MERCANTILE BANK CORP
Business
MERCANTILE BANK CORP is a registered bank holding company that conducts banking and related financial activities through its wholly owned subsidiaries. It offers commercial and retail banking products and services, including secured and unsecured commercial, construction, mortgage and consumer loans, deposit accounts, ATM and video banking access, online and mobile banking, and an insurance subsidiary that acquired an agency to offer personal and small business insurance programs. Its principal business divisions include the bank, an insurance agency, five financing trusts and Mercantile Community Partners for community development investments. The company distributes services through 43 branch offices across West and Central Michigan, additional offices in metro Detroit, Traverse City, Petoskey, Saginaw and Midland, ATM networks, video banking, online/mobile channels and courier services for commercial customers.
Summary from filing dated 2025-03-03
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loans, including fees | 291 | 292 | 252 | 167 | 135 | |
| Securities, taxable | 18 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | |
| Securities, tax-exempt | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Interest-earning deposits | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 933,000 | |
| Total interest income | 330 | 322 | 271 | 182 | 143 | |
| Deposits | 103 | 101 | 55 | 10 | 9 | |
| Short-term borrowings | 7 | 8 | 3 | 294,000 | 170,000 | |
| Federal Home Loan Bank advances | 11 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 8 | |
| Subordinated debentures and other borrowings | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |
| Total interest expense | 129 | 130 | 78 | 24 | — | |
| Net interest income | 201 | 191 | 194 | 158 | 124 | |
| Provision for credit losses | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | −4 | |
| Net interest income after provision for credit losses | 198 | 184 | 186 | 152 | 128 | |
| Mortgage banking activities | 13 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 30 | |
| Earnings on bank owned life insurance | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Other income | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Total noninterest income | 42 | 40 | 32 | 32 | 56 | |
| Salaries and benefits | 83 | 78 | 69 | 65 | 66 | |
| Data processing | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | |
| Occupancy | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | |
| Furniture and equipment rent, depreciation and maintenance | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| FDIC insurance costs | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Advertising | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Charitable foundation contributions | 1 | 2 | 666,000 | 2 | 4 | |
| Acquisition costs | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Other expense | 18 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 15 | |
| Total noninterest expense | 136 | 126 | 115 | 108 | 111 | |
| Income before federal income tax expense | 103 | 98 | 103 | 76 | 74 | |
| Federal income tax expense | 15 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 15 | |
| Net income | 89 | 80 | 82 | 61 | 59 | |
| Basic (in dollars per share) | 5.47 | 4.93 | 5.13 | 3.85 | 3.69 | |
| Diluted (in dollars per share) | 5.47 | 4.93 | 5.13 | 3.85 | 3.69 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and due from banks | 55 | 57 | 70 | 62 | 59 | |
| Interest-earning deposits | 419 | 336 | 60 | 35 | 916 | |
| Total cash and cash equivalents | 473 | 393 | 131 | 97 | 975 | |
| Securities available for sale | 1,102 | 730 | 617 | 603 | 593 | |
| Mortgage loans held for sale | 17 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 16 | |
| Loans | 4,822 | 4,601 | 4,304 | 3,917 | 3,453 | |
| Allowance for credit losses | −58 | −54 | −50 | −42 | −35 | |
| Loans, net | 4,764 | 4,546 | 4,254 | 3,874 | 3,418 | |
| Premises and equipment, net | 62 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 57 | |
| Bank owned life insurance | 105 | 94 | 86 | 81 | 75 | |
| Goodwill | 73 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | |
| Core deposit intangible | 20 | 0 | — | 600,000 | 1 | |
| Other Assets | 218 | 170 | 126 | 96 | 54 | |
| Total assets | 6,835 | 6,052 | 5,353 | 4,873 | 5,258 | |
| Noninterest-bearing | 1,340 | 1,265 | 1,248 | 1,605 | 1,678 | |
| Interest-bearing | 3,945 | 3,434 | 2,653 | 2,108 | 2,405 | |
| Total deposits | 5,284 | 4,698 | 3,901 | 3,713 | 4,083 | |
| Securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 232 | 122 | 230 | 194 | 197 | |
| Federal Home Loan Bank advances | 326 | 387 | 468 | 308 | 374 | |
| Subordinated debentures | 51 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 48 | |
| Subordinated notes | 90 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 74 | |
| Accrued interest and other liabilities | 97 | 121 | 94 | 78 | 25 | |
| Total liabilities | 6,110 | 5,468 | 4,831 | 4,431 | 4,801 | |
| Commitments and contingent liabilities (Note 12) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Preferred stock, no par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; 0 shares outstanding at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Common stock, no par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized; 17,181,096 shares outstanding at December 31, 2025 and 16,146,374 shares outstanding at December 31, 2024 | 349 | 300 | 295 | 290 | 286 | |
| Retained earnings | 399 | 335 | 278 | 216 | 175 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive gain/(loss) | −24 | −50 | −50 | −65 | −4 | |
| Total shareholders equity | 725 | 585 | 522 | 441 | 457 | |
| Total liabilities and shareholders equity | 6,835 | 6,052 | 5,353 | 4,873 | 5,258 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation and amortization | 6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | |
| Deferred income tax expense (benefit) | 2 | −397,000 | −2 | −1 | 2 | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Stock grants to directors for retainer fees | 444,000 | 423,000 | 350,000 | 359,000 | 344,000 | |
| Proceeds from sales of mortgage loans held for sale | 435 | 385 | 196 | 238 | 686 | |
| Origination of mortgage loans held for sale | −424 | −370 | −205 | −217 | −649 | |
| Net gain on sales of mortgage loans held for sale | −13 | −12 | −7 | −8 | −30 | |
| Loss from sale of mortgage loans | 0 | 112,000 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Net gain from sales and valuation write-downs of foreclosed assets | 0 | −290,000 | −419,000 | −69,000 | −78,000 | |
| Net (gain) loss from sale and write-downs on former bank premises | 0 | −83,000 | 2,000 | 275,000 | −140,000 | |
| Net loss from sales and disposals of premises and equipment | 24,000 | 13,000 | 471,000 | −36,000 | 246,000 | |
| Net (gain) loss on instruments designated at fair value and related derivatives | 63,000 | −203,000 | 257,000 | −45,000 | 224,000 | |
| Accrued interest receivable | −130,000 | −2 | −4 | −6 | 2 | |
| Change in other assets | −59 | −26 | −30 | −437,000 | −13 | |
| Change in other liabilities | −22 | 28 | 14 | 33 | −4 | |
| Net cash from operating activities | 18 | 101 | 67 | 120 | 65 | |
| Purchases of securities available for sale | −203 | −174 | −20 | −107 | −299 | |
| Proceeds from maturities, calls and repayments of securities available for sale | 67 | 62 | 24 | 18 | 80 | |
| Loan originations and payments, net | −19 | −310 | −387 | −462 | −268 | |
| Proceeds from sale of mortgage loans | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Net cash received from acquisition of Eastern Michigan Financial Corp. | 54 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Purchases of Federal Home Loan Bank stock | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Purchases of bank owned life insurance | 0 | −7 | −4 | −5 | −2 | |
| Proceeds from bank owned life insurance death benefit claims | 3 | 1 | 0 | 628,000 | 0 | |
| Purchases of premises and equipment and lease activity | −7 | −9 | −7 | −3 | −6 | |
| Proceeds from sales of former bank premises | 0 | 283,000 | 598,000 | 3 | 753,000 | |
| Proceeds from sales of foreclosed assets | 0 | 290,000 | 531,000 | 69,000 | 196,000 | |
| Net cash for investing activities | −106 | −425 | −396 | −555 | −496 | |
| Net increase in time deposits | 5 | 160 | 423 | −57 | −121 | |
| Net (decrease) increase in all other deposits | 106 | 638 | −235 | −313 | 807 | |
| Net (decrease) increase in securities sold under agreements to repurchase | 111 | −108 | 35 | −3 | 79 | |
| Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank advances | 20 | 10 | 240 | 28 | 0 | |
| Maturities of Federal Home Loan Bank advances | −81 | −91 | −80 | −94 | −20 | |
| Employee stock purchase plan | 128,000 | 50,000 | 45,000 | 45,000 | 48,000 | |
| Dividend reinvestment plan | 772,000 | 810,000 | 891,000 | 867,000 | 877,000 | |
| Cash dividends on common stock | −24 | −22 | −21 | −20 | −19 | |
| Net cash from financing activities | 168 | 587 | 363 | −443 | 780 | |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | 80 | 262 | 34 | −878 | 349 | |
| Interest | 129 | 129 | 72 | 22 | 20 | |
| Federal income taxes* | 45 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 18 | |
| Transfers from loans to foreclosed assets | 0 | 0 | 112,000 | 0 | 30,000 | |
| Transfers from bank premises to other real estate owned | 0 | 0 | 800,000 | 0 | 0 |