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RBB Bancorp Reports Third Quarter 2024 Earnings and Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.16 Per Common Share

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RBB Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBB) and its subsidiaries, Royal Business Bank (the “Bank”) and RBB Asset Management Company (“RAM”), collectively referred to herein as “the Company,” announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Third Quarter 2024 Highlights

The Company reported net income of $7.0 million, or $ 0.39 diluted earnings per share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to net income of $7.2 million, or $ 0.39 diluted earnings per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. 

“Loans increased at a 6% annualized rate in the third quarter as our work to expand lending and deposit relationships began to deliver results,” said David Morris, Chief Executive Officer of RBB Bancorp. “Net interest margin increased slightly, and we are optimistic that it will continue to expand from here.  We continue to work through our non-performing loans and believe we will be able to resolve the majority of them by mid-2025.”

“The team has done an excellent job building on the Bank’s reputation as one of the premier Asian-centric financial institutions,” said Christina Kao, Chair of the Board of Directors. “Returning the Bank to growth has been a priority for the Board of Directors as we believe it will enhance long-term shareholder value.”

(1) Reconciliations of the non–U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) measures included at the end of this press release.

Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin

Net interest income was $24.5 million for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $24.0 million for the second quarter of 2024. The $580,000 increase was due to an increase in interest income of $1.5 million offset by an increase in interest expense of $959,000. The increase in interest income was due mostly to higher interest income on loans held for investment (“HFI”) of $2.0 million, partially offset by lower interest income on investment securities of $504,000. The increase in loan interest income was mostly due to higher average loans HFI of $54.4 million combined with a 9 basis point increase in the HFI loan yield. The decrease in investment income was attributed to lower average balances and a lower portfolio yield as proceeds from maturing short-term commercial paper were invested into loans and interest-earning cash. The increase in interest expense was due to higher average interest-bearing deposits of $42.3 million in the third quarter of 2024.

Net interest margin (“NIM”) was 2.68% for the third quarter of 2024, an increase of 1 basis point from 2.67% for the second quarter of 2024. The increase was due to a 5 basis point increase in the yield on average interest-earning assets, partially offset by a 3 basis point increase in the overall cost of funds. The yield on average interest-earning assets increased to 5.94% for the third quarter of 2024 from 5.89% for the second quarter of 2024 due mainly to a 9 basis point increase in the yield on average loans HFI to 6.13% for the third quarter of 2024. The increase in the loan yield was largely attributed to nonaccrual loan activity in the current and prior quarter, including both the recapture of interest income for fully paid off nonaccrual loans and reversals of interest income for loans migrating to nonaccrual status. Such activity increased the third quarter loan yield by 1 basis point and decreased the second quarter loan yield by 7 basis points. Average loans represented 84% of average interest-earning assets in the third quarter of 2024, unchanged from the second quarter of 2024.

The overall cost of funds increased to 3.57% in the third quarter of 2024 from 3.54% in the second quarter of 2024 due to a higher average cost of interest-bearing deposits in the third quarter of 2024 as compared to the second quarter of 2024. The overall funding mix remained relatively unchanged from the second quarter of 2024 as the ratio of average noninterest-bearing deposits to average total funding sources remained relatively unchanged at 16% for the third and second quarters of 2024. The all-in spot rate for total deposits was 3.53% at September 30, 2024.

Provision for Credit Losses

The Company recorded a provision for credit losses of $3.3 million for the third quarter of 2024 compared to $557,000 for the second quarter of 2024. The third quarter provision took into consideration factors including changes in the loan portfolio mix, higher specific reserves, the outlook for economic conditions and market interest rates, and credit quality metrics, including higher nonperforming, special mention and substandard loans at the end of the third quarter of 2024 as compared to the end of the second quarter of 2024.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income for the third quarter of 2024 was $5.7 million, an increase of $2.3 million from $3.5 million for the second quarter of 2024. This increase was mostly due to a $2.8 million recovery of a fully charged off loan, which had been acquired in a bank acquisition (included in other income), partially offset by lower net gain on other real estate owned (“OREO”) of $292,000. 

Noninterest Expense

Noninterest expense for the third quarter of 2024 was $17.4 million, an increase of $297,000 from $17.1 million for the second quarter of 2024. This increase was due to higher salaries and employee benefits expense of $475,000 due in part to higher loan production and higher other expenses of $304,000 due to higher loan related expense. These increases were partially offset by lower insurance and regulatory assessments of $323,000 and lower legal and professional expenses of $302,000, the latter being due to reimbursed legal costs from nonaccrual loan payoffs. The annualized noninterest expenses to average assets ratio was 1.78% for the third quarter of 2024, down from 1.79% for the second quarter of 2024. The efficiency ratio was 57.51% for the third quarter of 2024, down from 62.38% for the second quarter of 2024 due mostly to higher noninterest income.

Income Taxes

The effective tax rate was 26.9% for the third quarter of 2024 and 25.9% for the second quarter of 2024. The effective tax rate for 2024 is estimated to range between 26.0% and 28.0%.

Balance Sheet

At September 30, 2024, total assets were $4.0 billion, a $122.3 million increase compared to June 30, 2024, and a $78.9 million decrease compared to September 30, 2023.

Loan and Securities Portfolio

Loans HFI totaled $3.1 billion as of September 30, 2024, an increase of $44.2 million compared to June 30, 2024 and a $29.1 million decrease compared to September 30, 2023. The increase from June 30, 2024 was primarily due to a $62.5 million increase in commercial real estate (“CRE”) loans, a $5.6 million increase in single-family residential (“SFR”) mortgages and a $2.2 million increase in commercial and industrial (“C&I”) loans, partially offset by a $22.3 million decrease in construction and land development (“C&D”) loans and a $2.2 million decrease in Small Business Administration (“SBA”) loans. The loan to deposit ratio was 98.6% at September 30, 2024, compared to 99.4% at June 30, 2024 and 97.6% at September 30, 2023. 

As of September 30, 2024, available-for-sale securities totaled $305.7 million, a decrease of $19.9 million from June 30, 2024. As of September 30, 2024, net unrealized losses totaled $23.2 million, a $6.9 million decrease due to decreases in market interest rates, when compared to net unrealized losses as of June 30, 2024.

Deposits

Total deposits were $3.1 billion as of September 30, 2024, a $68.6 million increase compared to June 30, 2024 and a $61.9 million decrease compared to September 30, 2023. The increase during the third quarter of 2024 was due to an increase in interest-bearing deposits, while noninterest-bearing deposits remained relatively stable at $543.6 million as of September 30, 2024 compared to $543.0 million as of June 30, 2024. The increase in interest-bearing deposits included an increase in time deposits of $49.6 million and an increase in non-maturity deposits of $18.3 million. The increase in time deposits included a $26.6 million increase in wholesale deposits (brokered deposits, collateralized State of California certificates of deposit and deposits acquired through internet listing services). Wholesale deposits totaled $147.3 million at September 30, 2024, and $120.7 million at June 30, 2024. Noninterest-bearing deposits represented 17.6% of total deposits at September 30, 2024 compared to 18.0% at June 30, 2024.

Credit Quality

Nonperforming assets totaled $60.7 million, or 1.52% of total assets, at September 30, 2024, compared to $54.6 million, or 1.41% of total assets, at June 30, 2024. The $6.1 million increase in nonperforming assets was mostly due to two loans that migrated to nonaccrual totaling $13.3 million and consisted of a C&D loan and a CRE loan, offset by $6.1 million in payoffs with no losses and $1.2 million in partial charge-offs of nonaccrual loans.

Special mention loans totaled $77.5 million, or 2.51% of total loans, at September 30, 2024, compared to $19.5 million, or 0.64% of total loans, at June 30, 2024. The $58.0 million increase was primarily due to one $43.6 million C&D loan for a completed hotel construction project, CRE loans totaling $25.2 million and C&I loans totaling $1.2 million. The increase was partially offset by one $11.7 million C&D loan, which migrated from special mention to substandard during the third quarter of 2024. All special mention loans, including the $11.7 million C&D loan which migrated to substandard rating, are all paying current.

Substandard loans totaled $79.8 million, or 2.58% of total loans, at September 30, 2024, compared to $63.1 million, or 2.07% of total loans, at June 30, 2024. The $16.8 million increase was primarily due to downgrades of two C&D loans totaling $21.7 million and one $3.3 million CRE loan, offset by loan payoffs of $6.7 million and charge-offs of $1.2 million. Of the substandard loans at September 30, 2024, there are  $19.2 million which are paying current.

30-89 day delinquent loans, excluding nonperforming loans, decreased $645,000 to $10.6 million as of September 30, 2024, compared to $11.3 million as of June 30, 2024. The decrease in past due loans was mostly due to 12 loans totaling $4.7 million that returned to current status and other decreases totaling $784,000, partially offset by new delinquent loans totaling $4.9 million, of which $4.1 million were 30 days past due.

As of September 30, 2024, the allowance for credit losses totaled $44.5 million and was comprised of an allowance for loan losses of $43.7 million and a reserve for unfunded commitments of $779,000 (included in “Accrued interest and other liabilities”). This compares to the allowance for credit losses of $42.4 million comprised of an allowance for loan losses of $41.7 million and a reserve for unfunded commitments of $624,000 at June 30, 2024. The $2.1 million increase in the allowance for credit losses for the third quarter of 2024 was due to a $3.3 million provision for credit losses, including higher specific reserves of $2.5 million, offset by net charge-offs of $1.2 million. The increase in specific reserves and charge-offs in the third quarter of 2024 was primarily due to a decrease in the estimated fair value of collateral dependent loans, including estimated selling costs. Charge-offs in the third quarter of 2024 were related to one C&D loan and one CRE loan, which were written-down to their estimated fair value. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loans HFI was 1.41% at September 30, 2024, compared to 1.37% at June 30, 2024. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of nonperforming loans was 72% at September 30, 2024, a decrease from 76% at June 30, 2024. The decrease in the allowance for loan losses as a percentage of nonperforming loans was due in part to an increase in individually evaluated loans, which required no allowance for loan losses.

    For the Three Months Ended
September 30, 2024
    For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2024
 
(dollars in thousands)   Allowance for loan losses     Reserve for unfunded loan commitments     Allowance for credit losses     Allowance for loan losses     Reserve for unfunded loan commitments     Allowance for credit losses  
Beginning balance   $ 41,741     $ 624     $ 42,365     $ 41,903     $ 640     $ 42,543  
Provision for credit losses     3,145       155       3,300       3,718       139       3,857  
Less loans charged-off     (1,210 )           (1,210 )     (1,991 )           (1,991 )
Recoveries on loans charged-off     9             9       55             55  
Ending balance   $ 43,685     $ 779     $ 44,464     $ 43,685     $ 779     $ 44,464  


Shareholders’ Equity

At September 30, 2024, total shareholders’ equity was $509.7 million, a $1.6 million decrease compared to June 30, 2024, and a $7.2 million increase compared to September 30, 2023. The decrease in shareholders’ equity for the third quarter of 2024 was due to common stock repurchases of $11.0 million and common stock cash dividends paid of $2.9 million, offset by net income of $7.0 million, lower net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities of $4.8 million and equity compensation activity of $528,000. Book value per share and tangible book value per share(1) increased to $28.81 and $24.64 at September 30, 2024, up from $28.12 and $24.06 at June 30, 2024.

On February 29, 2024, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock. The repurchase program permitted shares to be repurchased in open market or private transactions, through block trades, and pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-8. The Company repurchased 508,275 shares at a weighted average share price of $21.53 during the third quarter of 2024 and completed the authorized program.

Dividend Announcement

The Board of Directors has declared a common stock cash dividend of $0.16 per common share, payable on November 12, 2024 to shareholders of record on October 31, 2024.

  Contact:
Lynn Hopkins, Chief Financial Officer
  (213) 716-8066
  lhopkins@rbbusa.com

(1) Reconciliations of the non–U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) measures included at the end of this press release.


Corporate Overview

RBB Bancorp is a community-based financial holding company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had total assets of $4.0 billion. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Royal Business Bank, is a full service commercial bank, which provides consumer and business banking services predominately to the Asian-centric communities in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and Ventura County in California, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan in New York, in Edison, New Jersey, in the Chicago neighborhoods of Chinatown and Bridgeport, Illinois, and on Oahu, Hawaii. Bank services include remote deposit, E-banking, mobile banking, commercial and investor real estate loans, business loans and lines of credit, commercial and industrial loans, SBA 7A and 504 loans, 1-4 single family residential loans, trade finance, a full range of depository account products and wealth management services. The Bank has nine branches in Los Angeles County, two branches in Ventura County, one branch in Orange County, California, one branch in Las Vegas, Nevada, three branches and one loan operation center in Brooklyn, three branches in Queens, one branch in Manhattan in New York, one branch in Edison, New Jersey, two branches in Chicago, Illinois, and one branch in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Company’s administrative and lending center is located at 1055 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90017, and its operations center is located at 7025 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, California 90621. The Company’s website address is www.royalbusinessbankusa.com.

Conference Call

Management will hold a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time/2:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, to discuss the Company’s third quarter 2024 financial results.

To listen to the conference call, please dial 1-888-506-0062 or 1-973-528-0011, the Participant ID code is 392446, conference ID RBBQ324. A replay of the call will be made available at 1-877-481-4010 or 1-919-882-2331, the passcode is 51366, approximately one hour after the conclusion of the call and will remain available through November 5, 2024.

The conference call will also be simultaneously webcast over the Internet; please visit our Royal Business Bank website at www.royalbusinessbankusa.com and click on the “Investors” tab to access the call from the site. This webcast will be recorded and available for replay on our website approximately two hours after the conclusion of the conference call.

Disclosure

This press release contains certain non-GAAP financial disclosures for tangible common equity and tangible assets and adjusted earnings. The Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to provide meaningful supplemental information regarding the Company’s operational performance and to enhance investors’ overall understanding of such financial performance. Please refer to the tables at the end of this release for a presentation of performance ratios in accordance with GAAP and a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the GAAP financial measures.

Safe Harbor

Certain matters set forth herein (including the exhibits hereto) constitute forward-looking statements relating to the Company’s current business plans and expectations and our future financial position and operating results. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance and/or achievements to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures; the potential for additional material weaknesses in the Companys internal controls over financial reporting or other potential control deficiencies of which the Company is not currently aware or which have not been detected; business and economic conditions generally and in the financial services industry, nationally and within our current and future geographic markets, including the tight labor market, ineffective management of the United States (U.S.) federal budget or debt or turbulence or uncertainly in domestic or foreign financial markets; the strength of the U.S. economy in general and the strength of the local economies in which we conduct operations; adverse developments in the banking industry highlighted by high-profile bank failures and the potential impact of such developments on customer confidence, liquidity and regulatory responses to these developments; our ability to attract and retain deposits and access other sources of liquidity; possible additional provisions for credit losses and charge-offs; credit risks of lending activities and deterioration in asset or credit quality; extensive laws and regulations and supervision that we are subject to, including potential supervisory action by bank supervisory authorities; increased costs of compliance and other risks associated with changes in regulation, including any amendments to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and other money laundering statutes and regulations; potential goodwill impairment; liquidity risk; failure to comply with debt covenants;  fluctuations in interest rates; risks associated with acquisitions and the expansion of our business into new markets; inflation and deflation; real estate market conditions and the value of real estate collateral; the effects of having concentrations in our loan portfolio, including commercial real estate and the risks of geographic and industry concentrations; environmental liabilities; our ability to compete with larger competitors; our ability to retain key personnel; successful management of reputational risk; severe weather, natural disasters, earthquakes, fires; or other adverse external events could harm our business; geopolitical conditions, including acts or threats of terrorism, actions taken by the U.S. or other governments in response to acts or threats of terrorism and/or military conflicts, including the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, in the Middle East, and increasing tensions between China and Taiwan, which could impact business and economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad; public health crises and pandemics, and their effects on the economic and business environments in which we operate, including our credit quality and business operations, as well as the impact on general economic and financial market conditions; general economic or business conditions in Asia, and other regions where the Bank has operations; failures, interruptions, or security breaches of our information systems; climate change, including any enhanced regulatory, compliance, credit and reputational risks and costs; cybersecurity threats and the cost of defending against them; our ability to adapt our systems to the expanding use of technology in banking; risk management processes and strategies; adverse results in legal proceedings; the impact of regulatory enforcement actions, if any; certain provisions in our charter and bylaws that may affect acquisition of the Company; changes in tax laws and regulations; the impact of governmental efforts to restructure the U.S. financial regulatory system; the impact of future or recent changes in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance assessment rate and the rules and regulations related to the calculation of the FDIC insurance assessments; the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices or accounting standards, as may be adopted from time-to-time by bank regulatory agencies, the SEC, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other accounting standards setters, including Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 (Topic 326, “Measurement of Current Losses on Financial Instruments, commonly referenced as the Current Expected Credit Losses Model, which changed how we estimate credit losses and may further increase the required level of our allowance for credit losses in future periods; market disruption and volatility; fluctuations in the Company’s stock price; restrictions on dividends and other distributions by laws and regulations and by our regulators and our capital structure; issuances of preferred stock; our ability to raise additional capital, if needed, and the potential resulting dilution of interests of holders of our common stock; the soundness of other financial institutions; our ongoing relations with our various federal and state regulators, including the SEC, FDIC, FRB and California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation; our success at managing the risks involved in the foregoing items and all other factors set forth in the Company’s public reports, including its Annual Report as filed under Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and particularly the discussion of risk factors within that document. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements except as required by law. Any statements about future operating results, such as those concerning accretion and dilution to the Company’s earnings or shareholders, are for illustrative purposes only, are not forecasts, and actual results may differ.

RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)

 
    September 30,     June 30,     March 31,     December 31,     September 30,  
    2024     2024     2024     2023     2023  
Assets                                        
Cash and due from banks   $ 26,388     $ 23,313     $ 21,887     $ 22,671     $ 23,809  
Interest-earning deposits with financial institutions     323,002       229,456       247,356       408,702       306,982  
Cash and Cash Equivalents     349,390       252,769       269,243       431,373       330,791  
Interest-earning time deposits with financial institutions     600       600       600       600       600  
Investment securities available for sale     305,666       325,582       335,194       318,961       354,378  
Investment securities held to maturity     5,195       5,200       5,204       5,209       5,214  
Mortgage loans held for sale     812       3,146       3,903       1,911       62  
Loans held for investment     3,091,896       3,047,712       3,027,361       3,031,861       3,120,952  
Allowance for loan losses     (43,685 )     (41,741 )     (41,688 )     (41,903 )     (42,430 )
Net loans held for investment     3,048,211       3,005,971       2,985,673       2,989,958       3,078,522  
Premises and equipment, net     24,839       25,049       25,363       25,684       26,134  
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock     15,000       15,000       15,000       15,000       15,000  
Cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance     59,889       59,486       59,101       58,719       58,346  
Goodwill     71,498       71,498       71,498       71,498       71,498  
Servicing assets     7,256       7,545       7,794       8,110       8,439  
Core deposit intangibles     2,194       2,394       2,594       2,795       3,010  
Right-of-use assets     29,283       30,530       31,231       29,803       29,949  
Accrued interest and other assets     70,644       63,416       65,608       66,404       87,411  
Total assets   $ 3,990,477     $ 3,868,186     $ 3,878,006     $ 4,026,025     $ 4,069,354  
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity                                        
Deposits:                                        
Noninterest-bearing demand   $ 543,623     $ 542,971     $ 539,517     $ 539,621     $ 572,393  
Savings, NOW and money market accounts     666,089       647,770       642,840       632,729       608,020  
Time deposits, $250,000 and under     1,052,462       1,014,189       1,083,898       1,190,821       1,237,831  
Time deposits, greater than $250,000     830,010       818,675       762,074       811,589       735,828  
Total deposits     3,092,184       3,023,605       3,028,329       3,174,760       3,154,072  
FHLB advances     200,000       150,000       150,000       150,000       150,000  
Long-term debt, net of issuance costs     119,433       119,338       119,243       119,147       174,019  
Subordinated debentures     15,102       15,047       14,993       14,938       14,884  
Lease liabilities – operating leases     30,880       32,087       32,690       31,191       31,265  
Accrued interest and other liabilities     23,150       16,818       18,765       24,729       42,603  
Total liabilities     3,480,749       3,356,895       3,364,020       3,514,765       3,566,843  
Shareholders’ equity:                                        
Common Stock     259,280       266,160       271,645       271,925       277,462  
Additional paid-in capital     3,520       3,456       3,348       3,623       3,579  
Retained Earnings     262,946       262,518       259,903       255,152       247,159  
Non-controlling interest     72       72       72       72       72  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net     (16,090 )     (20,915 )     (20,982 )     (19,512 )     (25,761 )
Total shareholders’ equity     509,728       511,291       513,986       511,260       502,511  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $ 3,990,477     $ 3,868,186     $ 3,878,006     $ 4,026,025     $ 4,069,354  
RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share data) 

 
    For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,
2024
    June 30,
2024
    September 30,
2023
    September 30,
2024
    September 30,
2023
 
Interest and dividend income:                                        
Interest and fees on loans   $ 47,326     $ 45,320     $ 47,617     $ 138,193     $ 148,369  
Interest on interest-earning deposits     3,388       3,353       3,193       11,781       6,096  
Interest on investment securities     3,127       3,631       4,211       10,369       10,321  
Dividend income on FHLB stock     326       327       290       984       814  
Interest on federal funds sold and other     258       255       252       779       716  
Total interest and dividend income     54,425       52,886       55,563       162,106       166,316  
Interest expense:                                        
Interest on savings deposits, NOW and money market accounts     5,193       4,953       3,106       14,624       8,180  
Interest on time deposits     22,553       21,850       21,849       67,725       54,424  
Interest on long-term debt and subordinated debentures     1,681       1,679       2,579       5,039       7,668  
Interest on other borrowed funds     453       439       440       1,331       2,428  
Total interest expense     29,880       28,921       27,974       88,719       72,700  
Net interest income before provision for credit losses     24,545       23,965       27,589       73,387       93,616  
Provision for credit losses     3,300       557       1,399       3,857       3,793  
Net interest income after provision for credit losses     21,245       23,408       26,190       69,530       89,823  
Noninterest income:                                        
Service charges and fees     1,071       1,064       1,057       3,127       3,200  
Gain on sale of loans     447       451       212       1,210       258  
Loan servicing fees, net of amortization     605       579       623       1,773       1,959  
Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance     402       385       356       1,169       1,036  
Gain on OREO           292       190       1,016       190  
Other income     3,221       717       332       4,311       982  
Total noninterest income     5,746       3,488       2,770       12,606       7,625  
Noninterest expense:                                        
Salaries and employee benefits     10,008       9,533       9,744       29,468       28,935  
Occupancy and equipment expenses     2,518       2,439       2,414       7,400       7,242  
Data processing     1,472       1,466       1,315       4,358       3,969  
Legal and professional     958       1,260       1,022       3,098       6,907  
Office expenses     348       352       437       1,056       1,163  
Marketing and business promotion     252       189       340       613       892  
Insurance and regulatory assessments     658       981       730       2,621       2,043  
Core deposit premium     200       201       236       602       708  
Other expenses     1,007       703       638       2,298       2,445  
Total noninterest expense     17,421       17,124       16,876       51,514       54,304  
Income before income taxes     9,570       9,772       12,084       30,622       43,144  
Income tax expense     2,571       2,527       3,611       8,342       12,752  
Net income   $ 6,999     $ 7,245     $ 8,473     $ 22,280     $ 30,392  
                                         
Net income per share                                        
Basic   $ 0.39     $ 0.39     $ 0.45     $ 1.22     $ 1.60  
Diluted   $ 0.39     $ 0.39     $ 0.45     $ 1.22     $ 1.60  
Cash Dividends declared per common share   $ 0.16     $ 0.16     $ 0.16     $ 0.48     $ 0.48  
Weighted-average common shares outstanding                                        
Basic     17,812,791       18,375,970       18,995,303       18,261,702       18,991,579  
Diluted     17,885,359       18,406,897       18,997,304       18,313,086       19,013,838  
RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET AND NET INTEREST INCOME
(Unaudited)
 
    For the Three Months Ended  
    September 30, 2024     June 30, 2024     September 30, 2023  
(tax-equivalent basis, dollars in thousands)   Average
Balance
    Interest
 & Fees
    Yield /
Rate
    Average
Balance
    Interest
& Fees
    Yield /
Rate
    Average
Balance
    Interest
& Fees
    Yield /
Rate
 
Interest-earning assets                                                                        
Cash and cash equivalents(1)   $ 260,205     $ 3,646       5.57 %   $ 255,973     $ 3,608       5.67 %   $ 270,484     $ 3,445       5.05 %
FHLB Stock     15,000       326       8.65 %     15,000       327       8.77 %     15,000       290       7.67 %
Securities                                                                        
Available for sale(2)     298,948       3,105       4.13 %     318,240       3,608       4.56 %     369,459       4,187       4.50 %
Held to maturity(2)     5,198       46       3.52 %     5,203       46       3.56 %     5,385       48       3.54 %
Mortgage loans held for sale     1,165       23       7.85 %     3,032       57       7.56 %     739       13       6.98 %
Loans held for investment:(3)                                                                        
Real estate     2,888,528       43,495       5.99 %     2,828,339       41,590       5.91 %     2,968,246       43,583       5.83 %
Commercial     179,885       3,808       8.42 %     185,679       3,673       7.96 %     187,140       4,021       8.52 %
Total loans held for investment     3,068,413       47,303       6.13 %     3,014,018       45,263       6.04 %     3,155,386       47,604       5.99 %
Total interest-earning assets     3,648,929     $ 54,449       5.94 %     3,611,466     $ 52,909       5.89 %     3,816,453     $ 55,587       5.78 %
Total noninterest-earning assets     242,059                       240,016                       250,083                  
Total average assets   $ 3,890,988                     $ 3,851,482                     $ 4,066,536                  
                                                                         
Interest-bearing liabilities                                                                        
NOW     55,757       277       1.98 %   $ 56,081     $ 276       1.98 %   $ 55,325     $ 201       1.44 %
Money Market     439,936       4,093       3.70 %     431,559       3,877       3.61 %     403,300       2,656       2.61 %
Saving deposits     164,515       823       1.99 %     164,913       800       1.95 %     123,709       249       0.80 %
Time deposits, $250,000 and under     1,037,365       12,312       4.72 %     1,049,666       12,360       4.74 %     1,285,320       14,090       4.35 %
Time deposits, greater than $250,000     819,207       10,241       4.97 %     772,255       9,490       4.94 %     717,026       7,759       4.29 %
Total interest-bearing deposits     2,516,780       27,746       4.39 %     2,474,474       26,803       4.36 %     2,584,680       24,955       3.83 %
FHLB advances     150,543       453       1.20 %     150,000       439       1.18 %     150,000       440       1.16 %
Long-term debt     119,370       1,295       4.32 %     119,275       1,296       4.37 %     173,923       2,194       5.00 %
Subordinated debentures     15,066       386       10.19 %     15,011       383       10.26 %     14,848       385       10.29 %
Total interest-bearing liabilities     2,801,759       29,880       4.24 %     2,758,760       28,921       4.22 %     2,923,451       27,974       3.80 %
Noninterest-bearing liabilities                                                                        
Noninterest-bearing deposits     528,081                       529,450                       571,371                  
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities     52,428                       51,087                       67,282                  
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities     580,509                       580,537                       638,653                  
Shareholders’ equity     508,720                       512,185                       504,432                  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $ 3,890,988                     $ 3,851,482                     $ 4,066,536                  
Net interest income / interest rate spreads           $ 24,569       1.70 %           $ 23,988       1.67 %           $ 27,613       1.98 %
Net interest margin                     2.68 %                     2.67 %                     2.87 %
                                                                         
Total cost of deposits   $ 3,044,861     $ 27,746       3.63 %   $ 3,003,924     $ 26,803       3.59 %   $ 3,156,051     $ 24,955       3.14 %
Total cost of funds   $ 3,329,840     $ 29,880       3.57 %   $ 3,288,210     $ 28,921       3.54 %   $ 3,494,822     $ 27,974       3.18 %

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(1) Includes income and average balances for interest-earning time deposits and other miscellaneous interest-earning assets.
(2) Interest income and average rates for tax-exempt securities are presented on a tax-equivalent basis.
(3) Average loan balances include nonaccrual loans. Interest income on loans includes the effects of discount accretion and net deferred loan origination fees and costs accounted for as yield adjustments.

RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET AND NET INTEREST INCOME
(Unaudited)
 
    For the Nine Months Ended  
    September 30, 2024     September 30, 2023  
(tax-equivalent basis, dollars in thousands)   Average
Balance
    Interest
& Fees
    Yield /
Rate
    Average
Balance
    Interest
& Fees
    Yield /
Rate
 
Interest-earning assets                                                
Cash and cash equivalents(1)   $ 293,597     $ 12,560       5.71 %   $ 177,393     $ 6,812       5.13 %
FHLB Stock     15,000       984       8.76 %     15,000       814       7.26 %
Securities                                                
Available for sale(2)     312,352       10,302       4.41 %     332,007       10,245       4.13 %
Held to maturity(2)     5,203       140       3.59 %     5,610       151       3.60 %
Mortgage loans held for sale     1,802       105       7.78 %     295       16       7.25 %
Loans held for investment:(3)                                                
Real estate     2,851,625       126,852       5.94 %     3,041,393       134,791       5.93 %
Commercial     181,716       11,236       8.26 %     214,618       13,562       8.45 %
Total loans held for investment     3,033,341       138,088       6.08 %     3,256,011       148,353       6.09 %
Total interest-earning assets     3,661,295     $ 162,179       5.92 %     3,786,316     $ 166,391       5.88 %
Total noninterest-earning assets     242,802                       244,822                  
Total average assets   $ 3,904,097                     $ 4,031,138                  
                                                 
Interest-bearing liabilities                                                
NOW   $ 56,924       851       2.00 %   $ 59,476     $ 511       1.15 %
Money Market     427,884       11,496       3.59 %     431,299       7,315       2.27 %
Saving deposits     162,207       2,277       1.88 %     118,550       354       0.40 %
Time deposits, $250,000 and under     1,087,501       38,476       4.73 %     1,141,290       33,905       3.97 %
Time deposits, greater than $250,000     792,310       29,249       4.93 %     729,699       20,519       3.76 %
Total interest-bearing deposits     2,526,826       82,349       4.35 %     2,480,314       62,604       3.37 %
FHLB advances     150,182       1,331       1.18 %     179,707       2,428       1.81 %
Long-term debt     119,276       3,886       4.35 %     173,780       6,584       5.07 %
Subordinated debentures     15,012       1,153       10.26 %     14,794       1,084       9.80 %
Total interest-bearing liabilities     2,811,296       88,719       4.22 %     2,848,595       72,700       3.41 %
Noninterest-bearing liabilities                                                
Noninterest-bearing deposits     528,624                       624,781                  
Other noninterest-bearing liabilities     52,955                       58,786                  
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities     581,579                       683,567                  
Shareholders’ equity     511,222                       498,976                  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $ 3,904,097                     $ 4,031,138                  
Net interest income / interest rate spreads           $ 73,460       1.70 %           $ 93,691       2.47 %
Net interest margin                     2.68 %                     3.31 %
                                                 
Total cost of deposits   $ 3,055,450     $ 82,349       3.60 %   $ 3,105,095     $ 62,604       2.70 %
Total cost of funds   $ 3,339,920     $ 88,719       3.55 %   $ 3,473,376     $ 72,700       2.80 %

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(1) Includes income and average balances for interest-earning time deposits and other miscellaneous interest-earning assets.
(2) Interest income and average rates for tax-exempt securities are presented on a tax-equivalent basis.
(3) Average loan balances include nonaccrual loans. Interest income on loans includes the effects of discount accretion and net deferred loan origination fees and costs accounted for as yield adjustments.

RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
SELECTED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(Unaudited)
 
  At or for the Three Months Ended     At or for the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
  September 30,   June 30,     September 30,                  
    2024     2024     2023     2024     2023  
Per share data (common stock)                                  
Book value $ 28.81     $ 28.12     $ 26.45     $ 28.81     $ 26.45  
Tangible book value(1) $ 24.64     $ 24.06     $ 22.53     $ 24.64     $ 22.53  
Performance ratios                                  
Return on average assets, annualized   0.72 %     0.76 %     0.83 %     0.76 %     1.01 %
Return on average shareholders’ equity, annualized   5.47 %     5.69 %     6.66 %     5.82 %     8.14 %
Return on average tangible common equity, annualized(1)   6.40 %     6.65 %     7.82 %     6.81 %     9.58 %
Noninterest income to average assets, annualized   0.59 %     0.36 %     0.27 %     0.43 %     0.25 %
Noninterest expense to average assets, annualized   1.78 %     1.79 %     1.65 %     1.76 %     1.80 %
Yield on average earning assets   5.94 %     5.89 %     5.78 %     5.92 %     5.88 %
Yield on average loans   6.13 %     6.04 %     5.99 %     6.08 %     6.09 %
Cost of average total deposits(2)   3.63 %     3.59 %     3.14 %     3.60 %     2.70 %
Cost of average interest-bearing deposits   4.39 %     4.36 %     3.83 %     4.35 %     3.37 %
Cost of average interest-bearing liabilities   4.24 %     4.22 %     3.80 %     4.22 %     3.41 %
Net interest spread   1.70 %     1.67 %     1.98 %     1.70 %     2.47 %
Net interest margin   2.68 %     2.67 %     2.87 %     2.68 %     3.31 %
Efficiency ratio(3)   57.51 %     62.38 %     55.59 %     59.90 %     53.64 %
Common stock dividend payout ratio   41.03 %     41.03 %     35.56 %     39.34 %     30.00 %

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(1) Non-GAAP measure. See Non–GAAP reconciliations set forth at the end of this press release.
(2) Total deposits include non-interest bearing deposits and interest-bearing deposits.
(3) Ratio calculated by dividing noninterest expense by the sum of net interest income before provision for credit losses and noninterest income.

RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
SELECTED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
 
    At or for the quarter ended  
    September 30,     June 30,     September 30,  
    2024     2024     2023  
Credit Quality Data:                        
Special mention loans   $ 77,501     $ 19,520     $ 31,212  
Special mention loans to total loans     2.51 %     0.64 %     1.00 %
Substandard loans   $ 79,831     $ 63,076     $ 71,401  
Substandard loans to total loans     2.58 %     2.07 %     2.29 %
Loans 30-89 days past due, excluding nonperforming loans   $ 10,625     $ 11,270     $ 19,662  
Loans 30-89 days past due, excluding nonperforming loans, to total loans     0.34 %     0.37 %     0.63 %
Nonperforming loans   $ 60,662     $ 54,589     $ 40,146  
OREO                 284  
Nonperforming assets   $ 60,662     $ 54,589     $ 40,430  
Nonperforming loans to total loans     1.96 %     1.79 %     1.29 %
Nonperforming assets to total assets     1.52 %     1.41 %     0.99 %
                         
Allowance for loan losses   $ 43,685     $ 41,741     $ 42,430  
Allowance for loan losses to total loans     1.41 %     1.37 %     1.36 %
Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans     72.01 %     76.46 %     105.69 %
Net charge-offs   $ 1,201     $ 551     $ 2,206  
Net charge-offs to average loans     0.16 %     0.07 %     0.28 %
                         
Capital ratios(1)                        
Tangible common equity to tangible assets(2)     11.13 %     11.53 %     10.71 %
Tier 1 leverage ratio     12.19 %     12.48 %     11.68 %
Tier 1 common capital to risk-weighted assets     18.16 %     18.89 %     17.65 %
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets     18.74 %     19.50 %     18.22 %
Total capital to risk-weighted assets     24.79 %     25.67 %     26.24 %

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(1) September 30, 2024 capital ratios are preliminary.
(2) Non-GAAP measure. See Non-GAAP reconciliations set forth at the end of this press release.

RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
SELECTED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(Unaudited)

 
Loan Portfolio Detail   As of September 30, 2024   As of June 30, 2024     As of September 30, 2023  
(dollars in thousands)   $   %   $       %   $       %
Loans:                                          
Commercial and industrial   $ 128,861   4.2 %   $ 126,649       4.2 %   $ 127,655       4.1 %
SBA     48,089   1.6 %     50,323       1.7 %     50,420       1.6 %
Construction and land development     180,196   5.8 %     202,459       6.6 %     259,778       8.3 %
Commercial real estate (1)     1,252,682   40.5 %     1,190,207       39.1 %     1,164,210       37.3 %
Single-family residential mortgages     1,473,396   47.7 %     1,467,802       48.2 %     1,505,307       48.2 %
Other loans     8,672   0.2 %     10,272       0.2 %     13,582       0.5 %
Total loans (2)   $ 3,091,896   100.0 %   $ 3,047,712       100.0 %   $ 3,120,952       100.0 %
Allowance for loan losses     (43,685 )       (41,741 )             (42,430 )        
Total loans, net   $ 3,048,211       $ 3,005,971             $ 3,078,522          

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(1) Includes non-farm and non-residential loans, multi-family residential loans and non-owner occupied single family residential loans.
(2) Net of discounts and deferred fees and costs of $467, $645, and $383 as of September 30, 2024, June 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023, respectively.

Deposits   As of September 30, 2024   As of June 30, 2024     As of September 30, 2023  
(dollars in thousands)   $   %   $       %   $       %
Deposits:                                          
Noninterest-bearing demand   $ 543,623   17.6 %   $ 542,971       18.0 %   $ 572,393       18.1 %
Savings, NOW and money market accounts     666,089   21.5 %     647,770       21.4 %     608,020       19.3 %
Time deposits, $250,000 and under     926,877   30.0 %     921,712       30.5 %     848,868       26.9 %
Time deposits, greater than $250,000     808,304   26.1 %     790,478       26.1 %     687,365       21.8 %
Wholesale deposits(1)     147,291   4.8 %     120,674       4.0 %     437,426       13.9 %
Total deposits   $ 3,092,184   100.0 %   $ 3,023,605       100.0 %   $ 3,154,072       100.0 %

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(1) Includes brokered deposits, collateralized deposits from the State of California, and deposits acquired through internet listing services.

Non-GAAP Reconciliations

Tangible Book Value Reconciliations

Tangible book value per share is a non-GAAP disclosure. Management measures tangible book value per share to assess the Company’s capital strength and business performance and believes this is helpful to investors as additional tools for further understanding our performance. The following is a reconciliation of tangible book value to the Company shareholders’ equity computed in accordance with GAAP, as well as a calculation of tangible book value per share as of September 30, 2024, June 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023.

                       
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)   September 30,
2024
    June 30,
2024
    September 30,
2023
 
Tangible common equity:                        
Total shareholders’ equity   $ 509,728     $ 511,291     $ 502,511  
Adjustments                        
Goodwill     (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )
Core deposit intangible     (2,194 )     (2,394 )     (3,010 )
Tangible common equity   $ 436,036     $ 437,399     $ 428,003  
Tangible assets:                        
Total assets-GAAP   $ 3,990,477     $ 3,868,186     $ 4,069,354  
Adjustments                        
Goodwill     (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )
Core deposit intangible     (2,194 )     (2,394 )     (3,010 )
Tangible assets   $ 3,916,785     $ 3,794,294     $ 3,994,846  
Common shares outstanding     17,693,416       18,182,154       18,995,303  
Common equity to assets ratio     12.77 %     13.22 %     12.35 %
Tangible common equity to tangible assets ratio     11.13 %     11.53 %     10.71 %
Book value per share   $ 28.81     $ 28.12     $ 26.45  
Tangible book value per share   $ 24.64     $ 24.06     $ 22.53  


Return on Average Tangible Common Equity

Management measures return on average tangible common equity (“ROATCE”) to assess the Company’s capital strength and business performance and believes this is helpful to investors as an additional tool for further understanding our performance. Tangible equity excludes goodwill and other intangible assets (excluding mortgage servicing rights), and is reviewed by banking and financial institution regulators when assessing a financial institution’s capital adequacy. This non-GAAP financial measure should not be considered a substitute for operating results determined in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures used by other companies. The following table reconciles ROATCE to its most comparable GAAP measure:

    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
(dollars in thousands)   September 30,
2024
    June 30,
2024
    September 30,
2023
    2024     2023  
Net income available to common shareholders   $ 6,999     $ 7,245     $ 8,473     $ 22,280     $ 30,392  
Average shareholders’ equity     508,720       512,185       504,432       511,222       498,976  
Adjustments:                                        
Average goodwill     (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )
Average core deposit intangible     (2,326 )     (2,525 )     (3,165 )     (2,525 )     (3,398 )
Adjusted average tangible common equity   $ 434,896     $ 438,162     $ 429,769     $ 437,199     $ 424,080  
Return on average common equity     5.47 %     5.69 %     6.66 %     5.82 %     8.14 %
Return on average tangible common equity     6.40 %     6.65 %     7.82 %     6.81 %     9.58 %


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