Net Interest Income
Net interest income increased 3.1%, or $197,000, for the three months ended September 30, 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. This increase was mainly driven by income on loans and fed funds sold and investment securities, for the three months ended September 30, 2023 over the same period in 2022.
Provision for (Reversal of ) Credit Loss Expense - Loans
Giving strong consideration to our overall solid credit related metrics and the forecast for unemployment improving, our Company had a reversal of credit loss expense of $154,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2023. During the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded a credit loss expense of $15,000.
Noninterest Income
Total noninterest income is made up of bank related fees and service charges, as well as other income producing services provided, sales of loans in the secondary market, ATM income, early redemption penalties for certificates of deposit, safe deposit rental income, internet bank service fees, earnings on bank-owned life insurance and other miscellaneous items.
Noninterest income for the three months ended September 30, 2023 as compared to the same period in 2022 decreased $80,000 or 7.7%. The main component of the change is a decrease in service charges on deposit accounts for the three months ended September 30, 2023.
Noninterest Expense
The Company saw its noninterest expense increase by $354,000 or 7.3% year-over-year.
Federal Income Taxes
The provision for federal income taxes was $58,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2023, a decrease of $157,000 compared to the same period in 2022.
Capital Resources
Internal capital growth, through the retention of earnings, is the primary means of maintaining capital adequacy for the Company. Stockholders’ equity totaled $52.6 million at September 30, 2023, compared to $59.7 million at December 31, 2022, a $7.1 million decrease. The Company adopted this guidance, and subsequent related updates, using the modified retrospective approach for all financial assets measured at amortized cost, including loans and available-for-sale debt securities and unfunded commitments. On January 1, 2023, the Company adopted ASU 2016-12 and recorded a cumulative effect decrease to retained earnings of $2,088,000, net of tax, of which $1,911,000 related to loans, $177,000 related to unfunded commitments.
Total stockholders’ equity in relation to total assets was 6.46% at September 30, 2023 and 7.89% at December 31, 2022. The Company’s Articles of Incorporation allows for a class of preferred shares with 2,000,000 authorized shares. This enables the Company, at the option of the Board of Directors, to issue series of preferred shares in a manner calculated to take advantage of financing techniques which may provide a lower effective cost of capital to the Company. The amendment also provides greater flexibility to the Board of Directors in structuring the terms of equity securities that may be issued by the Company. Although this preferred stock is a financial tool, it has not been utilized to date.
The Company has offered for many years a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (“The Plan”) for shareholders under which the Company’s common stock will be purchased by the Plan for participants with automatically reinvested dividends. The Plan does not represent a change in the Company’s dividend policy or a guarantee of future dividends.
The Company is subject to the regulatory requirements of The Federal Reserve System as a bank holding company. The Bank is subject to regulations of the FDIC and the State of Ohio, Division of Financial Institutions. The most important of these various regulations address capital adequacy.