The Southern Banc Company, Inc. Announces First Quarter Earnings

GADSDEN, Ala., Nov. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Southern Banc Company, Inc. SRNN, the holding company for The Southern Bank Company, formerly First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Gadsden, Alabama, announced a net income of approximately $176,000, or $0.23 per basic and diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, as compared to a net income of approximately $367,000, or $0.48 per basic and diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.

Gates Little, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company stated that the Company’s net interest income decreased approximately $95,000 or (5.06%) during the quarter as compared to the same period in 2023. For the three-months ended September 30, 2024, total interest income increased by approximately $536,000 or 23.65% as compared to the same period in 2023. Total interest expense increased approximately $256,000 or 65.79% for the three-months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023. During the three-months ended September 30, 2024, provisions for credit losses was approximately $373,000 compared to no provisions for the three-months ended September 30, 2023. For the quarter ended September 30, 2024, total non-interest income increased approximately by $3,000 or 2.10%, while total non-interest expense increased approximately by $167,000 or 10.93% as compared to the same three-month period in 2023. The increase in non-interest income was primarily attributable to increases in miscellaneous income of approximately $4,000 or 3.72% offset in part by a decrease in customer service fees of approximately $1,000 or (2.79%). The increase in non-interest expense was primarily attributable to increases in salaries and benefits of approximately $119,000 or 13.09%; occupancy expenses of approximately $8,000 or 9.26%, professional service expenses of approximately $74,000 or 58.41%, offset in part by decreases in other operating expenses of approximately $32,000 or (14.50%) and data processing expenses of approximately $2,000 or (1.60%).
        
The Company’s total assets at September 30, 2024 were $113.5 million, as compared to $113.0 million at June 30, 2024. Total stockholders’ equity was approximately $15.7 million at September 30, 2024, or 13.82% of total assets, as compared to approximately $14.5 million at June 30, 2024, or approximately 12.80% of total assets.

The Bank has four offices located in Gadsden, Albertville, Guntersville, and Centre, Alabama and a loan production office located in Birmingham, AL. The stock of The Southern Banc Company, Inc. trades in the over-the-counter market under the symbol “SRNN”.

Certain statements in this release contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “target,” “plan,” “project,” “continue,” or the negatives thereof, or other variations thereon or similar terminology, and are made on the basis of management’s plans and current analyses of the Company, its business and the industry as a whole. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, economic conditions, competition, interest rate sensitivity and exposure to regulatory and legislative changes. The above factors, in some cases, have affected, and in the future could affect the Company’s financial performance and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements, even if experience or future changes make it clear that any projected results expressed or implied therein will not be realized.

Contact: Gates Little                
(256) 543-3860