EX-99.1 2 bvfl-ex99_1.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Contact:

Michael J. Dee

Chief Financial Officer

(410) 477- 5000

 

 

BV FINANCIAL, INC. ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL RESULTS

Baltimore, Maryland, April 17, 2025– BV Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: BVFL), (the “Company”) the holding company for BayVanguard Bank (the “Bank”), reported net income of $2.1 million or $0.21 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 compared to net income of $2.6 million or $0.24 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.

Adjusted net income, a Non-GAAP financial metric, was $2.9 million for both quarters ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. For a reconciliation of net income as reported and Non-GAAP adjusted net income, see the table below.

Financial Highlights

Return on average assets and return on average equity for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 were 0.92% and 4.28%, respectively. Return on average assets and return on average equity for the three months ended March 31, 2024 were 1.16% and 5.14%, respectively.
Net Loans increased $12.0 million, or 1.65% to $741.3 million at March 31, 2025 compared to $729.2 million at December 31, 2024.
Deposits increased $6.4 million, or 0.98%, from $651.5 million at December 31, 2024 to $657.9 million at March 31, 2025.
In the quarter ended March 31, 2025, the Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $297,000 consisting of a $351,000 provision to the allowance for credit losses (ACL) – loans, a $53,000 recovery to the ACL-unfunded commitments and a $1,000 recovery to the ACL - for held-to-maturity securities. In the quarter ended March 31, 2024, the Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $18,000 consisting of ($133,000) in the ACL – loans, $152,000 in the ACL-unfunded commitments and ($1,000) in the ACL – HTM Securities.
The Company completed the stock repurchase program previously announced on July 30, 2024 with the repurchase of 50,038 shares in January 2025 at an average cost of $17.08. The Company announced the adoption of a second stock repurchase program on April 4, 2025.

Financial Condition

Total Assets. Total assets were $921.9 million at March 31, 2025, an increase of $10.1 million, or 1.11%, from $911.8 million at December 31, 2024. The increase was due primarily to a $12.0 million increase in loans receivable partially offset by a decrease of $2.1 million in securities available for sale. The loan growth in the quarter was funded by an increase in deposits and quarterly net income.


Cash and Cash Equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents increased $320,000 or 0.5%, to $70.8 million at March 31, 2025 from $70.5 million at December 31, 2024.

Net Loans Receivable. Net loans receivable increased $12.0 million, or 1.65%, to $741.3 million at March 31, 2025 from $729.2 million at December 31, 2024. Increases in commercial and industrial loans of $9.9 million, investor commercial real estate loans of $4.3 million and owner occupied one-to four-family loans of $3.0 million offset decreases in non-owner occupied one- to four-family loans.

Securities. Securities available for sale (“AFS”) decreased $2.1 million, or 5.6%, to $35.2 million at March 31, 2025 from $37.3 million at December 31, 2024. The decrease was due to new purchases not fully replacing maturities and paydowns in the portfolio. Securities held-to-maturity were relatively unchanged at $5.9 million.

Total Liabilities. Total liabilities increased $7.6 million or 1.1%, to $723.9 million at March 31, 2025 from $716.3 million at December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to an increase in total deposits of $6.4 million, and an increase in escrow accounts and other accrued balances.

Deposits. Total deposits increased $6.4 million, or 0.98%, to $657.9 million at March 31, 2025 from $651.5 million at December 31, 2024. Noninterest bearing deposits increased $6.5 million, or 5.0%, to $136.3 million at March 31, 2025 from $129.7 million at December 31, 2024. Interest-bearing deposits were relatively unchanged at $521.6 million.

Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings. The Company had $15 million in Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Stockholders’ Equity. Stockholders’ equity increased $2.6 million, or 1.3%, to $198.1 million at March 31, 2025, primarily due to net income and somewhat offset by share repurchases.

Asset Quality. Non-performing assets at March 31, 2025 totaled $5.0 million consisting of $4.8 million in nonperforming loans and $158,000 in foreclosed real estate, compared to $4.2 million at December 31, 2024, consisting of $4.0 million in non-performing loans and $159,000 in foreclosed real estate. At March 31 2025, the allowance for credit losses on loans was $8.9 million, which represented 1.18% of total loans and 183.9% of non-performing loans compared to $8.5 million at December 31, 2024, which represented 1.15% of total loans and 212.5% of non-performing loans.

Comparison of Operating Results for the Three Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

Net Interest Income. Net interest income was $8.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to $8.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024. The net interest margin for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was 4.12% compared to 3.91% for the three months ended March 31, 2024.


Noninterest Income. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, noninterest income totaled $530,000 compared to $578,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2024.

Noninterest Expense. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, noninterest expense totaled $6.2 million compared to $4.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Compensation and benefits expenses increased $1.4 million, or 44.6% due to increases in salaries and the $1.2 million cost of the equity awards granted after the stockholders approved the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan. Professional fees increased $119,000 or 106.3% primarily due to a recovery in 2024 of previously expensed legal fees of $109,000 on the disposition of a problem loan. Other expenses decreased $271,000 or 43.2%.

Income taxes. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, income tax expense was $599,000 for an effective tax rate of 22.2%. In the quarter ended March 31, 2024, income tax expense was $1.0 million for an effective tax rate of 28.5%. The lower rate is due to an accrual adjustment made in the current quarter.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements that are based on management’s current expectations regarding economic, legislative and regulatory issues that may impact the Company’s earnings in future periods. Factors that could cause future results to vary materially from current management expectations include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions, changes in interest rates, increased competitive pressures, the effects of inflation, the imposition of tariffs or other domestic or international governmental policies, potential recessionary conditions, general economic conditions or conditions within the securities markets, monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. Government, including policies of the U.S. Treasury and the Board of Governors of the FRB, changes in the quality, size and composition of our loan and securities portfolios, changes in liquidity, including the size and composition of our deposit portfolio, including the percentage of uninsured deposits in the portfolio, changes in demand for our products and services, accounting and tax changes, deposit flows, real estate values and competition, changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines, changes in legislation or regulation and other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory and technological factors affecting the Company’s operations, pricing, products and services, a potential government shutdown, a failure in or breach of our operational or security systems or infrastructure, including cyberattacks that could adversely affect the Company’s financial condition and results of operations and the business in which the Company and the Bank are engaged and the failure to maintain current technologies, our ability to enter into new markets successfully and capitalize on growth opportunities and the failure to retain or attract employees.

BV Financial, Inc.

BV Financial, Inc. is the parent company of BayVanguard Bank. BayVanguard Bank is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland with thirteen branches in the Baltimore metropolitan area and the eastern shore of Maryland. The Bank is a full-service community-oriented financial institution dedicated to serving the financial service needs of consumers and businesses.


BV FINANCIAL, INC.

 

Consolidated Financial Ratios

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At or For the Three Months

 

 

Ended March 31,

 

 

2025

 

2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance Ratios(1):

 

 

 

 

Return on average assets

 

0.92

%

 

1.16

%

Return on average equity

 

4.28

%

 

5.14

%

Interest rate spread(2)

 

3.37

%

 

3.10

%

Net interest margin(3)

 

4.12

%

 

3.91

%

Non-interest expense to average assets

 

2.70

%

 

2.23

%

Efficiency ratio(4)

 

67.36

%

 

52.75

%

Average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities

 

148.50

%

 

154.58

%

Average equity to average assets

 

21.40

%

 

22.61

%

Credit Quality Ratios:

 

 

 

 

Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total loans

 

1.18

%

 

1.20

%

Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of non-performing loans

 

183.87

%

 

79.16

%

Net charge-offs (recoveries) to average outstanding loans during the year

 

0.00

%

 

-0.01

%

Non-performing loans as a percentage of total loans

 

0.64

%

 

1.52

%

Non-performing loans as a percentage of total assets

 

0.52

%

 

1.20

%

Total non-performing assets as a percentage of total assets

 

0.53

%

 

1.22

%

 

 

 

 

 

Other:

 

 

 

 

Number of offices

13

 

13

 

Number of full-time equivalent employees

109

 

112

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Performance ratios are annualized.

 

 

 

 

(2) Represents the difference between the weighted average yield on interest-earning assets and the weighted average cost of interest-bearing liabilities.

 

 

 

 

(3) Represents net interest income as a percentage of average interest-earning assets.

 

 

 

 

(4) Represents non-interest expenses divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest income.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


BV FINANCIAL, INC.

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2025

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

(dollars in thousands, except share amounts)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

8,568

 

 

$

5,842

 

Interest-bearing deposits in other banks

 

 

62,252

 

 

 

64,658

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

70,820

 

 

 

70,500

 

Equity Investment

 

 

408

 

 

 

391

 

Securities available for sale

 

 

35,185

 

 

 

37,259

 

Securities held to maturity (fair value of $5,191 and $5,171, ACL of $3 and $4)

 

 

5,909

 

 

 

5,979

 

Loans held for maturity

 

 

750,174

 

 

 

737,760

 

Allowance for Credit Losses

 

 

(8,888

)

 

 

(8,522

)

Net Loans

 

 

741,286

 

 

 

729,238

 

Foreclosed real estate

 

 

158

 

 

 

159

 

Premises and equipment, net

 

 

13,243

 

 

 

13,224

 

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta stock, at cost

 

 

1,385

 

 

 

1,366

 

Investment in life insurance

 

 

20,145

 

 

 

20,058

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

 

3,121

 

 

 

3,161

 

Goodwill

 

 

14,420

 

 

 

14,420

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

786

 

 

 

831

 

Deferred tax assets, net

 

 

8,989

 

 

 

8,899

 

Other assets

 

 

6,083

 

 

 

6,336

 

Total assets

 

$

921,938

 

 

$

911,821

 

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing deposits

 

$

136,261

 

 

$

129,724

 

Interest-bearing deposits

 

 

521,635

 

 

 

521,767

 

Total deposits

 

 

657,896

 

 

 

651,491

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FHLB borrowings

 

 

15,000

 

 

 

15,000

 

Subordinated debentures

 

 

34,922

 

 

 

34,883

 

Other liabilities

 

 

16,047

 

 

 

14,948

 

Total liabilities

 

 

723,865

 

 

 

716,322

 

Stockholders' equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 45,000,000 shares authorized in 2025 and 2024; 10,594,044 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025; 10,645,284 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2024

 

 

106

 

 

 

106

 

Paid-in capital

 

 

94,915

 

 

 

94,679

 

Unearned common stock held by employee stock ownership plan

 

 

(7,115

)

 

 

(7,160

)

Retained earnings

 

 

111,594

 

 

 

109,495

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(1,427

)

 

 

(1,621

)

Total stockholders' equity

 

 

198,073

 

 

 

195,499

 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 

$

921,938

 

 

$

911,821

 

 


BV FINANCIAL, INC.

 

Consolidated Statements of Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

Interest Income

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Loans, including fees

 

$

10,741

 

 

$

9,782

 

Investment securities available for sale

 

 

350

 

 

 

306

 

Investment securities held to maturity

 

 

47

 

 

 

92

 

Other interest income

 

 

743

 

 

 

824

 

Total interest income

 

 

11,881

 

 

 

11,004

 

Interest Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest on deposits

 

 

2,601

 

 

 

1,986

 

Interest on FHLB borrowings

 

 

171

 

 

 

-

 

Interest on Subordinated debentures

 

 

466

 

 

 

1,055

 

Total interest expense

 

 

3,238

 

 

 

3,041

 

Net interest income

 

 

8,643

 

 

 

7,963

 

Provision for (recovery of) credit losses

 

 

297

 

 

 

18

 

Net interest income after provision for (recovery of) credit losses

 

 

8,346

 

 

 

7,945

 

Noninterest Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service fees on deposits

 

 

103

 

 

 

103

 

Fees from debit cards

 

 

164

 

 

 

171

 

Income from investment in life insurance

 

 

87

 

 

 

87

 

Other income

 

 

176

 

 

 

217

 

Total noninterest income

 

 

530

 

 

 

578

 

Noninterest Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation and related benefits

 

 

4,524

 

 

 

3,129

 

Occupancy

 

 

444

 

 

 

438

 

Data processing

 

 

397

 

 

 

377

 

Advertising

 

 

6

 

 

 

5

 

Professional fees

 

 

231

 

 

 

112

 

Equipment

 

 

91

 

 

 

102

 

Foreclosed real estate and repossessed assets holding costs

 

 

3

 

 

 

5

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

45

 

 

 

45

 

FDIC insurance premiums

 

 

81

 

 

 

83

 

Other expense

 

 

356

 

 

 

627

 

Total noninterest expense

 

 

6,178

 

 

 

4,923

 

Net income before tax

 

 

2,698

 

 

 

3,600

 

Income tax expense

 

 

599

 

 

 

1,026

 

Net income

 

$

2,099

 

 

$

2,574

 

Basic earnings per share

 

$

0.21

 

 

$

0.24

 

Diluted earnings per share

 

$

0.21

 

 

$

0.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


BV FINANCIAL, INC.

 

Average Balance Sheet for the Quarters ended March 31,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Average Outstanding Balance

 

 

Interest

 

 

Average Yield/Rate

 

 

Average Outstanding Balance

 

 

Interest

 

 

Average Yield/Rate

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

Interest-earning assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans

 

$

739,666

 

 

$

10,741

 

 

 

5.89

%

 

$

708,367

 

 

$

9,782

 

 

 

5.54

%

Securities available-for-sale

 

 

36,884

 

 

 

350

 

 

 

3.85

%

 

 

34,045

 

 

 

306

 

 

 

3.61

%

Securities held-to-maturity

 

 

7,323

 

 

 

47

 

 

 

2.60

%

 

 

10,815

 

 

 

92

 

 

 

3.41

%

Cash, cash equivalents and other interest-earning assets

 

 

66,832

 

 

 

743

 

 

 

4.51

%

 

 

62,681

 

 

 

824

 

 

 

5.28

%

Total interest-earning assets

 

 

850,705

 

 

 

11,881

 

 

 

5.66

%

 

 

815,908

 

 

 

11,004

 

 

 

5.41

%

Noninterest-earning assets

 

 

65,008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,460

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

915,713

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

883,368

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing demand deposits

 

$

80,149

 

 

 

171

 

 

 

0.87

%

 

$

84,550

 

 

 

236

 

 

 

1.12

%

Savings deposits

 

 

122,458

 

 

 

99

 

 

 

0.33

%

 

 

146,629

 

 

 

65

 

 

 

0.18

%

Money market deposits

 

 

124,962

 

 

 

764

 

 

 

2.48

%

 

 

87,738

 

 

 

352

 

 

 

1.61

%

Certificates of deposit

 

 

195,379

 

 

 

1,567

 

 

 

3.52

%

 

 

173,093

 

 

 

1,333

 

 

 

3.09

%

Total interest-bearing deposits

 

 

522,948

 

 

 

2,601

 

 

 

2.02

%

 

 

492,010

 

 

 

1,986

 

 

 

1.62

%

Federal Home Loan Bank advances

 

 

15,000

 

 

 

171

 

 

 

4.62

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subordinated debentures

 

 

34,905

 

 

 

466

 

 

 

5.41

%

 

 

35,805

 

 

 

1,055

 

 

 

11.82

%

Total borrowings

 

 

49,905

 

 

 

637

 

 

 

5.18

%

 

 

35,805

 

 

 

1,055

 

 

 

11.82

%

Total interest-bearing
liabilities

 

 

572,853

 

 

 

3,238

 

 

 

2.29

%

 

 

527,815

 

 

 

3,041

 

 

 

2.31

%

Noninterest-bearing demand deposits

 

 

131,981

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

139,691

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other noninterest-bearing liabilities

 

 

14,941

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,142

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

719,775

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

683,648

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

195,938

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

199,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

915,713

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

883,368

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

 

 

 

$

8,643

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,963

 

 

 

 

Net interest rate spread

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.37

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.10

%

Net interest-earning assets

 

$

277,852

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

288,093

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest margin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.12

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.91

%

Average interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities

 

 

148.50

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

154.58

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSS - LOANS

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

QTR

 

QTR

 

 

3/31/2025

 

3/31/2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning Balance

$

8,522

 

$

8,554

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for credit loss -loans

 

351

 

 

(133

)

 

 

 

 

  Net Charge-offs (recoveries):

 

 

 

 

Owner Occupied 1-4

 

(3

)

 

(52

)

Non-Owner Occupied 1-4

 

(16

)

 

(29

)

Investor Commercial Real Estate

 

 

 

 

OO Commercial Real Estate

 

 

 

(2

)

Construction & Land

 

(1

)

 

(1

)

Farm Loans

 

 

 

 

Marine & Consumer

 

5

 

 

(1

)

Guaranteed by the US Gov't

 

 

 

 

Commercial

 

 

 

 

Net charge-offs (recoveries)

 

(15

)

 

(85

)

 

 

 

 

Ending Balance- ACL for Loans

$

8,888

 

$

8,506

 

 

 

 

 

Balance Reserve for unfunded loan commitments

 

299

 

 

360

 

Balance Reserve for HTM Securities

 

3

 

 

5

 

Total ACL

$

9,190

 

$

8,871

 

 

 

 

 

Provision expense for Unfunded Commitments

 

(53

)

 

152

 

Provision expense for HTM Securities

 

(1

)

 

(1

)

Total other provision expense

$

(54

)

$

151

 

Total provision for (recovery of ) credit losses

$

297

 

$

18

 

 


RECONCILIATION TABLE (UNAUDITED)

NON-GAAP ADJUSTED NET INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP Reconciliation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to results presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles utilized in the Unites States ("GAAP"), this earnings release contains a non-GAAP financial measure, Non-GAAP adjusted net income. The Company believes this non-GAAP financial measure is useful for both investors and management to understand the effects of certain items and provide an alternative view of its performance over time. Non-GAAP measures have inherent limitations, are not required to be uniformly applied and are not audited. They should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for total stockholders' equity or operating results determined in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (GAAP)

$

2,099

 

 

$

2,574

 

 

 

 

Plus(minus) tax adjusted items:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write-off of FMV adjustment on pay-off of acquired junior subordinated debt - tax adjusted

 

-

 

 

 

404

 

 

 

 

           2024 Equity Plan Expenses - tax adjusted

 

857

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

Non GAAP adjusted net income

$

2,956

 

 

$

2,978