Net Income and Earnings - Net income for Q2 2024 totaled 7.2million,or0.39 diluted earnings per share, compared to 8.0millioninQ12024[3][18]−NetincomeavailabletocommonshareholdersforthesixmonthsendedJune30,2024,was15,281, compared to 21,919inthesameperiodin2023[52]−NetincomeforthesixmonthsendedJune30,2024,was15.28 million, down from 21.92millioninthesameperiodin2023[65]−BasicnetincomepershareforthesixmonthsendedJune30,2024,was0.83, compared to 1.15inthesameperiodin2023[65]NetInterestMarginandIncome−Netinterestmargin(NIM)decreasedto2.6723.988 million, with a net interest margin of 2.67%[45] - Net interest income decreased to 48,891inJune2024from66,076 in June 2023, with a net interest margin of 2.68% compared to 3.53% in the previous year[46] - Net interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2024, was 107.68million,adecreasefrom110.75 million in the same period in 2023[65] - Net interest margin was 2.67% for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, compared to 3.37% for the same period in 2023[72] Total Assets and Loans - Total assets decreased to 3.9billionasofJune30,2024,a9.8 million decrease compared to March 31, 2024[10] - Loans held for investment increased by 20.4millionto3.0 billion as of June 30, 2024, driven by growth in CRE, C&I, C&D, and SFR loans[22] - Total loans held for investment decreased to 3,015,613inJune2024from3,307,157 in June 2023, with a yield of 6.05% compared to 6.14% in the previous year[46] - Total loans as of June 30, 2024, were 3,047,712,withcommercialrealestateloansmakingup39.13,005,971 as of June 30, 2024, showing a slight decrease from 3,152,903asofJune30,2023[69]−Totalassetsdecreasedto3,868,186 as of June 30, 2024, compared to 4,075,618asofJune30,2023,reflectingadeclineof5.13,868,186 thousand in June 2024 from 4,075,618thousandinJune2023[77]−Tangibleassetsdecreasedto3,794,294 thousand in June 2024 from 4,000,874thousandinJune2023[77]DepositsandFundingCosts−Totaldepositsdecreasedby4.7 million to 3.0billionasofJune30,2024,withnoninterest−bearingdepositsincreasingby3.5 million to 543.0million[23]−Totalcostofdepositsforthesecondquarterof2024was26.803 million, with a cost of 3.59%[45] - Total cost of funds for the second quarter of 2024 was 28.921million,withacostof3.542,531,686 in June 2024 from 2,427,265inJune2023,withacostof4.343.02 billion as of June 30, 2024, compared to 3.03billioninMarch2024and3.18 billion in June 2023[60] - Noninterest-bearing demand deposits accounted for 18.0% (542.97million)oftotaldepositsasofJune30,2024,comparedto17.8539.52 million) in March 2024 and 18.4% (585.75million)inJune2023[60]−Timedepositsover250,000 increased to 790.48million(26.1746.61 million (24.7%) in March 2024 and 662.76million(20.93,023,605 as of June 30, 2024, down from 3,175,416asofJune30,2023,adecreaseof4.863.1 million, or 2.07% of total loans, as of June 30, 2024, up from 57.2million,or1.8942.4 million as of June 30, 2024, with the allowance for loan losses as a percentage of nonperforming loans decreasing to 76% from 116% in Q1 2024[14] - Nonperforming assets increased to 54.6million,or1.4137.0 million, or 0.95% of total assets, as of March 31, 2024[35] - 30-89 day delinquent loans decreased by 9.7millionto11.3 million as of June 30, 2024, compared to 21.0millionasofMarch31,2024[36]−Specialmentionloansdecreasedto19.52 million (0.64% of total loans) as of June 30, 2024, compared to 20.58million(0.6824.15 million (0.76%) in June 2023[58] - Substandard loans increased to 63.08million(2.0757.17 million (1.89%) in March 2024 and 74.07million(2.3254.59 million (1.79% of total loans) as of June 30, 2024, compared to 35.94million(1.1941.86 million (1.31%) in June 2023[58] - Net charge-offs increased to 551,000(0.07184,000 (0.02%) in March 2024 and 580,000(0.07557,000, down from 2.39millioninthesameperiodin2023[65]ShareholderEquityandShareRepurchases−Totalshareholders′equitydecreasedby2.7 million to 511.3millionasofJune30,2024,comparedtoMarch31,2024,duetodividendspaidandsharerepurchases[37]−Thecompanyrepurchased448,190sharesofcommonstockfor8.1 million during Q2 2024[3] - The company repurchased 448,190 shares at a weighted average share price of 18.01duringthesecondquarterof2024[38]−Totalshareholders′equityincreasedto511,291 thousand as of June 30, 2024, compared to 500,290thousandinJune2023[77]−Tangiblecommonequitydecreasedslightlyto437,399 thousand in June 2024 from 439,894thousandinMarch2024[77]−Commonequitytoassetsratioimprovedto13.223.5 million in Q2 2024, up 116,000fromQ12024,drivenbyhighergainsonsaleofloansandequityinvestmentincome[7]−TotalnoninterestincomeforthesixmonthsendedJune30,2024,increasedto6.86 million from 4.86millioninthesameperiodin2023[65]−TotalnoninterestexpenseforthesixmonthsendedJune30,2024,decreasedto34.09 million from 37.43millioninthesameperiodin2023[65]BookValueandTangibleEquity−Bookvaluepershareincreasedto28.12 as of June 30, 2024, up from 27.67atMarch31,2024[3]−Tangiblecommonequitytotangibleassetsratiostoodat11.5328.12 as of June 30, 2024, from 26.34asofJune30,2023[72]−Tangiblebookvaluepershareroseto24.06 as of June 30, 2024, compared to 22.40asofJune30,2023[72]−Bookvaluepershareroseto28.12 in June 2024 from 26.34inJune2023[77]−Tangiblebookvaluepershareincreasedto24.06 in June 2024 from 22.40inJune2023[77]InterestExpenseandYields−TotalinterestexpenseforthesixmonthsendedJune30,2024,increasedto58.84 million from 44.73millioninthesameperiodin2023[65]−Interestonsavingsdeposits,NOW,andmoneymarketaccountsforthesixmonthsendedJune30,2024,was9.43 million, up from 5.07millioninthesameperiodin2023[65]−InterestontimedepositsforthesixmonthsendedJune30,2024,was45.17 million, compared to 32.58millioninthesameperiodin2023[65]−Totalinterest−earningassetsdecreasedto3,667,597 in June 2024 from $3,770,997 in June 2023, with a yield of 5.91% compared to 5.93% in the previous year[46] Efficiency and Ratios - Efficiency ratio increased to 62.38% for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, from 53.80% in the same period last year[72] - Return on average tangible common equity was 7.01% for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to 10.49% in the same period in 2023[52] - Return on average assets, annualized, was 0.76% for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, compared to 1.08% for the same period in 2023[72] - Return on average shareholders' equity, annualized, was 5.69% for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, down from 8.78% in the same period last year[72] - Tier 1 leverage ratio increased to 12.48% as of June 30, 2024, compared to 12.16% in March 2024 and 11.60% in June 2023[58]