EX-99.1 2 d638413dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

Bank of the James Announces Third Quarter, Nine Months of 2018

Financial Results and Declaration of Dividend

Strong Year-Over-Year Earnings Growth, Loan and Deposit Expansion

LYNCHBURG, Va., October 19, 2018 — Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ:BOTJ), the parent company of Bank of the James, a full-service commercial and retail bank serving the greater Lynchburg area (Region 2000), and the Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, and Roanoke, Virginia markets, today announced unaudited results for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was $1.40 million or $0.32 per diluted share, up 38% compared with $1.02 million or $0.23 per diluted share for the three months ended September 30, 2017. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, net income rose 49% to $3.83 million or $0.87 per diluted share, compared with $2.56 million or $0.59 per diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Robert R. Chapman III, President and CEO, commented: “We continued to have balanced contributions from commercial and retail lending and banking activities, generating meaningful year-over-year interest income and non-interest income growth. Deposit growth of $47 million year-over-year, specifically an increase core deposits, reflected an ongoing focus on building full banking relationships with clients. Importantly, deposit growth has provided attractively priced financing to fund lending, and contributed to interest expense management and net interest margin improvement.”

Highlights

 

   

Commercial real estate (CRE), construction and multi-family housing loans were major contributors to the 15% growth of interest income from earning assets in the third quarter of 2018 compared with the third quarter of 2017.

 

   

Net interest income before the provision for loan losses was $5.99 million in the third quarter of 2018, up 13% from the third quarter of 2017, led primarily by growth in commercial lending.

 

   

Total noninterest income, primarily reflecting increased fee income from treasury services, income from the Company’s insurance and investments business, and continued strong gains on sales of residential mortgage loans, was up 17% in the nine months of 2018 compared with the nine months of 2017.

 

   

Deposits increased to a record $607.45 million at September 30, 2018, led by core deposit growth (noninterest-bearing demand, NOW, savings and money market accounts).

 

   

Total assets were a Company record $668.44 million at September 30, 2018.

 

   

Total nonperforming loans declined 45% at September 30, 2018 from December 31, 2017, contributing to strong asset quality ratios, including an improvement of nonperforming loans to total loans of 0.44% at September 30, 2018 from 0.87% at December 31, 2017. All asset quality ratios remained strong, reflecting loan portfolio strength.

 

   

Measures of productivity trended positively, as Return on Average Assets (ROAA) was 0.84% for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, up from 0.66% for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 (and up from 0.79% for the quarter ended June 30, 2018). Return on Average Equity (ROAE) increased significantly to 10.13% for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 from 7.75% for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 (and up from 9.67% for the quarter ended June 30, 2018). The Company’s efficiency ratio improved year-over-year.

 

   

Total stockholders’ equity increased to $53.12 million at September 30, 2018 from $51.67 million December 31, 2017, and retained earnings rose to $15.31 million from $12.27 million at year-end 2017. Based on the results achieved in the third quarter of 2018, on October 16, 2018 the Company’s board of directors approved a $0.06 per share dividend payable to stockholders of record on November 30, 2018, to be paid on December 14, 2018.


Chapman continued: “As we have grown the Company’s loan portfolio, we believe that we have been very focused in maintaining sound asset and credit quality by applying thorough credit risk assessment and ongoing loan quality monitoring. This contributed to a 45% reduction in the dollar amount of nonperforming loans since the beginning of 2018, and improved asset quality ratios, including a meaningful reduction in the ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans since the beginning of the year. An expanded banking team, and continued traction in Roanoke, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg and most recently Appomattox and Blacksburg, while managing operating expenses and maintaining asset quality, have contributed to our long-term goals of improved returns on our asset base and generating accelerating, predictable earnings growth.”

Third Quarter, Nine Months of 2018 Operational Review

Total interest income was $6.98 million in the third quarter of 2018, up 15% from $6.07 million a year earlier. The primary driver of interest income growth in the third quarter and nine months of 2018 was an increase in loans combined with an increase in interest rates. Although interest expense rose year-over-year with an increase in deposits and market driven rate increases, net interest income was up 13% to $5.99 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 compared with a year earlier. Net interest income in the nine months of 2018 increased 12% compared with a year earlier.

The Company’s provision for loan losses was 5% lower in the third quarter of 2018 compared with a year earlier, and 29% lower in the nine months of 2018 compared with a year earlier. The third quarter of 2018 loan loss provision was $190,000, down from $200,000 in the third quarter of 2017, and the loan loss provision in the nine months of 2018 was $527,000, compared with $745,000 in the first nine months of 2017.

Net interest income after provision for loan losses in the third quarter of 2018 was $5.80 million compared with $5.08 million in the third quarter of 2017. Net interest income after provision for loan losses in the nine months of 2018 was $16.60 million compared with $14.52 million a year earlier.

Commercial lending growth, increased rates, and relative stability in the interest rate spread contributed to a 3.80% net interest margin in the third quarter of 2018, up from 3.69% a year earlier. The net interest margin for the nine months of 2018 expanded to 3.73% from 3.68% in the nine months of 2017. Average rates on total earning assets for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 were 4.47%, compared to 4.20% a year earlier.

Noninterest income, including gains from the sale of residential mortgages to the secondary market, revenue contributions from BOTJ Investment Services, and income from the Bank’s line of treasury management services for commercial customers supported continued positive quarterly growth. Noninterest income rose modestly in the third quarter of 2018 compared with the third quarter of 2017, and was up more than 17% for the nine months of 2018 to $4.05 million from $3.45 million for nine months of 2017.

Ongoing strong residential mortgage origination activity supported a strong pipeline of loans held for sale, which generated gains on sale to the secondary market of $767,000 in the third quarter of 2018, compared with $694,000 in the third quarter of 2017. For the nine months of 2018, gains on the sales of loans held for sale were$2.26 million, compared with $1.66 million for the comparable period in 2017.

Chapman noted: “We have been extremely grateful for the tremendous accomplishments of our Bank of the James Mortgage team in all our served markets including our most recent establishment of a mortgage office in Blacksburg. The team’s professionalism and willingness to go the extra mile for customers, combined with a finely tuned and efficient approval and closing process, has time and again earned referrals from customers, real estate agents, and home builders.

“A focus on mortgage origination has allowed us to emphasize the service and capabilities that Bank of the James is known for, while managing the Company’s risk profile by placing closed mortgages in the secondary market. This has proven to be a very successful strategy.”

Income from service charges, fees and commissions, which included growing fee income from the Company’s suite of treasury services for businesses and income from BOTJ Investment Services, was $547,000 in the third quarter of 2018, relatively stable compared with the third quarter of 2017, and up significantly from $465,000 in the second quarter of 2018. Income of $1.48 million for the nine months of 2018 increased from $1.38 million for the nine months of 2017.

 

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Noninterest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was $5.47 million compared with $4.98 million a year earlier, primarily reflecting increased personnel expenses from a larger team of producing individuals, equipment expense, OREO expense, and to a lesser extent, professional expenses, and data processing expenses. In the nine months of 2018, noninterest expense was $15.87 million compared with $14.24 million in the nine months of 2017.

Balance Sheet Review: Growth, Asset Quality

Total assets rose to a Company record $668.44 million. The primary driver of asset growth continues to be loans held for investment, net of the allowance for loan losses, which totaled $524.10 million, up from $491.02 million at December 31, 2017. Loans held for sale were $2.53 million. Fair market value of securities available-for-sale was $52.33 million compared with $55.31 million at December 31, 2017.

The Company’s commercial loan portfolio realized year-over-year growth in several categories. Non-owner occupied commercial real estate (primarily commercial and investment property), increased 30% to $71.10 million at September 30, 2018 from $54.73 million a year earlier. Owner-occupied commercial real estate of $102.32 million was up 3% from a year earlier, and mortgages on multi-family properties increased 24% at September 30, 2018 from a year earlier. Construction lending, primarily reflecting continued strong residential home construction activity, was up 20% from a year earlier. Agricultural and consumer loans experienced double-digit growth compared with a year earlier, and residential mortgages and home equity loans were relatively stable.

Total deposits at September 30, 2018 rose to $607.45 million from $567.49 million at December 31, 2017. Much of the deposit growth reflected increased noninterest bearing demand accounts, which grew to $89.84 million at September 30, 2018 from $74.10 million at December 31, 2017, and core interest bearing accounts (NOW, money market and savings), which increased to $329.87 million from $307.99 million during the same period. Core deposits comprised approximately 70% of total deposits.

Asset quality remained strong, with a ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans of 0.44% at September 30, 2018, compared with 0.87% at December 31, 2017. As previously noted, nonperforming loans declined 45% from December 31, 2017 levels, while total nonperforming assets, inclusive of Other Real Estate Owned (OREO), declined 31% from year-end 2017 to $4.81 million. The Company’s allowance for loan losses was $4.56 million, with a ratio of 0.86% of allowance for loan losses to total loans and a 194% loss allowance to nonperforming loans.

The Company grew measures of stockholder value. Total stockholders’ equity was $53.12 million at September 30, 2018, up from $51.67 million at December 31, 2017. Retained earnings increased to $15.31 million, up from $12.27 million at December 31, 2017.Tangible book value per share increased to $12.13 at September 30, 2018 from $11.80 at December 31, 2017. The Bank’s regulatory capital ratios continued to exceed accepted regulatory standards for a well-capitalized institution.

About the Company

Bank of the James, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. opened for business in July 1999 and is headquartered in Lynchburg, Virginia. The bank operates 13 banking offices, three limited services offices, and two loan production offices in Virginia serving Altavista, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Charlottesville, Forest, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, Madison Heights, and Roanoke. The bank offers full investment and insurance services through its BOTJ Investment Services division and BOTJ Insurance, Inc. subsidiary. The bank provides mortgage loan origination through Bank of the James Mortgage, a division of Bank of the James. Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. common stock is listed under the symbol “BOTJ” on the NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC. Additional information on the Company is available at www.bankofthejames.bank.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “plan” and similar expressions and variations thereof identify certain of such forward-looking statements which speak only as of the dates on which they were made. Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) undertakes no obligation to

 

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publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Such factors include, but are not limited to, competition, general economic conditions, potential changes in interest rates, and changes in the value of real estate securing loans made by Bank of the James (the “Bank”), a subsidiary of the Company. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those in the forward-looking statements is contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and previously filed by the Bank (as predecessor of the Company) with the Federal Reserve Board.

CONTACT: J. Todd Scruggs, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (434) 846-2000.

tscruggs@bankofthejames.com

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOLLOW

 

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Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data

unaudited

 

Selected Data:

   Three
months
ending
Sep 30,
2018
     Three
months
ending
Sep 30,
2017
     Change     Year
to
date
Sep 30,
2018
     Year
to
date
Sep 30,
2017
     Change  

Interest income

   $ 6,980      $ 6,070        14.99   $ 19,860      $ 17,430        13.94

Interest expense

     990        786        25.95     2,736        2,168        26.20

Net interest income

     5,990        5,284        13.36     17,124        15,262        12.20

Provision for loan losses

     190        200        -5.00     527        745        -29.26

Noninterest income

     1,420        1,389        2.23     4,047        3,454        17.17

Noninterest expense

     5,465        4,984        9.65     15,868        14,237        11.46

Income taxes

     351        474        -25.95     949        1,172        -19.03

Net income

     1,404        1,015        38.33     3,827        2,562        49.38

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic

     4,378,436        4,378,436        —         4,378,436        4,378,436        —    

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted

     4,378,436        4,378,519        (83     4,378,466        4,378,524        (88

Basic net income per share

   $ 0.32      $ 0.23      $ 0.09     $ 0.87      $ 0.59      $ 0.28  

Fully diluted net income per share

   $ 0.32      $ 0.23      $ 0.09     $ 0.87      $ 0.59      $ 0.28  

Balance Sheet at

period end:

   Sep 30,
2018
     Dec 31,
2017
     Change     Sep 30,
2017
     Dec 31,
2016
     Change  

Loans, net

   $ 524,104      $ 491,022        6.74   $ 493,764      $ 464,353        6.33

Loans held for sale

     2,529        2,626        -3.69     1,502        3,833        -60.81

Total securities

     56,036        61,025        -8.18     52,946        44,075        20.13

Total deposits

     607,447        567,493        7.04     560,515        523,112        7.15

Stockholders’ equity

     53,117        51,665        2.81     51,792        49,421        4.80

Total assets

     668,438        626,341        6.72     619,336        574,195        7.86

Shares outstanding

     4,378,436        4,378,436        —         4,378,436        4,378,436        —    

Book value per share

   $ 12.13      $ 11.80      $ 0.33     $ 11.83      $ 11.29      $ 0.54  

Daily averages:

   Three
months
ending
Sep 30,
2018
     Three
months
ending
Sep 30,
2017
     Change     Year
to
date
Sep 30,
2018
     Year
to
date
Sep 30,
2017
     Change  

Loans, net

   $ 522,944      $ 487,051        7.37   $ 511,573      $ 474,455        7.82

Loans held for sale

     3,134        3,169        -1.10     3,096        2,309        34.08

Total securities

     60,281        54,791        10.02     61,302        53,293        15.03

Total deposits

     602,549        551,629        9.23     590,319        535,203        10.30

Stockholders’ equity

     54,967        51,984        5.74     53,917        51,482        4.73

Interest earning assets

     625,693        574,214        8.97     614,290        554,642        10.75

Interest bearing liabilities

     519,235        436,510        18.95     490,947        425,959        15.26

Total assets

     663,685        612,447        8.37     651,489        592,974        9.87

 

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Financial Ratios:

   Three
months
ending
Sep 30,
2018
    Three
months
ending
Sep 30,
2017
    Change     Year
to
date
Sep 30,
2018
    Year
to
date
Sep 30,
2017
    Change  

Return on average assets

     0.84     0.66     0.18       0.79     0.58     0.21  

Return on average equity

     10.13     7.75     2.38       9.49     6.65     2.84  

Net interest margin

     3.80     3.69     0.11       3.73     3.68     0.05  

Efficiency ratio

     73.75     74.69     (0.94     74.95     76.07     (1.12

Average equity to average assets

     8.28     8.49     (0.21     8.28     8.68     (0.41

Allowance for loan losses:

   Three
months
ending
Sep 30,
2018
    Three
months
ending
Sep 30,
2017
    Change     Year
to
date
Sep 30,
2018
    Year
to
date
Sep 30,
2017
    Change  

Beginning balance

   $ 4,688     $ 6,132       -23.55   $ 4,752     $ 5,716       -16.86

Provision for losses

     190       200       -5.00     527       745       -29.26

Charge-offs

     (324     (325     -0.31     (879     (551     59.53

Recoveries

     7       13       -46.15     161       110       46.36

Ending balance

     4,561       6,020       -24.24     4,561       6,020       -24.24

Nonperforming assets:

   Sep 30,
2018
    Dec 31,
2017
    Change     Sep 30,
2017
    Dec 31,
2016
    Change  

Total nonperforming loans

   $ 2,350     $ 4,308       -45.45   $ 2,334     $ 2,550       -8.47

Other real estate owned

     2,455       2,650       -7.36     2,639       2,370       11.35

Total nonperforming assets

     4,805       6,958       -30.94     4,973       4,920       1.08

Troubled debt restructurings - (performing portion)

     428       440       -2.73     444       455       -2.42

Asset quality ratios:

   Sep 30,
2018
    Dec 31,
2017
    Change     Sep 30,
2017
    Dec 31,
2016
    Change  

Nonperforming loans to total loans

     0.44     0.87     (0.43     0.47     0.54     (0.07

Allowance for loan losses to total loans

     0.86     0.96     (0.10     1.20     1.22     (0.02

Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans

     194.09     110.31     83.78       257.93     224.16     33.77  

 

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Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     (unaudited)
9/30/2018
    12/31/2017  

Assets

    

Cash and due from banks

   $ 25,849     $ 20,267  

Federal funds sold

     24,615       16,751  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cash and cash equivalents

     50,464       37,018  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Securities held-to-maturity (fair value of $3,394 in 2018 and $5,619 in 2017)

     3,703       5,713  

Securities available-for-sale, at fair value

     52,333       55,312  

Restricted stock, at cost

     1,462       1,505  

Loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $4,561 in 2018 and $4,752 in 2017

     524,104       491,022  

Loans held for sale

     2,529       2,626  

Premises and equipment, net

     11,862       11,890  

Software, net

     218       165  

Interest receivable

     1,876       1,713  

Cash value - bank owned life insurance

     13,274       13,018  

Other real estate owned

     2,455       2,650  

Income taxes receivable

     1,315       1,366  

Deferred tax asset

     1,840       1,418  

Other assets

     1,003       925  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 668,438     $ 626,341  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

    

Deposits

    

Noninterest bearing demand

     89,844       74,102  

NOW, money market and savings

     329,870       307,987  

Time

     187,733       185,404  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deposits

     607,447       567,493  

Capital notes

     5,000       5,000  

Interest payable

     131       111  

Other liabilities

     2,743       2,072  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 615,321     $ 574,676  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

    

Common stock $2.14 par value; authorized 10,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 4,378,436 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017

     9,370       9,370  

Additional paid-in-capital

     31,495       31,495  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (3,057     (1,469

Retained earnings

     15,309       12,269  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

   $ 53,117     $ 51,665  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 668,438     $ 626,341  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Bank of the James Financial Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Income

(dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

     For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
     For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
     2018      2017      2018      2017  

Interest Income

           

Loans

   $ 6,460      $ 5,683      $ 18,329      $ 16,336  

Securities

           

US Government and agency obligations

     187        131        571        365  

Mortgage backed securities

     62        71        196        214  

Municipals

     83        88        248        258  

Dividends

     9        7        40        42  

Other (Corporates)

     23        24        70        81  

Interest bearing deposits

     60        21        151        53  

Federal Funds sold

     96        45        255        81  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest income

     6,980        6,070        19,860        17,430  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest Expense

           

Deposits

           

NOW, money market savings

     261        186        684        530  

Time Deposits

     597        460        1,641        1,287  

FHLB borrowings

     —          —          17        —    

Reverse repurchase agreements

     —          13        —          13  

Brokered time deposits

     82        77        244        201  

Capital notes

     50        50        150        137  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total interest expense

     990        786        2,736        2,168  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net interest income

     5,990        5,284        17,124        15,262  

Provision for loan losses

     190        200        527        745  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

            5,800               5,084             16,597             14,517  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Noninterest income

           

Gains on sale of loans held for sale

     767        694        2,260        1,663  

Service charges, fees and commissions

     547        549        1,476        1,377  

Increase in cash value of life insurance

     86        86        256        259  

Other

     20        9        55        42  

Gain on sales of available-for-sale securities

     —          51        —          113  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noninterest income

     1,420        1,389        4,047        3,454  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Noninterest expenses

           

Salaries and employee benefits

     2,853        2,538        8,398        7,314  

Occupancy

     388        390        1,143        1,127  

Equipment

     414        360        1,191        1,146  

Supplies

     124        133        413        390  

Professional, data processing, and other outside expense

     761        735        2,413        2,112  

Marketing

     165        212        492        596  

Credit expense

     241        225        478        456  

Other real estate expenses

     110        42        236        78  

FDIC insurance expense

     99        94        299        285  

Other

     310        255        805        733  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total noninterest expenses

     5,465        4,984        15,868        14,237  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     1,755        1,489        4,776        3,734  

Income tax expense

     351        474        949        1,172  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Income

   $ 1,404      $ 1,015      $ 3,827      $ 2,562  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic

     4,378,436        4,378,436        4,378,436        4,378,436  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted

     4,378,436        4,378,519        4,378,466        4,378,524  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income per common share - basic

   $ 0.32      $ 0.23      $ 0.87      $ 0.59  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income per common share - diluted

   $ 0.32      $ 0.23      $ 0.87      $ 0.59  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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