CSB Bancorp, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Earnings

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MILLERSBURG, Ohio, October 22, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CSB Bancorp, Inc. (OTC Pink: CSBB):

Third Quarter Highlights

 

 

Quarter Ended

September 30, 2024

 

 

 

Quarter Ended

September 30, 2023

 

Diluted earnings per share

 

$

1.18

 

 

 

$

1.30

 

Net Income

 

$

3,145,000

 

 

 

$

3,481,000

 

Return on average common equity

 

 

11.14

%

 

 

 

13.63

%

Return on average assets

 

 

1.05

%

 

 

 

1.19

%

CSB Bancorp, Inc. (OTC Pink: CSBB) today announced third quarter 2024 net income of $3,145,000, or $1.18 per basic and diluted share, as compared to $3,481,000, or $1.30 per basic and diluted share, for the same period in 2023. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 net income totaled $7,693,000 compared to $11,059,000 for the same period last year, a decrease of 30%.

Annualized returns on average common equity ("ROE") and average assets ("ROA") for the quarter were 11.14% and 1.05%, respectively, compared with 13.63% and 1.19% for the third quarter of 2023. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 ROE and ROA were 9.30% and 0.88% as compared to 14.85% and 1.28% for the comparable period in 2023.

Eddie Steiner, President and CEO stated, "Local economic conditions remain stable with continued low unemployment. Loan demand has been steady, with signs of increasing borrower appetite as interest rates decline. Total revenue is 2% above the prior year’s nine months and net revenue before provision for credit loss and taxes is 1% ahead on a year to date basis. Margins and efficiency are holding very close to prior year levels, even with higher rates paid on deposits and moderate inflation within operating costs. Overall quality within the loan portfolio remains acceptable, and shareholders’ equity and book value per share have increased 7% year to date."

Pre-Provision Net Revenue ("PPNR") (a non-GAAP measure) totaled $4.60 million during the quarter, an increase of $93 thousand, or 2%, from the prior year’s third quarter. Net interest income increased $377 thousand, or 4%, noninterest income increased $104 thousand, or 6%, and noninterest expense rose $388 thousand, or 6%, in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.

Provision for credit loss expense for the quarter increased $523 thousand from third quarter 2023 and $4.5 million for the comparable nine-month period. As previously identified, while continuing to pursue liquidation of a commercial lending relationship originally totaling $6.4 million, the credit was charged down in third quarter 2024 by the previously held specific reserve of $4.1 million. The court appointed receiver has obtained auction values of the premises and equipment in possession and the bank continues to move through the court system to schedule liquidation of the assets or sale of company.