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TriCo Bancshares Announces Quarterly Results
CHICO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ: TCBK) (the “Company”), parent company of Tri Counties Bank, today announced net income of

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[{"type":"text","content":" CHICO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nTriCo Bancshares (NASDAQ: TCBK) (the “Company”), parent company of Tri Counties Bank, today announced net income of $27,422,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, compared to $28,362,000 during the trailing quarter ended June 30, 2021 and $17,606,000 during the quarter ended September 30, 2020. Diluted earnings per share were $0.92 for the third quarter of 2021, compared to $0.95 for the second quarter of 2021 and $0.59 for the third quarter of 2020.\n\nFinancial Highlights\n\nPerformance highlights and other developments for the Company as of or for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 included the following:\n\n\nFor the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company’s return on average assets was 1.30% and 1.48%, respectively, and the return on average equity was 11.02% and 12.42%, respectively.\n\n\nOrganic loan growth, excluding PPP, totaled $30.7 million (2.6% annualized) for the current quarter and $335.7 million (7.6%) for the trailing twelve-month period.\n\n\nFor the current quarter, net interest margin was 3.50% on a tax equivalent basis as compared to 3.72% in the quarter ended September 30, 2020, and a decrease of 8 basis points from 3.58% in the trailing quarter.\n\n\nThe efficiency ratio was 52.87% for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, as compared to 59.59% for the same period of the prior year.\n\n\nAs of September 30, 2021, the Company reported total loans, total assets and total deposits of $4.89 billion, $8.46 billion and $7.24 billion, respectively. As a direct result of significant deposit growth in the last year, the loan to deposit ratio was 67.54% as of September 30, 2021, as compared to 73.21% at December 31, 2020 and 76.12% at September 30, 2020.\n\n\nThe average rate of interest paid on deposits, including non-interest-bearing deposits, remained at 0.05% for the third quarter of 2021 as compared with 0.05% for the trailing quarter, and decreased by 4 basis points from the average rate paid of 0.09% during the same quarter of the prior year.\n\n\nThe balance of PPP loans outstanding at September 30, 2021 totaled $157.5 million and the balance of SBA fees remaining to be accreted totaled $6.0 million. Approximately 98% of all round one and 25% of all round two PPP loans have been forgiven and repaid by the SBA.\n\n\nNoninterest ...