Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. (Nasdaq: AUBN) reported net
earnings of $1.8 million, or $0.50 per share, for the first quarter
of 2020, compared to $2.5 million, or $0.70 per share, for the
first quarter of 2019.
“I am very pleased with the response of our
organization to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic,”
said Robert W. Dumas, Chairman, President, and CEO. “As the crisis
unfolded, we moved very quickly to protect the health and safety of
our employees and customers. These steps included closing our bank
branch lobbies, servicing customers primarily through our
drive-through facilities, rotating branch staff, and enabling a
large number of our non-retail employees to work remotely.”
“We are actively working with our customers that
have been impacted by COVID-19 to support them during this
difficult time. We were able to quickly establish our process for
participating in the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck
Protection Program, and through April 30, 2020, we had 389
applications approved by the SBA totaling over $35 million in loans
for our customers, which will help support close to 5,500 employees
in our markets.”
“While the duration and effects of the pandemic and
the timing and strength of the eventual economic recovery remain
uncertain, we believe the Company is well positioned from a capital
and liquidity standpoint to play a critical role in supporting our
communities as we work together to manage through this crisis,”
said Mr. Dumas.
Net interest income (tax-equivalent) was $6.3
million for the first quarter of 2020, a 6% decrease compared to
$6.8 million for the first quarter of 2019. This decrease was
primarily due to loan payoffs and recent declines in market
interest rates. Average loans were down 5% to $451.2 million in the
first quarter of 2020 compared to $477.3 million in the first
quarter of 2019. The Company’s net interest margin (tax-equivalent)
was 3.23% in first quarter of 2020 compared to 3.54% in the first
quarter of 2019.
At March 31, 2020, the Company’s allowance for loan losses was
$4.9 million, or 1.10% of total loans, compared to $4.4 million, or
0.95% of total loans, at December 31, 2019 and $4.8 million, or
1.02% of total loans, at March 31, 2019. The provision for loan
losses was $0.4 million for the first quarter of 2020, compared to
no provision for loan losses during the first quarter of 2019. The
increase in the provision for loan losses was related to changes in
economic conditions driven by the impact of COVID-19 and higher
unemployment in our primary market area. The provision for loan
losses is based upon various estimates and judgments, including the
absolute level of loans, loan growth, credit quality and risks, and
the amount of net charge-offs.
As we work to assist customers affected by the pandemic, we are
granting loan modifications or deferrals to certain borrowers on a
short-term basis of three to six months. Through April 30, 2020, we
have granted loan payment deferrals or payments of interest only on
loans totaling $43.3 million, or 10% of total loans. Based on
current requests, we expect the number of modifications or
deferrals to continue to increase in the second quarter of 2020. In
addition, we have identified certain commercial sectors with
enhanced risk resulting from the impact of COVID-19. See table
below for a summary of loans outstanding for these sectors at March
31, 2020.
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Portfolio Segment |
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(In thousands) |
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Commercial and industrial |
Construction and land development |
Commercial real estate |
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Total |
% of Total Loans |
March 31, 2020: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hotel/motel |
$ |
755 |
7,293 |
43,249 |
|
$ |
51,297 |
12 |
% |
Shopping
centers |
|
25 |
— |
34,037 |
|
|
34,062 |
8 |
% |
Retail,
excluding shopping centers |
|
435 |
826 |
18,413 |
|
|
19,674 |
4 |
% |
Restaurants |
|
566 |
— |
14,089 |
|
|
14,655 |
3 |
% |
Total |
$ |
1,781 |
8,119 |
109,788 |
|
$ |
119,688 |
27 |
% |
Noninterest income was $1.2 million for the first quarter of
2020 and 2019, respectively. For the first quarter of 2020
noninterest income included $0.3 million in non-taxable death
benefits from bank-owned life insurance and a $0.3 million pre-tax
gain from an insurance recovery in the first quarter of 2019.
Noninterest expense was $4.9 million for the first quarter of
2020 compared to $4.6 million for the first quarter of 2019. The
increase was primarily due to $0.2 million of various expenses
related to the redevelopment of the Company’s headquarters in
downtown Auburn, including revised depreciation estimates and
temporary relocation costs. The Company expects it will incur
additional expense in 2020 related to this redevelopment
project.
Income tax expense was $0.4 million and $0.6 million for the
first quarter of 2020 and 2019, respectively, reflecting an
effective tax rate of 17.80% and 19.75%, respectively. This change
was primarily due to a decrease in the level of earnings before
taxes relative to tax-exempt sources of income. The Company’s
effective income tax rate is principally impacted by tax-exempt
earnings from the Company’s investments in municipal securities and
bank-owned life insurance.
The Company paid cash dividends of $0.255 per share in the first
quarter of 2020, an increase of 2% from the same period in 2019. At
March 31, 2020, the Bank’s regulatory capital ratios were well
above the minimum amounts required to be “well capitalized” under
current regulatory standards.
About Auburn National Bancorporation,
Inc.
Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. (the “Company”) is the
parent company of AuburnBank (the “Bank”), with total assets of
approximately $856 million. The Bank is an Alabama state-chartered
bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System, which has
operated continuously since 1907. Both the Company and the Bank are
headquartered in Auburn, Alabama. The Bank conducts its business in
East Alabama, including Lee County and surrounding areas. The Bank
operates eight full-service branches in Auburn, Opelika, Valley,
and Notasulga, Alabama. The Bank also operates loan production
offices in Auburn and Phenix City, Alabama. Additional information
about the Company and the Bank may be found by visiting
www.auburnbank.com.
Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, including, without limitation, statements
about future financial and operating results, costs and revenues,
COVID-19 and its effects, including economic conditions and changes
in such conditions in our markets, loan demand, mortgage lending
activity, changes in the mix of our earning assets (including those
generating tax exempt income) and our deposit and wholesale
liabilities, net interest margin, yields on earning assets,
securities valuations and performance, interest rates (generally
and those applicable to our assets and liabilities), loan
performance, nonperforming assets, other real estate owned,
provision for loan losses, charge-offs, other-than-temporary
impairments, collateral values, credit quality and risks, and
market and economic trends, as well as statements with respect to
our objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements
that are not historical facts. Actual results may differ from
those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements, with respect to our beliefs, plans,
objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, estimates and
intentions, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause
the actual results, performance, achievements, or financial
condition of the Company or the Bank to be materially different
from future results, performance, achievements, or financial
condition expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. You should not expect us to update any
forward-looking statements.
All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to
us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary
notice, together with those risks and uncertainties described in
our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2019 and otherwise in our other SEC reports and filings.
Explanation of Certain Unaudited Non-GAAP Financial
Measures
This press release contains financial information determined by
methods other than U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”). The attached financial highlights includes certain
designated net interest income amounts presented on a
tax-equivalent basis, a non-GAAP financial measure, and the
presentation and calculation of the efficiency ratio, a non-GAAP
measure. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in its
analysis of the Company’s performance and believes the presentation
of net interest income on a tax-equivalent basis provides
comparability of net interest income from both taxable and
tax-exempt sources and facilitates comparability within the
industry. Similarly, the efficiency ratio is a common measure that
facilitates comparability with other financial institutions.
Although the Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures
enhance investors’ understanding of its business and performance,
these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered an
alternative to GAAP. Along with the attached financial highlights,
the Company provides reconciliations between the GAAP financial
measures and these non-GAAP financial measures.
For additional information, contact: Robert W. Dumas Chairman,
President and CEO (334) 821-9200
Financial Highlights (unaudited) |
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Quarter ended March 31, |
|
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) |
|
2020 |
|
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|
|
2019 |
|
|
Results of Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net interest income (a) |
$ |
6,332 |
|
|
|
$ |
6,766 |
|
|
Less: tax-equivalent adjustment |
|
120 |
|
|
|
|
146 |
|
|
|
Net interest income (GAAP) |
|
6,212 |
|
|
|
|
6,620 |
|
|
Noninterest income |
|
1,235 |
|
|
|
|
1,160 |
|
|
|
Total revenue |
|
7,447 |
|
|
|
|
7,780 |
|
|
Provision for loan losses |
|
400 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Noninterest expense |
|
4,856 |
|
|
|
|
4,611 |
|
|
Income tax expense |
|
390 |
|
|
|
|
626 |
|
|
Net earnings |
$ |
1,801 |
|
|
|
$ |
2,543 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per share data: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted net earnings |
$ |
0.50 |
|
|
|
$ |
0.70 |
|
|
Cash dividends declared |
$ |
0.255 |
|
|
|
$ |
0.25 |
|
|
Weighted average shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted |
|
3,566,146 |
|
|
|
|
3,614,741 |
|
|
Shares outstanding, at period end |
|
3,566,146 |
|
|
|
|
3,581,485 |
|
|
Book value |
$ |
29.04 |
|
|
|
$ |
25.39 |
|
|
Common stock price: |
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|
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|
|
|
|
High |
$ |
59.99 |
|
|
|
$ |
39.43 |
|
|
|
Low |
|
24.11 |
|
|
|
|
30.61 |
|
|
|
Period-end |
|
41.98 |
|
|
|
|
39.43 |
|
|
|
To earnings ratio |
|
16.66 |
|
x |
|
|
15.71 |
|
x |
|
To book value |
|
145 |
|
% |
|
|
155 |
|
% |
Performance ratios: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Return on average equity (annualized) |
|
7.24 |
|
% |
|
|
11.31 |
|
% |
Return on average assets (annualized) |
|
0.86 |
|
% |
|
|
1.23 |
|
% |
Dividend payout ratio |
|
51.00 |
|
% |
|
|
35.71 |
|
% |
Other financial data: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Net interest margin (a) |
|
3.23 |
|
% |
|
|
3.54 |
|
% |
Effective income tax rate |
|
17.80 |
|
% |
|
|
19.75 |
|
% |
Efficiency ratio (b) |
|
64.17 |
|
% |
|
|
58.18 |
|
% |
Asset Quality: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Nonperforming assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nonperforming (nonaccrual) loans |
$ |
116 |
|
|
|
$ |
169 |
|
|
|
Other real estate owned |
|
99 |
|
|
|
|
172 |
|
|
|
|
Total nonperforming assets |
$ |
215 |
|
|
|
$ |
341 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net recoveries |
$ |
(81 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(18 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for loan losses as a % of: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans |
|
1.10 |
|
% |
|
|
1.02 |
|
% |
|
Nonperforming loans |
|
4,196 |
|
% |
|
|
2,845 |
|
% |
Nonperforming assets as a % of: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans and other real estate owned |
|
0.05 |
|
% |
|
|
0.07 |
|
% |
|
Total assets |
|
0.03 |
|
% |
|
|
0.04 |
|
% |
Nonperforming loans as a % of total loans |
|
0.03 |
|
% |
|
|
0.04 |
|
% |
Annualized net recoveries as a % of average loans |
|
(0.07 |
) |
% |
|
|
(0.02 |
) |
% |
Selected average balances: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Securities |
$ |
257,317 |
|
|
|
$ |
240,024 |
|
|
Loans, net of unearned income |
|
451,210 |
|
|
|
|
477,335 |
|
|
Total assets |
|
838,725 |
|
|
|
|
827,143 |
|
|
Total deposits |
|
734,047 |
|
|
|
|
732,539 |
|
|
Long-term debt |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Total stockholders' equity |
|
99,560 |
|
|
|
|
89,934 |
|
|
Selected period end balances: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Securities |
$ |
280,435 |
|
|
|
$ |
241,287 |
|
|
Loans, net of unearned income |
|
443,868 |
|
|
|
|
472,650 |
|
|
Allowance for loan losses |
|
4,867 |
|
|
|
|
4,808 |
|
|
Total assets |
|
856,475 |
|
|
|
|
835,014 |
|
|
Total deposits |
|
746,785 |
|
|
|
|
739,631 |
|
|
Long-term debt |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Total stockholders' equity |
|
103,563 |
|
|
|
|
90,949 |
|
|
|
|
(a) Tax equivalent. See “Explanation of Certain Unaudited Non-GAAP
Financial Measures” and “Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP
Measures (unaudited).” |
|
(b) Efficiency ratio
is the result of noninterest expense divided by the sum of
noninterest income and tax-equivalent net interest
income. |
|
Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Measures
(unaudited): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter ended March 31, |
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts) |
|
2020 |
|
2019 |
Net interest income, as reported (GAAP) |
$ |
6,212 |
$ |
6,620 |
Tax-equivalent adjustment |
|
120 |
|
146 |
Net interest income (tax-equivalent) |
$ |
6,332 |
$ |
6,766 |
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