BROOKFIELD, Wis., Jan. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company” or "CIB Marine”) (OTCQX: CIBH), the holding company of CIBM Bank (the "Bank”), announced its unaudited results of operations and financial condition for the quarter and year ending December 31, 2024. Earnings for the year are up $4.6 million compared to 2023, the Company redeemed the remainder of its Preferred Stock during the fourth quarter, the net interest margin has improved from the last quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024, and the Mortgage Division had its best year since 2021.
Net income allocated to common shareholders for the year was $5.8 million, or $4.32 basic and $3.38 diluted earnings per share, compared to $0.9 million, or $0.66 basic and $0.49 diluted earnings per share, for the same period of 2023. Excluding the effects of the non-recurring sale-leaseback transaction gain on sale reported in the second quarter of 2024, net income for the year ended December 31, 2024, was $2.5 million, or $1.87 basic and $1.46 diluted earnings per share.
Financial highlights for the quarter and year include:
- Net interest margins (NIM) have generally trended up over the course the year. The Company's NIM also showed an upward trend through most of 2024, starting at 2.29% in the first quarter and climbing to 2.55% in the third quarter. The NIM had a slight decline to 2.44% in the fourth quarter, mainly due to an accrued interest charge-off related to a $2.5 million non-accrual loan and volatility in the net interest margin caused by Fed rate changes. Net interest income declined in 2024 primarily due to cost of funds pressure compared to 2023, with the cost of interest-bearing liabilities up 102 basis points for the year due to the high level of bank deposit rates and competition.
- Loan portfolio balances decreased $25 million over the year due to high loan rates and the Company's balance sheet management strategy in support of the redemption of the remaining preferred stock. With the preferred stock redemptions completed we plan to resume growing the loan portfolio in 2025. Deposits decreased $35 million for the year due primarily to declines in our money market savings accounts reflecting rate cuts in the latter half of the year and increased demand for time deposits.
- As of December 31, 2024, non-performing assets, OREO, modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty, and loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing to total assets and nonaccrual loans to total loans ratios were 0.98% and 0.81%, respectively, compared to 0.90% and 0.50%, respectively, on December 31, 2023. The primary reason for the increase in the ratios over the time-period is due to three non-accrual credit relationships with borrowers in or related to the transportation industry. One of the non-accrual loans is a loan that was reported as 90 plus days and still accruing in the third quarter of 2024.
- As of December 31, 2024, the allowance for credit losses on loans ("ACLL”) to loans was 1.26% compared to 1.27% on December 31, 2023. Over the course of 2023 and 2024, forecasts for gross domestic product and unemployment generally improved while certain qualitative factors related to loan performance deteriorated, as reflected in the increase in our asset quality ratios discussed above.
- For the year ending December 31, 2024, Banking Division net income was $6.5 million, which is up from $2.3 million for the same period in 2023. Excluding the sale-leaseback gain on sale, Banking Division net income for 2024 was $3.2 million. Improvements were the result of cost save initiatives, improving the trend in the net interest margin over the course of the year, and adjustments in the provision for credit losses on loans. The Mortgage Division improved to a $0.1 million net loss compared to $0.7 million net loss in 2023, the result of cost save initiatives while maintaining loan production levels similar to those in 2023, despite the continued challenges of high mortgage rates and housing affordability.
He concluded, "We can't overstate the significance of the final preferred stock redemption. We have simplified our capital structure and eliminated the potentially dilutive impact on our common stock, while improving our book value. Our focus for 2025 is earnings, efficiency and building a brighter future for the organization and its shareholders.”
CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. is the holding company for CIBM Bank, which operates nine banking offices in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana, and has mortgage loan officers and/or offices in nine states. More information on the Company is available at www.cibmarine.com, including recent shareholder letters, links to regulatory financial reports, and audited financial statements.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
CIB Marine has made statements in this release that may constitute "forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. CIB Marine intends these forward-looking statements to be subject to the safe harbor created thereby and is including this statement to avail itself of the safe harbor. Forward-looking statements are identified generally by statements containing words and phrases such as "may,” "project,” "are confident,” "should be,” "intend,” "predict,” "believe,” "plan,” "expect,” "estimate,” "anticipate” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements reflect CIB Marine's current views with respect to future events and financial performance that are subject to many uncertainties and factors relating to CIB Marine's operations and the business environment, which could change at any time.
There are inherent difficulties in predicting factors that may affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements.
Stockholders should note that many factors, some of which are discussed elsewhere in this Earnings Release and in the documents that are incorporated by reference, could affect the future financial results of CIB Marine and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference in this document. These factors, many of which are beyond CIB Marine's control, include but are not limited to:
- operating, legal, execution, credit, market, security (including cyber), and regulatory risks;
- economic, political, and competitive forces affecting CIB Marine's banking business;
- the impact on net interest income and securities values from changes in monetary policy and general economic and political conditions; and
- the risk that CIB Marine's analyses of these risks and forces could be incorrect and/or that the strategies developed to address them could be unsuccessful.
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| Selected Unaudited Consolidated Financial Data | |||||||||||||||
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| Quarters Ended | 12 Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
| December 31, | September 30, | June 30, | March 31, | December 31, | December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||
| 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
| (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data) | |||||||||||||||
| Selected Statement of Operations Data: | |||||||||||||||
| Interest and dividend income | $ | 11,408 | $ | 12,283 | $ | 12,052 | $ | 11,801 | $ | 11,328 | $ | 47,544 | $ | 39,069 | |
| Interest expense | 6,259 | 6,707 | 6,897 | 6,840 | 6,190 | 26,703 | 17,614 | ||||||||
| Net interest income | 5,149 | 5,576 | 5,155 | 4,961 | 5,138 | 20,841 | 21,455 | ||||||||
| Provision for (reversal of) credit losses | (332) | (113) | 10 | (28) | 135 | (463) | (92) | ||||||||
| Net interest income after provision for (reversal of) credit losses | 5,481 | 5,689 | 5,145 | 4,989 | 5,003 | 21,304 | 21,547 | ||||||||
| Noninterest income (1) | 1,724 | 2,897 | 6,904 | 1,627 | 1,824 | 13,152 | 8,900 | ||||||||
| Noninterest expense | 6,678 | 7,163 | 6,904 | 6,421 | 6,669 | 27,166 | 27,938 | ||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 527 | 1,423 | 5,145 | 195 | 158 | 7,290 | 2,509 | ||||||||
| Income tax expense | 123 | 347 | 1,361 | 17 | 1,050 | 1,848 | 1,629 | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | 404 | $ | 1,076 | $ | 3,784 | $ | 178 | $ | (892) | $ | 5,442 | $ | 880 | |
| Common Share Data: | |||||||||||||||
| Basic net income (loss) per share (2) | $ | 0.60 | $ | 0.79 | $ | 2.79 | $ | 0.13 | $ | (0.67) | $ | 4.32 | $ | 0.66 | |
| Diluted net income (loss) per share (2) | 0.54 | 0.59 | 2.06 | 0.10 | (0.67) | 3.38 | 0.49 | ||||||||
| Dividend | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Tangible book value per share (3) | 57.37 | 57.80 | 55.36 | 52.59 | 53.35 | 57.37 | 53.35 | ||||||||
| Book value per share (3) | 57.42 | 56.06 | 53.61 | 50.84 | 51.58 | 57.42 | 51.58 | ||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - basic | 1,357,737 | 1,357,259 | 1,356,255 | 1,341,181 | 1,334,163 | 1,352,585 | 1,324,131 | ||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted | 1,507,344 | 1,833,586 | 1,833,881 | 1,820,498 | 1,813,207 | 1,729,521 | 1,811,975 | ||||||||
| Financial Condition Data: | |||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 866,474 | $ | 888,283 | $ | 901,634 | $ | 897,595 | $ | 899,060 | $ | 866,474 | $ | 899,060 | |
| Loans | 697,093 | 707,310 | 719,129 | 736,019 | 722,084 | 697,093 | 722,084 | ||||||||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans | (8,790) | (8,973) | (9,083) | (9,087) | (9,136) | (8,790) | (9,136) | ||||||||
| Investment securities | 120,339 | 120,349 | 123,814 | 119,300 | 131,529 | 120,339 | 131,529 | ||||||||
| Deposits | 692,378 | 747,168 | 768,984 | 772,377 | 727,565 | 692,378 | 727,565 | ||||||||
| Borrowings | 81,735 | 33,583 | 28,222 | 32,120 | 76,956 | 81,735 | 76,956 | ||||||||
| Stockholders' equity | 77,961 | 92,358 | 89,008 | 85,091 | 85,075 | 77,961 | 85,075 | ||||||||
| Financial Ratios and Other Data: | |||||||||||||||
| Performance Ratios: | |||||||||||||||
| Net interest margin (4) | 2.44% | 2.55% | 2.38% | 2.29% | 2.41% | 2.42% | 2.72% | ||||||||
| Net interest spread (5) | 1.74% | 1.80% | 1.71% | 1.63% | 1.79% | 1.72% | 2.18% | ||||||||
| Noninterest income to average assets (6) | 0.82% | 1.25% | 3.09% | 0.73% | 0.78% | 1.48% | 1.08% | ||||||||
| Noninterest expense to average assets | 3.06% | 3.17% | 3.09% | 2.87% | 3.00% | 3.05% | 3.40% | ||||||||
| Efficiency ratio (7) | 96.17% | 85.32% | 57.19% | 97.20% | 97.13% | 79.86% | 92.13% | ||||||||
| Earnings (loss) on average assets (8) | 0.19% | 0.48% | 1.69% | 0.08% | -0.40 | 0.61% | 0.11% | ||||||||
| Earnings (loss) on average equity (9) | 1.94% |
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