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United Bancorp, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings and Record Earnings for the Twelve Months Ending December 31, 2021
MARTINS FERRY, OH / ACCESSWIRE / February 2, 2022 / United Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBCP) reported diluted earnings per share of $0.41 for the three months ended
About this update from United Bancorp, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"MARTINS FERRY, OH / ACCESSWIRE / February 2, 2022 / United Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBCP) reported diluted earnings per share of $0.41 for the three months ended December 31, 2021. For the year ending December 31, 2021, UBCP reported diluted earnings per share of $1.62, an increase of 17%, and net income of $9,451,000, an increase of 19%, over the previous year, which are record levels for the Company.Randall M. Greenwood, Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer remarked, \"Even though our economy continues on its road to full recovery from the impact of the events that have occurred for the majority of the past two years, we are extremely pleased to report on our earnings performance for the fourth quarter and for the year. For the quarter ending December 31, 2021, our Company achieved solid net income and diluted earnings per share results of $2,456,000 and $0.41 as compared to $2,640,000 and $0.46, respectively, in the fourth quarter of 2020. For the year ending December 31, 2021, our Company produced net income of $9,451,000 and diluted earnings per share of $1.62, which were respective increases of $1,497,000, or 19%, and $0.23, or 17%, over the previous year. We are exceedingly proud to report these earnings levels, especially on our record earnings performance for the year 2021. Our Company achieved this level of earnings performance even though we only saw marginal growth in our loans outstanding and a fairly significant decline in our securities portfolio balance. As of December 31, 2021, gross loans were $454.4 million, which was an increase of $10.9 million, or 2.5%, over the previous year. In addition, average securities and other restricted stock was $135.3 million, which was a decrease of $32.1 million, or 19.2%, from the previous year. The marginal growth of our loan portfolio was highly reflective of the limited lending opportunities which, once again, confronted our industry over the course of the past year due to the lingering effect of economic challenges created by the pandemic. With that stated… our loan growth was in-line with the loan growth achieved by our peers. In addition, we once again experienced a decline in our average securities and other restricted stock. This decline was the result of either calls and prepayments of securities held within our investment portfolio or the sale of select municipal in...