Third Century Bancorp Releases Earnings for the Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2023

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FRANKLIN, Ind., February 22, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(OTCPINK: TDCB) - Third Century Bancorp ("Company"), the holding company for Mutual Savings Bank ("Bank"), announced it recorded unaudited net income of $252,000 for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, or $0.22 per basic and diluted share, compared to net income of $536,000 for the quarter ended December 31, 2022, or $0.46 per basic diluted share. In addition, the Company recorded net income of $1,018,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023, or $0.88 per basic and diluted share, compared to net income of $2,116,000 for the year ended December 31, 2022, or $1.83 per basic and $1.82 per diluted share.

"Two primary factors impacted our earnings for the year. First, higher funding costs. Due to the movement in the Fed Funds rate and market competitive deposit rates, the costs of funding our quality loan growth was significant. Second, due to higher residential mortgage loan interest rates, our non-interest income continued to run below our desired levels. Higher rates led to low levels of residential loan originations causing residential loan sales on the secondary market to be non-existent. Our loan quality remains strong as we had no non-performing loans at December 31, 2023 ," stated David A. Coffey, President and CEO. Coffey continued, "As we move into 2024, we are focusing on our strength of building quality broad relationships with our customers to help us shift our funding mix back to a retail funding mix. In addition, we will continue to focus on finding ways to be a more efficient financial institution." Coffey concluded, "We have a talented team and are focused on providing quality banking products and services to our customers. In 2024, we will strive to find ways to make our stockholders, customers, and community proud of our performance."

For the quarter ended December 31, 2023, net income decreased $284,000, or 52.99%, to $252,000 as compared to $536,000 for the same period in the prior year. The decrease in net income for the three-month period ended December 31, 2023 was driven primarily as a result of the $280,000, or 12.52% decline in net interest income. Net interest income decreased due to an increase in total interest expense of $1,027,000, or 151.03%, to $1,707,000 for the three-month period ended December 31, 2023 as compared to $680,000 for the same period for the prior year. The increase in total interest expense was due to the increase in funding costs of both retail deposits and wholesale funding. O?setting the increase in total interest expense was an increase in total interest income of $747,000, or 25.62% to $3,663,000 for the three-month period ended December 31, 2023 compared to $2,916,000 for the same period for the prior year. The increase in total interest income was the result of higher average yields on interest earning assets and higher average loan balances. Non-interest expense increased by $107,000, or 6.0%, to $1,889,000 for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 as compared to $1,782,000 for the same period in the prior year. Non-interest income increased by $26,000, or 15.95%, to $189,000 for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 as compared to $163,000 for the same period in the prior year. The increase in non-interest expense occurred due to a combination of higher fraud expenses and increased fees for deposit insurance.