Timberland Bancorp Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Feb 10, 2009
Timberland Bancorp Inc. (TSBK, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2008-12-31.

Timberland Bancorp Inc. was organized for the purpose of becoming the holding company for Timberland Savings Bank. The Savings Bank is a community oriented savings bank which offeres a variety of savings products to its retail customers while concentrating its lending activities on real estate mortgage loans. Timberland Bancorp Inc. has a market cap of $40.97 million; its shares were traded at around $6.7999 with a P/E ratio of 7.7 and P/S ratio of 0.81. The dividend yield of Timberland Bancorp Inc. stocks is 7.5%. Timberland Bancorp Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 9% over the past 5 years.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Total non-accrual loans of $13.52 million at December 31, 2008 were comprised of

44 loans and 27 credit relationships. These 44 loans consisted of 15 single

family speculative construction loans totaling $4.40 million (of which the

largest has a balance of $395,00), a $2.60 million land development loan in

Eastern Washington, a $1.36 million participation interest in a land development

loan located in Clark County, 16 individual lot (land ) loans totaling $1.93

million, three commercial real estate loans totaling $1.18 million, a $1.39

million multi-family loan, three single family home loans totaling $328,000,

three home equity consumer loans totaling $317,000 and a $31,000 consumer loan.



Net Income: Net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2008 decreased by

$1.25 million, or 77.6%, to $361,000 from $1.62 million for the quarter ended

December 31, 2007. Earnings per diluted common share for the quarter ended

December 31, 2008 decreased to $0.05 from $0.24 for the quarter ended December

31, 2007. The $0.19 decrease in diluted earnings per common share was primarily

a result of a $1.17 million ($772,000 net of income tax - $0.12 per diluted

common share) other than temporary impairment charge on mortgage-backed

securities, a $686,000 ($453,000 net of income tax - $0.07 per diluted common

share) increase in non-interest expense, a $455,000 ($300,000 net of income tax

- $0.05 per diluted common share) decrease in net interest income, and a

$115,000 ($76,000 net of income tax - $0.01 per diluted common share) increase

in the provision for loan losses. These decreases to earnings per common share

were partially offset by a $579,000 increase ($382,000 net of income tax - $0.06

per diluted common share) in non-interest income (excluding the impairment

charge).



Net Interest Income: Net interest income decreased by $455,000 or 6.6%, to

$6.46 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2008 from $6.92 million for the

quarter ended December 31, 2007. The decrease in net interest income was

primarily attributable to interest rate decreases, which compressed margins, and

the reversal of interest on loans placed on non-accrual status. These decreases

were, however, partially offset by a larger interest earning asset base. Total

interest and dividend income decreased by $1.45 million, or 12.7%, to $10.03

million for the quarter ended December 31, 2008 from $11.48 million for the

quarter ended December 31, 2007 as the yield on interest earning assets

decreased to 6.50% from 7.62%. Total average interest earning assets increased

by $14.65 million to $617.28 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2008

from $602.63 million for quarter ended December 31, 2007. Total interest

expense decreased by $997,000, or 21.9%, to $3.56 million for the quarter ended

December 31, 2008 from $4.56 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 as

the average rate paid on interest bearing liabilities decreased to 2.67% for the

quarter ended December 31, 2008 from 3.49% for the quarter ended December 31,

2007. Total average interest bearing liabilities increased by $11.99 million to

$530.69 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2008 from $518.70 million for

the quarter ended December 31, 2007. The net interest margin decreased to 4.19%

for the quarter ended December 31, 2008 from 4.59% for the quarter ended

December 31, 2007. The margin compression was primarily attributable to

significant interest rate decreases by the Federal Reserve which reduced the

yield on interest earning assets at a faster pace than the Bank was able to

reduce its funding costs. The reversal of interest income on loans placed on

non-accrual status also contributed to the margin compression and reduced the

net interest margin by approximately 11 basis points during the quarter ended

December 31, 2008. For additional information, see the section below entitled

"Rate Volume Analysis."





Rate Volume Analysis

The following table sets forth the effects of changing rates and volumes on the

net interest income on the Company. Information is provided with respect to the

(i) effects on interest income attributable to change in volume (changes in

volume multiplied by prior rate), and (ii) effects on interest income

attributable to changes in rate (changes in rate multiplied by prior volume),

and (iii) the net change (sum of the prior columns). Changes in rate/volume

have been allocated to rate and volume variances based on the absolute values of

each.

Three months ended December 31, 2008

compared to three months

ended December 31, 2007

increase (decrease)

due to

-

Rate Volume Net Change

- - -

(In thousands)

Interest-earning assets:

Loans receivable (1) ($1,704) $510 ($1,194)

Investments and

mortgage-backed securities 83 80 163

FHLB stock and equity securities (212) (201) (413)

Federal funds sold (42) 35 (7)

Interest-bearing deposits (13) 12 (1)

Total net increase in income - - -

on interest-earning assets ($1,888) 436 ($1,452)

Interest-bearing liabilities:

Savings accounts - - -

NOW accounts 18 22 40

Money market accounts (118) 84 (34)

Certificate accounts (787) (56) (843)

Short-term borrowings (241) (235) (476)

Long-term borrowings (17) 333 316

Total net increase in expense - - -

on interest bearing liabilities ($1,145) 148 ($997)



At At At

December 31, September 30, December 31,

2008 2008 2007

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ASSET QUALITY RATIOS:

Non-performing loans $ 13,520 $ 11,990 $ 3,908

OREO & other repossessed assets 1,266 511 -

Total non-performing assets $ 14,786 $ 12,501 $ 3,908

Non-performing assets to total assets (c) 2.20% 1.83% 0.60%

Allowance for loan losses to

non-performing loans 60% 67% 153%

Restructured loans $ - $ 272 $ 2,462





Book Values:

Book value per share (d) $ 10.58 $ 10.74 $ 10.84

Book value per share (e) $ 11.16 $ 11.34 $ 11.50

Tangible book value per share (d) (f) $ 9.65 $ 9.79 $ 9.86

Tangible book value per share (e) (f) $ 10.17 $ 10.34 $ 10.46



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