Select Bancorp reports first quarter 2019 earnings

Select Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Select Bank & Trust Company, reported net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 of $3.3 million with basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.17, compared to net income of $1.9 million and basic earnings per share of $0.14 and diluted earnings per share of $0.13 for the comparative quarter ended March 31, 2018.

Total assets, deposits, and total gross loans for the Company as of March 31, 2019 were $1.2 billion, $951.0 million, and $991.8 million, respectively, compared to total assets of $1.2 billion, total deposits of $1.0 billion, and total loans of $978.3 million as of the same date in 2018. The decrease in deposits was primarily due to the reduction in wholesale deposits.

Select Bank & Trust has 19 branch offices in these North Carolina communities: Dunn, Burlington, Charlotte, Clinton, Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Greenville, Holly Springs (Raleigh area), Leland, Lillington, Lumberton, Morehead City, Raleigh, Washington and Wilmington; and in the following South Carolina communities: Blacksburg, Rock Hill and Six Mile.

Results for the three months ended March 31, 2019 continued to show the impact of the acquisition of Carolina Premier Bank and the expanded market opportunity in Charlotte and upstate South Carolina. The acquisition of Carolina Premier was completed on December 15, 2017.

Select Bank & Trust remains future-focused and continues to build its franchise based on common sense banking by opening a 19th branch office in Holly Springs, NC, to serve the greater Raleigh market and announcing the proposed acquisition of the Virginia Beach, VA location of City National Bank of West Virginia. The Holly Springs branch opened on February 19, 2019 and Virginia Beach is expected to begin operating as Select Bank & Trust Company in the second quarter of 2019. Management will continue its forward-thinking continuous review of locations and their performance with the goal of overall franchise profit potential.