The First of Long Island Corporation (Nasdaq: FLIC), the parent
company of The First National Bank of Long Island, reported
increases in net income and earnings per share for the three months
ended March 31, 2022. In the highlights that follow, all
comparisons are of the current three-month period to the same
period last year unless otherwise indicated.
FIRST QUARTER 2022
HIGHLIGHTS
- Net Income
and EPS were $12.1 million and $.52, respectively, versus $11.3
million and $.47
- ROA and ROE
were 1.19% and 11.94%, respectively, compared to 1.11% and
11.17%
- Net
interest margin was 2.90% versus 2.69%
- Strong loan
originations of $261 million
- Repurchased
202,886 shares at a cost of $4.5 million
Analysis of First Quarter
Earnings
Net income for the first quarter of 2022 was
$12.1 million, an increase of $816,000, or 7.2%, versus the same
quarter last year. The increase is due to growth in net interest
income of $2.1 million, or 8.1%, and noninterest income, excluding
$606,000 of gains on sales of securities in 2021, of $498,000, or
17.0%, and a decrease in noninterest expense of $680,000, or 4.1%.
These items were partially offset by increases in the provision for
credit losses of $1.4 million and income tax expense of
$440,000.
The increase in net interest income reflects a
favorable shift in the mix of funding as an increase in average
checking deposits of $172.5 million, or 13.9%, and a decline in
average interest-bearing liabilities of $144.4 million, or 6.0%,
resulted in average checking deposits comprising a larger portion
of total funding. Also contributing to the increase was a decline
in interest expense of $1.1 million in 2022 due to the maturity of
a $150 million interest rate swap in May 2021 and reductions in the
rates paid on non-maturity and time deposits. The average cost of
interest-bearing liabilities declined 28 basis points (“bps”) from
.82% for the first quarter of 2021 to .54% for the current quarter.
The increase in net interest income is also attributable to an
increase of $147 million in average loans outstanding to $3.2
billion at March 31, 2022, largely driven by commercial mortgage
originations. Although the average balance of loans increased, the
loan portfolio yield declined from 3.55% for the 2021 quarter to
3.47% for the current quarter due to a decline in income from SBA
Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans of $1.2 million which
reduced the portfolio yield by 8 bps. PPP income for the current
quarter was $743,000 with a weighted average yield of 14.8% and
contributed 8 bps to the current quarter’s loan portfolio yield of
3.47%.
Net interest margin for the first quarter of
2022 was 2.90% as compared to 2.86% and 2.69% for the 2021 fourth
and first quarters, respectively. Income on PPP loans improved net
interest margin by 6 bps, 11 bps and 9 bps in those quarters,
respectively. The current yield curve is favorable to net interest
margin. The direction of the margin for the remainder of 2022 is
largely dependent on changes in the yield curve and balance sheet
mix as well as competitive conditions.
During the first quarter of 2022 we originated
$261 million of loans with a weighted average rate of approximately
3.11% which includes $199 million of commercial mortgages at a
weighted average rate of 3.13%. The mortgage loan pipeline was $175
million with a weighted average rate of 3.36% at March 31, 2022.
While these rates are below the March 31, 2022 loan portfolio
yield, current reinvestment rates for both the securities and loan
portfolios are generally higher.
The provision for credit losses increased $1.4
million when comparing the first quarter periods from a credit of
$986,000 in the 2021 quarter to a charge of $433,000 in the 2022
quarter. The provision for the current quarter was mainly due to an
increase in outstanding mortgage loans partially offset by economic
conditions and historical loss rates.
The increase in noninterest income of $498,000,
excluding $606,000 of gains on sales of securities in 2021, is
primarily attributable to a final transition payment of $477,000
from LPL Financial for the conversion of the Bank’s retail broker
and advisory accounts. The increase also includes higher fees from
debit and credit cards of $199,000 and income from bank-owned life
insurance of $163,000. These amounts were partially offset by a
decrease in investment services income of $323,000 as the shift to
an outside service provider resulted in less assets under
management.
The decrease in noninterest expense of $680,000
was primarily due to declines in salaries and benefits expense of
$315,000 and occupancy and equipment expense of $326,000, and a
decrease in the provision for unfunded commitments. The decrease in
salaries and benefits is mainly due to a decline in overtime pay
and branch closures in 2021. These decreases were partially offset
by salary and benefit costs of our new branch locations and hiring
additional experienced banking professionals. The decrease in
occupancy and equipment expense was due to lower rent, depreciation
and maintenance and repair costs from the 2021 branch closures.
Income tax expense increased $440,000 and the
effective tax rate increased from 19.4% to 20.6% when comparing the
first quarter of 2021 to the current quarter. The increase in the
effective tax rate is mainly due to a decrease in the percentage of
pre-tax income derived from tax-exempt assets in 2022. The increase
in income tax expense reflects the higher effective tax rate and an
increase in pre-tax earnings in the current quarter as compared to
the 2021 quarter.
Analysis of Earnings – First Quarter 2022
Versus Fourth Quarter 2021
Net income for the first quarter of 2022
increased $3.1 million, or 34.1%, from $9.0 million earned in the
fourth quarter of last year. The increase is mainly attributable to
a $3.9 million decrease in noninterest expense attributed largely
to our branch optimization and debt extinguishment expenses in the
fourth quarter of 2021. The increase also includes growth in net
interest income of $634,000 due to loan originations during the
fourth and first quarters of 2021 and 2022, respectively, and
higher noninterest income from the aforementioned transition
payment. Partially offsetting these items was an increase in income
tax expense of $1.5 million for the same reasons discussed above
with respect to the first quarter periods.
Asset Quality
The Bank’s allowance for credit losses to total
loans (reserve coverage ratio) was .94% on March 31, 2022 as
compared to .96% at December 31, 2021. The decrease in the reserve
coverage ratio was mainly due to economic conditions and historical
loss rates. Nonaccrual loans, troubled debt restructurings and
loans past due 30 through 89 days are at very low levels.
Capital
The Corporation’s balance sheet remains
positioned for lending and growth with a Leverage Ratio of
approximately 10.15% at March 31, 2022. The Corporation repurchased
202,886 shares of common stock during the first quarter of 2022 at
a cost of $4.5 million. We expect to continue common stock
repurchases during 2022. The increase in accumulated other
comprehensive loss was due to an increase in interest rates which
resulted in a net unrealized loss in the available-for-sale
securities portfolio.
Key Initiatives
We continue focusing on strategic initiatives
supporting the growth of our balance sheet and a profitable
relationship banking business. Such initiatives include improving
the quality of technology through continuing digital enhancements,
optimizing our branch network across a larger geography, using new
branding and “CommunityFirst” focus to improve name recognition,
enhancing our website and social media presence including the
promotion of FirstInvestments, and ongoing recruitment of
additional experienced banking professionals to support our growth
and technology initiatives. We also continue to focus
on the areas of cybersecurity, environmental, social and governance
practices. The Bank began occupying its leased space at 275
Broadhollow Road in Melville, N.Y. in April 2022. The consolidation
of back-office staff into this one facility will produce a more
collaborative work environment and strengthened
culture.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
|
|
3/31/22 |
|
12/31/21 |
|
|
(dollars in thousands) |
Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
85,811 |
|
|
$ |
43,675 |
|
Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value |
|
|
682,984 |
|
|
|
734,318 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial and industrial |
|
|
103,870 |
|
|
|
90,386 |
|
SBA Paycheck Protection Program |
|
|
12,377 |
|
|
|
30,534 |
|
Secured by real estate: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial mortgages |
|
|
1,870,546 |
|
|
|
1,736,612 |
|
Residential mortgages |
|
|
1,191,691 |
|
|
|
1,202,374 |
|
Home equity lines |
|
|
45,820 |
|
|
|
44,139 |
|
Consumer and other |
|
|
2,021 |
|
|
|
991 |
|
|
|
|
3,226,325 |
|
|
|
3,105,036 |
|
Allowance for credit losses |
|
|
(30,287 |
) |
|
|
(29,831 |
) |
|
|
|
3,196,038 |
|
|
|
3,075,205 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted stock, at cost |
|
|
18,123 |
|
|
|
21,524 |
|
Bank premises and equipment, net |
|
|
37,971 |
|
|
|
37,523 |
|
Right of use asset - operating leases |
|
|
8,006 |
|
|
|
8,438 |
|
Bank-owned life insurance |
|
|
108,573 |
|
|
|
107,831 |
|
Pension plan assets, net |
|
|
19,129 |
|
|
|
19,097 |
|
Deferred income tax benefit |
|
|
15,338 |
|
|
|
3,987 |
|
Other assets |
|
|
18,705 |
|
|
|
17,191 |
|
|
|
$ |
4,190,678 |
|
|
$ |
4,068,789 |
|
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deposits: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Checking |
|
$ |
1,479,806 |
|
|
$ |
1,400,998 |
|
Savings, NOW and money market |
|
|
1,736,821 |
|
|
|
1,685,410 |
|
Time |
|
|
328,763 |
|
|
|
228,837 |
|
|
|
|
3,545,390 |
|
|
|
3,315,245 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term borrowings |
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
125,000 |
|
Long-term debt |
|
|
186,322 |
|
|
|
186,322 |
|
Operating lease liability |
|
|
10,609 |
|
|
|
11,259 |
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
|
|
8,896 |
|
|
|
17,151 |
|
|
|
|
3,801,217 |
|
|
|
3,654,977 |
|
Stockholders'
Equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, par value $.10 per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Authorized, 80,000,000 shares; |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issued and outstanding, 23,106,070 and 23,240,596 shares |
|
|
2,311 |
|
|
|
2,324 |
|
Surplus |
|
|
89,362 |
|
|
|
93,480 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
|
327,785 |
|
|
|
320,321 |
|
|
|
|
419,458 |
|
|
|
416,125 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax |
|
|
(29,997 |
) |
|
|
(2,313 |
) |
|
|
|
389,461 |
|
|
|
413,812 |
|
|
|
$ |
4,190,678 |
|
|
$ |
4,068,789 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
INCOME(Unaudited)
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
3/31/22 |
|
3/31/21 |
|
|
(dollars in thousands) |
Interest and dividend
income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans |
|
$ |
27,386 |
|
$ |
26,706 |
|
Investment securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taxable |
|
|
1,668 |
|
|
1,833 |
|
Nontaxable |
|
|
1,968 |
|
|
2,248 |
|
|
|
|
31,022 |
|
|
30,787 |
|
Interest expense: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Savings, NOW and money market deposits |
|
|
763 |
|
|
1,066 |
|
Time deposits |
|
|
945 |
|
|
2,304 |
|
Short-term borrowings |
|
|
441 |
|
|
350 |
|
Long-term debt |
|
|
868 |
|
|
1,165 |
|
|
|
|
3,017 |
|
|
4,885 |
|
Net interest income |
|
|
28,005 |
|
|
25,902 |
|
Provision (credit) for credit
losses |
|
|
433 |
|
|
(986 |
) |
Net interest income after provision (credit) for credit losses |
|
|
27,572 |
|
|
26,888 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noninterest income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank-owned life insurance |
|
|
742 |
|
|
579 |
|
Service charges on deposit accounts |
|
|
726 |
|
|
683 |
|
Net gains on sales of securities |
|
|
— |
|
|
606 |
|
Other |
|
|
1,956 |
|
|
1,664 |
|
|
|
|
3,424 |
|
|
3,532 |
|
Noninterest expense: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries and employee benefits |
|
|
9,755 |
|
|
10,070 |
|
Occupancy and equipment |
|
|
2,951 |
|
|
3,277 |
|
Other |
|
|
3,063 |
|
|
3,102 |
|
|
|
|
15,769 |
|
|
16,449 |
|
Income before income taxes |
|
|
15,227 |
|
|
13,971 |
|
Income tax expense |
|
|
3,144 |
|
|
2,704 |
|
Net income |
|
$ |
12,083 |
|
$ |
11,267 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share and Per Share Data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average Common Shares |
|
|
23,178,475 |
|
|
23,781,326 |
|
Dilutive stock options and restricted stock units |
|
|
99,214 |
|
|
83,423 |
|
|
|
|
23,277,689 |
|
|
23,864,749 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic EPS |
|
|
$.52 |
|
|
$.47 |
Diluted EPS |
|
|
$.52 |
|
|
$.47 |
Cash Dividends Declared per share |
|
|
$.20 |
|
|
$.19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FINANCIAL RATIOS |
(Unaudited) |
ROA |
|
|
1.19 |
% |
|
1.11 |
% |
ROE |
|
|
11.94 |
% |
|
11.17 |
% |
Net Interest Margin |
|
|
2.90 |
% |
|
2.69 |
% |
Dividend Payout Ratio |
|
|
38.46 |
% |
|
40.43 |
% |
|
PROBLEM AND POTENTIAL PROBLEM LOANS AND
ASSETS(Unaudited)
|
|
3/31/22 |
|
|
12/31/21 |
|
|
|
|
(dollars in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans, excluding troubled debt
restructurings: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Past due 30 through 89 days |
|
$ |
1,113 |
|
|
$ |
460 |
|
Past due 90 days or more and still accruing |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Nonaccrual |
|
|
1,235 |
|
|
|
1,235 |
|
|
|
|
2,348 |
|
|
|
1,695 |
|
Troubled debt
restructurings: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Performing according to their modified terms |
|
|
547 |
|
|
|
554 |
|
Past due 30 through 89 days |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Past due 90 days or more and still accruing |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Nonaccrual |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
547 |
|
|
|
554 |
|
Total past due, nonaccrual and
restructured loans: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructured and performing according to their modified terms |
|
|
547 |
|
|
|
554 |
|
Past due 30 through 89 days |
|
|
1,113 |
|
|
|
460 |
|
Past due 90 days or more and still accruing |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Nonaccrual |
|
|
1,235 |
|
|
|
1,235 |
|
|
|
|
2,895 |
|
|
|
2,249 |
|
Other real estate owned |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
$ |
2,895 |
|
|
$ |
2,249 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for credit
losses |
|
$ |
30,287 |
|
|
$ |
29,831 |
|
Allowance for credit losses as
a percentage of total loans |
|
|
.94 |
% |
|
|
.96 |
% |
Allowance for credit losses as
a multiple of nonaccrual loans |
|
|
24.5 |
x |
|
|
24.2 |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET, INTEREST RATES AND
INTEREST DIFFERENTIAL(Unaudited)
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
|
Average |
|
Interest/ |
|
Average |
|
Average |
|
Interest/ |
|
Average |
(dollars in thousands) |
|
Balance |
|
Dividends |
|
Rate |
|
Balance |
|
Dividends |
|
Rate |
Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest-earning bank balances |
|
$ |
27,675 |
|
|
$ |
14 |
|
.21 |
% |
|
$ |
155,272 |
|
|
$ |
39 |
|
.10 |
% |
Investment securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taxable |
|
|
418,871 |
|
|
|
1,654 |
|
1.58 |
|
|
|
401,531 |
|
|
|
1,794 |
|
1.79 |
|
Nontaxable (1) |
|
|
321,335 |
|
|
|
2,491 |
|
3.10 |
|
|
|
361,715 |
|
|
|
2,846 |
|
3.15 |
|
Loans (1) |
|
|
3,160,058 |
|
|
|
27,387 |
|
3.47 |
|
|
|
3,013,009 |
|
|
|
26,707 |
|
3.55 |
|
Total interest-earning
assets |
|
|
3,927,939 |
|
|
|
31,546 |
|
3.21 |
|
|
|
3,931,527 |
|
|
|
31,386 |
|
3.19 |
|
Allowance for credit
losses |
|
|
(29,850 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(32,896 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net interest-earning
assets |
|
|
3,898,089 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,898,631 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and due from banks |
|
|
32,482 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32,951 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Premises and equipment,
net |
|
|
37,882 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other assets |
|
|
158,479 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
134,770 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
4,126,932 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
4,105,052 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and
Stockholders' Equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Savings, NOW & money
market deposits |
|
$ |
1,688,054 |
|
|
|
763 |
|
.18 |
|
|
$ |
1,707,546 |
|
|
|
1,066 |
|
.25 |
|
Time deposits |
|
|
277,667 |
|
|
|
945 |
|
1.38 |
|
|
|
421,394 |
|
|
|
2,304 |
|
2.22 |
|
Total interest-bearing
deposits |
|
|
1,965,721 |
|
|
|
1,708 |
|
.35 |
|
|
|
2,128,940 |
|
|
|
3,370 |
|
.64 |
|
Short-term borrowings |
|
|
124,333 |
|
|
|
441 |
|
1.44 |
|
|
|
58,661 |
|
|
|
350 |
|
2.42 |
|
Long-term debt |
|
|
186,322 |
|
|
|
868 |
|
1.89 |
|
|
|
233,224 |
|
|
|
1,165 |
|
2.03 |
|
Total interest-bearing
liabilities |
|
|
2,276,376 |
|
|
|
3,017 |
|
.54 |
|
|
|
2,420,825 |
|
|
|
4,885 |
|
.82 |
|
Checking deposits |
|
|
1,416,223 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,243,728 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
|
|
24,031 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31,401 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,716,630 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,695,954 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders' equity |
|
|
410,302 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
409,098 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
4,126,932 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
4,105,052 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net interest income (1) |
|
|
|
|
$ |
28,529 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
26,501 |
|
|
|
Net interest spread (1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.67 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.37 |
% |
Net interest margin (1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.90 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.69 |
% |
(1) Tax-equivalent basis. Interest income on a
tax-equivalent basis includes the additional amount of interest
income that would have been earned if the Corporation's investment
in tax-exempt loans and investment securities had been made in
loans and investment securities subject to federal income taxes
yielding the same after-tax income. The tax-equivalent amount of
$1.00 of nontaxable income was $1.27 for each period presented
using the statutory federal income tax rate of 21%.
Forward Looking Information
This earnings release contains various
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of that term as set
forth in Rule 175 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements are generally
contained in sentences including the words “may” or “expect” or
“could” or “should” or “would” or “believe” or “anticipate”. The
Corporation cautions that these forward-looking statements are
subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated
by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause future
results to vary from current management expectations include, but
are not limited to, changing economic conditions; legislative and
regulatory changes; monetary and fiscal policies of the federal
government; changes in interest rates; deposit flows and the cost
of funds; demand for loan products; competition; changes in
management’s business strategies; changes in accounting principles,
policies or guidelines; changes in real estate values; and other
factors discussed in the “risk factors” section of the
Corporation’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”). In addition, the pandemic continues to present financial
and operating challenges for the Corporation, its customers and the
communities it serves. These challenges may adversely affect the
Corporation’s business, results of operations and financial
condition for an indefinite period. The forward-looking statements
are made as of the date of this press release, and the Corporation
assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or
to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those
projected in the forward-looking statements.
For more detailed financial information please
see the Corporation’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2022. The Form 10-Q will be available through the
Bank’s website at www.fnbli.com on or about May 5, 2022, when it is
electronically filed with the SEC. Our SEC filings are also
available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
For More Information Contact:Jay McConie, EVP and
CFO(516) 671-4900, Ext. 7404
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