REDDING, CA--(Marketwire - Apr 30, 2012) - North Valley Bancorp (
The Company reported net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 of $480,000, or $0.07 per diluted share compared to net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 of $399,000, or $0.06 per diluted share. "We are pleased to report another profitable quarter and additional reduction in nonperforming loans. However, loan production continues to lag plan. We have made a significant investment in new lenders over the past couple of quarters and loan pipelines and fundings are growing. We continue to be acutely focused on gaining efficiency as the Company's earning capacity has been negatively impacted by a change in the earning asset mix," stated Mike Cushman, President and CEO.
The Company recorded a provision for loan losses of $400,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 compared to a provision for loan losses of $1,000,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. The allowance for loan losses at March 31, 2012 was $12,274,000, or 2.74% of total loans, compared to $12,656,000, or 2.77% of total loans, at December 31, 2011 and $14,471,000, or 2.93% of total loans, at March 31, 2011.
At March 31, 2012, total assets were $913,729,000, an increase of $19,914,000, or 2.2%, from $893,815,000 at March 31, 2011. The loan portfolio totaled $448,649,000 at March 31, 2012, a decrease of $45,860,000, or 9.3%, compared to $494,509,000 at March 31, 2011. The loan to deposit ratio at March 31, 2012 was 58.1% as compared to 65.2% at March 31, 2011, and 59.5% at December 31, 2011. Total deposits increased $13,929,000, or 1.8%, to $772,564,000 at March 31, 2012 compared to $758,635,000 at March 31, 2011. Available-for-sale investment securities totaled $354,154,000 at March 31, 2012, an increase of $64,240,000 from March 31, 2011. When compared to December 31, 2011, total assets increased $8,763,000 from $904,966,000, driven by an increase in deposits of $6,325,000 from $766,239,000, while loans decreased by $7,566,000 from $456,215,000. Available-for-sale investment securities increased $41,949,000 from December 31, 2011 to March 31, 2012, while Federal funds sold decreased $23,810,000 from December 31, 2011 to March 31, 2012.
At March 31, 2012, the Company's Total Risk-based Capital was $117,932,000, and its capital ratios were: Total Risk-based Capital ratio - 20.0%; Tier 1 risk-based Capital ratio - 18.5%; and Tier 1 Leverage ratio - 12.0%. At March 31, 2012, the Bank's Total Risk-based Capital was $123,303,000, and its capital ratios were: Total Risk-based Capital ratio - 20.9%; Tier 1 risk-based Capital ratio - 19.7%; and Tier 1 Leverage ratio - 12.8%.
As announced by the Company on April 24, 2012, the Written Agreement dated January 6, 2010 by and among North Valley Bancorp, North Valley Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco was terminated, effective as of April 16, 2012. Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of North Valley Bank at the request of the California Department of Financial Institutions were previously terminated, effective March 1, 2012.
Credit Quality
Nonperforming loans (defined as nonaccrual loans and loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing interest) increased $1,140,000, or 7.9%, to $15,634,000 at March 31, 2012 from $14,494,000 at March 31, 2011, and decreased $2,777,000 from the December 31, 2011 balance of $18,411,000. Nonperforming loans as a percentage of total loans were 3.48% at March 31, 2012, as compared to 4.04% at December 31, 2011 and 2.93% at March 31, 2011.
During the first quarter of 2012, the Company identified five loans totaling $227,000 as additional nonperforming loans. The additions were offset by reductions in nonperforming loans totaling $3,004,000 due primarily to collections received on certain loans and secondarily due to charge-offs and the transfer of one property to OREO totaling $335,000. Of the five loans totaling $227,000 identified as nonperforming loans during the first quarter of 2012, $34,000 of specific reserves have been established.
Gross loan charge offs for the first quarter of 2012 were $885,000 and recoveries totaled $103,000 resulting in net charge offs of $782,000. Gross loan charge offs for the first quarter of 2011 were $1,605,000 and recoveries totaled $83,000 resulting in net charge offs of $1,522,000.
Nonperforming assets (nonperforming loans and OREO) totaled $32,540,000 at March 31, 2012, a decrease of $5,273,000 from the March 31, 2011 balance of $37,813,000, and a $5,977,000 decrease from the December 31, 2011 balance of $38,517,000. Nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets were 3.56% at March 31, 2012 compared to 4.23% at March 31, 2011 and 4.26% at December 31, 2011.
The Company's OREO properties decreased $3,200,000 to $16,906,000 at March 31, 2012 from $20,106,000 at December 31, 2011. The decrease in OREO was due to the sale of six properties totaling $3,056,000, a loss on sale of $83,000, and the write-down of the value of OREO properties of $396,000 during the quarter ended March 31, 2012, which was partially offset by the transfer of one property to OREO totaling $335,000.
Operating Results
Net interest income, which represents the Company's largest component of revenues and is the difference between interest earned on loans and investments and interest paid on deposits and borrowings, decreased $414,000, or 5.3%, for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. Interest income decreased by $809,000, or 8.6%, primarily due to both the lower yield on earning assets and the decrease in the average loan balances. The Company had foregone interest income of $155,000 and $259,000 for the loans on nonaccrual status for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Average loans decreased $50,952,000 in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011, and the yield on the loan portfolio decreased 26 basis points to 5.75% for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Partially offsetting the decrease in interest income was a decrease in interest expense of $395,000, or 24.5%, due primarily to a decrease in the rates paid on deposits for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. Overall, average earning assets increased $27,968,000 to $830,190,000 in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011. Average yields on earning assets decreased 60 basis points from the quarter ended March 31, 2011, to 4.20% for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 while the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities decreased by 27 basis points to 0.76%. The Company's net interest margin for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 was 3.61%, a decrease of 38 basis points from the margin of 3.99% for the first quarter in 2011 and a decrease of 7 basis points from the 3.68% net interest margin for the linked quarter ended December 31, 2011.
Noninterest income for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 increased $106,000, or 3.4%, to $3,259,000 compared to $3,153,000 for the same period in 2011. Service charges on deposits decreased by $114,000 to $1,052,000 for the first quarter of 2012 compared to $1,166,000 for the same period in 2011. Other fees and charges increased by $76,000 to $1,197,000 for the first quarter of 2012 compared to $1,121,000 for the first quarter of 2011. Other noninterest income increased $144,000, to $1,010,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 compared to $866,000 for the same period in 2011, due primarily to a gain on sale of loans of $405,000 in the first quarter of 2012, compared to $256,000 for the first quarter of 2011.
Noninterest expense increased $185,000, or 2.0%, to $9,656,000 for the first quarter of 2012 from $9,471,000 for the first quarter in 2011. Salaries and employee benefits increased $340,000, for the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011 due primarily to hiring of production personnel. Occupancy and furniture and equipment expense decreased $103,000 for the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011 due to a decrease in depreciation and rent expense as a result of facilities consolidation initiatives completed in 2011. OREO expense increased $182,000 to $634,000, for the first quarter of 2012 compared to $452,000 for the same period in 2011, and FDIC and state assessments decreased $130,000 to $313,000 for the first quarter of 2012, compared to $443,000 for the same period in 2011. Other expense decreased $104,000 to $2,767,000 for the first quarter of 2012 compared to $2,871,000 for the same period in 2011.
The Company recorded a provision for income taxes for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 of $115,000, resulting in an effective tax rate of 19.3%, compared to a provision for income taxes of $89,000, or an effective tax rate of 18.2%, for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.
North Valley Bancorp is a bank holding company headquartered in Redding, California. Its subsidiary, North Valley Bank ("NVB"), operates twenty-four commercial banking offices in Shasta, Humboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino, Yolo, Sonoma, Placer and Trinity Counties in Northern California, including two in-store supermarket branches and six Business Banking Centers. North Valley Bancorp, through NVB, offers a wide range of consumer and business banking deposit products and services including internet banking and cash management services. In addition to these depository services, NVB engages in a full complement of lending activities including consumer, commercial and real estate loans. Additionally, NVB has SBA Preferred Lender status and provides investment services to its customers. Visit the Company's website address at www.novb.com for more information.
Cautionary Statement: This release contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated herein. Management's assumptions and projections are based on their anticipation of future events and actual performance may differ materially from those projected. Risks and uncertainties which could impact future financial performance include, among others, (a) competitive pressures in the banking industry; (b) changes in the interest rate environment; (c) general economic conditions, either nationally, regionally or locally, including fluctuations in real estate values; (d) changes in the regulatory environment; (e) changes in business conditions or the securities markets and inflation; (f) possible shortages of gas and electricity at utility companies operating in the State of California, and (g) the effects of terrorism, including the events of September 11, 2001, and thereafter, and the conduct of the war on terrorism by the United States and its allies. Therefore, the information set forth herein, together with other information contained in the periodic reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, should be carefully considered when evaluating the business prospects of the Company. North Valley Bancorp undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release, except as required by law.
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| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
| March 31, | |||||||||||||||
| Statement of Operations Data | 2012 | 2011 | $ Change | % Change | |||||||||||
| Interest income | |||||||||||||||
| Loans (including fees) | $ | 6,470 | $ | 7,450 | $ | (980 | ) | (13.15 | %) | ||||||
| Investment securities | 2,111 | 1,960 | 151 | 7.70 | % | ||||||||||
| Federal funds sold and other | 28 | 8 | 20 | 250.00 | % | ||||||||||
| Total interest income | 8,609 | 9,418 | (809 | ) | (8.59 | %) | |||||||||
| Interest expense | |||||||||||||||
| Interest on deposits | 734 | 1,082 | (348 | ) | (32.16 | %) | |||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 483 | 530 | (47 | ) | (8.87 | %) | |||||||||
| Total interest expense | 1,217 | 1,612 | (395 | ) | (24.50 | %) | |||||||||
| Net interest income | 7,392 | 7,806 | (414 | ) | (5.30 | %) | |||||||||
| Provision for loan losses | 400 | 1,000 | (600 | ) | (60.00 | %) | |||||||||
| Net interest income after provision for loan losses | 6,992 | 6,806 | 186 | 2.73 | % | ||||||||||
| Noninterest income | |||||||||||||||
| Service charges on deposit accounts | 1,052 | 1,166 | (114 | ) | (9.78 | %) | |||||||||
| Other fees and charges | 1,197 | 1,121 | 76 | 6.78 | % | ||||||||||
| Other | 1,010 | 866 | 144 | 16.63 | % | ||||||||||
| Total noninterest income | 3,259 | 3,153 | 106 | 3.36 | % | ||||||||||
| Noninterest expenses | |||||||||||||||
| Salaries and employee benefits | 5,057 | 4,717 | 340 | 7.21 | % | ||||||||||
| Occupancy | 640 | 692 | (52 | ) | (7.51 | %) | |||||||||
| Furniture and equipment | 245 | 296 | (51 | ) | (17.23 | %) | |||||||||
| Other real estate owned expense | 634 | 452 | 182 | 40.27 | % | ||||||||||
| FDIC and state assessments | 313 | 443 | (130 | ) | (29.35 | %) | |||||||||
| Other | 2,767 | 2,871 | (104 | ) | (3.62 | %) | |||||||||
| Total noninterest expenses | 9,656 | 9,471 | 185 | 1.95 | % | ||||||||||
| Income before provision for income taxes | 595 | 488 | 107 | 21.93 | % | ||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 115 | 89 | 26 | 29.21 | % | ||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 480 | $ | 399 | $ | 81 | 20.30 | % | |||||||
| Common Share Data | |||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted earnings per share | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.01 | 16.67 | % | |||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding | 6,833,752 | 6,832,492 | |||||||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted | 6,833,752 | 6,832,492 | |||||||||||||
| Book value per share | $ | 13.31 | $ | 12.41 | |||||||||||
| Tangible book value | $ | 13.26 | $ | 12.33 | |||||||||||
| Shares outstanding | 6,833,752 | 6,832,492 | |||||||||||||
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| Balance Sheet Data | 2012 | 2011 | 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||||||
| Cash and due from banks | $ | 19,314 | $ | 18,758 | $ | 23,934 | |||||||||
| Federal funds sold | 16,400 | 40,210 | 4,740 | ||||||||||||
| Time deposits at other financial institutions | 1,960 | 1,959 | 459 | ||||||||||||
| Available-for-sale securities - at fair value | 354,154 | 312,205 | 289,914 | ||||||||||||
| Held-to-maturity securities - at amortized cost | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Loans net of deferred loan fees | 448,649 | 456,215 | 494,509 | ||||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (12,274 | ) | (12,656 | ) | (14,471 | ) | |||||||||
| Net loans | 436,375 | 443,559 | 480,038 | ||||||||||||
| Premises and equipment, net | 8,738 | 8,661 | 8,552 | ||||||||||||
| Other real estate owned | 16,906 | 20,106 | 23,319 | ||||||||||||
| Core deposit intangibles, net | 364 | 401 | 510 | ||||||||||||
| Accrued interest receivable and other assets | 59,512 | 59,101 | 62,343 | ||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 913,729 | $ | 904,966 | $ | 893,815 | |||||||||
| Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | |||||||||||||||
| Deposits: | |||||||||||||||
| Demand, noninterest bearing | $ | 156,030 | $ | 167,506 | $ | 153,062 | |||||||||
| Demand, interest bearing | 184,408 | 170,124 | 161,807 | ||||||||||||
| Savings and money market | 223,475 | 216,299 | 224,426 | ||||||||||||
| Time | 208,651 | 212,310 | 219,340 | ||||||||||||
| Total deposits | 772,564 | 766,239 | 758,635 | ||||||||||||
| Accrued interest payable and other liabilities | 18,215 | 17,301 | 18,460 | ||||||||||||
| Subordinated debentures | 31,961 | 31,961 | 31,961 | ||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | 822,740 | 815,501 | 809,056 | ||||||||||||
| Shareholders' equity | 90,989 | 89,465 | 84,759 | ||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 913,729 | $ | 904,966 | $ | 893,815 | |||||||||
| Asset Quality | |||||||||||||||
| Nonaccrual loans | $ | 15,634 | $ | 18,359 | $ | 14,484 | |||||||||
| Loans past due 90 days and accruing interest | - | 52 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Other real estate owned | 16,906 | 20,106 | 23,319 | ||||||||||||
| Total nonperforming assets | $ | 32,540 | $ | 38,517 | $ | 37,813 | |||||||||
| Classified assets | $ | 51,442 | $ | 59,742 | $ | 83,682 | |||||||||
| Bank Tier 1 Capital + ALLL | $ | 128,110 | $ | 126,323 | $ | 124,444 | |||||||||
| Classified assets ratio | 40.15 | % | 47.29 | % | 67.24 | % | |||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses to total loans | 2.74 | % | 2.77 | % | 2.93 | % | |||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses to NPL's | 78.51 | % | 68.74 | % | 99.84 | % | |||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses to NPA's | 37.72 | % | 32.86 | % | 38.27 | % | |||||||||
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| Selected Financial Ratios | 2012 | 2011 | ||||||
| Return on average total assets | 0.21% | 0.18% | ||||||
| Return on average shareholders' equity | 2.12% | 1.92% | ||||||
| Net interest margin (tax equivalent basis) | 3.61% | 3.99% | ||||||
| Efficiency ratio | 90.66% | 86.42% | ||||||
| Selected Average Balances | ||||||||
| Loans | $ | 451,479 | $ | 502,431 | ||||
| Taxable investments | 316,776 | 271,224 | ||||||
| Tax-exempt investments | 12,985 | 14,357 | ||||||
| Federal funds sold and other | 48,950 | 14,210 | ||||||
| Total earning assets | $ | 830,190 | $ | 802,222 | ||||
| Total assets | $ | 916,176 | $ | 894,302 | ||||
| Demand deposits - interest bearing | $ | 175,999 | $ | 161,324 | ||||
| Savings and money market | 219,729 | 217,535 | ||||||
| Time deposits | 212,900 | 224,219 | ||||||
| Other borrowings | 31,961 | 31,961 | ||||||
| Total interest bearing liabilities | $ | 640,589 | $ | 635,039 | ||||
| Demand deposits - noninterest bearing | $ | 158,384 | $ | 155,494 | ||||
| Shareholders' equity | $ | 90,725 | $ | 84,164 | ||||
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| For the Quarter Ended | ||||||||||||||
| March | December | September | June | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | |||||||||||
| Interest income | $ | 8,609 | $ | 8,879 | $ | 9,238 | $ | 9,610 | ||||||
| Interest expense | 1,217 | 1,331 | 1,391 | 1,452 | ||||||||||
| Net interest income | 7,392 | 7,548 | 7,847 | 8,158 | ||||||||||
| Provision for loan losses | 400 | - | 400 | 1,250 | ||||||||||
| Noninterest income | 3,259 | 3,717 | 4,012 | 3,483 | ||||||||||
| Noninterest expense | 9,656 | 10,912 | 9,597 | 9,735 | ||||||||||
| Income before provision (benefit) for income taxes | 595 | 353 | 1,862 | 656 | ||||||||||
| Provision (benefit) for income taxes | 115 | (456 | ) | 542 | 137 | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 480 | $ | 809 | $ | 1,320 | $ | 519 | ||||||
| Common Share Data | ||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted earnings per share | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.08 | ||||||
Contact Information:
For further information contact:
Michael J. Cushman
President & Chief Executive Officer
(530) 226-2900
Fax: (530) 221-4877
or
Kevin R. Watson
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
(530) 226-2900
Fax: (530) 221-4877