HOLLAND, Mich., April 21, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Macatawa Bank Corporation (Nasdaq:MCBC) today announced its results for the first quarter of 2008.
Net income amounted to $2.44 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, for the 1st quarter of 2008 compared to net income of $4.84 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, for the same period in 2007. The Company recorded loan loss provisions of $2.7 million in the 1st quarter of 2008. The elevated loan loss provision led to the reduced earnings for the current quarter when compared to the prior year.
"As we enter 2008, the Michigan economy continues to struggle and further weakening has occurred across the broader national economy. During these difficult times, we remain cautious and conservative in our approach to asset quality. Although significant, the loan loss provision is down from the last quarter as we have worked hard to manage our credit position. We are making good progress at identifying and working through our problem loans while achieving greater clarity of our ultimate loss exposure," commented Ben Smith, Chairman and CEO. The Company's loan loss reserve was 1.81% of total loans at March 31, 2008; a level management considers appropriate based upon the current environment.
First quarter net interest income totaled $14.7 million, a decrease of $1.4 million compared to the first quarter of 2007. The decrease in net interest income was primarily from a decline in the net interest margin partially offset by an increase in average earning assets. Average earning assets grew by 2% or $33.4 million from the first quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2008. The net interest margin was 2.99% for the quarter, down only one basis point from 3.00% for the fourth quarter of 2007 and 36 basis points from 3.35% for the first quarter of 2007.
The Company was able to maintain its net interest margin at nearly the same level as in the fourth quarter of 2007 despite significant interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. A decline of only 5 basis points can be attributed to the 300 basis point cuts in the Federal funds and prime rates that began in late September of 2007. This decline was largely offset by a positive impact to the net interest margin from less interest reversals on loans moved to a non-accrual status. Future rate cuts will have a slight negative impact on net interest income in the near term, although over a full twelve month period the overall impact on earnings is expected to be neutral. The Company's variable rate loan portfolio exceeds the level of variable rate funding, but the fixed rate funding portfolio that reprices over the next twelve months will offset this excess.
Non-interest income was $5.0 million for the first quarter of 2008, an increase of $1.3 million compared to the first quarter of 2007. Approximately $832,000 of the increase was related to gains realized on the termination of outstanding interest rate swaps. The Company chose to terminate its interest rate swaps considering its balanced sensitivity to future interest rate changes.
The Company also experienced growth in noninterest income across many service offerings. Gains on mortgage loans sold and fees from deposit services, investment services, title insurance, ATM and debit card processing and reverse mortgages all experienced strong growth compared to the prior year quarter. "Our broad and expanding service offerings continue to strengthen our relationships with our customers while diversifying our revenue," added Mr. Smith.
Non-interest expense was $13.6 million for the quarter as compared to $11.8 million for the first quarter of 2007. The increases in salaries and benefits, occupancy and furniture and equipment primarily relate to operating costs associated with the opening of four new facilities during the first quarter of 2007. The $760,000 increase in other expense is primarily related to increases in legal and other carrying costs associated with non-performing assets, FDIC insurance premium assessments and third party processing costs from increased customer usage of ATM and debit cards. Total costs during the first quarter associated with administration and disposition of non-performing assets amounted to $455,000 compared to $160,000 for the first quarter of 2007.
Total assets increased $19.2 million since March 31, 2007 to $2.14 billion at March 31, 2008. Total loans increased $43.2 million since March 31, 2007, primarily in consumer mortgages, to $1.76 billion at March 31, 2008. Within the commercial loan portfolio, there has been a slight shift between commercial real estate and commercial and industrial loans.
The composition of the commercial loan portfolio is shown in the table below:
Dollars in 000s March 31, Dec. 31, March 31,
2008 2007 2007
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Construction and land development $334,065 $335,366 $343,807
Farmland & agricultural 32,474 30,371 35,231
Non-farm, non-residential 460,573 454,764 459,266
Multi-family 29,768 35,381 38,374
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Total Commercial Real Estate 856,880 855,882 876,678
Commercial and Industrial 435,703 438,743 431,588
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Total Commercial Loans $1,292,583 $1,294,625 $1,308,266
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Commercial real estate loans declined $19.8 million while commercial and industrial loans grew by $4.1 million since March 31, 2007. Loans for the development or sale of 1-4 family residential properties were $239.6 million at March 31, 2008. Of this total, approximately $22.6 million is secured by vacant land, $132.6 million is secured by developed residential land and $84.4 million is secured by 1-4 family properties held for speculative purposes.
The Company's non-performing loans of $75.6 million were relatively flat compared to the prior quarter and represent about 4.28% of total loans at March 31, 2008. Loans to residential developers comprise the majority of the balance in non-performing loans. Management believes non-performing loans are either well collateralized or adequately reserved.
A breakdown of non-performing assets is shown in the table below:
Dollars in 000s March 31, Dec. 31,
2008 2007
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Commercial Real Estate $68,686 $68,634
Commercial and Industrial 5,474 4,116
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Total Commercial Loans 74,160 72,750
Residential Mortgage Loans 609 641
Consumer Loans 802 518
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Total Non-Performing Loans $75,571 $73,909
Other Repossessed Assets 350 172
Other Real Estate Owned 8,248 5,704
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Total Non-Performing Assets $84,169 $79,785
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Loans for the development or sale of 1-4 family residential properties that were in a non-performing status were approximately $55.8 million or 74% of non-performing loans at March 31, 2008 compared to $57.4 million or 78% of total non-performing loans at December 31, 2007.
Total deposits grew $47 million since December 31, 2007 to $1.57 billion at March 31, 2008, primarily from institutional customers. This allowed the Company to reduce its other borrowing levels during the quarter.
Since March 31, 2007, total deposits declined by $68.9 million. The decline was primarily attributed to one of the Company's institutional depositors whose balances decreased by $105 million during the last twelve months. The withdrawals were associated with planned distributions and the depositor remains an excellent customer for the Company.
The Company has also reduced its holdings of out-of-market deposits generated from brokers. Brokered deposits have declined $24.9 million since March 31, 2007. Accordingly, growth from deposits within the Company's markets has been approximately $61 million since March 31, 2007. The Company remained well-capitalized at March 31, 2008 with a total risk-based capital ratio of 10.7%.
"Despite these challenging times, we continue to execute on the initiatives we can control. Macatawa remains a profitable, well capitalized and progressive financial institution. We have built a sound franchise, able to withstand the ups and downs of the West Michigan economy. We are confident in the success of West Michigan, and poised to participate in its ultimate recovery," concluded Mr. Smith.
Conference Call
Macatawa Bank Corporation will hold its quarterly earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at 10:00 A.M. Persons who wish to access the call may do so via the Internet by visiting www.macatawabank.com and clicking on the webcast link in the Investor Information section. It may also be accessed by logging on to www.streetevents.com. A replay of the call will be available for 30 days following the call.
About Macatawa Bank
Headquartered in Holland, Michigan, Macatawa Bank Corporation is the parent company for Macatawa Bank. Through its banking subsidiary, the Corporation offers a full range of banking, investment and trust services to individuals, businesses, and governmental entities from a network of 26 full service branches located in communities in Kent County, Ottawa County, and northern Allegan County. Services include commercial, consumer and real estate financing; business and personal deposit services, ATM's and Internet banking services, trust and employee benefit plan services, and various investment services. The Corporation emphasizes its local management team and decision making, along with providing customers excellent service and superior financial products.
"CAUTIONARY STATEMENT: This press release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors affecting our operations, markets, products, services, and pricing. These statements include, among others, statements related to future growth and funding sources, future profitability levels, the effects on earnings of changes in interest rates and the future level of other revenue sources. Annualized growth rates are not intended to imply future growth at those rates. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Further information concerning our business, including additional factors that could materially affect our financial results, is included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission."
MACATAWA BANK CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL SUMMARY
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands except per share information)
Quarter Ended
March 31,
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EARNINGS SUMMARY 2008 2007
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Total interest income $ 31,317 $ 34,931
Total interest expense 16,620 18,872
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Net interest income 14,697 16,059
Provision for loan loss 2,700 875
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Net interest income after provision for loan
loss 11,997 15,184
NON-INTEREST INCOME
Deposit service charges 1,241 1,142
Gain on sale of loans 476 443
Trust fees 1,170 1,197
Other 2,116 953
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Total non-interest income 5,003 3,735
NON-INTEREST EXPENSE
Salaries and benefits 6,901 6,129
Occupancy 1,225 1,054
Furniture and equipment 993 892
Other 4,472 3,712
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Total non-interest expense 13,591 11,787
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Income before income tax 3,409 7,132
Federal income tax expense 971 2,297
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Net income $ 2,438 $ 4,835
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Basic earnings per share $ 0.14 $ 0.28
Diluted earnings per share $ 0.14 $ 0.28
Return on average assets 0.46% 0.93%
Return on average equity 5.93% 12.06%
Net interest margin 2.99% 3.35%
Efficiency ratio 68.99% 59.55%
BALANCE SHEET DATA March 31, Dec. 31, March 31,
Assets 2008 2007 2007
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Cash and due from banks $ 41,697 $ 49,816 $ 31,719
Federal funds sold -- -- 37,683
Securities available for sale 196,785 201,498 195,562
Securities held to maturity 1,915 1,917 2,639
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock 12,275 12,275 12,275
Loans held for sale 2,341 3,127 2,972
Total loans 1,764,377 1,750,632 1,721,192
Less allowance for loan loss 31,954 33,422 23,689
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Net loans 1,732,423 1,717,210 1,697,503
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Premises and equipment, net 64,144 64,564 63,478
Acquisition intangibles 28,830 28,942 29,279
Bank-owned life insurance 22,916 22,703 22,036
Other assets 35,887 27,914 24,897
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Total Assets $2,139,213 $2,129,966 $2,120,043
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Liabilities and Shareholders'
Equity
Noninterest-bearing deposits $ 169,662 $ 185,681 $ 168,684
Interest-bearing deposits 1,400,766 1,337,872 1,470,648
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Total deposits 1,570,428 1,523,553 1,639,332
Federal funds purchased 17,372 46,467 --
Other borrowed funds 333,776 354,052 267,638
Long term debt 41,238 41,238 41,238
Other liabilities 13,413 4,031 8,429
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Total Liabilities 1,976,227 1,969,341 1,956,637
Shareholders' equity 162,986 160,625 163,406
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Total Liabilities and Shareholders'
Equity $2,139,213 $2,129,966 $2,120,043
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MACATAWA BANK CORPORATION
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands except per share information)
Quarterly
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1st Qtr 4th Qtr 3rd Qtr 2nd Qtr 1st Qtr
2008 2007 2007 2007 2007
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EARNINGS
SUMMARY
Net
interest
income $ 14,697 $ 14,687 $ 15,835 $ 16,335 $ 16,059
Provision
for loan
loss 2,700 10,270 3,640 965 875
Total non-
interest
income 5,003 4,312 4,031 4,020 3,735
Total non-
interest
expense 13,591 13,135 12,732 12,605 11,787
Income
taxes 971 (1,794) 1,037 2,195 2,297
Net income $ 2,438 $ (2,612) $ 2,457 $ 4,590 $ 4,835
Basic
earnings
per share $ 0.14 $ (0.15) $ 0.14 $ 0.27 $ 0.28
Diluted
earnings
per share $ 0.14 $ (0.15) $ 0.14 $ 0.26 $ 0.28
MARKET DATA
Book value
per share $ 9.58 $ 9.47 $ 9.64 $ 9.52 $ 9.49
Market
value per
share $ 10.41 $ 8.59 $ 13.53 $ 15.91 $ 17.52
Average
basic
common
shares 16,951,183 16,969,316 17,082,023 17,191,063 17,221,595
Average
diluted
common
shares 17,003,229 16,969,316 17,232,709 17,405,018 17,499,098
Period end
common
shares 17,017,028 16,968,398 16,982,794 17,170,235 17,226,564
PERFORMANCE
RATIOS
Return on
average
assets 0.46% -0.50% 0.46% 0.87% 0.93%
Return on
average
equity 5.93% -6.27% 5.91% 11.08% 12.06%
Net
interest
margin
(FTE) 2.99% 3.00% 3.20% 3.32% 3.35%
Efficiency
ratio 68.99% 69.14% 64.09% 61.93% 59.55%
ASSET
QUALITY
Net charge-
offs $ 4,168 $ 2,764 $ 1,667 $ 711 $ 445
Nonperfor-
ming
loans $ 75,571 $ 73,909 $ 48,703 $ 29,470 $ 16,985
Other real
estate and
reposs-
essed
assets $ 8,598 $ 5,876 $ 6,253 $ 6,302 $ 3,891
Nonperfor-
ming loans
to total
loans 4.28% 4.22% 2.80% 1.71% 0.99%
Nonperfor-
ming
assets to
total
assets 3.93% 3.75% 2.61% 1.69% 0.98%
Net charge-
offs to
average
loans
(annual-
ized) 0.95% 0.64% 0.39% 0.16% 0.10%
Allowance
for loan
loss to
total
loans 1.81% 1.91% 1.49% 1.39% 1.38%
CAPITAL &
LIQUIDITY
Average
equity to
average
assets 7.77% 7.93% 7.85% 7.83% 7.71%
Tier 1
capital
to risk-
weighted
assets 9.41% 9.40% 9.66% 9.57% 9.53%
Total
capital to
risk-
weighted
assets 10.67% 10.66% 10.91% 10.93% 10.89%
Loans to
deposits +
other
borrowings 92.66% 93.24% 95.35% 90.47% 90.26%
END OF
PERIOD
BALANCES
Total
portfolio
loans $1,764,377 $1,750,632 $1,736,370 $1,724,773 $1,721,192
Earning
assets 1,972,355 1,966,732 1,949,608 1,966,563 1,972,111
Total
assets 2,139,213 2,129,966 2,102,733 2,116,295 2,120,043
Deposits 1,570,428 1,523,553 1,522,003 1,661,686 1,639,332
Total
share-
holders'
equity 162,986 160,625 163,731 163,524 163,406
AVERAGE
BALANCES
Total
portfolio
loans $1,757,633 $1,734,325 $1,721,543 $1,732,553 $1,713,204
Earning
assets 1,970,785 1,949,756 1,966,155 1,967,055 1,937,392
Total
assets 2,116,605 2,099,826 2,116,474 2,114,974 2,078,501
Deposits 1,548,402 1,485,232 1,654,354 1,645,849 1,645,806
Total
share-
holders'
equity 164,503 166,591 166,196 165,702 160,348