American Bancorp N J (MM) (NASDAQ:ABNJ)
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American Bancorp of New Jersey, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABNJ) (“American”
or the “Company”),
the holding company for American Bank of New Jersey (the “Bank”),
announced today that it had net income of $1.2 million for the year
ended September 30, 2008. By comparison, net income for the year ended
September 30, 2007 was $557,000. Basic and diluted earnings per share
for the year ended September 30, 2008 were $0.12 and $0.12,
respectively. By comparison, for the year ended September 30, 2007,
basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.05 and $0.05, respectively.
For the three months ended September 30, 2008, the Company reported net
income of $716,000 compared to a net loss of $72,000 for the three
months ended September 30, 2007. Basic and diluted earnings per share
for the three months ended September 30, 2008 were $0.07 and $0.07,
respectively, compared to $(0.01) and $(0.01), respectively, for the
three months ended September 30, 2007. Additional information concerning
the Company’s comparative financial
performance for the three months ended September 30, 2008 and September
30, 2007 is provided in the tabular presentation at the end of this
document.
For the year ended September 30, 2008, loans receivable, net increased
$40.7 million or 9.3% to $478.6 million from $437.9 million at September
30, 2007. The growth was comprised of net increases in commercial loans,
including multi-family, commercial real estate, construction and
business loans, totaling $39.9 million. The increase in loans
receivable, net also included an increase in the balance of 1-4 family
first mortgage loans of $297,000, net increases in home equity loans and
home equity lines of credit totaling $486,000 and net increases in
consumer loans of $504,000. Offsetting the growth in these categories
was a net increase to the allowance for loan losses totaling $467,000.
For that same period, the balance of the Company’s
investment securities increased by $23.8 million. This net growth in
securities was largely attributable to a wholesale growth transaction in
March 2008 through which the Company purchased approximately $50.0
million of mortgage-related investment securities funded by an
equivalent amount of borrowings from the FHLB and through reverse
repurchase agreements. The net interest income resulting from this
transaction continues to augment the Company’s
earnings as it incurs the near term costs associated with executing its
business plan. The growth in securities associated with this transaction
was partially offset by the continued reinvestment of a significant
portion of the funds received from maturing debentures and other
mortgage-related security repayments into the loan portfolio. The Company’s
balance of cash and cash equivalents decreased by $17.0 million which
also provided a portion of the funding for the Company’s
reported net loan growth and continued share repurchases during fiscal
2008.
The balance of deposits increased $19.1 million for the year ended
September 30, 2008. This net growth reflected increases in certificates
of deposit and noninterest bearing checking accounts of $62.3 million
and $953,000, respectively. This growth was offset by reductions in
interest bearing checking and savings accounts of $36.5 million and $7.7
million, respectively. For the same period, borrowings increased $37.9
million reflecting the additions to FHLB advances and reverse repurchase
agreements associated with the $50.0 million wholesale growth
transaction noted above offset by the net repayment of $12.1 million of
maturing FHLB term advances. Additionally, the Company reported a net
increase of $11.4 million in treasury stock attributable primarily to
the Company’s share repurchase programs. For
the year ended September 30, 2008, the Company repurchased a total of
1,090,664 shares at an average price of $10.43 per share.
The Company’s yield on earning assets
decreased 5 basis points to 5.59% for the year ended September 30, 2008
from 5.64% for the year ended September 30, 2007. This decrease
reflected the impact of overall reductions in market interest rates on
the yields of repricing assets which more than offset the beneficial
impact on earning asset yields resulting from the Company’s
growth in higher yielding commercial loans.
The decrease in the yield on earning assets between the comparative
years was outpaced by a reduction in the Company’s
interest costs for those same periods. The Company’s
cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased 48 basis points to 3.73%
for the year ended September 30, 2008 from 4.21% for the year ended
September 30, 2007. This decrease in interest cost was primarily
attributable to two related factors. First, the Company reduced the
interest rates paid on deposits generated through the three full service
branches opened during fiscal 2007 on which promotional interest rates
had originally been paid. Second, reductions in market interest rates
enabled the Company to reduce rates paid on many interest-bearing
deposit types across all branches. In total, the Company’s
net interest spread widened 43 basis points to 1.87% from 1.44% for
those same comparative periods.
The factors resulting in the widening of the Company’s
net interest spread also positively impacted the Company’s
net interest margin for the year ended September 30, 2008. However, the
impact of the Company’s share repurchase
plans on net interest margin partially offset the benefits of the
widening net interest spread. For the comparative years ended September
30, 2008 and 2007, the average balance of treasury stock increased $17.8
million reflecting the Company’s share
repurchase activity. The foregone interest income on the earning assets
used to fund those share repurchases during fiscal 2008 significantly
impacted the Company’s net interest margin
reported for that year. As a result of these offsetting factors, the
Company reported a $1.7 million increase in net interest income to $14.0
million for fiscal 2008 from $12.3 million for fiscal 2007 reflecting an
11 basis point increase in net interest margin to 2.50% from 2.39% for
those same comparative periods.
The increase in net interest income was partially offset by a
comparatively greater provision to the allowance for loan losses. For
those same comparative periods, the Company’s
loan loss provision increased $56,000 to $501,000 from $445,000. The
expense for fiscal 2008 included a provision of $34,000 attributable to
one impaired construction loan, that portion of which was deemed
uncollectible by management during its asset quality review conducted at
March 31, 2008 and therefore charged off. The remaining balance of the
impaired loan at September 30, 2008, net of that earlier charge off, was
approximately $146,000. By contrast, the expense for fiscal 2007
reflected a reversal of an $86,000 impairment reserve that was no longer
required. Excluding these adjustments, the provision for loan losses for
both comparative periods primarily resulted from the application of
historical and environmental loss factors against the net growth in
loans in accordance with the Bank’s loan loss
methodology.
For the year ended September 30, 2008, noninterest income increased
$369,000 to $1.8 million from $1.4 million for fiscal 2007. The growth
in noninterest income was largely attributable to increases in deposit
service fees and charges which increased $233,000 in fiscal 2008
compared to fiscal 2007. A portion of that increase was attributable to
deposit service fees and charges at the Bank’s
de novo branches opened during fiscal 2007. However, the reported
increase was also due to growth in deposit-related fees and charges
within the Bank’s other branches. The Company
also reported an increase of $78,000 in income from the cash surrender
value of life insurance attributable to a combination of higher average
balances and improved yields on those assets. Additionally, the Company
reported an increase of $85,000 in other noninterest income attributable
primarily to growth in loan-related fees and charges including, but not
limited to, increases in prepayment penalties and late charges.
Offsetting a portion of these increases in noninterest income was a
$34,000 reduction in loan sale gains during fiscal 2008 compared with
fiscal 2007. The reduction reflects the Company’s
discontinuation of selling a portion of one-to four-family loans
originated into the secondary market – as had
been the Company’s strategy during fiscal
2007 - in favor of adding all loans originated in fiscal 2008 to the
portfolio.
For the year ended September 30, 2008, noninterest expense increased
$998,000 to $13.5 million from $12.5 million for fiscal 2007. This
growth in noninterest expense was primarily attributable to comparative
increases in salaries and employee benefits of $206,000, increases in
occupancy and equipment expense of $791,000 and increases in data
processing, legal and other noninterest expenses totaling $34,000,
$48,000 and $103,000, respectively. These increases in noninterest
expense were partially offset by a $177,000 reduction in advertising and
marketing expenses.
The reported increase in salaries and employee benefits for fiscal 2008
included a charge resulting from the death of a director emeritus of the
Company during the second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008. Under the
terms of the Company’s restricted stock and
stock option plans, the vesting of the remaining unearned benefits
accruing to the former director through these plans was automatically
accelerated. As such, the Company incurred an acceleration of the
remaining pre-tax expenses associated with these benefits totaling
approximately $254,000 during that quarter. Other increases in
compensation expense, including those attributable to the three de novo
branches opened during fiscal 2007, were more than offset by the Company’s
compensation expense control efforts which resulted in a nearly 10%
reduction in the number of full time equivalent employees during fiscal
2008.
The reported decrease in advertising and marketing expense during fiscal
2008 was largely attributable to the absence of grand opening expenses
during fiscal 2008 associated with the three de novo branches opened
during fiscal 2007. The full year’s operating
costs of those branches contributed significantly to the reported
increase in occupancy and equipment and data processing expenses for
fiscal 2008. However, such increases also reflected the ongoing
operating costs associated with the Bank’s
relocated Bloomfield branch which opened in April, 2008. Additionally,
the reported increase in occupancy and equipment expense also reflected
the costs associated with outsourcing a significant portion of the
Company’s information technology
infrastructure support services that had been provided by in-house
resources during the earlier comparative period.
The reported increase in legal expense was primarily attributable to
revisions to benefit plan agreements as required by newly-implemented
Internal Revenue Service regulations as well as other human
resource-related legal expenses.
Finally, the reported increase in other noninterest expense resulted
primarily from increases in FDIC insurance expense. This increase was
attributable, in part, to overall growth in the balance of FDIC-insured
deposits. However, the increase also reflected the expiration of FDIC
insurance credits during fiscal 2008 which had previously reduced the
Bank’s net cost of FDIC deposit insurance
throughout fiscal 2007.
The following tables present selected balance sheet data as of September
30, 2008 and September 30, 2007 and selected operating data for fiscal
year and three months ended September 30, 2008 and September 30, 2007.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(unaudited)
At September 30,
At September 30,
2008
2007
Balance
% Total
Assets
Balance
% Total
Assets
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA (in thousands):
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$
20,375
3.28
%
$
37,421
6.52
%
Securities available-for-sale
81,163
13.06
58,093
10.13
Securities held-to-maturity
7,509
1.21
6,730
1.17
Loans held for sale
-
-
1,243
0.22
Loans receivable, net
478,574
76.99
437,883
76.32
Premises and equipment
11,894
1.91
10,856
1.89
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
2,743
0.44
2,553
0.45
Cash surrender value of life insurance
13,761
2.21
13,214
2.30
Accrued interest receivable
2,391
0.38
2,212
0.39
Other assets
3,223
0.52
3,533
0.61
Total assets
$
621,633
100.00
%
$
573,738
100.00
%
Liabilities and equity
Deposits
$
447,687
72.02
%
$
428,600
74.70
%
Advances for taxes and insurance
2,811
0.45
2,702
0.47
Borrowings
75,547
12.15
37,612
6.56
Other liabilities
4,740
0.77
4,231
0.74
Equity
90,848
14.61
100,593
17.53
Total liabilities and equity
$
621,633
100.00
%
$
573,738
100.00
%
Loan Data
Balance
% Total
Loans
Balance
% Total
Loans
1-4 family mortgage loans
$
263,744
55.11
%
$
263,448
60.16
%
Home equity loans
14,053
2.94
14,625
3.34
Home equity lines of credit
20,887
4.36
19,829
4.53
Multifamily mortgage loans
36,855
7.70
30,552
6.98
Nonresidential mortgage loans
90,644
18.94
68,431
15.63
Land and property acquisition loans
6,665
1.39
3,340
0.76
Construction loans
40,051
8.37
32,542
7.43
Business loans
7,551
1.58
7,029
1.61
Consumer loans
1,159
0.24
655
0.15
Allowance for loans losses
(3,035
)
(0.63
)
(2,568
)
(0.59
)
Loans receivable, net
$
478,574
100.00
%
$
437,883
100.00
%
Deposit Data
Balance
% Total
Deposits
Balance
% Total
Deposits
Noninterest-bearing deposits
31,447
7.02
%
30,494
7.11
%
Interest-bearing checking
75,307
16.82
111,795
26.08
Savings
85,092
19.01
92,778
21.65
Certificates of deposit
255,841
57.15
193,533
45.16
Deposits
$
447,687
100.00
%
$
428,600
100.00
%
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)
(unaudited)
At September 30,
At September 30,
2008
2007
Capital Ratios
Equity to total assets (%)
14.61
17.53
Outstanding shares (#)
10,859,692
11,946,190
Asset Quality Ratios:
Non-performing loans to total loans (%)
0.24
0.28
Non-performing assets to total assets (%)
0.18
0.22
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans (%)
266.97
205.56
Allowance for loan losses to total loans (%)
0.63
0.58
For the year ended
September 30,
For the three months ended
September 30,
2008
2007
2008
2007
SELECTED OPERATING DATA
(in thousands):
Total interest income
$
31,437
$
29,029
$
8,050
$
7,654
Total interest expense
17,397
16,731
4,030
4,646
Net interest income
14,040
12,298
4,020
3,008
Provision for loan losses
501
445
71
125
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
13,539
11,853
3,949
2,883
Noninterest income
1,791
1,422
477
371
Noninterest expense
13,542
12,544
3,279
3,427
Income (loss) before income taxes
1,788
731
1,147
(173
)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
560
174
431
(101
)
Net income (loss)
$
1,228
$
557
$
716
$
(72
)
Performance Ratios:
Return on average assets
0.21
%
0.10
%
0.46
%
(0.05
)%
Return on average equity
1.31
0.51
3.19
(0.28
)
Net interest rate spread
1.87
1.44
2.21
1.39
Net interest margin
2.50
2.39
2.75
2.26
Noninterest income to average total assets
0.30
0.26
0.31
0.26
Noninterest expense to average total assets
2.27
2.31
2.11
2.43
Efficiency Ratio
85.54
91.43
72.91
101.43
PER SHARE DATA:
Earnings per share
Basic
0.12
0.05
0.07
(0.01
)
Diluted
0.12
0.05
0.07
(0.01
)
The foregoing material contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
concerning our financial condition, results of operations and business.
We caution that such statements are subject to a number of
uncertainties and actual results could differ materially, and,
therefore, readers should not place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements. We do not undertake, and specifically
disclaim, any obligation to publicly release the results of any
revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect
the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances
after the date of such statements.