Peoples Bancorp Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Feb 28, 2011
Peoples Bancorp Inc. (PEBO, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-12-31.

Peoples Bancorp Inc. has a market cap of $143.54 million; its shares were traded at around $13.67 with a P/E ratio of 33.34 and P/S ratio of 1.19. The dividend yield of Peoples Bancorp Inc. stocks is 2.93%.Hedge Fund Gurus that owns PEBO: Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC.

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As more fully described in Note 11 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, Peoples received $39 million of new equity capital from the United States Department of the Treasury (the “U.S. Treasury”) on January 30, 2009. This new equity capital was obtained under the TARP Capital Purchase Program and was in the form of 39,000 shares of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Shares, Series A, each without par value and having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the “Series A Preferred Shares”) and a 10-year warrant to purchase 313,505 Peoples' common shares (the “Warrant”). On February 2, 2011, Peoples completed a partial repurchase of the Series A Preferred Shares issued to the U.S. Treasury. Additional information regarding the TARP Capital Purchase Program and the restrictions imposed on Peoples can be found under the “TARP Capital Purchase Program” heading in the “Supervision and Regulation” section included later in this item.

The Peoples Bank Board of Directors Loan Committee is required to approve loans secured by real estate of $4 million or more, loans secured by all other assets of $2 million or more and unsecured loans of $1 million or more. Approval of the Peoples Bank Board of Directors Loan Committee is required for all new loans, regardless of amount, to borrowers whose aggregate debt to Peoples Bank, including the principal amount of the proposed loan, is $5 million or more.

The Peoples Bank Board of Directors is required to approve all new loans of $10 million or more and any loan, regardless of amount, to borrowers whose aggregate debt to Peoples Bank, including the principal amount of the proposed loan, is $15 million or more.

Peoples evaluates all commercial loan relationships whenever a new loan causes the aggregate debt to Peoples to exceed $250,000. On an annual basis, Peoples evaluates all loan relationships whose aggregate debt to Peoples is greater than $500,000 for possible credit deterioration. This loan review process provides Peoples with opportunities to identify potential problem loans and take proactive actions to assure repayment of the loan or minimize Peoples risk of loss, such as reviewing the relationship more frequently based upon the loan quality rating and aggregate debt outstanding. Upon detection of the reduced ability of a borrower to meet cash flow obligations, the loan is reviewed for possible downgrading or placement on nonaccrual status.

Peoples originates home equity lines of credit that provide consumers with greater flexibility in financing personal expenditures. At December 31, 2010, home equity lines of credit comprised 5.0% of Peoples total loans. Peoples currently offers home equity lines of credit with a prime-based variable rate for the entire 10-year term of the loan. In prior years, Peoples also offered a home equity line of credit whose terms included a fixed rate for the first five years and converting to a variable interest rate for the remaining five years. At December 31, 2010, total outstanding principal balances and available credit amounts of these convertible rate home equity lines of credit were $18.0 million and $12.6 million, respectively, and weighted-average remaining maturity of 5.3 years.

Peoples grants Overdraft Privilege to qualified customers. Overdraft Privilege is a service that provides overdraft protection to retail deposit customers by establishing an Overdraft Privilege amount. After a 30-day waiting period to verify deposit ability, each new checking account usually receives an Overdraft Privilege amount of either $400 or $700, based on the type of account and other parameters. Once established, customers are permitted to overdraw their checking account at Peoples discretion, up to their Overdraft Privilege limit, with each item being charged Peoples regular overdraft fee. Customers repay the overdraft with their next deposit. Overdraft Privilege is designed to allow Peoples to fill the void between traditional overdraft protection, such as a line of credit, and “check cashing stores”. Under federal banking regulations, Peoples is required to obtain the consent of its customers in order to apply Overdraft Privilege to ATM and one-time debit card transactions. While Overdraft Privilege generates fee income, Peoples maintains an allowance for losses from checking accounts with overdrafts deemed uncollectible. This allowance, along with the related provision and net charge-offs, is included in Peoples allowance for loan losses.

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