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The Community Financial Corporation Announces Record Fourth Quarter and Full Year Earnings for 2021
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Fourth Quarter 2021 Highlights

  • Record Net Income: Net income totaled $6.8 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, or $1.18 per diluted common share compared to net income of $6.1 million or $1.04 per diluted common share for the quarter ended December 31, 2020 and $6.4 million or $1.12 per diluted common share for the quarter ended September 30, 2021.

  • Continued Solid Profitability: Return on average assets ("ROAA") and return on average common equity ("ROACE") were 1.18% and 13.00% for the three months ended December 31, 2021 compared to 1.18% and 12.51% for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 1.17% and 12.45% for the three months ended September 30, 2021.

    Pre-tax, pre-provision ("PTPP") ROAA and PTPP ROACE remained strong at 1.57% and 17.31% for the quarter ended December 31, 2021 compared to 1.71% and 18.08% for the quarter ended December 31, 2020 and 1.57% and 16.65% for the quarter ended September 30, 2021.

  • Robust Portfolio Loan Growth: Gross portfolio loans increased to $1,578.9 million, an increase of $45.9 million or 12.0% annualized, compared to the prior quarter. Portfolio loans increased $74.7 million or 5.0% during the year ended December 31, 2021. The loan pipeline at December 31, 2021 was $160.0 million compared to $192.0 million at September 30, 2021.

  • Continued Growth of Core Deposits: Transaction deposits increased $63.8 million or 15.33% annualized during the fourth quarter of 2021. Overall transaction deposits increased $337.0 million or 24.21% from $1,391.7 million at December 31, 2020 to $1,728.7 million at December 31, 2021. The Bank increased noninterest-bearing accounts by $83.7 million to $445.8 million or 21.68% of deposits at December 31, 2021 from 20.74% of deposits at December 31, 2020.

  • Resumption of Stock Repurchases: On December 9, 2021, the Company announced its Board of Directors approved the resumption of repurchases allowed under the 2020 Stock Purchase Plan. The Company may repurchase the 99,450 shares remaining under the October 2020 stock repurchase plan using up to $4.0 million in the aggregate and up to $1.5 million in the aggregate on a quarterly basis. During the month of December 2021, the Company repurchased 8,737 shares at an average price of $38.34 per share.

  • Strong Asset Quality: Non-accrual loans, OREO and TDRs were $8.1 million or 0.35% of total assets at December 31, 2021 compared to $7.2 million or 0.31% of total assets and $21.9 million or 1.08% of total assets at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Classified assets decreased $17.2 million to $5.2 million at December 31, 2021 from $22.4 million at December 31, 2020. The Company had no COVID-19 deferred loans at December 31, 2021.

  • Common Dividend Increase: On November 30, 2021, the Company announced a 17% increase of its quarterly per share dividend from $0.15 to $0.175 for the fourth quarter dividend that was paid in the first quarter of 2022.