United Bancorp, Inc. Reports Respective Increases in 2025 Third Quarter and Nine-Month Earnings
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United Bancorp (NASDAQ:UBCP) reported Q3 2025 diluted EPS $0.34 and net income $1,931,000; for the first nine months of 2025, diluted EPS was $0.99 and net income $5,717,000.
Year-over-year Q3 net income rose 6.1% and EPS rose 9.7%; nine-month net income rose 3.0% and EPS rose 4.2%. Total assets were $866.8M, gross loans $496.5M, deposits $645.2M, and net interest margin improved 16 bps to 3.66%. Credit metrics remain strong: nonaccrual loans $3.1M (0.63% of loans), allowance for credit losses 0.87% of loans, regulatory capital $75.1M (8.9% of avg assets).
Positive
- Total assets +5.0% to $866.8M as of Sep 30, 2025
- Net interest margin improved 16 bps to 3.66%
- Purchased municipal securities of ~$21.0M at TEY 6.1%
- Nonperforming assets 0.66% of total assets (low)
Negative
- Provision for credit losses $488,000 for nine months, +$314,000 YoY
- Interest expense rose 3.0% year-to-date, pressuring margins
- Transformative investments (new centers, tech, Unified Mortgage) increased noninterest expense and are dilutive short term
- Provision increased EPS drag ~($0.045) on diluted EPS in 2025 YTD
News Market Reaction 1 Alert
On the day this news was published, UBCP gained 2.79%, reflecting a moderate positive market reaction.
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MARTINS FERRY, OH / ACCESS Newswire / November 6, 2025 / United Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBCP) reported diluted earnings per share of
Randall M. Greenwood, Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer remarked, "We are happy to report on the increased earnings for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025 and, also, the increased earnings and overall solid performance achieved by United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP) for the first nine months of 2025. For the quarter, our Company produced net income and diluted earnings per share of
Greenwood further remarked, "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 earlier this year under the new administration and which are in the process of being fully negotiated and enacted. This new trade policy--- coupled with a perceived slowing of employment 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 and somewhat volatile fiscal and monetary policy over the course of the past couple of years, this new economic reality relating to trade policy has only been cast upon us within the past several months and the uncertainty relating thereto is still high. In addition--- and, to further add to the uncertainty that permeates our present economy--- our federal government shutdown on October 1, 2025 after Congress failed to pass funding legislation to support its ongoing operation. Thus far, our Company has responded in a positive fashion to this new and continuing economic uncertainty with which we have been confronted on both a year-to-date and year-over-year basis. For the first nine months of 2025 compared to the same nine-month period the previous year, the net interest income that our Company realized increased by
Greenwood continued, "The primary driver of our Company's growing level of net interest income and the expansion of its net interest margin is the growth trend we have experienced this year in our total assets, which increased on a year-over-year basis by
Greenwood further noted, "Looking at the interest expense side of the net interest margin, our Company's total interest expense did respectively increase on both a quarterly and year-to-date basis 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 September 30, 2025, our Company's total nonaccrual loans and loans past due 30 plus days were
Scott A. Everson, Chairman, President and CEO stated, "Considering that the uncertainty relating to our country's present economic outlook remains elevated due to our current administration's trade policy implemented within the past several months--- coupled with the potentially restrictive monetary policy position of the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) under which we presently operate--- our Company has performed in an admirable fashion over the course of the first nine months of 2025. We are happy to see the growth trends that we have experienced during the first three quarters of the current year in both our total deposits and gross loans and the current quality of the credit related 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 our Company's guiding principles and vision, United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP) has had a 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 three quarters of the current year, we, once again, paid both our regular cash dividend and a special dividend to our valued shareholders. With these payouts, the regular cash dividend increased by
Everson concluded, "Considering that we continue to operate in a challenging 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 they will help us fulfill our intermediate and longer-term goals and produce above industry earnings and performance. As previously mentioned, we still have a vision of prudently and profitably growing UBCP to an asset threshold of
As of September 30, 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.
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 | |
United Bancorp, Inc. ("UBCP")
For the Three Months Ended September 30, | % | $ | ||||||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | Change | Change | |||||||||||||
Earnings | ||||||||||||||||
Interest income on loans | $ | 7,599,055 | $ | 7,064,731 | 7.56 | % | $ | 534,324 | ||||||||
Loan fees | 160,873 | 168,355 | -4.44 | % | $ | (7,482 | ) | |||||||||
Interest income on securities | 2,875,206 | 2,710,711 | 6.07 | % | $ | 164,495 | ||||||||||
Total interest income | 10,635,134 | 9,943,797 | 6.95 | % | $ | 691,337 | ||||||||||
Total interest expense | 3,905,674 | 3,804,903 | 2.65 | % | $ | 100,771 | ||||||||||
Net interest income | 6,729,460 | 6,138,894 | 9.62 | % | $ | 590,566 | ||||||||||
Provision for credit losses - loans | 186,000 | 69,665 | 166.99 | % | $ | 116,335 | ||||||||||
Provision for credit losses - off balance sheet commitments | - | - | N/A | $ | - | |||||||||||
Provision for Credit Loss Expense | 186,000 | 69,665 | 166.99 | % | $ | 116,335 | ||||||||||
Net interest income after provision for credit losses | 6,543,460 | 6,069,229 | 7.81 | % | $ | 474,231 | ||||||||||
Service charges on deposit accounts | 856,758 | 766,866 | 11.72 | % | $ | 89,892 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains on sale of loans | 117,809 | 167,901 | -29.83 | % | $ | (50,092 | ) | |||||||||
Other noninterest income | 373,218 | 280,448 | 33.08 | % | $ | 92,770 | ||||||||||
Total noninterest income | 1,347,785 | 1,215,215 | 10.91 | % | $ | 132,570 | ||||||||||
Total noninterest expense | 5,980,591 | 5,529,138 | 8.16 | % | $ | 451,453 | ||||||||||
Earnings before taxes | 1,910,654 | 1,755,306 | 8.85 | % | $ | 155,348 | ||||||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense | (20,387 | ) | (64,353 | ) | -68.32 | % | $ | 43,966 | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 1,931,041 | $ | 1,819,659 | 6.12 | % | $ | 111,382 | ||||||||
Per share | ||||||||||||||||
Earnings per common share - Basic | $ | 0.34 | $ | 0.31 | 9.68 | % | ||||||||||
Earnings per common share - Diluted | 0.34 | 0.31 | 9.68 | % | ||||||||||||
Cash Dividends paid | 0.1875 | 0.1775 | 5.63 | % | ||||||||||||
Annualized yield based on quarter end close | 5.36 | % | 5.33 | % | N/A | |||||||||||
Shares Outstanding | ||||||||||||||||
Average - Basic | 5,486,221 | 5,621,393 | ||||||||||||||
Average - Diluted | 5,486,221 | 5,621,393 | ||||||||||||||
Common stock, shares issued | 6,203,141 | 6,203,141 | ||||||||||||||
Shares used for Book Value Computation | 5,956,278 | 5,966,278 | ||||||||||||||
Shares held as treasury stock | 246,863 | 236,863 | ||||||||||||||
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | % | $ | ||||||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | Change | Change | |||||||||||||
Earnings | ||||||||||||||||
Interest income on loans | $ | 22,109,536 | $ | 20,462,806 | 8.05 | % | $ | 1,646,730 | ||||||||
Loan fees | 658,156 | 517,371 | 27.21 | % | $ | 140,785 | ||||||||||
Interest income on securities | 8,120,975 | 8,462,643 | -4.04 | % | $ | (341,668 | ) | |||||||||
Total interest income | 30,888,667 | 29,442,820 | 4.91 | % | $ | 1,445,847 | ||||||||||
Total interest expense | 11,317,143 | 10,987,418 | 3.00 | % | $ | 329,725 | ||||||||||
Net interest income | 19,571,524 | 18,455,402 | 6.05 | % | $ | 1,116,122 | ||||||||||
Provision for credit losses - loans | 488,000 | 304,165 | 60.44 | % | $ | 183,835 | ||||||||||
(Credit) Provision for credit losses - off balance sheet commitments | - | (130,000 | ) | N/A | $ | 130,000 | ||||||||||
Provision for Credit Loss Expense | 488,000 | 174,165 | 180.19 | % | $ | 313,835 | ||||||||||
Net interest income after provision for credit losses | 19,083,524 | 18,281,237 | 4.39 | % | $ | 802,287 | ||||||||||
Service charges on deposit accounts | 2,391,061 | 2,187,177 | 9.32 | % | $ | 203,884 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains on sale of loans | 342,893 | 363,364 | -5.63 | % | $ | (20,471 | ) | |||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) on sale of available-for-sale securities | 143,625 | (115,685 | ) | N/A | $ | 259,310 | ||||||||||
Other noninterest income | 1,141,079 | 830,774 | 37.35 | % | $ | 310,305 | ||||||||||
Total noninterest income | 4,018,658 | 3,265,630 | 23.06 | % | $ | 753,028 | ||||||||||
Total noninterest expense | 17,408,848 | 16,035,175 | 8.57 | % | $ | 1,373,673 | ||||||||||
Earnings before income taxes | 5,693,334 | 5,511,692 | 3.30 | % | $ | 181,642 | ||||||||||
Income tax expense | (24,093 | ) | (40,845 | ) | -41.01 | % | $ | 16,752 | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 5,717,427 | $ | 5,552,537 | 2.97 | % | $ | 164,890 | ||||||||
Per share | ||||||||||||||||
Earnings per common share - Basic | $ | 0.99 | $ | 0.95 | 4.21 | % | ||||||||||
Earnings per common share - Diluted | 0.99 | 0.95 | 4.21 | % | ||||||||||||
Cash dividends paid | 0.7300 | 0.6750 | 8.15 | % | ||||||||||||
Shares Outstanding | ||||||||||||||||
Average - Basic | 5,494,172 | 5,584,250 | ||||||||||||||
Average - Diluted | 5,494,172 | 5,584,250 | ||||||||||||||
At quarter end | ||||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 866,755,858 | $ | 825,482,119 | 5.00 | % | $ | 41,273,739 | ||||||||
Total assets (average) | 839,519,000 | 826,203,000 | 1.61 | % | $ | 13,316,000 | ||||||||||
Other real estate and repossessions | 3,275,530 | 3,380,610 | -3.11 | % | $ | (105,080 | ) | |||||||||
Gross loans | 496,536,989 | 475,004,333 | 4.53 | % | $ | 21,532,656 | ||||||||||
Allowance for credit losses | 4,302,545 | 4,002,140 | 7.51 | % | $ | 300,405 | ||||||||||
Net loans | 492,234,444 | 471,002,193 | 4.51 | % | $ | 21,232,251 | ||||||||||
Net loans (charge offs) | (137,314 | ) | (140,629 | ) | -2.36 | % | $ | 3,315 | ||||||||
Net overdrafts (charge offs) | (74,445 | ) | (79,580 | ) | -6.45 | % | $ | 5,135 | ||||||||
Total net (charge offs) | (211,759 | ) | (220,209 | ) | -3.84 | % | $ | 8,450 | ||||||||
Non-accrual loans | 2,437,164 | 379,988 | 541.38 | % | $ | 2,057,176 | ||||||||||
Loans past due 30+ days (excludes non accrual loans) | 708,906 | 624,883 | 13.45 | % | $ | 84,023 | ||||||||||
Average loans | 497,276,000 | 480,841,000 | 3.42 | % | $ | 16,435,000 | ||||||||||
Cash and due from Federal Reserve Bank | 45,562,139 | 37,777,822 | 20.61 | % | $ | 7,784,317 | ||||||||||
Average cash and due from Federal Reserve Bank | 41,253,000 | 39,963,000 | 3.23 | % | $ | 1,290,000 | ||||||||||
Securities and other restricted stock | 257,755,991 | 254,186,642 | 1.40 | % | $ | 3,569,349 | ||||||||||
Average securities and other restricted stock | 237,724,000 | 250,081,000 | -4.94 | % | $ | (12,357,000 | ) | |||||||||
Average total deposits | 632,138,000 | 620,828,000 | 1.82 | % | $ | 11,310,000 | ||||||||||
Total deposits | 645,193,065 | 615,818,830 | 4.77 | % | $ | 29,374,235 | ||||||||||
Non interest bearing demand | 156,286,567 | 144,011,842 | 8.52 | % | $ | 12,274,725 | ||||||||||
Interest bearing demand | 176,556,780 | 180,917,593 | -2.41 | % | $ | (4,360,813 | ) | |||||||||
Savings | 123,219,866 | 123,171,427 | 0.04 | % | $ | 48,439 | ||||||||||
Time | 189,129,852 | 167,717,968 | 12.77 | % | $ | 21,411,884 | ||||||||||
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 | $ | - | |||||||||||
Subordinated debt (net of unamortized issuance costs) | 23,893,250 | 23,832,374 | 0.26 | % | $ | 60,876 | ||||||||||
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 47,670,104 | 36,122,587 | 31.97 | % | $ | 11,547,517 | ||||||||||
Shareholders' equity | 66,470,103 | 65,459,697 | 1.54 | % | $ | 1,010,406 | ||||||||||
Common Stock, Additional Paid in Capital | 33,104,868 | 32,406,779 | 2.15 | % | $ | 698,089 | ||||||||||
Retained Earnings | 47,670,469 | 45,531,256 | 4.70 | % | $ | 2,139,213 | ||||||||||
Share held by Deferred Plan and Treasury Stock | (5,719,174 | ) | (5,320,742 | ) | 7.49 | % | $ | (398,432 | ) | |||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax benefits | (8,586,060 | ) | (7,157,596 | ) | 19.96 | % | $ | (1,428,464 | ) | |||||||
Goodwill and intangible assets (impact on Shareholders' equity) | 692,293 | 842,293 | -17.81 | % | $ | (150,000 | ) | |||||||||
Tangible shareholders' equity | 65,777,810 | 64,617,404 | 1.80 | % | $ | 1,160,406 | ||||||||||
Shareholders' equity (average) | 61,089,000 | 65,507,000 | -6.74 | % | $ | (4,418,000 | ) | |||||||||
Stock data | ||||||||||||||||
Market value - last close (end of period) | $ | 13.98 | $ | 13.13 | 6.47 | % | ||||||||||
Dividend payout ratio (without special dividend) | 56.06 | % | 55.26 | % | 1.44 | % | ||||||||||
Book value (end of period) | 11.16 | 10.98 | 1.64 | % | ||||||||||||
Tangible book value | 11.04 | 10.84 | 1.85 | % | ||||||||||||
Market price to book value | 125.27 | % | 119.58 | % | 4.76 | % | ||||||||||
Market price to tangible book value | 126.63 | % | 121.13 | % | 4.54 | % | ||||||||||
Key performance ratios | ||||||||||||||||
Return on average assets (ROA) | 0.91 | % | 0.90 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Return on average equity (ROE) | 12.48 | % | 11.30 | % | 1.18 | % | ||||||||||
Net interest margin (federal tax equivalent) | 3.66 | % | 3.50 | % | 0.16 | % | ||||||||||
Interest expense to average assets | 1.80 | % | 1.77 | % | 0.03 | % | ||||||||||
Total allowance for credit losses | ||||||||||||||||
to nonaccrual loans | 176.54 | % | 1053.23 | % | -876.69 | % | ||||||||||
Total allowance for credit losses | ||||||||||||||||
to total loans | 0.87 | % | 0.84 | % | 0.03 | % | ||||||||||
Net charge-offs (recoveries) to average loans | -0.04 | % | -0.05 | % | 0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Nonaccrual loans and OREO to average assets | 0.68 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.22 | % | ||||||||||
Nonaccrual loans and OREO to total assets | 0.66 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.20 | % | ||||||||||
Equity to assets at period end | 7.67 | % | 7.93 | % | -0.26 | % | ||||||||||
SOURCE: United Bancorp, Inc. (Ohio)
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