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Exhibit 99.1
Sound Financial Reports Net Income of $496,000 for the First Quarter of 2011 on Improving Credit Quality Trends
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2011--Sound Financial Inc. (OTCBB:SNFL), holding company for Sound Community Bank, today reported net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 of $496,000, or $0.17 per diluted share, as compared to net income of $576,000, or $0.20 per diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 and net income of $57,000 or $0.02 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.
This is the fifth consecutive quarter of positive earnings for the company.
Highlights for the Quarter ended March 31, 2011 include:
Provision for loan losses decreased $600,000 to $825,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 compared to $1.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.
Nonperforming loans decreased $7.5 million, or 55.9% to $5.9 million from $13.4 million at March 31, 2010. Nonperforming loans, as a percentage of loans, decreased 251 basis points from 4.50% at March 31, 2010 to 1.99% at March 31, 2011.
Nonperforming assets decreased $6.3 million, or 41.0% to $9.0 million at March 31, 2011 from $15.3 million at March 31, 2010.
Net interest margin increased 105 basis points to 5.18% for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 compared to 4.13% for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.
Total equity increased $2.4 million, or 9.5% to $27.7 million at March 31, 2011 from $25.3 million at March 31, 2010. The bank remains “Well Capitalized” with a Tier 1 capital ratio of 8.25% and total risk-based capital ratio of 12.12% at March 31, 2011.
Laurie Stewart, President and CEO said, “We have worked diligently to reduce nonperforming assets and increase earnings and capital levels. We are pleased with our progress over the past five quarters but we remain focused on continued improvement as the general economic environment slowly improves. Our goal was to achieve an 8% Tier 1 capital ratio and a 12% total risk-based capital ratio by the end of the first quarter of 2011 and we exceeded both of these benchmarks.”
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| 3/31/2011 | 12/31/2010 | 3/31/2010 | |||||||||||||
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Selected Consolidated Financial Condition Data: |
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| Total assets | $ | 326,997 | $ | 334,639 | $ | 337,801 | |||||||||
| Total loans, net | 292,919 | 294,810 | 293,323 | ||||||||||||
| Loans held for sale | 79 | 902 | 2,333 | ||||||||||||
| Available-for-sale securities, at fair value | 3,642 | 4,541 | 12,383 | ||||||||||||
| Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost | 2,444 | 2,444 | 2,444 | ||||||||||||
| Bank-owned life insurance, net | 6,791 | 6,729 | 6,529 | ||||||||||||
| Other real estate owned and repossessed assets | 3,113 | 2,625 | 1,904 | ||||||||||||
| Total deposits | 273,733 | 278,494 | 287,931 | ||||||||||||
| Borrowings | 21,988 | 24,849 | 20,000 | ||||||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 27,674 | 26,902 | 25,268 | ||||||||||||
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| 3/31/2011 | 12/31/2010 | 3/31/2010 | |||||||||||||
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Selected Consolidated Operating Data: |
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| Total interest income | $ | 4,648 | $ | 4,690 | $ | 4,770 | |||||||||
| Total interest expense | 752 | 924 | 1,168 | ||||||||||||
| Net interest income | 3,896 | 3,766 | 3,602 | ||||||||||||
| Provision for loan losses | 825 | 1,500 | 1,425 | ||||||||||||
| Net interest income after provision for loan losses | 3,071 | 2,266 | 2,177 | ||||||||||||
| Service charges and fee income | 522 | 544 | 529 | ||||||||||||
| Fair value adjustment on mortgage servicing rights | 49 | 300 | - | ||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on sale of securities | (34 | ) | - | 75 | |||||||||||
| Other than temporary impairment on securities | (39 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
| Gain on sale of loans | 34 | 320 | 64 | ||||||||||||
| Other noninterest income | 147 | 309 | 516 | ||||||||||||
| Total noninterest income | 679 | 1,473 | 1,184 | ||||||||||||
| Total noninterest expense | 3,032 | 2,890 | 3,310 | ||||||||||||
| Income before provision (benefit) for income taxes | 718 | 849 | 50 | ||||||||||||
| Provision (benefit) for income taxes | 222 | 273 | (7 | ) | |||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 496 | $ | 576 | $ | 57 | |||||||||
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Selected Financial Ratios and Other Data: |
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| Performance ratios: | |||||||||||||||
| Return on assets | 0.60 | % | 0.69 | % | 0.07 | % | |||||||||
| Return on equity | 7.28 | % | 8.65 | % | 0.90 | % | |||||||||
| Net interest margin | 5.18 | % | 4.93 | % | 4.13 | % | |||||||||
| Noninterest income to operating revenue | 14.84 | % | 28.12 | % | 24.73 | % | |||||||||
| Noninterest expense to average total assets | 3.68 | % | 3.47 | % | 3.95 | % | |||||||||
| Average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities | 101.16 | % | 100.71 | % | 114.06 | % | |||||||||
| Efficiency ratio | 66.27 | % | 55.17 | % | 69.18 | % | |||||||||
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Asset quality ratios: |
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| Nonperforming assets to total assets | 2.76 | % | 2.96 | % | 4.53 | % | |||||||||
| Nonperforming loans to gross loans | 1.99 | % | 2.44 | % | 4.50 | % | |||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans | 74.71 | % | 60.82 | % | 30.05 | % | |||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses to gross loans | 1.49 | % | 1.48 | % | 1.35 | % | |||||||||
| Net charge-offs to average loans outstanding | 1.14 | % | 1.31 | % | 1.04 | % | |||||||||
| Consolidated capital ratios: | |||||||||||||||
| Tier 1 leverage | 8.25 | % | 7.89 | % | 7.45 | % | |||||||||
| Tier 1 risk-based | 10.87 | % | 10.42 | % | 10.09 | % | |||||||||
| Total risk-based | 12.12 | % | 11.67 | % | 11.34 | % | |||||||||
Sound Financial Inc. is the holding company for Sound Community Bank, a full-service bank, providing personal and business banking services in communities across the greater Puget Sound region. The Seattle-based company operates five full-service banking offices in King, Pierce, Snohomish and Clallam Counties, and is on the web at www.soundcb.com.
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CONTACT:
Sound Financial Inc.
Media:
Laurie Stewart,
206-448-0884 x-306
or
Financial:
Matt Deines, 206-448-0884 x-305