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For Immediate Release

Date:
 
Contact:
 
 
Phone:
April 29, 2015
 
Roger S. Deacon
Chief Financial Officer
 
(215) 775-1435


FOX CHASE BANCORP, INC. REPORTS INCREASED EARNINGS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2015
 
 
HATBORO, PA. April 29, 2015 – Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FXCB), the holding company for Fox Chase Bank (the “Bank”), today announced net income of $2.3 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to net income of $2.0 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and $2.1 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2014.
 
Commenting on performance for the quarter, Thomas M. Petro, President and CEO said, “The Company’s business fundamentals remained strong as earnings improved and average commercial loan growth exceeded 8%.  A portion of this growth is from higher seasonal line of credit utilization and is expected to normalize later in 2015; however, we expect to see continued loan growth during 2015.   To continue to support our commercial banking strategy, during the quarter the Company completed a comprehensive review of its systems and processes and decided to change its outsourced data processing systems to a new vendor.  This system conversion is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2015, and will provide the Company the ability to be more responsive to customers, deliver the innovative services our customers have come to expect and provide increased productivity.  The pretax expenses related to this initiative were $230,000 in the first quarter of 2015 and are estimated to be approximately $1.1 million to $1.3 million for 2015.  It is our objective to offset as much of these expenses as we can during 2015.”
 

 
 
 

 
Highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 included:
 
Total average assets were $1.10 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $1.06 billion for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and $1.09 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2014.  Total average commercial loans increased by $43.6 million, or 7.6%, to $615.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to $571.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2014.  Additionally, average commercial loans increased by $49.3 million, or 8.7%, for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to $566.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
 
Assets were $1.12 billion at March 31, 2015 as compared to $1.09 billion at December 31, 2014 and $1.08 billion at March 31, 2014.  Total commercial loans increased by $35.0 million, or 5.8%, to $642.5 million at March 31, 2015, compared to $607.5 at December 31, 2014, and increased $82.9 million, or 14.8%, compared to $559.6 million at March 31, 2014.
 
 
Nonperforming assets totaled $6.2 million, or 0.55% of total assets, at March 31, 2015 compared to $6.3 million, or 0.57% of total assets, at December 31, 2014 and $8.6 million, or 0.79% of total assets, at March 31, 2014.
 
Return on average assets improved to 0.83% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to 0.79% for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 0.72% for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
 
Net interest income increased $355,000, or 4.3%, to $8.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to $8.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The net interest margin was 3.29% for the three months ended March 31, 2015, 3.18% for the three months ended December 31, 2014, and 3.17% for the three months ended March 31, 2014.  During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company received a $254,000 special dividend from the FHLB of Pittsburgh, which increased the net interest margin by 0.10%.
 
Credit related costs, which include (i) provision for loan losses, (ii) valuation adjustments on assets acquired through foreclosure and (iii) net (loss) gain on sale of assets acquired through foreclosure, totaled $487,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to $305,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and $282,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014.  Net loan charge-offs totaled $24,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to $720,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and $93,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
 
Noninterest income increased $112,000 to $571,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to $459,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 primarily due to an increase of $73,000 in equity in earnings of affiliate due to higher mortgage volumes and an increase of $32,000 in service charges and other fee income due to increased loan fees.
 
Noninterest expense decreased $228,000, or 3.8%, to $5.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to $6.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.  This decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $291,000 in assets acquired through foreclosure expense as the Company recorded $15,000 in valuation adjustments on assets acquired through foreclosure during the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to $282,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2014.  The Company also incurred a decrease of $115,000 in professional fees offset by an increase of $188,000 in data processing costs.  The increase in data processing costs was largely due to the decision during the first quarter of 2015 to change outsourced data processing systems.
 
Income tax provision for the three months ended March 31, 2015 includes the reversal of an $182,000 valuation allowance on certain state deferred tax assets. The effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was 24.2%.  Excluding this reversal, the effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was 30.3% compared to 29.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company repurchased 69,800 shares of treasury stock and has approximately 457,000 shares remaining in its’ approved repurchase plan.
 
As of March 31, 2015, the Company and Bank adopted the final rule for the Basel III capital framework and continue to be well-capitalized by all capital measures.

The Company also announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.14 per outstanding share of common stock. The dividend will be paid on or about May 28, 2015 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 14, 2015.
 
Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. will host a conference call to discuss first quarter 2015 results on Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 9:00 am EDT.  The general public can access the call by dialing (877) 507-3275.  A replay of the conference call will be available through June 12, 2015 by dialing (877) 344-7529; use Conference ID: 10063905.  Participants may preregister at http://dpregister.com/10063905.
 
Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. is the stock holding company of Fox Chase Bank. The Bank is a Pennsylvania state-chartered savings bank originally established in 1867.  The Bank offers traditional banking services and products from its main office in Hatboro, Pennsylvania and nine branch offices in Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania and Atlantic and Cape May Counties in New Jersey.  For more information, please visit the Bank’s website at www.foxchasebank.com.
 
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts.  They often include words like “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate” and “intend” or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could” or “may.”  Statements in this release that are not strictly historical are forward-looking and are based upon current expectations that may differ materially from actual results.  These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the statements made herein.  These risks and uncertainties involve general economic trends, changes in interest rates, loss of deposits and loan demand to other financial institutions, substantial changes in financial markets; changes in real estate value and the real estate market, regulatory changes, possibility of unforeseen events affecting the industry generally, the uncertainties associated with newly developed or acquired operations, the outcome of pending litigation, and market disruptions and other effects of terrorist activities.  The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unforeseen events, except as required under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 
 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 (Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
 
   
Three Months Ended
 
   
March 31,
 
   
2015
   
2014
 
   
(Unaudited)
 
INTEREST INCOME
     
Interest and fees on loans
  $ 8,139     $ 8,110  
Interest on mortgage related securities
    1,603       1,828  
Interest and dividends on investment securities
    379       120  
Other interest income
    3       -  
Total Interest Income
    10,124       10,058  
INTEREST EXPENSE
               
Deposits 
    715       898  
Short-term borrowings
    32       25  
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    539       570  
Other borrowed funds
    166       248  
Total Interest Expense
    1,452       1,741  
Net Interest Income
    8,672       8,317  
Provision for loan losses
    472       -  
Net Interest Income after Provision for Loan Losses
    8,200       8,317  
NONINTEREST INCOME
               
Service charges and other fee income
    384       352  
Income on bank-owned life insurance
    120       117  
Equity in earnings of affiliate
    40       (33 )
Other
    27       23  
Total Noninterest Income
    571       459  
NONINTEREST EXPENSE
               
Salaries, benefits and other compensation
    3,719       3,641  
Occupancy expense
    477       496  
Furniture and equipment expense
    83       111  
Data processing costs
    573       385  
Professional fees
    363       478  
Marketing expense
    41       41  
FDIC premiums
    119       165  
Assets acquired through foreclosure expense
    30       321  
Other 
    360       355  
Total Noninterest Expense
    5,765       5,993  
Income Before Income Taxes
    3,006       2,783  
Income tax provision
    727       827  
Net Income
  $ 2,279     $ 1,956  
Earnings per share:
               
Basic 
  $ 0.21     $ 0.17  
Diluted
  $ 0.20     $ 0.17  

 
 

 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
(Dollars in Thousands, Except Share Data)
   
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2015
   
2014
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
ASSETS
 
Cash and due from banks
  $ 1,000     $ 2,763  
Interest-earning demand deposits in other banks
    19,067       14,450  
Total cash and cash equivalents
    20,067       17,213  
Investment securities available-for-sale
    13,957       8,388  
Investment securities held-to-maturity (fair value of $1,785 at March 31,
2015 and $0 at December 31, 2014)
    1,775       -  
Mortgage related securities available-for-sale
    120,778       125,649  
Mortgage related securities held-to-maturity (fair value of $170,307 at
               
March 31, 2015 and $170,854 at December 31, 2014)
    168,225       170,172  
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $11,178
               
at March 31, 2015 and $10,730 at December 31, 2014
    753,743       724,326  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost
    5,015       6,015  
Bank-owned life insurance
    15,147       15,027  
Premises and equipment, net
    9,292       9,418  
Assets acquired through foreclosure
    2,804       2,814  
Real estate held for investment
    1,620       1,620  
Accrued interest receivable
    3,286       3,147  
Mortgage servicing rights, net
    106       111  
Deferred tax asset, net
    4,286       4,561  
Other assets
    4,055       6,155  
Total Assets
  $ 1,124,156     $ 1,094,616  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
LIABILITIES
 
Deposits
  $ 803,029     $ 711,909  
Short-term borrowings
    -       50,000  
Federal Home Loan Bank advances
    110,000       120,000  
Other borrowed funds
    30,000       30,000  
Advances from borrowers for taxes and insurance
    1,255       1,447  
Accrued interest payable
    268       311  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    4,365       5,038  
Total Liabilities
    948,917       918,705  
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
Preferred stock ($.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized,
               
none issued and outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014)
    -       -  
Common stock ($.01 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized,
               
11,732,991 shares outstanding at March 31, 2015
               
and 11,802,791 shares outstanding at December 31, 2014)
    147       147  
Additional paid-in capital
    139,264       139,177  
Treasury stock, at cost (2,922,372 shares at March 31, 2015 and
               
2,852,572 at December 31, 2014)
    (40,835 )     (39,698 )
Common stock acquired by benefit plans
    (7,646 )     (8,056 )
Retained earnings
    83,643       84,225  
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net
    666       116  
Total Stockholders' Equity
    175,239       175,911  
                 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
  $ 1,124,156     $ 1,094,616  


SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA OF THE COMPANY (UNAUDITED)
(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)


   
March 31,
   
December 31,
   
March 31,
 
   
2015
   
2014
   
2014
 
CAPITAL RATIOS:
                 
Stockholders’ equity (to total assets) (1)
    15.59 %     16.07 %     16.13 %
                         
Common equity tier 1 capital ratio (to risk-weighted assets) (2)
    16.28       N/A       N/A  
Tier 1 leverage ratio (to adjusted average assets) (2)
    13.04       13.99       12.87  
Tier 1 capital ratio (to risk-weighted assets) (2)
    16.28       18.97       18.74  
Total capital ratio (to risk-weighted assets) (2)
    17.34       20.02       19.78  
                         
ASSET QUALITY INDICATORS:
                       
Nonperforming Assets:
                       
Nonaccruing loans
  $ 3,374     $ 3,454     $ 3,979  
Accruing loans past due 90 days or more
    -       -       -  
Total nonperforming loans
  $ 3,374     $ 3,454     $ 3,979  
Assets acquired through foreclosure
    2,804       2,814       4,574  
Total nonperforming assets
  $ 6,178     $ 6,268     $ 8,553  
                         
Ratio of nonperforming loans to total loans
    0.44 %     0.47 %     0.56 %
Ratio of nonperforming assets to total assets
    0.55       0.57       0.79  
Ratio of allowance for loan losses to total loans
    1.46       1.46       1.62  
Ratio of allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans
    331.3       310.7       287.4  
Troubled Debt Restructurings:
                       
Nonaccruing troubled debt restructurings (3)
  $ 1,349     $ 1,401     $ 157  
Accruing troubled debt restructurings
    4,817       3,624       5,107  
Total troubled debt restructurings
  $ 6,166     $ 5,025     $ 5,264  
                         
Past Due Loans:
                       
30 - 59 days
  $ 653     $ 113     $ 829  
60 - 89 days
    127       145       179  
Total
  $ 780     $ 258     $ 1,008  
 
  Represents stockholders’ equity ratio of Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc.
(2)  Represents regulatory capital ratios of Fox Chase Bank.
(3)  Nonaccruing troubled debt restructurings are included in total nonaccruing loans above


 
 

 


 
   
At or for the Three Months Ended
 
   
March 31,
   
December 31,
   
March 31,
 
   
2015
   
2014
   
2014
 
PERFORMANCE RATIOS (4):
                 
Return on average assets
    0.83 %     0.79 %     0.72 %
Return on average equity
    5.18       4.76       4.46  
Net interest margin
    3.29       3.18       3.17  
Efficiency ratio (5)
    62.2       63.3       65.1  
OTHER:
                       
Average commercial  loans
  $ 615,474     $ 571,875     $ 566,150  
Tangible book value per share - Core (6)
  $ 14.88     $ 14.89     $ 14.61  
Tangible book value per share (7)
  $ 14.94     $ 14.90     $ 14.38  
Employees (full-time equivalents)
    136       138       141  
                         
 
(4)
Annualized
(5)
Represents noninterest expense, excluding valuation adjustments on assets acquired through foreclosure, divided by the sum of net interest income and noninterest income, excluding gains or losses on the sale of securities, premises and equipment and assets acquired through foreclosure.
(6)
Total stockholders’ equity, excluding the impact of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net ($666,000 at March 31, 2015, $116,000 at December 31, 2014 and $(2.7 million) at March 31, 2014), divided by total shares outstanding.
(7)
Total stockholders’ equity divided by total shares outstanding.  Tangible book value per share and book value per share were the same for all periods indicated.


 
 

 

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET
(Dollars in Thousands, Unaudited)

 
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2015
   
2014
 
         
Interest
               
Interest
       
   
Average
   
and
   
Yield/
   
Average
   
and
   
Yield/
 
   
Balance
   
Dividends
   
Cost (2)
   
Balance
   
Dividends
   
Cost (2)
 
Assets:
     
Interest-earning assets:
                                   
Interest-earning demand deposits
  $ 11,550     $ 3       0.10 %   $ 7,325     $ -       0.03 %
Mortgage related securities
    292,787       1,603       2.19 %     317,098       1,828       2.31 %
Investment securities
    18,262       379       8.31 %     18,416       120       2.61 %
Loans (1)
    742,005       8,139       4.44 %     714,983       8,110       4.59 %
Allowance for loan losses
    (10,777 )                     (11,603 )                
Net loans
    731,228       8,139               703,380       8,110          
Total interest-earning assets
    1,053,827       10,124       3.88 %     1,046,219       10,058       3.88 %
Noninterest-earning assets
    42,702                       46,457                  
Total assets
  $ 1,096,529                     $ 1,092,676                  
Liabilities and equity:
                                               
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Interest-bearing deposits
  $ 546,465     $ 715       0.53 %   $ 573,346     $ 898       0.64 %
Borrowings
    190,129       737       1.57 %     215,915       843       1.58 %
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    736,594       1,452       0.80 %     789,261       1,741       0.89 %
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    176,389                       119,207                  
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities
    7,442                       8,619                  
Total liabilities
    920,425                       917,087                  
Stockholders' equity
    175,552                       178,266                  
Accumulated comprehensive income
    552                       (2,677 )                
Total stockholders’ equity
    176,104                       175,589                  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 1,096,529                     $ 1,092,676                  
                                                 
Net interest income
          $ 8,672                     $ 8,317          
Interest rate spread
                    3.08 %                     2.99 %
Net interest margin
                    3.29 %                     3.17 %
 
(1)  
Nonperforming loans are included in average balance computation.
 
Yields are not presented on a tax-equivalent basis.

 

 
 

 
 
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET
(Dollars in Thousands, Unaudited)


   
Three Months Ended
 
   
March 31, 2015
   
December 31, 2014
 
         
Interest
               
Interest
       
   
Average
   
and
   
Yield/
   
Average
   
and
   
Yield/
 
   
Balance
   
Dividends
   
Cost (2)
   
Balance
   
Dividends
   
Cost (2)
 
Assets:
     
Interest-earning assets:
                                   
Interest-earning demand deposits
  $ 11,550     $ 3       0.10 %   $ 12,883     $ 5       0.14 %
Mortgage related securities
    292,787       1,603       2.19 %     296,457       1,624       2.19 %
Investment securities
    18,262       379       8.31 %     17,715       126       2.84 %
Loans (1)
    742,005       8,139       4.44 %     703,052       8,085       4.57 %
Allowance for loan losses
    (10,777 )                     (11,133 )                
Net loans
    731,228       8,139               691,919       8,085          
Total interest-earning assets
    1,053,827       10,124       3.88 %     1,018,974       9,840       3.84 %
Noninterest-earning assets
    42,702                       43,137                  
Total assets
  $ 1,096,529                     $ 1,062,111                  
Liabilities and equity:
                                               
Interest-bearing liabilities:
                                               
Interest-bearing deposits
  $ 546,465     $ 715       0.53 %   $ 546,781     $ 761       0.55 %
Borrowings
    190,129       737       1.57 %     194,498       845       1.73 %
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    736,594       1,452       0.80 %     741,279       1,606       0.86 %
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    176,389                       135,746                  
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities
    7,442                       7,962                  
Total liabilities
    920,425                       884,987                  
Stockholders' equity
    175,552                       177,126                  
Accumulated comprehensive income
    552                       (2 )                
Total stockholders’ equity
    176,104                       177,124                  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 1,096,529                     $ 1,062,111                  
                                                 
Net interest income
          $ 8,672                     $ 8,234          
Interest rate spread
                    3.08 %                     2.98 %
Net interest margin
                    3.29 %                     3.18 %
 
 
Nonperforming loans are included in average balance computation.
 
Yields are not presented on a tax-equivalent basis.