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8-K - CURRENT REPORT - BCSB Bancorp Inc.bcsb8kjan30-12.htm

PRESS RELEASE
FOR RELEASE JANUARY 30, 2012 AT 4:00 P.M.

For More Information Contact
Joseph J. Bouffard
(410) 248-9130
BCSB Bancorp, Inc.
Baltimore County Savings Bank

BCSB BANCORP, INC. REPORTS RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2011

BCSB Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BCSB), the holding company for Baltimore County Savings Bank (the “Bank”) reported net income of $462,000 for the three month period ended December 31, 2011, which represents the first quarter of its 2012 fiscal year, as compared to net income of $45,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2010. For comparison purposes, when consideration is given to dividends and discount accretion on preferred shares issued under the U.S. Treasury’s TARP Capital Purchase Program, the Company reported net income available to common stockholders of $462,000 or $0.15 per basic and diluted share for the three months ended December 31, 2011, compared to a net loss available to common stockholders of $111,000 or ($0.04) per basic and diluted common share for the three months ended December 31, 2010. The Company repaid TARP on January 26, 2011 without raising additional capital, which would have been dilutive to shareholders.

During the three months ended December 31, 2011, earnings were favorably impacted by lower loan loss provisions and, to a lesser extent, increased net interest income as compared to the corresponding period during the prior fiscal year.

The drop in loan loss provisions during the three months ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the prior year was directly related to a decline in nonperforming assets and loan charge-offs during the period. Foreclosed real estate decreased by $1.7 million, or 57%, from $3.0 million at September 30, 2011 to $1.3 million at December 31, 2011 as the Company was able to dispose of a certain commercial and residential properties. Nonperforming loans also declined during the period from $18.3 million at September 30, 2011 to $17.2 million at December 31, 2011. Total nonperforming assets were $18.5 million at December 31, 2011 versus $21.3 million at September 30, 2011.

The increase in net interest income during the three months ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2010 was primarily due to higher average balances related to the mortgage-backed securities portfolio combined with a declining cost of funds rate on the deposit portfolio. These increases in net interest income were partially offset by lower interest income from the Company’s loan portfolio, which declined by $9.5 million during the three months ended December 31, 2011.

President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph J. Bouffard commented “We continue to make progress in our efforts to resolve asset quality issues, including disposition of foreclosed real estate. Nonperforming assets are down, as are loan charge-offs. Earnings have shown improvement and our interest rate spread has expanded. These are positive trends that we continually work hard to strengthen.”

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking, as that term is defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or the Securities and Exchange Commission in its rules, regulations and releases. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby.  All forward-looking statements are based on current expectations regarding important risk factors, including but not limited to real estate values, market conditions, the impact of interest rates on financing, local and national economic factors and the matters described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2011.  Accordingly, actual results may differ from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, and the making of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that results expressed herein will be achieved.



 
 

 

BCSB Bancorp, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition
(Unaudited)

   
December 31,
   
September 30,
 
   
2011
   
2011
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
 
ASSETS
           
Cash equivalents and time deposits
  $ 74,336     $ 60,108  
Investment Securities, available for sale
    4,816       6,919  
Loans Receivable, net
    355,341       364,843  
Mortgage-backed Securities, available for sale
    166,805       150,879  
Foreclosed Real Estate
    1,275       2,999  
Premises and Equipment, net
    10,336       9,932  
Bank Owned Life Insurance
    16,334       16,228  
Other Assets
    14,394       12,948  
Total Assets
  $ 643,637     $ 624,856  
                 
                 
LIABILITIES
               
Deposits
  $ 560,446     $ 550,014  
Junior Subordinated Debentures
    17,011       17,011  
Accounts Payable Trade Date Securities
    7,966       --  
Other Liabilities
    6,060       5,872  
Total Liabilities
    591,483       572,897  
Total Stockholders’ Equity
    52,154       51,959  
Total Liabilities & Stockholders’ Equity
  $ 643,637     $ 624,856  

 
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
 

 
   
Three Months ended
December 31,
     
   
2011
 
2010
     
   
(Dollars in thousands except per share data)
     
         
Interest income
 
$
6,701
   
$
6,805
   
Interest expense
   
1,931
     
2,346
   
Net interest income
   
4,770
     
4,459
   
Provision for loan losses
   
300
     
800
   
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
   
4,470
     
3,659
   
Total non-interest income
   
544
     
784
   
Total non-interest expenses
   
4,315
     
4,455
   
Income (Loss) before tax expense
   
699
     
(12
)
 
Income tax expense (benefit)
   
237
     
(57
)
 
Net income
   
462
     
45
   
Preferred stock dividends and discount accretion
   
--
     
(156
)
 
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
 
$
462
   
$
(111
)
 
                   
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per common share
 
$
.15
   
$
(.04
)
 

 
 

 

Summary of Financial Highlights
(Unaudited)
 
   
Three Months ended
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
       
 
           
Return on average assets (Annualized)
    .29 %     .03 %
Return on average equity (Annualized)
    3.55 %     .29 %
 
               
Interest rate spread
    3.24 %     2.99 %
Net interest margin
    3.26 %     3.06 %
 
               
Efficiency ratio
    81.20 %     84.87 %
Ratio of average interest earning assets/interest bearing liabilities
    101.96 %     104.21 %
                 

 
Allowance for Loan Losses
(Unaudited)
 
   
Three Months ended
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
    (Dollars in thousands)  
 
           
Allowance at beginning of period
  $ 4,768     $ 6,634  
Provision for loan losses
    300       800  
Recoveries
    12       22  
Charge-offs
    (16 )     (286 )
Allowance at end of period
  $ 5,064     $ 7,170  
 
               
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans
    1.40 %     1.82 %
 
               
Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans      29.46 %      52.50 %


Non-Performing Assets
(Unaudited)
 
   
At December 31,
2011
 
At September 30,
 2011
 
At December 31,
2010
 
   
(Dollars in thousands)
             
 
Nonaccrual Loans:
                         
 
Commercial
 
$
9,070
   
$
9,895
   
$
10,985
   
 
Residential Real Estate (1)
   
6,968
     
7,715
     
2,003
   
 
Consumer
   
20
     
20
     
--
   
 
Total Nonaccrual Loans (2)
   
16,058
     
17,630
     
12,988
   
 
Accruing Troubled Debt Restructurings
   
1,133
     
656
     
670
   
 
                    Total Nonperforming Loans
   
17,191
     
18,286
     
13,658
   
 
Foreclosed Real Estate
   
1,275
     
2,999
     
186
   
 
Total Nonperforming Assets
 
$
18,466
   
$
21,285
   
$
13,844
   
                             
 
Nonperforming Loans to Loans Receivable
   
4.84%
     
5.01%
     
3.55%
   
                             
 
Nonperforming Assets to Total Assets
   
2.87%
     
3.41%
     
2.22%
   
 
  (1)
Includes residential owner occupied properties and residential rental investor properties.
 
  (2)
Nonaccrual status denotes loans on which, in the opinion of management, the collection of additional interest is questionable.  Also included in this category at December 31, 2011 are $7.5 million in Troubled Debt Restructurings, all but $20,000 of which were not delinquent.  Reporting guidance requires disclosure of these loans as nonaccrual until the loans have performed according to the modified terms for a sustained period.