WABASH, Ind., April 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FFW Corporation (the “Corporation”) (OTC PINK:FFWC) (4/25/17 Close: $37.00), parent corporation of Crossroads Bank (the “Bank”), announced earnings for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2017.
For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Corporation reported net income of $916,000 or $0.76 per common share compared to $922,000 or $0.76 per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Net interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $2,920,000 compared to $2,885,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The provision for loan losses was $50,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and $80,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Total noninterest income was $852,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 compared to $874,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Noninterest expense was $2,573,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and $2,505,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016.
For the nine months ended March 31, 2017, the Corporation reported net income of $3,001,000 or $2.51 per common share compared to $2,788,000 or $2.32 per common share for the nine months ended March 31, 2016. Net interest income for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 was $8,688,000 compared to $8,632,000 for the nine months ended March 31, 2016. The provision for loan losses was $293,000 for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 and $200,000 for the nine months ended March 31, 2016. Total noninterest income was $3,463,000 for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 compared to $3,067,000 for the nine months ended March 31, 2016. Noninterest expense was $8,040,000 for the nine months ended March 31, 2017 and $7,944,000 for the nine months ended March 31, 2016.
The three and nine months ended March 31, 2017 represented a return on average common equity of 9.95% and 10.79%, respectively, compared to 10.56% and 10.93% for the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2016. The three and nine months ended March 31, 2017 represented a return on average assets of 1.04% and 1.14%, respectively, compared to 1.09% and 1.11%, for the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2016.
The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans receivable was 1.46% at March 31, 2017 compared to 1.52% at June 30, 2016. Nonperforming assets were $4,923,000 at March 31, 2017 compared to $6,700,000 at June 30, 2016.
As of March 31, 2017, FFWC’s equity-to-assets ratio was 10.21% compared to 10.98% at June 30, 2016. Total assets at March 31, 2017 were $355,186,000 compared to $340,987,000 at June 30, 2016. Shareholders’ equity was $36,272,000 at March 31, 2017 compared to $37,449,000 at June 30, 2016. Crossroads Bank exceeds all applicable regulatory requirements to be considered “well capitalized.”
During the quarter ended March 31, 2017, the Corporation fully redeemed the remaining 2,250 shares of Fixed Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C for $2,250,000, plus accrued dividends.
Crossroads Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of FFW Corporation providing an extensive array of banking services and a wide range of investments and securities products through its main office in Wabash and five Indiana banking centers located in Columbia City, North Manchester, Peru, South Whitley and Syracuse. The Bank provides leasing services at its banking centers and its Carmel, IN leasing and commercial loan office. Insurance products are offered through an affiliated company, Insurance 1 Services, Inc. The Corporation’s stock is traded on the OTC Markets under the symbol “FFWC.” Our website address is www.crossroadsbanking.com.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include expressions such as “expects,” “intends,” “believes,” and “should,” which are statements of belief as to the expected outcomes of future events. Actual results could materially differ from those presented. The Corporation's ability to predict future results involves a number of risks and uncertainties. The Corporation undertakes no obligation to release revisions to these forward-looking statements or reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.
| FFW Corporation | |||||||
| Selected Financial Information | |||||||
| Consolidated Balance Sheet | |||||||
| March 31 | June 30 | ||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | ||||||
| Unaudited | |||||||
| Assets | |||||||
| Cash and due from financial institutions | $ | 5,151,658 | $ | 4,031,546 | |||
| Interest-bearing deposits in other financial institutions | 17,320,033 | 6,188,392 | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 22,471,691 | 10,219,938 | |||||
| Securities available for sale | 77,187,434 | 79,011,265 | |||||
| Loans receivable, net of allowance for loan losses of $3,470,186 at | |||||||
| March 31, 2017 and $3,557,769 at June 30, 2016 | 234,545,948 | 229,454,626 | |||||
| Loans held for sale | 228,220 | 854,375 | |||||
| Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost | 1,462,500 | 1,462,500 | |||||
| Accrued interest receivable | 1,520,673 | 1,760,537 | |||||
| Premises and equipment, net | 5,727,188 | 5,193,270 | |||||
| Mortgage servicing rights | 813,206 | 660,784 | |||||
| Cash surrender value of life insurance | 8,235,327 | 8,022,990 | |||||
| Goodwill | 1,213,898 | 1,213,898 | |||||
| Repossessed Assets | 477,431 | 2,062,708 | |||||
| Other assets | 1,302,501 | 1,070,211 | |||||
| Total assets | $ | 355,186,017 | $ | 340,987,102 | |||
| Liabilities and shareholders' equity | |||||||
| Deposits | |||||||
| Noninterest-bearing | $ | 28,648,144 | $ | 25,032,689 | |||
| Interest-bearing | 281,186,299 | 254,123,833 | |||||
| Total deposits | 309,834,443 | 279,156,522 | |||||
| Borrowings | 6,338,400 | 21,698,400 | |||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 2,741,277 | 2,682,835 | |||||
| Total liabilities | 318,914,120 | 303,537,757 | |||||
| Shareholders' equity | |||||||
| Preferred stock, $.01 par; $1,000 liquidation value per share, 500,000 shares authorized; | |||||||
| Series C, 5% Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock - zero shares outstanding March 31, 2017 and 2,250 shares outstanding June 30, 2016, $0 liquidation preference at March 31, 2017 and $2,264,000 liquidation preference June 30, 2016 | - | 2,250,000 | |||||
| Common stock, $.01 par; 2,000,000 shares authorized; | |||||||
| Issued: 1,836,328; outstanding: 1,160,084 - March 31, 2017 and 1,156,084 - June 30, 2016 | 18,363 | 18,363 | |||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 9,517,226 | 9,358,395 | |||||
| Retained earnings | 36,376,682 | 34,053,094 | |||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | 740,050 | 2,211,217 | |||||
| Treasury stock, at cost: 676,244 shares at March 31, 2017 and 680,244 shares at June 30, 2016 | (10,380,424 | ) | (10,441,724 | ) | |||
| Total shareholders' equity | 36,271,897 | 37,449,345 | |||||
| Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 355,186,017 | $ | 340,987,102 | |||
| FFW Corporation | ||||||||||||||
| Selected Financial Information | ||||||||||||||
| Consolidated Statement of Income | ||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31 | Nine Months Ended March 31 | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||||
| Unaudited | Unaudited | Unaudited | Unaudited | |||||||||||
| Interest and dividend income: | ||||||||||||||
| Loans, including fees | $ | 2,695,731 | $ | 2,650,231 | $ | 8,124,376 | $ | 7,934,250 | ||||||
| Taxable securities | 310,051 | 328,266 | 925,478 | 963,111 | ||||||||||
| Tax exempt securities | 292,676 | 257,792 | 818,422 | 759,973 | ||||||||||
| Other | 45,705 | 7,714 | 62,152 | 18,103 | ||||||||||
| Total interest and dividend income | 3,344,163 | 3,244,003 | 9,930,428 | 9,675,437 | ||||||||||
| Interest expense: | ||||||||||||||
| Deposits | 401,748 | 318,559 | 1,157,843 | 931,942 | ||||||||||
| Borrowings | 22,438 | 40,738 | 84,701 | 111,381 | ||||||||||
| Total interest expense | 424,186 | 359,297 | 1,242,544 | 1,043,323 | ||||||||||
| Net interest income | 2,919,977 | 2,884,706 | 8,687,884 | 8,632,114 | ||||||||||
| Provision for loan losses | 50,000 | 80,000 | 293,000 | 200,000 | ||||||||||
| Net interest income after provision for | ||||||||||||||
| loan losses | 2,869,977 | 2,804,706 | 8,394,884 | 8,432,114 | ||||||||||
| Noninterest income: | ||||||||||||||
| Net gains on sales of securities | - | - | 120,409 | - | ||||||||||
| Net gains on sales of loans | 112,645 | 88,686 | 393,197 | 352,503 | ||||||||||
| Net gains (losses) on fixed assets | - | - | (1,712 | ) | (1,352 | ) | ||||||||
| Commission income | 266,903 | 233,176 | 744,241 | 720,130 | ||||||||||
| Service charges and fees | 205,127 | 142,924 | 722,797 | 555,774 | ||||||||||
| Earnings on life insurance | 70,459 | 69,328 | 212,337 | 208,414 | ||||||||||
| Income from REO | - | 240,152 | 647,115 | 912,603 | ||||||||||
| Other | 197,096 | 99,453 | 624,966 | 319,207 | ||||||||||
| Total noninterest income | 852,230 | 873,719 | 3,463,350 | 3,067,279 | ||||||||||
| Noninterest expense: | ||||||||||||||
| Salaries and benefits | 1,390,612 | 1,171,117 | 4,030,111 | 3,691,519 | ||||||||||
| Occupancy and equipment | 316,206 | 273,415 | 892,095 | 830,225 | ||||||||||
| Professional | 148,464 | 126,021 | 400,821 | 508,268 | ||||||||||
| Marketing | 88,503 | 44,443 | 276,874 | 160,635 | ||||||||||
| Deposit insurance premium | 31,521 | 61,092 | 98,264 | 177,712 | ||||||||||
| Regulatory assessment | 7,735 | 8,100 | 22,214 | 88,600 | ||||||||||
| Correspondent bank charges | 22,301 | 14,499 | 47,571 | 44,960 | ||||||||||
| Data processing | 129,748 | 112,205 | 381,948 | 320,795 | ||||||||||
| Printing, postage and supplies | 81,231 | 60,708 | 207,744 | 199,790 | ||||||||||
| Expense on life insurance | 23,424 | 21,913 | 70,535 | 65,739 | ||||||||||
| Contribution expense | 4,620 | 11,584 | 26,940 | 31,032 | ||||||||||
| Expense on REO | 25,686 | 298,587 | 703,615 | 945,025 | ||||||||||
| Other | 303,256 | 301,353 | 881,023 | 879,546 | ||||||||||
| Total noninterest expense | 2,573,307 | 2,505,037 | 8,039,755 | 7,943,846 | ||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 1,148,900 | 1,173,388 | 3,818,479 | 3,555,547 | ||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 233,139 | 251,176 | 817,267 | 767,098 | ||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 915,761 | $ | 922,212 | $ | 3,001,212 | $ | 2,788,449 | ||||||
| Preferred stock dividends | 29,563 | 40,625 | 85,813 | 121,875 | ||||||||||
| Net income attributable to common shareholders | $ | 886,198 | $ | 881,587 | $ | 2,915,399 | $ | 2,666,574 | ||||||
| FFW Corporation | ||||||||||||||
| Selected Financial Information | ||||||||||||||
| Key Balances and Ratios | ||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31 | Nine Months Ended March 31 | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||||
| Unaudited | Unaudited | Unaudited | Unaudited | |||||||||||
| Per common share data: | ||||||||||||||
| Earnings | $0.76 | $0.76 | $2.51 | $2.32 | ||||||||||
| Diluted earnings | $0.76 | $0.76 | $2.51 | $2.32 | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $0.17 | $0.15 | $0.51 | $0.45 | ||||||||||
| Average shares issued and outstanding | 1,160,084 | 1,155,535 | 1,159,617 | 1,148,193 | ||||||||||
| Shares outstanding end of period | 1,160,084 | 1,156,084 | 1,160,084 | 1,156,084 | ||||||||||
| Supplemental data: | ||||||||||||||
| Net interest margin ** | 3.56% | 3.70% | 3.56% | 3.70% | ||||||||||
| Return on average assets *** | 1.04% | 1.09% | 1.14% | 1.11% | ||||||||||
| Return on average common equity *** | 9.95% | 10.56% | 10.79% | 10.93% | ||||||||||
| March 31 | June 30 | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||||||
| Nonperforming assets * | $4,923,361 | $6,699,913 | ||||||||||||
| Repossessed assets | $477,431 | $2,062,708 | ||||||||||||
| *Includes non-accruing loans, accruing loans delinquent more than 90 days and repossessed assets | ||||||||||||||
| **Yields reflected have not been computed on a tax equivalent basis | ||||||||||||||
| ***Annualized | ||||||||||||||