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8-K - IF Bancorp, Inc.form8k_if-102717.htm
Contact:  Walter H. Hasselbring, III
                 (815) 432-2476

IF BANCORP, INC. ANNOUNCES RESULTS FOR FIRST QUARTER
OF FISCAL YEAR 2018 (UNAUDITED)

Watseka, Illinois, October 27, 2017 - IF Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: IROQ) (the "Company") the holding company for Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association (the "Association"), announced unaudited net income of $975,000, or $0.27 per basic share and $0.26 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2017, compared to $1.3 million, or $0.35 per basic and diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2016.
For the three months ended September 30, 2017, net interest income was $4.4 million compared to $4.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  The provision for loan losses increased to $408,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $79,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  Interest income increased to $5.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $5.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  Interest expense increased to $1.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $907,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  Non-interest income increased to $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $1.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  Non-interest expense increased to $3.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017, from $3.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  For the three months ended September 30, 2017, income tax expense totaled $538,000 compared to $772,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2016.
Total assets at September 30, 2017 were $612.0 million compared to $585.5 million at June 30, 2017.  Cash and cash equivalents decreased to $5.5 million at September 30, 2017, from $7.8 million at June 30, 2017.  Investment securities decreased to $110.1 million at September 30, 2017, from $111.6 million at June 30, 2017.  Net loans receivable increased to $465.9 million at September 30, 2017, from $440.3 million at June 30, 2017.  Deposits increased to $452.8 million at September 30, 2017, from $439.1 million at June 30, 2017.  Total borrowings, including repurchase agreements, increased to $67.8 million at September 30, 2017 from $55.7 million at June 30, 2017.  Stockholders' equity increased to $84.7 million at September 30, 2017 from $84.0 million at June 30, 2017.
IF Bancorp, Inc. is the savings and loan holding company for Iroquois Federal Savings and Loan Association (the "Association").  The Association, originally chartered in 1883 and headquartered in Watseka, Illinois, conducts its operations from six full-service banking offices located in Watseka, Danville, Clifton, Hoopeston, Savoy and Bourbonnais, Illinois and a loan production and wealth management office in Osage Beach, Missouri.  The principal activity of the Association's wholly-owned subsidiary, L.C.I. Service Corporation, is the sale of property and casualty insurance.
This press release may contain statements relating to the future results of the Company (including certain projections and business trends) that are considered "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "PSLRA"). Such forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of such words as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should," "planned," "estimated," "intend" and "potential." For these statements, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the PSLRA.
 The Company cautions you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated in any forward-looking statement. Such factors include, but are not limited to: prevailing economic and geopolitical conditions; changes in interest rates, loan demand, real estate values and competition; changes in accounting principles, policies, and guidelines; changes in any applicable law, rule, regulation or practice with respect to tax or legal issues; and other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, pricing, products and services and other factors that may be described in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release, and, except as may be required by applicable law or regulation, the Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
 
 
Selected Income Statement Data
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
   
For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2017
   
2016
 
   
(unaudited)
 
Interest income
 
$
5,468
   
$
5,418
 
Interest expense
   
1,057
     
907
 
Net interest income
   
4,411
     
4,511
 
Provision for loan losses
   
408
     
79
 
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
   
4,003
     
4,432
 
Non-interest income
   
1,168
     
1,121
 
Non-interest expense
   
3,658
     
3,478
 
Income before taxes
   
1,513
     
2,075
 
Income tax expense
   
538
     
772
 
                 
Net income
 
$
975
   
$
1,303
 
                 
Earnings per share (1)
               
Basic
 
$
0.27
   
$
0.35
 
Diluted
   
0.26
     
0.35
 
Weighted average shares outstanding (1)
               
Basic
   
3,673,384
     
3,724,178
 
Diluted
   
3,708,465
     
3,738,163
 
                 
   
 
footnotes on following page
 
 
 
Performance Ratios
   
For the Three Months Ended
September 30, 2017
   
For the Year Ended
June 30, 2017
 
   
(unaudited)
       
Return on average assets
   
0.65
%
   
0.67
%
Return on average equity
   
4.61
%
   
4.69
%
Net interest margin on average interest earning assets
   
3.02
%
   
3.14
%
 
Selected Balance Sheet Data
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
   
At
September 30, 2017
   
At
June 30, 2017
 
   
(unaudited)
       
Assets
 
$
612,009
   
$
585,474
 
Cash and cash equivalents
   
5,451
     
7,766
 
Investment securities
   
110,056
     
111,611
 
Net loans receivable
   
465,935
     
440,322
 
Deposits
   
452,815
     
439,146
 
Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings and repurchase agreements
   
67,853
     
55,683
 
Total stockholders' equity
   
84,742
     
83,969
 
Book value per share (2)
   
21.51
     
21.31
 
Average stockholders' equity to average total assets
   
14.06
%
   
14.27
%


Asset Quality
(Dollars in thousands)
   
At
September 30, 2017
   
At
June 30, 2017
 
   
       (unaudited)
 
Non-performing assets (3)
 
$
10,251
   
$
9,968
 
Allowance for loan losses
   
7,240
     
6,835
 
Non-performing assets to total assets
   
1.67
%
   
1.70
%
Allowance for losses to total loans
   
1.53
%
   
1.53
%

 
(1)
Shares outstanding do not include ESOP shares not committed for release.
(2)
Total stockholders' equity divided by shares outstanding of 3,940,408 at September 30, 2017, and 3,940,408 at June 30, 2017, respectively.
(3)
Non-performing assets include non-accrual loans, loans past due 90 days or more and accruing, and foreclosed assets held for sale.