Hanmi Reports Second Quarter 2020 Results

2020 Second Quarter Highlights:    
Net income of $9.2 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, up from net income of $2.4 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, for the prior quarter and up from net income of $2.7 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, from the same quarter a year ago.Loans receivable of $4.83 billion, up 6.2% from the end of the prior quarter reflecting $308.8 million of loans originated through the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and $225.3 million of new loan and lease production; Loans receivable up 5.9% year-over-year.Deposits of $5.21 billion, up $627.7 million or 13.7% from the end of the first quarter, led principally from increases in noninterest-bearing deposits; Deposits up 9.4% from a year ago. Second quarter cost of interest-bearing deposits declined 45 basis points from the prior quarter.Credit loss expense, under the new accounting standard, was $24.6 million, compared with $15.7 million for the prior quarter, resulting in an allowance for credit losses of 1.79% of loans at June 30, 2020 – 1.91% excluding PPP loans.Nonperforming assets were 0.94% of total assets at quarter-end compared with 0.93% for the prior quarter.Net interest income was $44.4 million for the second quarter compared with $44.0 million for the previous quarter; net interest margin for the second quarter was 3.15% (3.21% excluding PPP loans) compared with 3.36% for the prior quarter.Noninterest income was $20.9 million, up from $6.2 million for the previous quarter, and included gains on sales of securities of $15.7 million.Noninterest expense was $27.1 million, down 12.7% from the previous quarter chiefly due to deferred PPP loan origination costs; Efficiency ratio for the second quarter was 41.51% (60.82% excluding securities gains and deferred PPP loan origination costs) compared with 61.89% for the prior quarter.Hanmi ended the second quarter with a tangible common equity to tangible assets ratio of 8.63% (9.07% excluding PPP loans) and remained well-capitalized with a Total Risk-Based capital ratio of 14.04% and a Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 10.47% as of June 30, 2020.For more information about our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including detail regarding our participation in the PPP, our loan deferrals, including a breakdown by loan type and industry, as well as detail concerning our loan exposure to higher impacted industries, please see the Q2 2020 Investor Update (and Supplemental Financial Information), a copy of which is available on our website at www.hanmi.com and via a current report on Form 8-K on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.