Middlefield’s CRE portfolio included the following categories at March 31, 2023:
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CRE Category | | Balance (in thousands) | | | Percent of CRE Portfolio | | | Percent of Loan Portfolio | |
Office Space | | $ | 105,726 | | | | 16.3 | % | | | 7.7 | % |
Shopping Plazas | | $ | 84,995 | | | | 13.1 | % | | | 6.1 | % |
Multi-Family | | $ | 63,892 | | | | 9.8 | % | | | 4.6 | % |
Self-Storage | | $ | 56,347 | | | | 8.7 | % | | | 4.1 | % |
Senior Living | | $ | 42,589 | | | | 6.5 | % | | | 3.1 | % |
Hospitality | | $ | 34,869 | | | | 5.4 | % | | | 2.5 | % |
Other | | $ | 261,449 | | | | 40.2 | % | | | 18.9 | % |
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Total CRE | | $ | 649,867 | | | | 100.0 | % | | | 47.0 | % |
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Stockholders’ Equity and Dividends
At March 31, 2023, stockholders’ equity was $195.2 million compared to $137.6 million at March 31, 2022. The 41.8% year-over-year increase in stockholders’ equity is primarily due to the Liberty Bancshares, Inc. merger, partially offset by an increase in the unrealized loss on the available-for-sale investment portfolio and the Company’s stock repurchase program. On a per-share basis, shareholders’ equity at March 31, 2023, was $24.13 compared to $23.43, an increase of 3.0% over the same period last year.
At March 31, 2023, tangible stockholders’ equity(1) was $156.0 million for the 2023 first quarter, compared to $121.2 million at March 31, 2022. On a per-share basis, tangible stockholders’ equity(1) was $19.29 at March 31, 2023, compared to $20.64 at March 31, 2022.
For the 2023 first quarter, cash dividends declared per share increased 17.6% to $0.20 per share totaling $1.6 million, compared to $0.17 per share or $1.0 million, for the first quarter last year.
At March 31, 2023, the Company had an equity-to-assets leverage ratio of 11.30%, compared to 10.40% at March 31, 2022.
Asset Quality
The Company recorded a provision for loan losses of $507,000 for the 2023 first quarter versus no provision for loan losses for the same period last year.
On January 1, 2023, Middlefield adopted ASU 2016-13—Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments and implemented the current expected credit losses (“CECL”) accounting standards. Upon adoption, the reserve for credit losses on loans and leases increased by $5.3 million, the reserve for credit losses for unfunded commitments increased by $622,000. This resulted in an after-tax retained earnings adjustment of $4.4 million. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Corporation recorded CECL related charges of $507,000, including a provision for credit losses on loans and leases of $334,000 and a reserve for unfunded commitments of $173,000.
Net recoveries were $8,000, or 0.00% of average loans, annualized, during the 2023 first quarter, compared to net recoveries of $150,000, or 0.06% of average loans, annualized, at March 31, 2022.
Nonperforming assets at March 31, 2023, were $12.7 million, compared to $11.7 million at March 31, 2022. Nonperforming loans at March 31, 2023, increased to $6.9 million, from $4.7 million at March 31, 2022 primarily due to the additional loans from the Liberty Bancshares, Inc. merger. The allowance for credit losses at March 31, 2023, stood at $20.2 million, or 1.46% of total loans, compared to $14.5 million, or 1.48% of total loans at March 31, 2022.