Riverview Bank posts $16.6 million in fourth quarter earnings

Riverview Bancorp Inc. reported last week that it earned $16.6 million, or $0.74 per diluted share, in the fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014. The fourth quarter results include a $15.1 million recapture of the company’s deferred tax asset valuation allowance.

For all of fiscal year 2014, net income increased to $19.4 million, or $0.87 per diluted share.

“Fiscal year 2014 was a banner year for Riverview,” said Pat Sheaffer, chairman and CEO in a press release. “We celebrated our seventh consecutive profitable quarter and continued to make meaningful progress in reducing nonperforming and classified assets. The combination of these two achievements led to the OCC terminating our formal agreement and the reversal of our deferred tax asset valuation allowance. As we look forward to the coming year, our future looks prosperous. Our core earnings have improved and we see opportunities for both loan and deposit growth in the coming year.”