Northeast Bancorp Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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May 14, 2010
Northeast Bancorp (NBN, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-03-31.

Northeast Bancorp has a market cap of $29.3 million; its shares were traded at around $12.65 with a P/E ratio of 18.2 and P/S ratio of 0.7. The dividend yield of Northeast Bancorp stocks is 2.9%.

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The Company reported consolidated net income of $530,632, or $0.20 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to $387,370, or $0.14 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2009, an increase of $143,262, or 37%. Net interest and dividend income increased $364,261, or 9%, as a result of a higher net interest margin. The provision for loan losses increased $22,062, or 4%, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2009. Noninterest income increased $360,251, or 13%, from increased fees for other services to customers, investment and insurance commissions. Noninterest expense increased $428,643, or 7%, primarily due to increased salaries and benefits and other noninterest expense.

The Company reported consolidated net income of $1,675,614, or $0.64 per diluted share, for the nine months ended March 31, 2010 compared to $750,060, or $0.29 per diluted share, for the nine months ended March 31, 2009, an increase of $925,554, or 123%. Net interest and dividend income increased $808,328, or 6%, as a result of a higher net interest margin and increased earning assets. The provision for loan losses increased $80,321, or 5%, compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2009. Noninterest income increased $1,165,833, or 15%, from increased fees for other services to customers, gains on sales of loans, investment and insurance commissions. Noninterest expense increased $474,936, or 3%, primarily due to increased salaries and employee benefits and other noninterest expense.

Net interest and dividend income for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased to $4,595,208 as compared to $4,230,947 for the same period in 2009. The increase in net interest and dividend income of $364,261, or 9%, was primarily due to a 28 basis point increase in net interest margin, on a tax equivalent basis, and more than offset the impact of a decrease in average earning assets of $4,171,190, or 1%, for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 as compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The decrease in average earning assets was primarily due to a decrease in average loans of $16,253,149 which was partially offset by an increase in average available-for-sale securities of $6,588,898, or 4%, from the purchase of U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities, and an increase in average interest-bearing deposits and regulatory stock of $5,493,061, or 63%. Average loans as a percentage of average earning assets was 68% and 71% for quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Our net interest margin, on a tax equivalent basis, was 3.30% and 3.02% for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Our net interest spread, on a tax equivalent basis, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was 3.02%, an increase of 32 basis points from 2.70% for the same period a year ago. Comparing the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the yields on earning assets decreased 30 basis points, and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased 62 basis points. The decrease in the cost of interest-bearing liabilities reflects the lower interest rates paid on a significant volume of maturing certificates of deposits, and decreases in interest rates paid on interest-bearing non-maturing deposits.

Net interest and dividend income for the nine months ended March 31, 2010 increased to $13,307,126 as compared to $12,498,798 for the same period in 2009. The increase in net interest and dividend income of $808,328, or 6%, was primarily due to an 18 basis point increase in net interest margin, on a tax equivalent basis, and by an increase in average earning assets of $2,543,460, or less than 1%, for the nine months ended March 31, 2010 as compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2009. The increase in average earning assets was primarily due to an increase in average available-for-sale securities of $13,179,674, or 9%, from the purchase of mortgage-backed securities and an increase in average interest-bearing deposits and regulatory stock of $4,204,770, or 44%, partially offset by a decrease in average loans of $14,840,984, or 4%. Average loans as a percentage of average earning assets was 69% and 72% for quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Our net interest margin, on a tax equivalent basis, was 3.15% and 2.97% for the nine months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Our net interest spread, on a tax equivalent basis, for the nine months ended March 31, 2010 was 2.94%, an increase of 20 basis points from 2.74% for the same period a year ago. Comparing the nine months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the yields on earning assets decreased 48 basis points, and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities decreased 68 basis points. The decrease in the cost of interest-bearing liabilities reflects the lower interest rates paid on a significant volume of maturing certificates of deposit, and decreases in interest rates paid on interest-bearing non-maturing deposits.

The provision for loan losses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $640,598, an increase of $22,062, or 4%, from $618,536 for the three months ended March 31, 2009. For the nine months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the provisions for loan losses were $1,723,142 and $1,642,821, respectively, an increase of $80,321, or 5%. The provision for loan losses reflects the high level of net credit losses of $589,598 and $661,537 for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $1,564,142 and $1,620,821 for the nine months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. In conjunction with the overdraft privilege program implemented in July, 2009, a portion of the provision for loan losses was used to create a reserve for uncollectible overdraft fees that have been charged to customers overdrawing their checking accounts. The overdrawn checking accounts were reclassified to consumer loans. The provision for loan losses excluding the overdraft privilege program was $630,491 and $1,679,897 for the quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2010, respectively.

Total noninterest income was $3,065,114 for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $360,251, or 13%, from $2,704,863 for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. This increase reflected the combined impact of a $113,408, or 48%, increase in fees for other services to customers which was primarily attributable to the overdraft privilege program implemented in July, 2009, a $220,186, or 89%, increase in investment commissions due to higher sales volume, a $21

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