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Greene County Bancorp, Inc. Reports Net Income of $24.8 million for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024 and is selected for the “2024 KBW Bank Honor Roll” for the Thirteenth Consecutive Year

CATSKILL, N.Y., July 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Greene County Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GCBC), the holding company for The Bank of Greene County and its subsidiary Greene County Commercial Bank, today reported net income for the quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. Net income for the quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 was $6.7 million, or $0.40 per basic and diluted share, and $24.8 million, or $1.45 per basic and diluted share, respectively, as compared to $6.5 million, or $0.38 per basic and diluted share, and $30.8 million, or $1.81 per basic and diluted share, for the quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, respectively. Net income increased $272,000, or 4.2%, when comparing the quarters ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, and decreased $6.0 million, or 19.5%, when comparing the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.

Highlights:

Donald Gibson, President & CEO stated: “Despite the persistent challenges posed by the inverted yield curve, I am proud of our team’s outstanding performance. Net income for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, was $24.8 million, and we were recognized by KBW as a member of their “2024 KBW Bank Honor Roll”. This year the KBW Bank Honor Roll recognized 18 banks in the United States that delivered the strongest and/or most consistent earnings growth. Greene County Bancorp, Inc. is the only institution in the United States recognized on the KBW Bank Honor Roll for thirteen consecutive years!”

Total consolidated assets for the Company were $2.8 billion at June 30, 2024, primarily consisting of $1.5 billion of net loans and $1.0 billion of total securities available-for-sale and held-to-maturity. Consolidated deposits totaled $2.4 billion at June 30, 2024, consisting of retail, business, municipal and private banking relationships.

Net income excluding provision for credit losses was $25.5 million for year ended June 30, 2024 as compared to the net income excluding provision for credit losses of $29.7 million for the year ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of $4.2 million, or 14.1%, as the Company booked a negative provision for loan losses for the year ended June 30, 2023. The decrease in net income during the fiscal year ended 2024, was primarily the result of net interest margin compression due to the current interest rate environment. In an effort to maintain our customer relationships, the Company raised rates paid on deposits, which has been at a faster rate than the Company was able to reprice assets. Interest rates are highly sensitive to factors that are beyond the Company’s control, including competition, the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve, inflation, the volatility of financial markets and geopolitical tensions. Elevated interest rates could continue to increase our cost of funds and negatively impact our net interest margin. The Company believes that increasing deposit rates and maintaining long-term relationships will benefit the Company for continued growth and earnings potential in the future.

Selected highlights for the quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 are as follows:

Net Interest Income and Margin

CECL Adoption

Credit Quality and Provision for Credit Losses on Loans

Noninterest Income and Noninterest Expense

Income Taxes

Balance Sheet Summary

Corporate Overview

Greene County Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for The Bank of Greene County, and Greene County Commercial Bank. The Company is the leading provider of community-based banking services throughout the Hudson Valley and Capital Region of New York State. Its customers include individuals, businesses, municipalities and other institutions. Greene County Bancorp, Inc. (GCBC) is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market and is dedicated to promoting economic development and a high quality of life in the communities it serves. For more information on Greene County Bancorp, Inc., visit www.tbogc.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This earnings release contains statements about future events that constitute forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by references to a future period or periods or by the use of the words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “assume,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “plan,” and other similar terms of expressions. Forward-looking statements should not be relied on because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. These risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause the actual results, performance or achievements expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, local, regional, national and international general economic conditions, including actual or potential stress in the banking industry, financial and regulatory changes, changes in interest rates, regulatory considerations, competition, technological developments, retention and recruitment of qualified personnel, changes in customer deposit behavior, and market acceptance of the Company’s pricing, products and services.

The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made, and advises readers that various factors, including, but not limited to, those described above and other factors discussed in the Company’s annual and quarterly reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could affect the Company’s financial performance and could cause the Company’s actual results or circumstances for future periods to differ materially from those anticipated or projected.

Unless required by law, the Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligations to, publicly release any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

For more information, please see our reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

Non-GAAP Measures

In addition to presenting information in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), this news release contains financial information determined by methods other than GAAP (non-GAAP). The following measures used in this release, which are commonly utilized by financial institutions, have not been specifically exempted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and may constitute “non-GAAP financial measures” within the meaning of the SEC’s rules.

The Company has provided in this news release supplemental disclosures for the calculation of net interest margin utilizing a fully taxable-equivalent adjustment and net income excluding provision for credit losses. Management believes that the non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the Company from time to time are useful in evaluating the Company’s performance and that such information should be considered as supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for or superior to the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.  Our non-GAAP financial measures may differ from similar measures presented by other companies. Refer to the tables on page 9 for Non-GAAP to GAAP reconciliations.

Greene County Bancorp, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income, and Selected Financial Ratios (Unaudited)

  At or for the three months At or for the years
  ended June 30, ended June 30,
Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data   2024     2023     2024     2023  
Interest income   $27,328     $23,524     $103,664     $84,625  
Interest expense   14,471     9,289     52,685     23,407  
Net interest income   12,857     14,235     50,979     61,218  
Provision for credit losses(6)   (151 )   128     766     (1,071 )
Noninterest income   3,719     3,094     13,908     12,146  
Noninterest expense   9,897     10,004     37,302     38,608  
Income before taxes   6,830     7,197     26,819     35,827  
Tax provision   98     737     2,050     5,042  
Net income   $6,732     $6,460     $24,769     $30,785  
         
Basic and diluted EPS   $0.40     $0.38     $1.45     $1.81  
Weighted average shares outstanding   17,026,828     17,026,828     17,026,828     17,026,828  
Dividends declared per share(4)   $0.08     $0.07     $0.32     $0.28  
         
Selected Financial Ratios        
Return on average assets(1)   1.00 %   0.98 %   0.93 %   1.19 %
Return on average equity(1)   13.36 %   14.27 %   12.87 %   18.13 %
Net interest rate spread(1)   1.72 %   2.06 %   1.75 %   2.33 %
Net interest margin(1)   1.97 %   2.24 %   1.98 %   2.45 %
Fully taxable-equivalent net interest margin(2)   2.24 %   2.47 %   2.25 %   2.66 %
Efficiency ratio(3)   59.71 %   57.73 %   57.49 %   52.63 %
Non-performing assets to total assets       0.13 %   0.21 %
Non-performing loans to net loans       0.25 %   0.39 %
Allowance for credit losses on loans to non-performing loans(6)       516.20 %   388.64 %
Allowance for credit losses on loans to total loans(6)       1.28 %   1.51 %
Shareholders’ equity to total assets       7.29 %   6.79 %
Dividend payout ratio(4)       22.07 %   15.47 %
Actual dividends paid to net income(5)       13.08 %   7.12 %
Book value per share       $12.10     $10.76  

(1) Ratios are annualized when necessary.
(2) Interest income calculated on a taxable-equivalent basis (non-GAAP) includes the additional interest income that would have been earned if the Company’s investment in tax-exempt securities and loans had been subject to federal and New York State income taxes yielding the same after-tax income.
(3) The efficiency ratio has been calculated as noninterest expense divided by the sum of net interest income and noninterest income.
(4) The dividend payout ratio has been calculated based on the dividends declared per share divided by basic earnings per share. No adjustments have been made to account for dividends waived by Greene County Bancorp, MHC (“MHC”), the Company’s majority shareholder, owning 54.1% of the shares outstanding.
(5) Dividends declared divided by net income. The MHC waived its right to receive dividends declared during the three months September 30, 2022, December 31, 2022, March 31, 2023, June 30, 2023, December 31, 2023, March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024. Dividends declared during the three months ended June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2023 were paid to the MHC.
(6) The Company adopted the CECL accounting standard effective July 1, 2023.

Greene County Bancorp, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition (Unaudited)

  At
June 30, 2024
  At
June 30, 2023
(Dollars In thousands, except share data)      
Assets      
Cash and due from banks   $13,897       $15,305  
Interest-bearing deposits   176,498       181,140  
Total cash and cash equivalents   190,395       196,445  
       
Long term certificate of deposit   2,831       4,576  
Securities available-for-sale, at fair value   350,001       281,133  
Securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost, net of allowance for credit losses of $483 at June 30, 2024(1)   690,354       726,363  
Equity securities, at fair value   328       306  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost   7,296       1,682  
       
Loans receivable   1,499,473       1,408,866  
Less: Allowance for credit losses on loans(1)   (19,244 )     (21,212 )
Net loans receivable   1,480,229       1,387,654  
       
Premises and equipment   15,606       15,028  
Bank owned life insurance   57,249       55,063  
Accrued interest receivable   14,269       12,249  
Foreclosed real estate         302  
Prepaid expenses and other assets   17,230       17,482  
Total assets   $2,825,788       $2,698,283  
       
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity      
Noninterest bearing deposits   $125,442       $159,039  
Interest bearing deposits   2,263,780       2,278,122  
Total deposits   2,389,222       2,437,161  
       
Borrowings, short-term   115,300        
Borrowings, long-term   34,156        
Subordinated notes payable   49,681       49,495  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities   31,429       28,344  
Total liabilities   2,619,788       2,515,000  
Total shareholders’ equity   206,000       183,283  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $2,825,788       $2,698,283  
Common shares outstanding   17,026,828       17,026,828  
Treasury shares   195,852       195,852  

(1) The Company adopted the CECL accounting standard effective July 1, 2023.

The above information is preliminary and based on the Company’s data available at the time of presentation.


Non-GAAP to GAAP Reconciliations

The following table summarizes the adjustments made to arrive at the fully taxable-equivalent net interest margins.

  For the three months ended
June 30,
  For the years ended
June 30,
(Dollars in thousands)   2024     2023       2024     2023  
Net interest income (GAAP)   $12,857     $14,235       $50,979     $61,218  
Tax-equivalent adjustment(1)   1,740     1,450       6,791     5,258  
Net interest income-fully taxable-equivalent basis (non-GAAP)   $14,597     $15,685       $57,770     $66,476  
           
Average interest-earning assets (GAAP)   $2,605,966     $2,543,026       $2,568,756     $2,495,653  
Net interest margin-fully taxable-equivalent basis (non-GAAP)   2.24 %   2.47 %     2.25 %   2.66 %

(1) Interest income calculated on a taxable-equivalent basis (non-GAAP) includes the additional interest income that would have been earned if the Company’s investment in tax-exempt securities and loans had been subject to federal and New York State income taxes yielding the same after-tax income. The rate used for this adjustment was 21% for federal income taxes for the three and twelve months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, 4.44% for New York State income taxes for the three and twelve months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.

The following table summarizes the adjustments made to arrive at net income excluding provision for credit losses.

  For the three months ended
June 30,
  For the years ended
June 30,
(Dollars in thousands)   2024     2023       2024     2023  
Net income (GAAP)   $6,732     $6,460       $24,769     $30,785  
Provision for credit losses(1)   (151 )   128       766     (1,071 )
Net income excluding provision for credit losses (non-GAAP)   $6,581     $6,588       $25,535     $29,714  

(1) The Company adopted the CECL accounting standard effective July 1, 2023.

The above information is preliminary and based on the Company’s data available at the time of presentation.


For Further Information Contact:

Donald E. Gibson
President & CEO
(518) 943-2600
donaldg@tbogc.com

Nick Barzee
SVP & CFO
(518) 943-2600
nickb@tbogc.com


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