates and yields for the periods indicated. Nonaccrual loans are included in loans outstanding.
TABLE 1: AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS, NET INTEREST INCOME AND RATES
| | For the quarters ended September 30, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
| | | | | Interest | | | | | | | | | Interest | | | | |
| | Average | | | Income/ | | | Yield/ | | | Average | | | Income/ | | | Yield/ | |
(dollars in thousands) | | Balance | | | Expense | | | Rate** | | | Balance | | | Expense | | | Rate** | |
ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Loans* | | $ | 938,110 | | | $ | 10,516 | | | | 4.45 | % | | $ | 838,376 | | | $ | 9,704 | | | | 4.59 | % |
Investment securities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Taxable | | | 190,728 | | | | 1,297 | | | | 2.70 | % | | | 183,759 | | | | 853 | | | | 1.84 | % |
Tax-exempt* | | | 46,046 | | | | 345 | | | | 2.97 | % | | | 32,243 | | | | 236 | | | | 2.90 | % |
Total investment securities | | | 236,774 | | | | 1,642 | | | | 2.75 | % | | | 216,002 | | | | 1,089 | | | | 2.00 | % |
Interest-bearing due from banks | | | 45,250 | | | | 252 | | | | 2.21 | % | | | 153,671 | | | | 68 | | | | 0.18 | % |
Federal funds sold | | | 2,201 | | | | 11 | | | | 2.05 | % | | | 1,958 | | | | - | | | | 0.07 | % |
Other investments | | | 1,650 | | | | 30 | | | | 6.92 | % | | | 1,033 | | | | 16 | | | | 5.91 | % |
Total earning assets | | | 1,223,985 | | | $ | 12,451 | | | | 4.04 | % | | | 1,211,040 | | | $ | 10,877 | | | | 3.56 | % |
Allowance for loan losses | | | (10,015 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | (9,486 | ) | | | | | | | | |
Other non-earning assets | | | 99,676 | | | | | | | | | | | | 97,907 | | | | | | | | | |
Total assets | | $ | 1,313,646 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 1,299,461 | | | | | | | | | |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Time and savings deposits: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-bearing transaction accounts | | $ | 79,620 | | | $ | 3 | | | | 0.01 | % | | $ | 72,371 | | | $ | 3 | | | | 0.02 | % |
Money market deposit accounts | | | 375,555 | | | | 135 | | | | 0.14 | % | | | 379,170 | | | | 228 | | | | 0.24 | % |
Savings accounts | | | 123,604 | | | | 9 | | | | 0.03 | % | | | 115,862 | | | | 12 | | | | 0.04 | % |
Time deposits | | | 155,989 | | | | 312 | | | | 0.79 | % | | | 175,541 | | | | 441 | | | | 1.00 | % |
Total time and savings deposits | | | 734,768 | | | | 459 | | | | 0.25 | % | | | 742,944 | | | | 684 | | | | 0.36 | % |
Federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements and other borrowings | | | 11,667 | | | | 43 | | | | 1.46 | % | | | 10,840 | | | | 3 | | | | 0.15 | % |
Long term borrowings | | | 29,485 | | | | 295 | | | | 3.92 | % | | | 25,301 | | | | 252 | | | | 3.95 | % |
Total interest-bearing liabilities | | | 775,920 | | | | 797 | | | | 0.41 | % | | | 779,085 | | | | 939 | | | | 0.48 | % |
Demand deposits | | | 429,928 | | | | | | | | | | | | 393,591 | | | | | | | | | |
Other liabilities | | | 5,500 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5,007 | | | | | | | | | |
Stockholders’ equity | | | 102,298 | | | | | | | | | | | | 121,778 | | | | | | | | | |
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | | $ | 1,313,646 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 1,299,461 | | | | | | | | | |
Net interest margin | | | | | | $ | 11,654 | | | | 3.78 | % | | | | | | $ | 9,938 | | | | 3.26 | % |
* | Computed on a fully tax-equivalent basis using a 21% rate, adjusting interest income by $83 thousand and $62 thousand for September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. |
TABLE 1: AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS, NET INTEREST INCOME AND RATES
| | For the nine months ended September 30, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
| | | | | Interest | | | | | | | | | Interest | | | | |
| | Average | | | Income/ | | | Yield/ | | | Average | | | Income/ | | | Yield/ | |
(dollars in thousands) | | Balance | | | Expense | | | Rate** | | | Balance | | | Expense | | | Rate** | |
ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Loans* | | $ | 893,133 | | | $ | 29,206 | | | | 4.37 | % | | $ | 835,107 | | | $ | 28,495 | | | | 4.56 | % |
Investment securities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Taxable | | | 196,475 | | | | 3,409 | | | | 2.32 | % | | | 168,800 | | | | 2,414 | | | | 1.91 | % |
Tax-exempt* | | | 42,208 | | | | 927 | | | | 2.94 | % | | | 31,596 | | | | 706 | | | | 2.99 | % |
Total investment securities | | | 238,683 | | | | 4,336 | | | | 2.43 | % | | | 200,396 | | | | 3,120 | | | | 2.08 | % |
Interest-bearing due from banks | | | 97,642 | | | | 533 | | | | 0.73 | % | | | 143,112 | | | | 163 | | | | 0.15 | % |
Federal funds sold | | | 3,514 | | | | 18 | | | | 0.70 | % | | | 662 | | | | - | | | | 0.07 | % |
Other investments | | | 1,396 | | | | 58 | | | | 5.47 | % | | | 1,128 | | | | 57 | | | | 6.64 | % |
Total earning assets | | | 1,234,368 | | | $ | 34,151 | | | | 3.70 | % | | | 1,180,405 | | | $ | 31,835 | | | | 3.61 | % |
Allowance for loan losses | | | (9,861 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | (9,584 | ) | | | | | | | | |
Other nonearning assets | | | 96,897 | | | | | | | | | | | | 100,366 | | | | | | | | | |
Total assets | | $ | 1,321,404 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 1,271,187 | | | | | | | | | |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Time and savings deposits: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-bearing transaction accounts | | $ | 75,641 | | | $ | 8 | | | | 0.01 | % | | $ | 70,238 | | | $ | 10 | | | | 0.02 | % |
Money market deposit accounts | | | 385,929 | | | | 433 | | | | 0.15 | % | | | 366,580 | | | | 649 | | | | 0.24 | % |
Savings accounts | | | 126,965 | | | | 30 | | | | 0.03 | % | | | 112,723 | | | | 34 | | | | 0.04 | % |
Time deposits | | | 161,885 | | | | 993 | | | | 0.82 | % | | | 183,534 | | | | 1,536 | | | | 1.12 | % |
Total time and savings deposits | | | 750,420 | | | | 1,464 | | | | 0.26 | % | | | 733,075 | | | | 2,229 | | | | 0.41 | % |
Federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements and other borrowings | | | 6,753 | | | | 45 | | | | 0.88 | % | | | 17,143 | | | | 33 | | | | 0.26 | % |
Long term borrowings | | | 29,453 | | | | 885 | | | | 4.02 | % | | | 8,526 | | | | 252 | | | | 3.95 | % |
Total interest-bearing liabilities | | | 786,626 | | | | 2,394 | | | | 0.41 | % | | | 758,744 | | | | 2,514 | | | | 0.44 | % |
Demand deposits | | | 420,527 | | | | | | | | | | | | 385,427 | | | | | | | | | |
Other liabilities | | | 5,649 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6,997 | | | | | | | | | |
Stockholders’ equity | | | 108,602 | | | | | | | | | | | | 120,019 | | | | | | | | | |
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | | $ | 1,321,404 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 1,271,187 | | | | | | | | | |
Net interest margin | | | | | | $ | 31,757 | | | | 3.44 | % | | | | | | $ | 29,321 | | | | 3.32 | % |
* | Computed on a fully tax-equivalent basis using a 21% rate, adjusting interest income by $228 thousand and $183 thousand for September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. |
Interest income and expense are affected by fluctuations in interest rates, by changes in volume of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and by the interaction of rate and volume factors. The following table shows the direct causes of the period-to-period changes in the components of net interest income. The Company calculates the rate and volume variances using a formula prescribed by the SEC. Rate/volume variances, the third element in the calculation, are not show separately in the table, but are allocated to the rate and volume variances in proportion to the absolute dollar amounts of each.
TABLE 2: VOLUME AND RATE ANALYSIS*
| | Three months ended September 30, 2022 from 2021 | |
| | Increase (Decrease) | |
| | Due to Changes in: | | | | |
(dollars in thousands) | | Volume | | | Rate | | | Total | |
EARNING ASSETS | | | | | | | | | |
Loans* | | $ | 1,154 | | | $ | (342 | ) | | $ | 812 | |
Investment securities: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Taxable | | | 32 | | | | 412 | | | | 444 | |
Tax-exempt* | | | 101 | | | | 8 | | | | 109 | |
Total investment securities | | | 133 | | | | 420 | | | | 553 | |
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Federal funds sold | | | - | | | | 11 | | | | 11 | |
Other investments** | | | (42 | ) | | | 240 | | | | 198 | |
Total earning assets | | | 1,246 | | | | 328 | | | | 1,574 | |
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INTEREST-BEARING LIABILITIES | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-bearing transaction accounts | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
Money market deposit accounts | | | (2 | ) | | | (91 | ) | | | (93 | ) |
Savings accounts | | | 1 | | | | (4 | ) | | | (3 | ) |
Time deposits | | | (49 | ) | | | (80 | ) | | | (129 | ) |
Total time and savings deposits | | | (50 | ) | | | (175 | ) | | | (225 | ) |
Federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements and other borrowings | | | - | | | | 40 | | | | 40 | |
Long term borrowings | | | 42 | | | | 1 | | | | 43 | |
Total interest-bearing liabilities | | | (8 | ) | | | (134 | ) | | | (142 | ) |
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Change in net interest income | | $ | 1,255 | | | $ | 461 | | | $ | 1,716 | |
* | Computed on a fully tax-equivalent basis using a 21% rate. |
** | Other investments include interest-bearing balances due from banks. |
TABLE 2: VOLUME AND RATE ANALYSIS*
| | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 from 2021 | |
| | Increase (Decrease) | |
| | Due to Changes in: | | | | |
(dollars in thousands) | | Volume | | | Rate | | | Total | |
EARNING ASSETS | | | | | | | | | |
Loans* | | $ | 1,980 | | | $ | (1,269 | ) | | $ | 711 | |
Investment securities: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Taxable | | | 396 | | | | 599 | | | | 995 | |
Tax-exempt* | | | 237 | | | | (16 | ) | | | 221 | |
Total investment securities | | | 634 | | | | 582 | | | | 1,216 | |
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Federal funds sold | | | - | | | | 18 | | | | 18 | |
Other investments** | | | (38 | ) | | | 409 | | | | 371 | |
Total earning assets | | | 2,576 | | | | (260 | ) | | | 2,316 | |
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INTEREST-BEARING LIABILITIES | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest-bearing transaction accounts | | | 1 | | | | (3 | ) | | | (2 | ) |
Money market deposit accounts | | | 34 | | | | (250 | ) | | | (216 | ) |
Savings accounts | | | 4 | | | | (8 | ) | | | (4 | ) |
Time deposits | | | (181 | ) | | | (362 | ) | | | (543 | ) |
Total time and savings deposits | | | (143 | ) | | | (622 | ) | | | (765 | ) |
Federal funds purchased, repurchase agreements and other borrowings | | | (20 | ) | | | 32 | | | | 12 | |
Long term borrowings | | | 619 | | | | 14 | | | | 633 | |
Total interest-bearing liabilities | | | 456 | | | | (576 | ) | | | (120 | ) |
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Change in net interest income | | $ | 2,121 | | | $ | 315 | | | $ | 2,436 | |
* | Computed on a fully tax-equivalent basis using a 21% rate. |
** | Other investments include interest-bearing balances due from banks. |
The Company believes NIM may be affected in future periods by several factors that are difficult to predict, including (1) changes in interest rates, which may depend on the severity of adverse economic conditions, inflationary pressures, the timing and extent of any economic recovery, which are inherently uncertain, and (2) possible changes in the composition of earning assets which may result from decreased loan demand as a result of the current economic environment. During the first nine months of 2022, market interest rates increased and the Company was asset sensitive at September 30, 2022; however, the Company can give no assurance as to the ultimate impact of rising interest rates or as to when or for how long the Company may experience an increase in the NIM.
Provision for Loan Losses
The provision for loan losses is a charge against earnings necessary to maintain the allowance for loan losses at a level consistent with management’s evaluation of the portfolio. This expense is based on management’s estimate of probable credit losses inherent in the loan portfolio. Management’s evaluation included credit quality trends, collateral values, discounted cash flow analysis, loan volumes, geographic, borrower and industry concentrations, the findings of internal credit quality assessments and results from external regulatory examinations. These factors, as well as identified impaired loans, historical losses and current economic and business conditions including uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, were used in developing estimated loss factors for determining the loan loss provision. Based on its analysis of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses, management concluded that the provision was appropriate.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recognized a provision for loan losses of $402 thousand compared to $360 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The provision for loan losses was $1.1 million for the first nine months of 2022, compared to $510 thousand for the first nine months of 2021. The increase in provision expense during the third quarter of 2022 was driven primarily by increases in net loans held for investment, as well as an elevation in net charge-offs. Charged-off loans totaled $1.7 million and $905 thousand in the first nine months of 2022 and 2021, respectively. Recoveries amounted to $693 thousand and $538 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The Company’s annualized net loans charged off to average loans were 0.16% for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 0.07% for the third quarter of 2021. The increase in charge-offs during the third quarter of 2022 was primarily related to three consumer credits and there is an expectation of partial recovery during the fourth quarter.
The state of the local economy can have a significant impact on the level of loan charge-offs. If the economy begins to contract, nonperforming assets could increase as a result of declines in real estate values and home sales or increases in unemployment rates and financial stress on borrowers. Increased nonperforming assets would increase charge-offs and reduce earnings due to larger contributions to the loan loss provision.
Noninterest Income
Noninterest income was $3.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, a decrease of $241 thousand or 6.7%, from third quarter of 2021. Although service charges on deposit accounts, other service charges, commissions and fees, bank-owned life insurance, and other operating income increased compared to the prior year quarter, these increases were offset by lower fiduciary and asset management fees and mortgage banking income. Noninterest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 decreased $898 thousand to $10.4 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2021, driven primarily by the decrease in mortgage banking income. The decrease in mortgage banking income for the third quarter and first nine months of 2022 compared to the respective 2021 periods was due to declines in volume of mortgage originations attributable to changes in mortgage market conditions.
The Company continues to focus on diversifying noninterest income through efforts to expand Wealth Management, insurance, and mortgage banking activities, and a continued focus on business checking and other corporate services.
Noninterest Expense
Noninterest expense was $11.6 million for the third quarter of 2022, an increase of $637 thousand, or 5.8%, compared to $10.9 million for the third quarter of 2021. The increase over the prior year quarter was primarily driven by increased salary and benefit expense, employee professional development related to recruiting, and other operating expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, noninterest expense increased $1.3 million, or 4.2% over the nine months ended September 30, 2021, primarily due to increases in salary and benefits and employee professional development related to recruiting. The increase in salary and benefits was primarily driven by lower deferred loan costs. The Company is in the final phase of assessing major vendor contracts and relationships as a key component of efforts to reduce noninterest expense levels while improving operational efficiency.
The Company’s income tax expense increased $141 thousand for the third quarter and decreased $120 thousand for the first nine months of 2022 when compared to the same periods in 2021 primarily due to changes in the levels of pre-tax income and the mix of effective tax-exempt income. The effective federal income tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 were 14.4% and 13.4%, respectively, and the effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 were 13.0% and 14.2%, respectively.
Balance Sheet Review
At September 30, 2022, the Company had total assets of $1.3 billion, a decrease of $21.1 million compared to assets as of December 31, 2021.
Net loans held for investment increased $111.5 million or 13.4%, from $833.7 million at December 31, 2021 to $945.1 million at September 30, 2022. Loans held for investment, excluding PPP (non-GAAP), grew 15.8%, or $129.9 million, driven by loan growth in the following segments: commercial real estate of $27.2 million, construction, land development, and other land loans of $9.7 million, residential real estate of $50.2 million, and indirect automobile of $42.9 million. Cash and cash equivalents decreased $133.4 million or 71.0% from December 31, 2021 to September 30, 2022, due to deployment into higher earning asset classes. Securities available for sale, at fair value, decreased $6.8 million or 2.9% over the same period primarily driven by decreases in market value offset by liquidity deployment in the investment portfolio.
Total deposits of $1.2 billion as of September 30, 2022 increased $5.2 million, or 0.4% from December 31, 2021. Noninterest-bearing deposits increased $15.7 million, or 3.7%, savings deposits increased $5.8 million, or 1.0%, and time deposits decreased $16.3 million, or 9.6%.
The Company utilized the PPPLF initiated by the Federal Reserve Bank to partially fund PPP loan originations. PPPLF borrowings were fully repaid during the first quarter of 2022 compared to $480 thousand at December 31, 2021. The Company also utilizes FHLB advances as a source of liquidity as needed. At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had no FHLB advances.
Securities Portfolio
When comparing September 30, 2022 to December 31, 2021, securities available-for-sale decreased $6.8 million, or 2.9%. The majority of the change was due primarily to decreases in market value due to rising market interest rates offset by deployment of additional liquidity in purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, securities issued by state and political subdivisions, and corporate bonds and other securities rather than holding in lower yielding cash reserves.
The Company’s strategy for the securities portfolio is primarily intended to manage the portfolio’s susceptibility to interest rate risk and to provide liquidity to fund loan growth. The securities portfolio is also adjusted to achieve other asset/liability objectives, including pledging requirements, and to manage tax exposure when necessary.
The following table sets forth a summary of the securities portfolio:
TABLE 3: SECURITIES PORTFOLIO
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
(Dollars in thousands) | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
U.S. Treasury securities | | $ | 20,645 | | | $ | 14,904 | |
Obligations of U.S. Government agencies | | | 33,808 | | | | 38,558 | |
Obligations of state and political subdivisions | | | 64,474 | | | | 65,803 | |
Mortgage-backed securities | | | 80,923 | | | | 89,058 | |
Money market investments | | | 1,965 | | | | 2,413 | |
Corporate bonds and other securities | | | 25,725 | | | | 23,585 | |
| | | 227,540 | | | | 234,321 | |
Restricted securities: | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Bank stock | | $ | 682 | | | | 383 | |
Federal Reserve Bank stock | | | 665 | | | | 609 | |
Community Bankers’ Bank stock | | | 42 | | | | 42 | |
| | | 1,389 | | | | 1,034 | |
Total Securities | | $ | 228,929 | | | $ | 235,355 | |
For more information about the Company’s securities available for sale, including information about securities in an unrealized loss position at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, see Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” under the heading Note 2, Securities in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Loan Portfolio
The following table shows a breakdown of total loans by segment at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
TABLE 4: LOAN PORTFOLIO
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
(Dollars in thousands) | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
Commercial and industrial | | $ | 66,724 | | | $ | 68,690 | |
Real estate-construction | | | 68,005 | | | | 58,440 | |
Real estate-mortgage (1) | | | 256,385 | | | | 206,368 | |
Real estate-commercial | | | 409,833 | | | | 382,603 | |
Consumer | | | 151,177 | | | | 118,441 | |
Other | | | 2,941 | | | | 8,984 | |
Ending Balance | | $ | 955,065 | | | $ | 843,526 | |
(1) | The real estate-mortgage segment included residential 1-4 family, multi-family, second mortgages and equity lines of credit. |
Based on the North American Industry Classification System code, there are no categories of loans that exceed 10% of total loans other than the categories disclosed in the preceding table.
As of September 30, 2022, the total loan portfolio increased by $111.5 million or 13.2% from December 31, 2021, primarily due to increases in real estate construction, real estate mortgage, real estate-commercial, and consumer. A decline of $18.4 million in PPP loans outstanding impacted commercial and industrial. Loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs), excluding PPP (non-GAAP), grew 15.8%.
For more information about the Company’s loan portfolio at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, see Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” under the heading Note 3, Loans and the Allowance for Loan Losses in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Nonperforming Assets
Nonperforming assets consist of nonaccrual loans, loans past due 90 days or more and accruing interest, nonperforming restructured loans, and other real estate owned (OREO). Restructured loans are loans with terms that were modified in a troubled debt restructuring (TDR) for borrowers experiencing financial difficulties. Refer to Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” under the heading Note 3, Loans and the Allowance for Loan Losses in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information.
Nonperforming assets increased by $3.2 million from $1.5 million at December 31, 2021 to $4.7 million at September 30, 2022. The total at September 30, 2022 consisted of $330 thousand in loans still accruing interest but past due 90 days or more and $4.4 million in nonaccrual loans. All of the nonaccrual loans are classified as impaired, 90.9% of the nonaccrual loans at September 30, 2022 were secured by real estate and 89.5% of the nonaccrual loans at September 30, 2022 was related to one large commercial relationship. Impaired loans are a component of the allowance for loan losses. When a loan changes from “90 days past due but still accruing interest” to “nonaccrual” status, the loan is normally reviewed for impairment. If impairment is identified, then the Company records a charge-off based on the value of the collateral or the present value of the loan’s expected future cash flows, discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate. If the Company is waiting on an appraisal to determine the collateral’s value, management allocates funds to cover the deficiency to the allowance for loan losses based on information available to management at the time.
The recorded investment in impaired loans increased to $6.2 million as of September 30, 2022 from $1.3 million as of December 31, 2021 as detailed in Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” under the heading Note 3, Loans and the Allowance for Loan Losses in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The majority of these loans were collateralized.
The following table presents information concerning the aggregate amount of nonperforming assets, which includes nonaccrual loans, past due loans, TDRs and OREO:
TABLE 5: NONPERFORMING ASSETS
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
(dollars in thousands) | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
Nonaccrual loans | | | | | | |
Commercial and industrial | | $ | 400 | | | $ | 174 | |
Real estate-construction | | | 1,158 | | | | - | |
Real estate-mortgage (1) | | | 157 | | | | 191 | |
Real estate-commercial | | | 2,660 | | | | 113 | |
Total nonaccrual loans | | $ | 4,375 | | | $ | 478 | |
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Loans past due 90 days or more and accruing interest | | | | | | | | |
Commercial and industrial | | $ | 35 | | | $ | 169 | |
Real estate-mortgage (1) | | | - | | | | - | |
Consumer loans (2) | | | 295 | | | | 846 | |
Other | | | - | | | | 10 | |
Total loans past due 90 days or more and accruing interest | | $ | 330 | | | $ | 1,025 | |
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Restructured loans | | | | | | | | |
Real estate-construction | | $ | 76 | | | $ | 79 | |
Real estate-mortgage (1) | | | 285 | | | | 450 | |
Real estate-commercial | | | 371 | | | | 413 | |
Total restructured loans | | $ | 732 | | | $ | 942 | |
Less nonaccrual restructured loans (included above) | | | 157 | | | | 191 | |
Less restructured loans currently in compliance (3) | | | 575 | | | | 751 | |
Net nonperforming, accruing restructured loans | | $ | - | | | $ | - | |
Nonperforming loans | | $ | 4,705 | | | $ | 1,503 | |
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Total nonperforming assets | | $ | 4,705 | | | $ | 1,503 | |
Interest income that would have been recorded under original loan terms on nonaccrual loans above | | $ | 92 | | | $ | 11 | |
Interest income recorded for the period on nonaccrual loans included above | | $ | 11 | | | $ | 2 | |
Total loans | | $ | 955,065 | | | $ | 843,526 | |
ALLL | | $ | 9,933 | | | $ | 9,865 | |
Nonaccrual loans to total loans | | | 0.46 | % | | | 0.06 | % |
ALLL to total loans | | | 1.04 | % | | | 1.17 | % |
ALLL to nonaccrual loans | | | 227.04 | % | | | 2063.81 | % |
(1) The real estate-mortgage segment includes residential 1 – 4 family, second mortgages and equity lines of credit.
(2) Amounts listed include student loans and small business loans with principal and interest amounts that are 97 - 100% guaranteed by the federal government. There was no past due principal portion of these guaranteed loans at September 30, 2022 and totaled $711 thousand at December 31, 2021. For additional information, refer to Note 3, Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses included in Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” of this report on Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
(3) Amounts listed represent restructured loans that are in compliance with their modified terms as of the date presented.
As shown in the table above, as of September 30, 2022 compared to December 31, 2021, the nonaccrual loan category increased by $3.9 million and the 90-days past due and still accruing interest category decreased by $695 thousand or 67.8%. The increase in nonaccrual loans during the first nine months of 2022 was driven primarily by one well-secured large commercial relationship which was downgraded during the fourth quarter of 2021 and became impaired and placed on nonaccrual status during the first quarter of 2022.
The nonaccrual loans at September 30, 2022 were related to nine credit relationships. All loans in these relationships have been analyzed to determine whether the cash flow of the borrower and the collateral pledged to secure the loans is sufficient to cover outstanding principal balances. The Company has set aside specific allocations for those loans without sufficient cash flow or collateral and charged off any balance that management does not expect to collect.
Management believes the Company has excellent credit quality review processes in place to identify problem loans quickly. For a detailed discussion of the Company’s nonperforming assets, refer to Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” under the heading Note 3, Loans and the Allowance for Loan Losses in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
The Allowance for Loan Losses
The allowance for loan losses is based on several components. In evaluating the adequacy of the allowance, each segment of the loan portfolio is divided into several pools of loans:
1. | Specific identification (regardless of risk rating) |
3. | Pool–other assets especially mentioned (OAEM) (rated just above substandard) |
4. | Pool–pass loans (all other rated loans) |
The first component of the allowance for loan losses is determined based on specifically identified loans that may become impaired. These loans are individually analyzed for impairment and include nonperforming loans and both performing and nonperforming TDRs. This component may also include loans considered impaired for other reasons, such as outdated financial information on the borrower or guarantors or financial problems of the borrower, including operating losses, marginal working capital, inadequate cash flow, or business interruptions. Changes in TDRs and nonperforming loans affect the dollar amount of the allowance. Increases in the impairment allowance for TDRs and nonperforming loans are reflected as an increase in the allowance for loan losses except in situations where the TDR or nonperforming loan does not require a specific allocation (i.e., the discounted present value of expected future cash flows or the collateral value is considered sufficient).
The majority of the Company’s TDRs and nonperforming loans are collateralized by real estate. When reviewing loans for impairment, the Company obtains current appraisals when applicable. If the Company has not yet received a current appraisal on loans being reviewed for impairment, any loan balance that is in excess of the estimated appraised value is allocated in the allowance. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the impaired loan component of the allowance for loan losses amounted to $97 thousand and $128 thousand, respectively. The impaired loan component of the allowance for loan losses is reflected as a valuation allowance related to impaired loans in Note 3, Loans and the Allowance for Loan Losses included in Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
The second component of the allowance consists of qualitative factors and includes items such as economic conditions, growth trends, loan concentrations, changes in certain loans, changes in underwriting, changes in management and legal and regulatory changes.
Historical loss is the final component of the allowance for loan losses. The calculation of the historical loss component is conducted on loans evaluated collectively for impairment and uses migration analysis with eight migration periods covering twelve quarters each on pooled segments. These segments are based on the loan classifications set by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council in the instructions for the Call Report applicable to the Bank.
Consumer loans not secured by real estate and made to individuals for household, family and other personal expenditures are segmented into pools based on whether the loan’s payments are current (including loans 1 – 29 days past due), 30 – 59 days past due, 60 – 89 days past due, or 90 days or more past due. All other loans, including loans to consumers that are secured by real estate, are segmented by the Company’s internally assigned risk grades: substandard, other assets especially mentioned (rated just above substandard), and pass (all other loans). The Company may also assign loans to the risk grades of doubtful or loss, but as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had no loans in these categories.
The overall historical loss rate from December 31, 2021 to September 30, 2022, improved 9 basis points as a percentage of loans evaluated collectively for impairment as a result of overall improving asset quality. For the same period, the qualitative factor components decreased 7 basis point as a percentage of loans evaluated collectively for impairment overall. This decrease was primarily due to a reduction related to the COVID-19 pandemic, partially offset by adjustments for change in volume for certain segments. While there have not been significant changes in overall credit quality of the loan portfolio from December 31, 2021 to September 30, 2022, management will continue to monitor economic recovery challenges at macro and micro levels, including levels of inflation, rising interest rates, supply chain disruption, and employment levels, which may be delaying signs of credit deterioration. If there are further challenges to the economic recovery, elevated levels of risk within the loan portfolio may require additional increases in the allowance for loan losses.
On a combined basis, the historical loss and qualitative factor components amounted to $9.8 million as of September 30, 2022 and $9.7 million as of December 31, 2021. Management is monitoring portfolio activity, such as levels of deferral and/or modifications, concentration levels by collateral, as well as industry concentration levels, to identify areas within the loan portfolio which may create elevated levels of risk should the economic environment present indications of instability that is other than temporary in nature.
Overall Change in Allowance
As a result of management’s analysis, the Company added, through the provision, $1.1 million to the ALLL for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The ALLL, as a percentage of period-end loans held for investment, was 1.04% and 1.17% at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. The decrease in the ALLL as a percentage of loans held for investment at September 30, 2022 compared to the December 31, 2021 was primarily attributable to: (i) an increase in loans held for investment, excluding PPP loans (non-GAAP); partially offset by (ii) continued improvement in historical qualitative loss rates; and (iii) a reduction of qualitative factor adjustments related to the COVID-19 pandemic partially offset by certain segment qualitative factor adjustments for volume trends. Excluding PPP loans, the ALLL as a percentage of loans held for investment (non-GAAP) was 1.04% and 1.20% at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. For more information about financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, please see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below. Management believes that the allowance has been appropriately funded for losses on existing loans, based on currently available information. Year-over-year quantitative historical loss rates continue to demonstrate improvement, past due levels remain low, and asset quality remains strong. The Company will continue to monitor the loan portfolio, levels of nonperforming assets, and the sustainability of improving asset quality trends experienced closely and make changes to the allowance for loan losses when necessary. As further challenges to economic conditions in our markets, including due to the impacts of inflation and rising interest rates, continue to evolve, elevated levels of risk within the loan portfolio may require additional increases in the ALLL.
The allowance for loan losses represents an amount that, in management’s judgement, will be adequate to absorb probable and estimable losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The provision for loan losses increases the allowance and loans charged-off, net of recoveries, reduce the allowance. The following tables present the Company’s loan loss experience for the periods indicated:
TABLE 6: ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES
For the Nine Months ended September 30, 2022
(Dollars in thousands) | | Commercial and Industrial | | | Real Estate Construction | | | Real Estate - Mortgage (1) | | | Real Estate - Commercial | | | Consumer | | | Other | | | Unallocated | | | Total | |
Allowance for loan losses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, beginning | | $ | 683 | | | $ | 459 | | | $ | 2,390 | | | $ | 4,787 | | | $ | 1,362 | | | $ | 184 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 9,865 | |
Charge-offs | | | (297 | ) | | | - | | | | (25 | ) | | | - | | | | (1,095 | ) | | | (281 | ) | | | - | | | | (1,698 | ) |
Recoveries | | | 131 | | | | - | | | | 52 | | | | 22 | | | | 389 | | | | 99 | | | | - | | | | 693 | |
Provision for loan losses | | | 107 | | | | 70 | | | | 190 | | | | (464 | ) | | | 982 | | | | 188 | | | | - | | | | 1,073 | |
Ending Balance | | $ | 624 | | | $ | 529 | | | $ | 2,607 | | | $ | 4,345 | | | $ | 1,638 | | | $ | 190 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 9,933 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Average loans | | | 67,481 | | | | 65,368 | | | | 227,401 | | | | 400,889 | | | | 123,895 | | | | 6,810 | | | | | | | | 891,844 | |
Ratio of net charge-offs to average loans | | | 0.25 | % | | | 0.00 | % | | | -0.01 | % | | | -0.01 | % | | | 0.57 | % | | | 2.67 | % | | | | | | | 0.11 | % |
For the Nine Months ended September 30, 2021
(Dollars in thousands) | | Commercial and Industrial | | | Real Estate Construction | | | Real Estate - Mortgage (1) | | | Real Estate - Commercial | | | Consumer | | | Other | | | Unallocated | | | Total | |
Allowance for loan losses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, beginning | | $ | 650 | | | $ | 339 | | | $ | 2,560 | | | $ | 4,434 | | | $ | 1,302 | | | $ | 123 | | | $ | 133 | | | $ | 9,541 | |
Charge-offs | | | (24 | ) | | | - | | | | (1 | ) | | | - | | | | (664 | ) | | | (216 | ) | | | - | | | | (905 | ) |
Recoveries | | | 33 | | | | - | | | | 66 | | | | 44 | | | | 310 | | | | 85 | | | | - | | | | 538 | |
Provision for loan losses | | | 47 | | | | 152 | | | | (341 | ) | | | 239 | | | | 373 | | | | 173 | | | | (133 | ) | | | 510 | |
Ending Balance | | $ | 706 | | | $ | 491 | | | $ | 2,284 | | | $ | 4,717 | | | $ | 1,321 | | | $ | 165 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 9,684 | |
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Average loans | | | 120,965 | | | | 48,011 | | | | 201,145 | | | | 333,756 | | | | 116,835 | | | | 7,674 | | | | | | | | 828,386 | |
Ratio of net charge-offs to average loans | | | -0.01 | % | | | 0.00 | % | | | -0.03 | % | | | -0.01 | % | | | 0.30 | % | | | 1.71 | % | | | | | | | 0.04 | % |
(1) | The real estate-mortgage segment included residential 1-4 family, multi-family, second mortgages and equity lines of credit. |
For the Three Months ended September 30, 2022
(Dollars in thousands) | | Commercial and Industrial | | | Real Estate Construction | | | Real Estate - Mortgage (1) | | | Real Estate - Commercial | | | Consumer | | | Other | | | Unallocated | | | Total | |
Allowance for loan losses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, beginning | | $ | 596 | | | $ | 479 | | | $ | 2,676 | | | $ | 4,436 | | | $ | 1,482 | | | $ | 227 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 9,896 | |
Charge-offs | | | (1 | ) | | | - | | | | (22 | ) | | | - | | | | (473 | ) | | | (91 | ) | | | - | | | | (587 | ) |
Recoveries | | | 4 | | | | - | | | | 12 | | | | 22 | | | | 170 | | | | 14 | | | | - | | | | 222 | |
Provision for loan losses | | | 25 | | | | 50 | | | | (59 | ) | | | (113 | ) | | | 459 | | | | 40 | | | | - | | | | 402 | |
Ending Balance | | $ | 624 | | | $ | 529 | | | $ | 2,607 | | | $ | 4,345 | | | $ | 1,638 | | | $ | 190 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 9,933 | |
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Average loans | | | 63,999 | | | | 64,907 | | | | 254,594 | | | | 408,791 | | | | 139,147 | | | | 6,098 | | | | | | | | 937,536 | |
Ratio of net charge-offs to average loans | | | 0.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % | | | -0.01 | % | | | 0.22 | % | | | 1.26 | % | | | | | | | 0.04 | % |
For the Three Months ended September 30, 2021
(Dollars in thousands) | | Commercial and Industrial | | | Real Estate Construction | | | Real Estate - Mortgage (1) | | | Real Estate - Commercial | | | Consumer | | | Other | | | Unallocated | | | Total | |
Allowance for loan losses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, beginning | | $ | 721 | | | $ | 416 | | | $ | 2,465 | | | $ | 4,396 | | | $ | 1,288 | | | $ | 164 | | | $ | 23 | | | $ | 9,473 | |
Charge-offs | | | (20 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (230 | ) | | | (30 | ) | | | - | | | | (280 | ) |
Recoveries | | | 12 | | | | - | | | | 10 | | | | 43 | | | | 60 | | | | 6 | | | | - | | | | 131 | |
Provision for loan losses | | | (7 | ) | | | 75 | | | | (191 | ) | | | 278 | | | | 203 | | | | 25 | | | | (23 | ) | | | 360 | |
Ending Balance | | $ | 706 | | | $ | 491 | | | $ | 2,284 | | | $ | 4,717 | | | $ | 1,321 | | | $ | 165 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 9,684 | |
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Average loans | | | 107,349 | | | | 54,543 | | | | 202,134 | | | | 344,803 | | | | 118,215 | | | | 7,337 | | | | | | | | 834,381 | |
Ratio of net charge-offs to average loans | | | 0.01 | % | | | 0.00 | % | | | 0.00 | % | | | -0.01 | % | | | 0.14 | % | | | 0.33 | % | | | | | | | 0.02 | % |
(1) | The real estate-mortgage segment included residential 1-4 family, multi-family, second mortgages and equity lines of credit. |
The following table shows the amount of the allowance for loan losses allocated to each category and the ratio of corresponding outstanding loan balances as of the periods indicated. Although the allowance for loan losses is allocated into these categories, the entire allowance for loan losses is available to cover loan losses in any category.
TABLE 7: ALLOCATION OF THE ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
(Dollars in thousands) | | Amount | | | Percent of Loans to Total Loans | | | Amount | | | Percent of Loans to Total Loans | |
Commercial and industrial | | $ | 624 | | | | 6.99 | % | | $ | 683 | | | | 8.14 | % |
Real estate-construction | | | 529 | | | | 7.12 | % | | | 459 | | | | 6.93 | % |
Real estate-mortgage (1) | | | 2,607 | | | | 26.84 | % | | | 2,390 | | | | 24.46 | % |
Real estate-commercial | | | 4,345 | | | | 42.91 | % | | | 4,787 | | | | 45.36 | % |
Consumer | | | 1,638 | | | | 15.83 | % | | | 1,362 | | | | 14.04 | % |
Other | | | 190 | | | | 0.31 | % | | | 184 | | | | 1.07 | % |
Ending Balance | | $ | 9,933 | | | | 100.00 | % | | $ | 9,865 | | | | 100.00 | % |
(1) | The real estate-mortgage segment included residential 1-4 family, multi-family, second mortgages and equity lines of credit. |
Deposits
The Company’s predominant source of funds is depository accounts, which are comprised of demand deposits, savings and money market accounts and time deposits. The Company’s deposits are principally provided by individuals and businesses located within the communities served.
During the first nine months of 2022, deposits increased $5.2 million to $1.2 billion at September 30, 2022, compared to December 31, 2021. Noninterest bearing and savings deposits increased $15.7 million and $5.8 million, respectively, and time deposits decreased $16.3 million during the same period. This increase in noninterest bearing deposits was due in part to opening new deposit accounts and higher balances in existing deposit accounts. The Company remains focused on increasing lower-cost deposits by actively targeting new noninterest-bearing deposits and savings deposits.
Capital Resources
Total stockholders’ equity as of September 30, 2022 was $93.5 million, down 22.6% from $120.8 million on December 31, 2021. The decrease was related to unrealized losses in the market value of securities available for sale, which are recognized as a component of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income and was driven by increases in market interest rates, and the repurchase of 268,095 shares, for an aggregate purchase price of $6.7 million, during the first nine months under the Company’s Repurchase Program, partially offset by retained earnings. These common stock repurchases under the Repurchase Program also contributed to modest declines in the Company’s regulatory capital ratios from December 31, 2021 to September 30, 2022.
The assessment of capital adequacy depends on such factors as asset quality, liquidity, earnings performance, and changing competitive conditions and economic forces. The adequacy of the Company’s and the Bank’s capital is regularly reviewed. The Company targets regulatory capital levels that will assure an adequate level of capital to support anticipated asset growth and to absorb potential losses. While the Company will continue to look for opportunities to invest capital in profitable growth, the Company will also consider investing capital in other transactions, such as share repurchases, that facilitate improving shareholder return, as measured by ROE and EPS.
The Bank’s capital position remains strong as evidenced by the regulatory capital measurements. Under the banking regulations, Total Capital is composed of core capital (Tier 1) and supplemental capital (Tier 2). Tier 1 capital consists of common stockholders’ equity less goodwill. Tier 2 capital consists of certain qualifying debt and a qualifying portion of the allowance for loan losses. In addition, the Bank has made the one-time irrevocable election to continue treating accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) under regulatory standards that were in place prior to the Basel III Capital Rules in order to eliminate volatility of regulatory capital that can result from fluctuations in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income and the inclusion of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income in regulatory capital, as would otherwise be required under the Basel III Capital Rule. As a result of this election, changes in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, including unrealized losses on securities available for sale, do not affect regulatory capital amounts shown in the table below for the Bank
In June 2013, the federal bank regulatory agencies adopted the Basel III Capital Rules (i) to implement the Basel III capital framework and (ii) for calculating risk-weighted assets. These rules became effective January 1, 2015, subject to limited phase-in periods. The EGRRCPA, enacted in May 2018, required action by the FRB to expand the applicability of its Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement, which, among other things, exempts certain bank holding companies from reporting consolidated regulatory capital ratios and from minimum regulatory capital requirements that apply to other bank holding companies. In August 2018, the FRB issued an interim final rule provisionally expanding the applicability of the small bank holding company policy statement to bank holding companies with consolidated total assets of less than $3 billion. The statement previously applied only to bank holding companies with consolidated total assets of less than $1 billion. As a result of the interim final rule, which was effective upon its issuance, the Company expects that it will be treated as a small bank holding company and will not be subject to regulatory capital requirements. For an overview of the Basel III Capital Rules and the EGRRCPA, refer to “Regulation and Supervision” included in Item 1, “Business” of the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K.
On September 17, 2019 the FDIC finalized a rule that introduces an optional simplified measure of capital adequacy for qualifying community banking organizations (i.e., the community bank leverage ratio (CBLR) framework), as required by the EGRRCPA. The CBLR framework is designed to reduce burden by removing the requirements for calculating and reporting risk-based capital ratios for qualifying community banking organizations that opt into the framework.
In order to qualify for the CBLR framework, a community banking organization must have a Tier 1 leverage ratio of greater than 9%, less than $10 billion in total consolidated assets, and limited amounts of off-balance-sheet exposures and trading assets and liabilities. A qualifying community banking organization that opts into the CBLR framework and meets all requirements under the framework will be considered to have met the well-capitalized ratio requirements under the Prompt Corrective Action regulations and will not be required to report or calculate risk-based capital. The CBLR framework was available for banks to begin using in their March 31, 2020, Call Report. The Bank did not opt into the CBLR framework.
The following is a summary of the Bank’s capital ratios as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. As shown below, these ratios were all well above the recommended regulatory minimum levels.
TABLE 8: REGULATORY CAPITAL
| | 2022 | | | | | | 2021 | | | | |
| | Regulatory | | | | | | Regulatory | | | | |
| | Minimums | | | September 30, 2022 | | | Minimums | | | December 31, 2021 | |
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets | | | 4.500 | % | | | 11.30 | % | | | 4.500 | % | | | 12.57 | % |
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets | | | 6.000 | % | | | 11.30 | % | | | 6.000 | % | | | 12.57 | % |
Tier 1 Leverage to Average Assets | | | 4.000 | % | | | 9.45 | % | | | 4.000 | % | | | 9.09 | % |
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets | | | 8.000 | % | | | 12.21 | % | | | 8.000 | % | | | 13.61 | % |
Capital Conservation Buffer | | | 2.500 | % | | | 4.21 | % | | | 2.500 | % | | | 5.61 | % |
Risk-Weighted Assets (in thousands) | | | | | | $ | 1,105,732 | | | | | | | $ | 952,218 | |
On July 14, 2021, the Company issued $30.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.50% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes due 2031 (the Notes) in a private placement transaction. The Notes initially bear interest at a fixed rate of 3.50% for five years and convert to three month SOFR plus 286 basis points, resetting quarterly, thereafter. The Notes were structured to qualify as Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes and are included in the Company’s Tier 2 capital as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
Effective October 19, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a Repurchase Program. The Company is authorized pursuant to this program to repurchase up to 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock through November 30, 2022. Repurchases under the program may be made through privately negotiated transactions or open market transactions, including pursuant to a trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 and/or Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act and shares repurchased will be returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares of common stock. The timing, number and purchase price of shares repurchased under the program, if any, will be determined by management in its discretion and will depend on a number of factors, including the market price of the shares as a percentage of tangible book value, general market and economic conditions, applicable legal requirements and other conditions, and there is no assurance that the Company will purchase any shares under the Repurchase Program. The Company repurchased 268,095 shares of the Company’s common stock at an aggregate cost of $6.7 million under the Repurchase Program during the first nine months of 2022.
Liquidity
Liquidity is the ability of the Company to meet present and future financial obligations through either the sale or maturity of existing assets or the acquisition of additional funds through liability management. Liquid assets include cash, interest-bearing deposits with banks, federal funds sold, investments in securities and loans maturing within one year.
A major source of the Company’s liquidity is its large, stable deposit base. In addition, secondary liquidity sources are available through the use of borrowed funds if the need should arise, including secured advances from the FHLB and FRB. As of the end of the third quarter of 2022, the Company had $392.1 million in FHLB borrowing availability based on loans and securities currently available for pledging. The Company believes that the availability at the FHLB is sufficient to meet future cash-flow needs. The Company also has available short-term, unsecured borrowed funds in the form of federal funds lines of credit with correspondent banks.
Based on the Company’s management of liquid assets, the availability of borrowed funds, and the Company’s ability to generate liquidity through liability funding, management believes that the Company maintains overall liquidity sufficient to satisfy its depositors’ requirements and to meet its customers’ future borrowing needs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s ability to maintain sufficient liquidity may be affected by numerous factors, including economic conditions nationally and in the Company’s markets. Depending on its liquidity levels, its capital position, conditions in the capital markets and other factors, the Company may from time to time consider the issuance of debt, equity, other securities or other possible capital markets transactions, the proceeds of which could provide additional liquidity for the Company’s operations.
The following table sets forth information relating to the Company’s sources of liquidity and the outstanding commitments for use of liquidity at September 30, 2022. Dividing the total short-term sources of liquidity by the outstanding commitments for use of liquidity derives the liquidity coverage ratio.
TABLE 9: LIQUIDITY SOURCES AND USES
| | September 30, 2022 | |
(dollars in thousands) | | Total | | | In Use | | | Available | |
Sources: | | | | | | | | | |
Federal funds lines of credit | | $ | 115,000 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 115,000 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank advances | | | 392,092 | | | | - | | | | 392,092 | |
Federal funds sold & balances at the Federal Reserve | | | | | | | | | | | 36,155 | |
Securities, available for sale and unpledged at fair value | | | | | | | | | | | 137,810 | |
Total short-term funding sources | | | | | | | | | | $ | 681,057 | |
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Uses: (1) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unfunded loan commitments and lending lines of credit | | | | | | | | | | | 80,487 | |
Letters of credit | | | | | | | | | | | 264 | |
Total potential short-term funding uses | | | | | | | | | | | 80,751 | |
Liquidity coverage ratio | | | | | | | | | | | 843.4 | % |
(1) | Represents partial draw levels based on loan segment. |
The Company’s operating activities provided $13.8 million of cash during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $17.6 million provided during the comparative 2021 period. The Company’s investing activities used $142.8 million of cash during the first nine months of 2022, compared to $33.6 million of cash used during the first nine months of 2021. The Company’s financing activities used $4.4 million and provided $79.8 million of cash during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
As a result of the ability to generate liquidity through liability funding and management of liquid assets, management believes the Company maintains overall liquidity sufficient to satisfy operational requirements and contractual obligations. The Company’s internal sources of liquidity are deposits, loan and investment repayments and securities available-for-sale. The Company’s primary external source of liquidity is advances from the FHLB.
In the ordinary course of business the Company has entered into contractual obligations and has made other commitments to make future payments. As of September 30, 2022, there have been no material changes outside the ordinary course of business as disclosed in the Company’s contractual obligations disclosed in the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of September 30, 2022, there were no material changes in the Company’s off-balance sheet arrangements disclosed in the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In reporting the results of the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company has provided supplemental financial measures on a tax equivalent or an adjusted basis to disclose tangible book value or loans held for investment, less PPP loans, and related measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are a supplement to GAAP, which is used to prepare the Company’s financial statements, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the Company’s non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to non-GAAP financial measures of other companies. The Company uses the non-GAAP financial measures discussed herein in its analysis of the Company’s performance. The Company’s management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide additional understanding of ongoing operations and enhance comparability of results of operations with prior periods presented without the impact of items or events that may obscure trends in the Company’s underlying performance. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company to evaluate and measure the Company’s performance to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is presented below.
TABLE 10: Non-GAAP FINACIAL MEASURES
| | Three Months Ended September 30, | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |
(dollar in thousands, except share and per share data) | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
Fully Taxable Equivalent Net Interest Income | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net interest income (GAAP) | | $ | 11,571 | | | $ | 9,876 | | | $ | 31,526 | | | $ | 29,138 | |
FTE adjustment | | | 83 | | | | 62 | | | | 228 | | | | 183 | |
Net interest income (FTE) (non-GAAP) | | $ | 11,654 | | | $ | 9,938 | | | $ | 31,754 | | | $ | 29,321 | |
Noninterest income (GAAP) | | | 3,365 | | | | 3,606 | | | | 10,380 | | | | 11,278 | |
Total revenue (FTE) (non-GAAP) | | $ | 15,019 | | | $ | 13,544 | | | $ | 42,134 | | | $ | 40,599 | |
Noninterest expense (GAAP) | | | 11,565 | | | | 10,928 | | | | 33,368 | | | | 32,021 | |
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Average earning assets | | $ | 1,223,985 | | | $ | 1,211,040 | | | $ | 1,234,368 | | | $ | 1,180,405 | |
Net interest margin | | | 3.75 | % | | | 3.24 | % | | | 3.42 | % | | | 3.30 | % |
Net interest margin (FTE) (non-GAAP) | | | 3.78 | % | | | 3.26 | % | | | 3.44 | % | | | 3.32 | % |
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Efficiency ratio | | | 77.43 | % | | | 81.06 | % | | | 79.62 | % | | | 79.23 | % |
Efficiency ratio (FTE) (non-GAAP) | | | 77.01 | % | | | 80.69 | % | | | 79.19 | % | | | 78.87 | % |
Tangible Book Value Per Share | | September 30, 2022 | | | December 31, 2021 | | | September 30, 2021 | |
Total Stockholders Equity (GAAP) | | $ | 93,512 | | | $ | 120,818 | | | $ | 120,767 | |
Less goodwill | | | 1,650 | | | | 1,650 | | | | 1,650 | |
Less core deposit intangible | | | 242 | | | | 275 | | | | 286 | |
Tangible Stockholders Equity (non-GAAP) | | $ | 91,620 | | | $ | 118,893 | | | $ | 118,831 | |
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Shares issued and outstanding | | | 4,996,728 | | | | 5,239,707 | | | | 5,245,842 | |
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Book value per share | | $ | 18.71 | | | $ | 23.06 | | | $ | 23.02 | |
Tangible book value per share | | $ | 18.34 | | | $ | 22.69 | | | $ | 22.65 | |
ALLL as a Percentage of Loans Held for Investment | | September 30, 2022 | | | December 31, 2021 | | | September 30, 2021 | |
Loans held for investment (net of deferred fees and costs) (GAAP) | | $ | 955,065 | | | $ | 843,526 | | | $ | 840,151 | |
Less PPP originations | | | 624 | | | | 19,008 | | | | 36,320 | |
Loans held for investment, (net of deferred fees and costs), excluding PPP (non-GAAP) | | $ | 954,441 | | | $ | 824,518 | | | $ | 803,831 | |
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ALLL | | $ | 9,933 | | | $ | 9,865 | | | $ | 9,684 | |
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ALLL as a Percentage of Loans Held for Investment | | | 1.04 | % | | | 1.17 | % | | | 1.15 | % |
ALLL as a Percentage of Loans Held for Investment, net of PPP originations | | | 1.04 | % | | | 1.20 | % | | | 1.20 | % |
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which use language such as “believes,” “expects,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “intends” and similar expressions, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of the Company’s management, as well as estimates and assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. These statements are inherently uncertain, and there can be no assurance that the underlying beliefs, estimates, or assumptions will prove to be accurate. Actual results, performance, achievements, or trends could differ materially from historical results or those anticipated by such statements. Forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may include, without limitation: statements regarding expected future operations and financial performance; current and future interest rate levels and fluctuations and potential impacts on the Company’s NIM, changes in economic conditions, performance of loan and securities portfolios, asset quality, and future levels of the allowance for loan losses and the provision for loan losses; management’s belief regarding liquidity and capital resources; the Company’s technology and efficiency initiatives and anticipated completion timelines; potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including on asset quality, the allowance for loan losses, provision for loan losses, interest rates, and results of operations; certain items that management does not expect to have an ongoing impact on consolidated net income; changes to NIM and items affecting NIM; strategic business initiatives and the anticipated effects thereof; asset quality; adequacy of allowances for loan losses and the level of future charge offs; liquidity and capital levels; and the effect of future market and industry trends. These forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties due to factors that could have a material adverse effect on the operations and future prospects of the Company including, but not limited to, changes in:
| • | interest rates, such as increases or volatility in short-term interest rates or yields on U.S. Treasury bonds and increases or volatility in mortgage interest rates, and the impacts on macroeconomic conditions, customer and client behavior, the Company’s funding costs, and the Company’s loan and securities portfolios |
| • | general business conditions, as well as conditions within the financial markets |
| • | general economic conditions, including unemployment levels, supply chain disruptions, higher inflation, and slowdowns in economic growth, and also including the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| • | monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. Government, including policies of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the effect of these policies on interest rates and business in our markets |
| • | the quality or composition of the loan portfolios and the value of the collateral securing those loans |
| • | the effectiveness of the Company’s efforts to respond to COVID-19, the severity and duration of the pandemic, the impact of loosening or tightening of governmental restrictions, the uncertainty regarding new variants, the pace and efficacy of vaccinations and treatment developments, the pace and durability of economic recovery and the heightened impact that COVID-19 may have on many of the risks described herein |
| • | the Company’s branch realignment initiatives |
| • | the Company’s technology, efficiency, and other strategic initiatives |
| • | the legislative/regulatory climate, regulatory initiatives with respect to financial institutions, products and services, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the CFPB) and the regulatory and enforcement activities of the CFPB |
| • | future levels of government defense spending particularly in the Company’s service areas |
| • | uncertainty over future federal spending or budget priorities, particularly in connection with the Department of Defense, on the Company’s service areas |
| • | the impact of potential changes in the political landscape and related policy changes, including monetary, regulatory and trade policies |
| • | the U.S. Government’s guarantee of repayment of student or small business loans purchased by the Company |
| • | the value of securities held in the Company’s investment portfolios |
| • | potential claims, damages and fines related to litigation or government actions |
| • | demand for loan products and the impact of changes in demand on loan growth |
| • | changes in the volume and mix of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities |
| • | the effects of management’s investment strategy and strategy to manage the NIM |
| • | the level of net charge-offs on loans and the adequacy of our ALLL |
| • | performance of the Company’s dealer lending program |
| • | the strength of the Company’s counterparties |
| • | competition from both banks and non-banks |
| • | demand for financial services in the Company’s market area |
| • | implementation of new technologies |
| • | the Company’s ability to develop and maintain secure and reliable electronic systems |
| • | any interruption or breach of security in the Company’s information systems or those of the Company’s third-party vendors or their service providers |
| • | reliance on third parties for key services |
| • | cyber threats, attacks or events |
| • | potential adverse effects of unusual and infrequently occurring events, such as weather-related disasters, terrorist acts, financial crises, political crises, war and other geopolitical conflicts, such as the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, or public health events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and of governmental and societal responses thereto, on, among other things, the Company’s operations, liquidity and credit quality |
| • | the use of inaccurate assumptions in management’s modeling systems |
| • | technological risks and developments |
| • | the commercial and residential real estate markets |
| • | the demand in the secondary residential mortgage loan markets |
| • | expansion of the Company’s product offerings |
| • | effectiveness of expense reduction plans |
| • | changes in accounting principles, standards, rules and interpretations, and elections made by the Company thereunder, and the related impact on the Company’s financial statements. |
These risks and uncertainties, and the factors discussed in more detail in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors,” and Part II, Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K should be considered in evaluating the forward-looking statements contained herein. Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical fact. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and the Company does not intend or assume any obligation to update, revise, or clarify any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time or on behalf of the Company, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law. In addition, past results of operations are not necessarily indicative of future results.
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. |
Not required.
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures. |
Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Management evaluated, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of the end of the period covered by this report to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
In designing and evaluating its disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act). Because of its inherent limitations, a system of internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Changes in Internal Controls. There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the Company’s third quarter ended September 30, 2022 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. | Legal Proceedings. |
There are no pending legal proceedings to which the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, is a party or to which the property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that, in the opinion of management, may materially impact the financial condition of the Company.
There have been no material changes in the risk factors faced by the Company from those disclosed in the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K, except as described below:
The Company and its subsidiaries, including the Bank, and its and their employees and customers have recently been and may in the future be the target of criminal cyberattacks; and we could be exposed to liability and remedial costs, and our reputation and business could suffer.
Like many major financial institutions, we are, from time to time, a target of criminal cyber-attacks, phishing schemes and similar fraudulent activity and cyber incidents, and we expect these threats to continue. As the numerous and evolving cybersecurity threats, including advanced and persistent cyber-attacks and schemes, utilized by cybercriminals in attempts to obtain unauthorized access to our systems or our customers’ accounts have become increasingly more complex and sophisticated and may be difficult to detect for periods of time, we may - like many other major financial institutions - not anticipate, safeguard against, or respond to, these acts adequately. As these threats continue to evolve and increase, we - like many other major financial institutions - may be required to devote significant additional resources in order to modify and enhance our security controls and to identify and remediate any security vulnerabilities.
During September 2022, the Company detected and confirmed that one of the Bank’s employees was the target of an external cybersecurity event perpetrated by third-party cybercriminals. In this event, one or more unauthorized persons gained unlawful access to the Microsoft Office 365 account of one Bank employee. Through such unlawful access, the unauthorized person(s) might have been able to access certain personal information of certain loan applicants and Bank customers. Investigations into this cyber incident by Bank management, our outside legal counsel, a third-party forensics advisor and law enforcement authorities remain ongoing.
It is expected that we will continue to experience increased costs related to our response to this most recent cyber incident and our efforts to further enhance our security measures. As was previously disclosed, we were also subject to an external cybersecurity event perpetrated by third-party cybercriminals that occurred during our fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. Accordingly, in recent periods we have been investing significant resources to improve our cybersecurity protections, and we may need to expend significant additional resources to further enhance our safeguards and protection against cybersecurity breaches, fraudulent activity and cyber incidents, or to redress problems or potential liability caused by such cybersecurity breaches, fraudulent activity or cyber incidents; and such efforts may not be fully effective. Furthermore, even though we carry cyber and other insurance policies that may provide insurance coverage under certain circumstances, we might suffer losses as a result of a cyber incident that exceed the coverage available under our insurance policies or for which we do not have coverage.
Though it is difficult to determine what, if any, harm may directly result from any specific cyber incident or cyber-attack, any failure to maintain the security of, or any actual or perceived loss or unauthorized disclosure or use of, customer or account information likely may lead to our customers losing trust and confidence in us. Damage to our reputation could adversely affect deposits and loans and otherwise negatively affect the Company’s and the Bank’s business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, it is possible that this most recent cyber incident or any other cyber incident and any material fraudulent activity, cyber-attacks, breaches of our information security or successful penetration or circumvention of our system security may cause us significant negative consequences, including loss of Bank customers and financial assets and business opportunities, disruption to our operations and business, or misappropriation of our and/or our customers’ confidential information, and may expose us to additional regulatory scrutiny or may result in a violation of applicable privacy laws and other laws, litigation exposure, regulatory fines, penalties or intervention, loss of confidence in our security measures, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensatory costs, devotion of substantial management time, increased costs to maintain insurance coverage (including increased deposit insurance premiums), or additional compliance costs, all of which could adversely impact our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations.
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. |
Pursuant to the Company’s equity compensation plans, participants may pay the exercise price of certain awards or satisfy tax withholding requirements associated with awards by surrendering shares of the Company’s common stock that the participants already own. Additionally, participants may also surrender shares upon vesting of restricted stock awards to satisfy tax withholding requirements. Shares surrendered by participants of these plans are repurchased at current market value pursuant to the terms of the applicable awards. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company did not repurchase any shares related to the equity compensation plan awards.
Effective October 19, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the Repurchase Program. The Company is authorized pursuant to this program to repurchase up to 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock through November 30, 2022. Repurchases under the program may be made through privately negotiated transactions or open market transactions, including pursuant to a trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 and/or Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act and shares repurchased will be returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares of common stock. The timing, number and purchase price of shares repurchased under the Repurchase Program will be determined by management in its discretion and will depend on a number of factors, including the market price of the shares as a percentage of tangible book value, general market and economic conditions, applicable legal requirements and other conditions. There were 69,000 shares repurchased under the Repurchase Program during the third quarter of 2022. As of September 30, 2022, the Company has made aggregate common stock repurchases of 274,695 shares for an aggregate cost of $6.8 million under the Repurchase Program.
The following table summarizes repurchases of the Company’s common stock that occurred during the three months ended September 30, 2022.
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Period | | Total number of shares repurchased | | | Average price paid per share ($) | | | Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs | | | Maximum number (or approximate dollar value) of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs | |
July 1, 2022 - July 31, 2022 | | | 50,000 | | | $ | 24.75 | | | | 50,000 | | | | 264,979 | |
August 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022 | | | 5,500 | | | | 23.55 | | | | 5,500 | | | | 259,479 | |
September 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022 | | | 13,500 | | | | 23.53 | | | | 13,500 | | | | 245,979 | |
Total | | | 69,000 | | | $ | 24.42 | | | | 69,000 | | | | | |
Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities. |
None.
Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures. |
None.
Item 5. | Other Information. |
None.
Exhibit No. | | Description |
| | Articles of Incorporation of Old Point Financial Corporation, as amended effective June 22, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 10-K filed March 12, 2009) |
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| | Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Old Point Financial Corporation, effective May 26, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1.1 to Form 8-K filed May 31, 2016) |
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| | Bylaws of Old Point Financial Corporation, as amended and restated August 9, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 10-Q filed August 10, 2016) |
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| | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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| | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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| | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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101 | | The following materials from Old Point Financial Corporation’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, formatted in Inline XBRL, filed herewith: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited for September 30, 2022), (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited), (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income (unaudited), (iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited), (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited), and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) |
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104 | | The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2022, formatted in Inline XBRL (included with Exhibit 101) |
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.
| OLD POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
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November 14, 2022 | /s/Robert F. Shuford, Jr. | |
| Robert F. Shuford, Jr. | |
| Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) | |
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November 14, 2022 | /s/Elizabeth T. Beale | |
| Elizabeth T. Beale | |
| Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President/Finance | |
| (Principal Financial & Accounting Officer) | |
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