Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (Nasdaq:KFFB), the holding company
for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Hazard and First
Federal Savings Bank of Kentucky, announced net earnings of
$178,000 or $0.02 diluted earnings per share for the three months
ended March 31, 2016, compared to net earnings of $539,000 or $0.06
diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31,
2015, a decrease of $361,000 or 67.0%. Net earnings were $1.1
million or $0.13 diluted earnings per share for the nine months
ended March 31, 2016, compared to net earnings of $1.5 million or
$0.18 diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended March
31, 2015, a decrease of $414,000 or 27.0%.
The decrease in net earnings on a quarter-to-quarter basis was
primarily attributable to lower net interest income, higher
non-interest expense and lower non-interest income, while partially
offset by lower provision for loan losses.
Net interest income decreased $246,000 or 8.9% to $2.5 million
for the three month period ended March 31, 2016, as interest income
decreased $278,000 or 8.9% and totaled $2.9 million for the
recently ended quarter. Provision for losses on loans for the
recently ended quarter was nil compared to a provision of $36,000
in the prior year period due to improved asset quality, minimal
loan charge-offs, some loan recoveries and slightly declining loan
balances.
Non-interest expense totaled $2.2 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2016, an increase of $249,000 or 12.5% period to
period due primarily to higher costs associated with employee
compensation and benefits as well as other non-interest expenses.
Each of the banks has a defined benefit (“DB”) pension plan and
participates in the same multiple-employer plan. While changes in
the pension laws last fiscal year combined with sufficient funding
levels allowed the Company to temporarily reduce its funding
requirements during fiscal 2015, the Company resumed its funding of
the DB plans during the nine months ended March 31, 2016, and
contributed $203,000 for the recently-ended quarterly period
compared to nil for the year ago period. Management expects to
reduce the DB expense levels for the next three months as it seeks
to combine the plans of the banks into a single plan.
Non-interest loss totaled $19,000 for the three months ended
March 31, 2016, compared to non-interest income of $68,000 for the
prior year period, a decrease of $87,000, primarily due to
valuation adjustments on other real estate. The Company wrote down
$111,000 on its REO holdings during the recently ended quarter
based on newly-acquired appraisals.
Net earnings totaled $1.1 million for the nine months ended
March 31, 2016, a decrease of $414,000 or 27.0% from net earnings
of $1.5 million for the nine month period ended March 31, 2015. The
decrease in net earnings for the recently-ended nine-month period
was primarily attributable to the same components responsible for
the changes in quarterly results.
Net interest income decreased $519,000 or 6.2% and
totaled $7.8 million and $8.3 million for the nine months ended
March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Provision for loan losses
decreased by $291,000 or 96.3% to $11,000 for the nine month period
just ended compared to $302,000 for the prior year period. Interest
income decreased $564,000 or 6.0%, to $8.8 million, while interest
expense decreased $45,000 or 4.2% to $1.0 million for the nine
months ended March 31, 2016, after amortization of fair value
adjustments on interest bearing accounts.
Non-interest expense totaled $6.5 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2016, an increase of $356,000 or 5.8% period to
period due primarily to higher pension plan costs. Plan expenses
totaled $557,000 during the nine-month period just ended compared
to $226,000 in the nine-month period a year ago, an increase of
$331,000 or 146.5%.
Non-interest income totaled $221,000 for the nine months ended
March 31, 2016, a decrease of $175,000 or 44.2% from the same
period in 2015. The decrease was primarily attributable to items
associated with REO, as the Company recorded valuation adjustments
totaling $150,000, or $123,000 higher, in the recently ended period
than in the prior year, while net gains on sale of REO decreased
$72,000 period to period totaling $52,000 for the nine months ended
March 31, 2016.
At March 31, 2016, the Company’s assets totaled $294.1 million,
a decrease of $2.2 million or 0.8% compared to assets of $296.3
million at June 30, 2015. The decrease was attributed primarily to
decreases in loans and investment securities. Total liabilities
decreased $2.4 million or 1.0% to $226.6 million at March 31, 2016,
as deposits decreased $9.3 million or 4.7% to $190.4 million at
March 31, 2016, and FHLB advances increased $7.2 million or 26.9%
to $33.8 million.
At March 31, 2016, the Company reported its book value per share
as $7.99.
This press release may contain statements that are
forward-looking, as that term is defined by the Private Securities
Litigation Act of 1995 or the Securities and Exchange Commission in
its rules, regulations and releases. The Company intends that such
forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created
thereby. All forward-looking statements are based on current
expectations regarding important risk factors including, but not
limited to, real estate values, the impact of interest rates on
financing, changes in general economic conditions, legislative and
regulatory changes that adversely affect the business of the
Company, changes in the securities markets and the Risk Factors
described in Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended June 30, 2015. Accordingly, actual results may
differ from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, and
the making of such statements should not be regarded as a
representation by the Company or any other person that results
expressed therein will be achieved.
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is the parent company of First
Federal Savings and Loan Association, which operates one banking
office in Hazard, Kentucky, and First Federal Savings Bank of
Kentucky, which operates six banking offices in Kentucky, including
three in Frankfort, two in Danville, and one in Lancaster. Kentucky
First Federal Bancorp shares are traded on the Nasdaq National
Market under the symbol KFFB. At March 31, 2016, the Company had
approximately 8,439,515 shares outstanding of which approximately
56.0% was held by First Federal MHC.
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SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS |
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets |
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
|
2015 |
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands, except share data) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and Cash
Equivalents |
$ |
17,567 |
$ |
13,635 |
|
|
|
Investment
Securities |
|
4,879 |
|
6,582 |
|
|
|
Loans Held for
Sale |
|
-- |
|
100 |
|
|
|
Loans, net |
|
239,063 |
|
243,815 |
|
|
|
Real estate owned,
net |
|
1,196 |
|
1,593 |
|
|
|
Other Assets |
|
31,353 |
|
30,573 |
|
|
|
Total Assets |
$ |
294,058 |
$ |
296,298 |
|
|
|
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deposits |
$ |
190,401 |
$ |
199,701 |
|
|
|
FHLB Advances |
|
33,792 |
|
26,635 |
|
|
|
Deferred revenue |
|
599 |
|
610 |
|
|
|
Other Liabilities |
|
1,819 |
|
2,039 |
|
|
|
Total Liabilities |
|
226,611 |
|
228,985 |
|
|
|
Shareholders' Equity |
|
67,447 |
|
67,313 |
|
|
|
Total
Liabilities and Equity |
$ |
294,058 |
$ |
296,298 |
|
|
|
Book Value
Per Share |
$ |
7.99 |
$ |
7.98 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income |
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(In
thousands, except share data) |
|
|
|
Nine months ended March 31, |
|
|
|
|
Three months ended March 31, |
|
|
|
2016 |
|
2015 |
|
|
|
2016 |
|
|
2015 |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
Interest Income |
$ |
8,827 |
$ |
9,391 |
|
$ |
|
2,858 |
|
$ |
3,136 |
|
Interest Expense |
|
1,033 |
|
1,078 |
|
|
|
341 |
|
|
373 |
|
Net Interest
Income |
|
7,794 |
|
8,313 |
|
|
|
2,517 |
|
|
2,763 |
|
Provision for Losses on
Loans |
|
11 |
|
302 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
36 |
|
Non-interest
Income |
|
221 |
|
396 |
|
|
|
(19 |
) |
|
68 |
|
Non-interest
Expense |
|
|
6,473 |
|
|
|
6,117 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,239 |
|
|
|
1,990 |
|
Income Before Income
Taxes |
|
1,531 |
|
2,290 |
|
|
|
259 |
|
|
805 |
|
Income Taxes |
|
411 |
|
756 |
|
|
|
81 |
|
|
266 |
|
Net Income |
$ |
1,120 |
$ |
1,534 |
|
$ |
|
178 |
|
$ |
539 |
|
Earnings per
share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted |
$ |
0.13 |
$ |
0.18 |
|
$ |
|
0.02 |
|
$ |
0.06 |
|
Weighted average
outstanding shares: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted |
|
8,321,890 |
|
8,360,824 |
|
|
|
8,326,593 |
|
|
8,317,518 |
|
|
|
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|
|
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Contact: Kentucky First Federal Bancorp
Don Jennings, President
Clay Hulette, Vice President
(502) 223-1638
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