1st Capital Bancorp Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results

SALINAS, Calif., April 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 1st Capital Bancorp (the “Company”), (OTCQX: FISB), the $954.5 million asset bank holding company and parent company of 1st Capital Bank (the “Bank”), today reported unaudited net income of $1.06 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, a decrease of 18.9% compared to net income of $1.31 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022, and a decrease of 49.4% compared to net income of $2.09 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Financial Highlights
Performance highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022, and the quarter ended March 31, 2022:

• Earnings per share (diluted) were $0.19 for the first quarter of 2023, as compared to $0.24 and $0.37 for the quarters ended December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively.
  

• For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company's return on average equity was 7.51%, as compared to 10.47% and 10.59% for the quarters ended December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively.
  

• For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company’s return on average assets was 0.45% as compared to 0.53% and 0.85% for the quarters ended December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively.
  

• For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company’s net interest margin was 3.39% as compared to 3.63% and 3.40% for the quarters ended December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively.
  

• Pretax, pre-provision income for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 totaled $2.1 million, as compared to $2.2 million and $2.8 million for the quarters ended December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively.
  

• For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company’s efficiency ratio was 74.38%, as compared to 72.26% and 65.75% for the quarters ended December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively.
  

• The Company recorded $690 thousand and $523 thousand of provision expense for the quarters ended March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively. There was no provision expense recorded for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.
  

• As of March 31, 2023, the Company’s nonperforming assets to total assets was 0.16%, as compared to 0.06% and 0.01% for the quarters ended December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, respectively.
  

• As of March 31, 2023, the Company reported total assets, total deposits, and total loans of $954.5 million, $817.4 million, and $572.8 million, respectively.
  

• Federal regulatory capital ratios for the quarters ended March 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022, exceed well capitalized thresholds.
  

• At March 31, 2023, the Company has $275.7 million in available liquidity from secured and unsecured borrowing lines, which represents 28.88% of total assets.
  

“Our bankers did an extraordinary job in proactively reaching out to our clients to alleviate potential concerns following the recent high profile bank closures,” commented Sam Jimenez, chief executive officer. “While our balance sheet and accompanying first quarter operating performance was not immune to the effects of the industry turmoil, our business is stable, and reflects a strong liquidity and capital position.”

Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin
The Company's first quarter 2023 net interest income decreased $620 thousand, or 7.31%, to $7.86 million as compared with $8.48 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. Loan interest income decreased $245 thousand, or 3.52%, to $6.72 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, compared to $6.96 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022, due to a decline in average loan balances. Interest income on investment securities declined $110 thousand, or 5.37%, to $1.94 million in first quarter 2023 compared to $2.05 million in fourth quarter 2022 primarily due to the $25 million bond sale executed in December 2022. Other interest income increased $61 thousand, or 24.3%, to $311 thousand for the first quarter 2023 compared to $250 thousand for the quarter ended December 31, 2022, due to increases in average cash balances. Interest expense increased $314 thousand, or 36.0%, to $1.19 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, compared to $874 thousand for the quarter ended December 31, 2022, due to deposit rate increases and the cost of first quarter borrowings. Interest expense for each of the quarters presented includes $169 thousand related to subordinated debt.

The Company's net interest margin declined by 24 basis points (bps) to 3.39% from 3.63% when compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2022. This decrease was primarily driven by the increase in funding costs. The Company’s cost of funds increased from 0.39% in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 0.56% in the first quarter of 2023.

Allowance for Credit Losses
The Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, more commonly referred to as the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) method on January 1, 2023, using the modified retrospective method with no adjustments to prior period comparative financial statements for all financial assets measured at amortized cost and off-balance sheet credit exposure as well as held to maturity securities, which resulted in a $127 thousand increase to the allowance for credit losses, a $3 thousand reserve for held-to-maturity securities and a $26 thousand increase to the reserve for unfunded commitments. The impact to retained earnings, net of taxes, was $111 thousand. Reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2023 are presented under ASU 2016-13 while prior period amounts continue to be reported in accordance with previously applicable Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States.

Provision expense of $690 thousand was recorded in the quarter ended March 31, 2023, compared to $523 thousand in the quarter ended December 31, 2022. The provision expense was driven by loan growth.

Noninterest Expenses
The Company's total non-interest expense increased $316 thousand, or 5.55%, to $6.0 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2023, compared to $5.70 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. This increase is attributed to a rise in salaries and benefits due to increased benefit costs, seasonal increases to payroll taxes and higher vacation accruals accompanied by a decrease in capitalized personnel costs associated with loan originations.

Balance Sheet Summary
The Company's total assets at March 31, 2023 increased $11.1 million, or 1.18%, to $954.5 million as compared to $943.4 million at December 31, 2022.

Cash and due from banks increased $7.6 million, or 19.9%, to $45.6 million at March 31, 2023 compared to $38.0 million at December 31, 2022 as on-balance sheet liquidity was proactively increased in response to the recent volatility in the banking industry.

Total loans outstanding were $572.8 million as of March 31, 2023, representing a $8.37 million, or 1.48%, increase from the December 31, 2022 outstanding balance of $564.4 million. Commercial real estate originations and Construction and Single Family secured real estate loan purchases in the first quarter were partially offset by paydowns on the purchased consumer and lease pools.

Loan type (dollars in thousands)	3/31/2023			% of Total Loans			3/31/2022			% of Total Loans			12/31/2022			% of Total Loans
Construction / land (including farmland)	$	21,605		3.8	%		$	17,738		3.1	%		$	14,290		2.5	%
Residential 1 to 4 units		60,754		10.6	%			58,191		10.0	%			54,608		9.7	%
Home equity lines of credit		4,214		0.7	%			5,555		1.0	%			4,690		0.8	%
Multifamily		78,103		13.6	%			78,291		13.5	%			79,227		14.0	%
Owner occupied commercial real estate		112,600		19.7	%			111,580		19.2	%			108,140		19.2	%
Investor commercial real estate		188,220		32.9	%			193,426		33.3	%			188,374		33.4	%
Commercial and industrial		40,498		7.1	%			41,859		7.2	%			39,247		7.0	%
Paycheck Protection Program		--		0.0	%			13,342		2.3	%			--		0.0	%
Leases		38,059		6.6	%			17,597		3.0	%			41,380		7.3	%
Consumer		22,410		3.9	%			31,488		5.4	%			26,423		4.7	%
Other loans		6,347		1.1	%			11,143		1.9	%			8,059		1.4	%
Total loans		572,810		100.0	%			580,210		100.0	%			564,438		100.0	%
Allowance for credit losses		(7,374	)					(8,424	)					(7,347	)
Net loans held for investment	$	565,436					$	571,786					$	557,091

The investment portfolio decreased $4.9 million to $299.7 million from a balance of $304.6 million at December 31, 2022. The decline is reflective of paydowns and a $1.2 million decrease in unrealized losses associated with the Company’s available-for-sale investment security portfolio which totaled $35.5 million at March 31, 2023 compared to $36.7 million at December 31, 2022. The decline in unrealized losses was driven by changes in the treasury yield curve that positively impacted the portfolio valuation. At both March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, $71.0 million, or approximately 24%, of the investment portfolio is classified as held-to-maturity.

Total deposits were $817.4 million at March 31, 2023 representing a $45.3 million, or 5.3%, decline compared to total deposits of $862.7 million at December 31, 2022. The decline was primarily due to competitive pricing pressures and clients moving balances to alternative higher yielding investments along with the banking industry volatility created as a result of the March 2023 bank failures. Deposit outflows experienced in March appear to have stabilized with modest inflows beginning in April. Noninterest-bearing balances continue to comprise nearly half of total deposits at March 31, 2023.

Deposit type (dollars in thousands)	3/31/2023			% of Total Deposits			3/31/2022			% of Total Deposits			12/31/2022			% of Total Deposits
Interest- bearing checking accounts	$	51,631		6.3	%		$	59,456		6.4	%		$	75,242		8.7	%
Money market		233,666		28.6	%			250,595		27.2	%			214,293		24.8	%
Savings		126,513		15.5	%			161,720		17.5	%			147,161		17.1	%
Time		15,937		1.9	%			11,520		1.2	%			10,745		1.2	%
Total interest-bearing deposits		427,747		52.3	%			483,291		52.4	%			447,441		51.9	%
Noninterest-bearing		389,623		47.7	%			438,914		47.6	%			415,256		48.1	%
Total deposits	$	817,370		100.0	%		$	922,205		100.0	%		$	862,697		100.0	%

Subordinated debt balances totaled $14.8 million and $14.7 million at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Other borrowings totaled $55.0 million at March 31, 2023 compared to $0 at December 31, 2022. Other borrowings include $15.0 million in Federal Home Loan Bank overnight advances and $40.0 million of advances under the Bank Term Funding Program of the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB), which provided funding at a favorable cost as compared to other wholesale funding sources.

Shareholder’s equity totaled $58.3 million at March 31, 2023, an increase of $1.8 million, or 3.3%, compared to $56.5 million at December 31, 2022. The increase is reflective of the $1.1 million net income contribution for the first quarter along with the decrease in unrealized losses on the available-for-sale investment security portfolio, the impact of which flows through accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI), a component of equity, partially offset by a decline in the fair value of the cap corridor hedge which negatively impacted AOCI. The unrealized losses on the held-to-maturity investment securities was captured at the date of transfer and amortizes over the remaining life of the bonds with market value movements having no future impact on the unrealized loss position of these bonds.

Asset Quality
At March 31, 2023, nonperforming assets were 0.16% of the Company’s total assets, compared with 0.06% at December 31, 2022. The allowance for credit losses was 1.29% of outstanding loans at March 31, 2023, compared to 1.30% at December 31, 2022. The Company had $665 thousand and $0 in nonaccrual loans at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The Company recorded net charge-offs of $789 thousand in the quarter ended March 31, 2023, compared to $736 thousand in the quarter ended December 31, 2022. Charge-offs were entirely within the purchased consumer and lease pools.

Asset Quality (dollars in thousands)	3/31/2023				3/31/2022				12/31/2022
Loans past due 90 days or more and accruing interest	$	891			$	71			$	539
Other nonaccrual loans		665				--				--
Other real estate owned		--				--				--
Total nonperforming assets	$	1,556			$	71			$	539
Allowance for credit losses to total loans		1.29	%			1.45	%			1.30	%
Allowance for credit losses to nonperforming loans		474.01	%			11864.79	%			1363.08	%
Nonaccrual loans to total loans		0.12	%			0.00	%			0.00	%
Nonperforming assets to total assets		0.16	%			0.01	%			0.06	%

1ST CAPITAL BANCORP
CONDENSED FINANCIAL DATA - UNAUDITED
($ in 000s, except per share data)
Assets		3/31/2023			3/31/2022			12/31/2022
Cash and due from banks		$	45,567		$	33,618		$	38,015
Investment securities available-for-sale			228,711			369,238			233,529
Investment securities held-to-maturity			70,977			--			71,039
Loans and leases held for investment			572,810			580,210			564,438
Allowance for credit losses			(7,374	)		(8,424	)		(7,347	)
Net loans and leases held for investment			565,436			571,786			557,091
Other Assets			43,829			31,418			43,728
Total assets		$	954,520		$	1,006,060		$	943,402
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Deposits:
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits		$	389,623		$	438,914		$	415,256
Interest-bearing checking accounts			427,747			483,291			447,441
Total deposits			817,370			922,205			862,697
Subordinated debentures			14,757			14,682			14,738
Other borrowings			55,000			--			--
Other liabilities			9,044			6,942			9,457
Shareholders' equity			58,349			62,231			56,510
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity		$	954,520		$	1,006,060		$	943,402
Shares outstanding			5,509,429			5,503,555			5,499,937
Earnings per share basic		$	0.19		$	0.38		$	0.24
Earnings per share diluted		$	0.19		$	0.37		$	0.24
Nominal and tangible book value per share		$	10.59		$	11.31		$	10.27

1ST CAPITAL BANCORP
CONDENSED FINANCIAL DATA - UNAUDITED
($ in 000s)
	Three Months Ended
Operating Results Data	3/31/2023			3/31/2022			12/31/2022
Interest and dividend income
Loans	$	6,718		$	6,896		$	6,963
Investment securities		1,944			1,557			2,054
Federal Home Loan Bank stock		70			58			82
Other income		311			13			250
Total interest and dividend income		9,043			8,524			9,349
Interest expense		1,188			530			874
Net interest income		7,855			7,994			8,475
Provision for credit losses		690			--			523
Net interest income after provision for credit losses		7,165			7,994			7,952
Noninterest income		373			319			620
Net (loss) on sales/calls of investment securities		(134	)		--			(1,201	)
Noninterest expenses
Salaries and benefits expense		3,747			3,445			3,345
Occupancy expense		414			435			432
Data and item processing		308			263			278
Furniture and equipment		117			140			135
Professional services		268			169			244
Other		1,167			1,014			1,270
Total noninterest expenses		6,021			5,466			5,704
Income before provision for income taxes		1,383			2,847			1,667
Provision for income taxes		325			755			362
Net income	$	1,058		$	2,092		$	1,305

	Three Months Ended
Selected Average Balances	3/31/2023			3/31/2022			12/31/2022
Gross loans	$	571,144		$	569,997		$	575,696
Investment securities		303,034			362,328			326,875
Federal Home Loan Bank stock		4,058			3,948			4,058
Other interest earning assets		34,996			31,744			32,942
Total interest earning assets		913,232			968,017			939,571
Total assets		947,453			996,632			970,167
Interest bearing checking accounts		66,480			65,753			68,216
Money market		238,012			221,071			238,255
Savings		138,031			158,988			151,478
Time deposits		10,897			11,572			10,157
Total interest- bearing deposits		453,420			457,384			468,106
Noninterest bearing demand deposits		405,436			438,394			428,227
Total deposits		858,856			895,778			896,333
Subordinated debentures and other borrowings		21,261			14,669			14,733
Shareholders' equity	$	57,148		$	80,143		$	49,477
1ST CAPITAL BANCORP CONDENSED FINANCIAL DATA – UNAUDITED ($ in 000s)
	Three Months Ended
Selected Financial Ratios	3/31/2023			3/31/2022			12/31/2022
Return on average total assets		0.45	%		0.85	%		0.53		%
Return on average shareholders' equity		7.51	%		10.59	%		10.47		%
Net interest margin		3.39	%		3.40	%		3.63		%
Net interest income to average total assets		3.36	%		3.25	%		3.47		%
Efficiency ratio		74.38	%		65.75	%		72.26		%

Regulatory Capital and Ratios	3/31/2023			3/31/2022			12/31/2022
Common equity tier 1 capital	$	102,724		$	83,272		$	101,410
Tier 1 regulatory capital	$	102,724		$	83,272		$	101,410
Total regulatory capital	$	110,295		$	91,877		$	108,912
Tier 1 leverage ratio		10.45	%		8.36	%		10.04	%
Common equity tier 1 risk-based capital ratio		15.32	%		11.49	%		15.21	%
Tier 1 capital ratio		15.32	%		11.49	%		15.21	%
Total risk-based capital ratio		16.45	%		12.67	%		16.34	%

About 1st Capital Bancorp

1^st Capital Bancorp is the holding company for 1^st Capital Bank. The Bank’s primary target markets are commercial enterprises, professionals, real estate investors, family business entities, and residents along the Central Coast region of California. The Bank provides a wide range of credit products, including loans under various government programs such as those provided through the U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A full suite of deposit accounts also is furnished, complemented by robust cash management services. The Bank operates full service branch offices in Monterey, Salinas, King City, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz. The Bank’s corporate offices are located at 150 Main Street, Suite 150, Salinas, California 93901. The Bank’s website is www.1stCapital.bank. The main telephone number is 831.264.4000.
Member FDIC / Equal Opportunity Lender / SBA Preferred Lender

Forward-Looking Statements
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This news release is available at the www.1stCapital.bank internet site for no charge.

For further information, please contact:

Samuel D. Jimenez		Danelle Thomsen
Chief Executive Officer		Chief Financial Officer
831.264.4057 office		831.264.4014 office
Sam.Jimenez@1stCapitalBank.com		Danelle.Thomsen@1stCapitalBank.com