ACNB Corporation (NASDAQ: ACNB), financial holding company for ACNB
Bank and ACNB Insurance Services, Inc., announced record financial
results with net income of $27,834,000 for the year ended December
31, 2021. Compared to net income of $18,394,000 for the year ended
December 31, 2020, this is an increase of $9,440,000 or 51.3% over
comparable year-end period results. Basic earnings per share was
$3.19 and $2.13 for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020,
respectively, which is an increase of $1.06 or 49.8%. These record
results for 2021 are primarily attributable to higher fee income
and lesser loan loss provision compared to the year of 2020, as
well as one-time merger expenses related to the acquisition of FCBI
in the first quarter of 2020.
The Corporation reported net income of
$4,495,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2021. Compared
to net income of $7,049,000 for the three months ended December 31,
2020, this is a decrease of $2,554,000 or 36.2% less than
comparable period results. This decrease was largely attributable
to the contraction of net interest income due to lower loan volume
and rates, one-time expenses related to the core banking system
conversion, and lower fee income primarily associated with reduced
sales of residential mortgages as interest rates increased in 2021.
Basic earnings per share was $0.52 and $0.81 for the three months
ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which is a decrease
of $0.29 or 35.8%.
“2021 has proven to be a year of record
earnings, which was not anticipated at the outset given the
COVID-19 pandemic environment. Despite the continued challenges
faced due to the pandemic, ACNB Corporation ended the year with
earnings of nearly $28 million, a 3% increase in the cash dividends
paid per common share to the Corporation’s shareholders, and a safe
and sound organization with solid capital, liquidity and asset
quality,” said James P. Helt, ACNB Corporation President &
Chief Executive Officer. “By the end of the third quarter of 2021,
ACNB Bank was fortunate to no longer have in effect any temporary
loan modifications or deferrals due to the pandemic for any
customers, which is a reflection of the resolve of the communities
served. Moreover, as the year progressed, PPP loans were either
forgiven or paid off resulting in only $18.5 million remaining at
December 31, 2021, from total PPP loan originations of
approximately $223 million. These efforts, among others, to assist
Bank customers during the pandemic required much staff time and
dedication, but is a testimony to our commitment as a community
banking organization.”
Mr. Helt continued, “As 2022 begins, there are a
number of exciting initiatives on the horizon as we refocus our
energies on strategic initiatives to grow both organically and
inorganically. ACNB Bank’s core system conversion in September 2021
was a major component of the ongoing core and digital banking
transformation project in support of growth. The Bank also recently
announced construction plans for a new Upper Adams Office in the
Biglerville, Pennsylvania, community to effectively consolidate
three existing office locations later this year. In addition, the
insurance agency subsidiary has changed its name and rebranded as
ACNB Insurance Services, Inc. effective January 1, 2022, to better
align its identity with ACNB Corporation and ACNB Bank. 2022 will
have its own challenges as the year unfolds, but it has begun with
momentum and vigor to further our vision to be the independent
financial services provider of choice in the core markets served by
building relationships and finding solutions.”
Revenues
Total revenues, defined as net interest income
plus noninterest income, for the year ended December 31, 2021, were
$93,930,000 or an increase of 1.0% over total revenues of
$93,002,000 for 2020. Total interest income for 2021 was
$78,159,000, or a decrease of 8.4%, as compared to total interest
income of $85,290,000 for the year ended December 31, 2020,
primarily due to 2021 market interest rate decreases in conjunction
with lower loan volume.
Loans
Total loans outstanding were $1,468,427,000 at
December 31, 2021. Year over year, loans outstanding decreased by
$169,357,000, or 10.3%, since December 31, 2020. The decrease in
loans year over year is largely attributable to the forgiveness of
PPP loans, sale of most new residential mortgages, and payoff of
loans in the residential mortgage, consumer and government lending
portfolios. Conversely, new loan production for all business lines
totaled $423,965,000 for the year ended December 31, 2021, which is
an increase of 19.4% over the year of 2020. Despite the intense
competition in the Corporation’s market areas, there is a continued
management focus on asset quality and disciplined underwriting
standards in the loan origination process. As a result of sound
loan risk metrics, combined with low credit losses in the
portfolio, the provision for loan losses for the year ended
December 31, 2021, was $50,000 and the allowance for loan losses
stood at $19,033,000 at December 31, 2021.
Deposits
Total deposits were $2,426,389,000 at December
31, 2021. Deposits increased by $240,864,000, or 11.0%, from
December 31, 2020. These results are primarily attributable to
continued, slow economic conditions increasing the level of
deposits held by existing and new customers, including the segment
of municipal depositors.
Net Interest Income and
Margin
Net interest income decreased by $1,824,000 to
$71,244,000 for the year ended December 31, 2021, a decrease of
2.5% in comparison to the year ended December 31, 2020. The net
interest margin for 2021 was 2.82%, compared to 3.35% for the same
period of 2020. Both net interest income and the net interest
margin were negatively impacted by market rate decreases in tandem
with lesser loans as a percentage in the earning asset mix, as well
as more lower yielding investments and liquidity assets.
Noninterest Income
Noninterest income for 2021 was $22,686,000, an
increase of $2,752,000 or 13.8% over the prior year ended December
31, 2020. The increase was broad based and included both fee income
from the sale of residential mortgage loans and revenue from wealth
management activities, which grew 18.6% in comparison to the year
ended December 31, 2020, and reached $3,169,000 for 2021.
Noninterest Expense
Noninterest expense for 2021 was $58,861,000, a
decrease of $2,299,000 or 3.8% over the prior year ended December
31, 2020, and due mainly to one-time merger expenses incurred in
2020 and continued expense management.
Dividends
Quarterly cash dividends paid to ACNB
Corporation shareholders in 2021 totaled $8,968,000 in the
aggregate, or $1.03 per common share, including the special cash
dividend of $0.02 per common share paid on June 15, 2021. On a per
common share basis, there was a year-over-year increase of 3.0% in
cash dividends paid to ACNB Corporation shareholders from 2020 to
2021. In 2020, ACNB Corporation paid a $1.00 dividend per common
share for total dividends paid to shareholders in the aggregate
amount of $8,685,000.
COVID-19 Pandemic
As previously reported, ACNB Corporation
implemented numerous initiatives to support and protect employees
and customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. These efforts continue
with current information and guidelines related to ongoing COVID-19
initiatives and communications available at acnb.com. As of
September 30, 2021, ACNB Corporation’s community banking
subsidiary, ACNB Bank, no longer had any temporary loan
modifications or deferrals for either commercial or consumer
customers, furthering the positive trend of improvement in 2021. In
comparison, at December 31, 2020, the Bank had outstanding
approvals for temporary loan modifications and deferrals for 48
loans totaling $36,123,155 in principal balances, representing 2.2%
of the total loan portfolio.
Paycheck Protection Program
ACNB Bank serves as an active participant in the
PPP, as authorized initially by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security (CARES) Act and subsequently by the Coronavirus
Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. As of December
31, 2021, ACNB Bank had closed and funded 2,217 PPP loans totaling
$223,036,703, resulting in approximately $9,500,000 in total fee
income. Of this fee income amount, $2,875,000, before costs, was
recognized in 2020 and another $5,627,000, before costs, was
recognized in 2021 as an adjustment to interest income yield, with
the remainder to be recognized in future quarters as an adjustment
to interest income yield. At December 31, 2021, there was an
outstanding balance of $18,540,986 in PPP loans as a result of
forgiveness and repayments to date. Currently, the Bank is
assisting the remainder of PPP customers with the processing of
applications for loan forgiveness through the Small Business
Administration (SBA).
ACNB Bank Update
On January 12, 2022, ACNB Bank announced plans
to build a full-service community banking office to serve the Upper
Adams area of Adams County, PA. The new office location will offer
enhanced services and conveniences, as well as will deploy new
design concepts in the office lobby with the goal of streamlining
and improving the customer experience. Upon completion of
construction of the Upper Adams Office in Fall 2022, the plan is to
consolidate operations of the three current ACNB Bank offices in
the Upper Adams geography.
ACNB Insurance Services, Inc.
Update
On January 6, 2022, ACNB Corporation announced
the name change and rebranding of the insurance subsidiary to ACNB
Insurance Services, Inc. from Russell Insurance Group, Inc.
effective January 1, 2022. This rebranding reinforces the common
ownership by ACNB Corporation of both ACNB Bank and the insurance
agency, as well as makes this affiliation more visible for
businesses and consumers in order to leverage cross-selling
opportunities in the shared communities served.
About ACNB Corporation
ACNB Corporation, headquartered in Gettysburg,
PA, is the $2.8 billion financial holding company for the
wholly-owned subsidiaries of ACNB Bank, Gettysburg, PA, and ACNB
Insurance Services, Inc., formerly Russell Insurance Group, Inc.,
Westminster, MD. Originally founded in 1857, ACNB Bank serves its
marketplace with banking and wealth management services, including
trust and retail brokerage, via a network of 20 community banking
offices, located in the four southcentral Pennsylvania counties of
Adams, Cumberland, Franklin and York, as well as loan offices in
Lancaster and York, PA, and Hunt Valley, MD. As divisions of ACNB
Bank operating in Maryland, FCB Bank and NWSB Bank serve the local
marketplace with a network of five and six community banking
offices located in Frederick County and Carroll County, MD,
respectively. ACNB Insurance Services, Inc. is a full-service
agency with licenses in 44 states. The agency offers a broad range
of property, casualty, health, life and disability insurance
serving personal and commercial clients through office locations in
Westminster, Germantown and Jarrettsville, MD, and Gettysburg, PA.
For more information regarding ACNB Corporation and its
subsidiaries, please visit acnb.com.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
ACNB Corporation uses non-GAAP financial
measures to provide information useful to investors in
understanding our operating performance and trends, and to
facilitate comparisons with the performance of our peers.
Management uses these measures internally to assess and better
understand our underlying business performance and trends related
to core business activities. The non-GAAP financial measures and
key performance indicators we use may differ from the non-GAAP
financial measures and key performance indicators other financial
institutions use to measure their performance and trends.
Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in
addition to, and not as an alternative for, our reported results
prepared in accordance with GAAP. In the event of such a disclosure
or release, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC)
Regulation G requires: (i) the presentation of the most directly
comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance
with GAAP and (ii) a reconciliation of the differences between the
non-GAAP financial measure presented and the most directly
comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance
with GAAP. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP operating measures
to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are
included in the tables at the end of this release.
Management believes merger-related expenses are
not organic costs attendant to operations and facilities. These
charges principally represent expenses to satisfy contractual
obligations of the acquired entity, without any useful benefit to
us, to convert and consolidate the entity’s records, systems and
data onto our platforms, and professional fees related to the
transaction. These costs are specific to each individual
transaction and may vary significantly based on the size and
complexity of the transaction.
SAFE HARBOR AND FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS -
Should there be a material subsequent event prior to the filing of
the Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the financial information reported in this press
release is subject to change to reflect the subsequent event. In
addition to historical information, this press release may contain
forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, (a) projections or statements
regarding future earnings, expenses, net interest income, other
income, earnings or loss per share, asset mix and quality, growth
prospects, capital structure, and other financial terms, (b)
statements of plans and objectives of Management or the Board of
Directors, and (c) statements of assumptions, such as economic
conditions in the Corporation’s market areas. Such forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as “believes”, “expects”, “may”, “intends”,
“will”, “should”, “anticipates”, or the negative of any of the
foregoing or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or
by discussion of strategy. Forward-looking statements are subject
to certain risks and uncertainties such as local economic
conditions, competitive factors, and regulatory limitations. Actual
results may differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other
factors that could cause actual results and experience to differ
from those projected include, but are not limited to, the
following: the effects of governmental and fiscal policies, as well
as legislative and regulatory changes; the effects of new laws and
regulations, specifically the impact of the Coronavirus Response
and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act;
impacts of the capital and liquidity requirements of the Basel III
standards; the effects of changes in accounting policies and
practices, as may be adopted by the regulatory agencies, as well as
the Financial Accounting Standards Board and other accounting
standard setters; ineffectiveness of the business strategy due to
changes in current or future market conditions; future actions or
inactions of the United States government, including the effects of
short- and long-term federal budget and tax negotiations and a
failure to increase the government debt limit or a prolonged
shutdown of the federal government; the effects of economic
conditions particularly with regard to the negative impact of
severe, wide-ranging and continuing disruptions caused by the
spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the responses
thereto on the operations of the Corporation and current customers,
specifically the effect of the economy on loan customers’ ability
to repay loans; the effects of competition, and of changes in laws
and regulations on competition, including industry consolidation
and development of competing financial products and services; the
risks of changes in interest rates on the level and composition of
deposits, loan demand, and the values of loan collateral,
securities, and interest rate protection agreements, as well as
interest rate risks; difficulties in acquisitions and integrating
and operating acquired business operations, including information
technology difficulties; challenges in establishing and maintaining
operations in new markets; the effects of technology changes;
volatilities in the securities markets; the effect of general
economic conditions and more specifically in the Corporation’s
market areas; the failure of assumptions underlying the
establishment of reserves for loan losses and estimations of values
of collateral and various financial assets and liabilities; acts of
war or terrorism; disruption of credit and equity markets; the
ability to manage current levels of impaired assets; the loss of
certain key officers; the ability to maintain the value and image
of the Corporation’s brand and protect the Corporation’s
intellectual property rights; continued relationships with major
customers; and, potential impacts to the Corporation from
continually evolving cybersecurity and other technological risks
and attacks, including additional costs, reputational damage,
regulatory penalties, and financial losses. We caution readers not
to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. They
only reflect management’s analysis as of this date. The Corporation
does not revise or update these forward-looking statements to
reflect events or changed circumstances. Please carefully review
the risk factors described in other documents the Corporation files
from time to time with the SEC, including the Annual Reports on
Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Please also carefully
review any Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Corporation
with the SEC.
ACNB
CORPORATIONFinancial Highlights
Unaudited Consolidated Condensed
Statements of IncomeDollars in thousands, except per share
data
|
Three Months Ended December 31, |
|
Years Ended December 31, |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
INCOME STATEMENT
DATA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
$ |
18,674 |
|
$ |
21,472 |
|
$ |
78,159 |
|
$ |
85,290 |
Interest expense |
|
1,324 |
|
|
2,570 |
|
|
6,915 |
|
|
12,222 |
Net interest income |
|
17,350 |
|
|
18,902 |
|
|
71,244 |
|
|
73,068 |
Provision for loan losses |
|
- |
|
|
1,040 |
|
|
50 |
|
|
9,140 |
Net interest income after provision for loan losses |
|
17,350 |
|
|
17,862 |
|
|
71,194 |
|
|
63,928 |
Noninterest income |
|
5,543 |
|
|
5,863 |
|
|
22,686 |
|
|
19,934 |
Merger-related expenses |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
5,965 |
Noninterest expense |
|
17,367 |
|
|
14,938 |
|
|
58,861 |
|
|
55,195 |
Income before income taxes |
|
5,526 |
|
|
8,787 |
|
|
35,019 |
|
|
22,702 |
Provision for income taxes |
|
1,031 |
|
|
1,738 |
|
|
7,185 |
|
|
4,308 |
Net income |
$ |
4,495 |
|
$ |
7,049 |
|
$ |
27,834 |
|
$ |
18,394 |
Basic earnings per share |
$ |
0.52 |
|
$ |
0.81 |
|
$ |
3.19 |
|
$ |
2.13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NON-GAAP MEASURES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME STATEMENT DATA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
$ |
4,495 |
|
$ |
7,049 |
|
$ |
27,834 |
|
$ |
18,394 |
Merger-related expenses, net of income taxes |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
4,639 |
Adjusted net income (non-GAAP)* |
$ |
4,495 |
|
$ |
7,049 |
|
$ |
27,834 |
|
$ |
23,033 |
Adjusted basic earnings per share (non-GAAP)* |
$ |
0.52 |
|
$ |
0.81 |
|
$ |
3.19 |
|
$ |
2.67 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*See Non-GAAP Financial Measures above. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited Selected Financial
DataDollars in thousands, except per share data
|
December 31, 2021 |
|
|
December 31, 2020 |
BALANCE SHEET
DATA |
|
|
|
|
Assets |
$ |
2,786,987 |
|
|
|
$ |
2,555,362 |
|
Securities |
$ |
446,161 |
|
|
|
$ |
350,182 |
|
Loans, total |
$ |
1,468,427 |
|
|
|
$ |
1,637,784 |
|
Allowance for loan losses |
$ |
19,033 |
|
|
|
$ |
20,226 |
|
Deposits |
$ |
2,426,389 |
|
|
|
$ |
2,185,525 |
|
Borrowings |
$ |
69,902 |
|
|
|
$ |
92,209 |
|
Stockholders’ equity |
$ |
272,114 |
|
|
|
$ |
257,972 |
|
COMMON SHARE
DATA |
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share |
$ |
3.19 |
|
|
|
$ |
2.13 |
|
Cash dividends paid per share |
$ |
1.03 |
|
|
|
$ |
1.00 |
|
Book value per share |
$ |
31.35 |
|
|
|
$ |
29.62 |
|
Number of common shares outstanding |
8,679,206 |
|
|
|
8,709,393 |
|
SELECTED
RATIOS |
|
|
|
|
Return on average assets |
1.03 |
% |
|
|
0.78 |
% |
Return on average equity |
10.52 |
% |
|
|
7.39 |
% |
Non-performing loans to total loans |
0.40 |
% |
|
|
0.48 |
% |
Net charge-offs to average loans outstanding |
0.08 |
% |
|
|
0.16 |
% |
Allowance for loan losses to non-acquired loans (non-GAAP)* |
1.66 |
% |
|
|
1.65 |
% |
Allowance for loan losses to total loans |
1.30 |
% |
|
|
1.23 |
% |
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans |
326.30 |
% |
|
|
251.16 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* See Non-GAAP Financial Measures above. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contact: |
Lynda L.
Glass |
|
EVP/Secretary & |
|
Chief Governance Officer |
|
717.339.5085 |
|
lglass@acnb.com |
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