Atrium Mortgage Investment Corporation Achieves Record Q2 Revenues - 12.9% Increase over Prior Year

July 20, 2017 5:00 PM EDT | Source: Atrium Mortgage Investment Corporation

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 20, 2017) - Atrium Mortgage Investment Corporation (TSX: AI) today released its unaudited financial results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2017.

Highlights for the quarter

  • Record revenues of $12.1 million, up 12.9% from prior year
  • Earnings of $6.8 million, up 5.7% from prior year
  • $0.23 basic and diluted earnings per share for the quarter
  • Portfolio of $573 million, up 7.1% from December 31, 2016
  • High quality mortgage portfolio
    • 81.2% of portfolio in first mortgages
    • 89.3% of portfolio is less than 75% loan to value
    • average loan-to-value is 60.3%

"Our second quarter had strong loan originations, but we also experienced a high level of repayments. The high level of repayments is a reflection of the quality of the mortgage portfolio. We continue to lend cautiously, with an overall loan-to-value ratio at its lowest level in many years," said Rob Goodall, CEO of Atrium.

Interested parties are invited to participate in a conference call with management on Friday, July 21, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. ET to discuss the results.

Results of operations

Atrium achieved solid results in the quarter, as its assets grew to $568.7 million. For the three months ended June 30, 2017, mortgage interest and fee revenue aggregated $12.1 million, an increase of 12.9% from the prior year. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, mortgage interest and fees revenue aggregated $24.0 million, an increase of 15.5% from the prior year.

Net earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2017 were $6.8 million, an increase of 5.7% from the prior year. Basic and diluted earnings per common share were $0.23, for the three months ended June 30, 2017, compared with $0.24 basic and diluted earnings per common share for the prior year. Net earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2017 were $14.0 million, an increase of 11.2% from the prior year. Basic and diluted earnings per common share were $0.47 for the six months ended June 30, 2017, compared with $0.47 basic and $0.46 diluted earnings per common share for the comparable period in the previous year.

The company had $568 million of mortgages receivable as at June 30, 2017, an increase of 1.0% from the prior quarter and 7.0% from the prior year end. During the quarter, $94.1 million of mortgages were advanced, and $89.5 million of mortgages were repaid. Repayments in the quarter represented the second-highest level in Atrium's 15-year history.

The weighted average interest rate on the mortgage portfolio decreased slightly to 8.42% at June 30, 2017, compared with 8.50% at December 31, 2016 and 8.60% at June 30, 2016.

Atrium declared a regular dividend of $0.0733 per share every month during 2017, a total of $0.44 for the year to date compared to $0.43 for the comparative period. Since listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2012, Atrium has increased its regular and bonus dividends every year:

YearRegular
dividend
Bonus
dividend
Total
dividends
paid
Earnings
per share
(basic)
2013$0.80$0.05$0.85$0.85
2014$0.82$0.07$0.89$0.91
2015$0.84$0.09$0.93$0.94
2016$0.86$0.10$0.96$0.97
2017$0.88to be determined

 

Interim Consolidated Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited, 000s, except per share amounts)

    Three months ended     Six months ended  
    June 30     June 30  
    2017     2016     2017     2016  
Revenue $  12,069   $  10,691   $  24,035   $  20,807  
Mortgage servicing and management fees   (1,292 )   (1,112 )   (2,584 )   (2,178 )
Other expenses   (303 )   (286 )   (588 )   (557 )
Provision for mortgage losses   (745 )   (319 )   (1,048 )   (619 )
Income before financing costs   9,729     8,974     19,815     17,453  
Financing costs   (2,927 )   (2,541 )   (5,855 )   (4,898 )
Earnings and total comprehensive income $  6,802   $  6,433   $  13,960   $  12,555  
                         
Basic earnings per share $  0.23   $  0.24   $  0.47   $  0.47  
Diluted earnings per share $  0.23   $  0.24   $  0.47   $  0.46  
                         
Dividends declared $  6,635   $  5,794   $  13,039   $  11,575  
Dividends declared per share $  0.22   $  0.215   $  0.44   $  0.43  
                         
Mortgages receivable, end of period $  567,895   $  500,974   $  567,895   $  500,974  
Total assets, end of period $  568,663   $  501,045   $  568,663   $  501,045  
Shareholders’ equity, end of period $  314,683   $  277,685   $  314,683   $  277,685  

 

Analysis of mortgage portfolio

    June 30, 2017     December 31, 2016  
          Outstanding     % of           Outstanding     % of  
Mortgage category   Number     amount     Portfolio     Number     amount     Portfolio  
(outstanding amounts in 000s)                                    
Low-rise residential   30   $  155,864     27.2%     30   $  135,701     25.4%  
House and apartment   95     104,672     18.3%     102     99,456     18.6%  
High-rise residential   7     49,036     8.6%     7     53,182     9.9%  
Construction   6     48,319     8.4%     8     49,345     9.2%  
Mid-rise residential   5     26,405     4.6%     5     28,787     5.4%  
Condominium corporation   15     3,059     0.5%     16     3,548     0.7%  
   Residential portfolio   158     387,355     67.6%     168     370,019     69.2%  
Commercial/mixed use   30     185,711     32.4%     29     165,231     30.8%  
   Mortgage portfolio   188     573,066     100.0%     197     535,250     100.0%  

 

    June 30, 2017  
                      Weighted     Weighted  
    Number of     Outstanding     Percentage     average     average  
Location of underlying property   mortgages     amount     outstanding     loan to value     interest rate  
(outstanding amounts in 000s)                              
Greater Toronto Area   132   $  355,323     62.0%     60.0%     8.46%  
Non-GTA Ontario   33     23,649     4.2%     65.0%     8.52%  
Saskatchewan   2     13,880     2.4%     100.0%     8.50%  
Alberta   7     25,947     4.5%     60.0%     9.52%  
British Columbia   14     154,267     26.9%     56.8%     8.11%  
    188   $  573,066     100.0%     60.3%     8.42%  
                               
    December 31, 2016  
                      Weighted     Weighted  
    Number of     Outstanding     Percentage     average     average  
Location of underlying property   mortgages     amount     outstanding     loan to value     interest rate  
(outstanding amounts in 000s)                              
Greater Toronto Area   148   $  350,026     65.4%     63.9%     8.47%  
Non-GTA Ontario   24     16,009     3.0%     65.4%     8.91%  
Saskatchewan   2     12,375     2.3%     97.1%     8.50%  
Alberta   11     37,032     6.9%     62.0%     9.24%  
British Columbia   12     119,808     22.4%     55.6%     8.27%  
    197   $  535,250     100.0%     62.7%     8.50%  

 

For further information on the financial results, and analysis of the company's mortgage portfolio in addition to that set out above, please refer to Atrium's unaudited interim financial statements and its management's discussion and analysis for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2017, available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, and on the company's website at www.atriummic.com.

Conference call

Interested parties are invited to participate in a conference call with management on Friday, July 21, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. ET to discuss the results. To participate or listen to the conference call live, please call 1 (888) 241-0551 or (647) 427-3415. For a replay of the conference call (available until August 3, 2017) please call 1 (855) 859-2056, Conference ID 19846572.

About Atrium

Canada's Premier Non-Bank Lender™

Atrium is a non-bank provider of residential and commercial mortgages that lends in major urban centres in Canada where the stability and liquidity of real estate are high. Atrium's objectives are to provide its shareholders with stable and secure dividends and preserve shareholders' equity by lending within conservative risk parameters.

Atrium is a Mortgage Investment Corporation (MIC) as defined in the Canada Income Tax Act, so is not taxed on income provided that its taxable income is paid to its shareholders in the form of dividends within 90 days after December 31 each year. Such dividends are generally treated by shareholders as interest income, so that each shareholder is in the same position as if the mortgage investments made by the company had been made directly by the shareholder.

For further information about Atrium, please refer to regulatory filings available at www.sedar.com or investor information on Atrium's website at www.atriummic.com.

For additional information, please contact

Robert G. Goodall
President and Chief Executive Officer

Jeffrey D. Sherman
Chief Financial Officer

(416) 867-1053
info@atriummic.com
www.atriummic.com

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