MOULTRIE, Ga., Oct. 22, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation (the "Corporation") (NYSE MKT:SGB), a full-service community bank holding company, today reported its results of operations for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014.
Third Quarter and Nine-Month Income Highlights
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Net income increased 24% to $804 thousand in the third quarter of 2014, or $0.32 per diluted share, from $651 thousand, or $0.25 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2013.
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For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, net income was $2.2 million, or $0.88 per diluted share, a 25% increase from $1.8 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, for the same period in the prior year.
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Net interest income grew approximately 5% in both the third quarter and year-to-date period over the comparable periods of 2013, due to lower deposit costs combined with increased revenue from a higher volume of earning assets.
- Noninterest income improved slightly to $1.3 million and $3.9 million for the third quarter and year-to-date period, respectively, over the comparable periods of 2013.
Balance Sheet Trends and Asset Quality
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Total assets at September 30, 2014 were $381 million, an increase of 2.4% from September 30, 2013.
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Total loans increased 2.0% to $226 million over the same period last year, even as the wind down of loans retained from the Company's mortgage banking subsidiary, Empire Financial, continues.
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Total deposits grew $2.6 million, or 1.0%, to $311 million at September 30, 2014, from the third quarter of 2013. Net deposit growth was primarily in noninterest-bearing transaction accounts.
- Assets quality remains strong with extraordinarily low levels of non-performing assets.
DeWitt Drew, President and CEO, commented, "We delivered another strong quarter with solid earnings growth. Our low cost deposit base continues to be put to work to support lending in our communities while maintaining our high credit standards. Strong loan growth in our local markets successfully replaced the decline in loans retained from our mortgage banking subsidiary, Empire Financial, as that portfolio winds down. The loans retained from Empire were $14 million at quarter end, down from $24 million this time last year."
Dividends
In September 2014, the Corporation paid a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per common share. Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation or its predecessor, Southwest Georgia Bank, has paid cash dividends for 86 consecutive years.
About Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation
Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation is a state-chartered bank holding company with approximately $381 million in assets headquartered in Moultrie, Georgia. Its primary subsidiary, Southwest Georgia Bank, offers comprehensive financial services to consumer, business, and governmental customers. The current banking facilities include the main office located in Colquitt County, and branch offices located in Baker County, Thomas County, Worth County, and Lowndes County. In addition to conventional banking services, the bank provides investment planning and management, trust management, mortgage banking, and commercial and individual insurance products. Insurance products and advice are provided by Southwest Georgia Insurance Services which is located in Colquitt County. Mortgage banking for primarily commercial properties is provided by Empire Financial Services, Inc., a mortgage banking services firm.
More information on Southwest Georgia Financial Corp. and Southwest Georgia Bank can be found at its website: www.sgfc.com.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
This news release contains forward-looking statements, as defined by federal securities laws, including statements about the Corporation's financial outlook. These statements are based on current expectations and are provided to assist in the understanding of future financial performance. Such performance involves risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any such statements. For a discussion of some risks and other factors that could cause the Corporation's actual results to differ materially from such statements, please refer to the Corporation's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q under the sections entitled "Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors." The Corporation undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.
Financial tables follow.
| SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FINANCIAL CORPORATION | |||
| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CONDITION | |||
| (Dollars in thousands except per share data) | |||
| (Unaudited) | (Audited) | (Unaudited) | |
| September 30, | December 31, | September 30, | |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | |
| ASSETS | |||
| Cash and due from banks | $ 7,090 | $ 7,074 | $ 7,390 |
| Interest-bearing deposits in banks | 15,024 | 28,296 | 25,103 |
| Certificates of deposit in other banks | 2,940 | 3,430 | 4,165 |
| Investment securities available for sale | 50,097 | 36,461 | 33,212 |
| Investment securities held to maturity | 58,737 | 59,624 | 60,391 |
| Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost | 1,830 | 1,721 | 1,721 |
| Loans, less unearned income and discount | 225,948 | 218,688 | 221,492 |
| Allowance for loan losses | (3,196) | (3,078) | (3,099) |
| Net loans | 222,752 | 215,610 | 218,393 |
| Premises and equipment | 11,836 | 10,336 | 10,117 |
| Foreclosed assets, net | 299 | 406 | 581 |
| Intangible assets | 70 | 111 | 165 |
| Bank owned life insurance | 5,067 | 4,980 | 4,935 |
| Other assets | 5,021 | 5,846 | 5,820 |
| Total assets | $ 380,763 | $ 373,895 | $ 371,993 |
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||
| Deposits: | |||
| NOW accounts | $ 22,310 | $ 23,088 | $ 21,499 |
| Money market | 97,519 | 89,934 | 83,865 |
| Savings | 29,768 | 28,792 | 29,291 |
| Certificates of deposit $100,000 and over | 25,875 | 36,956 | 41,578 |
| Other time accounts | 45,821 | 49,836 | 50,586 |
| Total interest-bearing deposits | 221,293 | 228,606 | 226,819 |
| Noninterest-bearing deposits | 89,992 | 81,829 | 81,838 |
| Total deposits | 311,285 | 310,435 | 308,657 |
| Other borrowings | 11,133 | 11,800 | 10,000 |
| Long-term debt | 22,067 | 17,200 | 19,000 |
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 2,736 | 3,040 | 3,530 |
| Total liabilities | 347,221 | 342,475 | 341,187 |
| Shareholders' equity: | |||
| Common stock - par value $1; 5,000,000 shares authorized; 4,293,835 shares issued (*) | 4,294 | 4,294 | 4,294 |
| Additional paid-in capital | 31,701 | 31,701 | 31,701 |
| Retained earnings | 24,557 | 22,927 | 22,148 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | (896) | (1,388) | (1,223) |
| Total | 59,656 | 57,534 | 56,920 |
| Treasury stock - at cost (**) | (26,114) | (26,114) | (26,114) |
| Total shareholders' equity | 33,542 | 31,420 | 30,806 |
| Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ 380,763 | $ 373,895 | $ 371,993 |
| * Common stock - shares outstanding | 2,547,837 | 2,547,837 | 2,547,837 |
| ** Treasury stock - shares | 1,745,998 | 1,745,998 | 1,745,998 |
| SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FINANCIAL CORPORATION | ||||
| CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT (unaudited*) | ||||
| (Dollars in thousands except per share data) | ||||
| For the Three Months | For the Nine Months | |||
| Ended September 30, | Ended September 30, | |||
| Interest income: | 2014* | 2013* | 2014* | 2013* |
| Interest and fees on loans | $ 3,067 | $ 3,104 | $ 9,074 | $ 9,057 |
| Interest and dividend on securities available for sale | 277 | 164 | 789 | 495 |
| Interest on securities held to maturity | 337 | 347 | 1,021 | 1,079 |
| Dividends on Federal Home Loan Bank stock | 26 | 10 | 51 | 27 |
| Interest on deposits in banks | 6 | 13 | 40 | 49 |
| Interest on certificates of deposit in other banks | 9 | 11 | 27 | 32 |
| Total interest income | 3,722 | 3,649 | 11,002 | 10,739 |
| Interest expense: | ||||
| Interest on deposits | 178 | 209 | 566 | 669 |
| Interest on other borrowings | 13 | 103 | 154 | 197 |
| Interest on long-term debt | 115 | 92 | 321 | 374 |
| Total interest expense | 306 | 404 | 1,041 | 1,240 |
| Net interest income | 3,416 | 3,245 | 9,961 | 9,499 |
| Provision for loan losses | 75 | 105 | 255 | 315 |
| Net interest income after provision for losses on loans | 3,341 | 3,140 | 9,706 | 9,184 |
| Noninterest income: | ||||
| Service charges on deposit accounts | 307 | 338 | 963 | 925 |
| Income from trust services | 74 | 61 | 188 | 164 |
| Income from retail brokerage services | 80 | 88 | 270 | 255 |
| Income from insurance services | 285 | 308 | 992 | 979 |
| Income from mortgage banking services | 189 | 205 | 535 | 702 |
| Net gain (loss) on the sale or disposition of assets | 36 | (11) | 57 | (68) |
| Net gain on the sale of securities | 139 | 0 | 293 | 0 |
| Other income | 173 | 174 | 573 | 560 |
| Total noninterest income | 1,283 | 1,163 | 3,871 | 3,517 |
| Noninterest expense: | ||||
| Salary and employee benefits | 2,134 | 2,114 | 6,273 | 6,291 |
| Occupancy expense | 271 | 266 | 781 | 773 |
| Equipment expense | 227 | 224 | 660 | 684 |
| Data processing expense | 282 | 278 | 839 | 826 |
| Amortization of intangible assets | 4 | 54 | 41 | 162 |
| Other operating expense | 694 | 636 | 2,151 | 2,013 |
| Total noninterest expense | 3,612 | 3,572 | 10,745 | 10,749 |
| Income before income tax expense | 1,012 | 731 | 2,832 | 1,952 |
| Provision for income taxes | 208 | 80 | 590 | 162 |
| Net income | $ 804 | $ 651 | $ 2,242 | $ 1,790 |
| Net income per share, basic | $ 0.32 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.88 | $ 0.70 |
| Net income per share, diluted | $ 0.32 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.88 | $ 0.70 |
| Dividends paid per share | $ 0.08 | $ 0.04 | $ 0.24 | $ 0.12 |
| Basic weighted average shares outstanding | 2,547,837 | 2,547,837 | 2,547,837 | 2,547,837 |
| Diluted weighted average shares outstanding | 2,547,837 | 2,547,837 | 2,547,837 | 2,547,837 |
| SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FINANCIAL CORPORATION | ||||||||||||||
| Financial Highlights | ||||||||||||||
| (Dollars in thousands except per share data) | ||||||||||||||
| At September 30 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Assets | $ 380,763 | $ 371,993 | ||||||||||||
| Loans, less unearned income & discount | $ 225,948 | $ 221,492 | ||||||||||||
| Deposits | $ 311,285 | $ 308,657 | ||||||||||||
| Shareholders' equity | $ 33,542 | $ 30,806 | ||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||
| Performance Data & Ratios | ||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ 804 | $ 651 | $ 2,242 | $ 1,790 | ||||||||||
| Earnings per share, basic | $ 0.32 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.88 | $ 0.70 | ||||||||||
| Earnings per share, diluted | $ 0.32 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.88 | $ 0.70 | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid per share | $ 0.08 | $ 0.04 | $ 0.24 | $ 0.12 | ||||||||||
| Return on assets | 0.86% | 0.71% | 0.78% | 0.66% | ||||||||||
| Return on equity | 9.57% | 8.49% | 9.08% | 7.82% | ||||||||||
| Net interest margin (tax equivalent) | 4.14% | 4.04% | 3.98% | 4.03% | ||||||||||
| Dividend payout ratio | 25.37% | 15.66% | 27.28% | 17.08% | ||||||||||
| Efficiency ratio | 74.08% | 77.83% | 74.82% | 79.29% | ||||||||||
| Asset Quality Data & Ratios | ||||||||||||||
| Total nonperforming loans | $ 998 | $ 1,134 | $ 998 | $ 1,134 | ||||||||||
| Total nonperforming assets | $ 1,297 | $ 1,890 | $ 1,297 | $ 1,890 | ||||||||||
| Net loan charge offs | $ 12 | $ 55 | $ 143 | $ 61 | ||||||||||
| Reserve for loan losses to total loans | 1.41% | 1.40% | 1.41% | 1.40% | ||||||||||
| Nonperforming loans/total loans | 0.44% | 0.51% | 0.44% | 0.51% | ||||||||||
| Nonperforming assets/total assets | 0.34% | 0.51% | 0.34% | 0.51% | ||||||||||
| Net charge offs / average loans | 0.02% | 0.10% | 0.09% | 0.04% | ||||||||||
| Capital Ratios | ||||||||||||||
| Average common equity to average total assets | 8.97% | 8.37% | 8.61% | 8.41% | ||||||||||
| Tier 1 capital ratio | 14.31% | 13.68% | 14.31% | 13.68% | ||||||||||
| Tier 1 leverage ratio | 9.18% | 8.71% | 9.18% | 8.71% | ||||||||||
| Total risk based capital ratio | 15.56% | 14.98% | 15.56% | 14.98% | ||||||||||
| Book value per share | $ 13.16 | $ 12.09 | $ 13.16 | $ 12.09 | ||||||||||
| Tangible book value per share | $ 13.14 | $ 12.03 | $ 13.14 | $ 12.03 | ||||||||||
| Quarterly | 3rd Qtr | 2nd Qtr | 1st Qtr | 4th Qtr | 3rd Qtr | |||||||||
| Averages | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | |||||||||
| Assets | $ 374,509 | $ 384,745 | $ 387,889 | $ 374,542 | $ 366,206 | |||||||||
| Loans, less unearned income & discount | $ 225,934 | $ 223,348 | $ 219,971 | $ 222,723 | $ 221,767 | |||||||||
| Deposits | $ 309,953 | $ 326,773 | $ 322,888 | $ 310,406 | $ 304,131 | |||||||||
| Equity | $ 33,579 | $ 32,926 | $ 32,184 | $ 31,436 | $ 30,639 | |||||||||
| Return on assets | 0.86% | 0.77% | 0.72% | 1.05% | 0.71% | |||||||||
| Return on equity | 9.57% | 8.95% | 8.71% | 12.50% | 8.49% | |||||||||
| Net income | $ 804 | $ 737 | $ 701 | $ 982 | $ 651 | |||||||||
| Net income per share, basic | $ 0.32 | $ 0.29 | $ 0.28 | $ 0.39 | $ 0.25 | |||||||||
| Net income per share, diluted | $ 0.32 | $ 0.29 | $ 0.28 | $ 0.39 | $ 0.25 | |||||||||
| Dividends paid per share | $ 0.08 | $ 0.08 | $ 0.08 | $ 0.08 | $ 0.04 | |||||||||