OAK RIDGE, N.C., Oct. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oak Ridge Financial Services, Inc. (“Oak Ridge”; or the “Company”) (OTCPink: BKOR), the parent company of Bank of Oak Ridge (the “Bank”), announced unaudited financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.

Highlights as of and for the Three Months ended September 30, 2022

• Basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.59 for the three months ended September 30, 2022, down 16 cents, or 21.3%, from the comparable 2021 period.
• Annualized return on average common stockholders’ equity of 12.35% for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to 16.40% for the same period in 2021.
• Tangible book value per common share of $18.67 as of September 30, 2022, down 0.3%, or $0.05, from $18.72 as of September 30, 2021.
• Through September 30, 2022, the Bank has recognized almost 100% of the unamortized fees and associated costs on $80.0 million of first and second round Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans.
• Period end total loans excluding PPP loans of $436.0 million, up 6.19% (8.27% annualized), or $26.3 million, from $410.6 million as of December 31, 2021.
• Period end total loans of $436.3 million, up 1.55% (2.07% annualized), or $26.3 million, from $429.7 million as of December 31, 2021.
• Period end allowance for loan losses of $4.9 million, up 31.6%, from $3.8 million on December 31, 2021.
• Nonperforming assets of $871,000, down 70.8% from $2.9 million on December 31, 2021.
• Period end deposits of $482.3 million, down 5.3%, or $26.2 million from $509.3 million as of December 31, 2021.
• Named to American Banker magazine’s Top 200 Publicly Traded Community Banks and Thrifts. The ranking is based on a company’s three-year average return on average equity (ROAE) through December 31, 2021. This is the sixth consecutive year the Company has been part of this prestigious list.
• Ranked #10 among all banks and #5 among North Carolina banks in SBA 7(a) loans approved by the SBA for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
  

Tom Wayne, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, reported, “I am extremely pleased with our continued strong financial performance in the third quarter of 2022 despite the reduction in the bank’s PPP income in 2022. Our team has shown great resilience and performance as we navigate the changing economic and social environment, with the Company producing greater than double digit return on equity for the last six consecutive quarters. Additionally, our ratio of nonperforming assets to total assets declined from 0.51% on December 31, 2021, to 0.15% on September 30, 2022.”

A quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share of common stock is payable on December 5, 2022, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 18, 2022. “We are pleased to pay another quarterly cash dividend to our stockholders,” said Mr. Wayne. “Paying stockholders a portion of our earnings reflects our continuing commitment to enhance stockholder value.”

As of September 30, 2022, the Bank’s Community Bank Leverage Ratio was 10.8%, up from 10.2% as of December 31, 2021. Stockholders’ equity on September 30, 2022, was $50.5 million, down 1.6% from $51.3 million on December 31, 2021, due to an increase in accumulated other comprehensive loss in 2022.

For the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, net interest income was $5.4 million and $5.3 million, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2022, the annualized net interest margin was 4.10% compared to 3.94% for the same period in 2021, an increase of 16 basis points. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, net interest income was $16.2 million, compared to $16.0 million during the same period in 2021. The annualized net interest margin was 3.94% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to 4.00% for the same period in 2021, a decrease of six basis points.

The Company recorded a provision for loan losses of $160,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2022, with a recovery of provision for loan losses of $135,000 for the same period in 2021. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recorded a provision for loan losses of $141,000, with a recovery of provision for loan losses of $247,000 for the same period in 2021. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total loans was 1.11% on September 30, 2022, compared to 0.87% on December 31, 2021. The increase in the allowance for loan losses in 2022 was partly the result of the Company increasing the qualitative factors in its allowance for loan loss model due to the declining overall economic outlook. Nonperforming assets represented 0.15% of total assets on September 30, 2022, compared to 0.51% on December 31, 2021.

Noninterest income totaled $987,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared with $919,000 for the same period in 2021, an increase of $68,000 or 7.4%. The biggest contributors to the increase were gains on sales of SBA loans (not PPP loans) of $203,000 in the third quarter of 2022, compared to $56,000 for the same period in 2021; and other service charges, fees, and income of $134,000 in the third quarter of 2022, compared to $63,000 for the same period in 2021. Partially offsetting these increases was a $182,000 gain on sale of investment securities for the three months ended September 30, 2021, with no gain on sale of investment securities in the comparable period in 2022. Noninterest income totaled $3.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared with $2.2 million for the same period in 2021, an increase of $900,000 or 40.9%. The biggest contributor to the increase was gains on sales of SBA loans (not PPP loans) of $718,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, with gains of $56,000 in the comparable period in 2021. Additionally, Income from Small Business Investment Company totaled $170,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, with no such income in the comparable period in 2021.

Noninterest expense totaled $4.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $500,000, or 13.1%, from the same period in 2021. The increase was partly due to higher employee salaries which increased by $511,000 compared to the prior year period, partly due to annual merit increases effective November 1, 2021, higher 2022 commissions, and the absence of the Cares Act Employer Retention Credit in 2022. Additionally, other expenses increased $154,000 compared to the prior year period partly due to increased expenses related to SBA lending, insurance expenses, annual license fees, and appraisal fees. Noninterest expense totaled $12.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $1.7 million, or 15.1%, from 2021. The increase was partly due to higher employee salaries which increased by $1.4 million compared to the prior year period, partly due to annual merit increases effective November 1, 2021, higher 2022 commissions, and the absence of the Cares Act Employer Retention Credit in 2022. Additionally, other expenses increased $154,000 compared to the prior year period partly due to increased annual license fees and director fees.

About Oak Ridge Financial Services, Inc., and Bank of Oak Ridge
At Bank of Oak Ridge, we pride ourselves on knowing your name when you walk through our door. Whether in-person or through our digital offerings, managing your financial well-being is easy, safe, and convenient. We are the longest-running employee-owned community bank in the Triad and have served community members, local businesses, and non-profit organizations since 2000. Learn more about what makes Bank of Oak Ridge the Triad’s community bank by visiting one of our convenient locations in Greensboro, High Point, Summerfield & Oak Ridge.

Oak Ridge Financial Services, Inc. (OTC Pink: BKOR) is the holding company for Bank of Oak Ridge. Bank of Oak Ridge is a member of the FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender.

Awards & Recognitions | Best Bank in the Triad | Triad’s Top Workplace Finalist | 2016 Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Business Ethics | Triad’s Healthiest Employer Winner

Banking for Business & Personal | Mobile & Online Banking | Worldwide ATM | Debit, Credit + Rewards | Checking, Savings & Money Market | Loans + SBA | Mortgage | Insurance | Wealth Management

Let’s Talk | 336.644.9944 | www.BankofOakRidge.com | Extended Hours at all Triad Locations

Forward-looking Information This earnings release contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of the Company. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are based on the beliefs and assumptions of management of the Company and on the information available to management at the time that these disclosures were prepared. These statements can be identified by the use of words like “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate” and “believe,” variations of these words and other similar expressions. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, (1) competition in the Company’s markets, (2) changes in the interest rate environment, (3) general national, regional or local economic conditions may be less favorable than expected, resulting in, among other things, a deterioration in credit quality and the possible impairment of collectability of loans, (4) legislative or regulatory changes, including changes in accounting standards, (5) significant changes in the federal and state legal and regulatory environment and tax laws, and (6) the impact of changes in monetary and fiscal policies, laws, rules and regulations. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Oak Ridge Financial Services, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of September 30, 2022 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2021 (Audited)
(Dollars in thousands)
		2022			2021
Assets
Cash and due from banks	$	12,137		$	8,998
Interest-bearing deposits with banks		11,945			79,086
Total cash and cash equivalents		24,082			88,084
Securities available-for-sale		86,324			46,948
Securities held-to-maturity		325			387
Restricted stock, at cost		1,726			1,324
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $4,944 and
$3,756 at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively		431,351			425,900
Property and equipment, net		9,372			9,907
Accrued interest receivable		2,124			1,842
Bank owned life insurance		6,075			6,014
Right-of-use assets – operating leases		1,287			1,594
Other assets		6,288			4,921
Total assets	$	568,954		$	586,921
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Liabilities
Deposits
Noninterest-bearing	$	123,362		$	116,525
Interest-bearing	358,921				392,754
Total deposits	482,283				509,279
Short-term borrowings		10,000			-
Long-term borrowings		485			683
Junior subordinated notes – trust preferred securities		8,248			8,248
Subordinated debentures		9,893			9,863
Lease liabilities – operating leases		1,287			1,594
Accrued interest payable		294			110
Other liabilities		5,999			5,816
Total liabilities	518,489				535,593
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock, no par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized;
2,702,370 and 2,672,620 issued and outstanding
at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively		26,077			25,532
Retained earnings		27,166			22,815
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		(2,778	)		2,981
Total stockholders’ equity		50,465			51,328
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	568,954		$	586,921

 

Oak Ridge Financial Services, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021
(Dollars in thousands)

	Three months ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
	2022			2021					2022		2021
Interest and dividend income
Loans and fees on loans	$	5,197		$	5,471		$		15,735	$	16,787
Interest on deposits in banks		172			11				370		21
Restricted stock dividends		21			19				57		59
Interest on investment securities		689			330				1,454		1,014
Total interest and dividend income		6,079			5,831				17,616		17,881
Interest expense
Deposits		222			304				715		1,027
Short-term and long-term debt		268			209				696		855
Total interest expense		490			513				1,411		1,882
Net interest income		5,589			5,318				16,205		15,999
Provision for (recovery of) loan losses		160			(135	)			141		(247		)
Net interest income after provision for loan losses		5,429			5,453				16,064		16,246
Noninterest income
Service charges on deposit accounts		151			135				437		390
Brokerage commissions on mortgage loans		48			67				181		199
Insurance commissions		124			112				350		321
Gain on sale of Small Business Administration loans		203			56				718		56
Debit and credit card interchange income		306			283				891		829
Income from Small Business Investment Company		-			-				170		-
Gain on sale of investment securities		-			182				-		182
Income earned on bank owned life insurance		21			21				60		63
Other service charges, fees, and income		134			63				259		208
Total noninterest income		987			919				3,066		2,248
Noninterest expense
Salaries		2,219			1,708				6,575		5,198
Employee benefits		267			265				817		830
Occupancy		281			271				828		800
Equipment		237			284				732		829
Data and item processing		411			500				1,265		1,375
Professional and advertising		252			296				837		724
Stationery and supplies		19			42				80		139
Impairment loss on securities		13			-				13		28
Telecommunications		112			91				323		281
FDIC assessment		110			48				217		141
Other expense		469			315				1,216		865
Total noninterest expense		4,390			3,820				12,903		11,210
Income before income taxes		2,026			2,552				6,227		7,284
Income tax expense		421			539				1,257		1,495
Net income and income available to common stockholders	$	1,605		$	2,013		$		4,970	$	5,789
Basic and diluted income per common share	$	0.59		$	0.75		$		1.84	$	2.17
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding		2,702,370			2,672,620				2,696,026		2,667,405

Selected Financial Data	September 30, 2022				June 30, 2022			March 31, 2022				December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021					June 30, 2021
Return on average common stockholders' equity1		12.35	%			13.52	%			13.07	%		15.70	%		16.40	%			14.71	%
Tangible book value per share	$	18.67			$	18.77			$	18.63		$	19.20		$	18.72			$	17.93
Return on average assets1		1.08	%			1.11	%			1.14	%		1.36	%		1.41	%			1.20	%
Net interest margin1		4.10	%			3.66	%			4.07	%		3.65	%		3.94	%			3.79	%
Efficiency ratio		66.76	%			68.93	%			65.10	%		69.73	%		63.08	%			62.80	%
Nonperforming assets to total assets		0.15	%			0.14	%			0.16	%		0.51	%		0.50	%			0.55	%

¹Annualized

Contact: Skylar Mearing, Director of Marketing
Phone: 336.644.4840