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

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May 10, 2010
NBT Bancorp Inc. (NBTB, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-03-31.

Nbt Bancorp Inc. has a market cap of $785.01 million; its shares were traded at around $22.81 with a P/E ratio of 14.72 and P/S ratio of 2.22. The dividend yield of Nbt Bancorp Inc. stocks is 3.51%. Nbt Bancorp Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 8.8% over the past 10 years.NBTB is in the portfolios of Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC.

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Net interest income is the difference between interest income on earning assets, primarily loans and securities, and interest expense on interest bearing liabilities, primarily deposits and borrowings. Net interest income is affected by the interest rate spread, the difference between the yield on earning assets and cost of interest bearing liabilities, as well as the volumes of such assets and liabilities. Net interest income is one of the major determining factors in a financial institution s performance as it is the principal source of earnings. In response to the financial crisis, the Federal Open Market Committee lowered the target Federal Funds rate 500 bp, from 5.25% to 0.25% between September 2007 and December 2008 resulting in a corresponding drop in the Prime Rate from 8.25% to 3.25%. Since December 2008, there has been no action taken to change the rate. As a result of these changes, the yield curve has steepened, thus far allowing the Company to lower its cost of funds more quickly than the repricing of earning assets, resulting in a higher net interest margin. In addition, the Company has lowered rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities.

FTE net interest income increased $2.6 million, or 5.2%, during the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared to the same period of 2009. The increase in FTE net interest income resulted primarily from a decrease in the rate paid on interest bearing liabilities of 63 bp to 1.44% for the three months ended March 31, 2010 from 2.07% for the same period in 2009. The interest rate spread increased 18 bp during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. The net interest margin increased by 12 bp to 4.21% for the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared with 4.09% for the same period in 2009. For the three months ended March 31, 2010, total FTE interest income decreased $4.0 million, or 5.6% as compared with the three months ended March 31, 2009. The yield on earning assets for the period decreased 45 bp to 5.39% for the three months ended March 31, 2010 from 5.84% for the same period in 2009. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in average interest earning assets of $114.9 million, or 2.3%, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 when compared to the same period in 2009, principally from growth in short-term interest bearing accounts. As a result of our excess liquidity, our Federal Funds sold position had a negative impact of 12 bp on our net interest margin for the three months ended March 31, 2010.

For the quarter ended March 31, 2010, total interest expense decreased $6.6 million, or 31.0%, primarily the result of the decrease in target Fed Funds rate over the past two years, which impacts the Company s short-term borrowing, money market account and time deposit rates. Average interest bearing liabilities decreased nominally for the three months ended March 31, 2010 when compared to the same period in 2009. Total average interest bearing deposits increased $63.6 million, or 1.9%, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 when compared to the same period in 2009. The rate paid on average interest bearing deposits decreased 67 bp from 1.69% for the three months ended March 31, 2009 to 1.02% for the same period in 2010. For the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Company experienced a shift in its deposit mix from time deposits to money market deposit accounts and NOW accounts. Average time deposit accounts decreased approximately $314.8 million, or 23.5%, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 when compared to the same period in 2009, while money market accounts and NOW accounts collectively increased approximately $323.7 million, or 21.7%.

Total average borrowings, including trust preferred debentures, decreased $96.1 million, or 11.2%, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. Average short-term borrowings increased by $8.9 million, or 5.9%, from $148.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009 to $157.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Average long-term debt decreased $104.9 million, or 16.6%, for the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared with the same period in 2009. The rate paid on long-term debt decreased to 3.90% for the three months ended March 31, 2010, from 3.98% for the same period in 2009. As a result of the decrease in the average balance and rate paid on long-term debt, interest paid on long-term debt decreased $1.1 million, or 18.3%, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009.

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