Community Bancorp. Reports First Quarter 2026 Earnings (Form 8-K)

Community Bancorp. Reports First Quarter 2026 Earnings

Derby, VT: April 21, 2026 --- Community Bancorp. (NASDAQ:CMTV), the parent company of Community National Bank (the "Bank"), reported consolidated earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026, of $4.4 million or $0.78 per share, an increase of $843,645 or 23.93% compared to $3.5 million or $0.62 per share reported for the first quarter of 2025.

First Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

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Total assets for the Company at March 31, 2026, were $1.24 billion, a decrease of $52.3 million from year end 2025, but $47 million or 3.99% higher compared to $1.12 billion as of March 31, 2025. Contributing to the Company's year-over-year growth in assets was growth in the Company's gross loan portfolio of $43.6 million, or 4.64%, compared to the 2025 period. Deposit balances increased $38 million, or 3.89%, compared to the same period in 2025 The year-over-year loan growth was primarily funded by a combination of cash, maturities of securities, as well as an increase in core and brokered deposits.

The Company's securities portfolio totaled $138 million as of March 31, 2026, a 4.67% decrease compared to $145 million as of December 31, 2025. As stated above, the cashflow from maturing securities was used to fund loan growth during the year. The portfolio is classified as available-for-sale and is required to be reported at fair market value with the unrealized loss, net of a deferred tax adjustment, as an adjustment to total equity. Such unrealized losses reflect the interest rate environment, as current rates remain below the coupon rates on the securities, resulting in a fair market value lower than current book values. As of March 31, 2026, the adjustment to equity was $9.8 million, representing an improvement of $3.6 million from the adjustment to equity of $13.4 million as of March 31, 2025.

Total net interest income for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026, increased $1.5 million, or 15.99%, to $11 million, compared to $9.4 million for the same quarter in 2025. The year-over-year improvement reflects an increase of $1.2 million, or 9.21%, in interest and fees on loans due to strong loan growth and higher yields, as well as higher interest on federal funds sold and overnight deposits of $335,150.

The provision for credit losses for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026, was $391,505, compared to $325,054 for the same period in 2025. The provision for credit losses for March 31, 2026, was determined under Accounting Standard No. 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, commonly referenced as the Current Expected Credit Losses, or CECL.

Total non interest income for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026 was $1.7 million, an increase of $166,731, or 11%, from $1.6 million for the same period in 2025.

Equity capital increased to $116.8 million, with a book value per share of $20.88, as of March 31, 2026, compared to equity capital of $113.7 million and a book value per share of $20.36 as of December 31, 2025. This change includes an increase of $164,132 in unrealized losses in the investment portfolio year to date and a decrease of $3.6 million year over year, due to changing bond rates, which increased the fair market value of the investment portfolio, as well as an increase of $2.9 million in the current year first quarter and an increase of $12.2 million year over year in retained earnings. The unrealized loss position is considered temporary and does not impact the Company's regulatory capital ratios. In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company completed the optional redemption of all fifteen of the Company's outstanding shares of its Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. The preferred stock value of $1,500,000 was included in the Company's equity capital as of March 31, 2025.

President and CEO Christopher Caldwell commented on the Company's results: "The first quarter of 2026 was a continuation of the strong performance of our bank. We continue to stress the value of relationship banking throughout our footprint. This quarter we were able to uplist to the Nasdaq Capital Markets exchange. This move has generated improved liquidity and price for our shareholders. Our performance continues to help us provide a strong return to our shareholders and our communities. We are pleased to see our tangible book value increase in the first quarter by 4% while our quarter earnings per share increased by 26% compared to March 31, 2025. We remain committed to running a bank that our communities find helpful and beneficial while supporting our investors' trust in our company".

As previously announced, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share payable May 1, 2026, to shareholders of record as of April 26, 2026.

About Community Bancorp.

Community Bancorp. is the parent holding company for Community National Bank, headquartered in Derby, Vermont. Community National Bank is an independent bank that has been serving its communities since 1851, with retail banking offices located in Derby, Derby Line, Island Pond, Barton, Newport, Troy, St. Johnsbury, Montpelier, Barre, Lyndonville, Morrisville and Enosburg Falls as well as loan offices located in Burlington, Vermont and Lebanon, New Hampshire