Finward Bancorp Announces Earnings for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2023

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Finward Bancorp (Nasdaq: FNWD) reported net income of $2.2 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, for Q1 2023, a slight increase from $2.1 million, or $0.53 per share, in the previous year. The bank's return on equity dropped to 6.42% from 12.96% year-over-year, and return on assets declined to 0.43% from 0.44%. Core deposits decreased by 5.5% to $1.3 billion, while certificate of deposit balances rose by 29.8% to $471.4 million. The net interest margin fell to 3.07% compared to 3.41% in Q1 2022, attributed to rising costs from the current interest rate environment. Asset quality showed mixed results, with non-performing loans increasing to $20.7 million, up 12.5% from the previous quarter. The Bancorp's tangible book value per share increased to $26.68 from $25.41, reflecting improved conditions in the bond market.

Positive

• Tangible book value per share increased to $26.68 from $25.41.
• Non-interest expense decreased by 9.1% from the prior quarter.

Negative

• Return on equity decreased to 6.42% from 12.96% year-over-year.
• Core deposits fell by 5.5%, indicating potential liquidity concerns.
• Net interest margin compressed to 3.07% from 3.41% year-over-year.

MUNSTER, Ind., April 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Finward Bancorp (Nasdaq: FNWD) (the “Bancorp”), the holding company for Peoples Bank (the “Bank”), today announced that net income available to common shareholders was $2.2 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to $2.1 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, for the corresponding prior year period. Selected performance metrics are as follows for the periods presented:

Finward Bancorp
Quarterly Financial Report
Performance Ratios					Quarter ended,
					(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)
					March 31,		December 31,		September 30,		June 30,		March 31,
					2023		2022		2022		2022		2022
Return on equity					6.42%		12.96%		13.65%		12.45%		5.01%
Return on assets					0.43%		0.78%		0.88%		0.85%		0.44%
Noninterest income / average assets					0.50%		0.56%		0.51%		0.56%		0.64%
Noninterest expense / average assets					2.75%		3.07%		2.90%		2.91%		3.33%
Efficiency ratio					82.35%		79.63%		74.54%		75.15%		87.10%

 “The first quarter of 2023 was the most challenging for the industry since the end of the great financial crisis. We experienced significant upheaval in the industry and had to react in order to ensure stability during a very uncertain time. Our response focused on our customers and ensuring liquidity on our balance sheet to give certainty to all of our customers, investors, and communities we serve. As the quarter closed, we ended with additional borrowings in order to maintain excess liquidity and saw a flow of deposit dollars from transaction accounts to higher priced deposit accounts. Ultimately, we were able to preserve our customer base, and believe that the deposit picture has stabilized since the events of March. Despite more growth in interest income, this led to net interest margin compression that has been felt across the industry,” said Benjamin Bochnowski, chief executive officer. “With so many external variables out of our control and impacting our business, we are focused internally on operations and expense management. Non-interest expense decreased by 9.1% from the prior quarter as a result. We also saw a decrease to our unrealized losses as bond prices improve, which benefitted tangible book value despite an impact from implementing the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) model.”

Highlights of the quarter include:

• Net interest margin: The net interest margin for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, was 3.07%, compared to 3.41% for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The tax-adjusted net interest margin (a non-GAAP measure) for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, was 3.23%, compared to 3.63% for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The decreased net interest margin is primarily the result of higher cost of funds resulting from the higher rate environment year over year. We anticipate the compression seen in the first quarter of the year to continue, unless target rates decrease, and our interest-bearing liabilities are able to be repriced at those lower rates. See Table 1 at the end of this press release for a reconciliation of the tax-adjusted net interest margin to the GAAP net interest margin.
• Funding: On March 31, 2023, core deposits totaled $1.3 billion, compared to $1.4 billion on December 31, 2022, a decrease of $77.2 million or 5.5%. Core deposits include checking, savings, and money market accounts and represented 73.9% of the Bancorp’s total deposits at March 31, 2023. During the first quarter of 2023, balances for checking and savings accounts decreased. On March 31, 2023, balances for certificates of deposit totaled $471.4 million, compared to $363.1 million on December 31, 2022, an increase of $108.3 million or 29.8%. The decrease in core deposits and increase in certificate of deposit balances is related to customer preferences for higher yielding deposits, higher cost of funds resulting from the higher rate environment year over year, along with efforts by the Bank to manage and maintain lower cost of deposits in the future. In addition, on March 31, 2023, borrowings and repurchase agreements totaled $128.4 million, compared to $135.5 million at December 31, 2022, a decrease of $7.1 million or 5.2%. The decrease in short-term borrowings was the result of cyclical inflows and outflows of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. As of March 31, 2023, 72% of our deposits are fully FDIC insured, and another 10% are further backed by the Indiana Public Deposit Insurance Fund. The Bancorp’s liquidity position remains strong with solid core deposit customer relationships, excess cash, debt securities, and access to diversified borrowing sources. The Bancorp has available liquidity of $918 million including borrowing capacity from the FHLB and Federal Reserve facilities and other sources.
• Unrealized losses on the securities portfolio: Accumulated other comprehensive losses were $55.9 million as of March 31, 2023, compared to $64.3 million on December 31, 2022, a decrease of $8.4 million or 13.1%. The yield on the securities portfolio improved to 2.39% for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, up from 2.02% for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The effective duration of the securities portfolio was 6.6 years as of March 31, 2023. Management continues to actively manage the securities portfolio and does not currently anticipate the need to realize losses from the securities portfolio, as losses are currently driven by the interest rate environment and management expects such losses to be fully recoverable. Further, it remains unlikely the Bancorp will be required to sell the investments in the portfolio before recovery of their amortized cost basis, which may be at maturity.
• Gain on sale of loans: Increases in mortgage rates have dampened demand and slowed the sale of fixed rate mortgage loans into the secondary market. As a result, gains from the sale of loans for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, totaled $263 thousand, down from $595 thousand for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Bancorp originated $8.3 million in new fixed rate mortgage loans for sale, compared to $15.7 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2022. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Bancorp originated $5.7 million in new mortgage loans retained in its portfolio, compared to $19.3 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2022. These retained loans are primarily construction loans and adjustable-rate loans with a fixed-rate period of 7 years or less, and the Bank continues to sell longer-duration fixed rate mortgages into the secondary market.
• Commercial lending: The Bancorp’s loan portfolio totaled $1.52 billion on March 31, 2023, compared to $1.51 billion on March 31, 2022, an increase of $7.5 million or 0.5%. The increase is primarily the result of organic loan portfolio growth. During the first quarter of 2023 the Bancorp originated $63.7 million in new commercial loans, compared to $98.0 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The loan portfolio represents 78.8% of earning assets and is comprised of 62.7% commercial related credits.
• Asset quality: At March 31, 2023, the allowance for credit losses (ACL) totaled $19.6 million and is considered adequate by management. For the quarter ended March 31, 2023, charge-offs, net of recoveries, totaled $4 thousand. The allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total loans was 1.29% at March 31, 2023, and the allowance for credit losses as a percentage of non-performing loans, or coverage ratio, was 94.6% at March 31, 2023. As a result of the Bancorp’s implementation of the Current Expected Credit Losses (ASU No. 2016-13) accounting method beginning with the first quarter of 2023, an implementation entry of $5.7 million was made increasing the ACL by $5.1 million and unfunded commitment liability of $546 thousand, in addition $1.0 million of non-accretable credit loan discounts on purchase credit impaired loans now classified as purchase credit deteriorated were reallocated to the ACL increasing the ACL. At March 31, 2023, non-performing loans totaled $20.7 million, compared to $18.4 million at December 31, 2022, an increase of $2.3 million or 12.5%. The Bancorp’s ratio of non-performing loans to total loans was 1.36% at March 31, 2023, compared to 1.21% at December 31, 2022. The Bancorp’s ratio of non-performing assets to total assets was 1.04% at March 31, 2023, compared to 0.94% at December 31, 2022.
• Optimizing the banking center footprint: During the first quarter, the Bank was able to sell a branch held for sale, resulting in a gain of $231 thousand for the period. Each branch closure and sale is expected to result in approximately $250 thousand in operational expense reduction, excluding personnel expenses. The Bank’s remaining 26 locations are being analyzed for footprint optimization opportunities, with additional locations showing the potential for reducing operating overhead over the next 12 months. These efforts are reducing fixed costs and allowing for redeployment of a portion of occupancy expenses into building a digital-forward foundation to better meet the needs of the customers and communities the Bancorp serves. On April 18, 2023, subsequent to first quarter-end reporting, the Bank was able to sell a branch held for sale for a gain of $45 thousand and resulting in two branches remaining held for sale as of the date of this release.
• Personnel: A headcount freeze, and attrition plan remains in place, and has netted a reduction of 9 full time equivalents, or 3%, during the quarter ended March 31, 2023.
• Capital Adequacy: As of March 31, 2023, the Bank’s tier 1 capital to adjusted average assets ratio totaled 7.7%, and under all regulatory capital requirements, continues to be considered well capitalized. The Bancorp’s tangible book value per share was $26.68 at March 31, 2023, up from $25.41 as of December 31, 2022 (a non-GAAP measure). Tangible common equity to total assets was 5.47% at March 31, 2023, up from 5.27% as of December 31, 2022 (a non-GAAP measure). The increase is due to recoveries of accumulated other comprehensive losses from the unrealized loss position on the securities portfolio as noted above. Excluding accumulated other comprehensive losses, tangible book value per share decreased to $39.67 as of March 31, 2023, from $40.36 as of December 31, 2022 (a non-GAAP measure). The decrease is related to the impact of the adoption of ASU No. 2016-13 reducing retained earnings by $4.2 million and dividends of $1.3 million. See Table 1 at the end of this press release for a reconciliation of the tangible book value per share, tangible book value per share adjusted for accumulated other losses, tangible capital as a percentage of tangible assets, and tangible capital as a percentage of tangible assets adjusted for accumulated other comprehensive losses to the related GAAP ratios.
  

Disclosures Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Reported amounts are presented in accordance with GAAP. In this press release the Bancorp also is providing certain financial measures that are identified as non-GAAP. The Bancorp’s management believes that the non-GAAP information, which consists of tangible common equity, tangible common equity/total assets, adjusted net interest margin, and efficiency ratio, which can vary from period to period, provides a better comparison of period to period operating performance. Additionally, the Bancorp believes this information is utilized by regulators and market analysts to evaluate a company’s financial condition and, therefore, such information is useful to investors. These disclosures should not be viewed as a substitute for financial results in accordance with GAAP, nor are they necessarily comparable to non-GAAP performance measures which may be presented by other companies. Refer to Table 1 – Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures at the end of this document for a reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures identified herein and their most comparable GAAP measures.

About Finward Bancorp
Finward Bancorp is a locally managed and independent financial holding company headquartered in Munster, Indiana, whose activities are primarily limited to holding the stock of Peoples Bank. Peoples Bank provides a wide range of personal, business, electronic and wealth management financial services from its 26 locations in Lake and Porter Counties in Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland. Finward Bancorp’s common stock is quoted on The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC under the symbol FNWD. The website ibankpeoples.com provides information on Peoples Bank’s products and services, and Finward Bancorp’s investor relations.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding the financial performance, business prospects, growth and operating strategies of the Bancorp. For these statements, the Bancorp claims the protections of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this communication should be considered in conjunction with the other information available about the Bancorp, including the information in the filings the Bancorp makes with the SEC. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations or forecasts of future events and are not guarantees of future performance. The forward-looking statements are based on management’s expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by using words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “will” and similar expressions in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance.

Although management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially include: difficulties and delays in integrating Finward’s and Royal’s businesses or fully realizing cost savings and other benefits; business disruption following the merger; changes in asset quality and credit risk; the inability to sustain revenue and earnings growth; changes in interest rates, market liquidity, and capital markets, as well as the magnitude of such changes, which may reduce net interest margins; inflation; further deterioration in the market value of securities held in the Bancorp’s investment securities portfolio, whether as a result of macroeconomic factors or otherwise; customer acceptance of the Bancorp’s products and services; customer borrowing, repayment, investment, and deposit practices; customer disintermediation; the introduction, withdrawal, success, and timing of business initiatives; competitive conditions; the inability to realize cost savings or revenues or to implement integration plans and other consequences associated with mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; economic conditions; and the impact, extent, and timing of technological changes, capital management activities, and other actions of the Federal Reserve Board and legislative and regulatory actions and reforms. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements are discussed in Finward’s reports (such as the Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K) filed with the SEC and available at the SEC’s Internet website (www.sec.gov). All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning matters attributable to Finward or any person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Except as required by law, Finward does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statement is made.

In addition to the above factors, we also caution that the actual amounts and timing of any future common stock dividends or share repurchases will be subject to various factors, including our capital position, financial performance, capital impacts of strategic initiatives, market conditions, and regulatory and accounting considerations, as well as any other factors that our Board of Directors deems relevant in making such a determination. Therefore, there can be no assurance that we will repurchase shares or pay any dividends to holders of our common stock, or as to the amount of any such repurchases or dividends.

Finward Bancorp

Quarterly Financial Report

Performance Ratios		Quarter ended,
		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)
		March 31,		December 31,		September 30,		June 30,		March 31,
		2023		2022		2022		2022		2022
Return on equity		6.42%		12.96%		13.65%		12.45%		5.01%
Return on assets		0.43%		0.78%		0.88%		0.85%		0.44%
Yield on loans		4.67%		4.66%		4.34%		4.18%		4.17%
Yield on security investments		2.39%		2.44%		2.30%		2.23%		2.02%
Total yield on earning assets		4.22%		4.21%		3.88%		3.68%		3.49%
Cost of deposits		0.92%		0.45%		0.19%		0.08%		0.08%
Cost of repurchase agreements		2.65%		2.06%		0.98%		0.46%		0.33%
Cost of borrowed funds		4.74%		5.19%		2.52%		1.10%		0.39%
Total cost of funds		1.15%		0.65%		0.22%		0.09%		0.08%
Noninterest income / average assets		0.50%		0.56%		0.51%		0.56%		0.64%
Noninterest expense / average assets		2.75%		3.07%		2.90%		2.91%		3.33%
Net noninterest margin / average assets		-2.25%		-2.52%		-2.39%		-2.36%		-2.68%
Efficiency ratio		82.35%		79.63%		74.54%		75.15%		87.10%
Effective tax rate		12.53%		1.12%		11.14%		11.70%		11.41%
Non-performing assets to total assets		1.04%		0.94%		0.58%		0.53%		0.47%
Non-performing loans to total loans		1.36%		1.21%		0.73%		0.68%		0.62%
Allowance for credit losses to non-performing loans		94.63%		70.18%		122.64%		133.78%		150.28%
Allowance for credit losses to loans outstanding		1.29%		0.85%		0.89%		0.91%		0.93%
Foreclosed real estate to total assets		0.00%		0.00%		0.00%		0.00%		0.00%
Basic earnings per share		$0.52		$0.93		$1.07		$1.04		$0.53
Diluted earnings per share		$0.51		$0.93		$1.07		$1.04		$0.53
Net worth / total assets		6.75%		6.59%		5.75%		6.50%		7.51%
Book value per share		$32.91		$31.73		$27.46		$31.80		$36.71
Closing stock price		$29.10		$36.20		$34.01		$37.49		$46.21
Price per earnings per share		$14.10		$9.70		$7.92		$8.97		$21.76
Dividend declared per common share		$0.31		$0.31		$0.31		$0.31		$0.31

Non-GAAP Performance Ratios		Quarter ended,
		(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)
		March 31,				December 31,				September 30,				June 30,				March 31,
		2023				2022				2022				2022				2022
Net interest margin - tax equivalent			3.23%				3.73%				3.84%				3.78%				3.63%
Tangible book value per diluted share		$26.68				$25.41				$20.99				$25.24				$30.01
Tangible book value per diluted share adjusted for AOCI		$39.67				$40.36				$39.57				$38.69				$37.80
Tangible common equity to total assets			5.47%				5.27%				4.39%				5.16%				6.14%
Tangible common equity to total assets adjusted for AOCI			8.14%				8.38%				8.28%				7.91%				7.74%

Quarter Ended
(Dollars in thousands)		Average Balances, Interest, and Rates
(unaudited)		March 31, 2023												March 31, 2022
		Average Balance				Interest				Rate (%)				Average Balance				Interest				Rate (%)
ASSETS
Interest bearing deposits in other financial institutions		$	15,200			$	183				4.82			$	22,295			$	8				0.14
Federal funds sold			836				8				3.83				8,015				-				-
Certificates of deposit in other financial institutions			2,455				16				2.61				1,725				3				0.70
Securities available-for-sale			373,548				2,234				2.39				510,119				2,575				2.02
Loans receivable			1,510,061				17,626				4.67				1,274,407				13,286				4.17
Federal Home Loan Bank stock			6,547				69				4.22				4,027				22				2.19
Total interest earning assets			1,908,647			$	20,136				4.22				1,820,588			$	15,894				3.49
Cash and non-interest bearing deposits in other financial institutions			15,821												20,183
Allowance for credit losses			(13,157	)											(13,367	)
Other noninterest bearing assets			155,944												127,943
Total assets		$	2,067,255											$	1,955,347
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Total deposits		$	1,777,813			$	4,087				0.92			$	1,737,620			$	337				0.08
Repurchase agreements			18,270				121				2.65				19,390				16				0.33
Borrowed funds			106,406				1,260				4.74				6,091				6				0.39
Total interest bearing liabilities			1,902,489			$	5,468				1.15				1,763,101			$	359				0.08
Other noninterest bearing liabilities			25,198												21,872
Total liabilities			1,927,687												1,784,973
Total stockholders' equity			139,568												170,374
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$	2,067,255											$	1,955,347
Return on average assets			0.43%												0.44%
Return on average equity			6.42%												5.01%
Net interest margin (average earning assets)			3.07%			$	14,668								3.41%			$	15,535
Net interest margin (average earning assets) - tax equivalent			3.23%												3.63%
Net intrest spread			3.07%												3.41%
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest-bearing liabilities		1.00x												1.03x

Finward Bancorp

Quarterly Financial Report

Balance Sheet Data
(Dollars in thousands)		(Unaudited)								(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)
		March 31,				December 31,				September 30,				June 30,				March 31,
		2023				2022				2022				2022				2022
Total assets		$	2,097,926			$	2,070,339			$	2,052,986			$	2,101,485			$	2,097,845
Cash & cash equivalents			54,781				31,282				38,296				79,302				54,501
Certificates of deposit in other financial institutions			2,452				2,456				2,214				1,482				1,731
Securities - available for sale			377,901				370,896				359,035				400,466				464,320
Loans receivable:
Commercial real estate		$	484,564			$	486,431			$	452,852			$	420,735			$	408,375
Residential real estate			476,899				484,595				471,565				459,151				444,753
Commercial business			100,652				93,278				95,372				103,649				112,396
Construction and land development			116,308				108,926				134,301				153,422				150,810
Multifamily			252,633				251,014				258,377				248,495				234,267
Home equity			39,877				38,978				37,578				35,672				34,284
Manufactured homes			34,027				34,882				35,866				37,693				38,636
Government			10,646				9,549				9,649				8,081				8,176
Consumer			723				918				827				1,673				924
Total loans		$	1,516,329			$	1,508,571			$	1,496,387			$	1,468,571			$	1,432,621
Deposits:
Core deposits:
Noninterest bearing checking		$	330,057			$	359,092			$	386,137			$	370,567			$	380,515
Interest bearing checking			363,237				396,285				422,559				384,689				350,825
Savings			365,176				402,365				427,505				436,203				425,634
Money market			276,236				254,157				269,110				327,360				307,850
Total core deposits			1,334,706				1,411,899				1,505,311				1,518,819				1,464,824
Certificates of deposit			471,404				363,118				327,653				398,396				430,387
Total deposits		$	1,806,110			$	1,775,017			$	1,832,964			$	1,917,215			$	1,895,211
Borrowings and repurchase agreements		$	128,423			$	135,503			$	78,140			$	24,536			$	23,244
Stockholder's equity			141,632				136,393				118,023				136,654				157,637

Finward Bancorp

Quarterly Financial Report

Consolidated Statements of Income		Quarter ended,
(Dollars in thousands)		(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)
		March 31,				December 31,				September 30,				June 30,				March 31,
		2023				2022				2022				2022				2022
Interest income:
Loans		$	17,626			$	17,504			$	16,122			$	15,221			$	13,286
Securities & short-term investments			2,510				2,358				2,417				2,519				2,608
Total interest income			20,136				19,862				18,539				17,740				15,894
Interest expense:
Deposits			4,087				2,007				871				389				337
Borrowings			1,381				1,046				161				53				22
Total interest expense			5,468				3,053				1,032				442				359
Net interest income			14,668				16,809				17,507				17,298				15,535
Provision for credit losses			488				-				-				-				-
Net interest income after provision for loan losses			14,180				16,809				17,507				17,298				15,535
Noninterest income:
Fees and service charges			1,311				1,823				1,570				1,560				1,304
Wealth management operations			614				523				407				588				595
Gain on sale of loans held-for-sale, net			263				126				344				291				607
Increase in cash value of bank owned life insurance			179				182				183				193				252
Gain on sale of securities, net			-				-				23				258				381
Gain on sale of foreclosed real estate, net			-				16				-				-				-
Other			241				169				103				6				5
Total noninterest income			2,608				2,839				2,630				2,896				3,144
Noninterest expense:
Compensation and benefits			7,538				6,587				7,498				7,538				7,367
Occupancy and equipment			1,690				1,752				1,804				1,729				1,500
Data processing			973				1,238				1,212				1,246				3,054
Federal deposit insurance premiums			465				279				350				380				219
Marketing			255				284				587				385				651
Impairment charge on assets held for sale			-				1,232				-				-				-
Net loss recognized on sale of premises and equipment			-				49				254				-				-
Other			3,306				4,224				3,305				3,898				3,478
Total noninterest expense			14,227				15,645				15,010				15,176				16,269
Income before income taxes			2,561				4,003				5,127				5,018				2,410
Income tax expenses			321				45				571				587				275
Net income		$	2,240			$	3,958			$	4,556			$	4,431			$	2,135

Finward Bancorp

Quarterly Financial Report

Asset Quality		(Unaudited)								(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)		March 31,				December 31,				September 30,				June 30,				March 31,
		2023				2022				2022				2022				2022
Nonaccruing loans		$	19,801			$	18,128			$	8,943			$	8,813			$	8,414
Accruing loans delinquent more than 90 days			878				248				1,982				1,208				494
Securities in non-accrual			1,017				1,048				1,027				1,030				972
Foreclosed real estate			64				-				-				-				-
Total nonperforming assets		$	21,760			$	19,424			$	11,952			$	11,051			$	9,880
Allowance for credit losses (ACL):
ACL specific allowances for impaired loans		$	1,075			$	338			$	749			$	731			$	716
ACL general allowances for loan portfolio			18,493				12,559				12,649				12,675				12,671
Total ACL		$	19,568			$	12,897			$	13,398			$	13,406			$	13,387
Troubled Debt Restructurings:
Nonaccruing troubled debt restructurings, non-compliant (1) (2)		$	244			$	343			$	452			$	308			$	300
Nonaccruing troubled debt restructurings, compliant (2)			1,038				815				542				657				265
Accruing troubled debt restructurings			3,197				2,753				3,480				1,484				1,379
Total troubled debt restructurings		$	4,479			$	3,911			$	4,474			$	2,449			$	1,944

(1) "non-compliant" refers to not being within the guidelines of the restructuring agreement

(2) included in nonaccruing loan balances presented above

		(Unaudited)
		March 31,			Required
		2023			To Be Well
		Actual Ratio			Capitalized
Capital Adequacy Bank
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets		10.0%			6.5%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets		10.0%			8.0%
Total capital to risk-weighted assets		11.0%			10.0%
Tier 1 capital to adjusted average assets		7.7%			5.0%

	Table 1 - Reconciliation of the Non-GAAP Performance Measures
	(Dollars in thousands)		Quarter Ended
	(unaudited)		March 31, 2023				December 31, 2022				September 30, 2022				June 30, 2022				March 31, 2022
	Calculation of tangible common equity
	Total stockholder's equity		$	141,632			$	136,393			$	118,023			$	136,654			$	157,637
	Goodwill			(22,395	)			(22,395	)			(22,615	)			(22,615	)			(22,774	)
	Other intangibles			(4,402	)			(4,794	)			(5,188	)			(5,588	)			(5,998	)
(A)	Tangible common equity		$	114,835			$	109,204			$	90,220			$	108,451			$	128,865
	Calculation of tangible common equity adjusted for accumulated other comprehensive loss (income)
(A)	Tangible common equity		$	114,835			$	109,204			$	90,220			$	108,451			$	128,865
	Accumulated other comprehensive loss (income)			55,895				64,300				79,839				57,781				33,462
(B)	Tangible common equity adjusted for accumulated other comprehensive loss (income)		$	170,730			$	173,504			$	170,059			$	166,232			$	162,327
	Calculation of tangible book value per share
(A)	Tangible common equity		$	114,835			$	109,204			$	90,220			$	108,451			$	128,865
	Shares outstanding			4,304,026				4,298,401				4,297,900				4,296,949				4,294,136
	Tangible book value per diluted share		$	26.68			$	25.41			$	20.99			$	25.24			$	30.01
	Calculation of tangible book value per diluted share adjusted for accumulated other comprehensive loss (income)
(B)	Tangible common equity adjusted for accumulated other comprehensive loss (income)		$	170,730			$	173,504			$	170,059			$	166,232			$	162,327
	Diluted average common shares outstanding			4,304,026				4,298,401				4,297,900				4,296,949				4,294,136
	Tangible book value per diluted share adjusted for accumulated other comprehensive loss (income)		$	39.67			$	40.36			$	39.57			$	38.69			$	37.80
	Calculation of tangible common equity to total assets
(A)	Tangible common equity		$	114,835			$	109,204			$	90,220			$	108,451			$	128,865
	Total assets			2,097,926				2,070,339				2,052,986				2,101,485				2,097,845
	Tangible common equity to total assets			5.47%				5.27%				4.39%				5.16%				6.14%
	Calculation of tangible common equity to total assets
(B)	Tangible common equity adjusted for accumulated other comprehensive loss (income)		$	170,730			$	173,504			$	170,059			$	166,232			$	162,327
	Total assets			2,097,926				2,070,339				2,052,986				2,101,485				2,097,845
	Tangible common equity to total assets adjusted for accumulated other comprehensive loss (income)			8.14%				8.38%				8.28%				7.91%				7.74%
	Calculation of tax adjusted net interest margin
	Net interest income		$	14,668			$	16,809			$	17,507			$	17,298			$	15,535
	Tax adjusted interest on securities and loans			756				791				817				930				966
	Adjusted net interest income			15,424				17,600				18,324				18,228				16,501
	Total average earning assets			1,908,647				1,886,596				1,910,722				1,927,664				1,820,588
	Tax adjusted net interest margin			3.23%				3.73%				3.84%				3.78%				3.63%
	Efficiency ratio
	Total non-interest expense		$	14,227			$	15,645			$	15,010			$	15,176			$	16,269
	Total revenue			17,276				19,648				20,137				20,194				18,679
	Efficiency ratio			82.35%				79.63%				74.54%				75.15%				87.10%

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FAQ

What were Finward Bancorp's earnings for Q1 2023?

Finward Bancorp reported net income of $2.2 million, or $0.51 per diluted share.

How did the return on equity change for Finward Bancorp?

The return on equity decreased to 6.42% in Q1 2023 from 12.96% in the prior year.

What is the status of core deposits at Finward Bancorp as of March 31, 2023?

Core deposits totaled $1.3 billion, a decrease of 5.5% from the previous quarter.

What is the current net interest margin for Finward Bancorp?

The net interest margin for Q1 2023 was 3.07%, down from 3.41% the previous year.

Did Finward Bancorp experience any changes in loan quality?

Yes, non-performing loans increased to $20.7 million, a 12.5% rise from December 31, 2022.