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Horizon Bancorp Announces Record Quarterly and Year-to-Date Earnings

Michigan City, Indiana (NASDAQ GS: HBNC) – Horizon Bancorp, Inc. (“Horizon” or the “Company”) today announced its unaudited financial results for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019. All share data has been adjusted to reflect Horizon’s three-for-two stock split effective June 15, 2018. 

 

SUMMARY:

  • Net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 was $20.5 million, or $0.46 diluted earnings per share, compared to $13.1 million, or $0.34 diluted earnings per share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2018. This represents the highest quarterly net income and diluted earnings per share in the Company’s history.
  • Core net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 increased 54.4% to $20.3 million, or $0.45 diluted earnings per share, compared to $13.2 million, or $0.34 diluted earnings per share, for the same period in 2018. This represents the highest quarterly core net income and core diluted earnings per share in the Company’s history. (See the “Non-GAAP Reconciliation of Net Income and Diluted Earnings per Share” table on page 4 for a description of the elements of core net income.)
  • Net income for the first nine months of 2019 was $48.0 million, or $1.11 diluted earnings per share, compared to $40.0 million, or $1.04 diluted earnings per share, for the first nine months of 2018. This represents the highest year-to-date net income and diluted earnings per share as of September 30th in the Company’s history.  
  • Core net income for the first nine months of 2019 was $52.1 million, or $1.21 diluted earnings per share, compared to $39.9 million, or $1.04 diluted earnings per share, for the first nine months of 2018. This represents the highest year-to-date core net income and core diluted earnings per share as of September 30th in the Company’s history. (See the “Non-GAAP Reconciliation of Net Income and Diluted Earnings per Share” table on page 4 for a description of the elements of core net income.)
  • Net interest margin for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 was 3.82% compared to 3.73% and 3.67% for the quarters ended June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. The increase in net interest margin from the second quarter of 2019 and third quarter of 2018 reflects an increase in the yield of interest-earning assets as loans continue to reprice upwards and a decrease in cost of borrowings, along with a stabilization in deposit pricing.
  • Core net interest margin for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 was 3.67% compared to 3.61% and 3.59% for the quarters ended June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. (See the “Non-GAAP Reconciliation of Net Interest Margin” table on page 5 for a description of the elements of core net interest margin.)
  • Return on average assets was 1.60% for the third quarter of 2019 compared to 1.26% for the third quarter of 2018. Return on average assets was 1.33% for both the first nine months of 2019 and 2018.
  • Core return on average assets for the third quarter of 2019 was 1.58% compared to 1.27% for the third quarter of 2018. Core return on average assets was 1.44% for the first nine months of 2019 compared to 1.32% for the first nine months of 2018. (See the “Non-GAAP Reconciliation of Return on Average Assets and Return on Average Common Equity” table on page 11 for the description of core return on average assets.)
  • Return on average equity was 12.72% for the third quarter of 2019 compared to 10.87% for the third quarter of 2018. Return on average equity was 10.88% for the first nine months of 2019 compared to 11.43% for the first nine months of 2018.
  • Core return on average equity for the third quarter of 2019 was 12.59% compared to 10.95% for the third quarter of 2018. Core return on average equity was 11.83% for the first nine months of 2019 compared to 11.41% for the first nine months of 2018. (See the “Non-GAAP Reconciliation of Return on Average Assets and Return on Average Common Equity” table on page 11 for the description of core return on average assets.)
  • Horizon’s tangible book value per share increased to $10.31 at September 30, 2019 compared to $9.91 and $9.04 at June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. This represents the highest tangible book value per share in the Company’s history.
  • On July 16, 2019, Horizon’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program for up to 2,250,000 shares of Horizon’s issued and outstanding common stock, no par value. As of September 30, 2019, Horizon had repurchased a total of 99,407 shares at an average price per share of $16.04.
  • Horizon consolidated its two Midland, Michigan full-service branches into one location on September 6, 2019.

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