NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Truxton Corporation, the parent company for Truxton Trust Company (“Truxton” or “the Bank”) and subsidiaries, announced its operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. First quarter net income attributable to common shareholders was $2.5 million or $0.87 per share compared to $2.2 million or $0.78 per share for the same quarter in 2019. Net income rose by 13% for the quarter while earnings per share rose by 12%.
“We are very pleased with results in the first quarter, reflecting the dedication and hard work of the Truxton team,” stated Chairman and CEO Tom Stumb. “By the end of the quarter, however, our country was facing an unprecedented public health crisis, dramatically reducing economic activity. Truxton has taken extensive measures to protect the health of our staff and clients. We have begun efforts to work with our borrowers to give them the time to recover from the downturn, protect the assets of our shareholders. Our wealth management clients continue to benefit from prudent asset selection and tax sensitive trading strategies. The rest of the year will be challenging, but Truxton starts down this road with exceptionally strong capital, earnings, and credit quality.”
Key Highlights
- Non-interest income grew to $3 million in the first quarter, an increase of 8% from the fourth quarter of 2019 and 5% for the first quarter of 2019. Wealth management services constituted 90% of non-interest income.
- Loans rose by 12% to $375 million compared to March 31, 2019, and were up 4% compared to December 31, 2019. First quarter new loan production was $18.0 million.
- Total deposits decreased by 4% from December 31, 2019, and increased by 4% from March 31, 2019. Truxton continues to fund its growth from a single banking location through superior deposit operations service and technology. As a result, occupancy expenditures and fixed asset investments are a fraction of typical peers.
- Net interest margin for the first quarter of 2020 was 3.38%. That represents an increase of 17 basis points from the 3.21% experienced in the quarter ended December 31, 2019, and an increase of 15 basis points from the quarter ended March 31, 2019. Cost of funds decreased to 0.71% in the first quarter of 2020 from 0.95% for the quarter ended December 31, 2019, and 1.14% for the quarter ended March 31, 2019. Truxton entered this period of declining rates with a strong book of fixed rate loans and investments. Over the near term, declining rates should help our net interest margin.
- Asset quality remains sound at Truxton. Truxton had no non-performing assets at March 31, 2020. Truxton had $2 thousand of charge-offs in the quarter and none in the trailing quarter, nor in the same quarter a year ago.
- Allowance for loan losses was $3.6 million, $3.4 million, and $3.4 million at quarter end for March 31, 2020, December 31, 2019, and March 31, 2019, quarters, respectively. For the three periods, the Bank’s allowance was 0.95%, 0.94%, and 0.99%, of gross loans outstanding at period end, respectively.
- Tax expense increased by 25% from the December 31, 2019 quarter and by 5% from the March 31, 2019 period. Effective tax rate was low in the final quarter of 2019 because of certain loans, funded late in the year, for which Truxton receives a direct credit against state income tax based on the year-end balance of the loan. Truxton believes that the effective tax rate of approximately 19% of pretax net income will persist under current state and federal law. Truxton has several sources of lightly taxed income including yield on bank-owned life insurance, the earnings of the bank’s captive insurance company, and the interest income from the bank’s tax-exempt bond portfolio that cause its effective rate to be below the combined statutory rates.
- The Bank’s capital position remains strong. Its Tier 1 leverage ratio was 11.21% for March 31, 2020, 11.30% for December 31, 2019, and 11.15% for March 31, 2019. Book value per common share was $23.19, $22.84, and $21.52 for March 31, 2020, December 31, 2019, and March 31, 2019, respectively. During the 12 months ended March 31, 2020, Truxton Corporation paid dividends of $2.03 per common share.
About Truxton Trust
Truxton Trust Company is a provider of private banking, wealth management, trust, and family office services for wealthy individuals, their families and their business interests. Serving clients across the world, Truxton’s vastly experienced team of professionals provides customized solutions to its clients’ complex financial needs. Founded in 2004 in Nashville, Tennessee, Truxton Trust upholds its original guiding principle: do the right thing. Truxton Trust Company is a subsidiary of financial holding company, Truxton Corporation (OTCPK: TRUX). For more information, visit truxtontrust.com.
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| Consolidated Balance Sheets | |||||||||
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| March 31, 2020* | December 2019 | March 31, 2019* | |||||||
| ASSETS | |||||||||
| Cash and due from financial institutions | $ | 9,433 | $ | 8,868 | $ | 5,349 | |||
| Interest bearing deposits in other financial institutions | 5,394 | 19,519 | 8,061 | ||||||
| Federal funds sold | 2,038 | 8,808 | 120 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 16,865 | 37,195 | 13,530 | ||||||
| Time deposits in other financial institutions | 4,659 | 5,157 | 14,280 | ||||||
| Securities available for sale | 122,112 | 116,032 | 111,608 | ||||||
| Gross loans | 379,072 | 364,134 | 339,176 | ||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | (3,592 | ) | (3,409 | ) | (3,356 | ) | |||
| Net loans | 375,480 | 360,725 | 335,820 | ||||||
| Bank owned life insurance | 10,026 | 9,973 | 9,809 | ||||||
| Restricted equity securities | 2,606 | 2,599 | 2,583 | ||||||
| Premises and equipment, net | 376 | 273 | 383 | ||||||
| Accrued interest receivable | 1,865 | 1,842 | 1,883 | ||||||
| Deferred tax asset, net | 608 | 520 | 653 | ||||||
| Other assets | 6,767 | 4,448 | 4,137 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 541,364 | $ | 538,764 | $ | 494,686 | |||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||||||||
| Deposits | |||||||||
| Non-interest bearing | $ | 120,269 | $ | 119,999 | $ | 107,248 | |||
| Interest bearing | 309,032 | 328,077 | 304,152 | ||||||
| Total deposits | 429,301 | 448,076 | 411,400 | ||||||
| Federal Home Loan Bank advances | 38,262 | 18,411 | 19,090 | ||||||
| Federal Funds purchased | - | - | - | ||||||
| Other liabilities | 8,454 | 8,914 | 4,903 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 476,017 | 475,401 | 435,393 | ||||||
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 30,362 | 29,770 | 28,882 | ||||||
| Retained earnings | 35,151 | 33,511 | 30,783 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (166 | ) | 82 | (372 | ) | ||||
| Total shareholders' equity | 65,347 | 63,363 | 59,293 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 541,364 | $ | 538,764 | $ | 494,686 | |||
| *The information is preliminary, unaudited and based on company data available at the time of presentation. | |||||||||
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| March 31, 2020* | December 31, 2019 | March 31, 2019* | ||||||||
| Non-interest income | ||||||||||
| Wealth management services | $ | 2,742 | $ | 2,596 | $ | 2,672 | ||||
| Service charges on deposit accounts | 79 | 82 | 70 | |||||||
| Securities gains (losses), net | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Bank owned life insurance income | 54 | 54 | 54 | |||||||
| Other | 148 | 57 | 74 | |||||||
| Total non-interest income | 3,023 | 2,789 | 2,872 | |||||||
| Interest income | ||||||||||
| Loans, including fees | $ | 4,177 | $ | 4,062 | $ | 3,921 | ||||
| Taxable securities | 534 | 584 | 498 | |||||||
| Tax-exempt securities | 196 | 196 | 247 | |||||||
| Interest bearing deposits | 109 | 125 | 156 | |||||||
| Federal funds sold | 14 | 8 | 5 | |||||||
| Other interest income | 12 | 45 | 32 | |||||||
| Total interest income | 5,042 | 5,020 | 4,859 | |||||||
| Interest expense | ||||||||||
| Deposits | 732 | 984 | 1,082 | |||||||
| Short-term borrowings | - | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Long-term borrowings | 91 | 90 | 121 | |||||||
| Total interest expense | 823 | 1,075 | 1,210 | |||||||
| Net interest income | 4,219 | 3,945 | 3,649 | |||||||
| Provision for loan losses | 185 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Net interest income after provision for loan losses | 4,034 | 3,945 | 3,649 | |||||||
| Total revenue, net | 7,057 | 6,734 | 6,521 | |||||||
| Non interest expense | ||||||||||
| Salaries and employee benefits | 2,928 | 2,671 | 2,793 | |||||||
| Occupancy | 199 | 200 | 197 | |||||||
| Furniture and equipment | 26 | 27 | 27 | |||||||
| Data processing | 263 | 342 | 299 | |||||||
| Wealth management processing fees | 124 | 126 | 112 | |||||||
| Advertising and public relations | 43 | 121 | 38 | |||||||
| Professional services | 168 | 211 | 115 | |||||||
| FDIC insurance assessments | 15 | -73 | 35 | |||||||
| Other | 264 | 195 | 194 | |||||||
| Total non interest expense | 4,030 | 3,820 | 3,810 | |||||||
| Income before income taxes | 3,027 | 2,914 | 2,711 | |||||||
| Income tax expense | 550 | 441 | 523 | |||||||
| Net income | $ | 2,477 | $ | 2,473 | $ | 2,188 | ||||
| Earnings per share: | ||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.88 | $ | 0.89 | $ | 0.80 | ||||
| Diluted | $ | 0.87 | $ | 0.88 | $ | 0.78 | ||||
| *The information is preliminary, unaudited and based on company data available at the time of presentation. | ||||||||||
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| March 31, 2020* | December 31, 2019 | March 31, 2019* | |||||||
| Per Common Share Data | |||||||||
| Net income attributable to shareholders, per share | |||||||||
| Basic | $0.88 | $0.89 | $0.80 | ||||||
| Diluted | $0.87 | $0.88 | $0.78 | ||||||
| Book value per common share | $23.19 | $22.84 | $21.52 | ||||||
| Tangible book value per common share | $23.19 | $22.84 | $21.52 | ||||||
| Basic weighted average comm shares | 2,729,167 | 2,699,777 | 2,677,947 | ||||||
| Diluted weighted average common shares | 2,761,639 | 2,754,101 | 2,729,774 | ||||||
| Common shares outstanding at period end | 2,817,354 | 2,774,655 | 2,754,788 | ||||||
| Selected Balance Sheet Data | |||||||||
| Tangible common equity (TEC) ratio | 12.07% | 12.35% | 12.00% | ||||||
| Average Loans | $368,017 | $348,635 | $332,819 | ||||||
| Average earning assets (1) | $510,110 | $492,829 | $469,928 | ||||||
| Average total assets | $538,334 | $518,902 | $490,230 | ||||||
| Average stockholders' equity | $65,434 | $65,457 | $57,593 | ||||||
| Selected Asset Quality Measures | |||||||||
| Nonaccrual loans | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 90+ days past due still accruing | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total nonperforming loans | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total nonperforming assets | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Net charge offs (recoveries) | 2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||
| Nonperforming loans to assets | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | ||||||
| Nonperforming assets to total assets | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | ||||||
| Nonperforming assets to total loans and other real estate | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | ||||||
| Allowance for loan losses to total loans | 0.95% | 0.94% | 0.99% | ||||||
| Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
| Net charge offs (recoveries) to average loans | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | ||||||
| Capital Ratios (Bank Subsidiary Only) | |||||||||
| Tier 1 leverage | 11.21% | 11.30% | 11.15% | ||||||
| Common equity tier 1 | 13.41% | 13.70% | 14.43% | ||||||
| Total risk-based capital | 14.21% | 14.51% | 15.32% | ||||||
| Selected Performance Ratios | |||||||||
| Efficiency ratio | 65.74% | 55.67% | 58.53% | ||||||
| Return on average assets (ROA) | 1.85% | 1.89% | 1.81% | ||||||
| Return on average stockholders' equity (ROE) | 15.22% | 15.77% | 15.41% | ||||||
| Return on tangible common equity (ROTCE) | 15.22% | 15.77% | 15.41% | ||||||
| Net interest margin | 3.38% | 3.21% | 3.23% | ||||||
| *The information is preliminary, unaudited and based on company data available at the time of presentation. | |||||||||
| (1) Average earning assets is the daily average of earning assets. Earning assets consists of loans, mortgage loans held for sale, federal funds sold, deposits with banks, investment securities and restricted equity securities. | |||||||||
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| The following table sets forth the amount of our average balances, interest income or interest expense for each category of interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities and the average interest rate for interest earning assets and interest bearing liabilities, net interest spread and net interest margin for the periods indicated below: | |||||||||||||||||||
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| March 31, 2020* | December 31, 2019 | March 31, 2019* | |||||||||||||||||
| Average Balances | Rates/ Yields (%) | Interest Income/ Expense | Average Balances | Rates/ Yields (%) | Interest Income/ Expense | Average Balances | Rates/ Yields (%) | Interest Income/ Expense | |||||||||||
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| Loans | $368,017 | 4.55 | $4,159 | $348,635 | 4.60 | $4,044 | $332,819 | 4.77 | $3,917 | ||||||||||
| Loan fees | $0 | 0.04 | $34 | $0 | 0.03 | $24 | $0 | 0.02 | $17 | ||||||||||
| Loans with fees | $368,017 | 4.58 | $4,193 | $348,635 | 4.63 | $4,068 | $332,819 | 4.79 | $3,935 | ||||||||||
| Mortgage loans held for sale | $122 | 3.23 | $1 | $13 | 3.55 | $0 | $66 | 1.44 | $0 | ||||||||||
| Federal funds sold | $3,143 | 1.75 | $14 | $1,944 | 1.66 | $8 | $851 | 2.48 | $5 | ||||||||||
| Deposits with banks | $24,224 | 1.82 | $109 | $25,747 | 1.93 | $125 | $24,211 | 2.61 | $156 | ||||||||||
| Investment securities - taxable | $87,665 | 2.44 | $534 | $89,614 | 2.61 | $584 | $77,423 | 2.57 | $498 | ||||||||||
| Investment securities - tax-exempt | $26,939 | 3.93 | $196 | $26,876 | 3.93 | $196 | $34,558 | 4.26 | $247 | ||||||||||
| Total Earning Assets | $510,110 | 4.03 | $5,048 | $492,829 | 4.07 | $4,981 | $469,928 | 4.27 | $4,841 | ||||||||||
| Non interest earning assets | |||||||||||||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | 3,411 | -3,411 | -3,356 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash and due from banks | $9,399 | $8,263 | $6,693 | ||||||||||||||||
| Premises and equipment | $1,728 | $1,623 | $300 | ||||||||||||||||
| Accrued interest receivable | $1,651 | $1,600 | $1,588 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other real estate | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other assets | $16,829 | $16,343 | $16,456 | ||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized gain (loss) on inv. securities | 2,028 | 1,656 | -1,379 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Assets | $538,334 | $518,903 | $490,230 | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest bearing liabilities | |||||||||||||||||||
| Interest bearing demand | $32,868 | 0.69 | $56 | $28,241 | 0.41 | $29 | $26,545 | 0.95 | $62 | ||||||||||
| Savings and Money Market | $368,211 | 0.66 | $605 | $349,734 | 0.84 | $737 | $339,115 | 1.17 | $981 | ||||||||||
| Time deposits - Retail | $10,497 | 1.46 | $38 | $14,023 | 1.83 | $65 | $11,465 | 1.14 | $32 | ||||||||||
| Time Deposits - Wholesale | $5,488 | 2.38 | $32 | $8,695 | 6.99 | $153 | $1,243 | 2.20 | $7 | ||||||||||
| Total interest bearing deposits | $417,075 | 0.71 | $732 | $400,693 | 0.97 | $984 | $378,368 | 1.16 | $1,082 | ||||||||||
| Federal home Loan Bank advances | $20,950 | 1.72 | $91 | $18,490 | 1.89 | $90 | $24,378 | 2.00 | $122 | ||||||||||
| Other borrowings | $1,456 | 0.04 | $0 | $1,417 | 0.21 | $1 | $884 | 3.08 | $7 | ||||||||||
| Total borrowed funds | $22,405 | 1.61 | $91 | $19,907 | 1.77 | $91 | $25,262 | 2.03 | $128 | ||||||||||
| Total interest bearing liabilities | $439,480 | 0.75 | $823 | $420,600 | 1.01 | $1,074 | $403,631 | 1.21 | $1,210 | ||||||||||
| Net interest rate spread | 3.28 | $4,225 | 3.06 | $3,907 | 3.06 | $3,631 | |||||||||||||
| Non-interest bearing deposits | $27,470 | $27,422 | $25,445 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | $5,938 | $5,423 | $3,560 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stockholder's equity | $64,434 | $65,457 | $57,593 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Liabilities and Stockholder's Equity | $538,323 | $518,902 | $490,228 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cost of funds | 0.71 | 0.95 | 1.14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Net interest margin | 3.38 | 3.21 | 3.23 | ||||||||||||||||
| *The information is preliminary, unaudited and based on company data available at the time of presentation. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yield Table Assumptions - Average loan balances are inclusive of nonperforming loans. Yields computed on tax-exempt instruments are on a tax equivalent basis. Net interest spread is calculated as the yields realized on interest-bearing assets less the rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest margin is the result of net interest income calculated on a tax-equivalent basis divided by average interest earning assets for the period. Changes in net interest income are attributed to either changes in average balances (volume change) or changes in average rates (rate change) for earning assets and sources of funds on which interest is received or paid. Volume change is calculated as change in volume times the previous rate while rate change is change in rate times the previous volume. Changes not due solely to volume or rate changes are allocated to volume change and rate change in proportion to the relationship of the absolute dollar amounts of the change in each category. | |||||||||||||||||||