FVCBankcorp, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2020 Earnings

Income Statement

Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was $3.9 million, compared to $4.1 million for the same period of 2019, and $2.9 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, net income was $10.5 million, compared to $12.1 million for the same period of 2019. Both the three and nine months’ periods of 2020 were impacted by increased provision for loan losses.

Net interest income totaled $13.6 million, an increase of $1.5 million, or 12.4%, for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, compared to the year ago quarter, and increased by $900 thousand, or 7.1%, compared to the second quarter of 2020, a result of significant decreases in the cost of deposits. Interest expense on deposits decreased $1.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, and decreased $470 thousand compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. The impact to interest income from the accretion of loan marks on acquired loans was $469 thousand and $43 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The increase in income related to loan mark accretion was a result of improved cash flows for an acquired loan during the three months ended September 30, 2020. In addition, net interest income for the three months ended September 30, 2020 benefited from PPP loan origination, which contributed $981 thousand to interest income. Remaining net deferred fees related to PPP originations total $3.6 million and are being recognized in interest income over the remaining lives of the PPP loans, or sooner upon PPP loan forgiveness or payment. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, net interest income was $38.5 million and $36.2 million, respectively, an increase of $2.3 million, year-over-year.

The Company’s net interest margin for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was 3.30%, compared to 3.41% for the year ago quarter ended September 30, 2019, a decrease of 11 basis points, impacted by the decreases in the targeted fed funds rate of 225 basis points since August 2019. On a linked quarter basis, net interest margin increased 14 basis points from 3.16% for the three months ended June 30, 2020. Excluding the impact of PPP loans (a decrease of 11 basis points), credit mark accretion (an increase of 9 basis points), and excess liquidity (a decrease of 6 basis points) during the third quarter of 2020, net interest margin for the three months ended September 30, 2020 would have been 3.36%. The average yield for the loan portfolio for the third quarter of 2020 was 4.56% (excluding PPP loans) compared to 5.13% for the year ago quarter, and 4.77% for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. Cost of interest-bearing deposits for the third quarter of 2020 was 1.01%, compared to 1.82% for the third quarter of 2019, a decrease of 81 basis points, or 44.5%, primarily as a result of the Company having aggressively decreased its deposit rates during the second and third quarters in order to offset the repricing of the variable rate loan portfolio.

Noninterest income totaled $770 thousand and $680 thousand for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Fee income from loans was $35 thousand for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, compared to $101 thousand for the same period of 2019. Service charges on deposit accounts and other fee income totaled $411 thousand for the third quarter of 2020, compared to $378 thousand from the year ago quarter. Income from bank-owned life insurance increased $82 thousand to $280 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $198 thousand for the same period of 2019, primarily as a result of purchasing additional policies during 2019. Noninterest income for the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2020 was $2.2 million, compared to $2.0 million for the 2019 year-to-date period, an increase of $195 thousand, or 10.0%, which was primarily driven by an increase in service charges on deposit accounts and other fee income, and income from bank-owned life insurance, and offset by fair value losses on loans held for sale of $451 thousand recorded during the first quarter of 2020 before these loans were transferred to the held for investment portfolio.

Noninterest expense totaled $7.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, compared to $7.4 million for the same three-month period of 2019, an increase of $383 thousand, or 5.2%, which is in line with the Company’s targeted expense growth for 2020. The increase in noninterest expense compared to the year ago quarter was primarily related to an increase in data processing and network administration expense of $124 thousand, which is related to planned network infrastructure upgrades for 2020, an increase of $154 thousand for loan related expenses, and an increase in professional fees of $73 thousand. The Company has invested in technology in its efforts to reduce certain expenses where possible. Noninterest expense for the third quarter of 2020 increased $424 thousand, or 5.8%, when compared to noninterest expense of $7.3 million (excluding branch closure costs of $676 thousand) recorded during the second quarter of 2020. Increases in noninterest expense during the third quarter of 2020 as compared to the second quarter of 2020 were isolated to salaries and benefits expense with an increase of $362 thousand. During the third quarter of 2020, salaries and benefits expense increased as a result of an increase in incentive accruals by $220 thousand, and a decrease in deferred salaries expense for loan originations of $146 thousand, which were elevated during the second quarter as a result of deferred loan salaries recorded for PPP loan originations. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, noninterest expense, excluding branch closure charges, was $22.3 million and $21.5 million, respectively, an increase of $734 thousand, or 3.4%.

The efficiency ratio for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 was 53.9%, a decrease from 57.7% for the year ago quarter and a decrease from 54.7% for the three months ended June 30, 2020 (excluding branch closure costs). The efficiency ratios for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, excluding branch closure costs and merger expense from 2019, were 54.2% and 56.1%, respectively.

The Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $1.1 million for the same period of 2019. The effective tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were 21.2% and 20.9%, respectively. The effective tax rates for the 2020 and 2019 periods presented are less than the Company’s combined federal and state statutory rate of 21.5% primarily because of discrete tax benefits recorded as a result of exercises of nonqualified stock options.

Asset Quality

The Company recorded a provision for loan losses of $1.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $235 thousand for the year ago quarter. The increase in the provision for loan losses for the three months ended September 30, 2020 is primarily related to growth in the loan portfolio and increases in qualitative factors related to the economic uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, including an increase in adversely rated credits. The Company is not required to implement the provisions of the current expected credit losses (“CECL”) accounting standard until January 1, 2023, and is continuing to account for the allowance for loans losses under the incurred loss model. Provision for loan losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were $4.5 million and $1.3 million, respectively.

The allowance for loan losses to total loans, excluding PPP loans, was 1.10% at September 30, 2020, compared to 0.81% at December 31, 2019. The effective reserve coverage, which includes both the allowance for loan losses and the remaining unaccreted fair value discount on acquired loans, to total loans, excluding PPP loans, was 1.26% at September 30, 2020. Net charge-offs of $38 thousand recorded during the third quarter of 2020 were primarily related to purchased consumer unsecured loans.

Nonperforming loans and loans 90 days or more past due at September 30, 2020 totaled $8.0 million, or 0.45% of total assets. This compares to $10.7 million in nonperforming loans and loans 90 days or more past due at December 31, 2019, or 0.70% of total assets. All of the Company’s nonperforming loans are secured and have specific reserves totaling $456 thousand, representing the expected losses associated with those loans. The Company has one troubled debt restructuring at September 30, 2020 totaling $98 thousand which is a consumer residential loan. Nonperforming assets (including other real estate owned) to total assets was 0.66% at September 30, 2020 compared to 0.95% for December 31, 2019.

Completion of $20 Million Subordinated Notes Offering

On October 13, 2020, the Company announced the completion of its private placement of $20 million of its 4.875% Fixed to Floating Subordinated Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”) to certain qualified institutional buyers and accredited investors. The Notes have a maturity date of October 15, 2030 and carry a fixed rate of interest of 4.875% for the first five years. Thereafter, the Notes will pay interest at 3-month SOFR plus 471 basis points, resetting quarterly. The Notes include a right of prepayment without penalty on or after October 15, 2025. The Notes have been structured to qualify as Tier 2 capital for regulatory purposes. The Company plans to use the proceeds from the placement of the Notes for general corporate purposes, to include supporting capital ratios at the Company’s subsidiary, FVCbank, and potential repayment of a portion of the $25.0 million outstanding subordinated debt callable June 30, 2021.

About FVCBankcorp, Inc.

FVCBankcorp, Inc. is the holding company for FVCbank, a wholly-owned subsidiary that commenced operations in November 2007. FVCbank is a $1.79 billion asset-sized Virginia-chartered community bank serving the banking needs of commercial businesses, nonprofit organizations, professional service entities, their owners and employees located in the greater Baltimore and Washington D.C., metropolitan areas. FVCbank is based in Fairfax, Virginia, and has 9 full-service offices in Arlington, Fairfax, Manassas, Reston and Springfield, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Baltimore, Bethesda, and Rockville, Maryland.

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