NBT Bancorp Inc. Announces Record Net Income of $112.6 Million and Diluted Earnings per Share of $2.56; Declares Cash Dividend

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NORWICH, N.Y., Jan. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NBT Bancorp Inc. ("NBT" or the "Company") NBTB reported record net income and diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Net income for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $112.6 million, up 37.0% from $82.2 million for the prior year driven by net interest margin expansion, loan growth, strong asset quality and a reduction in tax expense due to tax reform. Diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $2.56, as compared with $1.87 for the prior year, an increase of 37%.

Net income for the three months ended December 31, 2018 was $28.7 million, down 3.9% from $29.8 million for the third quarter of 2018 and up 62.5% from $17.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2017. Diluted earnings per share for the three months ended December 31, 2018 was $0.65, as compared with $0.68 for the prior quarter, a decrease of 4.4%, and $0.40 for the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of 63%.

Highlights:

  • Diluted earnings per share up 37% from prior year
  • Earnings in excess of $100 million for the first time in the 163 year history of the Company
  • Loan growth for the year ended December 31, 2018 of 4.6%
  • Average demand deposits for the year ended December 31, 2018 up 4.7% over 2017
  • FTE net interest margin of 3.58% for year ended December 31, 2018 up 11 bps from 2017
  • Recognized a one-time $5.5 million tax benefit in the fourth quarter
  • Recorded a $6.6 million loss on securities sold in the fourth quarter related to the restructuring of the investment portfolio
  • Full cycle deposit beta of 6.9% through the quarter ending December 31, 20181

"As our 2018 results demonstrate, NBT had a strong year. We achieved record net income for the sixth consecutive year and a new annual EPS record," said NBT President and CEO John H. Watt, Jr. "This strong performance was delivered by a focused and aligned team across all lines of business. They concentrate on the fundamentals of our business, including low-cost deposit gathering, loan growth and strong asset quality, while continuing to grow our fee-based business, including the RPS acquisition in the second quarter. At the same time we continued to invest in enhancing the customer experience and digitizing our offerings. As we continue to grow the Company and build shareholder value, we were pleased to increase the cash dividend paid to shareholders on two occasions in 2018 for a combined increase of 13%."

Net interest income for the year ended 2018 was $305.6 million, up $22.1 million, or 7.8%, from 2017. The fully taxable equivalent ("FTE") net interest margin of 3.58% for the year ended December 31, 2018, was up from 3.47% for the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to asset yields increasing 24 basis points ("bps"), more than offsetting the 20 bp rise in the cost of interest bearing liabilities. Average interest earning assets were up $320.1 million, or 3.9%, for the year ended December 31, 2018, as compared to the same period in 2017, driven by a $406.3 million increase in loans that was partially offset by a $81.4 million decrease in securities. Interest income increased $34.8 million, or 11.3%, due to the increase in earning assets combined with a 24 bp improvement in loan yields. Interest expense was up $12.7 million, or 49.1%, for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to the same period in 2017 resulting primarily from a 20 bp increase in rates on interest bearing liabilities driven by higher borrowing costs and a 14 bp increase in the cost of interest bearing deposits, combined with an increase in average interest bearing liabilities of $173.0 million. The Federal Reserve has raised its target fed funds rate nine times from December 2015 through December 2018 for a total of 225 bps. During this same cycle of increasing rates, the Company's deposit rates have increased by 15 bps, resulting in a full cycle deposit beta of 6.9%.

Net interest income was $78.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, up $1.3 million, or 1.7%, from the previous quarter. The FTE net interest margin was 3.61% for the three months ended December 31, 2018, up 4 bps from the previous quarter, as higher rates on average earning assets were partially offset by higher funding costs. Interest income increased $2.3 million, or 2.6%, as the yield on average earning assets increased 9 bps from the prior quarter to 4.14%, combined with an increase in average interest earning assets of $38.7 million, or 0.4%, driven by the increase in average loans of $36.8 million. Interest expense was up $1.0 million, or 9.1%, as the cost of interest bearing liabilities increased 6 bps to 0.77% for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, driven by interest-bearing deposit costs increasing 6 bps with increased short-term borrowings cost.

Net interest income was $78.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, up $5.4 million, or 7.4%, from the fourth quarter of 2017. The FTE net interest margin of 3.61% was up 9 bps from the fourth quarter of 2017. Interest income increased $10.3 million, or 12.8%, as the yield on average earning assets increased 30 bps from the same period in 2017, and average interest earning assets increased $338.2 million, or 4.0%, primarily due to the $347.9 million increase in average loans. Interest expense increased $4.9 million, or 71.8%, as the cost of interest bearing liabilities increased 31 bps, driven by interest-bearing deposit costs increasing 23 bps combined with the increase in short-term borrowing costs.

Noninterest income for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $124.8 million, up $3.5 million, or 2.9%, from the same period in 2017. The increase from the prior year was driven by higher retirement plan administration fees and an increase in other noninterest income that was partially offset by net securities losses in 2018. Retirement plan administration fees increased due to the acquisitions of Retirement Plan Services, LLC ("RPS") in the second quarter of 2018 and of Downeast Pension Services in the second quarter of 2017. In the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company restructured the investment portfolio by selling $109 million lower yielding bonds and reinvesting the proceeds in higher yielding bonds, which resulted in a $6.6 million loss on securities sold. Other noninterest income in 2018 increased compared to the same period of 2017 due to non-recurring gains recognized in 2018. Excluding net securities (losses) gains, noninterest income for the year ended December 31, 2018 would have been $131.1 million, up $11.7 million, or 9.8%, from the same period in 2017.

Noninterest income for the three months ended December 31, 2018 was $25.9 million, down $7.4 million, or 22.3%, from the prior quarter and down $5.5 million, or 17.6%, from the fourth quarter of 2017. Excluding net securities (losses) gains, noninterest income for the three months ended December 31, 2018 would have been $32.9 million, comparable to the prior quarter and up $3.3 million, or 11.0% from the fourth quarter of 2017. The increase from the fourth quarter of 2017 was primarily due to higher retirement plan administration fees resulting from the acquisition of RPS in the second quarter of 2018 and higher other noninterest income due primarily to swap fees.

Noninterest expense for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $264.6 million, up $18.9 million, or 7.7%, from the same period in 2017. The increase from the prior year was driven by higher salaries and employee benefits due to the retirement plan services acquisitions in 2018 and 2017, higher incentive compensation and wage increases for over 60% of our employees from the Company's commitment to invest a portion of the tax reform benefit in our employees.

Noninterest expense for the three months ended December 31, 2018 was $68.9 million, up $2.4 million, or 3.6%, from the prior quarter and up $5.5 million, or 8.6%, from the fourth quarter of 2017. The increase from the fourth quarter of 2017 was driven by an increase in salaries and employee benefits expenses primarily due to the RPS acquisition, wage increases related to tax reform initiatives and higher incentive compensation associated with business growth. The increase from the prior quarter was primarily due to increases in salaries and employee benefits due to an increase in medical costs, an increase in professional fees and advertising expense due to timing of initiatives and an increase in other noninterest expense. The increase in other noninterest expense was primarily due to the timing of contributions and $0.5 million in non-recurring items.

Income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $24.4 million, down $21.6 million, or 46.9%, from the same period of 2017. The effective tax rate of 17.8% in 2018 was down from 35.9% for the same period in the prior year. The decrease in income tax expense from the prior year was due to the lower effective tax rate resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ("TCJA"), a $5.5 million tax benefit recorded in the fourth quarter of 2018 primarily related to one-time income tax return accounting method changes during the fourth quarter of 2018, combined with the $4.4 million estimated non-cash charge related to the enactment of the TCJA in 2017 for the Company's deferred tax assets due to the tax rate reduction. This was partially offset by a higher level of taxable income and lower tax benefit from equity-based transactions. Excluding the tax benefit from equity-based transactions, the tax benefit in the fourth quarter of 2018 and the TCJA charge in 2017, the effective tax rate was 22.2% and 33.8% for the years ending December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Income tax expense for the three months ended December 31, 2018 was $0.7 million, down $7.8 million, or 91.4%, from the prior quarter and down $15.0 million, or 95.3%, from the fourth quarter of 2017. The effective tax rate of 2.5% for the fourth quarter of 2018 was down from 22.3% for the third quarter of 2018 and down from 47.1% for the fourth quarter of 2017. The decrease in income tax expense from the prior quarter was primarily due to one-time income tax return accounting method changes during the fourth quarter of 2018. The decrease in income tax expense from the fourth quarter of 2017 was due to the lower effective tax rate resulting from the TCJA, and the income tax return accounting method changes during the fourth quarter of 2018, combined with the $4.4 million estimated non-cash charge related to the enactment of the TCJA in 2017 for the revaluation of the Company's deferred tax assets due to the tax rate reduction. This was partially offset by a higher level of taxable income.

Asset Quality

Net charge-offs of $25.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 were down as compared to $26.7 million for the same period of 2017. Provision expense was $28.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, as compared with $31.0 million for the same period of 2017. Annualized net charge-offs to average loans for the year ended December 31, 2018 was 0.38% as compared with 0.42% for the same period of 2017.

Net charge-offs of $6.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2018 were up as compared to $5.7 million for the prior quarter and comparable to the $7.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2017. Provision expense was higher at $6.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2018, as compared with $6.0 million for the prior quarter and lower compared with $8.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2017. Annualized net charge-offs to average loans for the fourth quarter of 2018 was 0.39%, up from 0.33% for the prior quarter and down from 0.43% for the fourth quarter of 2017.

Nonperforming loans to total loans was 0.44% at December 31, 2018, up 3 bps from 0.41% for the prior quarter and down 3 bps from 0.47% at December 31, 2017. Past due loans as a percentage of total loans were 0.55% at December 31, 2018, up from 0.53% at September 30, 2018 and down from 0.63% at December 31, 2017.

The allowance for loan losses totaled $72.5 million at December 31, 2018, compared to $72.8 million at September 30, 2018 and $69.5 million at December 31, 2017. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loans was 1.05% (1.10% excluding acquired loans) at December 31, 2018, compared to 1.06% (1.11% excluding acquired loans) at September 30, 2018 and 1.06% (1.12% excluding acquired loans) at December 31, 2017.

Balance Sheet

Total assets were $9.6 billion at December 31, 2018, up $419.6 million, or 4.6%, from December 31, 2017. Loans were $6.9 billion at December 31, 2018, up $304.1 million, or 4.6%, from December 31, 2017. Total deposits were $7.4 billion at December 31, 2018, up $197.6 million, or 2.8%, from December 31, 2017, reflecting growth in core and municipal deposits. Stockholders' equity was $1.0 billion, representing a total equity-to-total assets ratio of 10.65% at December 31, 2018, compared with $958.2 million or a total equity-to-total assets ratio of 10.49% at December 31, 2017.

Dividend

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The Board of Directors approved a first-quarter 2019 cash dividend of $0.26 per share at a meeting held today. The dividend will be paid on March 15, 2019 to shareholders of record as of March 1, 2019.

Corporate Overview

NBT Bancorp Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Norwich, N.Y., with total assets of $9.6 billion at December 31, 2018. The Company primarily operates through NBT Bank, N.A., a full-service community bank and through two financial services companies. NBT Bank, N.A. has 151 banking locations in New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. EPIC Retirement Plan Services, based in Rochester, N.Y., is a full-service 401(k) plan recordkeeping firm. NBT Insurance Agency, LLC, based in Norwich, N.Y., is a full-service insurance agency. More information about NBT and its divisions is available online at: www.nbtbancorp.com, www.nbtbank.com, www.epic1st.com and www.nbtinsurance.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of NBT and its subsidiaries and on the information available to management at the time that these statements were made. There are a number of factors, many of which are beyond NBT's control, which could cause actual conditions, events or results to differ significantly from those described in the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include, among others: (1) competitive pressures among depository and other financial institutions may increase significantly, including as a result of competitors having greater financial resources than NBT; (2) revenues may be lower than expected; (3) changes in the interest rate environment may reduce interest margins; (4) general economic conditions, either nationally or regionally, may be less favorable than expected, resulting in, among other things, a deterioration in credit quality and/or a reduced demand for credit; (5) legislative or regulatory changes, including changes in accounting standards and tax laws, may adversely affect business and results; (6) NBT's ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and employees; and (7) adverse changes may occur in the securities markets or with respect to inflation. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Except as required by law, NBT does not update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent circumstances or events.

Non-GAAP Measures

This press release contains financial information determined by methods other than in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). These measures adjust GAAP measures to exclude the effects of acquisition related intangible amortization expense on earnings and equity as well as providing a FTE yield on securities and loans. Where non-GAAP disclosures are used in this press release, a reconciliation to the comparable GAAP measure, is provided in the accompanying tables. Management believes that these non-GAAP measures provide useful information that is important to an understanding of the results of NBT's core business as well as provide information standard in the financial institution industry. Non-GAAP measures should not be considered a substitute for financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP and investors should consider NBT's performance and financial condition as reported under GAAP and all other relevant information when assessing the performance or financial condition of NBT.

1 The change in the Company's quarterly deposit costs from December 31, 2015 to December 31, 2018 of 0.15% divided by the change in Federal Reserve's target fed funds rate from December 2015 to December 2018 of 2.25%

Contact:
John H. Watt, Jr., President and CEO
Michael J. Chewens, CFO
NBT Bancorp Inc.
52 South Broad Street
Norwich, NY 13815
607-337-6119

NBT Bancorp Inc. and Subsidiaries 
Selected Financial Data 
(unaudited, dollars in thousands except per share data) 
       
  2018  2017  
Profitability:4th Q3rd Q2nd Q1st Q4th Q 
Diluted earnings per share$  0.65  $  0.68 $  0.64 $  0.59 $  0.40  
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding 44,059,796   44,050,557  44,016,940  43,975,248  43,957,571  
Return on average assets (1) 1.20%  1.25%  1.21%  1.15%  0.77%  
Return on average equity (1) 11.34%  11.96%  11.64%  10.99%  7.27%  
Return on average tangible common equity (1)(3) 16.37%  17.42%  17.08%  15.95%  10.65%  
Net interest margin (1)(2) 3.61%  3.57%  3.57%  3.57%  3.52%  
       
 12 Months ended December 31,    
Profitability: 2018  2017     
Diluted earnings per share$  2.56  $  1.87     
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding 44,019,698   43,904,520     
Return on average assets 1.20%  0.91%     
Return on average equity 11.49%  8.71%     
Return on average tangible common equity (4) 16.71%  12.82%     
Net interest margin (2) 3.58%  3.47%     
       
(1) Annualized. 
(2) Calculated on a FTE basis. 
(3) Non-GAAP measure - excludes amortization of intangible assets (net of tax) from net income and average tangible common equity is calculated as follows: 
                 
       
  2018  2017  
 4th Q3rd Q2nd Q1st Q4th Q 
Net income$  28,652  $  29,807 $  28,121 $  25,986 $  17,637  
Amortization of intangible assets (net of tax)   734     791    822    686    594  
Net income, excluding intangibles amortization$  29,386  $  30,598 $  28,943 $  26,672 $  18,231  
       
Average stockholders' equity$  1,002,822  $  988,551 $  969,029 $  959,044 $  962,660  
Less: average goodwill and other intangibles   290,854     291,814    289,250    281,027    283,554  
Average tangible common equity$  711,968  $  696,737 $  679,779 $  678,017 $  679,106  
       
(4) Non-GAAP measure - excludes amortization of intangible assets (net of tax) from net income and average tangible common equity is calculated as follows: 
                 
       
 12 Months ended December 31,    
  2018  2017     
Net income$  112,566  $  82,151     
Amortization of intangible assets (net of tax)   3,032     2,446     
Net income, excluding intangibles amortization$  115,598  $  84,597     
       
Average stockholders' equity$  980,005  $  943,676     
Less: average goodwill and other intangibles   288,273     283,573     
Average tangible common equity$  691,732  $  660,103     
       
Note: Year-to-date EPS may not equal sum of quarters due to differences in outstanding shares. 


NBT Bancorp Inc. and Subsidiaries
Selected Financial Data
(unaudited, dollars in thousands except per share data)
      
  2018  2017 
 4th Q3rd Q2nd Q1st Q4th Q
Balance sheet data:     
Securities available for sale$  998,496  $ 1,101,074 $ 1,192,939 $ 1,265,912 $ 1,255,925 
Securities held to maturity   783,599     659,949    544,163    487,126    484,073 
Net loans   6,815,204     6,814,457    6,785,721    6,575,522    6,514,139 
Total assets   9,556,363     9,547,284    9,467,138    9,230,834    9,136,812 
Total deposits   7,368,211     7,441,290    7,344,449    7,393,928    7,170,636 
Total borrowings   1,046,616     986,656    1,028,971    776,032    909,188 
Total liabilities   8,538,454     8,553,129    8,488,209    8,278,104    8,178,635 
Stockholders' equity   1,017,909     994,155    978,929    952,730    958,177 
      
Asset quality:     
Nonaccrual loans$  25,487  $  23,301 $  24,006 $  25,426 $  25,708 
90 days past due and still accruing   5,085     4,734    2,209    2,934    5,410 
Total nonperforming loans   30,572     28,035    26,215    28,360    31,118 
Other real estate owned   2,441     3,271    4,349    4,949    4,529 
Total nonperforming assets   33,013     31,306    30,564    33,309    35,647 
Allowance for loan losses   72,505     72,805    72,450    70,200    69,500 
      
Asset quality ratios (total):     
Allowance for loan losses to total loans 1.05%  1.06%  1.06%  1.06%  1.06% 
Total nonperforming loans to total loans 0.44%  0.41%  0.38%  0.43%  0.47% 
Total nonperforming assets to total assets 0.35%  0.33%  0.32%  0.36%  0.39% 
Allowance for loan losses to total nonperforming loans 237.16%  259.69%  276.37%  247.53%  223.34% 
Past due loans to total loans 0.55%  0.53%  0.50%  0.53%  0.63% 
Net charge-offs to average loans (1) 0.39%  0.33%  0.39%  0.42%  0.43% 
      
Asset quality ratios (originated) (2):     
Allowance for loan losses to loans 1.10%  1.11%  1.11%  1.12%  1.12% 
Nonperforming loans to loans 0.43%  0.39%  0.36%  0.41%  0.46% 
Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans 254.92%  285.86%  306.08%  273.54%  243.85% 
Past due loans to loans 0.56%  0.53%  0.50%  0.53%  0.65% 
      
Capital:     
Equity to assets 10.65%  10.41%  10.34%  10.32%  10.49% 
Book value per share$  23.31  $  22.77 $  22.43 $  21.84 $  22.01 
Tangible book value per share (3)$  16.66  $  16.10 $  15.73 $  15.41 $  15.54 
Tier 1 leverage ratio 9.52%  9.36%  9.25%  9.26%  9.14% 
Common equity tier 1 capital ratio 10.49%  10.28%  10.04%  10.12%  10.06% 
Tier 1 capital ratio 11.79%  11.58%  11.35%  11.48%  11.42% 
Total risk-based capital ratio 12.78%  12.58%  12.34%  12.47%  12.42% 
Common stock price (end of period)$  34.59  $  38.38 $  38.15 $  35.48 $  36.80 
      
(1)  Annualized.
(2)  Non-GAAP measure - Excludes acquired loans.
(3)  Non-GAAP measure - Stockholders' equity less goodwill and intangible assets divided by common shares outstanding.


NBT Bancorp Inc. and Subsidiaries  
Consolidated Balance Sheets 
(unaudited, dollars in thousands) 
    
 December 31,December 31, 
Assets: 2018 2017 
Cash and due from banks$  175,550 $  156,852 
Short-term interest bearing accounts   5,405    2,812 
Equity securities, at fair value (1)   23,053    -  
Securities available for sale, at fair value (1)   998,496    1,255,925 
Securities held to maturity (fair value $778,675 and $481,871)   783,599    484,073 
Trading securities (1)   -     11,467 
Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank stock   53,229    46,706 
Loans held for sale   6,943    1,134 
Loans   6,887,709    6,583,639 
Less allowance for loan losses   72,505    69,500 
Net loans$  6,815,204 $  6,514,139 
Premises and equipment, net   78,970    81,305 
Goodwill   274,769    268,043 
Intangible assets, net   15,599    13,420 
Bank owned life insurance   177,479    172,388 
Other assets   148,067    128,548 
Total assets$  9,556,363 $  9,136,812  
    
Liabilities and stockholders' equity:    
Demand (noninterest bearing)$  2,361,099 $  2,286,892 
Savings, NOW and money market   4,076,434    4,076,978 
Time   930,678    806,766 
Total deposits$  7,368,211 $  7,170,636 
Short-term borrowings   871,696    719,123 
Long-term debt   73,724    88,869 
Junior subordinated debt   101,196    101,196 
Other liabilities   123,627    98,811 
Total liabilities$  8,538,454 $  8,178,635 
    
Total stockholders' equity$  1,017,909 $  958,177 
    
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity$  9,556,363 $  9,136,812 
    
(1) Available for sale and trading equity securities amounts reclassified from securities available for sale and trading securities to equity securities for the current period, related to the adoption of Accounting Standard Update No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10) – Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, in the first quarter of 2018. 


NBT Bancorp Inc. and Subsidiaries  
Consolidated Statements of Income 
(unaudited, dollars in thousands except per share data) 
      
 Three Months EndedTwelve Months Ended 
 December 31,December 31, 
  2018  2017 2018  2017 
Interest, fee and dividend income:     
Interest and fees on loans$78,963 $69,697$300,827 $267,096 
Securities available for sale (1) 6,332  7,059 26,920  28,564 
Securities held to maturity 4,344  2,671 13,242  10,934 
Other 885  803 3,266  2,813 
Total interest, fee and dividend income$90,524 $80,230$344,255 $309,407 
Interest expense:     
Deposits$6,977 $3,817$22,144 $14,475 
Short-term borrowings 3,131  1,621 10,552  5,996 
Long-term debt 431  505 1,790  2,299 
Junior subordinated debt 1,110  836 4,140  3,144 
Total interest expense$11,649 $6,779$38,626 $25,914 
Net interest income$78,875 $73,451$305,629 $283,493 
Provision for loan losses 6,528  8,153 28,828  30,988 
Net interest income after provision for loan losses$72,347 $65,298$276,801 $252,505 
Noninterest income:     
Insurance and other financial services revenue$5,843 $5,605$24,345 $23,532 
Service charges on deposit accounts 4,503  4,351 17,224  16,750 
ATM and debit card fees 5,704  5,347 22,699  21,372 
Retirement plan administration fees 7,113  5,332 26,992  20,213 
Trust 4,573  4,966 19,524  19,586 
Bank owned life insurance income 1,239  1,262 5,091  5,175 
Net securities (losses) gains (6,916) 1,869 (6,341) 1,867 
Other (1) 3,887  2,740 15,228  12,809 
Total noninterest income$25,946 $31,472$124,762 $121,304 
Noninterest expense:     
Salaries and employee benefits (2)$38,998 $33,812$151,685 $135,222 
Occupancy 5,284  5,280 22,318  21,808 
Data processing and communications 4,431  4,242 17,652  17,068 
Professional fees and outside services 3,968  3,751 14,376  13,499 
Equipment 4,529  4,001 17,037  15,225 
Office supplies and postage 1,564  1,604 6,204  6,284 
FDIC expense 1,135  1,196 4,651  4,767 
Advertising 1,006  1,033 2,782  2,744 
Amortization of intangible assets 978  961 4,042  3,960 
Loan collection and other real estate owned, net 738  1,136 4,217  4,763 
Other (2) 6,273  6,428 19,597  20,308 
Total noninterest expense$68,904 $63,444$264,561 $245,648 
Income before income tax expense$29,389 $33,326$137,002 $128,161 
Income tax expense 737  15,689 24,436  46,010 
Net income$28,652 $17,637$112,566 $82,151 
Earnings Per Share:     
Basic$0.66 $0.40$2.58 $1.89 
Diluted$0.65 $0.40$2.56 $1.87 
      
Note: Year-to-date EPS may not equal sum of quarters due to differences in outstanding shares.   
      
(1) Income on available for sale and trading equity securities amounts reclassified from interest, fee and dividend income on securities available for sale to other noninterest income for the current periods, related to the adoption of Accounting Standard Update No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10) – Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, in the first quarter of 2018. 
(2) Amounts reclassified for the prior periods from salaries and employee benefits to other expenses related to the adoption of Accounting Standard Update No. 2017-07, Compensation – Retirement Benefits (Topic 715), in the first quarter of 2018. 
            


NBT Bancorp Inc. and Subsidiaries  
Quarterly Consolidated Statements of Income  
(unaudited, dollars in thousands except per share data) 
      
  2018 2017 
 4th Q3rd Q2nd Q1st Q4th Q 
Interest, fee and dividend income:      
Interest and fees on loans$78,963 $  77,249$  74,172$  70,443$  69,697 
Securities available for sale (1) 6,332    6,659   7,003   6,926 7,059 
Securities held to maturity 4,344    3,462   2,811   2,625 2,671 
Other 885    834   781   766 803 
Total interest, fee and dividend income$90,524 $  88,204$  84,767$  80,760$  80,230 
Interest expense:      
Deposits$6,977 $  6,157$  5,079$  3,931$  3,817 
Short-term borrowings 3,131    3,000   2,455   1,966 1,621 
Long-term debt 431    431   452   476 505 
Junior subordinated debt 1,110    1,089   1,040   901 836 
Total interest expense$11,649 $  10,677$  9,026$  7,274$  6,779 
Net interest income$78,875 $  77,527$  75,741$  73,486$  73,451 
Provision for loan losses 6,528    6,026   8,778   7,496 8,153 
Net interest income after provision for loan losses$72,347 $  71,501$  66,963$  65,990$  65,298 
Noninterest income:      
Insurance and other financial services revenue$5,843 $  6,172$  5,826$  6,504$  5,605 
Service charges on deposit accounts 4,503    4,503   4,246   3,972 4,351 
ATM and debit card fees 5,704    5,906   5,816   5,273 5,347 
Retirement plan administration fees 7,113    7,244   7,296   5,339 5,332 
Trust 4,573    4,808   5,265   4,878 4,966 
Bank owned life insurance income 1,239    1,288   1,217   1,347 1,262 
Net securities (losses) gains (6,916)   412   91   72   1,869 
Other (1) 3,887    3,048   4,401   3,892 2,740 
Total noninterest income$25,946 $  33,381$  34,158$  31,277$  31,472 
Noninterest expense:      
Salaries and employee benefits (2)$38,998 $  38,394$  37,726$  36,567$  33,812 
Occupancy 5,284    5,380   5,535   6,119 5,280 
Data processing and communications 4,431    4,434   4,508   4,279 4,242 
Professional fees and outside services 3,968    3,580   3,336   3,492 3,751 
Equipment 4,529    4,319   4,151   4,038 4,001 
Office supplies and postage 1,564    1,563   1,504   1,573 1,604 
FDIC expense 1,135    1,223   1,092   1,201 1,196 
Advertising 1,006    739   700   337 1,033 
Amortization of intangible assets 978    1,054   1,096   914 961 
Loan collection and other real estate owned, net 738    1,234   908   1,337 1,136 
Other (2) 6,273    4,577   4,332   4,415 6,428 
Total noninterest expense$68,904 $  66,497$  64,888$  64,272$  63,444 
Income before income tax expense$29,389 $  38,385$  36,233$  32,995$  33,326 
Income tax expense 737    8,578   8,112   7,009 15,689 
Net income$28,652 $  29,807$  28,121$  25,986$  17,637 
Earnings Per Share:      
Basic$0.66 $  0.68$  0.64$  0.60$  0.40 
Diluted$0.65 $  0.68$  0.64$  0.59$  0.40 
       
(1) Income on available for sale and trading equity securities amounts reclassified from interest, fee and dividend income on securities available for sale to other noninterest income for the current periods, related to the adoption of Accounting Standard Update No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10) – Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, in the first quarter of 2018. 
(2) Amounts reclassified for the prior periods from salaries and employee benefits to other expenses related to the adoption of Accounting Standard Update No. 2017-07, Compensation – Retirement Benefits (Topic 715), in the first quarter of 2018. 
             


 

NBT Bancorp Inc. and Subsidiaries 
Average Quarterly Balance Sheets 
(unaudited, dollars in thousands) 
            
 Average
Balance
Yield /
Rates
Average
Balance
Yield /
Rates
Average
Balance
Yield /
Rates
Average
Balance
Yield /
Rates
Average
Balance
Yield /
Rates
 
Three Months ended, Q4 - 2018Q3 - 2018Q2 - 2018Q1 - 2018Q4 - 2017 
Assets:           
Short-term interest bearing accounts$  3,780 5.25%$3,3286.08%$3,5745.16%$2,8185.18%$5,8042.39% 
Securities available for sale (1)(3)   1,104,198 2.29% 1,197,9102.22% 1,266,3042.23% 1,273,6342.22% 1,313,8702.16% 
Securities held to maturity (1)   688,840 2.73% 591,2202.58% 503,5012.50% 482,3752.48% 490,1822.68% 
Investment in FRB and FHLB Banks   47,689 6.95% 50,1076.20% 48,1846.12% 46,8446.32% 44,3206.87% 
Loans (2)   6,876,341 4.56% 6,839,5654.49% 6,750,7104.41% 6,592,4474.34% 6,528,4494.25% 
Total interest earning assets$  8,720,848 4.14%$8,682,1304.05%$8,572,2733.99%$8,398,1183.92%$8,382,6253.84% 
Other assets (3)   769,302   776,219  766,604  746,172  747,468  
Total assets$  9,490,150  $9,458,349 $9,338,877 $9,144,290 $9,130,093  
            
Liabilities and stockholders' equity:           
Money market deposit accounts$  1,745,980 0.65%$1,724,8530.58%$1,699,9560.43%$1,655,3080.27%$1,725,2420.25% 
NOW deposit accounts   1,166,383 0.18% 1,164,5130.17% 1,222,8890.16% 1,211,0290.13% 1,200,6510.12% 
Savings deposits   1,250,703 0.06% 1,279,5200.06% 1,289,0620.06% 1,248,4320.06% 1,215,9320.06% 
Time deposits   921,252 1.47% 881,7921.33% 858,0801.22% 802,9591.13% 792,9691.10% 
Total interest bearing deposits$  5,084,318 0.54%$5,050,6780.48%$5,069,9870.40%$4,917,7280.32%$4,934,7940.31% 
Short-term borrowings   724,693 1.71% 766,3721.55% 706,6941.39% 712,2201.12% 684,4470.94% 
Long-term debt   73,735 2.32% 73,7622.32% 84,6762.14% 88,8442.17% 81,0102.47% 
Junior subordinated debt   101,196 4.35% 101,1964.27% 101,1964.12% 101,1963.61% 101,1963.28% 
Total interest bearing liabilities$  5,983,942 0.77%$5,992,0080.71%$5,962,5530.61%$5,819,9880.51%$5,801,4470.46% 
Demand deposits   2,373,235   2,356,216  2,294,023  2,259,955  2,266,672  
Other liabilities   130,151   121,574  113,272  105,303  99,314  
Stockholders' equity   1,002,822   988,551  969,029  959,044  962,660  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity$  9,490,150  $9,458,349 $9,338,877 $9,144,290 $9,130,093  
            
Interest rate spread 3.37% 3.34% 3.38% 3.41% 3.38% 
Net interest margin (FTE) 3.61% 3.57% 3.57% 3.57% 3.52% 
            
(1) Securities are shown at average amortized cost. 
(2) For purposes of these computations, nonaccrual loans and loans held for sale are included in the average loan balances outstanding. 
(3) For purposes of the average balance sheet presentation, equity securities amounts reclassified for the current periods from securities available for sale to other assets, related to the adoption of Accounting Standard Update No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10) – Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, in the first quarter of 2018. 
            
Note: Interest income for tax-exempt securities and loans has been adjusted to a FTE basis using the statutory Federal income tax rate of 21% for 2018 and 35% for 2017. 
                      


NBT Bancorp Inc. and Subsidiaries 
Average Year-to-Date Balance Sheets 
(unaudited, dollars in thousands) 
        
 Average Yield/Average Yield/ 
 BalanceInterestRates BalanceInterestRates  
Twelve Months ended December 31,  2018  2017  
Assets:       
Short-term interest bearing accounts$  3,377 $  183 5.42%$9,636$1791.86% 
Securities available for sale (1)(3)   1,210,013    27,081 2.24% 1,350,995 28,9692.14% 
Securities held to maturity (1)   567,117    14,657 2.58% 507,583 13,4902.66% 
Investment in FRB and FHLB Banks   48,214    3,083 6.39% 46,673 2,6345.64% 
Loans (2)   6,765,748    301,258 4.45% 6,359,447 267,9344.21% 
Total interest earning assets$  8,594,469 $  346,262 4.03%$8,274,334$313,2063.79% 
Other assets (3)   764,670    752,258   
Total assets$  9,359,139   $9,026,592   
        
Liabilities and stockholders' equity:       
Money market deposit accounts$  1,706,823 $  8,314 0.49%$1,697,386$3,8640.23% 
NOW deposit accounts   1,191,008    1,894 0.16% 1,153,361 1,0510.09% 
Savings deposits   1,266,970    725 0.06% 1,214,480 6830.06% 
Time deposits   866,388    11,211 1.29% 817,370 8,8771.09% 
Total interest bearing deposits$  5,031,189 $  22,144 0.44%$4,882,597$14,4750.30% 
Short-term borrowings   727,635    10,552 1.45% 690,036 5,9960.87% 
Long-term debt   80,195    1,790 2.23% 93,389 2,2992.46% 
Junior subordinated debt   101,196    4,140 4.09% 101,196 3,1443.11% 
Total interest bearing liabilities$  5,940,215 $  38,626 0.65%$5,767,218$25,9140.45% 
Demand deposits   2,321,264    2,217,785   
Other liabilities   117,655    97,913   
Stockholders' equity   980,005    943,676   
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity$  9,359,139   $9,026,592   
Net interest income (FTE) $  307,636   $287,292  
Interest rate spread  3.38%  3.34% 
Net interest margin (FTE)  3.58%  3.47% 
Taxable equivalent adjustment $  2,007   $3,799  
Net interest income $  305,629   $283,493  
        
(1) Securities are shown at average amortized cost. 
(2) For purposes of these computations, nonaccrual loans and loans held for sale are included in the average loan balances outstanding. 
(3) For purposes of the average balance sheet presentation, equity securities amounts reclassified for the current period from securities available for sale to other assets, related to the adoption of Accounting Standard Update No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10) – Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, in the first quarter of 2018. 
  
Note: Interest income for tax-exempt securities and loans has been adjusted to a FTE basis using the statutory Federal income tax rate of 21% for 2018 and 35% for 2017. 


NBT Bancorp Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Loan Balances
(unaudited, dollars in thousands)
      
  2018 2017
 4th Q3rd Q2nd Q1st Q4th Q
Commercial$  1,291,568 $1,310,262$1,299,437$1,252,729$1,258,212
Commercial real estate   1,930,742  1,902,315 1,891,119 1,795,101 1,769,620
Residential real estate mortgages   1,380,836  1,373,487 1,350,336 1,331,587 1,320,370
Dealer finance   1,216,144  1,229,700 1,252,843 1,238,051 1,227,870
Specialty lending   524,928  521,396 507,151 469,268 438,866
Home equity   474,566  480,761 488,493 491,807 498,179
Other consumer   68,925  69,341 68,792 67,179 70,522
Total loans$  6,887,709 $6,887,262$6,858,171$6,645,722$6,583,639
       


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