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

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Nov 10, 2009
Investors Bancorp Inc. (ISBC, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30.

Investors Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Investors Savings Bank, which provides a range of banking services in the United States. The company generates deposits and originates loans. The company operates from its corporate headquarters in Short Hills, New Jersey, and fifty-three branch offices located in Essex, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Somerset, Union and Warren Counties, New Jersey. The Bank is engaged in the business of attracting deposits from the public through its branch network and borrowing funds in the wholesale markets to originate loans and to invest in securities. It originates mortgage loans secured by one-to four-family residential real estate and consumer loans, the majority of which are home equity loans and home equity lines of credit. Investors Bancorp Inc. has a market cap of $1.25 billion; its shares were traded at around $10.94 with a P/E ratio of 37.7 and P/S ratio of 5.7.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Total non-performing loans, defined as non-accruing loans, decreased by $6.2 million to $115.5 million at September 30, 2009 from $121.7 million at June 30, 2009. The non-performing loans are comprised of 22 construction loans totaling $70.5 million, 135 residential loans totaling $40.1 million, 9 commercial loans totaling $3.4 million, 4 multifamily loans totaling $0.6 million, and 29 consumer loans totaling $0.9 million. The decrease in non-performing loans was primarily attributed to the sale of a previously disclosed $19.4 million multi-family loan for a $1.8 million gain, the short sale of $4.1 million construction loan, and the impact of charge-offs. Although we have had resolution on a number of non-performing loans, the current economic environment continues to cause financial difficulties for several large construction loans. At September 30, 2009, the Company moved a $9.9 million construction loan that was current to non-performing status. Additionally, residential loan delinquency has risen as unemployment in our lending area has steadily increased over the past year.

Deposits. Deposits increased by $123.6 million, or 2.2%, to $5.63 billion at September 30, 2009 from $5.51 billion at June 30, 2009. Checking accounts, savings deposits, and money market account deposits increased $58.4 million, $56.2 million, and $51.2 million, respectively. These increases were offset by a $42.2 million decrease in certificates of deposits.

Interest and Dividend Income. Total interest and dividend income increased by $11.2 million, or 12.8%, to $98.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $87.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008. This increase is primarily due to an $1.38 billion, or 21.4%, increase in the average balance of interest-earning assets to $7.85 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $6.46 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2008. The weighted average yield on interest-earning assets was 5.03% for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 5.41% for the three months ended September 30, 2008.

Interest income on loans increased by $14.6 million, or 20.8%, to $85.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $70.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008, reflecting a $1.3 billion, or 26.5%, increase in the average balance of net loans to $6.25 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $4.94 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2008. There was a 26 basis point decrease in the average yield on loans to 5.45% for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from 5.71% for the three months ended September 30, 2008 reflecting higher refinancing activity on residential mortgage loans, as consumers took advantage of historically low mortgage rates, and the impact of non accrual loans.

Interest expense on borrowed funds decreased by $0.3 million, or 1.7%, to $17.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $17.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008. This decrease was caused by a $107.8 million, or 6.0%, decrease in the average balance of borrowed funds to $1.70 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $1.80 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2008, partially offset by a 18 basis point increase in the average cost of borrowed funds to 4.10% for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from 3.92% for the three months ended September 30, 2008.

Non-interest Expenses. Total non-interest expenses increased by $4.3 million, or 19.0%, to $26.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from $22.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008. This increase was due primarily to a $1.7 million increase in FDIC insurance premium expense, $0.9 million increase in compensation expense and $0.9 million increase occupancy costs related to the additional branches acquired in the American Bank acquisition which closed June 2009.

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