FVCBankcorp, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2024 Earnings; Quarterly Net Income Increased 16% Year-Over-Year as Net Interest Income and Margin Continue to Improve

FVCBankcorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:FVCB) (the "Company") today reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2024.

Third Quarter Selected Financial Highlights

• Enhanced Profitability. Return on average assets for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 was 0.85%, an increase of 21%, from 0.70% for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, and increased 10%, from 0.77%, for the linked quarter ended June 30, 2024.
• Increased Net Income. Net income increased compared to the year ago quarter and prior quarter. Net income totaled $4.7 million, or $0.25 diluted earnings per share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to net income of $4.0 million, or $0.22 diluted earnings per share, for quarter ended September 30, 2023, and net income of $4.2 million, or $0.23 diluted earnings per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.
• Continued Improvement in Net Interest Margin. Net interest margin increased 25 basis points, or 10%, to 2.64% for the third quarter of 2024, compared to 2.39% for the third quarter of 2023. On a linked quarter basis, net interest margin increased 5 basis points from 2.59% for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
• Solid Credit Quality. Classified loans decreased $19.9 million, or 86%, to $3.2 million at September 30, 2024 compared to the prior quarter. Nonaccrual loans decreased $744 thousand, or 23%, from prior quarter end, and were 0.16% of total assets at September 30, 2024. The Company recorded net recoveries of $63 thousand during the third quarter of 2024.
• Sound, Well Capitalized Balance Sheet. All of FVCbank's (the "Bank") regulatory capital components and ratios were well in excess of thresholds required to be considered "well capitalized", with total risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets of 14.52% at September 30, 2024, compared to 13.83% at December 31, 2023. The tangible common equity ("TCE") to tangible assets ("TA") ratio for the Bank increased to 10.21% at September 30, 2024, from 9.40% at September 30, 2023. The Bank's investment securities are classified as available-for-sale, and therefore the unrealized losses on these securities are fully reflected in the TCE/TA ratio.

For the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded net income of $4.7 million, or $0.25 diluted earnings per share, an increase of $630 thousand, compared to $4.0 million, or $0.22 diluted earnings per shares, for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Compared to the linked quarter, net income increased $514 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2024, from $4.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company reported net income of $10.2 million, or $0.55 diluted earnings per share, an increase of $1.3 million, or 14%, compared to net income of $8.9 million, or $0.49 diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Commercial bank operating earnings (non-GAAP), which exclude the nonrecurring taxes recorded for the surrender of the Company's bank-owned life insurance ("BOLI") policies during the first quarter of 2024 and the loss on the sale of available-for-sale investment securities during the first quarter of 2023, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were $12.6 million and $12.5 million, respectively, an increase of $76 thousand. Diluted commercial bank operating earnings per share (non-GAAP) for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were $0.68 and $0.69, respectively.

The Company considers commercial bank operating earnings a useful comparative financial measure of the Company's operating performance over multiple periods. Commercial bank operating earnings are determined by methods other than in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable financial measure in accordance with GAAP can be found in the tables below.

Management Comments

David W. Pijor, Esq., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, said:

"Our disciplined approach to loan originations and deposit pricing continues to enhance our net interest income and margin for a third consecutive quarter. We continue to focus on attaining the full customer relationship which has allowed us to continue to originate loans to strong credit-worthy borrowers with compensating balances. During the third quarter of 2024, we originated over $59 million in loans, which were funded through loan maturities and deposit growth. Lastly, our partners at Atlantic Coast Mortgage ("ACM") have continued profitability for the third quarter and year-to-date periods, which has enhanced our noninterest income for 2024."

Statement of Condition

Total assets were $2.29 billion at September 30, 2024 and $2.19 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $102.7 million, or 5%. At September 30, 2023, total assets were $2.31 billion.

Loans receivable, net of deferred fees, were $1.87 billion at September 30, 2024, $1.83 billion at December 31, 2023, and $1.85 billion at September 30, 2023. Year-to-date, total loans, net of fees, increased $46.4 million, or 2.5%. For the three months ended September 30, 2024, loans receivable, net of fees, decreased $12.0 million, of which $13.6 million of this decrease is related to the warehouse line held by ACM. Excluding the warehouse line, loans increased $1.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. During the third quarter of 2024, loan originations totaled $58.7 million with a weighted average rate of 9.27%, and were primarily comprised of commercial and industrial loans. Loan renewals totaled $60.4 million and had a weighted average rate of 8.94%. Loans that paid off during the third quarter of 2024 totaled $51.6 million and had a weighted average rate of 7.52%.

Investment securities were $165.3 million at September 30, 2024, $171.9 million at December 31, 2023, and $216.4 million at September 30, 2023. Investment securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 decreased $6.6 million, primarily due to principal repayments and maturities totaling $11.2 million, offset by a decrease in the portfolio's unrealized losses totaling $4.6 million.

Total deposits were $1.96 billion at September 30, 2024 and $1.85 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $115.5 million, or 6%. Noninterest-bearing deposits were $357.0 million at September 30, 2024, or 18.2% of total deposits, and decreased $16.8 million during the third quarter of 2024, as customers continue to sweep to interest-bearing deposit products. New noninterest- bearing deposits totaled $7.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. Cash inflows from new non-maturity deposits totaled $97.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, and were largely from 1031 exchange and title company deposits. The Company continues to grow its core deposit base and consistently sees new deposit inflows each quarter. As a member of the IntraFi Network, the Bank offers products to its customers who seek to maximize FDIC insurance protection ("reciprocal deposits"). At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, reciprocal deposits totaled $238.1 million and $254.1 million, respectively, and are considered part of the Company's core deposit base. Time deposits decreased $28.2 million to $246.5 million during the third quarter of 2024 compared to $274.7 million for the linked quarter ended June 30, 2024, as time deposits that were originated during 2023 with a weighted average rate of 5.16% matured in September.

At September 30, 2024, wholesale funding totaled $306.9 million and had a weighted average rate of 3.47% (including $250 million in pay-fixed/receive-floating interest rate swaps at an average rate of 3.25%). Wholesale funding at September 30, 2024 includes wholesale deposits totaling $249.9 million and other borrowed funds totaling $57.0 million. For the quarter ended September 30, 2024, wholesale funding had a weighted average rate of 3.50% compared to a weighted average rate of 3.72% for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.

Shareholders' equity at September 30, 2024 was $230.8 million, an increase of $13.7 million, or 6%, from December 31, 2023. Year-to-date 2024 earnings contributed $10.2 million to the increase in shareholders' equity. Common stock issued for stock options exercised contributed $2.1 million to shareholders' equity for the 2024 year-to-date period. Accumulated other comprehensive loss decreased $1.4 million for the 2024 year-to-date period, which was primarily related to the change in the Company's other comprehensive income associated with its available-for sale investment securities at September 30, 2024.

Book value per share at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was $12.68 and $12.19, respectively. Tangible book value per share (a non-GAAP financial measure which is defined in the tables below) at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was $12.27 and $11.77, respectively. Tangible book value per share, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss (a non-GAAP financial measure which is defined in the tables below), at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was $13.52 and $13.12, respectively.

The Bank was well-capitalized at September 30, 2024, with total risk-based capital ratio of 14.52%, common equity tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 13.48%, and tier 1 leverage ratio of 11.49%.

Asset Quality

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company released provisioning for credit losses totaling $200 thousand, and recorded provision expense totaling $6 thousand, respectively. This is compared to a release of provisioning for credit losses totaling $729 thousand and provision expense of $132 thousand for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. The allowance for credit losses ("ACL") on loans to total loans, net of fees, was 1.02% at September 30, 2024, compared to 1.03% at December 31, 2023.

Nonaccrual loans and loans 90 days or more past due at September 30, 2024 totaled $3.6 million, or 0.16% of total assets, compared to $1.8 million, or 0.08% of total assets, at December 31, 2023. The increase in nonperforming loans at September 30, 2024 is primarily a result of one commercial & industrial loan relationship that was placed on nonaccrual during the first quarter of 2024. Classified loans decreased $19.9 million, or 86%, to $3.2 million at September 30, 2024 compared to the prior quarter. The Company had no other real estate owned at September 30, 2024.

The Company recorded net recoveries of $63 thousand and $68 thousand for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the ACL on loans was $19.1 million and $18.9 million, respectively. ACL coverage to nonperforming loans decreased to 536% at September 30, 2024, compared to 1032% at December 31, 2023, as a result of the $1.7 million increase in nonperforming loans during 2024.

At September 30, 2024, commercial real estate loans totaled $1.06 billion, or 57% of total loans, net of fees, and construction loans totaled $173.8 million, or 9% of total loans, net of fees. Included in commercial real estate and construction loans are loans secured by office buildings totaling $137.4 million, or 7% of total loans, which are primarily located in the Virginia and Maryland suburbs of the Company's market area, with $2.4 million, or 0.13% of total loans, located in Washington, D.C. Loans secured by retail shopping centers totaled $260.7 million, or 14% of total loans, at September 30, 2024. Loans secured by multi-family housing totaled $164.6 million, or 9% of total loans, at September 30, 2024. The commercial real estate portfolio, including construction loans, is diversified by asset type and geographic concentration. The Company has comprehensive policies to monitor, measure, and mitigate its loan concentrations within this portfolio segment, including rigorous credit approval, monitoring and administrative practices. The following table provides further stratification of these and additional classes of real estate loans at September 30, 2024 (dollars in thousands).

The loans shown in the above table exhibit strong credit quality, reflecting two classified loans at September 30, 2024 totaling $1.6 million. During its assessment of the allowance for credit losses, the Company addressed the credit risks associated with these portfolio segments and believes that as a result of its conservative underwriting discipline at loan origination and its ongoing loan monitoring procedures, the Company has appropriately reserved for possible credit concerns in the event of a downturn in economic activity.

Minority Investment in Mortgage Banking Operation

In August 2021, the Company acquired a membership interest in ACM to diversify its loan portfolio while providing competitive residential mortgage products to its customers and to generate additional revenue. The Company's investment in ACM is reflected as a nonconsolidated minority investment, and as such, the Company's income generated from the investment is included in non-interest income. For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company reported income of $278 thousand and a loss of $650 thousand, respectively, an increase of $928 thousand. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded income of $425 thousand compared to a loss of $1.4 million, respectively, related to its investment in ACM.

Income Statement

The Company recorded net income of $4.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $630 thousand, or 16%, compared to $4.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Compared to the linked quarter, net income for the three months ended September 30, 2024 increased $514 thousand, or 12%, from $4.2 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.

Net interest income increased $879 thousand, or 7%, to $14.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to $13.3 million for the third quarter of 2023, and increased $543 thousand, or 4%, compared to the linked quarter ended June 30, 2024. Compared to the year ago quarter ended September 30, 2023, the increase in net interest income for the third quarter of 2024 is primarily due to an increase in loan interest income as the loan portfolio reprices in this high interest rate environment.

The Company's net interest margin increased 25 basis points to 2.64% for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 compared to 2.39% for the year ago quarter ended September 30, 2023, and increased 5 basis points from 2.59% for the linked quarter ended June 30, 2024. The increase in net interest margin is a result of continued improvement in the yields of the Company's loan portfolio and its management to control funding costs.

Compared to the year ago quarter ended September 30, 2023, interest income increased $1.8 million, or 7%, to $29.2 million, for the third quarter of 2024. Total interest income increased $1.3 million, or 5%, for the third quarter of 2024 compared to the linked quarter ended June 30, 2024. Loan interest income increased $2.1 million, or 8%, to $27.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $25.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, as average total loans only increased $10.3 million during this same comparable period. Compared to the linked quarter ended June 30, 2024, loan interest income increased $924 thousand, or 3%, as average total loans decreased $3.2 million.

The Company has actively managed its maturing commercial real estate loan portfolio and further diversified its loan mix toward commercial & industrial loans, which earn higher yields. Loan yields increased 43 basis points to 5.83% for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period of 2023, and increased 21 basis points compared to the linked quarter ended June 30, 2024. The yield on earning assets increased 51 basis points to 5.46% for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to 4.95% for the same period of 2023, partially as a result of the balance sheet repositionings completed during 2023 along with the repricing of the Company's variable rate loan portfolio and new loan originations.

At September 30, 2024, approximately $434.9 million, or 28%, of the Company's commercial loan portfolio is expected to reprice in the next 12 months, which is comprised of the following: $112.8 million in fixed rate commercial loans, and $61.8 million in variable rate commercial loans, with an additional $260.3 million in floating rate loans priced currently at market rates. Within the following 24-36 months, $214.4 million in fixed rate commercial loans are scheduled to reprice and an additional $87.3 million in variable rate commercial loans are scheduled to reprice, representing 20% of the current loan portfolio. In the near term, the Company's efforts to attain appropriate yields on new originations and the repricing of the commercial loan portfolio are expected to provide continued improvement in loan yields.

On a linked quarter basis, interest expense increased $718 thousand, or 5%, to $15.0 million for the third quarter of 2024 compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2024, and increased $926 thousand, or 7%, compared to the year ago quarter. Interest expense on other borrowed funds for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 decreased $587 thousand, or 51%, to $563 thousand from $1.2 million, for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, as the Company reduced its reliance on wholesale funding. Interest expense on deposits increased $1.3 million to $14.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2024, reflecting the increase in average balances of non-maturity deposits during the third quarter of 2024. The cost of interest-bearing liabilities for the third quarter of 2024 was 3.80% compared to 3.74% for the second quarter of 2024, an increase of 6 basis points compared to an increase of 38 basis points from 3.42% for the year ago quarter, demonstrating the Company's ability to slow the increase of funding costs during 2024. As a result of the Federal Open Market Committee decision to cut the federal funds rate by 0.50% on September 18, 2024, the Company has decreased interest rates on its various deposit products, the full impact of which will be reflected in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Net interest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was $40.7 million and $41.7 million, respectively, a decrease of $1.1 million, or 3%, year-over-year. Interest income increased $4.1 million, or 5%, to $84.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to $80.0 million for the comparable 2023 period. Interest expense totaled $43.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $5.1 million, compared to $38.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The Company's net interest margin for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased to 2.57% compared to 2.53% for the year-ago nine month period of 2023.

Noninterest income for the three months ended September 30, 2024 totaled $815 thousand compared $225 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and $871 thousand for the three months ended June 30, 2024.

Fee income from loans was $54 thousand for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to $107 thousand for the third quarter of 2023, which included income from back-to-back loan swap transactions entered into during the third quarter of 2023. Service charges on deposit accounts totaled $301 thousand for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $284 thousand for the year ago quarter, and $279 thousand for the three months ended June 30, 2024. Income from bank-owned life insurance decreased $303 thousand to $70 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $373 thousand for the same period of 2023, a direct result of the surrendered BOLI that occurred during the first quarter of 2024. As previously mentioned, income from the Company's minority interest in ACM totaled $278 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to a loss of $650 thousand for the same period of 2023, and compared to income of $351 thousand for the linked quarter ended June 30, 2024.

For the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded noninterest income totaling $2.1 million, compared to a loss of $3.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, which was primarily associated with its securities sales transaction executed during the first quarter of 2023.

Noninterest expense totaled $9.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $148 thousand, or 2%, compared to $9.0 million for the year ago quarter ended September 30, 2023. On a linked quarter basis, noninterest expense increased $200 thousand, or 2%, from $9.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024. The increase in noninterest expense during the third quarter of 2024 as compared to the linked quarter was primarily related to an increase in incentive accruals recorded during the third quarter of 2024. Compared to the year ago quarter, salaries and benefits expense decreased $414 thousand, or 8%, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily as a result of reduced staffing and process improvement through the use of technology. Full-time equivalent employees have decreased from 126 at September 30, 2023, to 118 at December 31, 2023 to 111 at September 30, 2024, which includes vacancies that are in the process of being filled.

Occupancy expense decreased $82 thousand to $465 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the year ago quarter ended September 30, 2023, primarily as a result of the office space reduction efforts completed during 2023. Internet banking and software expense increased $46 thousand to $706 thousand for the third quarter of 2024 compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2023, primarily as a result of the implementation of enhanced customer software solutions. Other operating expenses totaled $1.6 million for third quarter of 2024 compared to $1.2 million for the year ago quarter ended September 30, 2023, an increase of $456 thousand, which was primarily a result of loan workout expenses that were collected by the Bank during the third quarter of 2023. The Company continues to identify and assess opportunities to reduce operating expenses.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, noninterest expense was $26.8 million and $27.3 million, respectively, a decrease of $444 thousand, or 2%, primarily as a result of the aforementioned decreases in salaries and benefits expenses and occupancy expense.

The efficiency ratio for core bank operating earnings (non-GAAP), which excludes the 2023 losses on the sale of available-for-sale investment securities, for the quarters ended September 30, 2024, June 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023, was 61.2%, 61.9%, and 66.7%, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the efficiency ratio for core bank operating earnings (non-GAAP), excluding 2023 losses on the sale of available-for-sale investment securities, was 62.7% and 63.7%, respectively. A reconciliation of the aforementioned efficiency ratio, a non-GAAP financial measure, can be found in the tables below.

The Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $1.4 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, provision for income taxes was $5.8 million and $1.9 million, respectively. The year-to-date 2024 period includes an additional $2.4 million which is associated with the Company surrendering its BOLI policies during the first quarter of 2024.

About FVCBankcorp, Inc.

FVCBankcorp, Inc. is the holding company for FVCbank, a wholly-owned subsidiary that commenced operations in November 2007. FVCbank is a $2.29 billion asset-sized Virginia-chartered community bank serving the banking needs of commercial businesses, nonprofit organizations, professional service entities, their owners and employees located in the greater Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. FVCbank is based in Fairfax, Virginia, and has 8 full-service offices in Arlington, Fairfax, Manassas, Reston and Springfield, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, and Bethesda, Maryland.

For more information about the Company, please visit the Investor Relations page of FVCBankcorp, Inc.'s website, www.fvcbank.com.

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The following factors, among others, could cause our financial performance to differ materially from that expressed in such forward-looking statements: general business and economic conditions, including higher inflation and its impacts, nationally or in the markets that the Company serves could adversely affect, among other things, real estate valuations, unemployment levels, the ability of businesses to remain viable, consumer and business confidence, and consumer or business spending, which could lead to decreases in demand for loans, deposits, and other financial services that the Company provides and increases in loan delinquencies and defaults; the impact of the interest rate environment on our business, financial condition and results of operation, and its impact on the composition and costs of deposits, loan demand, and the values and liquidity of loan collateral, securities, and interest sensitive assets and liabilities; changes in the Company's liquidity requirements could be adversely affected by changes in its assets and liabilities; changes in the assumptions underlying the establishment of reserves for possible credit losses and the possibility that future credit losses may be higher than currently expected; changes in market conditions, specifically declines in the commercial and residential real estate market, volatility and disruption of the capital and credit markets, and soundness of other financial institutions the Company does business with; the effects of, and changes in, trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including interest rate policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, inflation, interest rate, market and monetary fluctuations; the Company's investment securities portfolio is subject to credit risk, market risk, and liquidity risk as well as changes in the estimates used to value the securities in the portfolio; declines in the Company's common stock price or the occurrence of what management would deem to be a triggering event that could, under certain circumstances, cause us to record a noncash impairment charge to earnings in future periods; geopolitical conditions, including acts or threats of terrorism, or actions taken by the United States or other governments in response to acts or threats of terrorism and/or military conflicts, which could impact business and economic conditions in the United States and abroad; the occurrence of significant natural disasters, including severe weather conditions, floods, health related issues or emergencies, and other catastrophic events; the management of risks inherent in the Company's real estate loan portfolio, and the risk of a prolonged downturn in the real estate market, which could impair the value of loan collateral and the ability to sell collateral upon any foreclosure; the impact of changes in bank regulatory conditions, including laws, regulations and policies concerning capital requirements, deposit insurance premiums, taxes, securities, and the application thereof by regulatory bodies; the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted from time to time by bank regulatory agencies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other accounting standards setting bodies; competitive pressures among financial services companies, including the timely development of competitive new products and services and the acceptance of these products and services by new and existing customers; the effect of acquisitions and partnerships the Company may make, including, without limitation, the failure to achieve the expected revenue growth and/or expense savings from such acquisitions; the Company's involvement, from time to time, in legal proceedings and examination and remedial actions by regulators; and potential exposure to fraud, negligence, computer theft and cyber-crime, and the Company's ability to maintain the security of its data processing and information technology systems. The foregoing factors should not be considered exhaustive and should be read together with other cautionary statements that are included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, including those discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors," and in the Company's other periodic and current reports filed with the SEC. If one or more of the factors affecting our forward-looking information and statements proves incorrect, then our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, forward-looking information and statements contained in this press release. Therefore, the Company cautions you not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking information and statements. We will not update the forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or changes in the factors affecting the forward-looking statements. 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