Peoples Financial Services Corp.

04/23/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/23/2021 08:45

Current Report (SEC Filing - 8-K)

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

TO BUSINESS EDITOR:

PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP. Reports First Quarter 2021 Earnings

Scranton, PA, April 23, 2021/PRNEWSWIRE/ - Peoples Financial Services Corp. ('Peoples') (NASDAQ: PFIS), the bank holding company for Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company, today reported unaudited financial results at and for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Peoples reported net income of $9.5 million, or $1.31 per diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2021, a 79.5% increase when compared to $5.3 million, or $0.71 per share for the comparable period of 2020. The increase in earnings over the year ago period is a result of a $4.0 million decrease to the provision for loan losses, a $1.2 million increase to pre-provision net interest income from lower interest expense, and a $1.0 million decrease to noninterest expenses, offset by a higher income tax provision of $2.0 million.

In addition to evaluating its results of operations in accordance with GAAP, Peoples routinely supplements its evaluation with an analysis of certain non-GAAP financial measures, such as tangible stockholders' equity and core net income ratios. The reported results included in this release contain items, which Peoples considers non-core, namely gains and losses incurred within the investment securities portfolio. Peoples believes the reported non-GAAP financial measures provide information useful to investors in understanding its operating performance and trends. Where non-GAAP disclosures are used in this press release, a reconciliation to the comparable GAAP measure is provided in the accompanying tables. The non-GAAP financial measures Peoples uses may differ from the non-GAAP financial measures of other financial institutions.

Core net income, which we have defined to exclude gains or losses from our investment securities portfolio, for the three months ended March 31, totaled $9.5 million and $5.2 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively. Core net income per share for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $1.31, an 87.1% increase from $0.70 reported for the same period in 2020. Core net income in the current period excludes a pre-tax $21 thousand unrealized gain on our equity investment portfolio. Core net income for the 2020 period excludes a $267 thousand realized gain on the sale of a pool of municipal securities and an unrealized loss of $123 thousand on our equity investment portfolio.

NOTABLES

Record quarterly net income of $9.5 million or $1.31 per diluted share.
First quarter dividend of $0.37 per share represents a 2.8% increase from the first quarter of 2020.
Return on average assets was 1.32% for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to 1.13% for the three months ended December 31, 2020, and 0.86% for the comparable period in 2020. Return on average equity was 12.00% for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to 10.32% for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 7.05% for the comparable period in 2020.
Paycheck Protection Program ('PPP') commercial loans outstanding at March 31, 2021 total $200.8 million, including $100.8 million remaining from round one of the program and $100.0 million originated in 2021 under round two.
Loans in deferral at March 31, 2021 totaled $1.3 million or 0.1% of total outstanding loan balances, excluding PPP loans. At December 31, 2020 loans in deferral totaled $6.1 million or 0.3% of total outstanding loans, excluding PPP loans. At June 30, 2020 loans in deferral totaled $330.1 million or 16.7% of total outstanding loan balances, excluding PPP loans.
Deposits grew $540.4 million or 26.9% for the twelve months ended March 31, 2021 and grew $113.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021.
Tax-equivalent net interest income increased $1.2 million or 6.0% to $21.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $19.9 million for the same period in 2020.
Provision for loan losses decreased $4.0 million from the comparable period in 2020, the product of a $0.5 million release from the allowance for loan losses in the current period and a $3.5 million provision for loan losses in the year ago period.

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Efficiency ratio improved to 50.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2021, compared to 57.9% in the year ago period.

INCOME STATEMENT REVIEW

Calculated on a fully taxable equivalent basis ('FTE'), our tax-equivalent net interest margin for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was 3.15%, an increase of 15 basis points when compared to the three months ended December 31, 2020, and a decrease of 35 basis points when compared to 3.50% for the same three month period in 2020. The increase in net interest margin from the prior three month period is primarily due to interest and fees on PPP loans and lower deposit costs. The tax-equivalent yield on interest-earning assets increased 6 basis points to 3.55% during the three months ended March 31, 2021 from 3.49% during the three months ended December 31, 2020, and decreased 70 basis points when compared to 4.25% for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The decrease in net interest margin and yield from the year ago period is due to lower market rates, the result of the Federal Open Market Committee ('FOMC') cutting the federal funds rate 150 basis points in the first three months of 2020 resulting from the uncertain economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The decrease in market rates resulted in lower rates on our existing adjustable rate loans and affected rates on new originations. However, we have experienced lower interest-bearing liability costs due to lower market rates, partially offset, however, by the additional interest expense on subordinated debt we issued during the second quarter of 2020. Our cost of funds, which represents our average rate paid on total interest-bearing liabilities, decreased 10 basis points to 0.57% for the three months ended March 31, 2021 when compared to 0.67% during the three months ended December 31, 2020, and has decreased 44 basis points when compared to the same three month period in 2020.

First Quarter 2021 Results - Comparison to Prior-Year Quarter

Tax-equivalent net interest income for the three months ended March 31, increased $1.2 million or 6.0% to $21.1 million in 2021 from $19.9 million in 2020. The increase in tax equivalent net interest income was largely due to lower interest expense of $1.6 million, as continued focus has been on lowering deposit and borrowing costs in the current and expected low market rate environment. Partially offsetting the lower interest expense, was lower interest income of $0.4 due to a negative rate variance, as asset yields continued to reprice lower. The increase to total average earning assets of $426.7 million partially offset the lower yields. PPP loans averaged $195.5 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2021 with interest and net fees totaling approximately $2.5 million. The tax-equivalent yield on the loan portfolio decreased to 4.09% for the three months ended March 31, 2021, compared to 4.55% for the comparable period in 2020 due to lower market rates. Loans, net averaged $2.2 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and $2.0 billion for the comparable period in 2020. For the three months ended March 31, the tax-equivalent yield on total investments decreased to 2.15% in 2021 from 2.48% in 2020. Average investments totaled $332.4 million in 2021 and $316.2 million in 2020. Average interest-bearing liabilities increased $232.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, compared to the corresponding period last year due primarily to deposit growth from higher customer savings rates, strong organic deposit growth of new customer relationships and the federal governments' stimulus funding.

For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the provision for loan losses was negative $0.5 million, due to improved credit quality and a slight decrease in non-PPP loan balances, and was $4.0 million less than the provision for loan losses in the year ago period, which reflected an adjustment of qualitative factors in our allowance for loan losses methodology due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and its uncertain economic impact.

Noninterest income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $3.5 million. Mortgage banking revenue was $0.2 million higher in the current period due to increased refinance activity from low market rates which resulted in a higher volume of loans sold into the secondary market. Revenue from commercial loan interest rate swap transactions was $0.3 million higher in the current period due to a higher credit valuation adjustment. Service charges, fees, commissions and other are lower in the current period by $0.4 million due to lower service charges on consumer and commercial deposit accounts and an accrual adjustment to a bank owned life insurance benefit. The year ago period included a net gain of $0.1 million from a sale of a pool of municipal securities, offset by an unrealized loss related to our equity portfolio.

Noninterest expense decreased $1.0 million or 7.5% to $12.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, from $13.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Salaries and employee benefits decreased $1.3 million or 16.4% as higher salaries were more than offset by lower benefits expenses and deferred costs on loan originations which are recorded as a contra-salary expense. Occupancy and equipment expenses were higher by $0.2 million due to information technology investments related to mobile/digital banking solutions in the current period. Other expenses

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were higher by $0.1 million due primarily to an increase in FDIC insurance assessments in the current period primarily attributed to the receipt of a credit in the year ago period related to the Deposit Insurance Fund's (DIF) minimum reserve ratio assessment.

The provision for income tax expense increased $2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the year ago period due to higher levels of book taxable income and a $0.6 million deferred tax adjustment related to prior periods.

BALANCE SHEET REVIEW

At March 31, 2021, total assets, loans and deposits were $3.0 billion, $2.2 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively. Loans balances increased slightly from December 31, 2020 as loan demand, exclusive of PPP loans, was soft to begin the year. The slight growth in loans was primarily due to a net increase in PPP loans resulting from our participation in the second round of the Small Business Administration ('SBA') administered PPP, and to a lesser extent in commercial real estate loans. During the first quarter of 2021, we funded an additional 885 loans totaling $100.0 million under the SBA's second PPP loan program. Total deposits increased $113.3 million or 4.6% from December 31, 2020 due to organic growth of customer relationships throughout all our markets, PPP loan proceeds retained coupled with additional deposits by our commercial borrowers and federal government stimulus payments. Non-interest bearing deposits increased $38.8 million or 6.2% and interest-bearing deposits increased $74.5 million or 4.1% during the three months ended March 31, 2021. Total investments were $341.1 million at March 31, 2021, including $333.8 million securities classified as available-for-sale and $7.2 million classified as held-to-maturity.

Stockholders' equity equaled $317.3 million or $44.00 per share at March 31, 2021, and $316.9 million or $43.92 per share at December 31, 2020. The increase in stockholders' equity from December 31, 2020 is attributable to net income, partially offset by a decrease to accumulated other comprehensive income ('AOCI') resulting from a decrease to the unrealized gain on investment securities and dividends paid to shareholders. Tangible stockholders' equity improved to $35.10 per share at March 31, 2021, from $35.00 per share at December 31, 2020. Dividends declared for the three months ended March 31, 2021 amounted to $0.37 per share, a 2.8% increase from the 2020 period, representing a dividend payout ratio of 28.2%.

ASSET QUALITY REVIEW

Nonperforming assets were $8.4 million or 0.38% of loans, net and foreclosed assets at March 31, 2021, compared to $10.5 million or 0.48% of loans, net and foreclosed assets at December 31, 2020. The decrease in non-performing assets from the previous quarter was primarily due to the payoff of a non-accrual commercial loan and the sale of a foreclosed property. The Company's allowance for loan losses decreased $0.6 million or 2.1% in the first quarter of 2021, due to a $0.5 million release from the allowance for loan losses in the current period resulting from improved credit quality and a slight decrease in non-PPP loan balances. The allowance for loan losses at March 31, 2021 continued to reflect the provisions added during 2020 from our adjustment of qualitative factors in our allowance for loan losses methodology, due to economic decline and expectation of increased credit losses from COVID-19's adverse impact on economic and business operating conditions. The allowance for loan losses equaled $26.8 million or 1.23% of loans, net at March 31, 2021 compared to $27.3 million or 1.26% of loans, net, at December 31, 2020. Excluding PPP loans which do not carry an allowance for losses due to a 100% government guarantee, the ratio equaled 1.35% at March 31, 2021. Loans charged-off, net of recoveries, for the three months ended March 31, 2021, equaled $0.1 million or 0.01% of average loans, compared to $0.5 million or 0.10% of average loans for the comparable period last year.

Impact of COVID-19

Operationally, as COVID-19 events unfold, our continued priority is the health and safety of our customers and employees. We recently worked with local government and health professionals and have had opportunities to offer our eligible employees and their family members appointments to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. We continue to follow the recommendations of our state governments as to conducting business and have maintained safety protocols. Currently all our offices have returned to pre-pandemic operating hours with limited lobby access.

From a lending perspective, organic loan growth, with the exception of PPP loans, was soft as we began 2021, however, loan activity improved at the end of the quarter. We participated in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act ('CARES Act'), PPP, a $350 billion specialized low-interest loan program funded by theU.S. Treasury Department and administered by the SBA. During 2020, we had approved 1,450 PPP loans totaling $217.5 million.

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Substantially all of the loans were made to existing customers, funded under the two year PPP loan program, and the loan proceeds initially were deposited with our institution. PPP loan forgiveness commenced during the fourth quarter of 2020 and we continue to process loan forgiveness applications. At March 31, 2021, we have 468 loans totaling $100.8 million remaining compared to 1,304 loans totaling $189.7 million at December 31, 2020. We expect the majority of the remaining $100.8 million to be forgiven during 2021. During the first quarter of 2021, we funded an additional 885 loans totaling $100.0 million under the SBA's second PPP loan program. The application process for the second PPP loan program ends May 31, 2021.

From a credit risk perspective, we took actions to identify and assess our COVID-19 related credit exposures based on asset class and borrower type. From the onset of the crisis, we worked to proactively monitor our loan portfolio by contacting many of our borrowers to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on them, their businesses and the underlying collateral for our loans. The Company implemented a customer payment deferral program to assist both consumer and business borrowers that may be experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19 related challenges. At the start of the pandemic, the Company granted payment deferral requests for up to six months to a total of 481 commercial loans with outstanding loan balances of $306.9 million and to 505 consumer loans with outstanding balances of $23.3 million. At March 31, 2021, the majority of loans are no longer in deferral as borrowers have begun to make their regular payments. Outstanding loan balances remaining in deferral at March 31, 2021 totaled $1.3 million, a decrease of $4.8 million from the $6.1 million at December 31, 2020, and a decrease of $328.8 million from the $330.1 million in deferral at June 30, 2020. As a percentage of total loan balances, excluding PPP loans, loans in deferral represented less than 0.1% of loans outstanding at March 31, 2021 compared to 0.3% of loans outstanding at December 31, 2020, and 16.7% of loans outstanding at June 30, 2020. At March 31, 2021, commercial loan balances remaining in deferral total $1.0 million while consumer loans total $0.3 million. Loan deferrals and modifications have been executed consistent with the guidelines of the CARES Act. Pursuant to the CARES Act, loan deferrals are not included in our nonperforming loans disclosed above. Loans in deferral status will continue to accrue interest during the deferral period unless otherwise classified as nonperforming.

About Peoples:

Peoples Financial Services Corp. is the parent company of Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company, a community bank serving Bucks, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, and Wyoming Counties in Pennsylvania and Broome County in New York through 26 offices. Each office, interdependent with the community, offers a comprehensive array of financial products and services to individuals, businesses, not-for-profit organizations and government entities. Peoples' business philosophy includes offering direct access to senior management and other officers and providing friendly, informed and courteous service, local and timely decision making, flexible and reasonable operating procedures and consistently applied credit policies.

SOURCE: Peoples Financial Services Corp.

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MEDIA/INVESTORS, Marie L. Luciani, Investor Relations Officer, 570.346.7741 or [email protected]

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Safe Harbor Forward-Looking Statements:

We make statements in this press release, and we may from time to time make other statements regarding our outlook or expectations for future financial or operating results and/or other matters regarding or affecting Peoples Financial Services Corp. and Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company (collectively, 'Peoples') that are considered 'forward-looking statements' as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 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, Peoples claims the protection of the statutory safe harbors for forward-looking statements.

Peoples 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 political conditions, particularly in our market area; the COVID-19 crisis and the governmental responses to the crisis; credit risk associated with our lending activities; changes in interest rates, loan demand, real estate values and

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competition; changes in accounting principles, policies, and guidelines; changes in any applicable law, rule, regulation or practice with respect to tax or legal issues; our ability to identify and address cyber-security risks and other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory and technological factors affecting Peoples' operations, pricing, products and services and other factors that may be described in Peoples' Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time.

In addition to these risks, acquisitions and business combinations, present risks other than those presented by the nature of the business acquired. Acquisitions and business combinations may be substantially more expensive to complete than originally anticipated, and the anticipated benefits may be significantly harder-or take longer-to achieve than expected. As regulated financial institutions, our pursuit of attractive acquisition and business combination opportunities could be negatively impacted by regulatory delays or other regulatory issues. Regulatory and/or legal issues related to the pre-acquisition operations of an acquired or combined business may cause reputational harm to Peoples following the acquisition or combination, and integration of the acquired or combined business with ours may result in additional future costs arising as a result of those issues.

The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release, and, except as may be required by applicable law or regulation, Peoples 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.

[TABULAR MATERIAL FOLLOWS]

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Summary Data

Peoples Financial Services Corp.

Five Quarter Trend

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

Mar 31

Dec 31

Sept 30

June 30

Mar 31

2021

2020

2020

2020

2020

Key performance data:

Share and per share amounts:

Net income

$

1.31

$

1.13

$

1.14

$

1.03

$

0.71

Core net income (1)

$

1.31

$

1.10

$

1.09

$

1.03

$

0.70

Cash dividends declared

$

0.37

$

0.36

$

0.36

$

0.36

$

0.36

Book value

$

44.00

$

43.92

$

43.30

$

42.55

$

41.68

Tangible book value (1)

$

35.10

$

35.00

$

34.40

$

33.74

$

32.86

Market value:

High

$

47.34

$

40.40

$

39.38

$

39.40

$

50.10

Low

$

36.02

$

34.47

$

32.51

$

30.24

$

35.60

Closing

$

42.24

$

36.76

$

34.76

$

38.19

$

39.74

Market capitalization

$

304,605

$

265,231

$

251,743

$

280,042

$

291,820

Common shares outstanding

7,211,293

7,215,202

7,242,326

7,332,856

7,343,240

Selected ratios:

Return on average stockholders' equity

12.00

%

10.32

%

10.58

%

9.87

%

7.05

%

Core return on average stockholders' equity (1)

11.98

%

10.05

%

10.12

%

9.83

%

6.90

%

Return on average tangible stockholders' equity

15.02

%

12.96

%

13.34

%

12.49

%

8.99

%

Core return on average tangible stockholders' equity (1)

14.99

%

12.62

%

12.76

%

12.44

%

8.79

%

Return on average assets

1.32

%

1.13

%

1.21

%

1.13

%

0.86

%

Core return on average assets (1)

1.32

%

1.10

%

1.16

%

1.12

%

0.84

%

Stockholders' equity to total assets

10.59

%

10.99

%

11.18

%

11.56

%

12.03

%

Efficiency ratio (2)

50.83

%

56.35

%

55.94

%

54.01

%

57.88

%

Nonperforming assets to loans, net, and foreclosed assets

0.38

%

0.48

%

0.52

%

0.62

%

0.60

%

Net charge-offs to average loans, net

0.01

%

0.05

%

0.26

%

0.10

%

0.10

%

Allowance for loan losses to loans, net

1.23

%

1.26

%

1.21

%

1.24

%

1.27

%

Interest-bearing assets yield (FTE) (3)

3.55

%

3.49

%

3.73

%

3.90

%

4.25

%

Cost of funds

0.57

%

0.67

%

0.76

%

0.75

%

1.01

%

Net interest spread (FTE) (3)

2.99

%

2.81

%

2.97

%

3.15

%

3.24

%

Net interest margin (FTE) (3)

3.15

%

3.00

%

3.19

%

3.36

%

3.50

%

(1) See Reconciliation of Non-GAAP financial measures.
(2) Total noninterest expense less amortization of intangible assets divided by tax-equivalent net interest income and noninterest income less net gains(losses) on investment securities available-for-sale.
(3) Tax-equivalent adjustments were calculated using the federal statutory tax rate prevailing during the indicated periods of 21%.

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Peoples Financial Services Corp.

Consolidated Statements of Income

(In thousands, except per share data)

Mar 31

Mar 31

Three Months Ended

2021

2020

Interest income:

Interest and fees on loans:

Taxable

$

20,900

$

20,917

Tax-exempt

870

1,031

Interest and dividends on investment securities:

Taxable

1,243

1,548

Tax-exempt

390

299

Dividends

23

23

Interest on interest-bearing deposits in other banks

2

24

Interest on federal funds sold

49

Total interest income

23,477

23,842

Interest expense:

Interest on deposits

2,092

3,503

Interest on short-term borrowings

71

573

Interest on long-term debt

103

205

Interest on subordinated debt

443

Total interest expense

2,709

4,281

Net interest income

20,768

19,561

Provision for loan losses

(500)

3,500

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

21,268

16,061

Noninterest income:

Service charges, fees, commissions and other

1,184

1,605

Merchant services income

93

114

Commissions and fees on fiduciary activities

533

506

Wealth management income

358

387

Mortgage banking income

312

137

Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance

219

187

Interest rate swap revenue

797

470

Net gain (loss) on investment securities

21

(123)

Net gain on sale of investment securities available-for-sale

267

Total noninterest income

3,517

3,550

Noninterest expense:

Salaries and employee benefits expense

6,570

7,856

Net occupancy and equipment expense

3,267

3,079

Amortization of intangible assets

125

154

Other expenses

2,667

2,562

Total noninterest expense

12,629

13,651

Income before income taxes

12,156

5,960

Provision for income tax expense

2,678

679

Net income

$

9,478

$

5,281

Other comprehensive income:

Unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities available-for-sale

$

(7,749)

$

7,629

Reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income

(267)

Change in derivative fair value

242

1,036

Income tax related to other comprehensive income

(1,576)

1,765

Other comprehensive income, net of income taxes

(5,931)

6,633

Comprehensive income

$

3,547

$

11,914

Share and per share amounts:

Net income - basic

$

1.31

$

0.72

Net income - diluted

1.31

0.71

Cash dividends declared

$

0.37

$

0.36

Average common shares outstanding - basic

7,210,952

7,379,438

Average common shares outstanding - diluted

7,246,016

7,405,703

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Peoples Financial Services Corp.

Consolidated Statements of Income

(In thousands, except per share data)

Mar 31

Dec 31

Sept 30

June 30

Mar 31

Three months ended

2021

2020

2020

2020

2020

Interest income:

Interest and fees on loans:

Taxable

$

20,900

$

20,705

$

20,901

$

21,160

$

20,917

Tax-exempt

870

888

876

941

1,031

Interest and dividends on investment securities available-for-sale:

Taxable

1,243

1,111

1,250

1,420

1,548

Tax-exempt

390

304

280

295

299

Dividends

23

26

23

25

23

Interest on interest-bearing deposits in other banks

2

4

4

5

24

Interest on federal funds sold

49

47

12

6

Total interest income

23,477

23,085

23,346

23,852

23,842

Interest expense:

Interest on deposits

2,092

2,614

2,758

2,864

3,503

Interest on short-term borrowings

71

91

82

102

573

Interest on long-term debt

103

127

139

231

205

Interest on subordinated debt

443

444

443

148

Total interest expense

2,709

3,276

3,422

3,345

4,281

Net interest income

20,768

19,809

19,924

20,507

19,561

Provision for loan losses

(500)

1,050

1,050

1,800

3,500

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

21,268

18,759

18,874

18,707

16,061

Noninterest income:

Service charges, fees, commissions and other

1,184

2,187

1,584

1,433

1,605

Merchant services income

93

101

137

472

114

Commissions and fees on fiduciary activities

533

551

575

493

506

Wealth management income

358

392

272

231

387

Mortgage banking income

312

658

488

312

137

Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance

219

202

192

193

187

Interest rate swap revenue

797

374

1,228

249

470

Net gain (loss) on investment securities

21

76

2

39

(123)

Net gain on sale of investment securities available-for-sale

194

457

267

Total noninterest income

3,517

4,735

4,935

3,422

3,550

Noninterest expense:

Salaries and employee benefits expense

6,570

7,400

7,831

7,048

7,856

Net occupancy and equipment expense

3,267

3,588

3,131

3,042

3,079

Amortization of intangible assets

125

144

154

154

154

Other expenses

2,667

2,869

2,858

2,998

2,562

Total noninterest expense

12,629

14,001

13,974

13,242

13,651

Income before income taxes

12,156

9,493

9,835

8,887

5,960

Income tax expense

2,678

1,308

1,523

1,311

679

Net income

$

9,478

$

8,185

$

8,312

$

7,576

$

5,281

Other comprehensive income:

Unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities available-for-sale

$

(7,749)

$

(305)

$

(639)

$

2,094

$

7,629

Reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income

(194)

(457)

(267)

Change in benefit plan liabilities

(1,398)

Change in derivative fair value

242

(41)

(137)

(543)

1,036

Income tax related to other comprehensive income

(1,576)

(407)

(260)

326

1,765

Other comprehensive income, net of income taxes

(5,931)

(1,531)

(973)

1,225

6,633

Comprehensive income

$

3,547

$

6,654

$

7,339

$

8,801

$

11,914

Share and per share amounts:

Net income - basic

$

1.31

$

1.13

$

1.14

$

1.03

$

0.72

Net income - diluted

1.31

1.13

1.14

1.03

0.71

Cash dividends declared

$

0.37

$

0.36

$

0.36

$

0.36

$

0.36

Average common shares outstanding - basic

7,210,952

7,222,810

7,277,189

7,341,636

7,379,438

Average common shares outstanding - diluted

7,246,016

7,257,874

7,312,253

7,376,700

7,405,703

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Peoples Financial Services Corp.

Details of Net Interest and Net Interest Margin

(In thousands, fully taxable equivalent basis)

Mar 31

Dec 31

Sept 30

June 30

Mar 31

Three months ended

2021

2020

2020

2020

2020

Net interest income:

Interest income

Loans, net:

Taxable

$

20,900

$

20,705

$

20,901

$

21,160

$

20,917

Tax-exempt

1,101

1,124

1,109

1,191

1,305

Total loans, net

22,001

21,829

22,010

22,351

22,222

Investments:

Taxable

1,266

1,137

1,273

1,445

1,571

Tax-exempt

494

385

354

374

378

Total investments

1,760

1,522

1,627

1,819

1,949

Interest on interest-bearing balances in other banks

2

4

4

5

24

Federal funds sold

49

47

12

6

Total interest income

23,812

23,402

23,653

24,181

24,195

Interest expense:

Deposits

2,092

2,614

2,758

2,864

3,503

Short-term borrowings

71

91

82

102

573

Long-term debt

103

127

139

231

205

Subordinated debt

443

444

443

148

Total interest expense

2,709

3,276

3,422

3,345

4,281

Net interest income

$

21,103

$

20,126

$

20,231

$

20,836

$

19,914

Loans, net:

Taxable

4.13

%

3.98

%

4.04

%

4.19

%

4.60

%

Tax-exempt

3.56

%

3.80

%

3.70

%

3.75

%

3.88

%

Total loans, net

4.09

%

3.97

%

4.02

%

4.16

%

4.55

%

Investments:

Taxable

1.97

%

2.03

%

2.09

%

2.24

%

2.36

%

Tax-exempt

2.78

%

3.30

%

3.56

%

3.46

%

3.10

%

Total investments

2.15

%

2.25

%

2.30

%

2.41

%

2.48

%

Interest-bearing balances with banks

0.06

%

0.06

%

0.08

%

0.16

%

1.17

%

Federal funds sold

0.10

%

0.10

%

0.11

%

0.14

%

Total interest-bearing assets

3.55

%

3.49

%

3.73

%

3.90

%

4.25

%

Interest expense:

Deposits

0.46

%

0.57

%

0.65

%

0.72

%

0.92

%

Short-term borrowings

0.57

%

0.72

%

0.65

%

0.44

%

1.62

%

Long-term debt

2.88

%

2.70

%

2.59

%

1.13

%

2.54

%

Subordinated debt

5.38

%

5.38

%

5.37

%

5.38

%

Total interest-bearing liabilities

0.57

%

0.67

%

0.76

%

0.75

%

1.01

%

Net interest spread

2.98

%

2.81

%

2.97

%

3.15

%

3.24

%

Net interest margin

3.15

%

3.00

%

3.19

%

3.36

%

3.50

%

9

Peoples Financial Services Corp.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands)

Mar 31

Dec 31

Sept 30

June 30

Mar 31

At period end

2021

2020

2020

2020

2020

Assets:

Cash and due from banks

$

30,786

$

29,287

$

42,940

$

27,146

$

22,181

Interest-bearing balances in other banks

8,432

15,905

20,972

14,788

13,146

Federal funds sold

264,100

183,000

102,300

10,000

Investment securities:

Available-for-sale

333,753

295,911

247,404

287,709

302,884

Equity investments carried at fair value

159

138

341

338

299

Held-to-maturity

7,166

7,225

7,297

7,401

7,520

Loans held for sale

458

837

2,161

1,939

270

Loans, net

2,179,534

2,177,982

2,188,463

2,181,909

2,023,155

Less: allowance for loan losses

26,783

27,344

26,584

26,957

25,686

Net loans

2,152,751

2,150,638

2,161,879

2,154,952

1,997,469

Premises and equipment, net

46,777

47,045

47,926

48,378

48,619

Accrued interest receivable

8,206

8,255

8,595

8,368

7,283

Goodwill

63,370

63,370

63,370

63,370

63,370

Other intangible assets, net

835

960

1,104

1,257

1,411

Bank owned life insurance

42,530

42,316

37,099

35,412

35,224

Other assets

36,146

38,915

62,274

39,366

44,096

Total assets

$

2,995,469

$

2,883,802

$

2,805,662

$

2,700,424

$

2,543,772

Liabilities:

Deposits:

Noninterest-bearing

$

661,262

$

622,475

$

579,196

$

575,206

$

467,315

Interest-bearing

1,889,154

1,814,638

1,777,688

1,634,918

1,542,680

Total deposits

2,550,416

2,437,113

2,356,884

2,210,124

2,009,995

Short-term borrowings

51,980

50,000

50,000

50,000

164,150

Long-term debt

14,264

14,769

20,269

60,938

32,250

Subordinated debt

33,000

33,000

33,000

33,000

Accrued interest payable

1,120

736

1,289

872

1,336

Other liabilities

27,358

31,307

30,597

33,446

29,978

Total liabilities

2,678,138

2,566,925

2,492,039

2,388,380

2,237,709

Stockholders' equity:

Common stock

14,423

14,414

14,468

14,649

14,670

Capital surplus

128,854

129,291

130,038

133,002

133,159

Retained earnings

177,836

171,023

165,437

159,739

154,806

Accumulated other comprehensive gain (loss)

(3,782)

2,149

3,680

4,654

3,428

Total stockholders' equity

317,331

316,877

313,623

312,044

306,063

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

2,995,469

$

2,883,802

$

2,805,662

$

2,700,424

$

2,543,772

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Peoples Financial Services Corp.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands)

Mar 31

Dec 31

Sept 30

June 30

Mar 31

Average quarterly balances

2021

2020

2020

2020

2020

Assets:

Loans, net:

Taxable

$

2,054,120

$

2,068,600

$

2,059,357

$

2,032,852

$

1,830,455

Tax-exempt

125,352

117,650

119,202

127,624

135,260

Total loans, net

2,179,472

2,186,250

2,178,559

2,160,476

1,965,715

Investments:

Taxable

260,238

223,333

241,904

260,160

267,179

Tax-exempt

72,177

46,361

39,591

43,466

49,046

Total investments

332,415

269,694

281,495

303,626

316,225

Interest-bearing balances with banks

13,260

26,232

20,250

12,595

8,263

Federal funds sold

191,720

185,874

45,439

17,480

Total interest-bearing assets

2,716,867

2,668,050

2,525,743

2,494,177

2,290,203

Other assets

197,178

204,348

199,433

210,017

193,507

Total assets

$

2,914,045

$

2,872,398

$

2,725,176

$

2,704,194

$

2,483,710

Liabilities and stockholders' equity:

Deposits:

Interest-bearing

$

1,833,661

$

1,829,248

$

1,690,440

$

1,605,841

$

1,524,265

Noninterest-bearing

634,806

596,880

587,448

574,194

462,508

Total deposits

2,468,467

2,426,128

2,277,888

2,180,035

1,986,773

Short-term borrowings

50,470

50,000

50,038

93,447

142,121

Long-term debt

14,509

18,699

21,354

82,117

32,477

Subordinated debt

33,000

33,000

33,000

11,074

Other liabilities

23,371

28,946

30,454

28,798

21,096

Total liabilities

2,589,817

2,556,773

2,412,734

2,395,471

2,182,467

Stockholders' equity

320,228

315,625

312,442

308,723

301,243

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

2,910,045

$

2,872,398

$

2,725,176

$

2,704,194

$

2,483,710

11

Peoples Financial Services Corp.

Asset Quality Data

(In thousands)

Mar 31

Dec 31

Sept 30

June 30

Mar 31

2021

2020

2020

2020

2020

At quarter end

Nonperforming assets:

Nonaccrual/restructured loans

$

8,073

$

9,799

$

10,692

$

12,214

$

10,760

Accruing loans past due 90 days or more

172

71

52

291

423

Foreclosed assets

131

632

649

964

903

Total nonperforming assets

$

8,376

$

10,502

$

11,393

$

13,469

$

12,086

Three months ended

Allowance for loan losses:

Beginning balance

$

27,344

$

26,584

$

26,957

$

25,686

$

22,677

Charge-offs

195

522

1,542

617

798

Recoveries

134

232

119

88

307

Provision for loan losses

(500)

1,050

1,050

1,800

3,500

Ending balance

$

26,783

$

27,344

$

26,584

$

26,957

$

25,686

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Peoples Financial Services Corp.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

Mar 31

Dec 31

Sept 30

June 30

Mar 31

Three months ended

2021

2020

2020

2020

2020

Core net income per share:

Net income GAAP

$

9,478

$

8,185

$

8,312

$

7,576

$

5,281

Adjustments:

Less: gain on investment securities

(21)

(270)

(459)

(39)

(144)

Add: gain on investment securities tax adjustment

4

57

96

8

30

Net income Core

$

9,461

$

7,972

$

7,949

$

7,545

$

5,167

Average common shares outstanding - basic

7,210,952

7,222,810

7,277,189

7,341,636

7,379,438

Core net income per share

$

1.31

$

1.10

$

1.09

$

1.03

$

0.70

Tangible book value:

Total stockholders' equity

$

317,331

$

316,877

$

313,623

$

312,044

$

306,063

Less: Goodwill

63,370

63,370

63,370

63,370

63,370

Less: Other intangible assets, net

835

960

1,104

1,257

1,411

Total tangible stockholders' equity

$

253,126

$

252,547

$

249,149

$

247,417

$

241,282

Common shares outstanding

7,211,293

7,215,202

7,242,326

7,332,856

7,343,240

Tangible book value per share

$

35.10

$

35.00

$

34.40

$

33.74

$

32.86

Core return on average stockholders' equity:

Net income GAAP

$

9,478

$

8,185

$

8,312

$

7,576

$

5,281

Adjustments:

Less: gain on investment securities

(21)

(270)

(459)

(39)

(144)

Add: gain on investment securities tax adjustment

4

57

96

8

30

Net income Core

$

9,461

$

7,972

$

7,949

$

7,545

$

5,167

Average stockholders' equity

$

320,228

$

315,625

$

312,442

$

308,723

$

301,243

Core return on average stockholders' equity

11.98

%

10.05

%

10.12

%

9.83

%

6.90

%

Return on average tangible equity:

Net income GAAP

$

9,478

$

8,185

$

8,312

$

7,576

$

5,281

Average stockholders' equity

$

320,228

$

315,625

$

312,442

$

308,723

$

301,243

Less: average intangibles

64,268

64,402

64,551

64,704

64,879

Average tangible stockholders' equity

$

255,960

$

251,223

$

247,891

$

244,019

$

236,364

Return on average tangible stockholders' equity

15.02

%

12.96

%

13.34

%

12.49

%

8.99

%

Core return on average tangible stockholders' equity:

Net income GAAP

$

9,478

$

8,185

$

8,312

$

7,576

$

5,281

Adjustments:

Less: gain on investment securities

(21)

(270)

(459)

(39)

(144)

Add: gain on investment securities tax adjustment

4

57

96

8

30

Net income Core

$

9,461

$

7,972

$

7,949

$

7,545

$

5,167

Average stockholders' equity

$

320,228

$

315,625

$

312,442

$

308,723

$

301,243

Less: average intangibles

64,268

64,402

64,551

64,704

64,879

Average tangible stockholders' equity

$

255,960

$

251,223

$

247,891

$

244,019

$

236,364

Core return on average tangible stockholders' equity

14.99

%

12.62

%

12.76

%

12.44

%

8.79

%

Core return on average assets:

Net income GAAP

$

9,478

$

8,185

$

8,312

$

7,576

$

5,281

Adjustments:

Less: (gain) loss on investment securities

(21)

(270)

(459)

(39)

(144)

Add: (gain) loss on investment securities tax adjustment

4

57

96

8

30

Net income Core

$

9,461

$

7,972

$

7,949

$

7,545

$

5,167

Average assets

$

2,914,045

$

2,872,398

$

2,725,176

$

2,704,194

$

2,483,710

Core return on average assets

1.32

%

1.10

%

1.16

%

1.12

%

0.84

%

13

Peoples Financial Services Corp.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

Mar 31

Mar 31

Three Months Ended

2021

2020

Core net income per share:

Net income (GAAP)

$

9,478

$

5,281

Adjustments:

Less: Gain on investment securities

(21)

(144)

Add: Gain on investment securities tax adjustment

4

30

Net income Core

$

9,461

$

5,167

Average basic common shares outstanding

7,210,952

7,379,438

Average diluted common shares outstanding

7,246,016

7,405,703

Core net income per share - basic

$

1.31

$

0.70

Core net income per share - diluted

$

1.31

$

0.70

14

Peoples Financial Services Corp.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

The following table reconciles the non-GAAP financial measures of FTE net interest income for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:

Three months ended March 31

2021

2020

Interest income (GAAP)

$

23,477

$

23,842

Adjustment to FTE

335

353

Interest income adjusted to FTE (non-GAAP)

23,812

24,195

Interest expense

2,709

4,281

Net interest income adjusted to FTE (non-GAAP)

$

21,103

$

19,914

The efficiency ratio is noninterest expenses, less amortization of intangible assets, as a percentage of FTE net interest income plus noninterest income less gains on equity securities and gains on sale of assets. The following table reconciles the non-GAAP financial measures of the efficiency ratio to GAAP for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:

Three months ended March 31

2021

2020

Efficiency ratio (non-GAAP):

Noninterest expense (GAAP)

$

12,629

$

13,651

Less: amortization of intangible assets expense

125

154

Noninterest expense adjusted for amortization of assets expense (non-GAAP)

12,504

13,497

Net interest income (GAAP)

20,768

19,561

Plus: taxable equivalent adjustment

335

353

Noninterest income (GAAP)

3,517

3,550

Less: net gains (loss) on equity securities

21

(123)

Less: net gains on sale of securities

267

Net interest income (FTE) plus noninterest income (non-GAAP)

$

24,599

$

23,320

Efficiency ratio (non-GAAP)

50.83

%

57.88

%

15