HATBORO, Pa., April 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq:FXCB), the holding company for Fox Chase Bank (the "Bank"), today announced net income of $2.3 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to net income of $2.0 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and $2.1 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2014.
Commenting on performance for the quarter, Thomas M. Petro, President and CEO said, "The Company's business fundamentals remained strong as earnings improved and average commercial loan growth exceeded 8%. A portion of this growth is from higher seasonal line of credit utilization and is expected to normalize later in 2015; however, we expect to see continued loan growth during 2015. To continue to support our commercial banking strategy, during the quarter the Company completed a comprehensive review of its systems and processes and decided to change its outsourced data processing systems to a new vendor. This system conversion is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2015, and will provide the Company the ability to be more responsive to customers, deliver the innovative services our customers have come to expect and provide increased productivity. The pretax expenses related to this initiative were $230,000 in the first quarter of 2015 and are estimated to be approximately $1.1 million to $1.3 million for 2015. It is our objective to offset as much of these expenses as we can during 2015."
Highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 included:
- Total average assets were $1.10 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $1.06 billion for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and $1.09 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Total average commercial loans increased by $43.6 million, or 7.6%, to $615.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to $571.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2014. Additionally, average commercial loans increased by $49.3 million, or 8.7%, for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to $566.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
- Assets were $1.12 billion at March 31, 2015 as compared to $1.09 billion at December 31, 2014 and $1.08 billion at March 31, 2014. Total commercial loans increased by $35.0 million, or 5.8%, to $642.5 million at March 31, 2015, compared to $607.5 at December 31, 2014, and increased $82.9 million, or 14.8%, compared to $559.6 million at March 31, 2014.
- Nonperforming assets totaled $6.2 million, or 0.55% of total assets, at March 31, 2015 compared to $6.3 million, or 0.57% of total assets, at December 31, 2014 and $8.6 million, or 0.79% of total assets, at March 31, 2014.
- Return on average assets improved to 0.83% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to 0.79% for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 0.72% for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
- Net interest income increased $355,000, or 4.3%, to $8.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to $8.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The net interest margin was 3.29% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, 3.18% for the three months ended December 31, 2014, and 3.17% for the three months ended March 31, 2014. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company received a $254,000 special dividend from the FHLB of Pittsburgh, which increased the net interest margin by 0.10%.
- Credit related costs, which include (i) provision for loan losses, (ii) valuation adjustments on assets acquired through foreclosure and (iii) net (loss) gain on sale of assets acquired through foreclosure, totaled $487,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to $305,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and $282,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Net loan charge-offs totaled $24,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to $720,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and $93,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
- Noninterest income increased $112,000 to $571,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to $459,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 primarily due to an increase of $73,000 in equity in earnings of affiliate due to higher mortgage volumes and an increase of $32,000 in service charges and other fee income due to increased loan fees.
- Noninterest expense decreased $228,000, or 3.8%, to $5.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to $6.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $291,000 in assets acquired through foreclosure expense as the Company recorded $15,000 in valuation adjustments on assets acquired through foreclosure during the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to $282,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2014. The Company also incurred a decrease of $115,000 in professional fees offset by an increase of $188,000 in data processing costs. The increase in data processing costs was largely due to the decision during the first quarter of 2015 to change outsourced data processing systems.
- Income tax provision for the three months ended March 31, 2015 includes the reversal of an $182,000 valuation allowance on certain state deferred tax assets. The effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was 24.2%. Excluding this reversal, the effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was 30.3% compared to 29.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
- During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company repurchased 69,800 shares of treasury stock and has approximately 457,000 shares remaining in its' approved repurchase plan.
- As of March 31, 2015, the Company and Bank adopted the final rule for the Basel III capital framework and continue to be well-capitalized by all capital measures.
The Company also announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.14 per outstanding share of common stock. The dividend will be paid on or about May 28, 2015 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 14, 2015.
Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. will host a conference call to discuss first quarter 2015 results on Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 9:00 am EDT. The general public can access the call by dialing (877) 507-3275. A replay of the conference call will be available through June 12, 2015 by dialing (877) 344-7529; use Conference ID: 10063905. Participants may preregister at http://dpregister.com/10063905.
Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. is the stock holding company of Fox Chase Bank. The Bank is a Pennsylvania state-chartered savings bank originally established in 1867. The Bank offers traditional banking services and products from its main office in Hatboro, Pennsylvania and nine branch offices in Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania and Atlantic and Cape May Counties in New Jersey. For more information, please visit the Bank's website at www.foxchasebank.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include words like "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate" and "intend" or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could" or "may." Statements in this release that are not strictly historical are forward-looking and are based upon current expectations that may differ materially from actual results. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the statements made herein. These risks and uncertainties involve general economic trends, changes in interest rates, loss of deposits and loan demand to other financial institutions, substantial changes in financial markets; changes in real estate value and the real estate market, regulatory changes, possibility of unforeseen events affecting the industry generally, the uncertainties associated with newly developed or acquired operations, the outcome of pending litigation, and market disruptions and other effects of terrorist activities. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unforeseen events, except as required under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Data) |
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| Three Months Ended | ||
| March 31, | ||
| 2015 | 2014 | |
| (Unaudited) | ||
| INTEREST INCOME | ||
| Interest and fees on loans | $ 8,139 | $ 8,110 |
| Interest on mortgage related securities | 1,603 | 1,828 |
| Interest and dividends on investment securities | 379 | 120 |
| Other interest income | 3 | -- |
| Total Interest Income | 10,124 | 10,058 |
| INTEREST EXPENSE | ||
| Deposits | 715 | 898 |
| Short-term borrowings | 32 | 25 |
| Federal Home Loan Bank advances | 539 | 570 |
| Other borrowed funds | 166 | 248 |
| Total Interest Expense | 1,452 | 1,741 |
| Net Interest Income | 8,672 | 8,317 |
| Provision for loan losses | 472 | -- |
| Net Interest Income after Provision for Loan Losses | 8,200 | 8,317 |
| NONINTEREST INCOME | ||
| Service charges and other fee income | 384 | 352 |
| Income on bank-owned life insurance | 120 | 117 |
| Equity in earnings of affiliate | 40 | (33) |
| Other | 27 | 23 |
| Total Noninterest Income | 571 | 459 |
| NONINTEREST EXPENSE | ||
| Salaries, benefits and other compensation | 3,719 | 3,641 |
| Occupancy expense | 477 | 496 |
| Furniture and equipment expense | 83 | 111 |
| Data processing costs | 573 | 385 |
| Professional fees | 363 | 478 |
| Marketing expense | 41 | 41 |
| FDIC premiums | 119 | 165 |
| Assets acquired through foreclosure expense | 30 | 321 |
| Other | 360 | 355 |
| Total Noninterest Expense | 5,765 | 5,993 |
| Income Before Income Taxes | 3,006 | 2,783 |
| Income tax provision | 727 | 827 |
| Net Income | $ 2,279 | $ 1,956 |
| Earnings per share: | ||
| Basic | $ 0.21 | $ 0.17 |
| Diluted | $ 0.20 | $ 0.17 |
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (Dollars in Thousands, Except Share Data) |
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| March 31, | December 31, | |
| 2015 | 2014 | |
| (Unaudited) | (Audited) | |
| ASSETS | ||
| Cash and due from banks | $ 1,000 | $ 2,763 |
| Interest-earning demand deposits in other banks | 19,067 | 14,450 |
| Total cash and cash equivalents | 20,067 | 17,213 |
| Investment securities available-for-sale | 13,957 | 8,388 |
| Investment securities held-to-maturity (fair value of $1,785 at March 31, 2015 and $0 at December 31, 2014) | 1,775 | -- |
| Mortgage related securities available-for-sale | 120,778 | 125,649 |
| Mortgage related securities held-to-maturity (fair value of $170,307 at March 31, 2015 and $170,854 at December 31, 2014) | 168,225 | 170,172 |
| Loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $11,178 at March 31, 2015 and $10,730 at December 31, 2014 | 753,743 | 724,326 |
| Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost | 5,015 | 6,015 |
| Bank-owned life insurance | 15,147 | 15,027 |
| Premises and equipment, net | 9,292 | 9,418 |
| Assets acquired through foreclosure | 2,804 | 2,814 |
| Real estate held for investment | 1,620 | 1,620 |
| Accrued interest receivable | 3,286 | 3,147 |
| Mortgage servicing rights, net | 106 | 111 |
| Deferred tax asset, net | 4,286 | 4,561 |
| Other assets | 4,055 | 6,155 |
| Total Assets | $ 1,124,156 | $ 1,094,616 |
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||
| LIABILITIES | ||
| Deposits | $ 803,029 | $ 711,909 |
| Short-term borrowings | -- | 50,000 |
| Federal Home Loan Bank advances | 110,000 | 120,000 |
| Other borrowed funds | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Advances from borrowers for taxes and insurance | 1,255 | 1,447 |
| Accrued interest payable | 268 | 311 |
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 4,365 | 5,038 |
| Total Liabilities | 948,917 | 918,705 |
| STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||
| Preferred stock ($.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014) | -- | -- |
| Common stock ($.01 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized, 11,732,991 shares outstanding at March 31, 2015 and 11,802,791 shares outstanding at December 31, 2014) | 147 | 147 |
| Additional paid-in capital | 139,264 | 139,177 |
| Treasury stock, at cost (2,922,372 shares at March 31, 2015 and 2,852,572 at December 31, 2014) | (40,835) | (39,698) |
| Common stock acquired by benefit plans | (7,646) | (8,056) |
| Retained earnings | 83,643 | 84,225 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income, net | 666 | 116 |
| Total Stockholders' Equity | 175,239 | 175,911 |
| Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | $ 1,124,156 | $ 1,094,616 |
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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA OF THE COMPANY (UNAUDITED) (Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Data) |
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| March 31, | December 31, | March 31, | |
| 2015 | 2014 | 2014 | |
| CAPITAL RATIOS: | |||
| Stockholders' equity (to total assets) (1) | 15.59 % | 16.07 % | 16.13 % |
| Common equity tier 1 capital ratio (to risk-weighted assets) (2) | 16.28 | N/A | N/A |
| Tier 1 leverage ratio (to adjusted average assets) (2) | 13.04 | 13.99 | 12.87 |
| Tier 1 capital ratio (to risk-weighted assets) (2) | 16.28 | 18.97 | 18.74 |
| Total capital ratio (to risk-weighted assets) (2) | 17.34 | 20.02 | 19.78 |
| ASSET QUALITY INDICATORS: | |||
| Nonperforming Assets: | |||
| Nonaccruing loans | $ 3,374 | $ 3,454 | $ 3,979 |
| Accruing loans past due 90 days or more | -- | -- | -- |
| Total nonperforming loans | $ 3,374 | $ 3,454 | $ 3,979 |
| Assets acquired through foreclosure | 2,804 | 2,814 | 4,574 |
| Total nonperforming assets | $ 6,178 | $ 6,268 | $ 8,553 |
| Ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans | 0.44 % | 0.47 % | 0.56 % |
| Ratio of nonperforming assets to total assets | 0.55 | 0.57 | 0.79 |
| Ratio of allowance for loan losses to total loans | 1.46 | 1.46 | 1.62 |
| Ratio of allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans | 331.3 | 310.7 | 287.4 |
| Troubled Debt Restructurings: | |||
| Nonaccruing troubled debt restructurings (3) | $ 1,349 | $ 1,401 | $ 157 |
| Accruing troubled debt restructurings | 4,817 | 3,624 | 5,107 |
| Total troubled debt restructurings | $ 6,166 | $ 5,025 | $ 5,264 |
| Past Due Loans: | |||
| 30 - 59 days | $ 653 | $ 113 | $ 829 |
| 60 - 89 days | 127 | 145 | 179 |
| Total | $ 780 | $ 258 | $ 1,008 |
| (1) Represents stockholders' equity ratio of Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. | |||
| (2) Represents regulatory capital ratios of Fox Chase Bank. | |||
| (3) Nonaccruing troubled debt restructurings are included in total nonaccruing loans above | |||
| At or for the Three Months Ended | |||
| March 31, | December 31, | March 31, | |
| 2015 | 2014 | 2014 | |
| PERFORMANCE RATIOS (4): | |||
| Return on average assets | 0.83 % | 0.79 % | 0.72 % |
| Return on average equity | 5.18 | 4.76 | 4.46 |
| Net interest margin | 3.29 | 3.18 | 3.17 |
| Efficiency ratio (5) | 62.2 | 63.3 | 65.1 |
| OTHER: | |||
| Average commercial loans | $ 615,474 | $ 571,875 | $ 566,150 |
| Tangible book value per share - Core (6) | $ 14.88 | $ 14.89 | $ 14.61 |
| Tangible book value per share (7) | $ 14.94 | $ 14.90 | $ 14.38 |
| Employees (full-time equivalents) | 136 | 138 | 141 |
| (4) Annualized | |||
| (5) Represents noninterest expense, excluding valuation adjustments on assets acquired through foreclosure, divided by the sum of net interest income and noninterest income, excluding gains or losses on the sale of securities, premises and equipment and assets acquired through foreclosure. | |||
| (6) Total stockholders' equity, excluding the impact of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net ($666,000 at March 31, 2015, $116,000 at December 31, 2014 and $(2.7 million) at March 31, 2014), divided by total shares outstanding. | |||
| (7) Total stockholders' equity divided by total shares outstanding. Tangible book value per share and book value per share were the same for all periods indicated. | |||
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AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET (Dollars in Thousands, Unaudited) |
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| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | |||||
| Interest | Interest | |||||
| Average | and | Yield/ | Average | and | Yield/ | |
| Balance | Dividends | Cost (2) | Balance | Dividends | Cost (2) | |
| Assets: | ||||||
| Interest-earning assets: | ||||||
| Interest-earning demand deposits | $ 11,550 | $ 3 | 0.10% | $ 7,325 | $ -- | 0.03% |
| Mortgage related securities | 292,787 | 1,603 | 2.19% | 317,098 | 1,828 | 2.31% |
| Investment securities | 18,262 | 379 | 8.31% | 18,416 | 120 | 2.61% |
| Loans (1) | 742,005 | 8,139 | 4.44% | 714,983 | 8,110 | 4.59% |
| Allowance for loan losses | (10,777) | (11,603) | ||||
| Net loans | 731,228 | 8,139 | 703,380 | 8,110 | ||
| Total interest-earning assets | 1,053,827 | 10,124 | 3.88% | 1,046,219 | 10,058 | 3.88% |
| Noninterest-earning assets | 42,702 | 46,457 | ||||
| Total assets | $ 1,096,529 | $ 1,092,676 | ||||
| Liabilities and equity: | ||||||
| Interest-bearing liabilities: | ||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits | $ 546,465 | $ 715 | 0.53% | $ 573,346 | $ 898 | 0.64% |
| Borrowings | 190,129 | 737 | 1.57% | 215,915 | 843 | 1.58% |
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 736,594 | 1,452 | 0.80% | 789,261 | 1,741 | 0.89% |
| Noninterest-bearing deposits | 176,389 | 119,207 | ||||
| Other noninterest-bearing liabilities | 7,442 | 8,619 | ||||
| Total liabilities | 920,425 | 917,087 | ||||
| Stockholders' equity | 175,552 | 178,266 | ||||
| Accumulated comprehensive income | 552 | (2,677) | ||||
| Total stockholders' equity | 176,104 | 175,589 | ||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ 1,096,529 | $ 1,092,676 | ||||
| Net interest income | $ 8,672 | $ 8,317 | ||||
| Interest rate spread | 3.08% | 2.99% | ||||
| Net interest margin | 3.29% | 3.17% | ||||
| (1) Nonperforming loans are included in average balance computation. | ||||||
| (2) Yields are not presented on a tax-equivalent basis. | ||||||
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AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET (Dollars in Thousands, Unaudited) |
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| Three Months Ended | ||||||
| March 31, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | |||||
| Interest | Interest | |||||
| Average | and | Yield/ | Average | and | Yield/ | |
| Balance | Dividends | Cost (2) | Balance | Dividends | Cost (2) | |
| Assets | ||||||
| Interest-earning assets: | ||||||
| Interest-earning demand deposits | $ 11,550 | $ 3 | 0.10% | $ 12,883 | $ 5 | 0.14% |
| Mortgage related securities | 292,787 | 1,603 | 2.19% | 296,457 | 1,624 | 2.19% |
| Investment securities | 18,262 | 379 | 8.31% | 17,715 | 126 | 2.84% |
| Loans (1) | 742,005 | 8,139 | 4.44% | 703,052 | 8,085 | 4.57% |
| Allowance for loan losses | (10,777) | (11,133) | ||||
| Net loans | 731,228 | 8,139 | 691,919 | 8,085 | ||
| Total interest-earning assets | 1,053,827 | 10,124 | 3.88% | 1,018,974 | 9,840 | 3.84% |
| Noninterest-earning assets | 42,702 | 43,137 | ||||
| Total assets | $ 1,096,529 | $ 1,062,111 | ||||
| Liabilities and equity: | ||||||
| Interest-bearing liabilities: | ||||||
| Interest-bearing deposits | $ 546,465 | $ 715 | 0.53% | $ 546,781 | $ 761 | 0.55% |
| Borrowings | 190,129 | 737 | 1.57% | 194,498 | 845 | 1.73% |
| Total interest-bearing liabilities | 736,594 | 1,452 | 0.80% | 741,279 | 1,606 | 0.86% |
| Noninterest-bearing deposits | 176,389 | 135,746 | ||||
| Other noninterest-bearing liabilities | 7,442 | 7,962 | ||||
| Total liabilities | 920,425 | 884,987 | ||||
| Stockholders' equity | 175,552 | 177,126 | ||||
| Accumulated comprehensive income | 552 | (2) | ||||
| Total stockholders' equity | 176,104 | 177,124 | ||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ 1,096,529 | $ 1,062,111 | ||||
| Net interest income | $ 8,672 | $ 8,234 | ||||
| Interest rate spread | 3.08% | 2.98% | ||||
| Net interest margin | 3.29% | 3.18% | ||||
| (1) Nonperforming loans are included in average balance computation. | ||||||
| (2) Yields are not presented on a tax-equivalent basis. | ||||||