Fauquier Bankshares Announces Third Quarter 2016 Results

WARRENTON, Va., Nov. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBSS) parent company of The Fauquier Bank (TFB) reported net income of $698,000 for the third quarter of 2016 compared with $1.35 million for the third quarter of 2015. Basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.19 and $0.36 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively. Net income for the first nine months of 2016 was $2.87 million compared with $3.14 million for the same period of 2015. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.76 compared with $0.84 for the same period in 2015.

Marc Bogan, President and CEO, said, "While our year-to-date results do not comprehensively reflect satisfactory performance in 2016, our team made strides in the third quarter of 2016 toward implementing a strategy that will benefit our shareholders and our company in the coming years. We are steadily beginning to grow earning assets and our core deposit growth continues to be strong. Our profitability in the third quarter of 2016 compared unfavorably to the prior year partially due to the recognition of a one-time event in the same period of 2015. Excluding one-time events and non-recurring gains recognized in the third quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2016, neither period exhibits acceptable profitability for our organization. However, I am encouraged by the strategic progress we are making, and I expect earnings, much like asset and loan growth, to slowly begin to improve in the future."     

Total assets were $623.9 million on September 30, 2016 compared with $601.4 million on December 31, 2015 and $594.2 million on September 30, 2015. Net loans increased $10.2 million or 2.31% to $452.9 million on September 30, 2016 from $442.7 million on December 31, 2015 and decreased $7.8 million or 1.7% from $460.7 million on September 30, 2015. Total deposits were $545.4 million on September 30, 2016 compared with $524.3 million and $511.1 million on December 31, 2015 and September 30, 2015, respectively. Low cost transaction deposits (demand and interest checking accounts) grew $21.0 million and $33.1 million over the same 9 and 12 month periods, now representing 62.5% of total deposits.

Return on average assets (ROAA) was 0.44% and return on average equity (ROAE) was 5.11% for the third quarter of 2016, compared with 0.90% and 9.40%, respectively, for the third quarter of 2015. For the nine month period ended September 30, 2016, Fauquier Bankshares' return on average assets was 0.63% and return on average equity was 7.13%, compared with 0.70% and 7.47%, respectively, for the nine month period ended September 30, 2015.

Net interest margin was 3.45% in the third quarter of 2016 compared with 3.69% for the same period in 2015. Net interest income for the third quarter of 2016 decreased $47,000 to $4.97 million when compared with $5.01 million for the same period in 2015. The decline was primarily due to decline in the average yield on earning assets which declined 25 basis points from third quarter 2015. Net interest margin was 3.50% for the first nine months of 2016 compared with 3.63% for the same period in 2015. Net interest income for the first nine months of 2016 decreased $83,000 to $14.65 million when compared with $14.73 million for the same period in 2015. 

Nonperforming assets were $4.57 million, or 0.73% of total assets, on September 30, 2016, compared with $3.83 million, or 0.64% of total assets, on September 30, 2015. The increase was primarily due to the addition of a single commercial loan. Included in nonperforming assets on September 30, 2016 were $3.22 million of nonperforming loans and $1.36 million of other real estate owned. The ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans at the period's end was 0.70% at September 30, 2016 compared with 0.50% at September 30, 2015.

Net loan charge-offs in the third quarter of 2016 were $609,000 compared with $8,000 in the third quarter of 2015. Net loan recoveries for the first nine months of 2016 were $732,000, or (0.16%) of average loans, compared with net loan charge-offs of $815,000, or 0.18% of average loans for the same period in 2015. Allowance for loan losses was $4.42 million or 0.97% of total loans on September 30, 2016 compared with $4.78 million or 1.03% of total loans on September 30, 2015. The allowance for loan losses coverage ratio was 1.37 times nonperforming loans on September 30, 2016 compared with 2.07 times for the same period in 2015.

Noninterest income decreased $591,000 to $1.29 million in the third quarter 2016 compared with $1.88 million in the same quarter in 2015 and decreased $839,000 to $4.01 million during the first nine months of 2016 compared with $4.85 million during the same period in 2015. The decrease resulted from a decline in trust and estate income and service charges on deposit accounts in the third quarter of 2016 as well as a one-time nontaxable death benefit received in the third quarter of 2015. Noninterest expense for the third quarter 2016 decreased $195,000 to $5.02 million compared with $5.21 million for the third quarter 2015. Noninterest expense for the first nine months of 2016 was $15.57 million compared with $15.58 million for the first nine months of 2015.

Shareholders' equity decreased $2.8 million to $54.3 million on September 30, 2016 compared with $57.1 million on September 30, 2015.  The book value per common share was $14.46 as of September 30, 2016.  Fauquier Bankshares' stock price closed at $15.03 per share on November 4, 2016. 

At September 30, 2016, the Bank's common equity tier 1 capital ratio and tier 1 risk-based capital ratio were 12.21%. The Bank's total risk-based ratio and leverage ratio were 13.15% and 9.16%, respectively, at September 30, 2016. The Bank exceeds all fully phased-in capital requirements of Basel III, effective January 1, 2019, at September 30, 2016.

Fauquier Bankshares, through its operating subsidiary, The Fauquier Bank is an independent, locally-owned, community bank offering a full range of financial services, including internet banking, mobile banking with mobile deposit, commercial, retail, insurance, wealth management, and financial planning services through eleven banking offices throughout Fauquier and Prince William counties in Virginia. Additional information is available at www.tfb.bank or by calling Investor Relations at (800) 638-3798.

This news release may contain "forward-looking statements" as defined by federal securities laws. These statements address issues that involve risks, uncertainties, estimates and assumptions made by management, and actual results could differ materially from the results contemplated by these forward-looking statements.  Factors that could have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects include, but are not limited to, changes in: interest rates and the shape of the interest rate yield curve, general economic conditions, legislative/regulatory policies, monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. Government, including policies of the U.S. Treasury, the FDIC and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the quality or composition of the loan and/or investment portfolios, demand for loan products, deposit flows, competition, demand for financial services in our market area, our plans to expand our branch network and increase our market share, and accounting principles, policies and guidelines. Other risk factors are detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Readers should consider these risks and uncertainties in evaluating our forward-looking statements and should not place undue reliance on such statements. We undertake no obligation to update these statements following the date of this news release.            

(1)    Net interest margin is calculated as fully taxable equivalent net interest income divided by average earning assets and represents the Company's net yield on its earning assets.

(2)    Efficiency ratio is computed by dividing non-interest expense less gains or losses on sale of other real estate owned by the sum of fully taxable equivalent net interest income and noninterest income, net of securities gains or losses.

*Reflects Basel III capital requirements effective January 1, 2015. When fully phased-in on January 1. 2019m the rules will require the Bank to maintain a minimum tier 1 leverage ratio of 4.0%, a minimum common equity tier 1 capital ratio of 4.5% plus a "capital conversation buffer" of 2.5% for a total of 7.0%, a tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 6.0% plus a "capital conservation buffer" of 2.5% for a total of 8.5%, and a total risk-based capital ratio of 8.0% plus a "capital conversation buffer" of 2.5% for a total of 10.5%.

(1)    Net interest margin is calculated as fully taxable equivalent net interest income divided by average earning assets and represents the Company's net yield on its earning assets.

(2)    Efficiency ratio is computed by dividing non-interest expense by the sum of fully taxable equivalent net interest income and non-interest income.

SOURCE Fauquier Bankshares, Inc.

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