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website, chart, no sec filings, I have no idea how many shares are outstanding.
FDIC #57524

2099 Route 70
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
(856) 489-8401

Q1 2006 results (from the FDIC database)
$97 million in assets, up from $77 million at Q1 2005. If assets grew that much, I'm guessing that they aren't yet (or weren't) fully leveraged. Looking at the capital ratios, I see this is correct. Equity capital to assets is 14.35% (actually higher than the year before, so did they infuse the business with equity?). Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio is over 20%. Total risk-based capital ratio is over 21%.

Going back to assets and liabilities, equity jumped to $14 million from $6.8 million in the prior year. Again, why? It ain't because of profits because they went deeper in the red since last year.

Back to assets: 32% securities, almost all US Gov obligations, about half of that is Fannie Mae/FHLMC and the other half is non-mortgage but still GSEs (no further breakdown). 57% net loans, mostly real estate, half of it commercial with a large amount of non-apartment building residential, also some commercial and industrial loans.

Ok then, let's look at their assets past due. 0.43%, which isn't horrible, down from 0.9% a year earlier. Looking at 2006, half of it is farm loans. Only 0.08% (all farm loans) past due 90+ days (none last year). No chargeoffs.

Ok, how about income and expense? Net interest income is 2.58% of assets, but non-interest expenses are high at 3.87% of assets (much of it salaries plus premesis and equipment). They're losing money but not as bad as last year. Net interest margin is only 2.82%.

If we compare this bank to all banks in New Jersey with less than $100 million assets, their net interest margin is 3.17% although their yield on earning assets is actually slightly lower. Looking at net income, the average small New Jersey bank lost money in Q1 2006. Ok, so let's check the full year 2005. They lost money there, too, but not as much as Liberty Bell (as a percentage of total assets).

Announced Q1 results
The press release says they issued 1.4 million shares in April 2005, which would explain the big increase in equity capital. Total shares outstanding at Q1 2006 were 2.7 million. 3 full-service offices. This is their third year, they're doing pretty good then.

The last stock trade was for $7.67 which would give them a market cap of $20.7 million. Total equity is $14 million.

So what is Liberty Bell worth? I have no idea. But just guessing, let's say they end up with around $120 million in assets which earn about 1% which would be around 40 cents per share. Slap a P/E of 15 onto that and you've got $6.67 per share which is a bit lower than the recent trade. So the real value will depend on how well they perform as a bank. Ideally they should scale the assets up to $200 million or more. Will they do that? I have no idea.