SouthCrest Financial Group Reports Preliminary 2Q18 Earnings


ATLANTA, July 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brian D. Schmitt, Chief Executive Officer of SouthCrest Financial Group, Inc. (SCSG:PK) announced today that the Company reported preliminary earnings of $0.8MM or $0.10/share for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018.  Excluding the impact of one-time items, net income would have been $1.0MM or $0.12/share. 

“We believe the second quarter of 2018 generally continued the momentum SouthCrest created in the first quarter.  Loan growth was just a little below plan during the quarter, although that was not unexpected after a very strong first quarter.  We did experience over $7 million of unplanned payoffs in the last two weeks of the quarter, but we entered the third quarter with a very robust loan pipeline.  We were also able to grow deposits slightly in a quarter that has averaged significant seasonal declines over the past three years.  We believe all of these items show continued positive results as we go through 2018. 

“We are also excited to announce the $0.03/ share regular quarterly dividend will continue in the third quarter. These dividends will be payable August 15, 2018 to holders of record on August 1, 2018.”

Total assets were down from 1Q, but up year over year at $541.3MM vs. 559.7MM in 1Q18 and $533.7MM in 2Q17.

Deposit balances were up sequentially 1% annualized versus seasonally weak average second quarter annualized declines of well over 10% over the past three years. Total deposits at the end of 2Q18 were $446.5MM vs. $445.9MM as of 1Q18 and $430MM as of 2Q17 (adjusted for the Alabama branch sale). 

Non-interest expenses for the quarter were $4.6 million, which was higher than plan.  There were $264,000 of one-time expenses, primarily related to the OREO mark on a former bank branch that is under contract to be sold, and benefit expenses.

The estimated Tier 1 Leverage ratio at the end of the quarter for SouthCrest Bank increased to 8.56%.  On a fully converted basis (including the conversion of all preferred equity), TBV/share ended the quarter at $6.28 per share.  This metric will continue to be influenced by OCI changes resulting from the swings in interest rates. Currently, the negative impact to TBV by OCI is -$0.45/share vs. -$0.42/share as of 1Q18.  Excluding the OCI impact, TBV/share grew $0.07 during the quarter.  The current fully converted share count at the end of the quarter remained 8.41 million shares. In addition, the Company still retains a small deferred tax asset valuation allowance related to state taxes that totals approximately $0.07/fully converted share.

Asset quality ratios remained within a reasonable range during the quarter, with NPAs to assets moving up slightly to 1.25% from 0.99%, excluding the $825,000 of former bank buildings in OREO, one of which is under contract and expected to close in 2Q18.  Including these buildings, 2Q18 NPAs/total assets were 1.39% of assets vs. 1.44% in 1Q18. Excluding the impact of the Bank buildings in OREO, OREO balances were just $55,000.   

ABOUT SOUTHCREST

SouthCrest Financial Group, Inc. is a bank holding company with over half a billion dollars in assets, headquartered in Atlanta, GA.  The company operates a 9 branch network throughout Georgia through its subsidiary bank, SouthCrest Bank, N.A.  The bank provides a full suite of retail, private, entrepreneurial, high-net-worth and commercial banking services, and online banking services. 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

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. 

Andy Borrmann
Chief Financial Officer
678.734.3505

Andrew Bowen, APR
ab@clearviewcom.com
404-822-3309 


Statement of Operations ($000s, Unaudited)
 Q2 2017Q3 2017Q4 2017Q1 2018Q2 2018
 Interest Income      
Loans     
Construction and Development$198$238$360$535$479
Commercial Real Estate 1,737 1,767 1,669 1,667 1,696
Commercial Loans 341 378 368 341 370
Multi Family 26 29 30 28 28
Residential Mortgage 1,209 1,140 1,117 1,087 1,116
Consumer Loans 109 61 68 57 56
County/Municipal Loans 25 24 24 23 23
Loss Share Loans 33 89 81 80 79
Investment Securities      
Federal Funds/Overnight Funds$77$97$99$98$48
Bank Owned CDs 6 5 7 6 6
Investment Securities 872 922 1,036 1,187 1,214
Total Interest Income $ 4,633$ 4,750$ 4,859$ 5,109$ 5,115
      
Total Interest Expense $250$293$393$460$506
Net Interest Income $ 4,383 $ 4,457 $ 4,466 $ 4,649 $ 4,609
Provision for Loan Losses 70 0 0 125 0
Net Interest Income after Loan Losses $ 4,314 $ 4,457 $ 4,466 $ 4,524 $ 4,609
 

Other Income
     
Service Charges on Deposits$209$201$174$168$165
NSF/Overdraft Fees 491 494 393 350 334
Other Service Charges 78 68 63 64 63
ATM/Billpay/DR Card Income 307 284 266 262 280
Other Income 541 1,920 (969) 227 1254
Total Other Income $ 1,626$ 2,967$(73)$1,071$967
Non-Interest Expense      
Salaries, Other Comp (+ FAS123R)$1,874$1,869$1,977$1,948$1,969
Employee Benefits 378 395 409 473 524
Occupancy & FF&E Expense 765 740 934 653 590
Professional Fees 157 201 154 161 156
Data Processing 549 561 488 480 489
Other Expense 707 754 825 883 832
Total Noninterest Expenses $ 4,430$ 4,520
$4,787
$4,598
$4,560
Pre-Tax Income (Loss) $ 1,510$ 2,904
$(394)
$ 997
$1,016
Income Taxes 488 1,036 4,192 197 210
Net Income$ 1,022$ 1,868
$(4,586)
$800
$ 806
Preferred Dividends$57$0$0$0$0


Balance Sheet ($000s, Unaudited) 
 
AssetsQ2 2017Q3 2017Q4 2017Q1 2018Q2 2018 
Current Assets      
Cash & Due from Bank$ 31,852$ 32,153$ 42,146$ 24,603$ 18,408 
Federal Funds/Overnight Funds 5,355 1,150 2,356 0 5,446 
Bank Owned CDs  1,069  1,319  1,319  1,319  1,319 
Investment Securities  144,740  157,261  165,203  182,569  169,924 
Total Current Assets$183,016 $191,883 $211,024 $208,491 $195,097  
 

Loans
      
Construction and Development$ 15,604$ 14,400$ 31,184$ 31,475$ 34,157 
Commercial Real Estate  143,883  138,550  133,191  138,931  134,653 
Commercial Loans  27,884  27,719  26,681  28,048  29,873 
Multi Family  2,050  2,330  2,283  2,150  2,230 
Residential Mortgage  95,682  89,760  87,001  92,973  92,346 
Consumer Loans  5,874  14,086 3,304 5,738 3,361 
County/Municipal Loans 2,971 2,791 2,771 2,511 2,480 
Loss Share Loans  5,755  4,659  4,593  4,536  4,480 
Total Loans$ 299,703 $ 294,132 $291,008$306,362$303,581 
Allowance for Loss (2,875) (2,813) (2,820) (3,028) (3,037) 
Net Loans$ 296,828 $ 291,482 $ 288,188$ 303,334$ 300,544 
OREO 2,315 2,194 2,760 2,697 879 
FDIC Indemnification 112 112 112 112 112 
BOLI  21,094  21,227  21,359  21,490  21,640 
Fixed Assets, net  13,406 11,868 9,915 10,166 9,970 
Intangible Assets  373  326  242  197  152 
Other Assets  16,564  15,867 11,754 13,228 12,880 
Total Assets$ 533,708 $ 534,959 $ 545,354 $ 559,715 $ 541,274  

Liabilities & Stockholders' Equity
      
Liabilities      
Deposits      
DDAs$ 106,968$ 93,150$ 99,906$ 95,714$ 97,587 
Interest Bearing Demand 63,481 58,723 73,555 76,198 81,262 
Celebration Checking  112,731  105,514  102,368  105,247  105,358 
Money Market Accts  28,689  29,869  29,699  29,673  30,402 
Savings  51,095  44,703  43,147  44,030  43,862 
CDs Less Than $100k  67,892  61,548  59,273  57,827  57,600 
CDs Greater than $100k 38,952 36,234 36,723 37,232 30,477 
Total Deposits$ 469,809 $ 428,929 $ 444,671 $ 445,921 $ 446,548  
            
Other Liabilities 1,763 2,223 7,067 1,639 1,874 
Net Borrowings (Wholesale Funding) - 40,000 40,000 59,666 40,000 
Total Liabilities$ 471,572$471,152$ 491,738$ 507,226$488,422 
Total Equity 62,136 63,807 53,616 52,489 52,852 
Total Liabilities & Stockholders' Equity$ 533,708$534,959$545,354$559,715$541,274 


 Ratios   
 2Q 20173Q 20174Q 20171Q 20182Q 2018
ROAA0.76%1.40%-0.84%0.58%0.59%
ROAE6.57%11.86%-7.81%6.03%6.12%
NPAs/Assets (Core)0.76%0.91%1.05%0.99%1.25%
Est. T1 Leverage (Bank) 9.31%10.00%8.27%8.42%8.56%
Total Common Equiv. Shares8,395,6968,410,3328,413,3728,413,3728,413,372
NIM3.68%3.70%3.68%3.83%3.73%
Cost of Deposits0.21%0.23%0.24%0.24%0.25%
Loan/Deposit63.7%68.5%65.3%68.3%68.0%
Employees122114115116115