Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2023 Earnings

• Second quarter net income of $6.6 million compared to net income of $2.0 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and $7.0 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2023;
  
• 63 basis point increase in net interest margin from the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and 19 basis point decrease from the quarter ended March 31, 2023, to 3.81 percent;
  
• Second quarter efficiency ratio of 64.19 percent; return on average assets of 1.22 percent; and return on equity of 14.17 percent;
  
• Steady performance in credit metrics with nonperforming assets to total loans at 0.70 percent at June 30, 2023;
  
• Cash dividend of $0.17 per common share payable on August 8, 2023, to holders of record on July 25, 2023.
  

YORK, Pa., July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. (“Codorus Valley”, or the “Corporation”) (NASDAQ: CVLY), parent company of PeoplesBank, A Codorus Valley Company (“PeoplesBank”, or the “Bank”), today reported net income of $6.6 million or $0.69 per diluted common share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. This compares to net income of $2.0 million or $0.20 per diluted common share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, representing an increase of $4.6 million or 238 percent, and compares to net income of $7.0 million or $0.73 per diluted common share for the first quarter of 2023, representing a decrease of $400,000 or 5.5 percent. For the first six months of 2023, net income was $13.6 million or $1.42 per diluted share, compared to $5.0 million or $0.52 per diluted share, for the first six months of 2022, representing an increase of $8.6 million or 172 percent.

“In the second quarter, the PeoplesBank team continued to concentrate on actions that will position the Corporation for long-term financial well-being,” stated Craig L. Kauffman, President and CEO. “During the quarter we made efforts to increase our liquidity, improve credit quality, fortify the balance sheet, and position the Corporation to support its stakeholders. As a result, we were pleased that the Board increased the cash dividend to $0.17 per share, an increase of $0.01 over the first quarter of 2023.”

REVIEW OF RESULTS

Balance Sheet

Loans

Loans increased $49.1 million from December 31, 2022 to June 30, 2023, an annualized growth rate of 6.0 percent. Nonperforming assets increased $600,000, or 6.3 percent to $9.7 million from December 31, 2022 to June 30, 2023, primarily due to a single loan in the amount of $1.7 million that was more than 90 days past due but still accruing at quarter-end.

Investment Securities

Investment Securities decreased $2.8 million to $342.7 million at June 30, 2023 compared to $345.5 million at December 31, 2022. The Bank sold $4.7 million of investment securities, realizing a net loss of $388,000 during the first quarter of 2023, improving the security portfolio yield by three basis points. The tax-equivalent yield on securities for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was 2.72 percent, compared to 2.12 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2.68 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The unrealized loss on the securities portfolio was $46.6 million at June 30, 2023, compared to $30.7 million at June 30, 2022 and $40.4 million at March 31, 2023.

Borrowings

FHLB advances and other short-term borrowings increased $71.7 million to $83.3 million at June 30, 2023 compared to $11.6 million at December 31, 2022, as the Bank added liquidity to the balance sheet during the recent industry turmoil to provide an added measure of liquidity in the event the Bank were to experience outsized deposit withdrawals.

Deposits

Total Deposits decreased $60.5 million, or 3.1 percent from December 31, 2022 to June 30, 2023, ending the period at $1.88 billion. From year-end 2022 to June 30, 2023, noninterest-bearing demand accounts decreased $55.6 million or 12.0 percent, and interest-bearing demand accounts decreased $18.0 million or 6.2 percent. During that same period, within other interest-bearing deposit categories, money market accounts decreased by $18.4 million or 2.8 percent and savings accounts decreased $13.2 million or 8.2 percent. Offsetting the decreases, certificates of deposit increased by $44.6 million or 11.7 percent. As a result of the change in deposit mix, the average cost of interest-bearing deposits increased to 1.94 percent for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, compared to 0.26 percent for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 and 1.43 percent for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. For the six months ended June 30, 2023, the average cost of interest-bearing deposits increased to 1.69 percent, compared to 0.26 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2022. During the three months ended June 30, 2023 overall deposit activity stabilized with a decline of $6.7 million or 0.36 percent from the quarter ended March 31, 2023. We anticipate downward pressure on net interest margin to continue in the second half of 2023.

Income Statement

The Corporation’s net interest income for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was $19.9 million, an increase of 12.2 percent when compared to $17.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and a decrease of 3.2 percent when compared to $20.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The Corporation’s tax-equivalent net interest margin (“NIM”) was 3.81 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to 3.18 percent for the same period in 2022 and 4.00 percent for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. Net interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $40.5 million, an increase of 21.0 percent when compared to $33.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The Corporation’s tax-equivalent NIM was 3.90 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to 2.98 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2022.

The Corporation’s provision for credit losses, which includes provision for credit losses on unfunded commitments, for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was a reversal of $77,000 compared to a provision for loan losses of $3.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and a provision for credit losses of $738,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. The Corporation’s nonperforming assets ratio was 0.58 percent at June 30, 2023, a 17.1 percent decrease from the nonperforming assets ratio of 0.70 percent at December 31, 2022. On January 1, 2023, the Corporation adopted ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326) and now measures and records impairment on financial instruments at the time of origination using the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) methodology. At adoption of the CECL methodology, the allowance for credit losses increased $2.8 million. The net impact to retained earnings was $2.1 million.

Noninterest income for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was $4.1 million, an increase of $140,000 or 3.6 percent, compared to noninterest income of $3.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and an increase of $71,000 or 1.8 percent compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023. The increase in the current quarter from the three months ended June 30, 2022, was primarily due to higher service charges on deposit accounts, offset by a decrease in gain on sale of loans. The increase in the current quarter from the first quarter of 2023 was due to higher service charges on deposit accounts and no loss on sales of securities in the current period, offset by a decrease in other income associated with interest rate swap fees and a decrease in gains on assets held for sale. Noninterest income for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $8.0 million, an increase of $258,000, as compared to noninterest income of $7.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. Higher trust and investment service fees, service charges on deposits, other income related to interest rate swap fees and gains on sale of assets held for sale in the current period were partially offset by a decrease in gains on sale of loans and a loss on sale of securities compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022.

Noninterest expense was $15.5 million for the second quarter 2023, a decrease of $700,000 or 4.6 percent, as compared to noninterest expense of $16.2 million for the second quarter 2022 and an increase of $700,000 compared to noninterest expense of $14.8 million for the first quarter of 2023. Year over year the decrease was attributed to lower professional and legal fees, lower impaired loan carrying costs and lower other expense, offset by higher variable compensation accruals. The increase as compared to the first quarter of 2023 was primarily the result of higher variable compensation accruals, higher charitable donations, partially offset by lower other expense. Noninterest expense was $30.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of $600,000 or 2.0 percent, as compared to noninterest expense of $30.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The decrease was attributed to lower professional and legal fees, lower impaired loan carrying costs and lower other expense, offset by higher variable compensation accruals. Professional and legal fees and other expense were higher in the prior year as a result of costs associated with corporate matters. Previously expensed impaired loan carrying costs were recovered in the current year, contributing to the decrease year over year.

Income tax expense for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 was $1.9 million compared to $500,000 for the same period in 2022 and $2.0 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2023. The effective tax rate for the three month periods ended June 30, 2023, June 30, 2022 and March 31, 2023 was 22.7 percent, 20.4 and 22.2 percent, respectively. Income tax expense for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $3.9 million compared to $1.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022 was 22.4 and 20.7, respectively.

Capital

Shareholders’ equity totaled $185.9 million at June 30, 2023, an increase of $8.6 million from $177.3 million at December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily attributable to net income of $13.6 million, partially offset by dividends paid of $3.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and the adoption of CECL of $2.1 million. Other changes related to accumulated other comprehensive loss and issuance of treasury stock.

Book value per share was $19.34 and $18.51 at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Tangible book value per share and tangible book value per share without accumulated other comprehensive loss (1) increased to $19.10 per share and $22.81 per share, respectively, at June 30, 2023 from $18.27 per share and $21.90 per share, respectively, at December 31, 2022, primarily the result of changes in shareholders’ equity discussed above. The Corporation’s common equity tier 1 capital ratio was 12.20 percent at June 30, 2023, an increase from 12.04 percent at December 31, 2022. At June 30, 2023, all capital ratios applicable to the Bank were above regulatory minimum levels and the Bank met the “well-capitalized” criteria under current bank regulatory guidelines. (Note that the regulatory “well-capitalized” definition is not applicable to small bank holding companies such as the Corporation).

(1) Tangible book value per share and tangible book value per share without accumulated other comprehensive loss are non-GAAP financial measures. Please see Financial Highlights for disclosure and reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures.

Liquidity Risk Management

The Bank maintains a well-diversified deposit base and has a comparatively low level of uninsured deposits. At June 30, 2023, 84% of the Bank’s deposits were estimated to be FDIC-insured, and an additional 7% of deposits were fully collateralized. The average account size of the Bank’s consumer deposit base is less than $18,000, and the average account size of the Bank’s business deposit base is less than $90,000.

The overall deposit and liquidity position of the Bank and the Corporation remain positive, with overall deposits exceeding the level at December 31, 2019, the start of the pandemic, by $292 million or 18.4 percent.

Although the Bank had not utilized the Federal Reserve’s Bank Term Funding Facility as of June 30, 2023, the program has attractive features, such as being able to borrow based on the par values (rather than market values) of a bank’s investment securities that are pledged as collateral. For this reason, the program would be considered among the Bank’s other wholesale borrowing options if additional liquidity was needed.

The Bank is a member of the IntraFi Network, which provides reciprocal deposit alternatives allowing our clients to have the benefit of additional FDIC insurance coverage, and assisting the Bank in the management of its liquidity needs.

Dividend Declared

On July 11, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Corporation declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per share, payable on August 8, 2023 to common shareholders of record at the close of business on July 25, 2023. The payment of this $0.17 per share cash dividend is $0.01 or 6 percent higher than the prior quarterly dividend.

Business Lines

In the second quarter of 2023, Consumer Banking marketing efforts continued to focus on deposit accounts by incentivizing new openings of Momentum Checking and Savings accounts. Efforts included traditional and digital marketing, using mass marketing and targeted marketing approaches. This led to a 141 percent increase in online traffic to the Bank’s Momentum Check and Savings webpage over the first quarter of 2023 and a 25 percent increase in online loan applications and related loan bookings. In addition, the Bank promoted its mortgage and HELOC offerings, and digital marketing campaigns were deployed in certain branch markets, resulting in a 13.5 percent increase in web visitors related to that campaign over the first quarter of 2023.

Business Banking marketing efforts continued to focus on helping clients through the Bank’s Preferred SBA Lender program in the first month of the second quarter of 2023, transitioning to an offer for Treasury Management services in the last two months of the quarter. Interest for the Bank’s Treasury Management offer was high, resulting in the offer landing page ranking as the highest-viewed Business Banking-related webpage on the Bank’s website in the second quarter of 2023. Additionally, during the second quarter of 2023, the Bank hired two seasoned revenue leaders, a York-based Business Banking Leader and a Maryland-based CRE Team Leader.

PeoplesBank Wealth Management continued to offer the expertise of its team to clients through a variety of events and personal outreach. In addition, the Bank welcomed a new Wealth Advisor to the team to further deepen the Bank’s presence in the markets it serves.

Overall, marketing efforts led to a 5 percent increase in website visitors over the first quarter of 2023. Desktop users increased 2.8 percent and mobile device users increased 7.7 percent over the first quarter of 2023.

About Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc.

Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. is the largest independent financial services holding company headquartered in York, Pennsylvania. Codorus Valley primarily operates through its financial services subsidiary, PeoplesBank, A Codorus Valley Company. PeoplesBank offers a full range of consumer, business, wealth management, and mortgage services at financial centers located in communities throughout South Central Pennsylvania and Central Maryland. Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc.’s Common Stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “CVLY”.

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For a discussion of certain risks and uncertainties that could affect the Corporation, please refer to the “Risk Factors” section of the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, and in its current and periodic reports that are, or will be, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or in the Investor Relations section of the Corporation’s website at www.peoplesbanknet.com. The Corporation undertakes no obligation, other than as required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events occurring after the date of this press release or other circumstances.

Certain Accounting Matters

Accounting standards require the consideration of subsequent events occurring after the balance sheet date for matters that require adjustment to, or disclosure in, the consolidated financial statements. The review period for subsequent events extends up to and includes the filing date of a public company’s financial statements when filed with the SEC. Accordingly, the consolidated financial information in this announcement is subject to change.

The Corporation uses certain non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) financial measures in this Press Release. The Corporation’s management believes that the supplemental non-GAAP information provided in this press release is utilized by market analysts and others to evaluate the Corporation’s financial condition and results of operations and, therefore, such information is useful to investors. These measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered a substitute for analysis of results under GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled to the most comparable measures following the “Financial Highlights” section of this press release.

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