VERSABANK REPORTS SECOND QUARTER FISCAL 2024 RESULTS: 18% YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH IN THE BANK’S LOAN PORTFOLIO AND EPS

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All amounts are unaudited and in Canadian dollars and are based on financial statements prepared in compliance with International Accounting Standard 34 Interim Financial Reporting, unless otherwise noted. Our second quarter 2024 (“Q2 2024”) unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements for the period ended April 30, 2024 and Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”), are available online at www.versabank.com/investor-relations, SEDAR at www.sedarplus.ca and EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar. Supplementary Financial Information will also be available on our website at www.versabank.com/investor-relations.

LONDON, ON, June 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – VersaBank (“VersaBank” or the “Bank”) (TSX:VBNK) (NASDAQ:VBNK), a North American leader in business-to-business digital banking, as well as technology solutions for cybersecurity, today reported its results for the second quarter of fiscal 2024 ended April 30, 2024. All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated.

Consolidated and Segmented Financial Summary

(unaudited)

As at or for the three months ended

As at or for the six months ended

April 30

January 31

April 30

April 30

April 30

(thousands of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts)

2024

2024

Change

2023

Change

2024

2023

Change

Financial results

Total revenue

$       28,501

$       28,851

(1 %)

$       26,685

7 %

$       57,352

$       52,603

9 %

Cost of funds*

4.21 %

3.99 %

6 %

3.27 %

29 %

4.11 %

3.13 %

31 %

Net interest margin*

2.45 %

2.48 %

(1 %)

2.78 %

(12 %)

2.47 %

2.82 %

(12 %)

Net interest margin on loans*

2.52 %

2.63 %

(4 %)

2.99 %

(16 %)

2.61 %

3.02 %

(14 %)

Return on average common equity*

12.36 %

13.41 %

(8 %)

12.07 %

2 %

12.89 %

11.38 %

13 %

Net income 

11,828

12,699

(7 %)

10,263

15 %

24,527

19,680

25 %

Net income per common share basic and diluted

0.45

0.48

(6 %)

0.38

18 %

0.93

0.72

29 %

Balance sheet and capital ratios

Total assets

$   4,388,320

$   4,309,635

2 %

$   3,729,393

18 %

$   4,388,320

$   3,729,393

18 %

Book value per common share*

14.88

14.46

3 %

13.19

13 %

14.88

13.19

13 %

Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital ratio

11.63 %

11.39 %

2 %

11.21 %

4 %

11.63 %

11.21 %

4 %

Total capital ratio 

15.33 %

15.19 %

1 %

15.37 %

0 %

15.33 %

15.37 %

0 %

Leverage ratio

8.55 %

8.44 %

1 %

8.83 %

(3 %)

8.55 %

8.83 %

(3 %)

* See definitions under ‘Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures’ in the Q2 2024 Management’s Discussion and Analysis.

 

(thousands of Canadian dollars)

for the three months ended

April 30, 2024

January 31, 2024

April 30, 2023

Digital

DRTC

Eliminations/

Consolidated

Digital

DRTC

Eliminations/

Consolidated

Digital

DRTC

Eliminations/

Consolidated

Banking

Adjustments

Banking

Adjustments

Banking

Adjustments

Net interest income

$       26,242

$             –

$                –

$       26,242

$      26,568

$             –

$                –

$       26,568

$      24,609

$             –

$                –

$       24,609

Non-interest income

262

2,336

(339)

2,259

120

2,500

(337)

2,283

122

2,146

(192)

2,076

Total revenue

26,504

2,336

(339)

28,501

26,688

2,500

(337)

28,851

24,731

2,146

(192)

26,685

Provision for (recovery of) credit losses

16

16

(127)

(127)

237

237

26,488

2,336

(339)

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