MidSouth Bancorp Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Aug 10, 2009
MidSouth Bancorp (MSL, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-06-30.

MIDSOUTH BANCORP INC. is a bank holding company engaged in general banking business. MidSouth Bancorp has a market cap of $107.67 million; its shares were traded at around $15.86 with a P/E ratio of 24.4 and P/S ratio of 1.53. The dividend yield of MidSouth Bancorp stocks is 1.77%. MidSouth Bancorp had an annual average earning growth of 24.9% over the past 5 years.

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The Company reported net income available to common shareholders of $446,000 for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009, a decrease of $972,000 from net income available to common shareholders of $1,418,000 reported for the second quarter of 2008. Diluted earnings per share for the second quarter of 2009 were $0.07 per share, a decrease of 66.7% from the $0.21 per share for the second quarter of 2008. Beginning the first quarter of 2009, the Company recorded dividends on its Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (“Series A Preferred Stock”) issued to the U. S. Department of the Treasury on January 9, 2009 under the Capital Purchase Plan. Dividends recorded on the Series A Preferred Stock totaled $299,000 for the second quarter of 2009 and $576,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2009.

For the six months ended June 30, 2009, net income available to common shareholders totaled $1,402,000, a 46.4% decrease from earnings of $2,617,000 for the first six months of 2008. Of the $1,215,000 decrease, $576,000 is related to dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock. Diluted earnings per share were $0.21 for the first six months of 2009, compared to $0.39 for the first six months of 2008.

Second quarter 2009 earnings were impacted by a $2.1 million provision recorded for loan losses, compared to $855,000 in the second quarter of 2008 and $1.0 million recorded in the first quarter of 2009. Deterioration in the performance of a $5.7 million national participation credit in the Company s Baton Rouge market prompted a $1.1 million charge-off on the credit in the second quarter of 2009 and an increase of $200,000 in specific reserves allocated to the credit within the Allowance for Loan Losses (“ALL”). The remainder of the $2.1 million provision covered approximately $430,000 in charged-off loans associated with another Baton Rouge credit relationship and $333,000 in other credits charged-off in the second quarter of 2009. During the second quarter of 2009, the Company made management changes in the Baton Rouge market to strengthen credit underwriting and the monitoring of existing loans within that market.

Quarterly revenues for the Company, defined as net interest income and non-interest income, increased $137,000, or 1.0%, for the second quarter of 2009 compared to the second quarter of 2008. The slight improvement in revenues resulted primarily from a $1,414,000 decrease in interest expense on deposits and borrowings, which was mostly offset by a $1,331,000 decrease in interest income on earning assets. Non-interest income increased $54,000 due to a $138,000 increase in ATM/debit card income that was partially offset by decreases in mortgage banking fees and income from a third party investment advisory firm. Non-interest expense increased $39,000 in prior year quarterly comparison, as expense reductions in several categories offset a $649,000 increase in FDIC premiums. During the second quarter of 2009, the Company accrued $421,000 for a special assessment as required by the FDIC and also incurred an increase in the regular assessment rate.

Net interest income totaled $9,922,000 for the second quarter of 2009, an increase of 0.8%, or $83,000, from the $9,839,000 reported for the second quarter of 2008. The improvement in net interest income resulted primarily from a decrease of $1.4 million in interest expense which offset a decrease of $1.3 million in interest income. The impact to interest income of a $32.4 million increase in the average volume of loans, from $563.6 million at June 30, 2008 to $596.0 million at June 30, 2009, was partially offset by a 106 basis point reduction in the average yield on loans in quarterly comparison. The average yields on loans declined from 7.99% in the second quarter of 2008 to 6.93% in the second quarter of 2009 as New York Prime (“Prime”) fell 175 basis points, from 5.00% to 3.25% during the same period. The average volume of investment securities, including federal funds sold and other interest-earning assets, decreased $50.5 million in quarterly comparison, while the taxable-equivalent yield increased 20 basis points, from 4.08% to 4.28%. The volume decrease occurred primarily in federal funds sold and other interest-earning assets as deposits declined during the second half of 2008, following an influx of commercial money market deposits in the first quarter of 2008.

In year-to-date comparison, net interest income increased $935,000 as interest expense decreased $3,784,000, offsetting a $2,849,000 decline in interest income. Interest expense decreased primarily due to a 108 basis point reduction in the average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities, from 2.75% at June 30, 2008 to 1.67% at June 30, 2009. Additionally, the average volume of interest-bearing liabilities decreased $30.3 million in year-to-date comparison. Interest income on average earning assets decreased primarily as the result of a 127 basis point decline in the average yield earned on loans, from 8.24% at June 30, 2008 to 6.97% at June 30, 2009. An average volume increase of $32.0 million in loans partially offset the impact of lower yields. As a result, the taxable-equivalent net interest margin improved 20 basis points, from 4.83% for the six months ended June 30, 2008 to 5.03% for the six months ended June 30, 2009.

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