Regulatory Matters

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Banking and Thrift [Abstract] (Deprecated 2020-01-31)

Regulatory Matters

Regulatory Matters

The Bank, as a state-chartered, federally insured savings bank, is subject to the capital requirements established by the FDIC. Under the FDIC's capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the Bank's assets, liabilities and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The Bank's capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weighting and other factors.

The Company is a bank holding company registered with the Federal Reserve. Bank holding companies are subject to capital adequacy requirements of the Federal Reserve under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and the regulations of the Federal Reserve. For a bank holding company with less than $3.0 billion in assets, the capital guidelines apply on a bank only basis and the Federal Reserve expects the holding company's subsidiary banks to be well-capitalized under the prompt corrective action regulations. If Security Federal Corporation was subject to regulatory guidelines for bank holding companies with $3.0 billion or more in assets, it would have exceeded all regulatory capital requirements with Common Equity Tier 1 ("CET1") capital, Tier 1 leverage-based capital, Tier 1 risk-based capital and total risk-based capital ratios of 16.3%, 8.7%, 16.3% and 22.5%, respectively, at March 31, 2021.

Based on its capital levels at March 31, 2021, the Bank exceeded all regulatory capital requirements as of that date. Consistent with the Bank's goals to operate a sound and profitable organization, it is the Bank's policy to maintain a "well-capitalized" status under the regulatory capital categories of the FDIC. Based on capital levels at March 31, 2021, the Bank was considered to be "well-capitalized" under applicable regulatory requirements. Management monitors the capital levels to provide for current and future business opportunities and to maintain the Bank's "well-capitalized" status.

The tables below provide the Bank’s regulatory capital requirements and actual results at the dates indicated.

	Actual			For Capital Adequacy			To Be "Well-Capitalized"
	Amount		Ratio	Amount		Ratio	Amount		Ratio
March 31, 2021	Dollars in Thousands
Tier 1 Risk-Based Core Capital (To Risk Weighted Assets)	$	113,186	18.4%	$	36,878	6.0%	$	49,171	8.0%
Total Risk-Based Capital (To Risk Weighted Assets)	120,921		19.7%	49,171		8.0%	61,464		10.0%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital (To Risk Weighted Assets)	113,186		18.4%	27,659		4.5%	39,952		6.5%
Tier 1 Leverage (Core) Capital (To Adjusted Tangible Assets)	113,186		9.8%	46,218		4.0%	57,773		5.0%
December 31, 2020
Tier 1 Risk-Based Core Capital (To Risk Weighted Assets)	$	109,673	18.6%	$	35,330	6.0%	$	47,107	8.0%
Total Risk-Based Capital (To Risk Weighted Assets)	117,101		19.9%	47,107		8.0%	58,884		10.0%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital (To Risk Weighted Assets)	109,673		18.6%	26,498		4.5%	38,275		6.5%
Tier 1 Leverage (Core) Capital (To Adjusted Tangible Assets)	109,673		9.8%	44,957		4.0%	56,197		5.0%

In addition to the minimum capital requirements, the Bank must maintain a capital conservation buffer, which consists of additional CET1 capital greater than 2.5% of risk weighted assets above the required minimum levels in order to avoid limitations on paying dividends, repurchasing shares, and paying discretionary bonuses. At March 31, 2021 the Bank’s conservation buffer was 11.7%.