Cheviot Financial Corp Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Nov 12, 2010
Cheviot Financial Corp (CHEV, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-09-30.

Cheviot Financial Corp has a market cap of $77 million; its shares were traded at around $8.69 with a P/E ratio of 36.3 and P/S ratio of 4.5. The dividend yield of Cheviot Financial Corp stocks is 5.1%. Cheviot Financial Corp had an annual average earning growth of 2.7% over the past 5 years.

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Cash, federal funds sold and interest-earning deposits increased $16.1 million, or 142.8%, to $27.4 million at September 30, 2010, from $11.3 million at December 31, 2009. The increase in cash and cash equivalents at September 30, 2010, was due to a $12.9 million increase in federal funds sold, a $2.3 million increase in interest-earning deposits and a $841,000 increase in cash and due from banks. Investment securities increased $5.6 million to $61.4 million at September 30, 2010. At September 30, 2010, all investment securities were classified as available for sale.

Net earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 totaled $1.8 million, a $1.0 million increase from the $758,000 in net earnings reported for the same period in 2009. The increase in net earnings reflects an increase in net interest income of $846,000, a decrease of $553,000 in the provision for losses on loans, an increase of $189,000 in other income, which was partially offset by an $80,000 increase in general, administrative and other expenses and a $502,000 increase in federal income taxes for the 2010 period.

Interest income on mortgage-backed securities decreased $114,000, or 33.3%, to $228,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, from $342,000 for the same period in 2009, due primarily to a 104 basis point decrease in the average yield and a decrease in the average balance of securities outstanding of $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 from the comparable period in 2009. Interest income on investment securities increased $247,000, or 23.8%, to $1.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, compared to $1.0 million for the same period in 2009, due primarily to a $26.3 million, or 67.4% in the average balance of investment securities outstanding, which was partially offset by a 52 basis point decrease in the average yield to 2.63% in the 2010 period. Interest income on other interest-earning deposits increased $80,000, or 228.6% to $115,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, as compared to the same period in 2009.

Interest expense decreased $1.5 million, or 29.5% to $3.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, from $5.2 million for the same period in 2009. Interest expense on deposits decreased by $1.2 million, or 30.9%, to $2.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, from $3.8 million for the same period in 2009, due primarily to a 78 basis point decrease in the average costs of deposits to 1.50% during the 2010 period, which was partially offset by a $11.1 million, or 5.0%, increase in the average balance outstanding. Interest expense on borrowings decreased by $346,000, or 25.6%, due primarily to a $6.9 million, or 16.8%, decrease in the average balance outstanding and a 47 basis point decrease in the average cost of borrowings. The decrease in the average cost of deposits and borrowings reflects continuing lower short term interest rates in 2010.

Interest income on mortgage-backed securities decreased $44,000, or 40.0%, to $66,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2010, from $110,000 for the comparable 2009 quarter, due primarily to a $1.9 million decrease in the average balance of securities outstanding and a 108 basis point decrease in the average yield period to period. Interest income on investment securities increased $52,000, or 13.5%, to $436,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2010, compared to $384,000 for the same quarter in 2009, due primarily to an increase of $18.7 million, or 38.9% in the average balance of investment securities outstanding and a 24 basis point decrease in the average yield to 2.61% in the 2010 quarter. Interest income on other interest-earning deposits increased $28,000, or 280.0% to $38,000 as compared to the same period in 2009.

Interest expense decreased $461,000, or 29.0%, to $1.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, from $1.6 million for the same quarter in 2009. Interest expense on deposits decreased by $325,000, or 27.8%, to $844,000, from $1.2 million, due primarily to a 64 basis point decrease in the average cost of deposits to 1.42% during the 2010 quarter, which was partially offset by a $11.0 million, or 4.9%, increase in the average balance outstanding. Interest expense on borrowings decreased by $136,000, or 32.2%, due primarily to a $9.3 million, or 24.1%, decrease in the average balance outstanding and a 47 basis point decrease in the average cost of borrowings.

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