Citizens Holding Company Reports Earnings

PHILADELPHIA, Miss.--()--Citizens Holding Company (NASDAQ: CIZN) announced today results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016.

Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2016 was $1.779 million, or $0.36 per share-basic and diluted, down from $1.828 million, or $0.37 per share-basic and diluted for the same quarter in 2015. Net interest income for the second quarter of 2016, after the provision for loan losses, was $7.018 million, approximately 2.0% higher than the same period in 2015. The provision for loan losses for the three months ended June 30, 2016 was ($147 thousand) compared to $82 thousand for the same period in 2015. The decrease in the provision reflects management’s estimate of inherent losses in the loan portfolio including the impact of current local and national economic conditions and a decrease in total loans outstanding. The net interest margin decreased to 3.12% in the second quarter of 2016 from 3.39% in the same period in 2015 primarily because of the decrease in yields on earning assets was greater than the decline in rates paid on interest bearing deposits.

Non-interest income increased in the second quarter of 2016 by $56 thousand, or 3.0%, while non-interest expenses increased $334 thousand, or 5.3%, compared to the same period in 2015. The increase in non-interest income was mainly due to an increase in other non-interest income of $67 thousand offset by a decrease in service charges on checking accounts. Non-interest expense increased due to an increase in salary and benefit expense of $137 thousand and an increase in other operating expenses of $286 thousand partially offset by an $89 thousand decrease in occupancy expense.

Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2016 decreased 3.4% to $3.305 million, or $0.68 per share-basic and diluted, from $3.422 million, or $.70 per share-basic and diluted, for the six months ended June 30, 2015. Net interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2016, after the provision for loan losses, increased 0.8% to $13.767 million from $13.649 million for the same period in 2015. Net interest margin for the six months ended June 30, 2016, decreased to 3.12% in 2016 from 3.41% in the same period in 2015. The provision for loan losses for the six months ended June 30, 2016 was ($86 thousand) compared to $266 thousand in 2015. The decrease in the provision reflects management’s assessment of inherent losses in the loan portfolio including the impact caused by current local and national economic conditions.

Non-interest income increased by $120 thousand, or 3.3%, and non-interest expense increased by $492 thousand, or 3.8%, for the six months ended June 30, 2016 when compared to the same period in 2015. The increase in non-interest income was due primarily to an increase in other service charges and fees and an increase in other non-interest income. Non-interest expense increased primarily due to an increase in loan related collection expenses and an increase in salary and benefits costs.

Total assets as of June 30, 2016 increased to $1.015 billion, up $41.080 million, or 4.2%, when compared to December 31, 2015. Deposits increased by $26.754 million, or 3.5%, and loans, net of unearned income, decreased by $27.214 million, or 6.3%, when compared to December 31, 2015. The decrease in loans, net of unearned income, was due to payments on loans in excess of current loan demand. Non-performing assets decreased by $2.046 million to $16.017 million at June 30, 2016 as compared to December 31, 2015, because of a decrease in non-accrual loans, other real estate owned and in loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing interest.

During the first half of 2016, the Company paid dividends totaling $0.48 per share.

Citizens Holding Company (the “Company”) is a one-bank holding company and the parent company of The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia (the “Bank”), both headquartered in Philadelphia, Mississippi. The Bank currently has twenty-four banking locations in fourteen counties in East Central and South Mississippi. In addition to full service commercial banking, the Bank offers mortgage loans, title insurance services through its subsidiary, Title Services, LLC, and a full range of Internet banking services including online banking, bill pay and cash management services for businesses. Internet services are available at the Bank’s web site, www.thecitizensbankphila.com. Citizens Holding Company stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market and is traded under the symbol CIZN. The Company’s transfer agent is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company. Information about Citizens Holding Company may be obtained by accessing its corporate website at www.citizensholdingcompany.com.

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this release regarding the Company’s financial position, results of operations, business strategies, plans, objectives and expectations for future operations, are forward looking statements. The Company can give no assurances that the assumptions upon which such forward-looking statements are based will prove to have been correct. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The Company does not undertake a duty to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the operation, performance, development and results of the Company’s and the Bank’s business include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) the risk of adverse changes in business conditions in the banking industry generally and in the specific markets in which the Company operates; (b) changes in the legislative and regulatory environment that negatively impact the Company and Bank through increased operating expenses; (c) increased competition from other financial institutions; (d) the impact of technological advances; (e) expectations about the movement of interest rates, including actions that may be taken by the Federal Reserve Board in response to changing economic conditions; (f) changes in asset quality and loan demand; (g) expectations about overall economic strength and the performance of the economics in the Company’s market area; and (h) other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks materialize, or should any such underlying assumptions prove to be significantly different, actual results may vary significantly from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Citizens Holding Company
Financial Highlights
(amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)

 
      For the Three Months Ending       For the Six Months Ending
June 30,     March 31,     June 30 June 30,     June 30,
2016     2016     2015       2016     2015
 
INTEREST INCOME
Loans, including fees $ 4,734 $ 4,785 $ 4,988 $ 9,519 $ 9,996
Investment Securities 2,851 2,716 2,691 5,567 5,359
Other Interest   40       79       17           119         47  
7,625 7,580 7,696 15,205 15,402
 
INTEREST EXPENSE
Deposits 451 468 450 919 882
Other borrowed funds   304       301       286           605         605  
755 769 736 1,524 1,487
 
NET INTEREST INCOME 6,870 6,811 6,960 13,681 13,915
 
PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES   -147       61       82           -86         266  
 

NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES

7,017 6,750 6,878 13,767 13,649
 
NON-INTEREST INCOME
Service charges on deposit accounts 898 887 954 1,785 1,841
Other service charges and fees 608 586 563 1,194 1,095
Other non-interest income   402       343       335           745         668  
1,908 1,816 1,852 3,724 3,604
 
NON-INTEREST EXPENSE
Salaries and employee benefits 3,479 3,402 3,342 6,881 6,697
Occupancy expense 1,208 1,329 1,297 2,537 2,596
Other non-interest expense   1,968       1,914       1,682           3,882         3,515  
6,655 6,645 6,321 13,300 12,808
 
NET INCOME BEFORE TAXES 2,270 1,921 2,409 4,191 4,445
 
INCOME TAXES   491       395       581           886         1,023  
 
NET INCOME $ 1,779     $ 1,526     $ 1,828         $ 3,305       $ 3,422  
 
Earnings per share - basic $ 0.36     $ 0.31     $ 0.37         $ 0.68       $ 0.70  
 
Earnings per share - diluted $ 0.36     $ 0.31     $ 0.37         $ 0.68       $ 0.70  
 
Dividends Paid $ 0.24     $ 0.24     $ 0.23         $ 0.48       $ 0.46  
 
Average shares outstanding-basic 4,880,568 4,875,079 4,870,114 4,877,824 4,873,097
 
Average shares outstanding-diluted 4,885,951 4,885,094 4,871,012 4,885,222 4,874,004
 
 
 
 
For the Period Ended,
June 30, March 31, December 31,
2016       2016     2015
Period End Balance Sheet Data:
Total assets $ 1,014,585 $ 1,002,291 $ 973,505
Total earning assets 930,332 912,969 894,765
Loans, net of unearned income 402,368 414,476 429,582
Allowance for loan losses 4,809 5,009 6,474
Total deposits 779,659 790,290 753,405
Long-term borrowings 20,000 20,000 20,000
Shareholders' equity 92,885 88,502 86,425
Book value per share $ 19.05 $ 18.15 $ 17.73
 
Period End Average Balance Sheet Data:
Total assets $ 988,756 $ 983,130 $ 945,270
Total earning assets 908,706 900,989 863,829
Loans, net of unearned income 413,566 419,057 412,161
Total deposits 766,927 763,831 725,116
Long-term borrowings 20,000 20,000 20,000
Shareholders' equity 89,155 87,457 84,250
 
Period End Non-performing Assets:
Non-accrual loans $ 12,796 $ 12,913 $ 14,423
Loans 90+ days past due and accruing 16 336 67
Other real estate owned 3,205 3,490 3,573
 
 
As of
June 30, March 31, December 31,
2016       2016     2015
 

Year to Date Net charge-offs as a percentage of average net loans

0.38 % 0.36 % 0.03 %
 
Year to Date Performance Ratios:
Return on average assets(1) 0.66 % 0.69 % 0.80 %
Return on average equity(1) 7.28 % 7.69 % 9.01 %
 

Year to Date Net Interest Margin (tax equivalent)(1)

3.12 % 3.12 % 3.33 %
 
(1) Annualized
 
 
 
 

Contacts

Citizens Holding Company
Robert T. Smith, 601-656-4692
rsmith@tcbphila.com

Contacts

Citizens Holding Company
Robert T. Smith, 601-656-4692
rsmith@tcbphila.com