United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

          QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025

OR

          TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

Commission file number 000-20914

OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio
31-1359191
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

420 Third Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio
45631
(Address of principal executive offices)
(ZIP Code)

(740) 446-2631
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
_____________________

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common shares, without par value
OVBC
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes    No 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes     No 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer,  a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer 
   
Accelerated filer 
 
Non-accelerated filer 
   
Smaller reporting company 
 
     
Emerging growth company 
 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No 

The number of common shares, without par value, of the registrant outstanding as of  May 14, 2025 was 4,711,001.




OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.

Index

 
Page Number
PART I.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
     
Item 1.
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
 
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets
3
 
Consolidated Statements of Income
4
 
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
5
 
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
6
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
7
 
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
8
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
30
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
42
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
42
     
PART II.
OTHER INFORMATION
 
     
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
42
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
42
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
42
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
42
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
43
Item 5.
Other Information
43
Item 6.
Exhibits
44
     
Signatures
 
45



2


PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 (dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

 
March 31,
2025
(Unaudited)
   
December 31,
2024
 
             
ASSETS
           
Cash and noninterest-bearing deposits with banks
 
$
18,571
   
$
15,704
 
Interest-bearing deposits with banks
   
102,037
     
67,403
 
Total cash and cash equivalents
   
120,608
     
83,107
 
                 
Securities available for sale
   
259,260
     
268,120
 
Securities held to maturity, net of allowance for credit losses of $1 in 2025 and 2024
   
6,531
     
7,049
 
Restricted investments in bank stocks
   
5,007
     
5,007
 
                 
Total loans
   
1,043,296
     
1,061,825
 
Less: Allowance for credit losses
   
(10,139
)
   
(10,088
)
Net loans
   
1,033,157
     
1,051,737
 
                 
Premises and equipment, net
   
21,155
     
21,229
 
Premises and equipment held for sale, net
   
502
     
507
 
Accrued interest receivable
   
4,792
     
4,805
 
Goodwill
   
7,319
     
7,319
 
Bank owned life insurance and annuity assets
   
42,231
     
42,048
 
Operating lease right-of-use asset, net
   
980
     
1,024
 
Deferred tax assets
   
6,647
     
7,218
 
Other assets
   
4,916
     
4,242
 
Total assets
 
$
1,513,105
   
$
1,503,412
 
                 
LIABILITIES
               
Noninterest-bearing deposits
 
$
320,864
   
$
322,383
 
Interest-bearing deposits
   
963,305
     
952,795
 
Total deposits
   
1,284,169
     
1,275,178
 
                 
Other borrowed funds
   
38,440
     
39,740
 
Subordinated debentures
   
8,500
     
8,500
 
Operating lease liability
   
980
     
1,024
 
Allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet commitments
   
522
     
582
 
Other liabilities
   
24,779
     
28,060
 
Total liabilities
   
1,357,390
     
1,353,084
 
                 
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
   
     
 
                 
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Common stock ($1.00 stated value per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized;  5,490,995 shares issued)
   
5,491
     
5,491
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
52,321
     
52,321
 
Retained earnings
   
125,062
     
121,693
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
   
(8,466
)
   
(10,484
)
Treasury stock, at cost (779,994 shares)
   
(18,693
)
   
(18,693
)
Total shareholders’ equity
   
155,715
     
150,328
 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
 
$
1,513,105
   
$
1,503,412
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

3



OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 
Three months ended
March 31,
 
   
2025
   
2024
 
             
Interest and dividend income:
           
Loans, including fees
 
$
16,695
   
$
15,250
 
Securities
               
Taxable
   
2,155
     
885
 
Tax exempt
   
28
     
34
 
  Dividends
   
96
     
98
 
  Interest-bearing deposits with banks
   
826
     
1,417
 
     
19,800
     
17,684
 
                 
Interest expense:
               
Deposits
   
6,133
     
5,899
 
Other borrowed funds
   
393
     
438
 
Subordinated debentures
   
134
     
157
 
     
6,660
     
6,494
 
Net interest income
   
13,140
     
11,190
 
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses
   
416
     
751
 
Net interest income after provision for (recovery of) credit losses
   
12,724
     
10,439
 
                 
Noninterest income:
               
Service charges on deposit accounts
   
720
     
725
 
Trust fees
   
103
     
104
 
Income from bank owned life insurance and annuity assets
   
240
     
225
 
Mortgage banking income
   
37
     
39
 
Electronic refund check / deposit fees
   
540
     
540
 
Debit / credit card interchange income
   
1,149
     
1,145
 
Tax preparation fees
   
596
     
607
 
Other
   
261
     
311
 
     
3,646
     
3,696
 
Noninterest expense:
               
Salaries and employee benefits
   
6,012
     
6,167
 
Occupancy
   
521
     
469
 
Furniture and equipment
   
350
     
334
 
Professional fees
   
500
     
486
 
Marketing expense
   
279
     
225
 
FDIC insurance
   
183
     
148
 
Data processing
   
925
     
807
 
Software
   
541
     
621
 
Other
   
1,507
     
1,484
 
     
10,818
     
10,741
 
                 
Income before income taxes
   
5,552
     
3,394
 
Provision for income taxes
   
1,146
     
601
 
                 
NET INCOME
 
$
4,406
   
$
2,793
 
                 
Earnings per share
 
$
0.94
   
$
0.58
 


See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

4


OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)
(dollars in thousands)

 
Three months ended
March 31,
 
   
2025
   
2024
 
             
Net Income
 
$
4,406
   
$
2,793
 
                 
Other comprehensive income (loss):
               
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on available for sale securities
   
2,589
     
(600
)
Related tax (expense) benefit
   
(571
)
   
132
 
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
   
2,018
     
(468
)
                 
Total comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
6,424
   
$
2,325
 
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements


5


OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES
IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

Quarter-to-date
 
Common
Stock
   
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
   
Retained
Earnings
   
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
   
Treasury
Stock
   
Total
Shareholders'
Equity
 
Balance at January 1, 2025
 
$
5,491
   
$
52,321
   
$
121,693
   
$
(10,484
)
 
$
(18,693
)
 
$
150,328
 
Net income
   
     
     
4,406
     
     
     
4,406
 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net
   
     
     
     
2,018
     
     
2,018
 
Cash dividends, $0.22 per share
   
     
     
(1,037
)
   
     
     
(1,037
)
Balance at March 31, 2025
 
$
5,491
   
$
52,321
   
$
125,062
   
$
(8,466
)
 
$
(18,693
)
 
$
155,715
 
                                                 
Balance at January 1, 2024
 
$
5,470
   
$
51,842
   
$
114,871
   
$
(11,428
)
 
$
(16,748
)
 
$
144,007
 
Net income
   
     
     
2,793
     
     
     
2,793
 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net
   
     
     
     
(468
)
   
     
(468
)
Cash dividends, $0.22 per share
   
     
     
(1,050
)
   
     
     
(1,050
)
Common stock issued to ESOP, 20,542 shares
   
21
     
479
     
     
     
     
500
 
Balance at March 31, 2024
 
$
5,491
   
$
52,321
   
$
116,614
   
$
(11,896
)
 
$
(16,748
)
 
$
145,782
 



See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements   

6


OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
(dollars in thousands)

 
Three months ended
March 31,
 
   
2025
   
2024
 
             
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
$
496
   
$
928
 
                 
Investing activities:
               
Proceeds from maturities and paydowns of securities available for sale
   
39,480
     
9,161
 
Purchases of securities available for sale
   
(27,482
)
   
(9,554
)
Proceeds from calls and maturities of securities held to maturity
   
515
     
14
 
Redemptions of restricted investments in bank stocks
   
     
54
 
   Net change in loans
   
18,139
     
(18,315
)
Purchases of premises and equipment
   
(358
)
   
(694
)
Withdrawals from bank owned life insurance and annuity asset
   
57
     
74
 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
   
30,351
     
(19,260
)
                 
Financing activities:
               
Change in deposits
   
8,991
     
21,648
 
Cash dividends
   
(1,037
)
   
(1,050
)
Repayment of Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings
   
(1,383
)
   
(1,386
)
Change in other short-term borrowings
   
83
     
54
 
Net cash provided by financing activities
   
6,654
     
19,266
 
                 
Change in cash and cash equivalents
   
37,501
     
934
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
   
83,107
     
128,126
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
120,608
   
$
129,060
 
                 
Supplemental disclosure:
               
Cash paid for interest
 
$
6,562
   
$
7,055
 



See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

7


NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION:  The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Ohio Valley Banc Corp. (“Ohio Valley”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, The Ohio Valley Bank Company (the “Bank”), Loan Central, Inc., a consumer finance company, and Ohio Valley Financial Services Agency, LLC, an insurance agency. The Bank has one active, wholly-owned subsidiary, Ohio Valley REO, LLC (“Ohio Valley REO”), an Ohio limited liability company, to which the Bank transfers certain real estate acquired by the Bank through foreclosure for sale by Ohio Valley REO. Ohio Valley and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Company.”  All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

These interim financial statements are prepared by the Company without audit and reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company at March 31, 2025, and its results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.  The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025, are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be anticipated for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.  The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not purport to contain all the necessary financial disclosures required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) that might otherwise be necessary in the circumstances.  The Annual Report of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024, contains consolidated financial statements and related notes which should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

The consolidated financial statements for 2024 have been reclassified to conform to the presentation for 2025.  These reclassifications had no effect on net income or shareholders’ equity.

USE OF ESTIMATES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:  The accounting and reporting policies followed by the Company conform to US GAAP established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the disclosures provided, and actual results could differ.

INDUSTRY SEGMENT INFORMATION:  We conduct our operations through a single business segment, banking, which derives interest and noninterest income through our banking products and services and investment securities. All of our income relates to our operations in the United States. 

Pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Codification 280, Segment Reporting, operating segments represent components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision makers in determining how to allocate resources and assessing performance.

Our chief operating decision maker, which is our Chief Executive Officer, evaluates interest and noninterest income streams and credit losses from our various products and services, while expense activities, including interest expense and noninterest expense, are managed, and financial performance is evaluated, on a Company-wide basis. As a result, detailed profitability information for each interest and noninterest income stream is not used by our chief operating decision maker to allocate resources or in assessing performance. Rather, our chief operating decision maker uses consolidated net income to assess performance by comparing it to and monitoring against budgeted and prior year results. This information is used to manage resources to drive business and net income growth, including investment in key strategic priorities, as well as determining our ability to return capital to shareholders. Segment assets represent total assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheets and segment net income represents net income on our Consolidated Statements of Income.

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS PENDING ADOPTION: In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The updated accounting guidance requires enhanced income tax disclosures, including the disaggregation of existing disclosures related to the tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the effect the updated guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
 
In November 2024the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. ASU 2024-03 requires additional disclosure of the nature of expenses included in the income statement to be presented in a tabular format in the footnotes to the financial statements. ASU 2024-03 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. The amendments in ASU 2024-03 should be applied on a prospective basis, although retrospective application is permitted. The Company is evaluating the effect the updated guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.




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NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

DEBT SECURITIES:  The Company classifies securities into held to maturity (“HTM”) and available for sale (“AFS”) categories. HTM securities are those which the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity and are reported at amortized cost. Securities classified as AFS include securities that could be sold for liquidity, investment management or similar reasons even if there is not a present intention of such a sale. AFS securities are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains or losses included in other comprehensive income, net of tax.

Premium amortization is deducted from, and discount accretion is added to, interest income on securities using the level yield method without anticipating prepayments, except for mortgage-backed securities where prepayments are anticipated. Gains and losses are recognized upon the sale of specific identified securities on the completed trade date.

ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (“ACL”) - AFS SECURITIES: For AFS debt securities in an unrealized position, the Company first assesses whether it intends to sell, or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If either of the criteria regarding intent or requirement to sell is met, the security’s amortized cost basis is written down to fair value through income. For debt securities AFS that do not meet the aforementioned criteria, the Company evaluates whether the decline in fair values has resulted from credit losses or other factors. In making this assessment, management considers the extent to which fair value is less than amortized cost, any changes to the rating of the security by a rating agency, and adverse conditions specifically related to the security, among other factors. If this assessment indicates that a credit loss exists, the present value of cash flows expected to be collected from the security are compared to the amortized cost basis of the security. If the present value of cash flows expected to be collected is less than the amortized cost basis, a credit loss exists and an ACL is recorded for the credit loss, limited by the amount that the fair value is less than the amortized cost basis. Any impairment that has not been recorded through an ACL is recognized in other comprehensive income.

Changes in the ACL are recorded as credit loss expense (or reversal). Losses are charged against the allowance when management believes the uncollectibility of an AFS security is confirmed or when either of the criteria regarding intent or requirement to sell is met.

Accrued interest receivable on AFS debt securities totaled $1,178 at March 31, 2025 and $1,294 at December 31, 2024, and is excluded from the estimate of credit losses.

Management classifies the AFS portfolio into the following major security types: U.S. Government securities, U.S. Government sponsored entity securities, and Agency mortgage-backed residential securities. At March 31, 2025 and at December 31, 2024, there was no ACL related to AFS debt securities.

ACL - HTM SECURITIES: Management measures expected credit losses on HTM debt securities on a collective basis by major security type with each type sharing similar risk characteristics and considers historical credit loss information that is adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. The ACL on securities HTM is a contra asset valuation account that is deducted from the carrying amount of HTM securities to present the net amount expected to be collected. HTM securities are charged off against the ACL when deemed uncollectible. Adjustments to the ACL are reported in the Company’s consolidated statements of income in the provision for credit losses. Accrued interest receivable on HTM securities is excluded from the estimate of credit losses. Management classifies the HTM portfolio into one major security type: Obligations of states and political subdivisions. With regard to obligations of states and political subdivisions, management considers (1) issuer bond ratings, (2) historical loss rates for given bond ratings, (3) the financial condition of the issuer, and (4) whether issuers continue to make timely principal and interest payments under the contractual terms of the securities. At March 31, 2025, the ACL related to HTM debt securities was $1, unchanged from December 31, 2024. Furthermore, there was no corresponding provision expense during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

Accrued interest receivable on HTM debt securities totaled $45 at March 31, 2025 and $24 at December 31, 2024, and is excluded from the estimate of credit losses.

LOANS: Loans that management has the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future or until maturity or payoff are reported at the principal balance outstanding, net of unearned interest, deferred loan fees and costs, and an ACL. Interest income is reported on an accrual basis using the interest method and includes amortization of net deferred loan fees and costs over the loan term using the level yield method without anticipating prepayments.  The amount of the Company’s recorded investment is not materially different than the amount of unpaid principal balance for loans.

Interest income is discontinued and the loan moved to nonaccrual status when full loan repayment is in doubt, typically when the loan payments are past due 90 days or over unless the loan is well-secured or in process of collection. Past due status is based on the contractual terms of the loan.  In all cases, loans are placed on nonaccrual or charged-off at an earlier date if collection of principal or interest is considered doubtful.  


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NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

All interest accrued but not received for loans placed on nonaccrual is reversed against interest income.  Interest received on such loans is accounted for on the cash-basis method until qualifying for return to accrual.  Loans are returned to accrual status when all the principal and interest amounts contractually due are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured.

The Bank also originates long-term, fixed-rate mortgage loans, with the full intention of being sold to the secondary market.  These loans are considered held for sale during the period of time after the principal has been advanced to the borrower by the Bank, but before the Bank has been reimbursed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, typically within a few business days.  Loans sold to the secondary market are carried at the lower of aggregate cost or fair value. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were no loans held for sale by the Bank.

ACL – LOANS: The ACL for loans is a contra asset valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of loans to present the net amount expected to be collected on the loans. Loans, or portions thereof, are charged off against the ACL when they are deemed uncollectible. Expected recoveries do not exceed the aggregate of amounts previously charged-off and expected to be charged-off. The ACL is adjusted through the provision for credit losses and reduced by net charge offs of loans.

The ACL is an estimate of expected credit losses, measured over the contractual life of a loan, that considers historical loss experience, current conditions and forecasts of future economic conditions. Determination of an appropriate ACL is inherently subjective and may have significant changes from period to period.

The methodology for determining the ACL has two main components: evaluation of expected credit losses for certain groups of loans that share similar risk characteristics and evaluation of loans that do not share risk characteristics with other loans.

The ACL is measured on a collective (pool) basis when similar risk characteristics exist. The Company has identified the following portfolio segments and measures the ACL using the following methods:

Portfolio Segment
 
Measurement Method
 
Loss Driver
         
Residential real estate
 
Cumulative Undiscounted Expected Loss
 
National Unemployment, National GDP
         
Commercial real estate:
       
  Owner-occupied
 
Cumulative Undiscounted Expected Loss
 
National Unemployment, National GDP
  Nonowner-occupied
 
Cumulative Undiscounted Expected Loss
 
National Unemployment, National GDP
  Construction
 
Cumulative Undiscounted Expected Loss
 
National Unemployment, National GDP
         
Commercial and industrial
 
Cumulative Undiscounted Expected Loss
 
National Unemployment, National GDP
         
Consumer:
       
  Automobile
 
Cumulative Undiscounted Expected Loss
 
National Unemployment
  Home equity
 
Cumulative Undiscounted Expected Loss
 
National Unemployment
  Other
 
Cumulative Undiscounted Expected Loss, Remaining Life Method
 
National Unemployment

Historical credit loss experience is the basis for the estimation of expected credit losses. We apply historical loss rates to pools of loans with similar risk characteristics. In defining historical loss rates and the prepayment rates and curtailment rates used to determine the expected life of loans, the use of regional and national peer data was used. After consideration of the historic loss calculation, management applies qualitative adjustments to reflect the current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts not already reflected in the historical loss information at the balance sheet date. Our reasonable and supportable forecast adjustment is based on the national unemployment rate and the national gross domestic product forecast for the first year. For periods beyond our reasonable and supportable forecast, we revert to historical loss rates utilizing a straight-line method over a two-year reversion period. The qualitative adjustments for current conditions are based upon changes in lending policies and practices, experience and ability of lending staff, quality of the Company’s loan review system, value of underlying collateral, the volume and severity of past due loans, the value of underlying collateral for collateral dependent loans, the existence of and changes in concentrations and other external factors. Each factor is assigned a value to reflect improving, stable, or declining conditions based on management’s best judgment using relevant information available at the time of the evaluation. Expected credit losses are estimated over the contractual term of the loans, adjusted for expected prepayments when appropriate. The contractual term excludes expected extensions, renewals, and modifications unless either of the following applies: management has a reasonable expectation at the reporting date that a modification will be executed with an individual borrower, or the extension of renewal options are included in the original or modified contract at the reporting date and are not unconditionally cancellable by the Company.



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NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

The Company has elected to exclude accrued interest receivable from the measurement of its ACL. When a loan is placed on nonaccrual status, any outstanding accrued interest is reversed against interest income.

Loans that do not share risk characteristics are evaluated on an individual basis. Loans evaluated individually are not also included in the collective evaluation. We evaluate all loans that meet the following criteria: 1) when it is determined that foreclosure is probable; 2) substandard, doubtful and nonperforming loans when repayment is expected to be provided substantially through the operation or sale of the collateral; 3) when it is determined by management that a loan does not share similar risk characteristics with other loans. Specific reserves are established based on the following three acceptable methods for measuring the ACL: 1) the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s original effective interest rate; 2) the loan’s observable market price; or 3) the fair value of the collateral when the loan is collateral dependent. Our individual loan evaluations consist primarily of the fair value of collateral method because most of our loans are collateral dependent. Collateral values are discounted to consider disposition costs when appropriate. A specific reserve is established or a charge-off is taken if the fair value of the loan is less than the loan balance.

Accrued interest receivable on loans totaled $1,178 at March 31, 2025 and $3,429 at December 31, 2024, and is excluded from the estimate of credit losses.

At March 31, 2025, there was $10,139 in the ACL related to loans, compared to $10,088 at December 31, 2024. This resulted in corresponding provision expense of $476 during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $857 in provision expense during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

The Company’s loan portfolio segments have been identified as follows:  Commercial and Industrial, Commercial Real Estate, Residential Real Estate, and Consumer.

Commercial and industrial: Portfolio segment consists of borrowings for commercial purposes to individuals, corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, and other business enterprises.  Commercial and industrial loans are generally secured by business assets such as equipment, accounts receivable, inventory, or any other asset excluding real estate and generally made to finance capital expenditures or operations.  The Company’s risk exposure is related to deterioration in the value of collateral securing the loan should foreclosure become necessary.  Generally, business assets used or produced in operations do not maintain their value upon foreclosure, which may require the Company to write down the value significantly to sell.

Commercial real estate: Portfolio segment consists of nonfarm, nonresidential loans secured by owner-occupied and nonowner-occupied commercial real estate as well as commercial construction loans.  An owner-occupied loan relates to a borrower purchased building or space for which the repayment of principal is dependent upon cash flows from the ongoing business operations conducted by the party, or an affiliate of the party, who owns the property. Owner-occupied loans that are dependent on cash flows from operations can be adversely affected by current market conditions for their product or service. A nonowner-occupied loan is a property loan for which the repayment of principal is dependent upon rental income associated with the property or the subsequent sale of the property.  Nonowner-occupied loans that are dependent upon rental income are primarily impacted by the level of interest rates associated with the debt and to local economic conditions, which dictate occupancy rates and the amount of rent charged.  The increase in debt service due to higher interest rates may not be able to be passed on to tenants. As part of the origination process, loan interest rates and occupancy rates are stressed to determine the impact on the borrower’s ability to maintain adequate debt service under different economic conditions. Furthermore, the Company monitors the concentration in any one industry and has established limits relative to capital. In addition, credit quality trends are monitored by industry to determine if a change in the risk exposure to a certain industry may warrant a change in our underwriting standards. Commercial construction loans consist of borrowings to purchase and develop raw land into 1-4 family residential properties.  Construction loans are extended to individuals as well as corporations for the construction of an individual or multiple properties and are secured by raw land and the subsequent improvements.  Repayment of the loans to real estate developers is dependent upon the sale of properties to third parties in a timely fashion upon completion. Should there be delays in construction or a downturn in the market for those properties, there may be significant erosion in value that may be absorbed by the Company.

Residential real estate:  Portfolio segment consists of loans to individuals for the purchase of 1-4 family primary residences with repayment primarily through wage or other income sources of the individual borrower.  The Company’s loss exposure to these loans is dependent on local market conditions for residential properties as loan amounts are determined, in part, by the fair value of the property at origination.

Consumer:  Portfolio segment consists of loans to individuals secured by automobiles, open-end home equity loans and other loans to individuals for household, family, and other personal expenditures, both secured and unsecured.  These loans typically have maturities of six years or less with repayment dependent on individual wages and income.  The risk of loss on consumer loans is elevated as the collateral securing these loans, if any, rapidly depreciate in value or may be worthless and/or difficult to locate if repossession is necessary.  The Company has allocated the highest percentage of its ACL as a percentage of loans to the other identified loan portfolio segments due to the larger dollar balances associated with such portfolios.


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NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

ACL – OFF-BALANCE SHEET CREDIT EXPOSURES: The Company estimates expected credit losses over the contractual period in which the Company is exposed to credit risk via a contractual obligation to extend credit, unless that obligation is unconditionally cancellable by the Company. The ACL on off-balance sheet credit exposures is adjusted through credit loss expense. The estimate includes consideration of the likelihood that funding will occur and an estimate of expected credit losses on commitments expected to be funded over its estimated life. At March 31, 2025, there was $522 in the ACL related to off-balance sheet credit exposures, compared to $582 at December 31, 2024. This resulted in corresponding provision expense recoveries of $60 and $106 during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

EARNINGS PER SHARE:  Earnings per share is based on net income divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the quarter.  The weighted average common shares outstanding were 4,711,001 and $4,785,773 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Ohio Valley had no dilutive effect and no potential common shares issuable under stock options or other agreements for any period presented.

NOTE 2 – FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Fair value is the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.  There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair values:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.

Level 2: Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

The following is a description of the Company’s valuation methodologies used to measure and disclose the fair values of its financial assets and liabilities on a recurring or nonrecurring basis:

Securities:  The fair values for securities are determined by quoted market prices, if available (Level 1). For securities where quoted prices are not available, fair values are calculated based on market prices of similar securities (Level 2). For securities where quoted prices or market prices of similar securities are not available, fair values are calculated using discounted cash flows or other market indicators (Level 3). During times when trading is more liquid, broker quotes are used (if available) to validate the model. Rating agency and industry research reports as well as defaults and deferrals on individual securities are reviewed and incorporated into the calculations.

Individually Evaluated Collateral Dependent Loans:  The fair value of individually evaluated collateral dependent loans is generally based on the fair value of collateral, less costs to sell. When carried at fair value, individually evaluated collateral dependent loans generally receive specific allocations of the ACL. For collateral dependent loans, fair value is commonly based on recent real estate appraisals. These appraisals may utilize a single valuation approach or a combination of approaches including comparable sales and the income approach. Adjustments are routinely made in the appraisal process by the independent appraisers to adjust for differences between the comparable sales and income data available. Such adjustments are usually significant and typically result in a Level 3 classification of the inputs for determining fair value. Non-real estate collateral may be valued using an appraisal, net book value per the borrower’s financial statements, or aging reports, adjusted or discounted based on management’s historical knowledge, changes in market conditions from the time of the valuation, and management’s expertise and knowledge of the client and client’s business, resulting in a Level 3 fair value classification. In some instances, fair value adjustments can be made based on a quoted price from an observable input, such as a purchase agreement. Such adjustments would be classified as a Level 2 classification. Individually evaluated collateral dependent loans are evaluated on a quarterly basis for additional impairment and adjusted accordingly.

Other Real Estate Owned:  Assets acquired through or instead of loan foreclosure are initially recorded at fair value less costs to sell when acquired, establishing a new cost basis. These assets are subsequently accounted for at lower of cost or fair value less estimated costs to sell. Fair value is commonly based on recent real estate appraisals. These appraisals may utilize a single valuation approach or a combination of approaches including comparable sales and the income approach. Adjustments are routinely made in the appraisal process by the independent appraisers to adjust for differences between the comparable sales and income data available. Such adjustments are usually significant and typically result in a Level 3 classification of the inputs for determining fair value. In some instances, fair value adjustments can be made based on a quoted price from an observable input, such as a purchase agreement.  Such adjustments would be classified as a Level 2 classification.


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NOTE 2 – FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Continued)

Appraisals for both collateral-dependent impaired loans and other real estate owned are performed by certified general appraisers (for commercial properties) or certified residential appraisers (for residential properties) whose qualifications and licenses have been reviewed and verified by the Company. Once received, a member of management reviews the assumptions and approaches utilized in the appraisal as well as the overall resulting fair value in comparison with management’s own assumptions of fair value based on factors that include recent market data or industry-wide statistics.

On an as-needed basis, the Company reviews the fair value of collateral, taking into consideration current market data, as well as all selling costs that typically approximate 10%.

Interest Rate Swap Agreements:  The fair value of interest rate swap agreements is determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash payments (or receipts) and the discounted expected variable cash receipts (or payments).  The variable cash receipts (or payments) are based on the expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observed market interest rate curves (Level 2).


Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below:

 
Fair Value Measurements at March 31, 2025 Using
 
   
Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Assets:
                 
U.S. Government securities
 
$
134,170
   
$
   
$
 
U.S. Government sponsored entity securities
   
     
5,970
     
 
Agency mortgage-backed securities, residential
   
     
119,120
     
 
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
     
943
     
 
                         
Liabilities:
                       
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
     
(943
)
   
 

 
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2024 Using
 
   
Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Assets:
                 
U.S. Government securities
 
$
168,030
   
$
   
$
 
U.S. Government sponsored entity securities
   
     
5,888
     
 
Agency mortgage-backed securities, residential
   
     
94,202
     
 
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
     
657
     
 
                         
Liabilities:
                       
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
     
(657
)
   
 

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the periods ended March 31, 2025 or 2024.

Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis
There were no assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

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NOTE 2 – FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Continued)

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are as follows:

 
Carrying
   
Fair Value Measurements at March 31, 2025 Using
 
   
Value
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Financial Assets:
                             
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
120,608
   
$
120,608
   
$
   
$
   
$
120,608
 
Securities available for sale
   
259,260
     
134,170
     
125,090
     
     
259,260
 
Securities held to maturity
   
6,531
     
     
3,676
     
2,245
     
5,921
 
Loans, net
   
1,033,157
     
     
     
1,018,623
     
1,018,623
 
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
943
     
     
943
     
     
943
 
Accrued interest receivable
   
4,792
     
     
1,405
     
3,387
     
4,792
 
                                         
Financial liabilities:
                                       
Deposits
   
1,284,169
     
884,145
     
400,702
     
     
1,284,847
 
Other borrowed funds
   
38,440
     
     
37,723
     
     
37,723
 
Subordinated debentures
   
8,500
     
     
8,500
     
     
8,500
 
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
943
     
     
943
     
     
943
 
Accrued interest payable
   
5,332
     
1
     
5,331
     
     
5,332
 

 
Carrying
   
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2024 Using:
 
   
Value
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Financial Assets:
                             
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
83,107
   
$
83,107
   
$
   
$
   
$
83,107
 
Securities available for sale
   
268,120
     
168,030
     
100,090
     
     
268,120
 
Securities held to maturity
   
7,049
     
     
3,651
     
2,769
     
6,420
 
Loans, net
   
1,051,737
     
     
     
1,037,349
     
1,037,349
 
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
657
     
     
657
     
     
657
 
Accrued interest receivable
   
4,805
     
     
1,540
     
3,265
     
4,805
 
                                         
Financial liabilities:
                                       
Deposits
   
1,275,178
     
881,290
     
394,470
     
     
1,275,760
 
Other borrowed funds
   
39,740
     
     
38,815
     
     
38,815
 
Subordinated debentures
   
8,500
     
     
8,500
     
     
8,500
 
Interest rate swap derivatives
   
657
     
     
657
     
     
657
 
Accrued interest payable
   
5,234
     
1
     
5,233
     
     
5,234
 

Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information and information about the financial instrument. These estimates do not reflect any premium or discount that could result from offering for sale at one time the Company’s entire holdings of a particular financial instrument. Because no market exists for a significant portion of the Company’s financial instruments, fair value estimates are based on judgments regarding future expected loss experience, current economic conditions, risk characteristics of various financial instruments and other factors. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment and therefore cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates.



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NOTE 3 – SECURITIES

The following table summarizes the amortized cost and fair value of securities AFS and securities HTM at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 and the corresponding amounts of gross unrealized gains and losses recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and gross unrecognized gains and losses:

Securities Available for Sale
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross Unrealized
Losses
   
Estimated
Fair Value
 
March 31, 2025
                       
U.S. Government securities
 
$
134,763
   
$
275
   
$
(868
)
 
$
134,170
 
U.S. Government sponsored entity securities
   
6,386
     
     
(416
)
   
5,970
 
Agency mortgage-backed securities, residential
   
128,972
     
142
     
(9,994
)
   
119,120
 
Total securities
 
$
270,121
   
$
417
   
$
(11,278
)
 
$
259,260
 
                                 
December 31, 2024
                               
U.S. Government securities
 
$
169,203
   
$
210
   
$
(1,383
)
 
$
168,030
 
U.S. Government sponsored entity securities
   
6,406
     
     
(518
)
   
5,888
 
Agency mortgage-backed securities, residential
   
105,961
     
     
(11,759
)
   
94,202
 
Total securities
 
$
281,570
   
$
210
   
$
(13,660
)
 
$
268,120
 

Securities Held to Maturity
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross Unrecognized
Gains
   
Gross Unrecognized
Losses
   
Estimated
Fair Value
   
Allowance for Credit Losses
 
March 31, 2025
                             
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
 
$
6,532
   
$
   
$
(611
)
 
$
5,921
   
$
(1
)
Total securities
 
$
6,532
   
$
   
$
(611
)
 
$
5,921
   
$
(1
)
                                         
December 31, 2024
                                       
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
 
$
7,050
   
$
1
   
$
(631
)
 
$
6,420
   
$
(1
)
Total securities
 
$
7,050
   
$
1
   
$
(631
)
 
$
6,420
   
$
(1
)

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of debt securities at March 31, 2025, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because certain issuers may have the right to call or prepay the debt obligations prior to their contractual maturities.  Securities not due at a single maturity are shown separately.

   
Available for Sale
   
Held to Maturity
 
Debt Securities:
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Estimated
Fair Value
   
Amortized
Cost
   
Estimated
Fair Value
 
                         
Due in one year or less
 
$
83,595
   
$
83,359
   
$
834
   
$
821
 
Due in over one to five years
   
57,554
     
56,781
     
2,734
     
2,583
 
Due in over five to ten years
   
     
     
984
     
818
 
Due after ten years
   
     
     
1,980
     
1,699
 
Agency mortgage-backed securities, residential
   
128,972
     
119,120
     
-
     
-
 
Total debt securities
 
$
270,121
   
$
259,260
   
$
6,532
   
$
5,921
 

There were no sales of securities during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

Debt securities with a carrying value of approximately $225,979 at March 31, 2025 and $223,484 at December 31, 2024, respectively, were pledged to secure public deposits, repurchase agreements, and for other purposes required or permitted by law.

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NOTE 3 – SECURITIES (Continued)

The following table summarizes debt securities AFS in an unrealized loss position for which an ACL losses has not been recorded at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, aggregated by major security type and length of time in a continuous unrealized loss position:

March 31, 2025
 
Less Than 12 Months
   
12 Months or More
   
Total
 
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Loss
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Loss
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Loss
 
Securities Available for Sale
                                   
U.S. Government securities
 
$
29,900
   
$
(50
)
 
$
24,574
   
$
(818
)
 
$
54,474
   
$
(868
)
U.S. Government sponsored entity
   securities
   
     
     
5,970
     
(416
)
   
5,970
     
(416
)
Agency mortgage-backed
                                               
   securities, residential
   
4,653
     
(74
)
   
87,128
     
(9,920
)
   
91,781
     
(9,994
)
Total available for sale
 
$
34,553
   
$
(124
)
 
$
117,672
   
$
(11,154
)
 
$
152,225
   
$
(11,278
)

December 31, 2024
 
Less Than 12 Months
   
12 Months or More
   
Total
 
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Loss
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Loss
   
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Loss
 
Securities Available for Sale
                                   
U.S. Government securities
 
$
31,418
   
$
(329
)
 
$
26,802
   
$
(1,054
)
 
$
58,220
   
$
(1,383
)
U.S. Government sponsored entity
   securities
   
     
     
5,889
     
(518
)
   
5,889
     
(518
)
Agency mortgage-backed securities, residential
   
4,694
     
(130
)
   
89,467
     
(11,629
)
   
94,161
     
(11,759
)
Total available for sale
 
$
36,112
   
$
(459
)
 
$
122,158
   
$
(13,201
)
 
$
158,270
   
$
(13,660
)

Management evaluates AFS debt securities in unrealized positions to determine whether impairment is due to credit-related factors. Consideration is given to (1) the extent to which the fair value is less than cost, (2) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, and (3) the intent and ability of the Company to retain its investment in the security for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value.

At March 31, 2025, the Company had 93 AFS debt securities in an unrealized position without an ACL, of which 13 were from U.S. Government securities, 3 were from U.S. Government sponsored entity securities, and 77 were from Agency mortgage-backed residential securities. Comparatively at December 31, 2024, the Company had 96 AFS debt securities in an unrealized position without an ACL, of which 16 were from U.S. Government securities, 3 were from U.S. Government sponsored entity securities, and 77 were from Agency mortgage-backed residential securities. Management does not have the intent to sell any of these securities and believes that it is more likely than not that the Company will not have to sell any such securities before a recovery of cost. The fair value is expected to recover as the securities approach their maturity date or repricing date or if market yields for such investments decline. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, management believes that the unrealized losses detailed in the previous table are due to noncredit-related factors, including changes in interest rates and other market conditions, and, therefore, the Company carried no ACL on AFS debt securities at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

The following table presents the activity in the ACL for HTM debt securities:

Held to Maturity Debt Securities
 
Three months ended
March 31, 2025
   
Three months ended
March 31, 2024
 
Allowance for credit losses: 
           
    Beginning balance
 
$
1
   
$
2
 
    Provision for (recovery of) credit loss expense
   
     
 
Allowance for credit losses ending balance
 
$
1
   
$
2
 

The Company’s HTM securities consist of obligations of states and political subdivisions. The ACL on HTM securities is estimated at each measurement date on a collective basis by major security type.  Risk factors such as issuer bond ratings, historical loss rates, financial condition of issuer, and timely principal and interest payments of issuer were evaluated to determine if a credit reserve was required within the portfolio. At March 31, 2025, there were no past due principal and interest payments related to HTM securities. During the first quarter of 2025 and 2024, the cumulative loss rate remained at 0.02%, resulting in no change to provision expense during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.


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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES

Loans are comprised of the following:

 
March 31,
2025
   
December 31,
2024
 
             
Residential real estate
 
$
348,826
   
$
373,534
 
Commercial real estate:
               
Owner-occupied
   
89,936
     
86,471
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
211,610
     
206,847
 
Construction
   
79,433
     
79,669
 
Commercial and industrial
   
164,630
     
158,440
 
Consumer:
               
Automobile
   
45,595
     
50,246
 
Home equity
   
43,369
     
42,473
 
Other
   
59,897
     
64,145
 
     
1,043,296
     
1,061,825
 
Less:  Allowance for credit losses
   
(10,139
)
   
(10,088
)
                 
Loans, net
 
$
1,033,157
   
$
1,051,737
 

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, net deferred loan origination costs were $234 and $363, respectively. At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, net unamortized loan purchase premiums were $355 and $398, respectively.

The following table presents the recorded investment of nonaccrual loans and loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing by class of loans as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

March 31, 2025
 
Loans Past Due
90 Days And
Still Accruing
   
Nonaccrual
Loans With No
ACL
   
Nonaccrual
Loans With an
ACL
   
Total
Nonaccrual
Loans
 
                         
Residential real estate
 
$
37
   
$
   
$
1,967
   
$
1,967
 
Commercial real estate:
                               
Owner-occupied
   
     
671
     
136
     
807
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
     
     
143
     
143
 
Construction
   
     
     
     
 
Commercial and industrial
   
     
962
     
308
     
1,270
 
Consumer:
                               
Automobile
   
16
     
     
335
     
335
 
Home equity
   
     
25
     
255
     
280
 
Other
   
16
     
     
139
     
139
 
Total
 
$
69
   
$
1,658
   
$
3,283
   
$
4,941
 

December 31, 2024
 
Loans Past Due
90 Days And
Still Accruing
   
Nonaccrual
Loans With No
ACL
   
Nonaccrual
Loans With an
ACL
   
Total
Nonaccrual
Loans
 
                         
Residential real estate
 
$
49
   
$
   
$
1,931
   
$
1,931
 
Commercial real estate:
                               
Owner-occupied
   
     
680
     
136
     
816
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
     
     
158
     
158
 
Construction
   
     
     
     
 
Commercial and industrial
   
     
962
     
90
     
1,052
 
Consumer:
                               
Automobile
   
39
     
     
379
     
379
 
Home equity
   
     
26
     
338
     
364
 
Other
   
28
     
     
117
     
117
 
Total
 
$
116
   
$
1,668
   
$
3,149
   
$
4,817
 

The Company recognized $18 and $4 of interest income in nonaccrual loans during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.



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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Continued)


The following table presents the aging of the recorded investment of past due loans by class of loans as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

March 31, 2025
 
30-59
Days
Past Due
   
60-89
Days
Past Due
   
90 Days
Or More
Past Due
   
Total
Past Due
   
Loans Not
Past Due
   
Total
 
                                     
Residential real estate
 
$
4,548
   
$
717
   
$
642
   
$
5,907
   
$
342,919
   
$
348,826
 
Commercial real estate:
                                               
Owner-occupied
   
1,060
     
     
807
     
1,867
     
88,069
     
89,936
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
2,376
     
     
-
     
2,376
     
209,234
     
211,610
 
Construction
   
-
     
     
     
-
     
79,433
     
79,433
 
Commercial and industrial
   
48
     
14
     
1,256
     
1,318
     
163,312
     
164,630
 
Consumer:
                                               
Automobile
   
708
     
351
     
153
     
1,212
     
44,383
     
45,595
 
Home equity
   
369
     
235
     
125
     
729
     
42,640
     
43,369
 
Other
   
285
     
108
     
83
     
476
     
59,421
     
59,897
 
Total
 
$
9,394
   
$
1,425
   
$
3,066
   
$
13,885
   
$
1,029,411
   
$
1,043,296
 

December 31, 2024
 
30-59
Days
Past Due
   
60-89
Days
Past Due
   
90 Days
Or More
Past Due
   
Total
Past Due
   
Loans Not
Past Due
   
Total
 
                                     
Residential real estate
 
$
3,294
   
$
1,097
   
$
984
   
$
5,375
   
$
368,159
   
$
373,534
 
Commercial real estate:
                                               
Owner-occupied
   
773
     
     
816
     
1,589
     
84,882
     
86,471
 
Nonowner-occupied
   
2,294
     
     
     
2,294
     
204,553
     
206,847
 
Construction
   
     
     
     
     
79,669
     
79,669
 
Commercial and industrial
   
533
     
58
     
745
     
1,336
     
157,104
     
158,440
 
Consumer:
                                               
Automobile
   
791
     
414
     
349
     
1,554
     
48,692
     
50,246
 
Home equity
   
402
     
141
     
243
     
786
     
41,687
     
42,473
 
Other
   
716
     
260
     
98
     
1,074
     
63,071
     
64,145
 
Total
 
$
8,803
   
$
1,970
   
$
3,235
   
$
14,008
   
$
1,047,817
   
$
1,061,825
 

Credit Quality Indicators:

The Company categorizes loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the ability of borrowers to service their debt, such as: current financial information, historical payment experience, credit documentation, public information, and current economic trends, among other factors. These risk categories are represented by a loan grading scale from 1 through 11. The Company analyzes loans individually with a higher credit risk rating and groups these loans into categories called “criticized” and ”classified” assets. The Company considers its criticized assets to be loans that are graded 8 and its classified assets to be loans that are graded 9 through 11. The Company’s risk categories are reviewed at least annually on loans that have aggregate borrowing amounts that meet or exceed.

The Company uses the following definitions for its criticized loan risk ratings:

Special Mention.  Loans classified as “special mention” are graded 8 and indicate considerable risk due to deterioration of repayment (in the earliest stages) due to potential weak primary repayment source, or payment delinquency.  These loans will be under constant supervision, are not classified and do not expose the institution to sufficient risks to warrant classification.  These deficiencies should be correctable within the normal course of business, although significant changes in company structure or policy may be necessary to correct the deficiencies.  These loans are considered bankable assets with no apparent loss of principal or interest envisioned.  The perceived risk in continued lending is considered to have increased beyond the level where such loans would normally be granted.



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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Continued)

The Company uses the following definitions for its classified loan risk ratings:

Substandard.  Loans classified as “substandard” are graded 9 and represent very high risk, serious delinquency, nonaccrual, or unacceptable credit. Repayment through the primary source of repayment is in jeopardy due to the existence of one or more well-defined weaknesses, and the collateral pledged may inadequately protect collection of the loans. Loss of principal is not likely if weaknesses are corrected, although financial statements normally reveal significant weakness. Loans are still considered collectible, although loss of principal is more likely than with special mention loans. Collateral liquidation is considered likely to satisfy debt.

Doubtful.  Loans classified as “doubtful” are graded 10 and display a high probability of loss, although the amount of actual loss at the time of classification is undetermined. This classification should be temporary until such time that actual loss can be identified, or improvements are made to reduce the seriousness of the classification. These loans exhibit all substandard characteristics with the addition that weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full highly questionable and improbable. This classification consists of loans where the possibility of loss is high after collateral liquidation based upon existing facts, market conditions, and value. Loss is deferred until certain important and reasonable specific pending factors that may strengthen the credit can be more accurately determined. These factors may include proposed acquisitions, liquidation procedures, capital injection, receipt of additional collateral, mergers, or refinancing plans. A doubtful classification for an entire credit should be avoided when collection of a specific portion appears highly probable with the adequately secured portion graded substandard.

Loss.  Loans classified as “loss” are graded 11 and are considered uncollectible and are of such little value that their continuance as bankable assets is not warranted.  This classification does not mean that the credit has absolutely no recovery or salvage value, but rather it is not practical or desirable to defer writing off this asset yielding such a minimum value even though partial recovery may be affected in the future.  Amounts classified as loss should be promptly charged off.

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, and based on the most recent analysis performed, the risk category of commercial loans by class of loans was as follows:

                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
March 31, 2025
 
2025
   
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Commercial real estate:
                                               
   Owner-occupied
                                               
     Risk Rating
                                               
        Pass
 
$
3,440
   
$
13,846
   
$
19,090
   
$
7,376
   
$
5,561
   
$
19,748
   
$
529
   
$
69,590
 
     Special Mention
   
     
     
     
     
12,725
     
1,388
     
299
     
14,412
 
        Substandard
   
     
76
     
     
     
4,287
     
971
     
600
     
5,934
 
        Doubtful
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
    Total
 
$
3,440
   
$
13,922
   
$
19,090
   
$
7,376
   
$
22,573
   
$
22,107
   
$
1,428
   
$
89,936
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 





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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Continued)
                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
March 31, 2025
 
2025
   
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Commercial real estate:
                                               
   Nonowner-occupied
                                               
     Risk Rating
                                               
        Pass
 
$
5,162
   
$
36,403
   
$
12,095
   
$
30,532
   
$
30,918
   
$
84,077
   
$
6,285
   
$
205,472
 
     Special Mention
   
     
     
1,634
     
     
     
     
     
1,634
 
        Substandard
   
     
219
     
     
987
     
     
3,298
     
     
4,504
 
        Doubtful
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
    Total
 
$
5,162
   
$
36,622
   
$
13,729
   
$
31,519
   
$
30,918
   
$
87,375
   
$
6,285
   
$
211,610
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 

                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
March 31, 2025
 
2025
   
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Commercial real estate:
                                               
   Construction
                                               
     Risk Rating
                                               
        Pass
 
$
1,980
   
$
13,907
   
$
30,124
   
$
28,325
   
$
1,103
   
$
2,859
   
$
470
   
$
78,768
 
     Special Mention
   
     
     
     
     
     
34
     
     
34
 
        Substandard
   
     
     
631
     
     
     
     
     
631
 
        Doubtful
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
    Total
 
$
1,980
   
$
13,907
   
$
30,755
   
$
28,325
   
$
1,103
   
$
2,893
   
$
470
   
$
79,433
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 

                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
March 31, 2025
 
2025
   
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Commercial and Industrial
                                               
     Risk Rating
                                               
        Pass
 
$
4,144
   
$
16,896
   
$
7,231
   
$
23,701
   
$
31,839
   
$
44,992
   
$
22,231
   
$
151,034
 
     Special Mention
   
     
88
     
     
     
     
172
     
6,191
     
6,451
 
        Substandard
   
     
1,989
     
210
     
49
     
377
     
499
     
4,021
     
7,145
 
        Doubtful
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
    Total
 
$
4,144
   
$
18,973
   
$
7,441
   
$
23,750
   
$
32,216
   
$
45,663
   
$
32,443
   
$
164,630
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
   
$
45
   
$
   
$
12
   
$
58
   
$
   
$
45
   
$
160
 



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NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Continued)

                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
December 31, 2024
 
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
2020
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Commercial real estate:
                                               
   Owner-occupied
                                               
     Risk Rating
                                               
        Pass
 
$
13,762
   
$
17,199
   
$
7,441
   
$
10,094
   
$
4,787
   
$
16,336
   
$
583
   
$
70,202
 
     Special Mention
   
     
     
     
12,896
     
     
1,415
     
299
     
14,610
 
        Substandard
   
79
     
     
     
     
136
     
844
     
600
     
1,659
 
        Doubtful
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
    Total
 
$
13,841
   
$
17,199
   
$
7,441
   
$
22,990
   
$
4,923
   
$
18,595
   
$
1,482
   
$
86,471
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 

                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
December 31, 2024
 
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
2020
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Commercial real estate:
                                               
   Nonowner-occupied
                                               
     Risk Rating
                                               
        Pass
 
$
35,216
   
$
11,377
   
$
30,773
   
$
31,465
   
$
19,351
   
$
66,312
   
$
6,172
   
$
200,666
 
     Special Mention
   
     
1,636
     
     
     
     
     
     
1,636
 
        Substandard
   
220
     
     
996
     
     
3,329
     
     
     
4,545
 
        Doubtful
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
    Total
 
$
35,436
   
$
13,013
   
$
31,769
   
$
31,465
   
$
22,680
   
$
66,312
   
$
6,172
   
$
206,847
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 

                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
December 31, 2024
 
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
2020
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Commercial real estate:
                                               
   Construction
                                               
     Risk Rating
                                               
        Pass
 
$
13,865
   
$
33,162
   
$
27,678
   
$
1,111
   
$
266
   
$
2,647
   
$
93
   
$
78,822
 
     Special Mention
   
     
     
     
     
     
38
     
     
38
 
        Substandard
   
     
638
     
     
     
     
171
     
     
809
 
        Doubtful
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
    Total
 
$
13,865
   
$
33,800
   
$
27,678
   
$
1,111
   
$
266
   
$
2,856
   
$
93
   
$
79,669
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 



21


NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Continued)


                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
December 31, 2024
 
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
2020
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Commercial and Industrial
                                               
     Risk Rating
                                               
        Pass
 
$
17,260
   
$
7,875
   
$
24,843
   
$
25,894
   
$
20,648
   
$
25,593
   
$
21,785
   
$
143,898
 
     Special Mention
   
446
     
     
     
     
     
178
     
6,476
     
7,100
 
        Substandard
   
2,039
     
226
     
60
     
480
     
205
     
     
4,432
     
7,442
 
        Doubtful
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
    Total
 
$
19,745
   
$
8,101
   
$
24,903
   
$
26,374
   
$
20,853
   
$
25,771
   
$
32,693
   
$
158,440
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
219
   
$
   
$
   
$
1
   
$
   
$
   
$
1
   
$
221
 

The Company considers the performance of the loan portfolio and its impact on the allowance for credit losses.  For residential and consumer loan classes, the Company evaluates credit quality based on the aging status of the loan, which was previously presented, and by payment activity. The following table presents the recorded investment of residential and consumer loans by class of loans based on repayment activity as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
March 31, 2025
 
2025
   
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Residential Real Estate
                                               
     Payment Performance
                                               
        Performing
 
$
12,625
   
$
59,210
   
$
56,270
   
$
39,266
   
$
45,096
   
$
132,608
   
$
1,747
   
$
346,822
 
        Nonperforming
   
     
     
229
     
366
     
83
     
1,326
     
     
2,004
 
    Total
 
$
12,625
   
$
59,210
   
$
56,499
   
$
39,632
   
$
45,179
   
$
133,934
   
$
1,747
   
$
348,826
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
1
   
$
   
$
4
   
$
   
$
5
 

                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
March 31, 2025
 
2025
   
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Consumer:
                                               
   Automobile
                                               
     Payment Performance
                                               
        Performing
 
$
2,069
   
$
12,162
   
$
15,935
   
$
10,803
   
$
3,097
   
$
1,178
   
$
   
$
45,244
 
        Nonperforming
   
     
56
     
162
     
120
     
     
13
     
     
351
 
    Total
 
$
2,069
   
$
12,218
   
$
16,097
   
$
10,923
   
$
3,097
   
$
1,191
   
$
   
$
45,595
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
   
$
81
   
$
78
   
$
17
   
$
7
   
$
10
   
$
   
$
193
 




22


NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Continued)

 
                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
March 31, 2025
 
2025
   
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Consumer:
                                               
   Home Equity
                                               
     Payment Performance
                                               
        Performing
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
43,089
   
$
43,089
 
        Nonperforming
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
280
     
280
 
    Total
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
43,369
   
$
43,369
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
31
   
$
31
 

                                         Revolving        
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
March 31, 2025
 
2025
   
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Consumer:
                                               
   Other
                                               
     Payment Performance
                                               
        Performing
 
$
4,356
   
$
17,535
   
$
8,823
   
$
7,634
   
$
5,679
   
$
2,720
   
$
12,995
   
$
59,742
 
        Nonperforming
   
     
32
     
49
     
19
     
24
     
31
     
     
155
 
    Total
 
$
4,356
   
$
17,567
   
$
8,872
   
$
7,653
   
$
5,703
   
$
2,751
   
$
12,995
   
$
59,897
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
82
   
$
10
   
$
33
   
$
17
   
$
25
   
$
26
   
$
109
   
$
302
 

                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
December 31, 2024
 
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
2020
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Residential Real Estate
                                               
     Payment Performance
                                               
        Performing
 
$
57,385
   
$
57,546
   
$
40,026
   
$
46,067
   
$
38,969
   
$
98,084
   
$
33,477
   
$
371,554
 
        Nonperforming
   
     
234
     
435
     
83
     
54
     
1,174
     
     
1,980
 
    Total
 
$
57,385
   
$
57,780
   
$
40,461
   
$
46,150
   
$
39,023
   
$
99,258
   
$
33,477
   
$
373,534
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
   
$
   
$
15
   
$
   
$
   
$
27
   
$
   
$
42
 





23


NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Continued)
                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
December 31, 2024
 
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
2020
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Consumer:
                                               
   Automobile
                                               
     Payment Performance
                                               
        Performing
 
$
13,643
   
$
18,133
   
$
12,693
   
$
3,686
   
$
1,268
   
$
405
   
$
   
$
49,828
 
        Nonperforming
   
145
     
162
     
77
     
12
     
5
     
17
     
     
418
 
    Total
 
$
13,788
   
$
18,295
   
$
12,770
   
$
3,698
   
$
1,273
   
$
422
   
$
   
$
50,246
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
91
   
$
364
   
$
232
   
$
34
   
$
22
   
$
7
   
$
   
$
750
 

 
                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
December 31, 2024
 
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
2020
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Consumer:
                                               
   Home Equity
                                               
     Payment Performance
                                               
        Performing
 
$
317
   
$
   
$
61
   
$
152
   
$
   
$
   
$
41,579
   
$
42,109
 
        Nonperforming
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
364
     
364
 
    Total
 
$
317
   
$
   
$
61
   
$
152
   
$
   
$
   
$
41,943
   
$
42,473
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 

                                     
Revolving
       
                                       
Loans
       
   
Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
   
Amortized
       
December 31, 2024
 
2024
   
2023
   
2022
   
2021
   
2020
   
Prior
   
Cost Basis
   
Total
 
                                                 
Consumer:
                                               
   Other
                                               
     Payment Performance
                                               
        Performing
 
$
13,110
   
$
18,442
   
$
8,768
   
$
6,580
   
$
2,367
   
$
973
   
$
13,760
   
$
64,000
 
        Nonperforming
   
3
     
50
     
14
     
46
     
25
     
7
     
     
145
 
    Total
 
$
13,113
   
$
18,492
   
$
8,782
   
$
6,626
   
$
2,392
   
$
980
   
$
13,760
   
$
64,145
 
                                                                 
Current Period gross charge-offs
 
$
443
   
$
192
   
$
156
   
$
107
   
$
52
   
$
29
   
$
495
   
$
1,474
 

The Company originates residential, consumer, and commercial loans to customers located primarily in the southeastern areas of Ohio as well as the western counties of West Virginia.  Approximately 4.24% of total loans were unsecured at March 31, 2025, up from 4.16% at December 31, 2024.

Modifications to Borrowers Experiencing Financial Difficulty:
Occasionally, the Company modifies loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty.  These modifications may include one or a combination of the following: a reduction of the stated interest rate of the loan; an extension of the maturity date at a stated rate of interest lower than the current market rate for new debt with similar risk; a reduction in the contractual principal and interest payments of the loan; or short-term interest-only payment terms.

24


NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Continued)

During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company experienced no new modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty.

The following table presents the activity in the allowance for credit losses by portfolio segment for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024:

March 31, 2025
 
Residential
Real Estate
   
Commercial
Real Estate
   
Commercial
and Industrial
   
Consumer
   
Total
 
Allowance for credit losses:
                             
Beginning balance
 
$
2,684
   
$
3,653
   
$
1,536
   
$
2,215
   
$
10,088
 
Provision for credit losses
   
(4
)
   
136
     
273
     
71
     
476
 
Loans charged-off
   
(5
)
   
     
(160
)
   
(526
)
   
(691
)
Recoveries
   
18
     
     
56
     
192
     
266
 
Total ending allowance balance
 
$
2,693
   
$
3,789
   
$
1,705
   
$
1,952
   
$
10,139
 

March 31, 2024
 
Residential
Real Estate
   
Commercial
Real Estate
   
Commercial
and Industrial
   
Consumer
   
Total
 
Allowance for credit losses:
                             
Beginning balance
 
$
2,213
   
$
3,047
   
$
1,275
   
$
2,232
   
$
8,767
 
Provision for credit losses
   
130
     
188
     
184
     
355
     
857
 
Loans charged-off
   
(37
)
   
     
(109
)
   
(448
)
   
(594
)
Recoveries
   
22
     
11
     
4
     
162
     
199
 
Total ending allowance balance
 
$
2,328
   
$
3,246
   
$
1,354
   
$
2,301
   
$
9,229
 


The following table presents the amortized cost basis of collateral dependent loans by class of loans as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

 
Collateral Type
 
March 31, 2025
 
Real Estate
   
Business Assets
   
Total
 
Residential real estate
 
$
563
   
$
   
$
563
 
Commercial real estate:
                       
Owner-occupied
   
5,082
     
140
     
5,222
 
Non-owner occupied
   
109
     
     
109
 
       Construction
   
631
     
     
631
 
Commercial and Industrial
   
187
     
2,984
     
3,171
 
Consumer:
                       
Automobile
   
     
31
     
31
 
Home equity
   
49
     
26
     
75
 
       Other
   
     
76
     
76
 
Total collateral dependent loans
 
$
6,621
   
$
3,257
   
$
9,878
 

 
Collateral Type
 
December 31, 2024
 
Real Estate
   
Business Assets
   
Total
 
Residential real estate
 
$
569
   
$
   
$
569
 
Commercial real estate:
                       
Owner-occupied
   
804
     
140
     
944
 
     Non-Owner-occupied
   
110
     
     
110
 
     Construction
   
637
     
     
637
 
Commercial & Industrial
   
285
     
3,044
     
3,329
 
Consumer:
                       
Automobile
   
     
38
     
38
 
Home equity
   
50
     
26
     
76
 
       Other
   
     
81
     
81
 
Total collateral dependent loans
 
$
2,455
   
$
3,329
   
$
5,784
 



25


NOTE 4 – LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Continued)

The recorded investment of a loan excludes accrued interest and net deferred origination fees and costs due to immateriality.

Nonaccrual loans and loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing include both smaller balance homogenous loans that are collectively evaluated for impairment and individually classified as impaired loans.

The Company transfers loans to OREO, at fair value less cost to sell, in the period the Company obtains physical possession of the property (through legal title or through a deed in lieu). The Company had no OREO for residential real estate properties at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. In addition, nonaccrual residential mortgage loans that are in the process of foreclosure had a recorded investment of $352 and $342 as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

NOTE 5 – FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK

The Bank is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers.  These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit, standby letters of credit and financial guarantees.  The Bank’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit, and financial guarantees written, is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments.  The contract amounts of these instruments are not included in the consolidated financial statements.  At March 31, 2025, the contract amounts of these instruments totaled approximately $225,927, compared to $203,019 at December 31, 2024.  The Bank estimates expected credit losses over the contractual period in which the Bank is exposed to credit risk via a contractual obligation to extend credit. At March 31, 2025, the estimated ACL related to off-balance sheet commitments was $522, which included a $60 and $106 recovery of provision during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Bank uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for instruments recorded on the balance sheet.  Since many of these instruments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total contract amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

NOTE 6 - OTHER BORROWED FUNDS

Other borrowed funds at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are comprised of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) of Cincinnati and promissory notes.

 
FHLB
Borrowings
   
Promissory
Notes
   
Totals
 
                   
March 31, 2025
 
$
35,856
   
$
2,584
   
$
38,440
 
December 31, 2024
 
$
37,239
   
$
2,501
   
$
39,740
 

Pursuant to collateral agreements with the FHLB, advances are secured by $341,287 in qualifying mortgage loans, $40,465 in commercial loans and $2,866 in FHLB stock at March 31, 2025.  Fixed-rate FHLB advances of $35,856 mature through 2042 and have interest rates ranging from 1.53% to 4.91% and a year-to-date weighted average cost of 4.05% at March 31, 2025 and 4.02% at December 31, 2024.  There were no variable-rate FHLB borrowings at March 31, 2025.

At March 31, 2025, the Company had a cash management line of credit enabling it to borrow up to $100,000 from the FHLB, subject to the stock ownership and collateral limitations described below. All cash management advances have an original maturity of 90 days. The line of credit must be renewed on an annual basis.  There was $100,000 available on this line of credit at March 31, 2025.

Based on the Company’s current FHLB stock ownership, total assets and pledgeable loans, the Company had the ability to obtain borrowings from the FHLB up to a maximum of $189,134 at March 31, 2025.  Of this maximum borrowing capacity, the Company had $89,603 available to use as additional borrowings, of which $89,603 could be used for short term, cash management advances, as mentioned above.

At March 31, 2025, the Company had a federal funds line of credit with two correspondent banks totaling $25,000. The lines of credit are not committed and are provided at the discretion of the correspondent bank. No collateral has been pledged to the lines of credit. Any advance is due to be repaid the next business day. At March 31, 2025, there was $25,000 available on these lines of credit.


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NOTE 6 - OTHER BORROWED FUNDS (Continued)

Promissory notes, issued primarily by Ohio Valley, are due at various dates through a final maturity date of March 11, 2026, and have fixed rates ranging from 4.35% to 5.00% and a year-to-date weighted average cost of 4.91% at March 31, 2025, as compared to 4.71% at December 31, 2024.  At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were six promissory notes payable by Ohio Valley to related parties totaling $2,584.  There were no promissory notes payable to other banks at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

Letters of credit issued on the Bank’s behalf by the FHLB to collateralize certain public unit deposits as required by law totaled $63,675 at March 31, 2025 and $58,500 at December 31, 2024.

Scheduled principal payments as of March 31, 2025:

 
FHLB
Borrowings
   
Promissory
Notes
   
Totals
 
                   
2025
 
$
4,052
   
$
1,761
   
$
5,813
 
2026
   
12,908
     
823
     
13,731
 
2027
   
11,397
     
     
11,397
 
2028
   
1,349
     
     
1,349
 
2029
   
1,733
     
     
1,733
 
Thereafter
   
4,417
     
     
4,417
 
   
$
35,856
   
$
2,584
   
$
38,440
 

NOTE 7 – LEASES

Substantially all of the Company’s operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and operating lease liabilities represent leases for branch buildings and office space to conduct business.  Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet. The lease expense for these leases are recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Leases with initial terms in excess of 12 months are recorded as either operating or financing leases on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company has no finance lease arrangements. Operating leases have remaining lease terms ranging from 13 months to 16.4 years, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to 15 years. Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are valued based on the present value of future minimum lease payments, discounted with an incremental borrowing rate for the same term as the underlying lease. The Company has one lease arrangement that contains variable lease payments that are adjusted periodically for an index. 

Balance sheet information related to leases is as follows:

 
As of
March 31,
2025
   
As of
December 31,
2024
 
Operating leases:
           
Operating lease right-of-use assets
 
$
980
   
$
1,024
 
Operating lease liabilities
   
980
     
1,024
 

The components of lease cost were as follows:

 
Three months ended
March 31,
 
   
2025
   
2024
 
Operating lease cost
 
$
49
   
$
49
 
Short-term lease expense
   
     
7
 


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NOTE 7 – LEASES (Continued)

Future undiscounted lease payments for operating leases with initial terms of one year or more as of March 31, 2025 are as follows:

 
Operating
Leases
 
2025 (remaining)
 
$
146
 
2026
   
140
 
2027
   
109
 
2028
   
111
 
2029
   
111
 
Thereafter
   
653
 
Total lease payments
   
1,270
 
Less: Imputed Interest
   
(290
)
Total operating leases
 
$
980
 

Other information was as follows:

 
As of
March 31,
2025
   
As of
December 31,
2024
 
Weighted-average remaining lease term for operating leases
 
11.8 years
   
12.0 years
 
Weighted-average discount rate for operating leases
   
2.82
%
   
2.84
%

NOTE 8 – RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The risks pertinent to the Bank regarding liquidity and rising deposit costs have increased due to an elevated interest rate environment and increased deposit competition within our markets. Our liquidity position is supported by the management of liquid assets such as cash and interest-bearing deposits with banks, and liabilities such as core deposits. The Bank can also access other sources of funds such as brokered deposits and FHLB advances. With the present economic conditions putting a strain on liquidity and higher borrowing costs, the Company believes it has sufficient liquid assets and funding sources should there be a liquidity need.

NOTE 9 – DEPOSITS

Deposits are comprised of the following:

 
March 31,
2025
   
December 31,
2024
 
             
Noninterest-bearing deposits
 
$
320,864
   
$
322,383
 
                 
Interest-bearing deposits:
               
NOW accounts
   
270,367
     
272,941
 
   Savings and money market
   
292,914
     
285,966
 
Time deposits of $250 or less
   
314,443
     
311,972
 
Time deposits of more than $250
   
85,581
     
81,916
 
      Total interest-bearing deposits
   
963,305
     
952,795
 
                 
Total deposits
 
$
1,284,169
   
$
1,275,178
 

Brokered deposits, included in time deposits, were $48,519 and $48,395 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.


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NOTE 10 – REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS
 
Revenue is segregated based on the nature of products and services offered as part of contractual arrangements. Revenue from contracts with customers within the scope of ASC 606 is broadly segregated within the following noninterest income categories:

• Service charges on deposit accounts – These include general service fees charged for deposit account maintenance and activity and transaction-based fees charged for certain services, such as debit card, wire transfer, or overdraft activities. Revenue is recognized when the performance obligation is completed, which is generally after a transaction is completed or monthly for account maintenance services.

• Trust fees - This includes periodic fees due from trust customers for managing the customers' financial assets. Fees are generally charged on a quarterly or annual basis and are recognized ratably throughout the period, as the services are provided on an ongoing basis.

• Electronic refund check/deposit fees – A tax refund clearing agreement between the Bank and a tax refund processor requires the Bank to process electronic refund checks and electronic refund deposits presented for payment on behalf of taxpayers through accounts containing taxpayer refunds. The Bank, in turn, receives a fee paid by the third-party tax refund processor for each transaction that is processed.  The amount of fees received are tiered based on the tax refund product selected. Since the Bank acts as a sub servicer in the tax process relationship, a portion of the fee collected is passed on to the tax refund processor.

• Debit/credit card interchange income – This includes interchange income from cardholder transactions conducted with merchants, throughout various interchange networks with which the Company participates.  Interchange fees from cardholder transactions represent a percentage of the underlying transaction value and are recognized daily, as transaction processing services are provided to the deposit customer.  Gross fees from interchange are recorded in operating income separately from gross network costs, which are recorded in operating expense.

• Tax preparation fees – This includes fees received by tax preparation customers of Loan Central as part of the Bank’s TAL business. After Loan Central prepares a customer’s tax return, the customer is offered the opportunity to have immediate access to a portion of the anticipated tax refund by entering into a TAL with the Bank. As part of the process, the tax customer completes a loan application and authorizes the expected tax refund to be deposited with the Bank once it is issued by the IRS. Once the Bank receives the tax refund, the refund is used to repay the TAL and Loan Central’s tax preparation fees, then the remainder of the refund is remitted to Loan Central’s tax customer.

 Float income from tax product processor –  This is associated with the tax refund clearing agreement between the Bank and a third-party tax refund processor. The revenue earned is based on the estimated compensating balances associated with processing the contractual minimum number of check items multiplied by the interest rate paid by the Federal Reserve on reserves for the respective period. The float income is paid by the tax refund product processor at the end of each year of the tax agreement, which is to expire in 2025.




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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
 
 Certain statements contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q (the “report”) and other publicly available documents incorporated herein by reference constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of such words as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plan,” “goal,” “seek,” “project,” “estimate,” “strategy,” “future,” “likely,” “may,” “should,” “will,” and other similar expressions. Such statements involve various important assumptions, risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond our control, particularly with regard to developments related to the current economic and geopolitical landscape, and which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward looking-statements.  However, it is difficult to predict the effect of known factors, and by Ohio Valley Banc Corp. (“Ohio Valley”) cannot anticipate all factors that could affect future results. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations expressed in or implied in forward looking statements include, but are not limited to: the effects of fluctuating interest rates on our customers’ operations and financial condition; changes in political, economic or other factors, such as inflation rates, recessionary or expansive trends, taxes, tariffs, the effects of implementation of legislation and the continuing economic uncertainty in various parts of the world; competitive pressures; the level of defaults and prepayment on loans made by Ohio Valley and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”); unanticipated litigation, claims, or assessments; fluctuations in the cost of obtaining funds to make loans; and regulatory changes.  Additional detailed information concerning such factors is available in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the Exchange Act, including the disclosure under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of Part I of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and elsewhere in this document (including, without limitation, in conjunction with the forward looking statements themselves and under the heading “Critical Accounting Estimates”). All forward looking statements are qualified in their entirety by these and other cautionary statements that the Company makes from time to time in its other SEC filings and public communications. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.  The Company undertakes no obligation and disclaims any duty to update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, unanticipated future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW: The following discussion on consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Ohio Valley and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, The Ohio Valley Bank Company (the “Bank”), Loan Central, Inc., a consumer finance company (“Loan Central”), and Ohio Valley Financial Services Agency, LLC, an insurance agency. The Bank has one active, wholly-owned subsidiary, Ohio Valley REO, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company.

The Company is primarily engaged in commercial and retail banking, offering a blend of commercial and consumer banking services within southeastern Ohio as well as western West Virginia.  The banking services offered by the Bank include the acceptance of deposits in checking, savings, time and money market accounts; the making and servicing of personal and commercial loans; the making of construction and real estate loans; and credit card services.  The Bank also offers individual retirement accounts, safe deposit boxes, wire transfers and other standard banking products and services.  Furthermore, the Bank offers Tax Refund Advance Loans (“TALs”) to Loan Central tax customers. A TAL represents a short-term loan offered by the Bank to tax preparation customers of Loan Central.

IMPACT OF PARTICIPATING IN THE OHIO HOMEBUYER PLUS PROGRAM: During the third quarter of 2024, the Company began participating in a program offered by the Ohio Treasurer (the “Treasurer”) called the Ohio Homebuyer Plus. The program is designed to encourage Ohio residents to save for the purchase of a home. As a participant in the program, the Company developed the “Sweet Home Ohio” deposit account to offer participants an above-market interest rate of 5.83%, along with a deposit bonus to assist customers in achieving their home savings goals. For each Sweet Home Ohio account that was opened, the Company received a deposit from the Treasurer at a subsidized interest rate of 0.86%. Accounts connected with Ohio Homebuyer Plus must be used within five years and the corresponding balance of Treasurer deposits will fluctuate based upon active customer accounts. At March 31, 2025, the balance of Sweet Home Ohio accounts totaled $7,729 compared to $6,775 at December 31, 2024. At March 31, 2025, the amount of Treasurer deposits totaled $82,373 compared to $97,366 at December 31, 2024. Since the Treasurer deposits are classified as public funds, which are required to be collateralized, the Company invested the funds in securities to be pledged as collateral to the Treasurer. At March 31, 2025, the balance of securities used to collateralize the Treasurer deposits totaled $96,707 compared to $102,871 at December 31, 2024.


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FINANCIAL RESULTS OVERVIEW: Net income totaled $4,406 during the first quarter of 2025, an increase of $1,613 from the same period of 2024. Earnings per share for the first quarter of 2025 finished at $.94 per share, compared to $.58 per share during the first quarter of 2024. The positive results during the quarterly period were impacted by a 10.8% increase in average earning assets, coming primarily from loans and securities, which contributed to a 17.4% increase in net interest income during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. Also contributing to higher net earnings was a 44.6% decrease in provision for credit loss expense, impacted by a decrease in loan balances generally allocated for during 2025. The positive effects from higher net interest income and lower provision expense were partially offset by a 1.4% decrease in noninterest income and a 0.7% increase in noninterest expense. Higher net earnings also had a corresponding impact to the Company’s annualized net income to average asset ratio, or return on assets, which increased 37 basis points to 1.20% during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. In addition, the Company’s net income to average equity ratio, or return on equity, increased 405 basis points to 11.82% during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, net interest income increased $1,950, or 17.4%, over the same period in 2024. This growth came mostly from a $136,241 increase in average earning assets, led mostly by a 55.2% increase in average securities and a 7.0% increase in average loans. The growth in average securities came in large part to the increased pledging requirements on public fund deposits as part of the Ohio Homebuyer Plus program. The growth in average loans was related to the commercial and residential real estate lending segments. Earnings were further enhanced by a higher net interest margin, increasing 24 basis points during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. Margin growth was related to an increase in the yield on earning assets, while the cost of funding sources decreased. The improvement to earning asset yields was directly related to the growth in higher-yielding securities and loans, while the cost of funding sources decreased as the composition of funding sources shifted to lower cost deposit sources, such as NOW, money market, checking and savings accounts.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company’s provision for credit loss expense decreased $335, when compared to the same period in 2024. The decrease during the quarter came primarily from lower general reserves associated with a $18,529 decrease in loans from year-end 2024. The decrease in total loans was primarily related to a $31,473 decrease in a warehouse line of credit extended to another mortgage lender. The Company also experienced lower reserves associated with select qualitative risk factors.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, noninterest income decreased $50, or 1.4% from the same period in 2024. The decrease came mostly from a decline in swap asset revenue and tax preparation fees, while changes in the remaining areas were minimal.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, noninterest expense increased $77, or 0.7%, over the same period in 2024. Noninterest expenses were led by increases in data processing, occupancy and equipment, and marketing costs, which collectively increased $240, or 13.1%. Data processing expenses were impacted by costs associated with the Company’s debit and credit card platforms.  Occupancy and equipment costs were impacted by various repair and maintenance items. Marketing cost increases were impacted by higher donation and advertising budgets for 2025. Partially offsetting the increases in overhead costs were decreases in salaries and employee benefits and software expenses, which collectively decreased $235, or 3.5%. Cost savings in salaries and employee benefits was the direct result of a voluntary early retirement program implemented in 2024, while software expenses declined as a result of costs associated with select service agreements from the first quarter of 2024 that was not as impactful in 2025. The remaining noninterest expenses increased $72 primarily from higher FDIC insurance assessment costs.

The $545 increase in the Company’s provision for income taxes during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, was largely due to the increase in operating income affected by the factors mentioned above, as well as an increase in the effective tax rate.   

At March 31, 2025, total assets were $1,513,105, an increase of $9,693 from year-end 2024. The increase in assets was primarily the result of a $34,634 increase in balances maintained at the FRB, as total loans decreased $18,529 and total securities decreased $9,378. As previously mentioned, the decrease in loans was related to a $31,473 decrease in a warehouse line of credit extended to another mortgage lender. Absent this decrease, the Company would have experienced loan growth of $12,944 during the first quarter of 2025 in the targeted commercial real estate and residential real estate loan portfolios. The decrease in securities was related to the lower need for securities to pledge to the Treasurer due to a $14,993 balance decrease.


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At March 31, 2025, total liabilities were $1,357,390, up $4,306 from year-end 2024. Contributing most to this increase were higher deposit balances, which increased $8,991 from year-end 2024. Leading deposit growth were interest-bearing deposit balances, up $10,510 from year-end 2024, consisting of higher balances from savings and money market accounts (+2.4%), and time deposits (+1.6%), partially offset by a decrease in Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (“NOW”) accounts (-0.9%). At March 31, 2025, the Company experienced lower noninterest-bearing demand deposits, decreasing $1,519 from year-end 2024.

At March 31, 2025, total shareholders' equity was $155,715, up $5,387 from December 31, 2024. This increase came primarily from quarterly net income and an after-tax increase in net unrealized gains on AFS securities, partially offset by quarterly cash dividends paid. Regulatory capital ratios of the Company remained higher than the "well capitalized" minimums.

Comparison of Financial Condition
at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024

The following discussion focuses in more detail on the consolidated financial condition of the Company at March 31, 2025 compared to December 31, 2024.  This discussion should be read in conjunction with the interim consolidated financial statements and the notes included in this Form 10‑Q.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

At March 31, 2025, cash and cash equivalents were $120,608, an increase of $37,501, or 45.1%, from December 31, 2024. The increase came primarily from interest-bearing deposits with banks, which were up $34,634, or 51.4%, from year-end 2024. The Company’s interest-bearing FRB clearing account contributed most to the increase in interest-bearing deposits with banks, representing 84% of cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2025. The Company utilizes its interest-bearing FRB clearing account to manage excess funds, as well as to assist in funding earning asset growth. The increases in excess funds during the first quarter of 2025 came primarily from decreases in both loans and securities, which were down $18,529 and $9,378, respectively, from year-end 2024. As previously mentioned, the decrease in loans was related to a $31,473 decrease in a warehouse line of credit extended to another mortgage lender. The decrease in securities was related to the lower need for securities to pledge to the Treasurer deposits as part of the Homebuyer Plus program. The interest rate paid on both the required and excess reserve balances of the FRB is based on the targeted federal funds rate established by the Federal Open Market Committee, which remained at a range of 4.25% to 4.50% at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The interest-bearing deposit balances in the FRB are 100% secured by the U.S. Government.

As liquidity levels continuously vary based on consumer activities, amounts of cash and cash equivalents can vary widely at any given point in time. The Company’s focus during periods of heightened liquidity will be to invest excess funds into longer-term, higher-yielding assets, primarily loans, when opportunities arise.

Securities

The balance of total securities decreased $9,378, or 3.4% from year-end 2024. As previously mentioned, the decrease in securities was impacted by the lower need for securities to pledge to the Treasurer deposits in relation to the Homebuyers Plus program. The Company’s U.S. Government securities portfolio decreased $33,860 from $168,030 at year-end 2024 to $134,170 at March 31, 2025, impacted by $35,000 in scheduled maturities. The Company utilized a portion of its proceeds from maturities of U.S. Government securities to fund additional purchases in U.S. Government agency (“Agency”) mortgage-backed securities, which were up $24,918, or 26.5%, from year-end 2024. During the first quarter of 2025, purchases of Agency mortgage-backed securities totaled $27,482, while being partially offset by $4,460 in principal repayments. The monthly repayment of principal has been the primary advantage of Agency mortgage-backed securities as compared to other types of investment securities, which deliver proceeds upon maturity or call date. At March 31, 2025, the Company’s investment securities portfolio was comprised mostly of U.S. Government securities at 50.5% of total investments, while Agency mortgage-backed securities represented 44.8%.



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Included in the increasing factors mentioned above were changes in net unrealized losses associated with AFS securities. During the first quarter of 2025, a decrease in long-term market rates led to a $2,589 increase in the fair value associated with the Company’s AFS securities at March 31, 2025.  The fair value of an investment security moves inversely to interest rates, so as rates decreased, the fair value increased, causing the unrealized loss in the portfolio to decrease. These changes in rates are typical and do not impact earnings of the Company as long as the securities are held to full maturity.

Loans

The loan portfolio represents the Company’s largest asset category and is its most significant source of interest income. Loan segments have been identified as Commercial Real Estate, Commercial and Industrial, Residential Real Estate, and Consumer.

Commercial real estate consists of owner-occupied, nonowner-occupied and construction loans. Owner-occupied loans consist of nonfarm, nonresidential properties. A commercial owner-occupied loan is a borrower purchased building or space for which the repayment of principal is dependent upon cash flows from the ongoing operations conducted by the party, or an affiliate of the party, who owns the property. Owner-occupied loans of the Company include loans secured by hospitals, churches, and hardware and convenience stores. Nonowner-occupied loans are property loans for which the repayment of principal is dependent upon rental income associated with the property or the subsequent sale of the property, such as apartment buildings, condominiums, hotels, and motels. These loans are primarily impacted by the level of interest rates associated with the debt and to local economic conditions, which dictate occupancy rates and the amount of rent charged. The increase in debt service due to higher interest rates may not be able to be passed on to tenants. As part of the origination process, loan interest rates and occupancy rates are stressed to determine the impact on the borrower’s ability to maintain adequate debt service under different economic conditions. Furthermore, the Company monitors the concentration in any one industry and has established limits relative to capital. In addition, credit quality trends are monitored by industry to determine if a change in the risk exposure to a certain industry may warrant a change in our underwriting standards. Table I has been provided to illustrate the industry composition of the commercial real estate portfolio. Commercial construction loans are extended to individuals as well as corporations for the construction of an individual property or multiple properties and are secured by raw land and the subsequent improvements. Commercial real estate also includes loan participations with other banks outside the Company’s primary market area. Although the Company is not actively seeking to participate in loans originated outside its primary market area, it has taken advantage of the relationships it has with certain lenders in those areas where the Company believes it can profitably participate with an acceptable level of risk.

Commercial and industrial loans consist of loans to corporate borrowers primarily in small to mid-sized industrial and commercial companies that include service, retail, and wholesale merchants. Collateral securing these loans includes equipment, inventory, and stock.

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BY INDUSTRY
As of March 31, 2025
Table I
 
The following table provides the composition of commercial real estate loans by industry classification (as defined by the North American Industry Classification System).

(dollars in thousands)
           
 
 
Amount
   
% of Total
 
Real Estate Rental and Leasing          
 
$
182,292
     
47.85
%
Accommodation and Food Services          
   
65,581
     
17.21
%
Retail Trade          
   
29,536
     
7.75
%
Health Care and Social Assistance          
   
23,655
     
6.21
%
Manufacturing          
   
19,182
     
5.03
%
Construction          
   
16,230
     
4.26
%
All Other          
   
44,503
     
11.69
%
Total          
 
$
380,979
     
100.00
%


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Residential real estate loans consist of loans to individuals for the purchase of 1-4 family primary residences with repayment primarily through wage or other income sources of the individual borrower. The Company’s loss exposure to these loans is dependent on local market conditions for residential properties as loan amounts are determined, in part, by the fair value of the property at origination.

Consumer loans are primarily secured by automobiles, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, and other personal property. Personal loans and unsecured credit card receivables are also included as consumer loans.

The Company’s loan balances decreased to $1,043,296 at March 31, 2025, representing a decrease of $18,529, or 1.7%, as compared to $1,061,825 at December 31, 2024.  The decrease in loans came primarily from the residential real estate loan and consumer loan portfolios, partially offset by increases in in the commercial real estate and commercial and industrial portfolios from year-end 2024.

The Company’s residential real estate loan portfolio decreased $24,708, or 6.6%, from year-end 2024. At March 31, 2025, residential real estate loans represented the second largest segment of the Company’s total loan portfolio at 33.4%. As previously mentioned, the decrease was largely due to a $31,473 paydown in a warehouse line of credit extended to another mortgage lender. The warehouse lending line is used by the mortgage lender to make loans for the purchase of one- to four-family residential real estate properties. The mortgage lender eventually sells the loan and repays the Bank. The paydown was a result of lower mortgage volume due to higher mortgage rates and the increase in the lead bank’s internal capacity in relation to a capital infusion. The balance of this line of credit is expected to increase in future periods if mortgage volume increases and the funding needs of the lead bank changes. The remaining residential real estate loan balances increased $6,765, or 1.8%, from year-end 2024. During 2025, as mortgage rates continued to increase, the Company experienced less opportunities to sell long-term fixed rate loans to the secondary market. With elevated mortgage rates, mortgage customers were selecting more variable rate mortgage products instead of long-term fixed rate mortgage products. This had a direct impact on lowering loan volume within the long-term fixed rate loan portfolio (down $1,435) and contributed to a shift into more short-term variable rate mortgages (up $7,947) as of March 31, 2025.

Further decreases in loans came from the Company’s consumer loan portfolio, which was down $8,003, or 5.1%, from year-end 2024. This change was impacted by a $4,651, or 9.3%, decrease in automobile loans. This was directly impacted by management’s strategy to place more emphasis on higher yielding loan portfolios (i.e. commercial, and to a smaller extent, residential real estate). Indirect automobile loans bear additional costs from dealers that partially offset interest revenue and lower the rate of return. As a result, the Company exited the indirect lending business for automobiles and recreational vehicles during the fourth quarter of 2024. Decreases in consumer loans also came from a $4,248, or 6.6%, decrease in other consumer loans from year-end 2024, impacted by principal repayments and payoffs. Decreases in consumer loans were partially offset by a $896, or 2.1%, increase in home equity lines of credit.

The decreases in the Company’s residential real estate and consumer loan portfolios at March 31, 2025 were partially offset by an increase in commercial loans. The Company’s commercial loan portfolio increased $14,182, or 2.7%, from year-end 2024. Contributing most to this increase were higher loan balances within the commercial real estate portfolio, which increased $7,992, or 2.1%, from year-end 2024.  At March 31, 2025, commercial real estate loans represented the largest segment of the Company’s total loan portfolio at 36.5%. The increase from year-end 2025 came primarily from new originations within the owner- and nonowner-occupied loan segments.

Commercial loans were also positively impacted by an increase in the commercial and industrial portfolio, which was up $6,190, or 3.9%, from year-end 2024. The growth was impacted by an increase in larger loan originations during the year. While management believes lending opportunities exist in the Company’s markets, future commercial lending activities will depend upon economic and other related conditions, such as general demand for loans in the Company’s primary markets, interest rates offered by the Company, and the effects of competitive pressure and normal underwriting considerations. Management will continue to place emphasis on its commercial lending, which generally yields a higher return on investment as compared to other types of loans.

Allowance for Credit Losses

The Company maintains an ACL that represents management’s best estimate of the appropriate level of losses and risks inherent in our applicable financial assets under the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model. The amount of the ACL should not be interpreted as an indication that charge-offs in future periods will necessarily occur in those amounts, or at all. The determination of the ACL involves a high degree of judgement and subjectivity. Please refer to Note 1 of the notes to the financial statements for discussion regarding our ACL methodologies for securities and loans.

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For AFS debt securities, the Company evaluates the securities at each measurement date to determine whether the decline in the fair value below the amortized costs basis is due to credit-related factors or noncredit-related factors. As of March 31, 2025, the Company determined that all AFS securities that experienced a decline in fair value below the amortized cost basis from year-end 2024 were due to non-credit related factors. Furthermore, the Company does not have the intent to sell any of these securities and believes that it is more likely than not that the Company will not have to sell any such securities before a recovery of cost. Therefore, no ACL was recorded, and no provision expense was recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

For HTM debt securities, the Company evaluates the securities collectively by major security type at each measurement date to determine expected credit losses based on issuer’s bond rating, historical loss, financial condition, and timely principal and interest payments. At March 31, 2025, a $1 ACL was recognized based on a .02% cumulative default rate taken from the S&P and Moody’s bond rating index. The $1 ACL for HTM debt securities was unchanged from December 31, 2024, resulting in no provision expense during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

For loans, the Company’s ACL is management’s estimate of expected lifetime credit losses, measured over the contractual life of a loan, that considers historical loss experience, current conditions, and forecasts of future economic conditions. The ACL on loans is established through a provision for credit losses recognized in earnings. The ACL on loans is reduced by charge-offs on loans and is increased by recoveries of amounts previously charged off. Management employs a process and methodology to estimate the ACL on loans that evaluates both quantitative and qualitative factors within two main components. The first component involves pooling loans into portfolio segments for loans that share similar risk characteristics. The second component involves individually analyzed loans that do not share similar risk characteristics with loans that are pooled into portfolio segments. The ACL for loans with similar risk characteristics are collectively evaluated for expected credit losses based on certain quantitative information that include historical loss rates, prepayment rates, and curtailment rates. Expected credit losses on loans with similar characteristics are also determined by certain qualitative factors that include national unemployment rates, national gross domestic product forecasts, changes in lending policy, quality of loan review, and delinquency status. The ACL for loans that do not share similar risk characteristics are individually evaluated for expected credit losses primarily based on foreclosure status and whether a loan is collateral dependent. Expected credit losses on individually evaluated loans are then determined using the present value of expected future cash flows based upon the loan’s original effective interest rate, at the loan’s observable market price, or if the loan was collateral dependent, at the fair value of the collateral.

As of March 31, 2025, the ACL for loans totaled $10,139, or 0.97%, of total loans. As of December 31, 2024, the ACL for loans totaled $10,088, or 0.95%, of total loans. All of the $51, or 0.5%, increase in the ACL came from loans collectively evaluated. The increase in ACL reserves was impacted primarily by a higher historical loss rate within the commercial real estate and commercial and industrial portfolios, partially offset by a lower historical loss rate within the consumer loan portfolio. At March 31, 2025, there were no specific reserves on loans being individually evaluated for impairment, the same as year-end 2024.

The Company experienced minimal change in their delinquency levels from year-end 2024. Nonperforming loans to total loans increased slightly to 0.48% at March 31, 2025, compared to 0.46% at December 31, 2024, while nonperforming assets to total assets remained unchanged at 0.33%. The increase in nonperforming loans to total loans resulted from a $124 increase in nonaccrual loans, coming mostly from the commercial and industrial and residential real estate loan portfolios.

Management believes that the ACL at March 31, 2025 was appropriate to absorb expected losses in the loan portfolio.  Changes in the circumstances of particular borrowers, as well as adverse developments in the economy, are factors that could change, and management will make adjustments to the ACL as needed. Asset quality will continue to remain a key focus of the Company as management continues to stress not just loan growth, but quality in loan underwriting.

Deposits
 
Deposits are used as part of the Company’s liquidity management strategy to meet obligations for depositor withdrawals, fund the borrowing needs of loan customers, and fund ongoing operations. Deposits continue to be the most significant source of funds used by the Company to support earning assets. Total deposits at March 31, 2025 increased $8,991, or 0.7%, from year-end 2024. This change in deposits came primarily from interest-bearing deposit balances, which were up by $10,510, or 1.1%, from year-end 2024, while noninterest-bearing deposits decreased $1,519, or 0.5%, from year-end 2024.
 
 

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The increase in interest-bearing deposits came primarily from savings and money market account balances, which increased $6,948, or 2.4%, from year-end 2024. The increase came primarily from savings accounts, which increased $6,590 from year-end 2024, impacted mostly by the Company’s statement savings account product. Money market account balances increased $358 from year-end 2024, impacted mostly by increases in the Company’s tiered money market product (Money Fund) that was introduced in 2023 and offers a higher rate on tiered deposit balances.
 
Further increases in interest-bearing deposits came from time deposit balances, which increased $6,136, or 1.6%, from year-end 2024. The increase came from retail time deposits, which increased $5,767 from year-end 2024. The surge in product rate increases on retail CDs continued to slow during 2025, which has limited the growth in time deposits from year-end 2024 compared to savings and money market deposits. The Company’s wholesale time deposits increased $369, or 0.6%, from year-end 2024.
 
Partially offsetting the increases in savings, money market and time deposit balances were lower interest-bearing NOW account balances, which decreased $2,574, or 0.9%, from year-end 2024. The decrease was largely from a $14,993 decrease in the Company’s municipal NOW account with the Treasurer in relation to the Homebuyer Plus program. Excluding this decrease in the Treasurer account balances, the Company would have experienced a $16,216 increase in its other municipal NOW product balances, particularly within the Gallia County, Ohio, and Mason County, West Virginia, market areas.
 
The decrease in noninterest-bearing demand deposits was primarily from the Company’s business and incentive-based checking account balances.
 
While facing increased competition for deposits in its market areas, the Company will continue to emphasize growth and retention in its core deposit relationships during the remainder of 2025, reflecting the Company’s efforts to reduce its reliance on higher cost funding and improve net interest income.
 
Other Borrowed Funds
 
Other borrowed funds were $38,440 at March 31, 2025, a decrease of $1,300, or 3.3%, from year-end 2024. The decrease was related to the scheduled principal amortization for applicable FHLB advances. While deposits continue to be the primary source of funding for growth in earning assets, management will continue to utilize FHLB advances and promissory notes to help manage interest rate sensitivity and liquidity.
 
Shareholders’ Equity
 
Total shareholders' equity at March 31, 2025 increased $5,387, or 3.6%, to finish at $155,715, as compared to $150,328 at December 31, 2024. This was primarily from quarterly net income and an increase in the fair value of AFS securities, partially offset by cash dividends paid. The after-tax increase in fair value on AFS securities totaled $2,018 from year-end 2024, as long-term market rates decreased during the first quarter of 2025, causing an increase in the fair value of AFS securities.
 
Comparison of Results of Operations
For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2025 and 2024

The following discussion focuses, in more detail, on the consolidated results of operations of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the interim consolidated financial statements and the notes included in this Form 10‑Q.
 
Net Interest Income
 
The most significant portion of the Company's revenue, net interest income, results from properly managing the spread between interest income on earning assets and interest expense incurred on interest-bearing liabilities. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, net interest income increased $1,950, or 17.4%, compared to the same period in 2024. The improvement during 2025 came from average earning asset growth and the net interest margin. The average growth was impacted by a composition shift into higher-yielding loans and securities, combined with a consumer shift to more lower-cost deposit sources that helped reduce the higher average costs paid on deposits and borrowings.


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Total interest and fee income recognized on the Company’s earning assets increased $2,116, or 12.0%, during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. The earnings growth was impacted by interest on loans, which increased $1,445, or 9.5%. This improvement was impacted by increases in both average loan balances and loan yields. Overall, average loans increased $68,219, or 7.0%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. Balance increases were mostly realized within the commercial and residential real estate loan portfolios due to higher commercial loan volume and a consumer preference for short-term, variable rate residential real estate loans. Loan revenue improvement also came from average loan yields increasing from 6.34% during the first quarter of 2024 to 6.53% during the first quarter of 2025. Loan yield increases were mostly impacted by the commercial and residential real estate loan portfolios.

Total interest on securities increased $1,264, or 137.5%, during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. The earnings growth was primarily from the purchase of $100,497 in U.S. Government securities during the third quarter of 2024 as part of the Company’s participation in the state’s Homebuyer Plus program. The securities were purchased at a weighted average yield of 4.7% with maturity terms ranging from 6 months to 18 months. The security purchases were used to collateralize $100,00 in public fund deposits received by the Treasurer as part of the program. This contributed to increases in average security balances, which were up $95,521 during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. While securities have grown in large part due to the security purchases from the Homebuyer Plus program, the Company has placed more emphasis on growing its higher-yielding loan portfolio during 2024 and 2025, utilizing proceeds from various maturities and repayments of securities to help fund loan growth. Earnings from securities were positively impacted by increases in the average yield on securities, impacted by the $100,497 purchase of U.S Government securities at a weighted average yield of 4.7% that was higher than the 3.17% average yield on the total securities portfolio at March 31, 2025.  Average security yields have also been positively impacted by the elevated market rate environment during 2024 that continued into 2025. As a result, average security yields increased 119 basis points to 3.17% during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024.

Total interest income from interest-bearing deposits with banks decreased $591 during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. This was largely from average balance decreases with the Company’s interest-bearing FRB clearing account, which decreased $27,503 during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. FRB clearing balances were used to assist in funding loan growth, which contributed to the average balance decrease of FRB funds during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the first quarter of 2024. Further impacting lower interest income from the FRB clearing account were short-term rate decreases during 2024. Between September and December 2024, the FRB took action to reduce the rate associated with the FRB clearing account by 100 basis points due to improvements in inflationary pressures. This action lowered the target federal funds rate to a range of 4.25% to 4.50%, which had a negative impact on the FRB clearing account’s interest earnings.

Total interest expense incurred on the Company’s interest-bearing liabilities increased $166 during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. Increases in interest expense were impacted by growth in the Company’s average interest-bearing deposits, which increased $125,662 during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. A large portion of this growth came from lower-costing NOW and savings account balances related to the Company’s participation in the Homebuyers Plus program. With the additions of the municipal NOW Treasurer account and new Home Sweet Home savings accounts during the second half of 2024, this contributed to an average balance increase of over $94,595 in interest-bearing deposits during the first quarter of 2025.  Average interest-bearing deposit growth also came from a $31,770 increase in the Company’s lower-costing tiered money market product (Money Fund).

The Company also experienced a $7,609 increase in its average time deposits during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. While the movement of higher time deposit balances had a corresponding impact to higher interest expense, the average cost associated with time deposits decreased during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. During 2023, rate offerings on retail CDs continued to adjust up as a result of market competition. The Company had offered various “short-term” CD rate specials with maturity terms of less than one year to attract and retain its core deposit funding during this time. Since then, product rates on retail CDs have decreased, which has allowed a large portion of those short-term retail CDs to renew at lower rates, or in some cases, be reinvested into lower-costing savings or money market accounts. Furthermore, the Company’s average wholesale funding balances decreased $20,172 during the first quarter of 2025, which included the use of brokered CDs (average cost of 4.70%) and FHLB advances (average cost of 4.05%). With the Company utilizing the growth in its lower-cost retail deposit sources to fund earning asset growth, the reliance on higher-cost wholesale deposits to fund asset growth decreased, which helped to limit the growth in interest expense during 2025. As a result of the rate repricings on retail CDs and the deposit shift into lower-cost funding sources, the Company’s total weighted average costs on interest-bearing liabilities decreased by 14 basis points from 2.15% at March 31, 2024 to 2.01% at March 31, 2025.


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The Company’s net interest margin is defined as fully tax-equivalent net interest income as a percentage of average earning assets. During 2025, the Company’s first quarter net interest margin increased to 3.85%, compared to 2024’s first quarter net interest margin of 3.61%. Positive contributions to margin growth came from a 10.9% increase in the Company’s average earning assets, mostly from higher-yielding loans and securities. The margin increase was also positively impacted by lower average costs associated with the Bank’s interest-bearing liabilities due to a deposit composition shift into more lower-cost NOW, savings, money market, and checking account deposits. Furthermore, the Company has benefited from its retail CDs repricing at lower product rates, while also relying less on wholesale funding sources. The Company’s primary focus is to invest its funds into higher yielding assets, particularly loans, as opportunities arise. However, if loan balances do not continue to expand and remain a larger component of overall earning assets, the Company will face pressure within its net interest income and margin improvement.

Provision for Credit Losses
 
Provision for credit losses is recorded to achieve an ACL that is adequate to absorb estimated losses inherent in the Company’s loan portfolio, unfunded loans, and HTM debt securities. Management performs, on a quarterly basis, a detailed analysis of the ACL that encompasses asset portfolio composition, asset quality, loss experience and other relevant economic factors. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company’s provision for credit losses expense totaled $416, a decrease of $335 when compared to $751 in provision expense during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

The decrease in credit loss expense came primarily from loans, which decreased by $381 during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. Provision expense on loans during 2025 was impacted primarily by decreases in loan balances generally allocated for during 2025. The risk associated with an $18,529 decrease in loans generated lower general reserves and a corresponding decrease to provision expense.

Provision expense on loans during 2025 was also impacted by lower reserves associated with the improvements of certain qualitative risk factors that included commercial real estate loan concentration risk, industry outlooks in farmland and agriculture, and delinquency levels associated within the consumer loan segment.

These decreasing effects to provision expense on loans were partially offset by the effects of higher net charge-offs and a higher historical loan loss factor that increased reserves primarily from a regression in GDP and unemployment projections from year-end 2024.

Credit loss expense during 2025 was also impacted by unfunded commitments on off-balance sheet liabilities, which increased $46 during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. During the first quarter of 2025, credit loss expense on unfunded commitments was reduced by $60, compared to a reduction of $106 in credit loss expense during first quarter of 2024. The impact came mostly from the commercial real estate construction segment.

Future provisions to the ACL will continue to be based on management’s quarterly in-depth evaluation that is discussed in further detail under the caption “Critical Accounting Estimates” within this Management’s Discussion and Analysis.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income decreased $50, or 1.4%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. The decrease came mostly from a decline in swap asset revenue (down $37) and tax preparation fees (down $11), while the remaining areas of noninterest income were down $2.


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Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expense increased $77, or 0.7%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. The Company’s largest noninterest expense, salaries and employee benefits, decreased $155, or 2.5%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. The expense decrease was largely from the Company’s full-time equivalent employee base being down nineteen employees from 271 at March 31, 2024 to 252 at March 31, 2025. Furthermore, insurance premium costs saw a decrease in the first quarter, also coinciding with a smaller full-time equivalent employee base. The primary reason for the decrease in employee base was due to the voluntary early retirement program that was implemented in 2024. The early retirement program was expected to reduce salary and employee benefit expense. Partially offsetting the expense savings from the early retirement program were annual merit increases.

Lower noninterest expense also came from software expense, which decreased $80 during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. Lower costs in this category were the direct result of timing differences with two large service agreements during the first quarter of 2024, totaling $76 in expense.

Completely offsetting the decreases in noninterest expense listed above were various increases in noninterest expense, including data processing fees, which increased $118 during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. Higher data processing fees were primarily related to debit and credit card processing due to higher transaction volume and conversion costs for the Company’s new reward platform.

Also contributing to higher noninterest expense was occupancy and equipment expenses, which increased $68 during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. Increases in this category came primarily from building repairs and maintenance on bank owned ATM’s.

Higher noninterest expense also came from marketing costs, which increased $54 during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. The increase was largely impacted by an increase in donation and advertising budgets for 2025.

The remaining noninterest expense categories increased $72, or 3.4%, during the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. The increase was mostly a result of higher FDIC insurance expenses (up $35), as well as a slight increase in professional fees (up $14).

Efficiency

The Company’s efficiency ratio is defined as noninterest expense as a percentage of fully tax-equivalent net interest income plus noninterest income. The effects from provision expense are excluded from the efficiency ratio. Management continues to place emphasis on managing its balance sheet mix and interest rate sensitivity as well as developing more innovative ways to generate noninterest revenue. Comparing the three months ended March 31, 2025 to the same period in 2024, the Company has benefited from an increase in average earning assets, primarily from higher-yielding loans and securities, a decrease in average costs on interest-bearing deposits, and a deposit composition shift from higher-costing time deposits to lower-costing savings, NOW, money market and checking account deposits. While noninterest revenue is below the prior year, earnings have benefited from cost savings in salaries and employee benefits that resulted from management’s implementation of a voluntary retirement program in 2024. This has helped to limit overhead expense to just a 0.7% increase over 2024. With a strong 17.4% increase in net interest income combined with minimal overhead expense pickup from 2024, the Company’s year-to-date efficiency number decreased (improved) to 63.95% during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to 71.47% during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

Provision for income taxes
 
The Company’s income tax provision increased $545 during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024.  The increase in tax expense was primarily associated with the 63.6% increase in operating income and an increase in the effective tax rate from 17.7% at March 31, 2024 to 20.6% at March 31, 2025. The effective rate increased primarily from lower tax-exempt earnings during the first quarter of 2025.


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Capital Resources

Federal regulators have classified and defined capital into the following components: (i) Tier 1 capital, which includes tangible shareholders’ equity for common stock, qualifying preferred stock and certain qualifying hybrid instruments, and (ii) Tier 2 capital, which includes a portion of the allowance for credit losses, certain qualifying long-term debt, preferred stock and hybrid instruments which do not qualify as Tier 1 capital.

In September 2019, consistent with Section 201 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, the federal banking agencies issued a final rule providing simplified capital requirements for certain community banking organizations (banks and holding companies). Under the rule, a qualifying community banking organization (“QCBO”) is eligible to opt into the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (“CBLR”) framework in lieu of the Basel III capital requirements if it has less than $10 billion in total consolidated assets, limited amounts of certain trading assets and liabilities, limited amounts of off-balance sheet exposure and a leverage ratio greater than 9.0%. The new rule took effect January 1, 2020, and QCBOs were allowed to opt into the new CBLR framework in their Call Report beginning the first quarter of 2020.

A QCBO opting into the CBLR framework must maintain a CBLR of 9.0%, subject to a two-quarter grace period to come back into compliance, provided that the QCBO maintains a leverage ratio of more than 8.0% during the grace period. A QCBO failing to satisfy these requirements must comply with the existing Basel III capital requirements as implemented by the banking regulators in July 2013.

The Bank opted into the CBLR, and, therefore, is not required to comply with the Basel III capital requirements. The numerator of the CBLR is Tier 1 capital, as calculated under present rules. The denominator of the CBLR is the QCBO’s average assets, calculated in accordance with the QCBO’s Call Report instructions and less assets deducted from Tier 1 capital. The current rules and Call Report instructions were impacted by the Company’s adoption of ASC 326 and its election to apply the 3-year CECL transition provision on January 1, 2023. By making this election, the Bank, in accordance with Section 301 of the regulatory capital rules, will increase it retained earnings (Tier 1 Capital) and average assets by 75% of its CECL transition amount during the first year of the transition period, 50% of its CECL transition amount during the second year, and 25% of its CECL transitional amount during the third year of the transition period. The Bank’s transition amount during year three of the transitional period totaled $2,276, which resulted in the add-back of $569 to both Tier 1 capital and average assets as part of the CBLR calculation for March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2025, the Bank’s CBLR was 10.13%.

Cash dividends paid by the Company were $1,037 during the first three months of 2025.  The year-to-date dividends paid totaled $0.22 per share.

Liquidity

Liquidity relates to the Company's ability to meet the cash demands and credit needs of its customers in the short and long-term and is provided by the ability to readily convert assets to cash and raise funds in the marketplace. The Company manages funding and liquidity based on point-in-time metrics as well as forward-looking projections, which incorporate different sources and uses of funds under base and stress scenarios. Liquidity risk is monitored and managed by the Bank’s Asset Liability Committee using a series of policy limits and key risk indicators, which are established to ensure risks are managed within the Company’s risk tolerance. The Company maintains a contingency funding plan that provides for liquidity stress testing, which assesses the liquidity needs under varying market conditions, time horizons and other events. The stress testing provides for ongoing monitoring of unused borrowing capacity and available sources of contingent liquidity to prepare for unexpected liquidity needs and to cover unanticipated events that could affect liquidity.

Total cash and cash equivalents, HTM securities maturing within one year, and AFS securities, which totaled $380,702, represented 25.2% of total assets at March 31, 2025 compared to $352,563 and 23.5% of total assets at December 31, 2024. This growth in liquid funds came primarily from a decrease in loans that was impacted by a large $31,473 paydown on the Bank’s warehouse line of credit extended to another mortgage lender. Liquid fund growth from year-end 2024 also came from an increase in net proceeds from maturities and paydowns of securities. Increases in deposits were largely impacted by growth in time, savings and money market deposits, which increased 1.9% from year-end 2024, partially offset by lower interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing demand deposits, which decreased 0.7%, from year-end 2024.


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In addition to the on-balance sheet liquidity discussed above, the Bank has established multiple sources of funding to further enhance the Bank’s ability to meet liquidity demands. The Bank has pledged collateral to the FHLB and the FRB to establish committed borrowing lines. At March 31, 2025, the Bank could borrow an additional $89,603 from the FHLB and the borrowing line with the FRB had availability of $50,738. For each of these sources, the Bank has established an internal limit of 85% of our borrowing capacity. In addition to the committed borrowing lines, the Bank has access to several wholesale funding sources, such as, brokered CDs, a $25 million federal funds purchase limit with two correspondent banks, and the ability to bid on available funds from select deposit placement services. The Bank has established limits for each respective funding source and a collective limit on all wholesale funding sources. The Bank’s internal limit on brokered CDs is 10% of total assets. At March 31, 2025, the amount of brokered CDs outstanding was 3.24% of total assets, as compared to 3.25% at December 31, 2024. At March 31, 2025, the Bank had utilized 52.62% of our FHLB capacity, an increase from 52.21% at December 31, 2024. The collective internal limit on all wholesale funding sources is 40% of total assets. At March 31, 2025, the Bank’s total wholesale funding sources represented 11.80% of total assets. Based on the collective internal wholesale funding limit, the Bank had the capacity to borrow an additional $423 million in wholesale funds and the available funding from the respective wholesale funding sources exceeded this amount, which provides the flexibility to utilize one source more than another due to pricing or availability.

As part of performing liquidity stress tests, the Bank monitors and evaluates the exposure to uninsured deposits. Of the Company’s $1,284,169 in total deposit balances at March 31, 2025, only 38.7%, or $497,388, were deemed uninsured as per the $250 FDIC threshold. A portion of these deposits are on behalf of public entity customers, which require the Bank to pledge securities or FHLB letters of credit to cover the amount of the deposit balance that is deemed uninsured. To the extent these deposits left the Bank, the level of unpledged securities and the borrowing capacity at the FHLB would increase or could be utilized to fund the deposit outflow. The sum of current on-balance sheet liquidity and available wholesale funding sources exceeded the balance of uninsured deposits at March 31, 2025. Included in on-balance sheet liquidity are AFS securities in an unrealized loss position. Although management does not intend to sell the securities before the recovery of its cost basis, they are a contingent resource from a liquidity perspective.

As our liquidity position dictates, the preceding funding sources may be utilized to supplement our liquidity position. If the utilization of wholesale funding increases to fund asset growth or for liquidity management purposes, the net interest margin may be negatively impacted due to the higher relative cost of these sources as compared to core deposits. For further cash flow information, see the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows. Management does not rely on any single source of liquidity and monitors the level of liquidity based on many factors affecting the Company’s financial condition.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As discussed in Note 5 – Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk, the Company engages in certain off-balance sheet credit-related activities, including commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit, which could require the Company to make cash payments in the event that specified future events occur. Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. While these commitments are necessary to meet the financing needs of the Company’s customers, many of these commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon. Therefore, the total amount of commitments does not necessarily represent future cash requirements.
Critical Accounting Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures requires management to use judgment and make estimates.  The Company evaluates such estimates on an ongoing basis.  By their nature, these judgments are subject to uncertainty.  We base our estimates on historical experience, current trends and other factors that we believe to be relevant and reasonable under the circumstances at the time the estimate was made.

We believe our estimates, assumptions, and judgments are reasonable in that they were based on information available when the estimates, assumptions and judgments were made.  However, because future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, actual results could differ materially from those implied by our assumptions and estimates.

The Company believes the determination of the ACL involves a higher degree of judgment and complexity than its other significant accounting policies. The ACL is calculated with the objective of maintaining a reserve level believed by management to be sufficient to absorb estimated credit losses over the life of an asset or off-balance sheet credit exposure. Management’s determination of the adequacy of the ACL is based on periodic evaluations of past events, including historical credit loss experience on financial assets with similar risk characteristics, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the remaining cash flows over the contractual term of the financial assets. However, this evaluation has subjective components requiring material estimates, including expected default probabilities, the expected loss given default, the amounts and timing of expected future cash flows on individually evaluated collateral dependent loans, and estimated losses based on historical loss experience and forecasted economic conditions. All of these factors may be susceptible to significant change. To the extent that actual results differ from management estimates, additional provisions for credit losses may be required that would adversely impact earnings in future periods. Refer to “Allowance for Credit Losses” and “Provision for Credit Losses” sections within this Management’s Discussion and Analysis for additional discussion.


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Concentration of Credit Risk
 
The Company maintains a diversified credit portfolio, with residential real estate loans currently comprising the most significant portion. Credit risk is primarily subject to loans made to businesses and individuals in southeastern Ohio and western West Virginia. Management believes this risk to be general in nature, as there are no material concentrations of loans to any industry or consumer group. To the extent possible, the Company diversifies its loan portfolio to limit credit risk by avoiding industry concentrations.

ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not applicable.

ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

With the participation of the President and Chief Executive Officer (the principal executive officer) and the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (the principal financial officer and principal accounting officer) of Ohio Valley, Ohio Valley’s management has evaluated the effectiveness of Ohio Valley’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of March 31, 2025. Based on that evaluation, Ohio Valley’s Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that Ohio Valley’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2025.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change in Ohio Valley’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a‑15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during Ohio Valley’s fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Ohio Valley’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The Company is involved in various claims and legal actions, as both plaintiff and defendant, arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company does not believe that any such proceedings, individually and in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on its business, financial position, results of operation or cash flows.

ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS

There are no material changes from the risk factors set forth under Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the 2024 Form 10-K.

ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Ohio Valley did not sell any unregistered equity securities during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Ohio Valley did not purchase any of its shares during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

ITEM 3.  DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
 
Not applicable.


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ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, no director or officer of the Company adopted, modified, or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.


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ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS

(a)  Exhibits:

Exhibit Number
 
         Exhibit Description
     
3.1
 
     
3.2
 
     
4.1
 
     
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# Attached as Exhibit 101 are the following documents formatted in XBRL (eXtensive Business Reporting Language): (i) Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income; (iii) Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; (iv) Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity; (v) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (vi) Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


     
OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
       
Date:
  May 15, 2025
By:
/s/Larry E. Miller, II
     
Larry E. Miller, II
     
President and Chief Executive Officer
       
Date:
  May 15, 2025
By:
/s/Scott W. Shockey
     
Scott W. Shockey
     
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


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