SouthCrest Financial Group Reports Preliminary 2Q16

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SouthCrest Financial Group Reports Preliminary 2Q16 Earnings

WOODSTOCK, Ga., July 28, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Andrew Borrmann, Chief Financial Officer of SouthCrest Financial Group, Inc. (PinkSheets: SCSG ) announced today that the company reported preliminary net income of $11.4 million or $1.36/share for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016.  “As we expected, we were able to reverse $10.6 million of the valuation allowance against our deferred tax asset during the second quarter.  This has long been the focus of the Company and we are proud to clear another significant hurdle in the ongoing improvement of SouthCrest.”  Borrmann continued “The efforts of all our employees to achieve these goals cannot be over emphasized.  We continue to improve our operating expenses and now expect the expense run rate to fall under $17.5 million/year during the next several months.”

Core pre-tax earnings for the quarter were $1.4 million.  Unusual items during the quarter included $403,000 of securities losses, and $164,000 of one time payments for contract buyouts and incentives.  This equates to an approximate 1.0% pre-tax ROA for the quarter.  On a core basis, expenses for the quarter were $4.5 million, down from approximately $6.0 million in 2Q15.

Loans were effectively flat and deposits fell approximately 3% during the second quarter.  The decline in deposits is due to an update of the service fee schedule that is improving non-interest income by well over $500,000 year.  These have been some deposit accounts close due the fee reset, but the Company took this possibility into account when analyzing the potential impact of the change.

The estimated Tier 1 Leverage ratio at the end of the quarter for SouthCrest Bank was 9.00%.  On a fully converted basis (including the conversion of all preferred equity) TBV/share ended the quarter at $7.25 per share.  The current fully converted share count at the end of the quarter is 8.380 million shares.  In addition, the company still retains a small deferred tax asset valuation allowance related to state taxes that totals approximately $0.06/fully converted share.

Asset quality continued its multi-quarter improvement trend with 2Q16 NPAs/total assets declining to 1.08% of assets.  Noncurrent loans/total loans is now just 1.22%, down from 1.97% in the year ago period.  Other real estate owned increased slightly from 1Q16 and now stands at $1.77 million.   

SouthCrest Financial Group, Inc. is a $550 million asset bank holding company headquartered in Woodstock, Georgia.  The company operates a 12 branch network throughout Georgia and Alabama through its subsidiary bank, SouthCrest Bank, N.A.    The bank provides a full suite of retail and commercial banking services, SBA lending, and online banking services. 

This presentation may contain certain “forward-looking statements” that are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results and shareholder values to differ materially from those projected.  Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include economic conditions, government regulation and legislation, changes in interest rates, credit quality, competition, and other risk factors. 

             
  Statement of Operations ($000s, Unaudited)          
           
  2015             2016    
  Q2   Q3   Q4   Q1   Q2    
  Interest Income              
 Loans             
 Construction and Development  $ 231   $ 261   $ 205   $ 206   $ 143    
 Commercial Real Estate    1,374     1,483     1,512     1,465     1,479    
 Commercial Loans    261     301     275     280     280    
 Multi Family    26     29     27     26     18    
 Residential Mortgage    1,464     1,521     1,454     1,415     1,337    
 Consumer Loans    212     197     178     166     156    
 County/Municipal Loans    43     59     65     29     28    
 Loss Share Loans    324     214     140     116     132    
  Investment Securities              
 Federal Funds/Overnight Funds  $ 16   $ 11   $ 22   $ 38   $ 27    
 Bank Owned CDs    7     7     8     7     8    
 Investment Securities    960     904     916     1030     1083    
  Total Interest Income   $ 4,918   $ 4,987   $ 4,803   $ 4,779   $ 4,685    
             
  Total Interest Expense   $ 309   $ 308   $ 302   $ 299   $ 267    
  Net Interest Income   $ 4,611   $ 4,679   $ 4,501   $ 4,480   $ 4,417    
 Provision for Loan Losses    200     0     150     50     0    
  Net Interest Income after Loan Losses   $ 4,409   $ 4,679   $ 4,351   $ 4,430   $ 4,417    
             
Other Income            
 Service Charges on Deposits  $ 99   $ 113   $ 110   $ 105   $ 215    
 NSF/Overdraft Fees    513     543     525     475     515    
 Other Service Charges    95     78     93     74     79    
 ATM/Billpay/DR Card Income    392     352     370     293     336    
 Other Income    1,017     973     475     829     (47 )  
  Total Other Income   $ 2,116   $ 2,059   $ 1,535   $ 1,776   $ 1,098    
  Non-Interest Expense              
 Salaries, Other Comp (+ FAS123R)  $ 2,492   $ 2,419   $ 2,257   $ 2,006   $ 1,772    
 Employee Benefits    440     424     645     591     360    
 Occupancy & FF&E Expense    1,004     1,020     919     933     848    
 Professional Fees    249     206     263     174     209    
 Data Processing    221     244     321     305     521    
 OREO and Credit related Exp.    67     156     146     41     36    
 Other Expense    1,575     1,608     1,409     1,243     927    
  Total Noninterest Expenses   $ 6,048   $ 6,077   $ 5,927   $ 5,293   $ 4,673    
  Pre-Tax Income (Loss)   $ 477   $ 661   $ (36 ) $ 913   $ 842    
 Income Taxes    -     -     -     -     (10,592 )  
  Net Income $ 477   $ 661   $ (36 ) $ 913   $ 11,434    
  Preferred Dividends $ 125   $ 125   $ 125   $ 125   $ 125    

 

Balance Sheet ($000s, Unaudited)                      
    2015               2016    
Assets   Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1     Q2    
Current Assets                      
Cash & Due from Bank   $ 22,335     $ 20,355     $ 44,157     $ 30,427     $ 34,838    
Federal Funds/Overnight Funds     10,736       14,171       2,186       3,306       569    
Bank Owned CDs     1,814       1,815       1,815       1,815       1,716    
Investment Securities     179,276       145,247       174,998       191,905       161,177    
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale     1,869       3,011       899       0       0    
Total Current Assets   $ 216,030     $ 184,599     $ 224,055     $ 227,452     $ 198,300    
Loans                      
Construction and Development   $ 16,495     $ 16,165     $ 16,229     $ 13,692     $ 11,285    
Commercial Real Estate     106,549       119,888       118,780       116,175       119,419    
Commercial Loans     18,646       21,236       21,246       21,296       21,863    
Multi Family     2,187       2,152       2,117       1,450       1,419    
Residential Mortgage     116,961       116,969       114,803       110,094       107,270    
Consumer Loans     11,787       10,814       9,657       7,096       7,977    
County/Municipal Loans     7,631       12,293       3,911       3,537       4,501    
Loss Share Loans     10,815       10,345       9,543       9,360       7,689    
Total Loans   $ 291,071     $ 309,862     $ 296,286     $ 282,700     $ 281,425    
Allowance for Loss     (3,263 )     (2,881 )     (3,052 )     (3,021 )     (2,817 )  
Net Loans   $ 287,808     $ 306,981     $ 293,234     $ 279,679     $ 278,608    
OREO     3,552       3,331       2,421       1,500       1,769    
FDIC Indemnification     503       498       474       419       433    
BOLI     19,995       20,130       20,265       20,391       20,548    
Fixed Assets, net   $ 18,720     $ 18,553     $ 18,214     $ 17,671     $ 17,362    
Intangible Assets     535       648       618       583       555    
Other Assets     6,552       6,339       6,983       6,651       33,982    
Total Assets   $ 553,695     $ 541,079     $ 566,264     $ 554,346     $ 551,557    
                                           
Liabilities & Stockholders' Equity                                          
Liabilities                                          
Deposits                                          
DDAs   $ 120,659     $ 114,345     $ 130,877     $ 119,343     $ 112,974    
Interest Bearing Demand     53,979       50,965       62,784       61,172       55,248    
Celebration Checking     82,246       90,893       97,316       108,076       110,894    
Money Market Accts     42,004       41,731       38,643       35,289       33,858    
Savings     57,887       56,517       55,550       55,831       53,397    
CDs Less Than $100k     88,158       84,510       81,930       79,221       76,301    
CDs Greater than $100k     49,697       46,603       44,080       39,576       40,585    
Total Deposits   $ 494,630     $ 485,564     $ 511,180     $ 498,508     $ 483,257    
                       
                       
Other Liabilities     6,684       2,414       2,690       1,988       1,919    
Net Borrowings (Wholesale Funding)     -       -       -       -       -    
Total Liabilities   $ 501,314     $ 487,978     $ 513,870     $ 500,496     $ 485,176    
Total Equity     52,381       53,101       52,394       53,850       66,381    
Total Liabilities & Stockholders' Equity   $ 553,695     $ 541,079     $ 566,264     $ 554,346     $ 551,557    

 

  Ratios          
  2Q 2015 3Q 2015 4Q 2015 1Q 2016 2Q 2016
ROAA    0.34 %   0.48 %   -0.01 %   0.66 %   8.29 %
ROAE    3.65 %   5.01 %   -0.10 %   6.80 %   76.1 %
NPAs/Assets (Core)    1.71 %   1.68 %   1.40 %   1.18 %   1.08 %
Tier 1 Leverage    8.81 %   9.12 %   8.87 %   8.94 %   9.42 %
Total Common Equiv. Shares   8,380,337     8,380,337     8,380,337     8,380,337     8,380,337  
NIM   3.81 %   3.76 %   3.57 %   3.47 %   3.59 %
Cost of Funds    0.25 %   0.25 %   0.24 %   0.24 %   0.22 %
Loan/Deposit    58.8 %   63.8 %   57.9 %   56.6 %   58.2 %
Employees   170     163     153     129     127  

 

 

Andy Borrmann Chief Financial Officer 678.734.3505

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