131 0 Kommentare IF Bancorp, Inc. Announces Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2020

IF Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: IROQ) (the “Company”) the holding company for Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association (the “Association”), announced unaudited net income of $964,000, or $0.32 per basic share and $0.31 per diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2019, compared to net income of $787,000, or $0.22 per basic and diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2018.

For the three months ended December 31, 2019, net interest income was $4.3 million compared to $4.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2018. We recorded a reduction to the provision for loan losses of $(30,000) for the three months ended December 31, 2019, compared to a provision for loan losses of $138,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2018. Interest and dividend income increased to $6.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2019, from $6.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2018. Interest expense increased to $2.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2019, from $2.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2018. Non-interest income increased to $1.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2019, from $1.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2018. Non-interest expense was $4.3 million for both the three months ended December 31, 2019, and the three months ended December 31, 2018. Provision for income tax increased to $372,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2019, from $279,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2018.

The Company announced unaudited net income of $2.1 million, or $0.65 per basic share and $0.64 per diluted share for the six months ended December 31, 2019, compared to $1.7 million, or $0.48 per basic share and $0.47 per diluted share for the six months ended December 31, 2018. For the six months ended December 31, 2019, net interest income was $8.9 million compared to $9.0 million for the six months ended December 31, 2018. We recorded a reduction to the provision for loan losses of $(84,000) for the six months ended December 31, 2019, compared to a provision for loan losses of $375,000 for the six months ended December 31, 2018. Interest and dividend income increased to $13.8 million for the six months ended December 31, 2019, from $13.1 million for the six months ended December 31, 2018. Interest expense increased to $4.9 million for the six months ended December 31, 2019 from $4.1 million for the six months ended December 31, 2018. Non-interest income was $2.3 million for both the six months ended December 31, 2019, and the six months ended December 31, 2018. Non-interest expense decreased to $8.5 million for the six months ended December 31, 2019 from $8.6 million for the six months ended December 31, 2018. Provision for income tax increased to $787,000 for the six months ended December 31, 2019, from $624,000 for the six months ended December 31, 2018.

Total assets at December 31, 2019 were $678.2 million compared to $723.9 million at June 30, 2019. Cash and cash equivalents decreased to $10.8 million at December 31, 2019, from $59.6 million at June 30, 2019. Investment securities increased to $146.8 million at December 31, 2019, from $146.3 million at June 30, 2019. Net loans receivable increased to $490.5 million at December 31, 2019, from $487.8 million at June 30, 2019. Deposits decreased to $549.3 million at December 31, 2019, from $607.0 million at June 30, 2019. The large decreases in total assets, cash and cash equivalents, and deposits were due to approximately $55.3 million in deposits from a public entity that collects real estate taxes that was included in deposits at June 30, 2019 and then subsequently withdrawn when tax monies were distributed. Total borrowings, including repurchase agreements, increased to $41.8 million at December 31, 2019 from $26.0 million at June 30, 2019. Stockholders’ equity decreased to $77.7 million at December 31, 2019 from $82.5 million at June 30, 2019. Equity decreased due to the repurchase of 315,081 shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of approximately $7.0 million and the payment of approximately $487,000 in dividends to our shareholders, partially offset by net income of $2.1 million, an increase of $382,000 in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, and ESOP and stock equity plan activity of $324,000.

IF Bancorp, Inc. is the savings and loan holding company for Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association (the “Association”). The Association, originally chartered in 1883 and headquartered in Watseka, Illinois, conducts its operations from seven full-service banking offices located in Watseka, Danville, Clifton, Hoopeston, Savoy, Bourbonnais, and Champaign, Illinois and a loan production and wealth management office in Osage Beach, Missouri. The principal activity of the Association’s wholly-owned subsidiary, L.C.I. Service Corporation, is the sale of property and casualty insurance.

This press release may contain statements relating to the future results of the Company (including certain projections and business trends) that are considered "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “PSLRA”). Such forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of such words as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should," "planned," "estimated," "intend" and "potential." For these statements, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the PSLRA.

The Company cautions you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated in any forward-looking statement. Such factors include, but are not limited to: prevailing economic and geopolitical conditions; changes in interest rates, loan demand, real estate values and competition; changes in accounting principles, policies, and guidelines; changes in any applicable law, rule, regulation or practice with respect to tax or legal issues; and other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, pricing, products and services and other factors that may be described in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release, and, except as may be required by applicable law or regulation, the Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements.


Selected Income Statement Data
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

	For the Three Months					For the Six Months
	Ended December 31,					Ended December 31,
		2019			2018		2019			2018
	(unaudited)
Interest and dividend income	$	6,789		$	6,658	$	13,797		$	13,077
Interest expense		2,448			2,167		4,870			4,124
Net interest income		4,341			4,491		8,927			8,953
Provision (credit) for loan losses		(30	)		138		(84	)		375
Net interest income after provision for loan losses		4,371			4,353		9,011			8,578
Non-interest income		1,231			1,043		2,296			2,321
Non-interest expense		4,266			4,330		8,456			8,554
Income before taxes		1,336			1,066		2,851			2,345
Income tax expense		372			279		787			624

Net income (loss)	$	964		$	787	$	2,064		$	1,721

Earnings (loss) per share (1)
Basic	$	0.32		$	0.22	$	0.65		$	0.48
Diluted	$	0.31		$	0.22	$	0.64		$	0.47
Weighted average shares outstanding (1)
Basic		3,042,630			3,570,668		3,173,685			3,597,148
Diluted		3,099,912			3,624,143		3,228,463			3,659,831
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Performance Ratios

	For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2019	For the Year Ended June 30, 2019
	(unaudited)
Return on average assets	0.61%	0.53%
Return on average equity	5.20%	4.41%
Net interest margin on average interest earning assets	2.73%	2.78%

Selected Balance Sheet Data
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

		At December 31, 2019			At June 30, 2019
		(unaudited)
	Assets	$	678,216		$	723,870
	Cash and cash equivalents		10,844			59,600
	Investment securities		146,807			146,291
	Net loans receivable		490,481			487,774
	Deposits		549,326			607,023
	Borrowings and repurchase agreements		41,840			26,015
	Total stockholders’ equity		77,728			82,461
	Book value per share (2)		23.82			23.05
	Average stockholders’ equity to average total assets		11.66	%		12.10	%

Asset Quality
(Dollars in thousands)
	At December 31, 2019			At June 30, 2019
	(unaudited)
Non-performing assets (3)	$	1,031		$	1,545
Allowance for loan losses		6,222			6,328
Non-performing assets to total assets		0.15	%		0.21	%
Allowance for losses to total loans		1.25	%		1.28	%

(1)		Shares outstanding do not include ESOP shares not committed for release.
(2)		Total stockholders’ equity divided by shares outstanding of 3,263,171 at December 31, 2019, and 3,578,252 at June 30, 2019.
(3)		Non-performing assets include non-accrual loans, loans past due 90 days or more and accruing, and foreclosed assets held for sale.