Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. Reports 2nd Quarter Net Income of $1.2 Million or $0.48 Per Share


SEATTLE, July 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:SFBC), the holding company (the "Company") for Sound Community Bank (the "Bank"), today reported net income of $1.2 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, or diluted earnings per share of $0.48, as compared to net income of $1.2 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.46, for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and $1.2 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.47, for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

“For the first time in the bank’s history we exceeded $500 million in total assets at quarter end,” said Laurie Stewart, President and CEO of both Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. and Sound Community Bank, “We are also pleased with our year to date return on assets of 1.00% and our annualized loan losses of just 5 basis points.  The economies in the markets we serve continue to prosper and allow us to further develop relationships with both businesses and consumers.”

Highlights for the quarter include:

  • Total assets increased 2.4% to $503.4 million at June 30, 2015, from $491.7 million at March 31, 2015 and increased 7.4% from $468.9 million at June 30, 2014;
  • Net loans increased 2.7% to $430.0 million at June 30, 2015, from $418.7 million at March 31, 2015 and increased 7.6% from $399.7 million at June 30, 2014;
  • Deposits increased 0.6% to $418.6 million at June 30, 2015, from $416.2 million at March 31, 2015 and increased 12.0% from $373.9 million at June 30, 2014;
  • The gain on the sale of loans was $390,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 compared to $396,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015.
  • The mortgage servicing asset increased in value by $381,000, or 13.2%, to $3.3 million at June 30, 2015, from $3.0 million at March 31, 2015 and increased in value by $278,000, or 9.3%, from $3.0 million at June 30, 2014;

Capital ratios exceeded regulatory requirements for a well-capitalized financial institution at June 30, 2015.

Operating Results

Net interest income increased $42,000, or 0.9%, to $4.7 million during the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to $4.7 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and increased $86,000, or 1.9%, from $4.6 million during the quarter ended June 30, 2014.  The change from the prior quarter was primarily a result of higher loan balances and lower average outstanding borrowings.  The change from the comparable period a year ago was primarily a result of higher average loan balances and lower average outstanding borrowings partially offset by higher balances of interest-bearing deposits.

Interest expense on deposits was $661,000 for both the current and prior quarter and increased $109,000, or 19.7%, from $552,000 during the quarter ended June 30, 2014.  The increase from 2014 was primarily the result of amortization of the deposit premium from deposits acquired in the third quarter of 2014. The total cost of borrowings decreased $9,000, or 32.1%, to $19,000 during the quarter ended June 30, 2015, from $28,000 during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and decreased $25,000, or 56.8%, from $44,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.  This decrease is primarily due to lower average outstanding borrowings and a larger percentage of short-term borrowings compared to prior periods.

The net interest margin was 4.11% for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to 4.06% for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and 4.40% for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.  The decline from the year ago period is primarily a result of lower loan yields.

The provision for loan losses in the quarter ended June 30, 2015 was $200,000, compared to $100,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and $200,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.  The increase from the prior quarter was primarily due to an increase to the loan portfolio during the current quarter.

Noninterest income increased $535,000, or 45.7%, to $1.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to $1.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.  Noninterest income increased $586,000, or 52.3%, from $1.1 for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.  This increase was primarily the result of an appreciation in the market value of mortgage servicing rights for the linked quarter and an increase in the value of mortgage servicing rights and gain on sale of loans for the year ago period.

Noninterest expense increased $376,000, or 9.3%, to $4.4 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to $4.0 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.  The increase was primarily a result of increased operations, regulatory and occupancy expenses during the current period.  Noninterest expense increased $625,000, or 16.6% for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to $3.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, primarily from higher salaries and benefits, regulatory, occupancy and data processing expenses.

The efficiency ratio for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 was 68.21%, compared to 67.45% for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and 63.60% for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.  The increase in the efficiency ratio compared to the prior quarter was primarily due to higher operations, regulatory and occupancy expense, partially offset by higher noninterest income.  The increase in the efficiency ratio compared to the year ago quarter was primarily due to higher salaries and benefits, operations, regulatory and occupancy expense, partially offset by higher net interest and noninterest income.

Balance Sheet Review, Capital Management and Credit Quality

The Company's total assets as of June 30, 2015 were $503.4 million, compared to $491.7 million at March 31, 2015 and $468.9 million as of June 30, 2014.  The increase from the prior quarter was primarily a result of higher gross loan balances, partially offset by lower investment balances cash balances.  This increase from a year ago was primarily a result of higher gross loan and cash balances which increased $30.7 million and $5.2 million, respectively, from June 30, 2014. 

Investment securities available-for-sale totaled $7.9 million at June 30, 2015, compared to $8.7 million at March 31, 2015 and $14.1 million at June 30, 2014.  The quarter over quarter decrease was a result of normal principal pay downs. The year over year decrease was due to normal principal paydowns and the sale of $1.7 million of non-agency mortgage-backed securities in the first quarter of 2015.

Gross loans totaled $434.6 million at June 30, 2015, compared to $423.1 million at March 31, 2015 and $403.9 million at June 30, 2014.  At June 30, 2015, commercial and multifamily real estate loans accounted for 40.2% of the gross loan portfolio and residential real estate loans accounted for 30.2% of the portfolio.  Home equity, manufactured, and other consumer loans accounted for 14.5% of the portfolio.  Construction and land loans accounted for 10.2% of the portfolio and commercial and industrial loans accounted for the remaining 4.9% of the portfolio.

The weighted average yield on the loan portfolio was 5.01% for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to 4.94% for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and 5.17% for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

Nonperforming assets ("NPAs"), which includes non-accrual loans, accruing loans 90 days and more delinquent, nonperforming troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”), other real estate owned (“OREO”) and other repossessed assets decreased to $2.6 million, or 0.52% of total assets, at June 30, 2015 compared to $4.0 million, or 0.81% of total assets at March 31, 2015 and increased from $2.5 million, or 0.52% of total assets at June 30, 2014. 

The following table summarizes our NPAs:

       
Nonperforming Loans: At June 30, 2015 At March 31, 2015 At June 30, 2014
(in $000s, unaudited) Balance % of Total Balance % of Total Balance % of Total
One- to four- family $  1,294   49.5% $  1,247   31.4% $  934   38.0%
Home equity loans  503   19.2   445   11.2   401   16.3 
Commercial and multifamily  249   9.5   1,621   40.8   764   31.0 
Construction and land  41   1.6   82   2.0   -   - 
Manufactured homes  54   2.1   80   2.0   39   1.6 
Other consumer  91   3.5   2   0.1   4   0.2 
Total nonperforming loans  2,232   85.4   3,477   87.5   2,142   87.1 
OREO and Other Repossessed Assets:            
One- to four- family  325   12.4   433   10.9   232   9.4 
Manufactured homes  57   2.2   66   1.6   87   3.5 
Total OREO and repossessed assets  382   14.6   499   12.5   319   12.9 
Total nonperforming assets $  2,614   100.0% $  3,976   100.0% $2,461   100.0%


The following table summarizes the allowance for loan losses:

   
  For the Quarter Ended:
Allowance for Loan Losses June
30,
 March
31,
 June
30,
(in $000s, unaudited)  2015   2015   2014 
Balance at beginning of period $  4,436  $  4,387  $4,176 
Provision for loan losses during the period  200   100   200 
Net charge-offs during the period  (64)  (51)  (185)
Balance at end of period $  4,572  $  4,436  $4,191 
       
Allowance for loan losses to total loans  1.05%  1.05%  1.04%
Allowance for loan losses to total nonperforming loans  204.75%  138.24%  195.66%


The allowance for loan losses to total loans remained at 1.05% for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to the prior quarter and increased from 1.04% for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.  Net charge-offs totaled $64,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to net charge-offs of $51,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and $185,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

Deposits increased to $418.6 million at June 30, 2015, compared to $416.2 million at March 31, 2015 and $373.9 million at June 30, 2014.  FHLB borrowings increased to $26.3 million at June 30, 2015, compared to $18.4 million at March 31, 2015 and decreased from $39.9 million at June 30, 2014.  An increase in total loans during the quarter ended June 30, 2015 led to the increase in borrowings.

Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company, is the parent company of Sound Community Bank, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington with full-service branches in Seattle, Tacoma, Mountlake Terrace, Sequim, Port Angeles and Port Ludlow. Sound Community Bank is a Fannie Mae Approved Lender and Seller/Servicer with an additional Loan Production Office in the Madison Park neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. For more information, please visit www.soundcb.com.

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These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events, and may turn out to be wrong because of inaccurate assumptions we might make, because of the factors illustrated below or because of other important factors that we cannot foresee that could cause our actual results for 2015 and beyond to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events after the date of this press release.

There are a number of important factors that could cause future results to differ materially from historical performance and these forward-looking statements. Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially, include, but are not limited to, general and local economic conditions, changes in interest rates, deposit flows, demand for mortgage, consumer and other loans, real estate values, competition, changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines, changes in legislation or regulation, and other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory and technological factors affecting our operations, pricing, products and services described in the Company’s latest annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission – which are available on our website at www.soundcb.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

       
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS Quarter Ended Sequential Quarter
% Change
 Year over Year
% Change
(in $000s, unaudited) June 30, 2015 March 31, 2015 June 30, 2014  
Interest income $  5,410  $  5,377  $  5,240   0.6%  3.2%
Interest expense  680   689   596   (1.3)  14.1 
Net interest income  4,730   4,688   4,644   0.9   1.9 
Provision for loan losses  200   100   200   100.0   0.0 
Net interest income after provision for loan losses  4,530   4,588   4,444   (1.3)  1.9 
Noninterest income:          
Service charges and fee income  671   645   700   4.0   (4.1)
Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance  84   84   86   0.0   (2.3)
Mortgage servicing income  214   255   80   (16.1)  167.5 
Fair value adjustment on mortgage servicing rights  347   (178)  144    (294.9)  141.0 
Loss on sale of securities  -   (31)  -   (100.0)        nm
Gain on sale of loans  390   396   110   (1.5)  254.5 
Total noninterest income  1,706   1,171   1,120   45.7   52.3 
Noninterest expense:          
Salaries and benefits  2,205   2,255   1,958   (2.2)  12.6 
Operations expense  1,053   903   1,009   16.6   4.4 
Data processing  454   403   328   12.7   38.4 
Net loss on OREO and repossessed assets  10   72   78   (86.1)  (87.2)
Other noninterest expense  678   391   402   73.4   38.4 
Total noninterest expense  4,400   4,024   3,775   9.3   16.6 
Income before provision for income taxes  1,836   1,735   1,789   5.8   2.6 
Provision for income taxes  589   527   573   11.8   2.8 
Net income $  1,247  $  1,208  $  1,216   3.2%  2.5%

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  Quarter Ended Sequential Quarter
% Change
 Year over Year
% Change
  June 30, 2015 March 31, 2015 June 30, 2014  
KEY FINANCIAL RATIOS (in $000s, unaudited)          
Annualized return on average assets  1.01%  0.98%  1.09%  3.1%  (7.3)%
Annualized return on average equity  9.56   9.31   10.22   2.7   (6.5)
Annualized net interest margin  4.11   4.06   4.40   1.2   (6.6)
Annualized efficiency ratio  68.21%  67.45%  63.60%  1.1%  7.2%


       
PER COMMON SHARE DATA Quarter Ended Sequential Quarter
% Change
 Year over Year
% Change
(in 000s, except per share data, unaudited) June 30, 2015 March 31, 2015 June 30, 2014  
Basic earnings per share $  0.50  $ 0.48  $   0.48   4.2%  4.2%
Diluted earnings per share $  0.48  $ 0.46  $   0.47   4.3   2.1 
Weighted average basic shares outstanding  2,511   2,525   2,510   (1.5)  (0.9)
Weighted average diluted shares outstanding  2,602   2,602     2,601   (1.4)  (1.4)
Common shares outstanding at period-end  2,466   2,526     2,516     (2.4)    (2.0)
Book value per share $  21.02  $  20.48  $  19.15   2.6%  9.8%


           
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET       Sequential Quarter
% Change
 Year over Year
% Change
(in $000's, unaudited) June 30, 2015 March 31, 2015 June 30, 2014  
ASSETS          
Cash and cash equivalents $34,087  $  35,223  $  28,866   (3.2)%  18.1%
Securities available-for-sale, at fair value  7,901   8,717   14,082   (9.4)  (43.9)
Loans held-for-sale  3,061   1,426   1,921   114.7   59.3 
Total loans, gross  434,597   423,100   403,938   2.7   7.6 
Allowance for loan losses  (4,572)  (4,436)  (4,191)  3.1   9.1 
Loans, net  430,025   418,664   399,747   2.7   7.6 
Accrued interest receivable  1,494   1,448   1,391   3.2   7.4 
Bank-owned life insurance, net  11,576   11,492   11,235   0.7   3.0 
OREO and other repossessed assets, net  382   499   319   (23.4)  19.7 
Mortgage servicing rights, at fair value  3,271   2,890   2,993   13.2   9.3 
FHLB stock, at cost  1,645   2,200   2,270   (25.2)  (27.5)
Premises and equipment, net  5,739   5,604   2,006   2.4   186.1 
Other assets  4,266   3,545   4,110   20.3   3.8 
Total assets  503,447   491,708   468,940   2.4%  7.4%
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY          
Liabilities:          
Interest-bearing deposits  367,172   368,431   328,984   (0.3)%  11.6%
Noninterest-bearing deposits  51,457   47,789   44,928   7.7   14.5 
Total deposits  418,629   416,220   373,912   0.6   12.0 
Accrued interest payable and other liabilities  6,730   5,296   6,942   27.1   (3.1)
Borrowings  26,256   18,417   39,899   42.6   (34.2)
Total liabilities  451,615   439,933   420,753   2.7%  7.3%
Shareholders' Equity:          
Common stock  25   25   25   0.0%  0.0%
Paid-in capital  23,715   23,618   23,169   0.4   2.4 
Unearned shares – ESOP  (1,140)  (1,140)  (1,369)  0.0   (16.7)
Retained earnings  29,046   29,107   26,239   (0.2)  10.7 
Accumulated other comprehensive gain  186   165   123   12.7   51.2 
Total shareholders' equity  51,832   51,775   48,187   0.1   7.6 
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $  503,447  $  491,708  $  468,940   2.4%  7.4%


           
CREDIT QUALITY DATA
(in $000's, unaudited)
 June 30, 2015 March 31, 2015 June 30, 2014 Sequential Quarter
% Change
 Year over year
% Change
Nonaccrual loans $1,422  $1,223  $678   16.3%  109.7%
Loans 90+ days past due and still accruing  -   -   122        nm  (100.0)
Nonperforming TDRs  811   1,987   1,342   (59.2)  (39.6)
Total nonperforming loans  2,233   3,210   2,142   (30.4)  4.2 
OREO and other repossessed assets  382   499   319   (29.5)  19.7 
Total nonperforming assets  2,615   3,709   2,461   (34.2)  6.3 
Performing TDRs on accrual  5,981   4,868   4,905   22.9   21.9 
Net charge-offs during the quarter  64   51   185   25.5   (65.4)
Provision for loan losses during the quarter  200   100   200   100.0   0.0 
Allowance for loan losses  4,572   4,436   4,191   3.1   9.1 
Allowance for loan losses to total loans  1.05%  1.05%  1.04%  0.0   1.0 
Allowance for loan losses to total nonperforming loans  204.75%  138.24%  195.66%  48.1   4.6 
Nonperforming loans to total loans  0.51%  0.82%  0.53%  (37.8)  (3.8)
Nonperforming assets to total assets  0.52%  0.81%  0.52%  (35.8)%  0.0%
           
OTHER PERIOD-END STATISTICS          
(unaudited)          
Sound Community Bank:          
Loan to deposit ratio  102.72%  100.59%  106.91%  2.1%  (3.9)%
Noninterest-bearing deposits / total deposits  12.29   11.48   12.02   7.1   2.2 
Leverage ratio  10.21   9.87   10.37   3.4   (1.5)
Common Equity Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio(1)  12.41   12.87           n/a  (3.5)      nm
Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio  12.41   12.87   12.99   (3.5)  (4.4)
Total risk-based capital ratio  13.54%  14.04%  14.17%  (3.5)  (4.4)
Total risk-weighted assets  404,861   376,311   355,284   7.6%  13.9%
Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc.:          
Average total assets for the quarter  492,846   492,472   448,034   0.1%  10.0%
Average total equity for the quarter  52,151   51,875   47,575   0.5%  9.6%

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(1)  The Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio is a new regulatory capital ratio required beginning for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.  Under BASEL III, the regulatory capital requirements to be considered well capitalized are 5% for Leverage-based capital, 6.5% for CET1, 8% for Tier 1 risk-based capital and 10% for total risk-based capital.



            

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