Cornerstone Community Bancorp Reports Financial Results For the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2021

Cornerstone Community Bancorp (OTC Pink: CRSB) announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021.

The Company reported net income of $2,046,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to net income of $47,000 for the same period last year. Diluted earnings per share were $1.38 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to $0.03 for the same period last year.

The return on average assets for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was 1.56% and the return on average equity was 26.41%. The tax-equivalent net interest margin was 3.43% for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to 4.09% for the same period last year and the efficiency ratio declined to 35.61% for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to 58.65% for the same period last year.

President and CEO, Jeff Finck stated, “We had a solid performance in the first quarter. Our team continued to help both new and existing customers through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) application and forgiveness process.”

Net Interest Income

Net interest income increased to $4,217,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 compared to $2,842,000 for the same quarter last year. First quarter 2021 net interest income was driven by accelerated PPP fee recognition from borrower forgiveness processing.

Provision for credit losses

Provision for credit losses were $400,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 compared to $1,450,000 for the same quarter last year.

Non-Interest Income

Non-interest income for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 was $877,000 compared to $394,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.

Non-Interest Expense

Non-interest expense was $1,814,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 compared to $1,898,000 for the same period last year.

Balance Sheet

Total loans, net of unearned income at March 31, 2021 were $382.3 million compared to $250.4 million at March 31, 2020.

Total deposits were $485.3 million at March 31, 2021 compared to total deposits of $268.0 million at March 31, 2020.

Credit Quality

The allowance for loan losses was $4,409,000, or 1.15% of loans, net of unearned income at March 31, 2021, compared to $3,859,000, or 1.54% of loans, net of unearned income at March 31, 2020. There were no nonperforming assets at March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020.

Capital

At March 31, 2021, shareholders’ equity totaled $31.4 million compared to $26.1 million at March 31, 2020. Book value was $21.65 per share at March 31, 2021 compared to $17.63 per share at March 31, 2020.

During the fourth quarter of 2021, the Company repurchased 500 shares of its common stock for a total of $9,500.

About Cornerstone Community Bancorp

Cornerstone Community Bancorp, a bank holding company headquartered in Red Bluff, California, serves the Red Bluff and Redding communities through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cornerstone Community Bank with a headquarters office in Red Bluff and two banking offices in Redding. The Bank provides commercial banking services to small and mid-size businesses, including professional service firms, real estate developers and investors and not-for-profit organizations and to their owners and other individuals. Additional information about the Bank is available on its website at www.bankcornerstone.com

Forward-Looking Statements

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements that are based on management's current expectations regarding economic, legislative, and regulatory issues that may impact Cornerstone Community Bancorp's earnings in future periods. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include the words “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate” or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could” or “may.” Factors that could cause future results to vary materially from current management expectations include, but are not limited to, natural disasters (such as wildfires and earthquakes), pandemics such as COVID-19 and the economic impact caused directly by the disease and by government responses thereto, general economic conditions, economic uncertainty in the United States and abroad, changes in interest rates, deposit flows, real estate values, costs or effects of acquisitions, competition, changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines, legislation or regulation (including the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act of 2021), interruptions of utility service in our markets for sustained periods, and other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory and technological factors (including external fraud and cybersecurity threats) affecting Cornerstone Community Bancorp's operations, pricing, products and services. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Except as required by law, Cornerstone Community Bancorp does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent circumstances or events.

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