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Ohio Valley Banc Corp. Reports 4th Quarter and Fiscal Year Earnings

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Ohio Valley Banc Corp. reported a decrease in net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, compared to the previous year. Earnings per share for 2023 also saw a decline. The net interest margin decreased for the fourth quarter of 2023, contributing to a decrease in net interest income. The provision for credit losses increased for the year ended December 31, 2023. Noninterest income saw an increase for both the quarter and the year-to-date periods, primarily due to a decrease in the loss on the sale of securities from the prior year. Noninterest expense increased, with the largest increase in salaries and employee benefits. Total assets, loan balances, and interest-bearing deposits with banks all increased, while the fair value of securities decreased.
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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ohio Valley Banc Corp. [Nasdaq: OVBC] (the "Company") reported consolidated net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, of $3,223,000, a decrease of $301,000 from the same period the prior year. Earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2023 were $.68 compared to $.74 for the prior year fourth quarter. For the year ended December 31, 2023, net income totaled $12,631,000, a decrease of $707,000, or 5.3%, from the same period the prior year. Earnings per share were $2.65 for 2023 versus $2.80 for 2022. Return on average assets and return on average equity were .99% and 9.24%, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to 1.06% and 9.86%, respectively, for the same period in the prior year.

Ohio Valley Banc Corp. President and CEO, Larry Miller stated, "While our results for 2023 didn't quite match the record year we celebrated in 2022, I want to commend our team of dedicated bankers who worked hard to produce these solid results. Our lending team turned in a particularly strong performance with double-digit average loan growth while our deposit gathering staff did their part to fund this strong growth despite challenging market dynamics. Even though the cost of doing business and funding our balance sheet increased substantially in 2023, our employees and your company continued to invest time and resources in support of our Community First Mission."

For the three months ended December 31, 2023, net interest income decreased $1,075,000 from the same period last year. The decrease was largely related to the decrease in the net interest margin, which was partially offset by growth in average earning assets of $92 million, led by strong growth in the loan portfolio. For the fourth quarter of 2023, the net interest margin was 3.71%, a decrease from the 4.38% for the fourth quarter of 2022. During 2022, the Company experienced an increasing trend in the net interest margin in relation to the significant increase in market interest rates based on actions taken by the Federal Reserve, which contributed to the yield on earning assets increasing more than the cost of interest-bearing liabilities. The net interest margin improvement peaked during the fourth quarter of 2022. During 2023, the net interest margin has experienced a decreasing trend because the Company has been increasing rates on deposit accounts to attract deposits as market competition increased and the deposit composition has trended toward higher cost certificates of deposit. Furthermore, the higher utilization of wholesale funding sources to fund loan growth contributed to a higher cost of funds. For the year ended December 31, 2023, net interest income increased $1,249,000 from the same period last year. Contributing to the increase was the higher year-to-date net interest margin and the higher relative balances maintained in loans, as opposed to the Federal Reserve or securities, which generally yield less than loans. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the net interest margin was 3.94%, compared to 3.89% for the same period the prior year. For the year ended December 31, 2023, average loans increased $91 million, average balances maintained at the Federal Reserve decreased $51 million and average securities decreased $19 million from the same period last year.

For the three months ended December 31, 2023, the provision for credit losses was $689,000, an increase of $30,000 from the same period last year. The provision for credit loss expense for the fourth quarter of 2023 was primarily related to higher expected loss rates in relation to a worsened unemployment and gross domestic product forecast along with higher reserves related to an extension in the expected life of loans due to slower expected prepayments on loans. Furthermore, additional provision for credit loss expense was related to quarter-to-date net charge-offs of $45,000 and the $11 million quarterly increase in loan balances. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the provision for credit losses was $2,090,000, an increase of $2,122,000 from the same period last year. The year-to-date provision for credit loss expense was primarily associated with net charge-offs of $694,000, loan growth of $87 million and additional reserves associated with certain qualitative risk factors incorporating the national trend of higher loan delinquencies and charge offs, particularly within commercial real estate and construction loans. Comparatively, 2023 had a larger provision for credit losses than the same period in 2022 because there was negative provision for loan loss expense experienced during 2022 due to a decrease in certain economic risk factors, such as the level of classified and criticized loans and the partial release of the COVID reserve. The allowance for credit losses was .90% of total loans at December 31, 2023, compared to .60% at December 31, 2022. The increase in the allowance for credit losses at December 31, 2023, as compared to December 31, 2022, was partly related to the Company adopting the new accounting guidance for measuring the credit losses on financial instruments on January 1, 2023. Under this guidance, the Company established a Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) model to estimate future credit losses, which replaced the former incurred loss methodology. Upon adoption of CECL, the Company increased the allowance for credit losses by $2,162,000. The ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans improved to .26% at December 31, 2023, compared to .43% at December 31, 2022.

For the three months ended December 31, 2023, noninterest income totaled $3,581,000, an increase of $2,390,000 from the same period last year. For the year ended December 31, 2023, noninterest income totaled $12,629,000, an increase of $2,467,000 from the same period last year. The increase for both the quarter and the year-to-date periods was primarily due to a $1,514,000 decrease in the loss on the sale of securities from the same period the prior year. During the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company sold $12.5 million in securities at a loss of $1,537,000. The proceeds were reinvested into higher-yielding securities to increase future interest income. In addition, the revenue recognized during the fourth quarter of 2023, as part of our settlement agreement with a tax refund processor, increased $726,000 from the same period the prior year. The increase was related to the impact of the higher interest rate environment on the revenue earned per the agreement. These increases were partially offset by a $522,000 year-to-date decrease in mortgage banking income from selling loans to the secondary market. The decrease was related to the closing of Race Day Mortgage and to elevated mortgage rates, which contributed to mortgage customers selecting in-house variable rate mortgage products instead of long-term fixed rate products that are sold to the secondary market.

For the three months ended December 31, 2023, noninterest expense totaled $10,302,000, an increase of $1,420,000 from the same period last year. For the year ended December 31, 2023, noninterest expense totaled $41,368,000, an increase of $2,328,000 from the same period last year. The Company's largest noninterest expense, salaries and employee benefits, increased $1,262,000 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, and $1,776,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily related to annual merit increases and nonqualified benefit plan expense. During the fourth quarter of 2022, the nonqualified benefit plan liabilities were evaluated and based on higher market interest rates, the benefit plan liabilities were reduced, leading to a lump sum decrease in expense. A comparable adjustment was not required in 2023. As a result, the 2023 expense associated with the nonqualified benefit plans increased $1,162,000 for the fourth quarter and $1,099,000 for the year-to-date period when compared to the same respective periods the prior year. However, the growth in salary and employee benefit expense was reduced due to the elimination of staffing for Race Day Mortgage by April 2023. As a result, a savings in salary and employee benefit expense was realized totaling $199,000 for the fourth quarter of 2023 and $699,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, when compared to the same periods last year.

Further contributing to higher noninterest expense were software expense and FDIC insurance premiums. Software expense increased $301,000 during the fourth quarter of 2023 and increased $452,000 during the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the same periods in 2022. The increase was related to investments in loan processing platforms to enhance efficiency and to termination fees for software agreements for Race Day Mortgage. For the three months and year ended December 31, 2023, FDIC insurance premiums increased $63,000 and $234,000, respectively, from the same periods last year. The increase was related to higher assessment rates on all insured depository institutions. Partially offsetting the increase in noninterest expense was marketing expense. The decrease in marketing expense was primarily related to select donations made during the fourth quarter of 2022 to support the communities that we serve and reflective of our Community First mission. Marketing expense decreased $423,000 and $418,000 during the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023, compared to the same periods in 2022, respectively.

The Company's total assets at December 31, 2023 were $1.352 billion, an increase of $141 million, or 11.7%, from December 31, 2022. Since December 31, 2022, loan balances increased $87 million and interest-bearing deposits with banks increased $82 million due to higher balances being maintained at the Federal Reserve. These increases were primarily funded by a $99 million increase in deposits, a $27 million increase in borrowed funds and a $23 million decrease in securities. The growth in deposits was supplemented by the utilization of wholesale deposit funding sources. At December 31, 2023, shareholders' equity increased $9 million from year end 2022. The growth in shareholders' equity was impacted by the adoption of CECL, which required a $2.2 million charge to retained earnings. In addition, the decrease in the fair value of securities classified as available-for-sale limited the growth in shareholders' equity. Based on the increase in market rates during 2023, the fair value of securities decreased $3.4 million on an after-tax basis.

Ohio Valley Banc Corp. common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol OVBC. The holding company owns The Ohio Valley Bank Company with 17 offices in Ohio and West Virginia, and Loan Central, Inc. with six consumer finance offices in Ohio. Learn more about Ohio Valley Banc Corp. at www.ovbc.com.

Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Information

Certain statements contained in this earnings release that are not statements of historical fact constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "appears," "intends," "targeted" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying those statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those predicted by the forward-looking statements because of various factors and possible events, including: (i) changes in political, economic or other factors, such as inflation rates, recessionary or expansive trends, taxes, the effects of implementation of federal legislation with respect to taxes and government spending and the continuing economic uncertainty in various parts of the world; (ii) competitive pressures;  (iii) fluctuations in interest rates; (iv) the level of defaults and prepayment on loans made by the Company; (v) unanticipated litigation, claims, or assessments; (vi) fluctuations in the cost of obtaining funds to make loans; (vii) regulatory changes; and (viii) other factors that may be described in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made to reflect unanticipated events.

Contact:  Scott Shockey, CFO (740) 446-2631

 

OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP - Financial Highlights (Unaudited)


















Three months ended


Twelve months ended




December 31,


December 31,




2023


2022


2023


2022

PER SHARE DATA










  Earnings per share



$             0.68


$             0.74


$               2.65


$             2.80

  Dividends per share



$             0.22


$             0.21


$               1.02


$             0.99

  Book value per share



$           30.17


$           28.30


$            30.17


$           28.30

  Dividend payout ratio (a)



32.59 %


28.44 %


38.56 %


35.39 %

  Weighted average shares outstanding

4,773,132


4,771,774


4,774,607


4,769,135











DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT (in 000's)








  Dividends reinvested under










     employee stock ownership plan (b)


$                  -


$                  -


$                193


$              154

  Dividends reinvested under










     dividend reinvestment plan (c)



$              405


$              531


$            1,949


$           2,272











PERFORMANCE RATIOS










  Return on average equity



9.32 %


10.81 %


9.24 %


9.86 %

  Return on average assets



0.97 %


1.14 %


0.99 %


1.06 %

  Net interest margin (d)



3.71 %


4.38 %


3.94 %


3.89 %

  Efficiency ratio (e)



68.47 %


64.76 %


69.82 %


70.44 %

  Average earning assets (in 000's)



$   1,227,454


$   1,135,547


$     1,182,155


$   1,163,999


(a) Total dividends paid as a percentage of net income.

(b) Shares may be purchased from OVBC and on secondary market.

(c) Shares may be purchased from OVBC and on secondary market.

(d) Fully tax-equivalent net interest income as a percentage of average earning assets.

(e) Noninterest expense as a percentage of fully tax-equivalent net interest income plus noninterest income.

 

OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP - Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)






Three months ended


Twelve months ended

(in $000's)



December 31,


December 31,




2023


2022


2023


2022

Interest income:










     Interest and fees on loans



$         14,953


$         11,471


$          54,821


$         42,273

     Interest and dividends on securities


997


1,044


4,174


3,850

     Interest on interest-bearing deposits with banks

1,172


691


2,870


1,493

          Total interest income



17,122


13,206


61,865


47,616

Interest expense:










     Deposits



5,193


600


14,174


2,130

     Borrowings



614


216


1,664


708

          Total interest expense



5,807


816


15,838


2,838

Net interest income



11,315


12,390


46,027


44,778

Provision for (recovery of) credit losses 

689


659


2,090


(32)

Noninterest income:










     Service charges on deposit accounts

722


628


2,700


2,443

     Trust fees



79


78


326


325

     Income from bank owned life insurance and








       annuity assets



223


209


860


883

     Mortgage banking income



42


57


175


697

     Electronic refund check/deposit fees

0


0


675


675

     Debit / credit card interchange income

1,187


1,259


4,860


4,862

     Loss on sale of securities



(23)


(1,537)


(23)


(1,537)

     Tax preparation fees



2


2


669


743

     Other



1,349


495


2,387


1,071

          Total noninterest income



3,581


1,191


12,629


10,162

Noninterest expense:










     Salaries and employee benefits



5,757


4,495


23,391


21,615

     Occupancy 



463


491


1,903


1,910

     Furniture and equipment 



342


329


1,321


1,170

     Professional fees



360


204


1,656


1,609

     Marketing expense



287


710


1,010


1,428

     FDIC insurance 



148


85


569


335

     Data processing 



626


625


2,809


2,761

     Software



878


577


2,649


2,197

     Foreclosed assets



0


15


15


63

     Amortization of intangibles



3


7


21


35

     Other 



1,438


1,344


6,024


5,917

          Total noninterest expense



10,302


8,882


41,368


39,040

Income before income taxes



3,905


4,040


15,198


15,932

Income taxes



682


516


2,567


2,594

NET INCOME



$           3,223


$           3,524


$          12,631


$         13,338

 

OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP - Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)














(in $000's, except share data)







December 31,


December 31,








2023


2022

ASSETS










Cash and noninterest-bearing deposits with banks





$          14,252


$         14,330

Interest-bearing deposits with banks






113,874


31,660

     Total cash and cash equivalents







128,126


45,990

Certificates of deposit in financial institutions





0


1,862

Securities available for sale 







162,258


184,074

Securities held to maturity, net of allowance for credit losses of $2 in 2023 and $0 in 2022;

7,986


9,226

 (estimated fair value:  2023 - $7,390; 2022 - $8,460)








Restricted investments in bank stocks






5,037


5,953

Total loans 







971,900


885,049

  Less:  Allowance for credit losses 







(8,767)


(5,269)

     Net loans







963,133


879,780

Premises and equipment, net







21,450


20,436

Premises and equipment held for sale, net





573


593

Accrued interest receivable







3,606


3,112

Goodwill







7,319


7,319

Other intangible assets, net







8


29

Bank owned life insurance and annuity assets





40,593


39,627

Operating lease right-of-use asset, net






1,205


1,294

Deferred tax assets







6,306


6,266

Other assets







4,535


5,226

          Total assets







$     1,352,135


$   1,210,787











LIABILITIES










Noninterest-bearing deposits







$        322,222


$       354,413

Interest-bearing deposits







804,914


673,242

     Total deposits







1,127,136


1,027,655

Other borrowed funds 







44,593


17,945

Subordinated debentures







8,500


8,500

Operating lease liability







1,205


1,294

Allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet commitments




692


0

Other liabilities







26,002


20,365

          Total liabilities







1,208,128


1,075,759











SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY










Common stock ($1.00 stated value per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized;





  2023 - 5,470,453 shares issued; 2022 - 5,465,707 shares issued)




5,470


5,465

Additional paid-in capital







51,842


51,722

Retained earnings







114,871


109,320

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)





(11,428)


(14,813)

Treasury stock, at cost (2023 - 697,321 shares, 2022 - 693,933 shares)



(16,748)


(16,666)

          Total shareholders' equity







144,007


135,028

               Total liabilities and shareholders' equity





$     1,352,135


$   1,210,787

 

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SOURCE Ohio Valley Banc Corp.

FAQ

What is Ohio Valley Banc Corp.'s ticker symbol?

Ohio Valley Banc Corp.'s ticker symbol is OVBC.

What was Ohio Valley Banc Corp.'s net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2023?

Ohio Valley Banc Corp. reported consolidated net income of $3,223,000 for the quarter ended December 31, 2023.

How did Ohio Valley Banc Corp.'s earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2023 compare to the prior year?

Earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2023 were $.68 compared to $.74 for the prior year fourth quarter.

What was the net interest margin for Ohio Valley Banc Corp. for the fourth quarter of 2023?

For the fourth quarter of 2023, the net interest margin was 3.71%, a decrease from the 4.38% for the fourth quarter of 2022.

What was the provision for credit losses for the year ended December 31, 2023?

The provision for credit losses was $2,090,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, an increase of $2,122,000 from the same period last year.

How did noninterest income for Ohio Valley Banc Corp. compare for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to the prior year?

Noninterest income totaled $12,629,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, an increase of $2,467,000 from the same period last year.

What was the total assets of Ohio Valley Banc Corp. at December 31, 2023?

The Company's total assets at December 31, 2023 were $1.352 billion, an increase of $141 million, or 11.7%, from December 31, 2022.

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