Asset Quality
Non-accrual loans, excluding loans categorized as held-for-sale, totaled $23 million or 2.26% of total loans outstanding at September 30, 2013 versus $16 million or 2.10% of loans outstanding at December 31, 2012 and $14 million or 1.87% of loans outstanding at September 30, 2012. The increase in non-accrual loans at September 30, 2013 compared to June 30, 2013 resulted primarily from the addition of one commercial relationship totaling $6.8 million in the third quarter. This credit is current as to principal and interest payments but was added to non-accrual status due to global cash flow concerns. At September 30, 2013, approximately 80% of the Company’s non-accrual loans were current with respect to principal and interest payments. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total non-accrual loans amounted to 78% at September 30, 2013 versus 108% at December 31, 2012 and 146% at September 30, 2012.
Total accruing loans delinquent 30 days or more amounted to $5 million or 0.46% of loans outstanding at September 30, 2013 versus $14 million or 1.81% of loans outstanding as of December 31, 2012 and $16 million or 2.06% of loans outstanding at September 30, 2012.
Total criticized and classified loans were $64 million at September 30, 2013, $73 million at June 30, 2013, $99 million at December 31, 2012 and $113 million at September 30, 2012. Criticized loans are those loans that are not classified but require some degree of heightened monitoring. Classified loans were $53 million at September 30, 2013, $47 million at June 30, 2013, $54 million at December 31, 2012 and $62 million at September 30, 2012. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total classified loans was 34%, 36%, 33% and 34%, respectively, at the same dates.
At September 30, 2013, the Company had $15 million in troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”), primarily consisting of commercial and industrial loans, commercial real estate loans and residential mortgages totaling $6 million, $5 million and $4 million, respectively. The Company had TDRs amounting to $17 million at December 31, 2012 and $15 million at September 30, 2012.
As of September 30, 2013, the Company’s allowance for loan losses amounted to $18 million or 1.76% of period-end loans outstanding. The allowance as a percentage of loans outstanding was 2.28% at December 31, 2012 and 2.74% at September 30, 2012.
Net loan recoveries of $326 thousand were recorded in the third quarter of 2013 versus net loan charge-offs of $541 thousand in the second quarter of 2013 and net loan charge-offs of $20.2 million in the third quarter of 2012. As a percentage of average total loans outstanding, these net amounts represented, on an annualized basis, (0.14%) for the third quarter of 2013, 0.26% for the second quarter of 2013 and 9.75% for the third quarter of 2012.
The Company held no OREO at September 30, 2013. The Company held OREO amounting to $1.6 million at both December 31, 2012 and September 30, 2012.
Capital
Total stockholders’ equity was $162 million at September 30, 2013 compared to $164 million at December 31, 2012 and $155 million at September 30, 2012. The reduction in stockholders’ equity versus December 31, 2012 was due to a $12 million decrease in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, resulting from the negative impact of the increase in interest rates in 2013 on the value of the Company’s available for sale investment portfolio. This was partially offset by net income recorded during 2013. The increase in stockholders’ equity versus September 30, 2012 reflects the Company’s net income during the past twelve months partially offset by a $6 million decrease in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax.
The Company’s return on average common stockholders’ equity was 7.70% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 versus (3.65%) for the comparable 2012 period.