Dean Shigemura
Analyst · Sandler O'Neill and Partners
Thank you, Peter. Net income for the second quarter of 2018 was $54.7 million or $1.30 per share compared to $54 million or $1.28 per share in the first quarter and $44.7 million or $1.05 per share in the second quarter last year. Our return on assets during the second quarter was 1.30%, the return on equity was 17.68% and our efficiency ratio was 56.12%. Our net interest margin in the second quarter was 3.04%, up four basis points from the first quarter and up 12 basis points from the same quarter last year. Net interest income on a reported basis for the second quarter of 2018 was $120.5 million, up $1.5 million from the first quarter and up $8.2 million from the second quarter last year. As Mary will discuss later, we recorded a credit provision of $3.5 million this quarter. Non-interest income totaled $41.3 million in the second quarter of 2018 compared with $44 million in the previous quarter and $45.2 million in the same quarter last year. Non-interest income during the second quarter of 2018 included a negative adjustment of $1 million related to a change in the Visa Class B conversion ratio. Non-interest income in the first quarter of 2018 included $2.8 million resulting from a low-income housing investment sale and distribution. There were no significant items in non-interest income during the second quarter of 2017. Adjusted for the charge, the decrease in non-interest income compared with the previous year was largely due to lower mortgage banking income and a decline in service charges. We expect non-interest income to be approximately $42 million per quarter over the second half of the year. Non-interest expense totaled $90.8 million in the second quarter of 2018 compared with $94.4 million in the previous quarter and $88.2 million in the same quarter last year. Although there were no significant items in non-interest expense during the second quarter of 2018, the results included approximately $500,000 for the minimum wage increase to $15 an hour and $200,000 increased to our value share as a result of the reduction in the federal tax rate as well as annual merit increases. As a reminder, non-interest expense in the first quarter of 2018 included seasonal payroll-related expenses of $2.5 million, a legal reserve of $2 million, and severance of $1 million. For the full year of 2018, we expect expenses to be about 2.5% to 3.5% above our 2017 expenses. The effective tax rate for the second quarter of 2018 was 18.94% compared with 16.19% in the previous quarter and 31.37% during the same quarter last year. The lower effective tax rate in the first quarter of 2018 was due to a $2 million favorable adjustment to our low-income housing investments. Currently, we expect the effective tax rate for the remainder of 2018 to be between 19% and 21%. As a result of loan growth during the second quarter, our investment portfolio decreased to $5.7 billion. Premium amortization was $9.3 million in the second quarter of 2018, down from $9.6 million in the previous quarter and $10.4 million in the same quarter last year. We purchased a total of $82.5 million of securities during the quarter, which were primarily comprised of treasuries and SBA securities. The reinvestment differential during the second quarter was a positive 14 basis points. The duration of the available-for-sale portfolio was 2.44 years at the end of the second quarter of 2018, the held-to-maturity portfolio duration was 4.21 years, and the duration of the total portfolio was 3.55 years. For the remainder of 2018, we expect our loan growth to remain in the mid to upper single-digits. Deposit growth is expected to remain fairly flat as growth in our consumer and commercial deposits may be offset by planned runoff and public time deposits. Our shareholders' equity increased to $1.25 billion at the end of the second quarter, our Tier 1 capital ratio was 13.27%, and our Tier 1 leverage ratio was 7.53%. During the second quarter, we paid out $24.7 million or 46% of net income and dividends and repurchased 292,000 shares of common stock for a total cost of $24.8 million. We repurchased an additional 68,000 shares between July 2nd and July 20th at a total cost of $5.7 million. And finally, our Board declared a $0.60 dividend for the third quarter of 2018. Now, I'll turn the call over to Mary Sellers.