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State Bank Financial (STBZ) in Atlanta reported a drop in quarterly earnings as income tied its past failed-bank deals fell.
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Fast-growing State Bank and Trust in Macon, Ga., has purchased substantially all of the assets of Altera Payroll, a payroll services company, to diversify its revenue stream.
October 16
Earnings at State Bank Financial (STBZ) in Atlanta rose 2.2% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, to $9.3 million.
Net interest income at the $2.6 billion-asset company increased half a percent from the fourth quarter of 2011, to $41.8 million. The net interest margin widened by six basis points, to 7.76%, year over year.
Noninterest income was $475,000, down from $18.8 million a year earlier, when the company recorded a $14.9 million gain on acquisitions.
Noninterest expense fell 8.8% from a year earlier, to $24.8 million. The efficiency ratio worsened to 58.57%, from 45.15% in the fourth quarter of 2011, after adjustments for taxes.
State Bank's loan book increased 41%, to $986 million, because of an uptick in lending for commercial and residential real estate.
The allowance for loan losses on non-covered loans increased 44.1% from a year earlier, to $14.7 million.
During the quarter State Bank
"I remain very pleased with how the State Bank team is executing in our two primary businesses: managing our acquired covered assets with the expiration of loss share firmly in mind, while concurrently building a dynamic banking franchise that will carry us into the future," Joe Evans, State Bank's chief executive, said in a news release. “Highlights for the quarter include successfully closing the Altera Payroll acquisition and continued solid growth in organic loans and transaction accounts."
