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PCB Bancorp Reports Earnings of $5.9 million for Q4 2023 and $30.7 million for 2023

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PCB Bancorp (NASDAQ: PCB) reported a net income of $5.9 million for Q4 2023, down from $7.0 million in the previous quarter and $8.7 million in the year-ago quarter. For 2023, net income was $30.7 million, compared to $35.0 million in the previous year. The company recorded a provision for credit losses of $1.7 million for Q4 2023, compared to $751 thousand in the previous quarter. Net interest income was $21.9 million for Q4 2023, compared to $22.4 million in the previous quarter. Total assets were $2.79 billion at the end of 2023, an increase of $221.5 million from the previous quarter. Loans held-for-investment were $2.32 billion, an increase of $155.8 million from the previous quarter. Total deposits were $2.35 billion, an increase of $159.5 million from the previous quarter.
Positive
  • Solid business strategy of strong relationship banking
  • Strong loan funding opportunities and stable operating performance
  • Increased total assets, loans held-for-investment, and total deposits
Negative
  • Decrease in net income from previous quarters
  • Provision for credit losses increased significantly in Q4 2023

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The reported net income decline from PCB Bancorp signifies a potential concern for investors, reflecting a downward trend in profitability. A decrease in net income by 15.9% for the fourth quarter and 12.2% for the full year, coupled with a drop in diluted earnings per share, suggests a contraction in earnings capacity. This could be attributed to various factors, including an increase in provision for credit losses, which rose significantly compared to the previous quarter, indicating a cautious approach to potential credit risks in an uncertain economic environment.

Moreover, the contraction in net interest margin from 4.15% to 3.40% year-over-year points to pressure on the bank's core lending operations, likely due to rising interest rates impacting funding costs. While asset growth is robust, with total assets and loans held-for-investment increasing by 15.3% and 13.6% respectively, the efficiency ratio's rise to 59.23% suggests higher relative noninterest expenses, which could squeeze margins if not managed effectively.

From a market perspective, PCB Bancorp's performance reflects broader industry trends where financial institutions are grappling with the challenges of a higher interest rate environment. The increase in loans held-for-investment and total deposits indicates successful growth strategies, yet this growth must be balanced against the cost of capital and the risk environment, which is highlighted by the increased provision for credit losses.

The reported gain on the sale of loans has decreased by over 55% for the year, which could be indicative of a cooling loan sales market or a strategic shift in the bank's operations. The repurchase and retirement of common stock, which can be seen as a move to return value to shareholders, also reflects management's confidence in the bank's capital position and long-term prospects.

PCB Bancorp's financials are a microcosm of the current economic landscape, where rising interest rates are a double-edged sword. On one hand, they can lead to higher yields on interest-earning assets, as seen in the bank's growth in interest income from loans and investment securities. On the other hand, they increase the cost of interest-bearing deposits, which has grown substantially, suggesting that depositors are seeking higher returns for their savings in this inflationary period.

The bank's strategic emphasis on maintaining strong credit metrics, with a stable allowance for credit losses to loans ratio, is prudent given the potential for economic headwinds. The Tier 1 leverage ratio shows a slight decrease, which should be monitored as it is a critical measure of capital adequacy and the bank's ability to absorb potential losses.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PCB Bancorp (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PCB), the holding company of PCB Bank (the “Bank”), today reported net income of $5.9 million, or $0.41 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter of 2023, compared with $7.0 million, or $0.49 per diluted common share, for the previous quarter and $8.7 million, or $0.58 per diluted common share, for the year-ago quarter. For 2023, net income was $30.7 million, or $2.12 per diluted common share, compared with $35.0 million and $2.31 per diluted common share, for the previous year.

Q4 2023 and Full Year Highlights

  • Net income totaled $5.9 million, or $0.41 per diluted common share, for the current quarter and $30.7 million, or $2.12 per diluted common share for the current year;
  • Recorded a provision for credit losses(1),(2) of $1.7 million for the current quarter compared with $751 thousand for the previous quarter and $1.1 million for the year-ago quarter. For the current year, provision (reversal) for the credit losses was $(132) thousand compared with $3.6 million for the previous year;
  • Allowance for Credit Losses (“ACL”)(1) on loans to loans held-for-investment ratio was 1.19% at December 31, 2023 compared with 1.18% at September 30, 2023 and 1.22% at December 31, 2022;
  • Net interest income was $21.9 million for the current quarter compared with $22.4 million for the previous quarter and $24.3 million for the year-ago quarter. Net interest margin was 3.40% for the current quarter compared with 3.57% for the previous quarter and 4.15% for the year-ago quarter. For the current year, net interest income and net interest margin were $88.5 million and 3.57%, respectively, compared with $89.6 million and 4.08%, respectively, for the previous year;
  • Gain on sale of loans was $803 thousand for the current quarter compared with $689 thousand for the previous quarter and $759 thousand for the year-ago quarter. For the current year, gain on sale of loans was $3.6 million compared with $8.0 million for the previous year;
  • Total assets were $2.79 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $221.5 million, or 8.6%, from $2.57 billion at September 30, 2023, and an increase of $369.5 million, or 15.3%, from $2.42 billion at December 31, 2022;
  • Loans held-for-investment were $2.32 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $155.8 million, or 7.2%, from $2.17 billion at September 30, 2023, and an increase of $277.4 million, or 13.6%, from $2.05 billion at December 31, 2022;
  • Total deposits were $2.35 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $159.5 million, or 7.3%, from $2.19 billion at September 30, 2023, and an increase of $305.6 million, or 14.9%, from $2.05 billion at December 31, 2022; and
  • The Company repurchased and retired 60,074 shares of common stock during the current quarter. For the current year, the Company repurchased and retired 512,657 shares of common stock.

“We are pleased with our fourth quarter and full-year performance. Our results reflect our solid business strategy of strong relationship banking, which continues to provide strong loan funding opportunities and stable operating performance that has positioned us well to overcome the continued economic uncertainties,” said Henry Kim, President and Chief Executive Officer. “PCB’s performance for the fourth quarter of 2023 benefited from strong loan growth and higher yields on interest-earning assets. However, the continued higher interest rate environment and its effect on our funding costs resulted in moderate compression in net interest margin during the quarter. During the quarter loan balance increased 7.1% to $2.3 billion, deposit balance increased 7.3% to $2.4 billion, and we continue to maintain very strong credit metrics with ACL to loans ratio of 1.19%, and non-performing assets and classified assets to total assets ratios of 0.23% and 0.34%, respectively.”

Mr. Kim added, “As we look ahead in 2024, PCB is well positioned to continue delivering solid results with emphasis on strong balance sheet and sound asset quality with robust capital levels that are above our peers to operate in all economic cycles and changing market conditions.”

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(1)

Provision (reversal) for credit losses and ACL for reporting periods beginning with January 1, 2023 are presented under ASC 326, while prior period comparisons continue to be presented under legacy ASC 450 and ASC 310 in this release.

(2)

Provision for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures of $57 thousand and $85 thousand, respectively, for the year-ago quarter and previous year were recorded in Other Expense on Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited).

 

Financial Highlights (Unaudited)

 

($ in thousands, except per share data)

 

Three Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

 

12/31/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Net income

 

$

5,908

 

 

$

7,023

 

 

(15.9

)%

 

$

8,702

 

 

(32.1

)%

 

$

30,705

 

 

$

34,987

 

 

(12.2

)%

Diluted earnings per common share

 

$

0.41

 

 

$

0.49

 

 

(16.3

)%

 

$

0.58

 

 

(29.3

)%

 

$

2.12

 

 

$

2.31

 

 

(8.2

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

$

21,924

 

 

$

22,449

 

 

(2.3

)%

 

$

24,265

 

 

(9.6

)%

 

$

88,504

 

 

$

89,632

 

 

(1.3

)%

Provision (reversal) for credit losses (1)

 

 

1,698

 

 

 

751

 

 

126.1

%

 

 

1,149

 

 

47.8

%

 

 

(132

)

 

 

3,602

 

 

NM

Noninterest income

 

 

2,503

 

 

 

2,502

 

 

%

 

 

2,389

 

 

4.8

%

 

 

10,683

 

 

 

14,499

 

 

(26.3

)%

Noninterest expense

 

 

14,469

 

 

 

14,207

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

13,115

 

 

10.3

%

 

 

56,057

 

 

 

51,126

 

 

9.6

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on average assets (2)

 

 

0.89

%

 

 

1.09

%

 

 

 

 

1.44

%

 

 

 

 

1.20

%

 

 

1.54

%

 

 

Return on average shareholders’ equity (2)

 

 

6.82

%

 

 

8.12

%

 

 

 

 

10.31

%

 

 

 

 

9.02

%

 

 

11.42

%

 

 

Return on average tangible common equity (“TCE”) (2),(3)

 

 

8.54

%

 

 

10.17

%

 

 

 

 

12.99

%

 

 

 

 

11.31

%

 

 

13.23

%

 

 

Net interest margin (2)

 

 

3.40

%

 

 

3.57

%

 

 

 

 

4.15

%

 

 

 

 

3.57

%

 

 

4.08

%

 

 

Efficiency ratio (4)

 

 

59.23

%

 

 

56.94

%

 

 

 

 

49.20

%

 

 

 

 

56.52

%

 

 

49.10

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

($ in thousands, except per share data)

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Total assets

 

$

2,789,506

 

 

$

2,567,974

 

 

8.6

%

 

$

2,420,036

 

 

15.3

%

Net loans held-for-investment

 

 

2,295,919

 

 

 

2,142,006

 

 

7.2

%

 

 

2,021,121

 

 

13.6

%

Total deposits

 

 

2,351,612

 

 

 

2,192,129

 

 

7.3

%

 

 

2,045,983

 

 

14.9

%

Book value per common share (5)

 

$

24.46

 

 

$

23.87

 

 

 

 

$

22.94

 

 

 

TCE per common share (3)

 

$

19.62

 

 

$

19.05

 

 

 

 

$

18.21

 

 

 

Tier 1 leverage ratio (consolidated)

 

 

13.43

%

 

 

13.76

%

 

 

 

 

14.33

%

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity to total assets

 

 

12.51

%

 

 

13.31

%

 

 

 

 

13.86

%

 

 

TCE to total assets (3), (6)

 

 

10.03

%

 

 

10.62

%

 

 

 

 

11.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Provision for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures of $57 thousand and $85 thousand, respectively, for the year-ago quarter and previous year were recorded in Other Expense on Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited). See Provision (reversal) for credit losses included in the Result of Operations discussion for additional information.

(2)

Ratios are presented on an annualized basis.

(3)

Non-GAAP. See “Non-GAAP Measures” for reconciliation of this measure to its most comparable GAAP measure.

(4)

Calculated by dividing noninterest expense by the sum of net interest income and noninterest income.

(5)

Calculated by dividing total shareholdersequity by the number of outstanding common shares.

(6)

The Company did not have any intangible asset component for the presented periods.

 

Result of Operations (Unaudited)

Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin

The following table presents the components of net interest income for the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Year Ended

($ in thousands)

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

 

12/31/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Interest income/expense on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans

 

$

37,189

 

 

$

34,651

 

 

7.3

%

 

$

28,786

 

 

29.2

%

 

$

136,029

 

 

$

95,054

 

 

43.1

%

Investment securities

 

 

1,271

 

 

 

1,170

 

 

8.6

%

 

 

957

 

 

32.8

%

 

 

4,679

 

 

 

2,907

 

 

61.0

%

Other interest-earning assets

 

 

2,491

 

 

 

3,031

 

 

(17.8

)%

 

 

1,833

 

 

35.9

%

 

 

10,469

 

 

 

3,790

 

 

176.2

%

Total interest-earning assets

 

 

40,951

 

 

 

38,852

 

 

5.4

%

 

 

31,576

 

 

29.7

%

 

 

151,177

 

 

 

101,751

 

 

48.6

%

Interest-bearing deposits

 

 

18,728

 

 

 

16,403

 

 

14.2

%

 

 

7,295

 

 

156.7

%

 

 

62,165

 

 

 

11,984

 

 

418.7

%

Borrowings

 

 

299

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

16

 

 

1,768.8

%

 

 

508

 

 

 

135

 

 

276.3

%

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

 

19,027

 

 

 

16,403

 

 

16.0

%

 

 

7,311

 

 

160.3

%

 

 

62,673

 

 

 

12,119

 

 

417.1

%

Net interest income

 

$

21,924

 

 

$

22,449

 

 

(2.3

)%

 

$

24,265

 

 

(9.6

)%

 

$

88,504

 

 

$

89,632

 

 

(1.3

)%

Average balance of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans

 

$

2,242,457

 

 

$

2,137,184

 

 

4.9

%

 

$

2,004,220

 

 

11.9

%

 

$

2,137,851

 

 

$

1,872,557

 

 

14.2

%

Investment securities

 

 

139,227

 

 

 

138,993

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

134,066

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

140,596

 

 

 

132,538

 

 

6.1

%

Other interest-earning assets

 

 

175,336

 

 

 

219,115

 

 

(20.0

)%

 

 

182,018

 

 

(3.7

)%

 

 

198,809

 

 

 

194,205

 

 

2.4

%

Total interest-earning assets

 

$

2,557,020

 

 

$

2,495,292

 

 

2.5

%

 

$

2,320,304

 

 

10.2

%

 

$

2,477,256

 

 

$

2,199,300

 

 

12.6

%

Interest-bearing deposits

 

$

1,650,132

 

 

$

1,561,582

 

 

5.7

%

 

$

1,269,739

 

 

30.0

%

 

$

1,538,234

 

 

$

1,111,449

 

 

38.4

%

Borrowings

 

 

21,000

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

1,739

 

 

1,107.6

%

 

 

9,192

 

 

 

6,290

 

 

46.1

%

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

$

1,671,132

 

 

$

1,561,582

 

 

7.0

%

 

$

1,271,478

 

 

31.4

%

 

$

1,547,426

 

 

$

1,117,739

 

 

38.4

%

Total funding (1)

 

$

2,249,026

 

 

$

2,188,320

 

 

2.8

%

 

$

2,043,110

 

 

10.1

%

 

$

2,177,200

 

 

$

1,949,360

 

 

11.7

%

Annualized average yield/cost of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans

 

 

6.58

%

 

 

6.43

%

 

 

 

 

5.70

%

 

 

 

 

6.36

%

 

 

5.08

%

 

 

Investment securities

 

 

3.62

%

 

 

3.34

%

 

 

 

 

2.83

%

 

 

 

 

3.33

%

 

 

2.19

%

 

 

Other interest-earning assets

 

 

5.64

%

 

 

5.49

%

 

 

 

 

4.00

%

 

 

 

 

5.27

%

 

 

1.95

%

 

 

Total interest-earning assets

 

 

6.35

%

 

 

6.18

%

 

 

 

 

5.40

%

 

 

 

 

6.10

%

 

 

4.63

%

 

 

Interest-bearing deposits

 

 

4.50

%

 

 

4.17

%

 

 

 

 

2.28

%

 

 

 

 

4.04

%

 

 

1.08

%

 

 

Borrowings

 

 

5.65

%

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

3.65

%

 

 

 

 

5.53

%

 

 

2.15

%

 

 

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

 

4.52

%

 

 

4.17

%

 

 

 

 

2.28

%

 

 

 

 

4.05

%

 

 

1.08

%

 

 

Net interest margin

 

 

3.40

%

 

 

3.57

%

 

 

 

 

4.15

%

 

 

 

 

3.57

%

 

 

4.08

%

 

 

Cost of total funding (1)

 

 

3.36

%

 

 

2.97

%

 

 

 

 

1.42

%

 

 

 

 

2.88

%

 

 

0.62

%

 

 

Supplementary information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net accretion of discount on loans

 

$

806

 

 

$

775

 

 

4.0

%

 

$

869

 

 

(7.2

)%

 

$

3,003

 

 

$

3,551

 

 

(15.4

)%

Net amortization of deferred loan fees

 

$

449

 

 

$

226

 

 

98.7

%

 

$

167

 

 

168.9

%

 

$

1,097

 

 

$

2,181

 

 

(49.7

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Total funding is the sum of interest-bearing liabilities and noninterest-bearing deposits. The cost of total funding is calculated as annualized total interest expense divided by average total funding.

 

Loans. The increases in average yield for the current quarter compared with the previous and year-ago quarters were primarily due to increases in overall interest rates on loans from the rising interest rate environment and net amortization of deferred loan fees from the increased amount of prepayment penalties. The increase in average yield for the current year compared with the previous year was primarily due to the increase in overall interest rates on loans, partially offset by decreases in net accretion of discount on loans and net amortization of deferred loan fees from the decreased amount of SBA PPP loan payoffs.

The following table presents a composition of total loans by interest rate type accompanied with the weighted-average contractual rates as of the dates indicated:

 

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

 

% to Total Loans

 

Weighted-Average Contractual Rate

 

% to Total Loans

 

Weighted-Average Contractual Rate

 

% to Total Loans

 

Weighted-Average Contractual Rate

Fixed rate loans

 

21.2

%

 

4.86

%

 

22.4

%

 

4.75

%

 

23.2

%

 

4.51

%

Hybrid rate loans

 

39.0

%

 

4.93

%

 

38.8

%

 

4.71

%

 

39.1

%

 

4.40

%

Variable rate loans

 

39.8

%

 

8.51

%

 

38.8

%

 

8.52

%

 

37.7

%

 

7.86

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Securities. The increases in average yield for the current quarter and year were primarily due to a decrease in net amortization of premiums on securities and higher yield on newly purchased investment securities.

Other Interest-Earning Assets. The increases in average yield for the current quarter and year were primarily due to an increased interest rate on cash held at the Federal Reserve Bank and an increase in dividend received on Federal Home Loan Bank stock.

Interest-Bearing Deposits. The increases in average cost for the current quarter and year were primarily due to an increase in market rates and the migration of noninterest-bearing demand deposits to interest-bearing deposits attributable to the rising market rates. To retain existing and attract new customers, the Bank offers competitive rates on deposit products.

Provision (Reversal) for Credit Losses

The following table presents a composition of provision (reversal) for credit losses for the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Year Ended

($ in thousands)

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

 

12/31/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Provision for credit losses on loans

 

$

1,935

 

 

$

822

 

 

135.4

%

 

$

1,149

 

68.4

%

 

$

497

 

 

$

3,602

 

(86.2

)%

Provision (reversal) for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposure (1)

 

 

(237

)

 

 

(71

)

 

233.8

%

 

 

57

 

 

NM

 

 

(629

)

 

 

85

 

 

NM

Total provision (reversal) for credit losses

 

$

1,698

 

 

$

751

 

 

126.1

%

 

$

1,206

 

 

40.8

%

 

$

(132

)

 

$

3,687

 

 

NM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Provision for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures for year-ago quarter and previous year were recorded in Other Expense on Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited).

 

On January 1, 2023, the Company adopted the provisions of ASC 326, also known as the current expected credit losses (“CECL”) accounting standard, through the application of the modified retrospective transition approach. Provision (reversal) for credit losses and ACL for reporting periods beginning with January 1, 2023 are presented under ASC 326, while prior period comparisons continue to be presented under legacy ASC 450 and ASC 310 in this release. See CECL Adoption and Allowance for Credit Losses sections included in the Balance Sheet section of this release for additional information.

The provision for credit losses on loans for the current quarter was primarily due to an increase in loan held-for-investment.

Noninterest Income

The following table presents the components of noninterest income for the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Year Ended

($ in thousands)

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

 

12/31/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Gain on sale of loans

 

$

803

 

 

$

689

 

 

16.5

%

 

$

759

 

 

5.8

%

 

$

3,570

 

 

$

7,990

 

 

(55.3

)%

Service charges and fees on deposits

 

 

391

 

 

 

371

 

 

5.4

%

 

 

352

 

 

11.1

%

 

 

1,475

 

 

 

1,326

 

 

11.2

%

Loan servicing income

 

 

751

 

 

 

851

 

 

(11.8

)%

 

 

734

 

 

2.3

%

 

 

3,330

 

 

 

2,969

 

 

12.2

%

Bank-owned life insurance income

 

 

202

 

 

 

187

 

 

8.0

%

 

 

181

 

 

11.6

%

 

 

753

 

 

 

706

 

 

6.7

%

Other income

 

 

356

 

 

 

404

 

 

(11.9

)%

 

 

363

 

 

(1.9

)%

 

 

1,555

 

 

 

1,508

 

 

3.1

%

Total noninterest income

 

$

2,503

 

 

$

2,502

 

 

%

 

$

2,389

 

 

4.8

%

 

$

10,683

 

 

$

14,499

 

 

(26.3

)%

 
 

Gain on Sale of Loans. The following table presents information on gain on sale of loans for the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Year Ended

($ in thousands)

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

 

12/31/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Gain on sale of SBA loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sold loan balance

 

$

20,751

 

 

$

17,697

 

 

17.3

%

 

$

17,448

 

 

18.9

%

 

$

82,343

 

 

$

122,886

 

 

(33.0

)%

Premium received

 

 

1,250

 

 

 

1,112

 

 

12.4

%

 

 

1,102

 

 

13.4

%

 

 

5,612

 

 

 

9,944

 

 

(43.6

)%

Gain recognized

 

 

803

 

 

 

689

 

 

16.5

%

 

 

759

 

 

5.8

%

 

 

3,570

 

 

 

7,982

 

 

(55.3

)%

Gain on sale of residential mortgage loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sold loan balance

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

$

858

 

 

(100.0

)%

 

$

 

 

$

858

 

 

(100.0

)%

Gain recognized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

8

 

 

(100.0

)%

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

(100.0

)%

 
 

Loan Servicing Income. The following table presents information on loan servicing income for the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Year Ended

($ in thousands)

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

 

12/31/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Loan servicing income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Servicing income received

 

$

1,290

 

 

$

1,321

 

 

(2.3

)%

 

$

1,284

 

 

0.5

%

 

$

5,212

 

 

$

5,103

 

 

2.1

%

Servicing assets amortization

 

 

(539

)

 

 

(470

)

 

14.7

%

 

 

(550

)

 

(2.0

)%

 

 

(1,882

)

 

 

(2,134

)

 

(11.8

)%

Loan servicing income

 

$

751

 

 

$

851

 

 

(11.8

)%

 

$

734

 

 

2.3

%

 

$

3,330

 

 

$

2,969

 

 

12.2

%

Underlying loans at end of period

 

$

532,231

 

 

$

536,424

 

 

(0.8

)%

 

$

531,095

 

 

0.2

%

 

$

532,231

 

 

$

531,095

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Company services SBA loans and certain residential property loans sold to the secondary market.

Noninterest Expense

The following table presents the components of noninterest expense for the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Year Ended

($ in thousands)

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

 

12/31/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Salaries and employee benefits

 

$

8,397

 

 

$

8,572

 

 

(2.0

)%

 

$

7,879

 

 

6.6

%

 

$

34,572

 

 

$

33,056

 

 

4.6

%

Occupancy and equipment

 

 

2,145

 

 

 

1,964

 

 

9.2

%

 

 

1,897

 

 

13.1

%

 

 

7,924

 

 

 

6,481

 

 

22.3

%

Professional fees

 

 

898

 

 

 

685

 

 

31.1

%

 

 

607

 

 

47.9

%

 

 

3,087

 

 

 

2,239

 

 

37.9

%

Marketing and business promotion

 

 

772

 

 

 

980

 

 

(21.2

)%

 

 

724

 

 

6.6

%

 

 

2,327

 

 

 

2,150

 

 

8.2

%

Data processing

 

 

393

 

 

 

367

 

 

7.1

%

 

 

434

 

 

(9.4

)%

 

 

1,552

 

 

 

1,706

 

 

(9.0

)%

Director fees and expenses

 

 

207

 

 

 

152

 

 

36.2

%

 

 

176

 

 

17.6

%

 

 

756

 

 

 

706

 

 

7.1

%

Regulatory assessments

 

 

285

 

 

 

281

 

 

1.4

%

 

 

159

 

 

79.2

%

 

 

1,103

 

 

 

597

 

 

84.8

%

Other expense

 

 

1,372

 

 

 

1,206

 

 

13.8

%

 

 

1,239

 

 

10.7

%

 

 

4,736

 

 

 

4,191

 

 

13.0

%

Total noninterest expense

 

$

14,469

 

 

$

14,207

 

 

1.8

%

 

$

13,115

 

 

10.3

%

 

$

56,057

 

 

$

51,126

 

 

9.6

%

 
 

Salaries and Employee Benefits. The decrease for the current quarter compared with the previous quarter was primarily due to a decrease in vacation accrual, partially offset by increases in salaries and other employee benefit expense, and incentives tied to sales of SBA loans originated at loan production offices. The increase for the current quarter compared with the year-ago quarter was primarily due to increases in salaries and other employee benefit expense, partially offset by a decrease in vacation accrual. The increase for the current year compared with the previous year was primarily due to increases in salaries and other employee benefit expense, partially offset by decreases in bonus and vacation accruals, and incentives tied to sales of SBA loans originated at loan production offices. The number of full-time equivalent employees was 270, 270 and 272 as of December 31, 2023, September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

Occupancy and Equipment. The increases for the current quarter compared with the previous and year-ago quarters were primarily due to expansions of headquarters and relocation of a regional office and branches. The Company plans to relocate and consolidate a regional office and two branches into one location in Orange County, California in 2024. The increase for the current year compared with the previous year was primarily due to the expansions of headquarters and the relocation of a regional office and branches, as well as 3 new branch openings during the second half of 2022. The Company opened 3 new full-service branches in Dallas and Carrollton, Texas and Palisades Park, New Jersey during the second half of 2022.

Professional Fees. The increases for the current quarter and year were primarily due to increases in consulting and internal audit fees for enhancing internal controls and process, and professional fees related to a planned core system conversion.

Marketing and Business Promotion. The decrease for the current quarter compared with the previous quarter was primarily due to the Company’s 20th anniversary celebration during the previous quarter.

Director Fees and Expenses. The increase for the current quarter compared with the previous quarter was primarily due to additional expenses related to stock options issued to directors during the current quarter.

Regulatory Assessments. The increases for the current quarter and year compared with the same periods of 2022 were due to an increase in FDIC assessment rates. The FDIC increased the initial base deposit insurance assessment rate schedules by two basis points beginning in the first quarterly assessment period of 2023.

Other Expense. The increase for the current quarter compared with the previous quarter was primarily due to increases in office expense and loan related expense. The increase for the current year was primarily due to increases in office expenses and armed guard expenses from the branch network expansion. Provision for credit losses on off-balance credit exposures of $57 thousand and $85 thousand was included in other expense for the year-ago quarter and previous year, respectively, while the provision (reversal) for the current reporting periods beginning January 1, 2023 was included in provision (reversal) for credit losses.

Balance Sheet (Unaudited)

Total assets were $2.79 billion at December 31, 2023, an increase of $221.5 million, or 8.6%, from $2.57 billion at September 30, 2023, and an increase of $369.5 million, or 15.3%, from $2.42 billion at December 31, 2022. The increases for the current quarter and year were primarily due to increases in cash and cash equivalents, loans held-for-investment and operating lease assets. The increase in operating lease assets was primarily due to renewal and additional leases of the Company’s headquarters and a new location for the relocation of a regional office and branches.

CECL Adoption

On January 1, 2023, the Company adopted the provisions of ASC 326 through the application of the modified retrospective transition approach. The initial adjustment to the ACL reflects the expected lifetime credit losses associated with the composition of financial assets within the scope of ASC 326 as of January 1, 2023, as well as management’s current expectation of future economic conditions. The Company recorded a net decrease of $1.9 million to the beginning balance of retained earnings as of January 1, 2023 for the cumulative effect adjustment, reflecting an initial adjustment to the ACL on loans of $1.1 million and the ACL on off-balance sheet credit exposures of $1.6 million, net of related deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences of $788 thousand. As a part of the adoption of ASC 326, the Company reviewed and revised certain loan segments for the Company’s ACL model. See Loan Segments Revision section of this release for a reconciliation of revised loan segments to legacy loan segments, which were utilized before the adoption of ASC 326.

Loans

The following table presents a composition of total loans (includes both loans held-for-sale and loans held-for-investment) as of the dates indicated:

($ in thousands)

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Commercial real estate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial property

 

$

855,270

 

 

$

814,547

 

 

5.0

%

 

$

772,020

 

 

10.8

%

Business property

 

 

558,772

 

 

 

537,351

 

 

4.0

%

 

 

526,513

 

 

6.1

%

Multifamily

 

 

132,500

 

 

 

132,558

 

 

%

 

 

124,751

 

 

6.2

%

Construction

 

 

24,843

 

 

 

19,246

 

 

29.1

%

 

 

17,054

 

 

45.7

%

Total commercial real estate

 

 

1,571,385

 

 

 

1,503,702

 

 

4.5

%

 

 

1,440,338

 

 

9.1

%

Commercial and industrial

 

 

342,002

 

 

 

279,608

 

 

22.3

%

 

 

249,250

 

 

37.2

%

Consumer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential mortgage

 

 

389,420

 

 

 

363,369

 

 

7.2

%

 

 

333,726

 

 

16.7

%

Other consumer

 

 

20,645

 

 

 

20,926

 

 

(1.3

)%

 

 

22,749

 

 

(9.2

)%

Total consumer

 

 

410,065

 

 

 

384,295

 

 

6.7

%

 

 

356,475

 

 

15.0

%

Loans held-for-investment

 

 

2,323,452

 

 

 

2,167,605

 

 

7.2

%

 

 

2,046,063

 

 

13.6

%

Loans held-for-sale

 

 

5,155

 

 

 

6,693

 

 

(23.0

)%

 

 

22,811

 

 

(77.4

)%

Total loans

 

$

2,328,607

 

 

$

2,174,298

 

 

7.1

%

 

$

2,068,874

 

 

12.6

%

 
 

The increase in loans held-for-investment for the current quarter was primarily due to new funding and advances on lines of credit of $468.4 million, partially offset by pay-downs and pay-offs of $312.5 million. The increase for the current year-to-date period was primarily due to new funding and advances on lines of credit of $1.19 billion and purchases of residential mortgage loans of $15.7 million, partially offset by pay-downs and pay-offs of $923.0 million.

The decrease in loans held-for-sale for the current quarter was primarily due to sales of $20.8 million, partially offset by new funding of $19.3 million. The decrease for the current year-to-date was primarily due to sales of $82.3 million and pay-downs and pay-offs of $4.4 million, partially offset by new funding of $69.0 million.

The following table presents a composition of off-balance sheet credit exposure as of the dates indicated:

($ in thousands)

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Commercial property

 

$

11,634

 

 

$

9,827

 

 

18.4

%

 

$

7,006

 

 

66.1

%

Business property

 

 

9,899

 

 

 

8,388

 

 

18.0

%

 

 

8,396

 

 

17.9

%

Multifamily

 

 

1,800

 

 

 

1,800

 

 

%

 

 

4,500

 

 

(60.0

)%

Construction

 

 

23,739

 

 

 

29,293

 

 

(19.0

)%

 

 

18,211

 

 

30.4

%

Commercial and industrial

 

 

351,025

 

 

 

283,119

 

 

24.0

%

 

 

254,668

 

 

37.8

%

Other consumer

 

 

3,421

 

 

 

271

 

 

1,162.4

%

 

 

692

 

 

394.4

%

Total commitments to extend credit

 

 

401,518

 

 

 

332,698

 

 

20.7

%

 

 

293,473

 

 

36.8

%

Letters of credit

 

 

6,583

 

 

 

6,083

 

 

8.2

%

 

 

5,392

 

 

22.1

%

Total off-balance sheet credit exposure

 

$

408,101

 

 

$

338,781

 

 

20.5

%

 

$

298,865

 

 

36.6

%

 
 

Credit Quality

The following table presents a summary of non-performing loans and assets, and classified assets as of the dates indicated:

($ in thousands)

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Nonaccrual loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial real estate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial property

 

$

958

 

 

$

686

 

 

39.7

%

 

$

 

 

%

Business property

 

 

2,865

 

 

 

2,964

 

 

(3.3

)%

 

 

2,985

 

 

(4.0

)%

Total commercial real estate

 

 

3,823

 

 

 

3,650

 

 

4.7

%

 

 

2,985

 

 

28.1

%

Commercial and industrial

 

 

68

 

 

 

72

 

 

(5.6

)%

 

 

 

 

%

Consumer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential mortgage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

372

 

 

(100.0

)%

Other consumer

 

 

25

 

 

 

8

 

 

212.5

%

 

 

3

 

 

733.3

%

Total consumer

 

 

25

 

 

 

8

 

 

212.5

%

 

 

375

 

 

(93.3

)%

Total nonaccrual loans held-for-investment

 

 

3,916

 

 

 

3,730

 

 

5.0

%

 

 

3,360

 

 

16.5

%

Loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

%

Non-performing loans (“NPLs”) held-for-investment

 

 

3,916

 

 

 

3,730

 

 

5.0

%

 

 

3,360

 

 

16.5

%

NPLs held-for-sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

4,000

 

 

(100.0

)%

Total NPLs

 

 

3,916

 

 

 

3,730

 

 

5.0

%

 

 

7,360

 

 

(46.8

)%

Other real estate owned (“OREO”)

 

 

2,558

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

%

Non-performing assets (“NPAs”)

 

$

6,474

 

 

$

3,730

 

 

73.6

%

 

$

7,360

 

 

(12.0

)%

Loans past due and still accruing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past due 30 to 59 days

 

$

1,394

 

 

$

654

 

 

113.1

%

 

$

47

 

 

2,866.0

%

Past due 60 to 89 days

 

 

34

 

 

 

54

 

 

(37.0

)%

 

 

87

 

 

(60.9

)%

Past due 90 days or more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

%

Total loans past due and still accruing

 

$

1,428

 

 

$

708

 

 

101.7

%

 

 

134

 

 

965.7

%

Special mention loans

 

$

5,156

 

 

$

5,281

 

 

(2.4

)%

 

$

6,857

 

 

(24.8

)%

Classified assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classified loans held-for-investment

 

$

7,000

 

 

$

6,742

 

 

3.8

%

 

$

6,211

 

 

12.7

%

Classified loans held-for-sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

4,000

 

 

(100.0

)%

OREO

 

 

2,558

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

%

Classified assets

 

$

9,558

 

 

$

6,742

 

 

41.8

%

 

$

10,211

 

 

(6.4

)%

NPLs held-for-investment to loans held-for-investment

 

 

0.17

%

 

 

0.17

%

 

 

 

 

0.16

%

 

 

NPAs to total assets

 

 

0.23

%

 

 

0.15

%

 

 

 

 

0.30

%

 

 

Classified assets to total assets

 

 

0.34

%

 

 

0.26

%

 

 

 

 

0.42

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the current quarter, the Company recognized an OREO of $2.6 million by transferring a SBA 7(a) loan, of which its guaranteed portion was previously sold. The Company’s exposure is 25% of the OREO and 75% will be submitted to the SBA upon the sale of property. During the first quarter of 2023, NPLs held-for-sale of $4.0 million were paid-off.

Allowance for Credit Losses

The following table presents activities in ACL for the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Year Ended

($ in thousands)

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

 

12/31/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

ACL on loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

25,599

 

 

$

24,867

 

 

2.9

%

 

$

23,761

 

 

7.7

%

 

$

24,942

 

 

$

22,381

 

 

11.4

%

Impact of ASC 326 adoption

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NM

 

 

 

 

NM

 

 

1,067

 

 

 

 

 

NM

Charge-offs

 

 

(13

)

 

 

(112

)

 

(88.4

)%

 

 

(28

)

 

(53.6

)%

 

 

(132

)

 

 

(1,199

)

 

(89.0

)%

Recoveries

 

 

12

 

 

 

22

 

 

(45.5

)%

 

 

60

 

 

(80.0

)%

 

 

1,159

 

 

 

158

 

 

633.5

%

Provision for credit losses on loans

 

 

1,935

 

 

 

822

 

 

135.4

%

 

 

1,149

 

 

68.4

%

 

 

497

 

 

 

3,602

 

 

(86.2

)%

Balance at end of period

 

$

27,533

 

 

$

25,599

 

 

7.6

%

 

$

24,942

 

 

10.4

%

 

$

27,533

 

 

$

24,942

 

 

10.4

%

Percentage to loans held-for-investment at end of period

 

 

1.19

%

 

 

1.18

%

 

 

 

 

1.22

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.22

%

 

 

ACL on off-balance sheet credit exposure (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

1,514

 

 

$

1,585

 

 

(4.5

)%

 

$

242

 

 

525.6

%

 

$

299

 

 

$

214

 

 

39.7

%

Impact of ASC 326 adoption

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NM

 

 

 

 

NM

 

 

1,607

 

 

 

 

 

NM

Provision (reversal) for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposure

 

 

(237

)

 

 

(71

)

 

233.8

%

 

 

57

 

 

NM

 

 

(629

)

 

 

85

 

 

NM

Balance at end of period

 

$

1,277

 

 

$

1,514

 

 

(15.7

)%

 

$

299

 

 

327.1

%

 

$

1,277

 

 

$

299

 

 

327.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

ACL on off-balance sheet credit exposures was recorded in Accrued Interest Payable and Other Liabilities on Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited).

 

Investment Securities

Total investment securities were $143.3 million at December 31, 2023, an increase of $4.1 million, or 2.9%, from $139.2 million at September 30, 2023, and an increase of $1.5 million, or 1.0%, from $141.9 million at December 31, 2022. The increase for the current quarter was primarily due to purchases of $1.3 million and a fair value increase of $6.4 million, partially offset by principal pay-downs and calls of $3.6 million and net premium amortization of $40 thousand. The increase for the current year was primarily due to purchases of $17.3 million and a fair value increase of $2.3 million, partially offset by principal pay-downs and calls of $17.9 million and net premium amortization of $209 thousand.

Deposits

The following table presents the Company’s deposit mix as of the dates indicated:

 

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

12/31/2022

($ in thousands)

 

Amount

 

% to Total

 

Amount

 

% to Total

 

Amount

 

% to Total

Noninterest-bearing demand deposits

 

$

594,673

 

 

25.3

%

 

$

611,021

 

 

27.9

%

 

$

734,989

 

 

35.9

%

Interest-bearing deposits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Savings

 

 

6,846

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

6,846

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

8,579

 

 

0.4

%

NOW

 

 

16,825

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

16,076

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

11,405

 

 

0.6

%

Retail money market accounts

 

 

397,531

 

 

16.8

%

 

 

436,115

 

 

19.8

%

 

 

494,749

 

 

24.1

%

Brokered money market accounts

 

 

1

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

1

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

8

 

 

0.1

%

Retail time deposits of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$250,000 or less

 

 

456,293

 

 

19.4

%

 

 

406,407

 

 

18.5

%

 

 

295,354

 

 

14.4

%

More than $250,000

 

 

515,702

 

 

21.9

%

 

 

454,406

 

 

20.8

%

 

 

353,876

 

 

17.3

%

State and brokered time deposits

 

 

363,741

 

 

15.5

%

 

 

261,257

 

 

11.9

%

 

 

147,023

 

 

7.2

%

Total interest-bearing deposits

 

 

1,756,939

 

 

74.7

%

 

 

1,581,108

 

 

72.1

%

 

 

1,310,994

 

 

64.1

%

Total deposits

 

$

2,351,612

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

2,192,129

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

2,045,983

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Estimated total deposits not covered by deposit insurance

 

$

947,294

 

 

40.3

%

 

$

983,851

 

 

44.9

%

 

$

1,062,111

 

 

51.9

%

 
 

The decrease in noninterest-bearing demand deposits was primarily due to strong deposit market competition and the migration to interest-bearing deposits attributable to the rising market rates. To retain existing and attract new customers, the Bank offers competitive rates on deposit products.

The increase in retail time deposits for the current quarter was primarily due to new accounts of $188.0 million, renewals of the matured accounts of $264.1 million and balance increases of $9.5 million, partially offset by matured and closed accounts of $350.4 million. The increase for the current year was primarily due to new accounts of $657.0 million, renewals of the matured accounts of $555.3 million and balance increases of $26.7 million, partially offset by matured and closed accounts of $916.2 million.

Liquidity

The following table presents a summary of the Company’s liquidity position as of December 31, 2023:

($ in thousands)

 

12/31/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

242,342

 

 

$

147,031

 

 

64.8

%

Cash and cash equivalents to total assets

 

 

8.7

%

 

 

6.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available borrowing capacity

 

 

 

 

 

 

FHLB advances

 

$

602,976

 

 

$

561,745

 

 

7.3

%

Federal Reserve Discount Window

 

 

528,893

 

 

 

23,902

 

 

2,112.8

%

Overnight federal funds lines

 

 

65,000

 

 

 

65,000

 

 

%

Total

 

$

1,196,869

 

 

$

650,647

 

 

84.0

%

Total available borrowing capacity to total assets

 

 

42.9

%

 

 

26.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the current year, the Company increased cash and cash equivalents by $95.3 million, or 64.8%, to $242.3 million and available borrowing capacity by $546.2 million, or 84.0%, to $1.20 billion. During the current year, the Company began participating in the Borrower-in Custody Program with the Federal Reserve Bank providing additional borrowing capacity. As of December 31, 2023, the Company's cash and cash equivalents and available borrowing capacity covered approximately 151.9% of deposits not covered by deposit insurance compared to 75.1% at December 31, 2022.

Shareholders’ Equity

Shareholders’ equity was $348.9 million at December 31, 2023, an increase of $7.0 million, or 2.1%, from $341.9 million at September 30, 2023, and an increase of $13.4 million, or 4.0%, from $335.4 million at December 31, 2022. The increase for the current quarter was primarily due to net income and a decrease in other comprehensive loss of $4.5 million, partially offset by cash dividends declared on common stock of $2.6 million and repurchase of common stock of $925 thousand. The increase for the current year was primarily due to net income, cash proceeds from exercise of stock options of $1.4 million and a decrease in other comprehensive loss of $1.6 million, partially offset by cash dividend declared on common stock of $9.9 million, repurchase of common stock of $8.8 million, and cumulative effect adjustment upon adoption of ASC 326 of $1.9 million.

Stock Repurchases

On July 28, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to 5% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, which represented 747,938 shares, through February 1, 2023. On January 26, 2023, the Company announced the amendment to the repurchase program, which extended the program expiration from February 1, 2023 to February 1, 2024. The Company completed the repurchase program during the first quarter of 2023. Under this repurchase program, the Company repurchased and retired 747,938 shares of common stock at a weighted-average price of $18.15 per share, totaling $13.6 million.

On August 2, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to 5% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, which represented 720,000 shares, through August 2, 2024. The Company repurchased and retired 127,276 shares of common stock at a weighted-average price of $15.58 per share, totaling $2.0 million under this repurchase program through December 31, 2023.

For the current year, the Company repurchased and retired 512,657 shares of common stock at a weighted-average price of $17.22, totaling $8.8 million.

Issuance of Preferred Stock Under the Emergency Capital Investment Program

On May 24, 2022, the Company issued 69,141 shares of Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C, liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (“Series C Preferred Stock”) for the capital investment of $69.1 million from the U.S. Treasury under the Emergency Capital Investment Program (“ECIP”). The ECIP investment is treated as tier 1 capital for regulatory capital purposes.

The Series C Preferred Stock bears no dividend for the first 24 months following the investment date. Thereafter, the dividend rate will be adjusted based on the lending growth criteria listed in the terms of the ECIP investment with an annual dividend rate up to 2%. After the tenth anniversary of the investment date, the dividend rate will be fixed based on average annual amount of lending in years 2 through 10.

Capital Ratios

Based on the Federal Reserve’s Small Bank Holding Company policy, the Company is not currently subject to consolidated minimum capital measurements. At such time as the Company reaches the $3 billion asset level, it will be subject to consolidated capital requirements independent of the Bank. For comparison purposes, the Company’s capital ratios are included in following table, which presents capital ratios for the Company and the Bank as of the dates indicated:

 

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

Well Capitalized Requirements

PCB Bancorp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)

 

12.23

%

 

13.07

%

 

13.29

%

 

N/A

Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)

 

16.39

%

 

17.48

%

 

17.83

%

 

N/A

Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)

 

15.16

%

 

16.24

%

 

16.62

%

 

N/A

Tier 1 capital (to average assets)

 

13.43

%

 

13.76

%

 

14.33

%

 

N/A

PCB Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)

 

14.85

%

 

15.87

%

 

16.30

%

 

6.5

%

Total capital (to risk-weighted assets)

 

16.07

%

 

17.11

%

 

17.52

%

 

10.0

%

Tier 1 capital (to risk-weighted assets)

 

14.85

%

 

15.87

%

 

16.30

%

 

8.0

%

Tier 1 capital (to average assets)

 

13.16

%

 

13.44

%

 

14.05

%

 

5.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About PCB Bancorp

PCB Bancorp is the bank holding company for PCB Bank, a California state chartered bank, offering a full suite of commercial banking services to small to medium-sized businesses, individuals and professionals, primarily in Southern California, and predominantly in Korean-American and other minority communities.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements represent plans, estimates, objectives, goals, guidelines, expectations, intentions, projections and statements of our beliefs concerning future events, business plans, objectives, expected operating results and the assumptions upon which those statements are based. Forward-looking statements include without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and are typically identified with words such as “may,” “could,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “aim,” “intend,” “plan,” or words or phases of similar meaning. We caution that the forward-looking statements are based largely on our expectations and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based on factors which are, in many instances, beyond our control, including but not limited to the health of the national and local economies including the impact to the Company and its customers resulting from changes to, and the level of, inflation and interest rates; the Company’s ability to maintain and grow its deposit base; loan demand and continued portfolio performance; the impact of adverse developments at other banks, including bank failures, that impact general sentiment regarding the stability and liquidity of banks that could affect the Company’s liquidity, financial performance and stock price; changes to valuations of the Company’s assets and liabilities including the allowance for credit losses, earning assets, and intangible assets; changes to the availability of liquidity sources including borrowing lines and the ability to pledge or sell certain assets; the Company's ability to attract and retain skilled employees; customers' service expectations; cyber security risks; the Company's ability to successfully deploy new technology; acquisitions and branch and loan production office expansions; operational risks including the ability to detect and prevent errors and fraud; the effectiveness of the Company’s enterprise risk management framework; costs related to litigation; changes in laws, rules, regulations, or interpretations to which the Company is subject; the effects of severe weather events, pandemics, other public health crises, acts of war or terrorism, and other external events on our business. These and other important factors are detailed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and other filings the Company makes with the SEC, which are available at the SEC’s Internet site (http://www.sec.gov) or from the Company without charge. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those contemplated, expressed, or implied by the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements presented herein are made only as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

PCB Bancorp and Subsidiary

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

($ in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

$

26,518

 

 

$

22,691

 

 

16.9

%

 

$

23,202

 

 

14.3

%

Interest-bearing deposits in other financial institutions

 

 

215,824

 

 

 

169,659

 

 

27.2

%

 

 

123,829

 

 

74.3

%

Total cash and cash equivalents

 

 

242,342

 

 

 

192,350

 

 

26.0

%

 

 

147,031

 

 

64.8

%

Securities available-for-sale, at fair value

 

 

143,323

 

 

 

139,218

 

 

2.9

%

 

 

141,863

 

 

1.0

%

Loans held-for-sale

 

 

5,155

 

 

 

6,693

 

 

(23.0

)%

 

 

22,811

 

 

(77.4

)%

Loans held-for-investment

 

 

2,323,452

 

 

 

2,167,605

 

 

7.2

%

 

 

2,046,063

 

 

13.6

%

Allowance for credit losses on loans

 

 

(27,533

)

 

 

(25,599

)

 

7.6

%

 

 

(24,942

)

 

10.4

%

Net loans held-for-investment

 

 

2,295,919

 

 

 

2,142,006

 

 

7.2

%

 

 

2,021,121

 

 

13.6

%

Premises and equipment, net

 

 

5,999

 

 

 

6,229

 

 

(3.7

)%

 

 

6,916

 

 

(13.3

)%

Federal Home Loan Bank and other bank stock

 

 

12,716

 

 

 

12,716

 

 

%

 

 

10,183

 

 

24.9

%

Other real estate owned, net

 

 

2,558

 

 

 

 

 

NM

 

 

 

 

NM

Bank-owned life insurance

 

 

30,817

 

 

 

30,615

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

30,064

 

 

2.5

%

Deferred tax assets, net

 

 

 

 

 

4,486

 

 

(100.0

)%

 

 

3,115

 

 

(100.0

)%

Servicing assets

 

 

6,666

 

 

 

6,920

 

 

(3.7

)%

 

 

7,347

 

 

(9.3

)%

Operating lease assets

 

 

18,913

 

 

 

5,626

 

 

236.2

%

 

 

6,358

 

 

197.5

%

Accrued interest receivable

 

 

9,468

 

 

 

8,731

 

 

8.4

%

 

 

7,472

 

 

26.7

%

Other assets

 

 

15,630

 

 

 

12,384

 

 

26.2

%

 

 

15,755

 

 

(0.8

)%

Total assets

 

$

2,789,506

 

 

$

2,567,974

 

 

8.6

%

 

$

2,420,036

 

 

15.3

%

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing demand

 

$

594,673

 

 

$

611,021

 

 

(2.7

)%

 

$

734,989

 

 

(19.1

)%

Savings, NOW and money market accounts

 

 

421,203

 

 

 

459,038

 

 

(8.2

)%

 

 

514,741

 

 

(18.2

)%

Time deposits of $250,000 or less

 

 

760,034

 

 

 

607,664

 

 

25.1

%

 

 

382,377

 

 

98.8

%

Time deposits of more than $250,000

 

 

575,702

 

 

 

514,406

 

 

11.9

%

 

 

413,876

 

 

39.1

%

Total deposits

 

 

2,351,612

 

 

 

2,192,129

 

 

7.3

%

 

 

2,045,983

 

 

14.9

%

Federal Home Loan Bank advances

 

 

39,000

 

 

 

 

 

NM

 

 

20,000

 

 

95.0

%

Deferred tax liabilities, net

 

 

876

 

 

 

 

 

NM

 

 

 

 

NM

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

20,137

 

 

 

5,852

 

 

244.1

%

 

 

6,809

 

 

195.7

%

Accrued interest payable and other liabilities

 

 

29,009

 

 

 

28,141

 

 

3.1

%

 

 

11,802

 

 

145.8

%

Total liabilities

 

 

2,440,634

 

 

 

2,226,122

 

 

9.6

%

 

 

2,084,594

 

 

17.1

%

Commitments and contingent liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock

 

 

69,141

 

 

 

69,141

 

 

%

 

 

69,141

 

 

%

Common stock

 

 

142,563

 

 

 

143,401

 

 

(0.6

)%

 

 

149,631

 

 

(4.7

)%

Retained earnings

 

 

146,092

 

 

 

142,750

 

 

2.3

%

 

 

127,181

 

 

14.9

%

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net

 

 

(8,924

)

 

 

(13,440

)

 

(33.6

)%

 

 

(10,511

)

 

(15.1

)%

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

348,872

 

 

 

341,852

 

 

2.1

%

 

 

335,442

 

 

4.0

%

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

2,789,506

 

 

$

2,567,974

 

 

8.6

%

 

$

2,420,036

 

 

15.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding common shares

 

 

14,260,440

 

 

 

14,319,014

 

 

 

 

 

14,625,474

 

 

 

Book value per common share (1)

 

$

24.46

 

 

$

23.87

 

 

 

 

$

22.94

 

 

 

TCE per common share (2)

 

$

19.62

 

 

$

19.05

 

 

 

 

$

18.21

 

 

 

Total loan to total deposit ratio

 

 

99.02

%

 

 

99.19

%

 

 

 

 

101.12

%

 

 

Noninterest-bearing deposits to total deposits

 

 

25.29

%

 

 

27.87

%

 

 

 

 

35.92

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

The ratios are calculated by dividing total shareholders equity by the number of outstanding common shares. The Company did not have any intangible equity components for the presented periods.

(2)

Non-GAAP. See “Non-GAAP Measures” for reconciliation of this measure to its most comparable GAAP measure.

 

PCB Bancorp and Subsidiary

Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)

($ in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

% Change

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

 

12/31/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

% Change

Interest and dividend income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans, including fees

 

$

37,189

 

 

$

34,651

 

 

7.3

%

 

$

28,786

 

 

29.2

%

 

$

136,029

 

 

$

95,054

 

 

43.1

%

Investment securities

 

 

1,271

 

 

 

1,170

 

 

8.6

%

 

 

957

 

 

32.8

%

 

 

4,679

 

 

 

2,907

 

 

61.0

%

Other interest-earning assets

 

 

2,491

 

 

 

3,031

 

 

(17.8

)%

 

 

1,833

 

 

35.9

%

 

 

10,469

 

 

 

3,790

 

 

176.2

%

Total interest income

 

 

40,951

 

 

 

38,852

 

 

5.4

%

 

 

31,576

 

 

29.7

%

 

 

151,177

 

 

 

101,751

 

 

48.6

%

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

 

18,728

 

 

 

16,403

 

 

14.2

%

 

 

7,295

 

 

156.7

%

 

 

62,165

 

 

 

11,984

 

 

418.7

%

Other borrowings

 

 

299

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

16

 

 

1,768.8

%

 

 

508

 

 

 

135

 

 

276.3

%

Total interest expense

 

 

19,027

 

 

 

16,403

 

 

16.0

%

 

 

7,311

 

 

160.3

%

 

 

62,673

 

 

 

12,119

 

 

417.1

%

Net interest income

 

 

21,924

 

 

 

22,449

 

 

(2.3

)%

 

 

24,265

 

 

(9.6

)%

 

 

88,504

 

 

 

89,632

 

 

(1.3

)%

Provision (reversal) for credit losses

 

 

1,698

 

 

 

751

 

 

126.1

%

 

 

1,149

 

 

47.8

%

 

 

(132

)

 

 

3,602

 

 

NM

Net interest income after provision (reversal) for credit losses

 

 

20,226

 

 

 

21,698

 

 

(6.8

)%

 

 

23,116

 

 

(12.5

)%

 

 

88,636

 

 

 

86,030

 

 

3.0

%

Noninterest income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on sale of loans

 

 

803

 

 

 

689

 

 

16.5

%

 

 

759

 

 

5.8

%

 

 

3,570

 

 

 

7,990

 

 

(55.3

)%

Service charges and fees on deposits

 

 

391

 

 

 

371

 

 

5.4

%

 

 

352

 

 

11.1

%

 

 

1,475

 

 

 

1,326

 

 

11.2

%

Loan servicing income

 

 

751

 

 

 

851

 

 

(11.8

)%

 

 

734

 

 

2.3

%

 

 

3,330

 

 

 

2,969

 

 

12.2

%

Bank-owned life insurance income

 

 

202

 

 

 

187

 

 

8.0

%

 

 

181

 

 

11.6

%

 

 

753

 

 

 

706

 

 

6.7

%

Other income

 

 

356

 

 

 

404

 

 

(11.9

)%

 

 

363

 

 

(1.9

)%

 

 

1,555

 

 

 

1,508

 

 

3.1

%

Total noninterest income

 

 

2,503

 

 

 

2,502

 

 

%

 

 

2,389

 

 

4.8

%

 

 

10,683

 

 

 

14,499

 

 

(26.3

)%

Noninterest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and employee benefits

 

 

8,397

 

 

 

8,572

 

 

(2.0

)%

 

 

7,879

 

 

6.6

%

 

 

34,572

 

 

 

33,056

 

 

4.6

%

Occupancy and equipment

 

 

2,145

 

 

 

1,964

 

 

9.2

%

 

 

1,897

 

 

13.1

%

 

 

7,924

 

 

 

6,481

 

 

22.3

%

Professional fees

 

 

898

 

 

 

685

 

 

31.1

%

 

 

607

 

 

47.9

%

 

 

3,087

 

 

 

2,239

 

 

37.9

%

Marketing and business promotion

 

 

772

 

 

 

980

 

 

(21.2

)%

 

 

724

 

 

6.6

%

 

 

2,327

 

 

 

2,150

 

 

8.2

%

Data processing

 

 

393

 

 

 

367

 

 

7.1

%

 

 

434

 

 

(9.4

)%

 

 

1,552

 

 

 

1,706

 

 

(9.0

)%

Director fees and expenses

 

 

207

 

 

 

152

 

 

36.2

%

 

 

176

 

 

17.6

%

 

 

756

 

 

 

706

 

 

7.1

%

Regulatory assessments

 

 

285

 

 

 

281

 

 

1.4

%

 

 

159

 

 

79.2

%

 

 

1,103

 

 

 

597

 

 

84.8

%

Other expense

 

 

1,372

 

 

 

1,206

 

 

13.8

%

 

 

1,239

 

 

10.7

%

 

 

4,736

 

 

 

4,191

 

 

13.0

%

Total noninterest expense

 

 

14,469

 

 

 

14,207

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

13,115

 

 

10.3

%

 

 

56,057

 

 

 

51,126

 

 

9.6

%

Income before income taxes

 

 

8,260

 

 

 

9,993

 

 

(17.3

)%

 

 

12,390

 

 

(33.3

)%

 

 

43,262

 

 

 

49,403

 

 

(12.4

)%

Income tax expense

 

 

2,352

 

 

 

2,970

 

 

(20.8

)%

 

 

3,688

 

 

(36.2

)%

 

 

12,557

 

 

 

14,416

 

 

(12.9

)%

Net income

 

$

5,908

 

 

$

7,023

 

 

(15.9

)%

 

$

8,702

 

 

(32.1

)%

 

$

30,705

 

 

$

34,987

 

 

(12.2

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per common share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

0.41

 

 

$

0.49

 

 

 

 

$

0.59

 

 

 

 

$

2.14

 

 

$

2.35

 

 

 

Diluted

 

$

0.41

 

 

$

0.49

 

 

 

 

$

0.58

 

 

 

 

$

2.12

 

 

$

2.31

 

 

 

Average common shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

14,223,831

 

 

 

14,294,802

 

 

 

 

 

14,700,010

 

 

 

 

 

14,301,691

 

 

 

14,822,018

 

 

 

Diluted

 

 

14,316,581

 

 

 

14,396,216

 

 

 

 

 

14,904,106

 

 

 

 

 

14,417,938

 

 

 

15,065,175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend paid per common share

 

$

0.18

 

 

$

0.18

 

 

 

 

$

0.15

 

 

 

 

$

0.69

 

 

$

0.60

 

 

 

Return on average assets (1)

 

 

0.89

%

 

 

1.09

%

 

 

 

 

1.44

%

 

 

 

 

1.20

%

 

 

1.54

%

 

 

Return on average shareholders’ equity (1)

 

 

6.82

%

 

 

8.12

%

 

 

 

 

10.31

%

 

 

 

 

9.02

%

 

 

11.42

%

 

 

Return on average TCE (1), (2)

 

 

8.54

%

 

 

10.17

%

 

 

 

 

12.99

%

 

 

 

 

11.31

%

 

 

13.23

%

 

 

Efficiency ratio (3)

 

 

59.23

%

 

 

56.94

%

 

 

 

 

49.20

%

 

 

 

 

56.52

%

 

 

49.10

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Ratios are presented on an annualized basis.

(2)

Non-GAAP. See “Non-GAAP Measures” for reconciliation of this measure to its most comparable GAAP measure.

(3)

The ratios are calculated by dividing noninterest expense by the sum of net interest income and noninterest income.

 

PCB Bancorp and Subsidiary

Average Balance, Average Yield, and Average Rate (Unaudited)

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

 

Average Balance

 

Interest Income/ Expense

 

Avg. Yield/Rate(6)

 

Average Balance

 

Interest Income/ Expense

 

Avg. Yield/Rate(6)

 

Average Balance

 

Interest Income/ Expense

 

Avg. Yield/Rate(6)

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-earning assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total loans (1)

 

$

2,242,457

 

 

$

37,189

 

 

6.58

%

 

$

2,137,184

 

 

$

34,651

 

 

6.43

%

 

$

2,004,220

 

 

$

28,786

 

 

5.70

%

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

100,500

 

 

 

855

 

 

3.38

%

 

 

98,534

 

 

 

750

 

 

3.02

%

 

 

90,346

 

 

 

585

 

 

2.57

%

Collateralized mortgage obligation

 

 

23,970

 

 

 

259

 

 

4.29

%

 

 

24,959

 

 

 

262

 

 

4.16

%

 

 

25,570

 

 

 

221

 

 

3.43

%

SBA loan pool securities

 

 

7,453

 

 

 

81

 

 

4.31

%

 

 

7,842

 

 

 

81

 

 

4.10

%

 

 

9,545

 

 

 

71

 

 

2.95

%

Municipal bonds (2)

 

 

3,110

 

 

 

29

 

 

3.70

%

 

 

3,602

 

 

 

30

 

 

3.30

%

 

 

4,050

 

 

 

33

 

 

3.23

%

Corporate bonds

 

 

4,194

 

 

 

47

 

 

4.45

%

 

 

4,056

 

 

 

47

 

 

4.60

%

 

 

4,555

 

 

 

47

 

 

4.09

%

Other interest-earning assets

 

 

175,336

 

 

 

2,491

 

 

5.64

%

 

 

219,115

 

 

 

3,031

 

 

5.49

%

 

 

182,018

 

 

 

1,833

 

 

4.00

%

Total interest-earning assets

 

 

2,557,020

 

 

 

40,951

 

 

6.35

%

 

 

2,495,292

 

 

 

38,852

 

 

6.18

%

 

 

2,320,304

 

 

 

31,576

 

 

5.40

%

Noninterest-earning assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

 

23,034

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,298

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,139

 

 

 

 

 

ACL on loans

 

 

(25,663

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(24,869

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(23,800

)

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

 

87,759

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,512

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78,069

 

 

 

 

 

Total noninterest-earning assets

 

 

85,130

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,941

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75,408

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

2,642,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,563,233

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,395,712

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOW and money market accounts

 

$

450,408

 

 

 

4,418

 

 

3.89

%

 

$

481,341

 

 

 

4,398

 

 

3.62

%

 

$

540,312

 

 

 

2,852

 

 

2.09

%

Savings

 

 

6,947

 

 

 

4

 

 

0.23

%

 

 

7,197

 

 

 

4

 

 

0.22

%

 

 

10,692

 

 

 

3

 

 

0.11

%

Time deposits

 

 

1,192,777

 

 

 

14,306

 

 

4.76

%

 

 

1,073,044

 

 

 

12,001

 

 

4.44

%

 

 

718,735

 

 

 

4,440

 

 

2.45

%

Total interest-bearing deposits

 

 

1,650,132

 

 

 

18,728

 

 

4.50

%

 

 

1,561,582

 

 

 

16,403

 

 

4.17

%

 

 

1,269,739

 

 

 

7,295

 

 

2.28

%

Other borrowings

 

 

21,000

 

 

 

299

 

 

5.65

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

1,739

 

 

 

16

 

 

3.65

%

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

 

1,671,132

 

 

 

19,027

 

 

4.52

%

 

 

1,561,582

 

 

 

16,403

 

 

4.17

%

 

 

1,271,478

 

 

 

7,311

 

 

2.28

%

Noninterest-bearing liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing demand

 

 

577,894

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

626,738

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

771,632

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

 

49,389

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,769

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,770

 

 

 

 

 

Total noninterest-bearing liabilities

 

 

627,283

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

658,507

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

789,402

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

2,298,415

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,220,089

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,060,880

 

 

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

343,735

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

343,144

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

334,832

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

2,642,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,563,233

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,395,712

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

 

 

$

21,924

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

22,449

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

24,265

 

 

 

Net interest spread (3)

 

 

 

 

 

1.83

%

 

 

 

 

 

2.01

%

 

 

 

 

 

3.12

%

Net interest margin (4)

 

 

 

 

 

3.40

%

 

 

 

 

 

3.57

%

 

 

 

 

 

4.15

%

Total deposits

 

$

2,228,026

 

 

$

18,728

 

 

3.33

%

 

$

2,188,320

 

 

$

16,403

 

 

2.97

%

 

$

2,041,371

 

 

$

7,295

 

 

1.42

%

Total funding (5)

 

$

2,249,026

 

 

$

19,027

 

 

3.36

%

 

$

2,188,320

 

 

$

16,403

 

 

2.97

%

 

$

2,043,110

 

 

$

7,311

 

 

1.42

%

 

(1)

Total loans include both loans held-for-sale and loans held-for-investment.

(2)

The yield on municipal bonds has not been computed on a tax-equivalent basis.

(3)

Net interest spread is calculated by subtracting average rate on interest-bearing liabilities from average yield on interest-earning assets.

(4)

Net interest margin is calculated by dividing annualized net interest income by average interest-earning assets.

(5)

Total funding is the sum of interest-bearing liabilities and noninterest-bearing deposits. The cost of total funding is calculated as annualized total interest expense divided by average total funding.

(6)

Annualized.

 

PCB Bancorp and Subsidiary

Average Balance, Average Yield, and Average Rate (Unaudited)

($ in thousands)

 

 

 

Year Ended

 

 

12/31/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

 

Average Balance

 

Interest Income/ Expense

 

Avg. Yield/Rate

 

Average Balance

 

Interest Income/ Expense

 

Avg. Yield/Rate

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-earning assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total loans (1)

 

$

2,137,851

 

 

$

136,029

 

 

6.36

%

 

$

1,872,557

 

 

$

95,054

 

 

5.08

%

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

98,903

 

 

 

3,001

 

 

3.03

%

 

 

89,066

 

 

 

1,826

 

 

2.05

%

Collateralized mortgage obligation

 

 

25,466

 

 

 

1,039

 

 

4.08

%

 

 

23,479

 

 

 

545

 

 

2.32

%

SBA loan pool securities

 

 

8,166

 

 

 

325

 

 

3.98

%

 

 

10,309

 

 

 

208

 

 

2.02

%

Municipal bonds (2)

 

 

3,788

 

 

 

126

 

 

3.33

%

 

 

4,874

 

 

 

140

 

 

2.87

%

Corporate bonds

 

 

4,273

 

 

 

188

 

 

4.40

%

 

 

4,810

 

 

 

188

 

 

3.91

%

Other interest-earning assets

 

 

198,809

 

 

 

10,469

 

 

5.27

%

 

 

194,205

 

 

 

3,790

 

 

1.95

%

Total interest-earning assets

 

 

2,477,256

 

 

 

151,177

 

 

6.10

%

 

 

2,199,300

 

 

 

101,751

 

 

4.63

%

Noninterest-earning assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and due from banks

 

 

21,565

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,735

 

 

 

 

 

ACL on loans

 

 

(25,495

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(22,125

)

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

 

76,433

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73,951

 

 

 

 

 

Total noninterest-earning assets

 

 

72,503

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

72,561

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

2,549,759

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,271,861

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-bearing liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOW and money market accounts

 

$

470,750

 

 

 

16,190

 

 

3.44

%

 

$

504,275

 

 

 

4,970

 

 

0.99

%

Savings

 

 

7,499

 

 

 

18

 

 

0.24

%

 

 

14,068

 

 

 

9

 

 

0.06

%

Time deposits

 

 

1,059,985

 

 

 

45,957

 

 

4.34

%

 

 

593,106

 

 

 

7,005

 

 

1.18

%

Total interest-bearing deposits

 

 

1,538,234

 

 

 

62,165

 

 

4.04

%

 

 

1,111,449

 

 

 

11,984

 

 

1.08

%

Other borrowings

 

 

9,192

 

 

 

508

 

 

5.53

%

 

 

6,290

 

 

 

135

 

 

2.15

%

Total interest-bearing liabilities

 

 

1,547,426

 

 

 

62,673

 

 

4.05

%

 

 

1,117,739

 

 

 

12,119

 

 

1.08

%

Noninterest-bearing liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing demand

 

 

629,774

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

831,621

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

 

32,051

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,061

 

 

 

 

 

Total noninterest-bearing liabilities

 

 

661,825

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

847,682

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

2,209,251

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,965,421

 

 

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

340,508

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

306,440

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

2,549,759

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,271,861

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

 

 

$

88,504

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

89,632

 

 

 

Net interest spread (3)

 

 

 

 

 

2.05

%

 

 

 

 

 

3.55

%

Net interest margin (4)

 

 

 

 

 

3.57

%

 

 

 

 

 

4.08

%

Total deposits

 

$

2,168,008

 

 

$

62,165

 

 

2.87

%

 

$

1,943,070

 

 

$

11,984

 

 

0.62

%

Total funding (5)

 

$

2,177,200

 

 

$

62,673

 

 

2.88

%

 

$

1,949,360

 

 

$

12,119

 

 

0.62

%

 

(1)

Total loans include both loans held-for-sale and loans held-for-investment.

(2)

The yield on municipal bonds has not been computed on a tax-equivalent basis.

(3)

Net interest spread is calculated by subtracting average rate on interest-bearing liabilities from average yield on interest-earning assets.

(4)

Net interest margin is calculated by dividing annualized net interest income by average interest-earning assets.

(5)

Total funding is the sum of interest-bearing liabilities and noninterest-bearing deposits. The cost of total funding is calculated as annualized total interest expense divided by average total funding.

 

PCB Bancorp and Subsidiary
Loan Segments Revision (Unaudited)
($ in thousands)

As a part of the adoption of ASC 326, the Company reviewed and revised certain loan segments for the Company’s ACL model. Before the adoption of ASC 326, commercial property and SBA property loans were separately presented and represented 63.0% and 6.6% of loans held-for-investment at December 31, 2022, respectively. The Company re-divided these loan segments into commercial property (non-owner occupied), business property (owner occupied) and multifamily loans as these new loan segments are determined to share similar characteristics under the Company’s ACL model. In addition, four loan segments before the adoption of ASC 326 (commercial term loans, commercial lines of credit, SBA term loans and SBA PPP loans), which represented 12.2% of loans held-for-investment at December 31, 2022, are combined into a single loan segment, commercial and industrial loans, as these loans are determined to share similar risk characteristics under the Company’s ACL model. In this release, loan segments on loan related disclosures for prior period comparisons are revised accordingly in order to be comparable to the Company’s new loan segments.

The following table presents a reconciliation of revised loan segments to legacy loan segments, which were utilized before the adoption of ASC 326:

($ in thousands)

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

12/31/2022

Revision for commercial real estate loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised loan segments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial property

 

$

855,270

 

 

$

814,547

 

 

$

772,020

 

Business property

 

 

558,772

 

 

 

537,351

 

 

 

526,513

 

Multifamily

 

 

132,500

 

 

 

132,558

 

 

 

124,751

 

Total

 

$

1,546,542

 

 

$

1,484,456

 

 

$

1,423,284

 

Legacy loan segments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial property

 

$

1,418,693

 

 

$

1,354,590

 

 

$

1,288,392

 

SBA property

 

 

127,849

 

 

 

129,866

 

 

 

134,892

 

Total

 

$

1,546,542

 

 

$

1,484,456

 

 

$

1,423,284

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revision for commercial and industrial loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised loan segments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial and industrial

 

$

342,002

 

 

$

279,608

 

 

$

249,250

 

Legacy loan segments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial term

 

$

122,513

 

 

$

87,892

 

 

$

77,700

 

Commercial lines of credit

 

 

201,031

 

 

 

174,585

 

 

 

154,142

 

SBA commercial term

 

 

17,754

 

 

 

16,272

 

 

 

16,211

 

SBA PPP

 

 

704

 

 

 

859

 

 

 

1,197

 

Total

 

$

342,002

 

 

$

279,608

 

 

$

249,250

 

 
 

PCB Bancorp and Subsidiary
Non-GAAP Measures
($ in thousands)

Return on average tangible common equity, tangible common equity per common share and tangible common equity to total assets ratios

The Company's TCE is calculated by subtracting preferred stock from shareholders’ equity. The Company does not have any intangible assets for the presented periods. Return on average TCE, TCE per common share, and TCE to total assets constitute supplemental financial information determined by methods other than in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures are used by management in its analysis of the Company's performance. These non-GAAP measures should not be viewed as substitutes for results determined in accordance with GAAP, nor are they necessarily comparable to non-GAAP measures that may be presented by other companies. The following tables provide reconciliations of the non-GAAP measures with financial measures defined by GAAP.

($ in thousands)

 

 

Three Months Ended

Year Ended

 

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

12/31/2022

 

12/31/2023

 

12/31/2022

Average total shareholders' equity

(a)

 

$

343,735

 

 

$

343,144

 

 

$

334,832

 

 

$

340,508

 

 

$

306,440

 

Less: average preferred stock

(b)

 

 

69,141

 

 

 

69,141

 

 

 

69,141

 

 

 

69,141

 

 

 

42,053

 

Average TCE

(c)=(a)-(b)

 

$

274,594

 

 

$

274,003

 

 

$

265,691

 

 

$

271,367

 

 

$

264,387

 

Net income

(d)

 

$

5,908

 

 

$

7,023

 

 

$

8,702

 

 

$

30,705

 

 

$

34,987

 

Return on average shareholder's equity (1)

(d)/(a)

 

 

6.82

%

 

 

8.12

%

 

 

10.31

%

 

 

9.02

%

 

 

11.42

%

Return on average TCE (1)

(d)/(c)

 

 

8.54

%

 

 

10.17

%

 

 

12.99

%

 

 

11.31

%

 

 

13.23

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Annualized.

 

($ in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

12/31/2023

 

9/30/2023

 

12/31/2022

Total shareholders' equity

(a)

 

$

348,872

 

 

$

341,852

 

 

$

335,442

 

Less: preferred stock

(b)

 

 

69,141

 

 

 

69,141

 

 

 

69,141

 

TCE

(c)=(a)-(b)

 

$

279,731

 

 

$

272,711

 

 

$

266,301

 

Outstanding common shares

(d)

 

 

14,260,440

 

 

 

14,319,014

 

 

 

14,625,474

 

Book value per common share

(a)/(d)

 

$

24.46

 

 

$

23.87

 

 

$

22.94

 

TCE per common share

(c)/(d)

 

$

19.62

 

 

$

19.05

 

 

$

18.21

 

Total assets

(e)

 

$

2,789,506

 

 

$

2,567,974

 

 

$

2,420,036

 

Total shareholders' equity to total assets

(a)/(e)

 

 

12.51

%

 

 

13.31

%

 

 

13.86

%

TCE to total assets

(c)/(e)

 

 

10.03

%

 

 

10.62

%

 

 

11.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timothy Chang

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

213-210-2000

Source: PCB Bancorp

FAQ

What is PCB Bancorp's net income for Q4 2023?

PCB Bancorp reported a net income of $5.9 million for Q4 2023.

What was the provision for credit losses in Q4 2023?

The provision for credit losses was $1.7 million for Q4 2023.

What were the total assets at the end of 2023?

Total assets were $2.79 billion at the end of 2023.

What is the ticker symbol for PCB Bancorp?

The ticker symbol for PCB Bancorp is 'PCB'.

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