BankFinancial Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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BankFinancial Corporation (the “Company”) provides the following information with respect to operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.

 

 

We reported net income of $2.0 million, or $0.16 per common share for the three months ended September 30, 2024. At September 30, 2024, we had total assets of $1.418 billion, total loans of $923.9 million, total deposits of $1.199 billion and stockholders' equity of $159 million.

 

In the third quarter of 2024, interest income decreased by $769,000 primarily due to declines in commercial loans and lease balances.  Interest expense increased by $146,000 due to retail depositors seeking higher-yielding account types.  Our tax-equivalent net interest margin decreased to 3.47% from 3.67%.

 

Noninterest income increased by $206,000, primarily due to increased deposit service charges and fees and trust department income, as well as improved returns on bank-owned life insurance.

 

Noninterest expense decreased by $1.1 million.  Compensation and benefits declined by $502,000 due to a 9% reduction in full time equivalent headcount since the end of the first quarter of 2024 and reduced incentive compensation expense.  Office occupancy and information technology expense declined by $407,000 due to adjustments to estimated real estate tax accruals and reduced transaction processing software expense.

 

 

For the quarter ended September 30, 2024, cash and cash equivalent assets represented 9.8% of total assets, compared to 10.3% of total assets at June 30, 2024.

 

 

For the quarter ended September 30, 2024, total investment securities increased by $42.0 million due to $139.0 million in purchases, offset by $98.5 million of maturities and redemptions of U.S. Treasury Notes and U.S. government-sponsored agency securities. The investment securities portfolio had a weighted-average term to maturity of 1.09 years as of September 30, 2024, with an after-tax unrealized loss of $842,000 or 0.5% of Tier 1 capital.

 

 

Our loan portfolio declined by $63.8 million in the third quarter of 2024.  Multi-family residential loans decreased by $3.2 million (0.6%) due to scheduled loan repayments. Commercial finance balances decreased by $21.8 million (23.5%) primarily due to a planned $18.8 million reduction in balances within the healthcare finance portfolio and lessor finance portfolio for risk management purposes. Equipment finance balances declined by $37.2 million (15.1%) due to scheduled repayments, partially offset by modestly higher originations of corporate equipment finance transactions.  The average yield on our loan portfolio decreased to 5.07%. 

 

Loan demand for all commercial credit categories was muted for the first two months of the third quarter of 2024.  Towards the end of the quarter, demand for multi-family residential loans and nonresidential real estate loans expected to fund in the fourth quarter of 2024 increased due to lower market interest rates and expanded marketing activities.  Demand for new equipment finance transactions remained stagnant while the equipment finance pipeline duration extended further due to delays in delivery and installation for approved equipment finance transactions.  Demand for commercial finance transactions and commercial line utilization remained sporadic, as borrowers utilized available liquidity instead of unused credit availability; however, increased marketing to small- and medium-businesses continued to produce modest improvements in new credit facility opportunities compared to previous quarters.

 

 

The ratio of nonperforming assets to total assets increased to 1.71% at September 30, 2024, from 1.54% at June 30, 2024, inclusive of two U.S. Government equipment finance transactions totaling $18.9 million.  Excluding these two U.S. Government transactions, our ratio of nonperforming assets to total assets would have been 0.38% at September 30, 2024.  The Bank placed a $1.5 million multi-family residential borrower relationship in the Chicago MSA market on nonaccrual status until the pending receivership and sale of the collateral is consummated in the fourth quarter of 2024.   Past due trends improved, and nonperforming asset resolution activity continued to accelerate during the third quarter of 2024. 

 

Our allowance for credit losses increased to 0.85% of total loans at September 30, 2024, compared to 0.82% at June 30, 2024.

 

 

 

 

 

Total deposits decreased by $52.9 million (4.2%).  Noninterest-bearing demand deposit balances declined by $35.7 million, primarily due to the withdrawal of $20.0 million deposited in connection with the acquisition of a commercial real estate property late in the second quarter of 2024, the liquidation of $4.8 million in cash collateral securing a commercial finance letter of credit drawn by the beneficiary, and typical balance volatility for certain other commercial depositors.  Interest-bearing deposit balances (consisting of interest-bearing NOW accounts, money market accounts and savings deposits) declined by $22.1 million primarily due to seasonal expenses such as real estate taxes, college tuition and capital expenditures, with competition from equity markets and non-bank money market mutual funds also being a contributing factor.  Certificates of deposits increased by $5.0 million due to retail depositors seeking higher long-term yields in anticipation of lower short-term market yields in the future. The cost of our total retail and commercial deposits increased to 1.94% during the third quarter of 2024 from 1.87% at June 30, 2024.  Core deposits represented 81% of total deposits, with noninterest-bearing demand deposits representing 19% of total deposits at September 30, 2024.  Total commercial deposits were 20% of total deposits at September 30, 2024 and 22% of total deposits at June 30, 2024. FDIC-insured deposits represented 84.42% of total deposits and collateralized public funds deposits represented 1.92% of total deposits as of September 30, 2024.

 

 

The Company’s capital position remained strong, with a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 11.11% at September 30, 2024.  The book value of the Company’s common shares increased to $12.77 at September 30, 2024 from $12.64 at June 30, 2024.

 

 

The Company provides the following information with respect to projected operations for the remainder of the year ending December 31, 2024.

 

FOURTH QUARTER OUTLOOK 

 

 

For the fourth quarter of 2024, we expect cash and cash equivalent assets to be between 10% and 12% of total assets. 

 

 

For the fourth quarter of 2024, we expect our investment securities portfolio balance to decline between 5% and 15% as we utilize maturing investment securities proceeds for commercial credit originations, commercial finance line utilization, maintaining short-term liquidity, and funding deposit withdrawals.

 

 

Based on current loan origination pipelines, scheduled repayments and expected market conditions, we expect our loan portfolio to increase between 1% and 5% during the fourth quarter of 2024 due to improved pipelines for multi-family residential real estate loans and, to a lesser extent, commercial finance lines of credit; however, increases in prepayment rates on multi-family residential real estate loans related to project sales or delays in new loan origination closings (particularly within the equipment finance transaction pipeline) could affect these expected results.  We will continue to focus on originating corporate and middle-market equipment finance transactions, commercial finance credit facilities, small business credit facilities and multi-family residential and nonresidential real estate loans to improve the yield on the loan portfolio while maintaining an appropriate balance of liquidity and interest rate risk. 

 

 

For the fourth quarter of 2024, total deposit balances are expected to decline between 0% to 2% principally due to balance volatility by certain higher-balance commercial deposit customers and declines in public-fund deposit balances. We expect our cost of deposits to decrease by 0.05% to 0.10% during the fourth quarter of 2024.   

 

 

For the fourth quarter of 2024, based on the expected activity in the loan, deposit and investment portfolios, we expect our net interest income before provision for credit losses to be consistent with the third quarter of 2024, as new loan originations late in the period will provide very limited benefit to interest income for the quarter and deposit interest expense will slowly diminish during the quarter, depending on Federal Reserve actions and market competition for deposits.

 

 

 

 

 

For the fourth quarter of 2024, we expect noninterest income to grow between 5% and 10% compared to the third quarter of 2024 due to higher revenues from retail deposit services, commercial/treasury services, trust services and bank-owned life insurance.

 

 

For the fourth quarter of 2024, we expect noninterest expense to increase between 3% and 6% compared to the third quarter of 2024 due to increased seasonal fourth quarter expenses, particularly for occupancy expenses.

 

 

 

 

On November 5, 2024, the Company filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024 and issued the Quarterly Financial and Statistical Supplement for the latest five quarters. The Quarterly Financial and Statistical Supplement is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

This current report includes “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A variety of factors could cause BankFinancial’s actual results to differ from those expected at the time of this release. For a discussion of some of the factors that may cause actual results to differ from expectations, please refer to BankFinancial’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC, as supplemented by subsequent filings with the SEC. Investors are urged to review all information contained in these reports, including the risk factors discussed therein. Copies of these filings are available at no cost on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov or on BankFinancial’s web site at www.bankfinancial.com. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made,  and we do not undertake to update them to reflect changes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.