Ocean Shore Holding Co. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Nov 16, 2009
Ocean Shore Holding Co. (OSHC, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30.

Ocean Shore Holding Co. is the holding company for Ocean City Home Bank, a federal savings bank headquartered in Ocean City, New Jersey. The Bank operates a total of six full-service banking offices in southern New Jersey. Ocean Shore Holding Co. has a market cap of $68.66 million; its shares were traded at around $8.25 with a P/E ratio of 16.5 and P/S ratio of 1.77. The dividend yield of Ocean Shore Holding Co. stocks is 2.42%.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Total assets of the Company increased by $64.1 million to $742.6 million at September 30, 2009 from $678.5 million at December 31, 2008. Loans receivable, net, increased $61.0 million, investment and mortgage-backed securities decreased $7.1 million and cash and cash equivalents increased by $7.9 million. Asset growth was funded by an increase in deposits of $76.9 million less a decrease in borrowings of $15.9 million.

Investments decreased $7.1 million to $30.3 million at September 30, 2009 from $37.4 million at December 31, 2008. The decrease was the result of normal repayments of mortgage-backed securities.

Loans receivable, net, increased $61.0 million to $655.5 million at September 30, 2009 from $594.5 million at December 31, 2008. Loan originations totaled $137.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $129.8 million originated in the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Real estate mortgage loan originations totaled $98.7 million, real estate construction loan originations totaled $11.3 million, consumer loan originations totaled $19.3 million and commercial loan originations totaled $8.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Origination activity was offset by $75.0 million of normal loan payments and payoffs.

Non-performing assets totaled $2.7 million at September 30, 2009 compared to $2.0 million at December 31, 2008 and $406,000 at September 30, 2008. The increase from December 31, 2008 was the result of an increase in non-performing residential real estate loans of $600,000 and real estate owned of $157,000, offset by a decrease in non-performing consumer loans of $72,000. Real estate owned added during the quarter was one loan totaling $97,000. Net charge-offs (recoveries) were $101,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $(3,000) in the same period last year. The allowance for loan losses was 0.53% of total loans at September 30, 2009 versus 0.45% at September 30, 2008.

Deposits increased 76.9 million, or 16.9%, to $532.8 million at September 30, 2009 from $455.9 million at December 31, 2008. Interest bearing demand deposits increased $54.3 million, certificates of deposit increased $13.2 million, savings accounts increased $7.8 million and non-interest bearing checking accounts increased $1.6 million. The Company continued its focus on attracting core deposits, which increased $63.7 million, and accounted for 82.8% of the $76.9 million increase in deposits.

Federal Home Loan Bank advances decreased $15.9 million to $117.9 million at September 30, 2009 from $133.8 million at December 31, 2008. Junior subordinated debt was unchanged at $15.5 million at September 30, 2009 compared to December 31, 2008.

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