First Citizens BancShares Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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May 10, 2010
First Citizens BancShares Inc. (FCNCA, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-03-31.

First Citizens Bancshares Inc. has a market cap of $2.06 billion; its shares were traded at around $197.45 with a P/E ratio of 15.77 and P/S ratio of 1.98. The dividend yield of First Citizens Bancshares Inc. stocks is 0.61%. First Citizens Bancshares Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 3.8% over the past 10 years.FCNCA is in the portfolios of Private Capital of Private Capital Management, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates.

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The loans and other real estate acquired through foreclosure are covered by loss share agreements that provide for the FDIC to absorb 80 percent of losses incurred on covered loans and other real estate in excess of $41.8 million. The 80 percent coverage ratio applies to losses up to $1.0 billion with losses in excess of $1.0 billion covered by the FDIC at a rate of 95 percent. FCB recorded a receivable from the FDIC equal to $365.2 million as an estimate of the fair value of the amount that will be reimbursed by the FDIC from the loss share agreements. The Purchase and Assumption Agreement between FCB and the FDIC includes a true-up payment at the end of year 10. On March 17, 2020, the true-up measurement date, FCB is required to make a true-up payment to the FDIC equal to 50 percent of the excess, if any, of (i) 20 percent of the stated threshold, or $203.4 million, less (ii) the sum of (a) 25 percent of the asset discount, or $74.9 million, plus (b) 25 percent of the cumulative loss share payments plus (c) the cumulative servicing amount. The cumulative servicing amount is 1 percent of the average covered assets for each year during the terms of the loss share agreements.

The loans and other real estate acquired through foreclosure are covered by loss share agreements that provide for the FDIC to absorb 80 percent of all losses incurred on covered loans and other real estate up to $99.0 million. Losses in excess of $99.0 million are covered by the FDIC at a rate of 95 percent. FCB recorded a receivable from the FDIC equal to $92.4 million as an estimate of the fair value of the amount that will be reimbursed by the FDIC from the loss share agreements. The Purchase and Assumption Agreement between FCB and the FDIC includes a true-up payment at the end of year 10. On May 15, 2020, the true-up measurement date, FCB is required to make a true-up payment to the FDIC equal to 50 percent of the excess, if any, of (i) 20 percent of the stated threshold, or $19.8 million, less (ii) the sum of (a) 25 percent of the asset discount, or $17.5 million, plus (b) 25 percent of the cumulative loss share payments plus (c) the cumulative servicing amount. The cumulative servicing amount is 1 percent of the average covered assets for each year during the terms of the loss share agreements.

BancShares consolidated net income during the first quarter of 2010 equaled $107.6 million, an increase of $99.0 million over the $8.7 million earned during the corresponding period of 2009. The FDIC-assisted transactions involving First Regional and SAB generated after-tax gains that totaled $83.7 million. The annualized return on average assets amounted to 2.19 percent during the first quarter of 2010, compared to 0.21 percent during the same period of 2009. The annualized return on average equity was 27.40 percent during 2010, up from 2.44 percent in 2009. Net income per share during the first quarter of 2010 totaled $10.31, compared to $0.83 during the first quarter of 2009.

Net interest income increased $35.2 million from $115.8 million in the first quarter of 2009 to $151.0 million in 2010, an increase of 30.4 percent resulting from balance sheet growth and a significant improvement in the net yield on interest-earning assets. The net yield on interest-earning assets improved by 43 basis points from 3.09 in the first quarter 2009 to 3.52 percent in 2010 due to favorable changes in deposit costs and the positive impact of yields and rates on acquired loans and assumed deposits.

Noninterest income increased $143.9 million, including the $137.6 million pre-tax acquisition gains and increases in cardholder and merchant services income. Noninterest expense increased $17.7 million or 11.4 percent from 2009 to 2010 on acquisition related activities, primarily the result of operating costs for acquired branches and expenses related to the operation and disposition of other real estate.

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