United Bancorp, Inc. Reports 2025 First Quarter Earnings Performance
- Net interest income increased by $131,000 (2.2% YoY)
- Net interest margin improved by 14 basis points to 3.60%
- Gross loans increased by $16.6M (3.5% YoY)
- Strong dividend yield of 6.7% with increased regular and special dividends
- Strong capital position with equity to assets ratio of 7.32%
- Net income decreased by $121,000 (6.1% YoY)
- Diluted EPS declined by $0.03 (8.6% YoY)
- Total assets declined by $3.3M (0.40% YoY)
- Nonaccrual loans increased by $1.5M
- Nonperforming assets to total assets increased by 17 basis points to 0.68%
Insights
UBCP's Q1 shows stable core earnings amid macro uncertainty, with strategic investments likely pressuring short-term results while positioning for future growth.
United Bancorp reported Q1 2025 net income of
Looking deeper into the results, it's critical to note the impact of non-recurring items. When adjusted for these one-time events (a
The bank's net interest income increased by
Credit quality metrics show modest deterioration but remain historically strong. Nonaccrual loans increased by
Several strategic initiatives are underway that are temporarily diluting performance but position the bank for growth: construction of a new Wheeling Banking Center, development of Unified Mortgage and Treasury Management programs, technology investments including AI implementation, and a new Unified Center in St. Clairsville. These investments are part of UBCP's strategy to reach
Shareholder returns remain a priority, with Q1 dividends consisting of a regular
MARTINS FERRY, OH / ACCESS Newswire / May 9, 2025 / United Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBCP) reported diluted earnings per share of
Randall M. Greenwood, Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer remarked, "We are pleased to report on the earnings performance of United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP) for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. For the quarter, our Company achieved solid net income and diluted earnings per share results of
Greenwood continued, "As we all know, the economic environment in which we are operating is posing challenges for all businesses with the present high degree of uncertainty that permeates our national and world economies as a result of the tariffs that were announced under the new administration and which are in the process of being enacted. This new trade policy--- coupled with a potentially slowing economic output and lingering inflation--- has led many of us to question the future direction of our economy and what impact it will have on the businesses that operate therein, including our Company. Even though we have dealt with changing fiscal and monetary policy over the course of the past couple of years, this new economic reality relating to trade policy has only recently been cast upon us. Thus far, our Company has responded in a positive fashion to this new economic uncertainty with which we have been confronted on both a year-over-year and linked-quarter basis. Year-over-year, as of the most recently ended quarter, the net interest income that our Company realized increased by
Lastly, Greenwood stated, "Even with many of our borrowers experiencing rate resets to levels that may be double their previous rates on their loans in this higher-rate environment and with the economic uncertainty that continues, we have successfully maintained credit-related strength and stability within our loan portfolio. As of March 31, 2025, our Company's total nonaccrual loans and loans past due 30 plus days were
Scott A. Everson, Chairman, President and CEO stated, "Although we have encountered many economic and policy-related challenges in recent years that commenced with the world-wide pandemic (ie: zero interest rate policy, excessive stimulus funding, extreme inflation and historically aggressive tightening of monetary policy), in a lot of ways the current economic challenges relating to the newly implemented trade policy of our country has created a level of uncertainty that, arguably, exceeds any other that occurred in recent years. Our Company, like most others, is keenly focused on what is presently occurring and will be ready to respond in an appropriate fashion as things develop more fully and we gain more clarity on the evolving situation. Even though we continue to operate in an environment emanating a heightened level of uncertainty, United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP) is performing in an admirable fashion at present. In recent months, our Company has benefitted from the new direction of our country's monetary policy as the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve (FOMC) has loosened this policy, somewhat, by lowering the target for the Federal Funds Rate (FFR) by one hundred (100) basis points since their September 18, 2024 meeting. This most recent moderating action taken by the FOMC has taken some of the pressure off of our net interest margin and has enabled our Company to generate higher levels of net interest income and experience an increase in its net interest margin for the first time in many quarters. These are positive trends that we anticipate continuing in the coming quarters of the current year for our Company. Even with all of the present uncertainty within both the national and global economies, we are happy to see the growth trends that we have seen over the course of the past two quarters in our gross loans and the current quality of the credit metrics of our loan portfolio that remain relatively stable and low by historic standards. With the stronger demand for our loan products that we are currently experiencing--- especially, in the relationship-driven, small-business oriented commercial portfolio, which accounts for approximately eighty percent (
Everson continued, "Under it's guiding principles and vision, United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP) has had a growth-centric goal to grow its asset-base to a level of
Everson continued, "As always, our primary focus is protecting the investment of our shareholders in our Company and rewarding them in a balanced fashion by growing their value and paying an attractive cash dividend. In these areas, our shareholders have been nicely rewarded. In the first quarter of this year, we, once again, paid both our regular cash dividend, which increased by
Everson concluded, "Considering that we continue to operate in a challenging and uncertain economic and a highly competitive industry-related environment, we are very pleased with our current performance and future prospects. Even with these present threats to which we are exposed, we are very optimistic about the future growth and earnings potential for United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP). We firmly believe that with the challenges that our industry has experienced over the course of the past few years, our Company has evolved into a more fundamentally sound organization with a focus on evolving and growing in order to achieve greater efficiencies and scales and generate higher levels of revenue--- while prudently managing expenses and controlling overall costs. We have and continue to invest in areas that will lead to our continued and future relevancy within our industry. Although such initiatives can stress the short-term performance of our Company, we firmly believe that the will help us fulfil our intermediate and longer-term goals and produce above industry earnings and overall performance. As previously mentioned, we still have a vision of growing UBCP to an asset threshold of
As of March 31, 2025, United Bancorp, Inc. has total assets of
Certain statements contained herein are not based on historical facts and are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements, which are based on various assumptions (some of which are beyond the Company's control), may be identified by reference to a future period or periods, or by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "may," "will," "believe," "expect," "estimate," "anticipate," "continue," or similar terms or variations on those terms, or the negative of these terms. Actual results could differ materially from those set forth in forward-looking statements, due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, those related to the economic environment, particularly in the market areas in which the company operates, competitive products and pricing, fiscal and monetary policies of the U.S. Government, changes in government regulations affecting financial institutions, including regulatory fees and capital requirements, changes in prevailing interest rates, acquisitions and the integration of acquired businesses, credit risk management, asset/liability management, changes in the financial and securities markets, including changes with respect to the market value of our financial assets, and the availability of and costs associated with sources of liquidity. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or carry forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
United Bancorp, Inc.
"UBCP"
At or for the Quarter Ended | ||||||||||||||||
March 31, | March 31, | % | $ | |||||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | Change | Change | |||||||||||||
Earnings | ||||||||||||||||
Interest income on loans | $ | 7,104,476 | $ | 6,623,848 | 7.26 | % | $ | 480,628 | ||||||||
Loan fees | 222,722 | 138,329 | 61.01 | % | $ | 84,393 | ||||||||||
Interest income on securities | 2,514,990 | 2,858,644 | -12.02 | % | $ | (343,654 | ) | |||||||||
Total interest income | 9,842,188 | 9,620,821 | 2.30 | % | $ | 221,367 | ||||||||||
Total interest expense | 3,596,003 | 3,505,995 | 2.57 | % | $ | 90,008 | ||||||||||
Net interest income | 6,246,185 | 6,114,826 | 2.15 | % | $ | 131,359 | ||||||||||
Provision for credit losses | 96,000 | - | $ | 96,000 | ||||||||||||
Net interest income after provision for credit losses | 6,150,185 | 6,114,826 | 0.58 | % | $ | 35,359 | ||||||||||
Service charge on deposit account | 732,651 | 702,754 | 4.25 | % | $ | 29,897 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains on sale of loans | 84,387 | 77,523 | $ | 6,864 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) on sale of available-for-sale securities | 143,625 | (194,202 | ) | $ | 337,827 | |||||||||||
Other noninterest income | 320,747 | 280,249 | 14.45 | % | $ | 40,498 | ||||||||||
Total noninterest income | 1,281,410 | 866,324 | 47.91 | % | $ | 415,086 | ||||||||||
Total noninterest expense | 5,586,076 | 4,837,904 | 15.46 | % | $ | 748,172 | ||||||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense | (26,353 | ) | 150,335 | -117.53 | % | $ | (176,688 | ) | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 1,871,872 | $ | 1,992,911 | -6.07 | % | $ | (121,039 | ) | |||||||
Key performance data | ||||||||||||||||
Earnings per common share - Basic | $ | 0.32 | $ | 0.35 | -8.57 | % | $ | (0.030 | ) | |||||||
Earnings per common share - Diluted | 0.32 | 0.35 | -8.57 | % | $ | (0.030 | ) | |||||||||
Cash dividends paid | 0.3575 | 0.3225 | 10.85 | % | $ | 0.03500 | ||||||||||
Stock data | ||||||||||||||||
Dividend payout ratio (without special dividend) | 57.03 | % | 49.29 | % | 7.75 | % | ||||||||||
Price earnings ratio | 10.48 | x | 10.34 | x | 1.44 | % | ||||||||||
Market price to book value | 132 | % | 136 | % | -3.34 | % | ||||||||||
Annualized yield based on quarter end close (without special dividend) | 5.44 | % | 4.77 | % | 14.05 | % | ||||||||||
Market value - last close (end of period) | 13.42 | 14.47 | -7.26 | % | ||||||||||||
Book value (end of period) | 10.19 | 10.62 | -4.05 | % | ||||||||||||
Tangible book value (end of period) | 10.06 | 10.46 | -3.82 | % | ||||||||||||
Shares Outstanding | ||||||||||||||||
Average - Basic | 5,566,428 | 5,499,877 | -------- | |||||||||||||
Average - Diluted | 5,566,428 | 5,499,877 | -------- | |||||||||||||
Common stock, shares issued | 6,203,141 | 6,188,141 | -------- | |||||||||||||
Shares held as treasury stock | 240,544 | 234,363 | -------- | |||||||||||||
Return on average assets (ROA) | 0.91 | % | 0.97 | % | -0.07 | % | ||||||||||
Return on average equity (ROE) | 12.31 | % | 12.59 | % | -0.27 | % | ||||||||||
At quarter end | ||||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 830,681,164 | $ | 834,026,953 | -0.40 | % | $ | (3,345,789 | ) | |||||||
Total assets (average) | 822,424,000 | 822,468,000 | -0.01 | % | $ | (44,000 | ) | |||||||||
Cash and due from Federal Reserve Bank | 36,402,686 | 46,876,621 | -22.34 | % | $ | (10,473,935 | ) | |||||||||
Average cash and due from Federal Reserve Bank | 26,036,000 | 46,891,000 | -44.48 | % | $ | (20,855,000 | ) | |||||||||
Securities and other restricted stock | 233,868,149 | 255,786,120 | -8.57 | % | $ | (21,917,971 | ) | |||||||||
Average securities and other restricted stock | 241,013,000 | 246,854,000 | -2.37 | % | $ | (5,841,000 | ) | |||||||||
Other real estate and repossessions (OREO) | 3,327,610 | 3,377,414 | -1.47 | % | $ | (49,804 | ) | |||||||||
Gross loans | 496,866,008 | 480,306,405 | 3.45 | % | $ | 16,559,603 | ||||||||||
Allowance for credit losses | 4,094,556 | 3,870,309 | 5.79 | % | $ | 224,247 | ||||||||||
Net loans | 492,771,452 | 476,436,096 | 3.43 | % | $ | 16,335,356 | ||||||||||
Average loans | 493,056,000 | 478,843,000 | 2.97 | % | $ | 14,213,000 | ||||||||||
Net loans recovered (charged-off) | (3,070 | ) | (28,418 | ) | -89.20 | % | $ | 25,348 | ||||||||
Net overdrafts (charged-off ) | (24,632 | ) | (19,458 | ) | 26.59 | % | $ | (5,174 | ) | |||||||
Total net (charge offs ) | (27,702 | ) | (47,876 | ) | -42.14 | % | $ | 20,174 | ||||||||
Nonaccrual loans | 1,937,543 | 477,474 | 305.79 | % | $ | 1,460,069 | ||||||||||
Loans past due 30+ days (excludes non accrual loans) | 903,909 | 953,580 | -5.21 | % | $ | (49,671 | ) | |||||||||
Total Deposits | ||||||||||||||||
Noninterest bearing demand | 138,243,804 | 135,994,882 | 1.65 | % | $ | 2,248,922 | ||||||||||
Interest bearing demand | 184,786,353 | 197,611,658 | -6.49 | % | $ | (12,825,305 | ) | |||||||||
Savings | 124,244,385 | 128,810,010 | -3.54 | % | $ | (4,565,625 | ) | |||||||||
Time < | 135,551,749 | 125,550,068 | 7.97 | % | $ | 10,001,681 | ||||||||||
Time > | 41,254,902 | 37,783,568 | 9.19 | % | $ | 3,471,334 | ||||||||||
Total Deposits | 624,081,193 | 625,750,186 | -0.27 | % | $ | (1,668,993 | ) | |||||||||
Average total deposits | 615,678,000 | 620,439,000 | -0.77 | % | $ | (4,761,000 | ) | |||||||||
Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank | 75,000,000 | 75,000,000 | N/A | $ | - | |||||||||||
Overnight advances | - | - | N/A | $ | - | |||||||||||
Term advances | 75,000,000 | 75,000,000 | N/A | $ | - | |||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements | 37,564,822 | 37,804,711 | -0.63 | % | $ | (239,889 | ) | |||||||||
Shareholders' equity | 60,801,220 | 63,206,181 | -3.80 | % | $ | (2,404,961 | ) | |||||||||
Common Stock, Additional Paid in Capital | 32,745,743 | 32,186,863 | 1.74 | % | $ | 558,880 | ||||||||||
Retained Earnings | 46,045,586 | 44,072,619 | 4.48 | % | $ | 1,972,967 | ||||||||||
Shares held by Deferred Plan and Treasury Stock | (5,455,374 | ) | (5,246,415 | ) | 3.98 | % | $ | (208,959 | ) | |||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes | (12,534,735 | ) | (7,806,886 | ) | 60.56 | % | $ | (4,727,849 | ) | |||||||
Goodwill and intangible assets (impact on Shareholders' equity | (767,293 | ) | (905,793 | ) | -15.29 | % | $ | 138,500 | ||||||||
Tangible shareholders' equity | 60,033,927 | 62,300,388 | -3.64 | % | $ | (2,266,461 | ) | |||||||||
Shareholders' equity (average) | 60,801,000 | 63,325,000 | -3.99 | % | $ | (2,524,000 | ) | |||||||||
Key performance ratios | ||||||||||||||||
Net interest margin (Federal tax equivalent) | 3.60 | % | 3.46 | % | 0.14 | % | ||||||||||
Interest expense to average assets | 1.75 | % | 1.71 | % | 0.04 | % | ||||||||||
Total allowance for credit losses | ||||||||||||||||
to nonaccrual loans | 211.33 | % | 810.58 | % | -599.25 | % | ||||||||||
Total allowance for credit losses | ||||||||||||||||
to total loans | 0.82 | % | 0.81 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Total past due and nonaccrual loans to gross loans | 0.57 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.27 | % | ||||||||||
Nonperforming assets to total assets | 0.68 | % | 0.51 | % | 0.17 | % | ||||||||||
Net charge-offs to average loans | -0.02 | % | -0.04 | % | 0.02 | % | ||||||||||
Equity to assets at period end | 7.32 | % | 7.58 | % | -0.26 | % |
Contacts: | Scott A. Everson | Randall M. Greenwood | ||
Chairman, President and CEO | Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer | |||
(740) 633-0445, ext. 6154 | (740) 633-0445, ext. 6181 | |||
SOURCE: United Bancorp, Inc. (Ohio)
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