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Flushing Financial Corporation Reports 2Q18 Earnings per Diluted Share of $0.48 an Increase of 23% From 1Q18 Driven by Strong ROAE of 10.5%; Yield on Loan Originations Increased 30 Basis Points From 1Q18

Jul 24, 2018 5:30 PM

SECOND QUARTER 20181 HIGHLIGHTS

  • GAAP diluted EPS was $0.48, up 23.1% QoQ and 9.1% YoY
  • Core diluted EPS was $0.49, up 32.4% QoQ and 6.5% YoY
  • Net interest income of $42.6 million was relatively unchanged QoQ, but down 2.2% YoY
  • Net interest margin was 2.76%, down 3bps QoQ and 19bps YoY
  • GAAP and core ROAE were 10.5% and 10.6%, compared with 8.6% and 8.1%, respectively in 1Q18
  • GAAP and core ROAA were both 0.9%, compared with 0.7% in 1Q18

UNIONDALE, N.Y., July 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Flushing Financial Corporation (the “Company”) (Nasdaq:FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Bank (the “Bank”), today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018.

John R. Buran, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We are pleased to report earnings per diluted common share of $0.48 for the second quarter of 2018, an increase of 23.1% and 9.1% from 1Q18 and 2Q17, respectively. Furthermore, ROAE increased to 10.5% for 2Q18 from 8.6% and 9.6% in 1Q18 and 2Q17, respectively.”

“For the past year, we have articulated our strategic objective of emphasizing rate over volume regarding loan originations. To that end, we decided to allow over $70 million of participations with another financial institution to prepay as the rates being offered through the refinancing process did not meet our lending criteria. Consequently, during the quarter ended June 30, 2018, our loan growth was 0.4%. We believe emphasizing rate over volume is a long-term winning strategy and we are beginning to see tangible results as the average yield in the loan portfolio has risen 10bps over the prior quarter. This was driven by the yield on new loans in the second quarter exceeding the quarterly average loan portfolio yield by 26bps and the yield of total interest earning assets by 47bps. Newly booked loans in 2Q18 had a yield of 4.57% showing an increase of 30bps from the prior quarter.”  

“The move toward improved loan yields was further enhanced this quarter as $116 million of mortgage loans repriced from 4.41% to 5.37%. We look for this yield improving trend to continue as we have close to $2 billion in loans repricing through 2020.”  

“Despite this good news on yields, deposit pressures outstripped the gains on the loan side as margin pressure continued. The cost of funds increased 14bps QoQ and 36bps YoY. However, the combination of improved loan yields and mitigation strategies that we put in place on the liability side of the balance sheet have decelerated the pace of margin compression from 11bps in 1Q18 to 3bps this quarter.”

“While we remain liability sensitive we have been taking proactive steps to provide further support to our margin and mitigate the impact of future rate increases by extending the maturity on our liabilities and as previously announced entered into forward interest rate swaps totaling $442 million of which $250 million has been funded as of June 30, 2018.”

“We reduced brokered deposits by $164 million partially offsetting them with core growth in our retail operations totaling $89 million. One of the contributing factors to this was our “Win Flushing” program, which focuses on the Asian community, where we are on pace to add $160 million in deposits by the end of 1Q19.”

“As we look forward to continuing our focus on stabilizing, then improving margins, we have additionally focused on bringing in more variable rate C&I loans. Over the last five quarters C&I lending has represented 35% of new loan originations.”

Mr. Buran continued, “As we’ve continued to improve loan yields we have retained our focus on credit quality. Non-performing assets decreased by 18% and, total delinquencies have decreased 3% since December 31, 2017. The allowance for loan losses to gross loans was 0.38% while the allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans increased to 137% from 123% in the linked quarter. The loan-to-value on our non-performing real estate loans at June 30, 2018 remains conservative at 35.1%. The net charge-offs of $322,000 for the quarter reflect the change in the fair value of Chicago taxi medallions from $60,000 to $25,000 per medallion, based upon recent sales transactions. Currently, the Chicago taxi medallion portfolio totals $0.2 million. Our exposure to taxi medallion loans in Chicago and NYC totals $6.2 million, which is 0.12% of total loans.”

“We remain committed to converting our branches to the Universal Banker model. In the 11 branches that have been converted we have experienced an increase of 24% in transactions processed at an ATM, reducing our customers' reliance on tellers, allowing our branch staff to focus more time on sales opportunities.”

The Company retains its focus on preserving strong risk management practices, including conservative underwriting standards and improving yields to achieve improved risk-adjusted returns.

  • In the second quarter, commercial business, multi-family and commercial real estate loan originations and purchases represented 35%, 28%, and 25%, respectively, of all originations, which were made while maintaining conservative loan-to-values, debt coverage ratios, and increasing yield.
  • Multi-family (excluding underlying co-operative mortgages), commercial real estate, and one-to-four family mixed-use property mortgage loans originated during 2Q18 had a yield of 4.27%, an increase of 30bps from 3.97% for 1Q18 and an increase of 8bps from 4.19% for 2Q17. We have maintained our asset quality as these loans had an average loan-to-value ratio of 46.3% and an average debt coverage ratio of 186%.
  • The average interest rate obtained for 2Q18 new loans totaled 4.57%, an increase of 30bps compared to 4.27% for 1Q18 and of 53bps compared to 4.04% for 2Q17.
  • The average rate of mortgage loan applications in the pipeline totaled 4.67% at June 30, 2018, as compared to 4.41% at March 31, 2018 and 4.17% at June 30, 2017.

Mr. Buran concluded, “Overall, we remain well capitalized and positioned to deliver profitable growth and long-term value to our shareholders as we continue to execute on our strategic objectives.”

Summary of Strategic Objectives

  • Increase core deposits and continue to improve funding mix
  • Increase net interest income by leveraging loan pricing opportunities and portfolio mix
  • Enhance core earnings power by improving scalability and efficiency
  • Manage credit risk
  • Maintain well capitalized levels under all stress test scenarios

Earnings Summary:

Net Interest Income
Net interest income for 2Q18 was $42.6 million, a decrease of $1.0 million, or 2.2% YoY (2Q18 compared to 2Q17) but relatively unchanged QoQ (2Q18 compared to 1Q18). During 2Q18 the increase in the cost of funds outpaced the increase in the yield of interest-earning assets.

  • Net interest margin of 2.76%, decreased 19bps YoY and 3bps QoQ
  • Net interest spread of 2.60%, decreased 23bps YoY and 5bps QoQ
  • Net interest income includes prepayment penalty income from loans and securities totaling $1.6 million in 2Q18 compared with $1.0 million in 2Q17 and $0.9 million in 1Q18, accelerated accretion of discount upon call of CLO securities of none in 2Q18 and 1Q18 and $0.4 million in 2Q17 and recovered interest from delinquent loans of $0.2 million in 2Q18, compared to $0.3 million in 2Q17 and $0.2 million in 1Q18
  • Excluding prepayment penalty income, accelerated accretion of discount and recovered interest from nonaccrual loans, the yield on interest-earning assets was 3.98% in 2Q18, an improvement from 3.82% in 2Q17 and 3.91% in 1Q18, and the net interest margin was 2.64% in 2Q18, which decreased from 2.83% in 2Q17 and from 2.72% in 1Q18
  • Average balance of total interest-earning assets of $6,181.2 million, increased $262.2 million, or 4.4%, YoY and $82.5 million, or 1.4%, QoQ
  • Yield on interest-earning assets of 4.10%, increased 16bps YoY and 11bps QoQ
  • Cost of interest-bearing liabilities of 1.50%, increased 39bps YoY and 16bps QoQ
  • Cost of funds of 1.41%, increased 36bps YoY and 14bps QoQ, driven by increases in rates paid on certificates of deposit, government deposits and short-term borrowings resulting from the recent increases in the Fed Funds rate 

Provision for loan losses
As a result of continued strong credit quality, there was no provision recorded for 2Q18 and 2Q17 compared to $0.2 million in 1Q18.

Non-interest Income
Non-interest income for 2Q18 was $3.2 million, an increase of $1.2 million, or 62.6% YoY, and unchanged QoQ.

  • Non-interest income included net gains from the sale of loans of $0.4 million in 2Q18, primarily from the sale of $5.3 million in SBA loans, compared to net losses from the sale of loans of $0.3 million in 1Q18 and net gains of $34,000 in 2Q17
  • Additionally, non-interest income included net losses from fair value adjustments of $0.3 million in 2Q18, $0.1 million in 1Q18 and $1.2 million in 2Q17 and gains from life insurance proceeds of $0.8 million in 1Q18 and $6,000 in 2Q17
  • Absent all above items, non-interest income was $3.0 million, a decrease of $0.1 million YoY, but an increase of $0.2 million QoQ

Non-interest Expense
Non-interest expense for 2Q18 was $27.4 million, an increase of $1.3 million, or 5.1% YoY, but a decrease of $3.9 million, or 12.5% QoQ.

  • Non-interest expense increased $1.3 million YoY primarily due to increases in consulting, legal and depreciation expense due to the growth of the Bank, but decreased $3.9 million QoQ due to 1Q18 including the impact of annual grants of employees and directors restricted stock unit awards
  • The efficiency ratio was 59.6% in 2Q18 compared to 55.8% in 2Q17 and 69.3% in 1Q18

Provision for Income Taxes
The provision for income taxes in 2Q18 was $4.5 million, a decrease of $2.3 million, or 33.7% YoY, but an increase of $1.5 million, or 52.2% QoQ.

  • Pre-tax income decreased by $1.1 million, or 5.6% YoY but increased $4.1 million, or 28.2% QoQ
  • The effective tax rates were 24.4% in 2Q18, 34.7% in 2Q17 and 20.5% in 1Q18

Financial Condition Summary:

Loans:

  • Net loans held for investment were $5,313.6 million reflecting an increase of 0.4% QoQ (not annualized) and 3.0% from December 31, 2017, as we continue to focus on the origination of multi-family, commercial real estate and commercial business loans with a full relationship while emphasizing rate over volume
  • During the quarter, we saw an increase in loan satisfactions, which we decided not to refinance, as the interest rate demanded did not fit our strategy of emphasizing rate over volume.
  • Loan originations and purchases of multi-family, commercial real estate and commercial business loans totaled $224.5 million for 2Q18, or 87.9% of loan production
  • Loan pipeline was $322.9 million at June 30, 2018, compared to $325.6 million at March 31, 2018 and $279.1 million at June 30, 2017
  • The loan-to-value ratio on our portfolio of real estate dependent loans as of June 30, 2018 totaled 38.9%

The following table shows the weighted average rate received from loan originations and purchases for the periods indicated:

  For the three months ended
  June 30, March 31, June 30,
Loan type 2018 2018 2017
Mortgage loans4.40% 4.15% 4.01%
Non-mortgage loans4.90% 4.43% 4.13%
Total loans4.57% 4.27% 4.04%

Credit Quality:

  • Non-performing loans totaled $14.8 million, a decrease of $3.3 million, or 18.4%, from $18.1 million at December 31, 2017
  • Non-performing assets totaled $14.8 million, a decrease of $3.3 million, or 18.3%, from $18.1 million at December 31, 2017
  • Classified assets totaled $44.2 million, an increase of $10.2 million, or 30.0%, from $34.0 million at December 31, 2017, primarily due to six business loan relationships being downgraded as they did not meet certain loan covenants; these loans remain current and accruing
  • Loans classified as troubled debt restructured (TDR) totaled $10.6 million, a decrease of $2.6 million, or 19.6%, from $13.2 million at December 31, 2017, primarily due to the sale of one commercial TDR in 1Q18
  • We anticipate continued low loss content in the portfolio, as our strong underwriting standards coupled with our practice of obtaining updated appraisals and recording charge-offs early in the delinquency process has resulted in a 35.1% average loan-to-value for non-performing loans collateralized by real estate at June 30, 2018
  • Net charge-offs totaled $0.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2018

Capital Management:

  • The Company and Bank, at June 30, 2018, were both well capitalized under all applicable regulatory requirements
  • During 2Q18, stockholders’ equity increased $2.7 million, or 0.5%, to $538.0 million due to net income of $13.9 million, partially offset by the declaration and payment of dividends on the Company’s common stock and repurchases of the Company’s common stock
  • During 2Q18, the Company repurchased 227,581 treasury shares at an average cost of $26.04 per share; as of June 30, 2018, up to 808,836 shares may be repurchased under the authorized stock repurchase program, which has no expiration or maximum dollar limit
  • Book value per common share increased to $19.00 at June 30, 2018, from $18.75 at March 31, 2018 and tangible book value per common share, a non-GAAP measure, increased to $18.44 at June 30, 2018, from $18.20 March 31, 2018

Conference Call Information:

  • John R. Buran, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Susan K. Cullen, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:30 AM (ET) to discuss the Company’s strategy and results for the second quarter of 2018
  • Dial-in for Live Call: 1-877-509-5836
  • Webcast: https://services.choruscall.com/links/ffic180725.html 
  • Dial-in for Replay: 1-877-344-7529
  • Replay Access Code: 10120867
  • The conference call will be simultaneously webcast and archived through 5:00 PM (ET) on July 25, 2019

About Flushing Financial Corporation

Flushing Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:FFIC) is the holding company for Flushing Bank®, a New York State—chartered commercial bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Bank serves consumers, businesses, professionals, corporate clients, and public entities by offering a full complement of deposit, loan, equipment finance, and cash management services through its banking offices located in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island. As a leader in real estate lending, the Bank’s experienced lending team creates mortgage solutions for real estate owners and property managers both within and outside the New York City metropolitan area. Flushing Bank is an Equal Housing Lender. The Bank also operates an online banking division consisting of iGObanking.com®, which offers competitively priced deposit products to consumers nationwide, and BankPurely®, our eco-friendly, healthier lifestyle community brand.

Additional information on Flushing Bank and Flushing Financial Corporation may be obtained by visiting the Company’s website at http://www.flushingbank.com.

“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this Press Release relating to plans, strategies, economic performance and trends, projections of results of specific activities or investments and other statements that are not descriptions of historical facts may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking information is inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to, risk factors discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and in other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “expects”, “plans”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “forecasts”, “goals”, “potential” or “continue” or similar terms or the negative of these terms. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The Company has no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

1 See the table entitled “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

 

- Statistical Tables Follow -

  
FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME 
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data) 
(Unaudited) 
  
  For the three months ended For the six months ended 
  June 30, March 31, June 30, June 30, June 30, 
   2018   2018   2017   2018   2017  
            
Interest and Dividend Income           
Interest and fees on loans $  57,322  $  55,017  $  51,631  $  112,339  $  102,516  
Interest and dividends on securities:           
  Interest    5,616     5,468     6,432     11,084     12,527  
  Dividends    17     14     123     31     244  
Other interest income    338     287     129     625     282  
      Total interest and dividend income    63,293     60,786     58,315     124,079     115,569  
            
Interest Expense           
Deposits    14,788     12,110     9,510     26,898     18,490  
Other interest expense    5,865     6,067     5,188     11,932     10,073  
      Total interest expense    20,653     18,177     14,698     38,830     28,563  
            
Net Interest Income    42,640     42,609     43,617     85,249     87,006  
Provision for loan losses    -      153     -      153     -   
Net Interest Income After Provision for Loan Losses    42,640     42,456     43,617     85,096     87,006  
            
Non-interest Income           
Banking services fee income    1,000     948     1,014     1,948     1,888  
Net gain (loss) on sale of loans     421     (263)    34     158     244  
Net loss from fair value adjustments    (267)    (100)    (1,159)    (367)    (1,537) 
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York stock dividends    881     876     643     1,757     1,466  
Gains from life insurance proceeds    -      776     6     776     1,167  
Bank owned life insurance    776     762     807     1,538     1,602  
Other income    357     201     603     558     807  
      Total non-interest income    3,168     3,200     1,948     6,368     5,637  
            
Non-interest Expense           
Salaries and employee benefits    15,291     18,455     15,424     33,746     32,528  
Occupancy and equipment    2,476     2,577     2,654     5,053     5,150  
Professional services    2,439     2,185     1,919     4,624     3,915  
FDIC deposit insurance    547     500     503     1,047     829  
Data processing    1,426     1,401     1,321     2,827     2,524  
Depreciation and amortization    1,455     1,389     1,155     2,844     2,320  
Other real estate owned/foreclosure expense    40     96     (96)    136     255  
Net gain from sales of real estate owned    (27)    -      -      (27)    -   
Other operating expenses    3,749     4,691     3,185     8,440     8,108  
      Total non-interest expense    27,396     31,294     26,065     58,690     55,629  
            
Income Before Income Taxes    18,412     14,362     19,500     32,774     37,014  
            
Provision for Income Taxes           
Federal    3,311     2,607     5,576     5,918     10,325  
State and local    1,178     343     1,199     1,521     1,704  
      Total taxes    4,489     2,950     6,775     7,439     12,029  
            
Net Income $  13,923  $  11,412  $  12,725  $  25,335  $  24,985  
            
            
Basic earnings per common share $  0.48  $  0.39  $  0.44  $  0.88  $  0.86  
Diluted earnings per common share $  0.48  $  0.39  $  0.44  $  0.88  $  0.86  
Dividends per common share $  0.20  $  0.20  $  0.18  $  0.40  $  0.36  
            


 
FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
    June 30, March 31, December 31,
     2018   2018   2017 
ASSETS      
Cash and due from banks$  42,805  $  91,959  $  51,546 
Securities held-to-maturity:     
 Mortgage-backed securities   7,963     7,968     7,973 
 Other securities   23,130     23,267     22,913 
Securities available for sale:     
 Mortgage-backed securities   513,868     512,781     509,650 
 Other securities   214,755     216,480     228,704 
Loans:      
 Multi-family residential   2,247,852     2,286,803     2,273,595 
 Commercial real estate   1,471,894     1,426,847     1,368,112 
 One-to-four family ― mixed-use property   564,474     566,930     564,206 
 One-to-four family ― residential   187,741     190,115     180,663 
 Co-operative apartments   7,839     6,826     6,895 
 Construction   33,826     23,887     8,479 
 Small Business Administration   14,405     20,004     18,479 
 Taxi medallion   6,225     6,617     6,834 
 Commercial business and other   783,904     768,440     732,973 
 Net unamortized premiums and unearned loan fees   15,647     16,395     16,763 
 Allowance for loan losses   (20,220)    (20,542)    (20,351)
   Net loans   5,313,587     5,292,322     5,156,648 
Interest and dividends receivable   24,184     22,578     21,405 
Bank premises and equipment, net   30,658     31,314     30,836 
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York stock   57,384     54,045     60,089 
Bank owned life insurance   131,429     130,653     131,856 
Goodwill    16,127     16,127     16,127 
Other assets   91,726     83,277     61,527 
   Total assets$  6,467,616  $  6,482,771  $  6,299,274 
         
LIABILITIES     
Due to depositors:     
 Non-interest bearing$  388,467  $  377,861  $  385,269 
 Interest-bearing:     
  Certificate of deposit accounts   1,452,016     1,499,326     1,351,933 
  Savings accounts   225,815     246,888     290,280 
  Money market accounts   1,069,835     1,032,409     979,958 
  NOW accounts   1,422,745     1,479,319     1,333,232 
   Total interest-bearing deposits   4,170,411     4,257,942     3,955,403 
Mortgagors' escrow deposits   50,781     65,979     42,606 
Borrowed funds    1,250,732     1,177,101     1,309,653 
Other liabilities   69,181     68,581     73,735 
   Total liabilities   5,929,572     5,947,464     5,766,666 
         
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY     
Preferred stock (5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued)   -     -     - 
Common stock ($0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 31,530,595 shares     
 issued at June 30, 2018, March  31, 2018 and December 31, 2017; 28,319,213     
 shares, 28,546,443 shares and 28,588,266 shares outstanding at June 30, 2018     
 March  31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively)   315     315     315 
Additional paid-in capital   220,432     219,115     217,906 
Treasury stock (3,211,382 shares, 2,984,152 shares and 2,942,329 shares at     
 June 30, 2018, March  31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively)   (66,656)    (60,737)    (57,675)
Retained earnings   395,960     387,793     381,048 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes   (12,007)    (11,179)    (8,986)
   Total stockholders' equity   538,044     535,307     532,608 
         
   Total liabilities and stockholders' equity$  6,467,616  $  6,482,771  $  6,299,274 
         


  
FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES 
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA 
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data) 
(Unaudited) 
  
  
 At or for the three months ended At or for the six months ended 
 June 30, March 31, June 30, June 30, June 30, 
  2018  2018  2017  2018  2017 
Per Share Data          
Basic earnings per share$  0.48 $  0.39 $  0.44 $  0.88 $  0.86 
Diluted earnings per share$  0.48 $  0.39 $  0.44 $  0.88 $  0.86 
Average number of shares outstanding for:          
  Basic earnings per common share computation   28,844,829    28,974,156    29,135,339    28,909,135    29,077,526 
  Diluted earnings per common share computation   28,845,611    28,974,757    29,135,945    28,910,034    29,080,182 
Shares outstanding   28,319,213    28,546,443    28,803,937    28,319,213    28,803,937 
Book value per common share (1)$  19.00 $  18.75 $  18.54 $  19.00 $  18.54 
Tangible book value per common share (2)$  18.44 $  18.20 $  18.00 $  18.44 $  18.00 
           
Stockholders' Equity          
Stockholders' equity$  538,044 $  535,307 $  534,091 $  538,044 $  534,091 
Tangible stockholders' equity   522,208    519,471    518,355    522,208    518,355 
           
Average Balances          
Total loans, net$  5,316,033 $  5,231,377 $  4,962,734 $  5,273,939 $  4,915,652 
Total interest-earning assets   6,181,186    6,098,706    5,918,981    6,140,173    5,896,514 
Total assets   6,484,882    6,403,396    6,218,072    6,444,364    6,193,596 
Total due to depositors   4,310,491    4,176,457    4,065,810    4,243,844    4,076,859 
Total interest-bearing liabilities   5,515,580    5,442,554    5,287,720    5,479,268    5,271,271 
Stockholders' equity   532,027    529,281    529,451    530,662    523,658 
           
Performance Ratios (3)          
Return on average assets   0.86%   0.71%   0.82%   0.79%   0.81%
Return on average equity   10.47    8.62    9.61    9.55    9.54 
Yield on average interest-earning assets   4.10    3.99    3.94    4.04    3.92 
Cost of average interest-bearing liabilities   1.50    1.34    1.11    1.42    1.08 
Cost of funds   1.41    1.27    1.05    1.34    1.03 
Interest rate spread during period   2.60    2.65    2.83    2.62    2.84 
Net interest margin   2.76    2.79    2.95    2.78    2.95 
Non-interest expense to average assets   1.69    1.95    1.68    1.82    1.80 
Efficiency ratio (4)   59.58    69.34    55.80    64.41    59.87 
Average interest-earning assets to average          
  interest-bearing liabilities   1.12X   1.12X   1.12X   1.12X   1.12X
  1. Calculated by dividing stockholders’ equity by shares outstanding.
  2. Calculated by dividing tangible stockholders’ common equity, a non-GAAP measure by shares outstanding. Tangible stockholders’ common equity is stockholders’ equity less intangible assets (goodwill, net of deferred taxes). See “Calculation of Tangible Stockholders’ Common Equity to Tangible Assets”. 
  3. Ratios are presented on an annualized basis, where appropriate.
  4. Efficiency ratio, a non-GAAP measure, was calculated by dividing non-interest expense (excluding OREO expense and the net gain/loss from the sale of OREO) by the total of net interest income and non-interest income (excluding net gains and losses from fair value adjustments and life insurance proceeds).

 

 
FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
  At or for the six  At or for the year  At or for the six 
  months ended  ended  months ended 
  June 30, 2018  December 31, 2017  June 30, 2017 
          
Selected Financial Ratios and Other Data         
          
Regulatory capital ratios (for Flushing Financial Corporation):         
  Tier 1 capital $  572,189  $  563,426  $  558,756 
  Common equity Tier 1 capital    534,036     527,727     524,830 
  Total risk-based capital    667,409     658,777     655,913 
          
  Tier 1 leverage capital (well capitalized = 5%)    8.79%    9.02%    9.00%
  Common equity Tier 1 risk-based capital (well capitalized = 6.5%)    11.07     11.59     11.43 
  Tier 1 risk-based capital (well capitalized = 8.0%)    11.87     12.38     12.17 
  Total risk-based capital (well capitalized = 10.0%)    13.84     14.47     14.29 
          
Regulatory capital ratios (for Flushing Bank only):         
  Tier 1 capital $  644,880  $  631,285  $  624,074 
  Common equity Tier 1 capital    644,880     631,285     624,074 
  Total risk-based capital    665,100     651,636     646,231 
          
  Tier 1 leverage capital (well capitalized = 5%)    9.90%    10.11%    10.04%
  Common equity Tier 1 risk-based capital (well capitalized = 6.5%)    13.37     13.87     13.58 
  Tier 1 risk-based capital (well capitalized = 8.0%)    13.37     13.87     13.58 
  Total risk-based capital (well capitalized = 10.0%)    13.79     14.31     14.07 
          
Capital ratios:         
  Average equity to average assets    8.23%    8.53%    8.45%
  Equity to total assets    8.32     8.46     8.50 
  Tangible common equity to tangible assets (1)    8.09     8.22     8.27 
          
Asset quality:         
  Non-accrual loans (2) $  14,059  $  15,710  $  14,130 
  Non-performing loans    14,789     18,134     15,459 
  Non-performing assets    14,824     18,134     15,459 
  Net charge-offs/ (recoveries)    284     11,739     72 
          
Asset quality ratios:         
  Non-performing loans to gross loans    0.28%    0.35%    0.31%
  Non-performing assets to total assets    0.23     0.29     0.25 
  Allowance for loan losses to gross loans    0.38     0.39     0.44 
  Allowance for loan losses to non-performing assets    136.40     112.23     143.33 
  Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans    136.72     112.23     143.33 
          
Full-service customer facilities    18     18     19 
          
  1. See “Calculation of Tangible Stockholders’ Common Equity to Tangible Assets”.
  2. Excludes performing non-accrual TDR loans.

 

 
FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES
NET INTEREST MARGIN
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 For the three months ended 
 June 30, 2018 March 31, 2018 June 30, 2017 
 Average Yield/ Average Yield/ Average Yield/ 
 BalanceInterestCost BalanceInterestCost BalanceInterestCost 
Interest-earning Assets:            
  Mortgage loans, net $  4,509,778$  47,673  4.23%$  4,442,870$  46,112  4.15%$  4,297,697$  44,879  4.18%
  Other loans, net    806,255   9,649  4.79    788,507   8,905  4.52    665,037   6,752  4.06 
    Total loans, net (1)   5,316,033   57,322  4.31    5,231,377   55,017  4.21    4,962,734   51,631  4.16 
 Taxable securities:            
  Mortgage-backed            
  securities   533,088   3,754  2.82    524,710   3,507  2.67    532,938   3,418  2.57 
  Other securities   122,601   1,023  3.34    131,078   1,121  3.42    217,599   2,171  3.99 
    Total taxable securities   655,689   4,777  2.91    655,788   4,628  2.82    750,537   5,589  2.98 
 Tax-exempt securities: (2)            
  Other securities   124,058   856  2.76    124,125   854  2.75    145,812   966  2.65 
    Total tax-exempt securities   124,058   856  2.76    124,125   854  2.75    145,812   966  2.65 
  Interest-earning deposits            
  and federal funds sold   85,406   338  1.58    87,416   287  1.31    59,898   129  0.86 
Total interest-earning             
  assets   6,181,186   63,293  4.10    6,098,706   60,786  3.99    5,918,981   58,315  3.94 
Other assets   303,696      304,690      299,091   
    Total assets$  6,484,882   $  6,403,396   $  6,218,072   
             
             
Interest-bearing Liabilities:            
  Deposits:            
    Savings accounts$  235,564   285  0.48 $  265,895   389  0.59 $  279,723   399  0.57 
    NOW accounts   1,444,889   3,364  0.93    1,540,465   3,148  0.82    1,517,726   2,331  0.61 
    Money market accounts   1,110,690   3,983  1.43    1,025,727   3,075  1.20    858,066   1,651  0.77 
    Certificate of deposit            
     accounts   1,519,348   7,118  1.87    1,344,370   5,463  1.63    1,410,295   5,099  1.45 
       Total due to depositors   4,310,491   14,750  1.37    4,176,457   12,075  1.16    4,065,810   9,480  0.93 
    Mortgagors' escrow            
     accounts   77,343   38  0.20    58,960   35  0.24    73,838   30  0.16 
       Total interest-bearing deposits   4,387,834   14,788  1.35    4,235,417   12,110  1.14    4,139,648   9,510  0.92 
  Borrowings   1,127,746   5,865  2.08    1,207,137   6,067  2.01    1,148,072   5,188  1.81 
       Total interest-bearing            
         liabilities   5,515,580   20,653  1.50    5,442,554   18,177  1.34    5,287,720   14,698  1.11 
Non interest-bearing            
  demand deposits   370,790      364,983      336,036   
Other liabilities   66,485      66,578      64,865   
       Total liabilities   5,952,855      5,874,115      5,688,621   
Equity   532,027      529,281      529,451   
       Total liabilities and equity$  6,484,882   $  6,403,396   $  6,218,072   
             
Net interest income /            
  net interest rate spread $  42,640  2.60% $  42,609  2.65% $  43,617  2.83%
             
Net interest-earning assets /            
  net interest margin$  665,606   2.76%$  656,152   2.79%$  631,261   2.95%
             
Ratio of interest-earning            
  assets to interest-bearing            
  liabilities    1.12X    1.12X    1.12X
             
  1. Loan interest income includes loan fee income (which includes net amortization of deferred fees and costs, late charges, and prepayment penalties) of approximately $0.3 million, $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018, March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, respectively.
  2. Interest income on tax-exempt securities does not include the tax benefit of the tax-exempt securities.
 
FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES
NET INTEREST MARGIN
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 For the six months ended 
 June 30, 2018  June 30, 2017 
 Average Yield/  Average Yield/ 
 BalanceInterestCost  BalanceInterestCost 
Interest-earning Assets:         
  Mortgage loans, net $  4,476,509$  93,785  4.19% $  4,255,822$  89,308  4.20%
  Other loans, net    797,430   18,554  4.65     659,830   13,208  4.00 
     Total loans, net (1)   5,273,939   112,339  4.26     4,915,652   102,516  4.17 
 Taxable securities:         
  Mortgage-backed         
  securities   528,922   7,261  2.75     531,448   6,784  2.55 
  Other securities   126,816   2,144  3.38     228,412   4,053  3.55 
     Total taxable securities   655,738   9,405  2.87     759,860   10,837  2.85 
 Tax-exempt securities: (2)         
  Other securities   124,091   1,710  2.76     146,155   1,934  2.65 
     Total tax-exempt securities   124,091   1,710  2.76     146,155   1,934  2.65 
  Interest-earning deposits         
  and federal funds sold   86,405   625  1.45     74,847   282  0.75 
Total interest-earning          
  assets   6,140,173   124,079  4.04     5,896,514   115,569  3.92 
Other assets   304,191       297,082   
     Total assets$  6,444,364    $  6,193,596   
          
          
Interest-bearing Liabilities:         
  Deposits:         
    Savings accounts$  250,646   674  0.54  $  267,059   706  0.53 
    NOW accounts   1,492,413   6,512  0.87     1,542,857   4,538  0.59 
    Money market accounts   1,068,443   7,058  1.32     859,415   3,150  0.73 
    Certificate of deposit         
     accounts   1,432,342   12,581  1.76     1,407,528   10,039  1.43 
       Total due to depositors   4,243,844   26,825  1.26     4,076,859   18,433  0.90 
    Mortgagors' escrow         
     accounts   68,202   73  0.21     64,280   57  0.18 
       Total interest-bearing         
        deposits   4,312,046   26,898  1.25     4,141,139   18,490  0.89 
  Borrowings   1,167,222   11,932  2.04     1,130,132   10,073  1.78 
       Total interest-bearing         
        liabilities   5,479,268   38,830  1.42     5,271,271   28,563  1.08 
Non interest-bearing         
  demand deposits   367,903       333,142   
Other liabilities   66,531       65,525   
       Total liabilities   5,913,702       5,669,938   
Equity   530,662       523,658   
       Total liabilities and         
        equity$  6,444,364    $  6,193,596   
          
Net interest income /         
  net interest rate spread $  85,249  2.62%  $  87,006  2.84%
          
Net interest-earning assets /         
  net interest margin$  660,905   2.78% $  625,243   2.95%
          
Ratio of interest-earning         
  assets to interest-bearing         
  liabilities    1.12X     1.12X
          
  1. Loan interest income includes loan fee income (which includes net amortization of deferred fees and costs, late charges, and prepayment penalties) of approximately $0.4 million and $1.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
  2. Interest income on tax-exempt securities does not include the tax benefit of the tax-exempt securities.

 

 
FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES
DEPOSIT COMPOSITION
(Unaudited)
 
          June 2018 vs.     June 2018 vs. 
    June 30, March 31, December 31, December 2017 September 30, June 30, June 2017, 
(Dollars in thousands) 2018  2018  2017 % Change  2017  2017 % Change 
Deposits               
Non-interest bearing$  388,467 $  377,861 $  385,269 0.8% $  362,509 $  349,302 11.2% 
Interest bearing:              
 Certificate of deposit              
  accounts   1,452,016    1,499,326    1,351,933 7.4%    1,404,555    1,332,377 9.0% 
 Savings accounts   225,815    246,888    290,280 -22.2%    323,186    325,815 -30.7% 
 Money market accounts   1,069,835    1,032,409    979,958 9.2%    991,706    837,565 27.7% 
 NOW accounts   1,422,745    1,479,319    1,333,232 6.7%    1,308,821    1,368,441 4.0% 
  Total interest-bearing              
   deposits   4,170,411    4,257,942    3,955,403 5.4%    4,028,268    3,864,198 7.9% 
                  
   Total deposits$  4,558,878 $  4,635,803 $  4,340,672 5.0% $  4,390,777 $  4,213,500 8.2% 


 
FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES
LOANS
(Unaudited)
Loan Originations and Purchases
 
  For the three months  For the six months
  June 30, March 31, June 30,  June 30, June 30,
(In thousands)  2018  2018  2017   2018  2017
Multi-family residential $  70,972 $  81,181 $  63,469  $  152,153 $  190,177
Commercial real estate    64,890    71,554    123,559     136,444    159,291
One-to-four family – mixed-use property    12,294    16,068    13,656     28,362    32,198
One-to-four family – residential    6,974    16,968    4,860     23,942    10,780
Co-operative apartments    1,500    -     -      1,500    - 
Construction    9,940    14,679    4,429     24,619    6,973
Small Business Administration    228    1,967    1,870     2,195    2,511
Commercial business and other    88,612    139,407    49,312     228,019    125,796
  Total $  255,410 $  341,824 $  261,155  $  597,234 $  527,726
            

 

Loan Composition

          June 2018 vs.     June 2018 vs.
    June 30, March 31, December 31, December 2017 September 30, June 30, June 2017
(Dollars in thousands) 2018   2018   2017  % Change  2017   2017  % Change
Loans held for investment:               
Multi-family residential$  2,247,852  $  2,286,803  $  2,273,595  -1.1%  $  2,236,173  $  2,243,643  0.2% 
Commercial real estate   1,471,894     1,426,847     1,368,112  7.6%     1,352,775     1,349,634  9.1% 
One-to-four family ―               
 mixed-use property   564,474     566,930     564,206  0.0%     556,723     556,906  1.4% 
One-to-four family ― residential   187,741     190,115     180,663  3.9%     177,578     181,213  3.6% 
Co-operative apartments   7,839     6,826     6,895  13.7%     7,035     7,069  10.9% 
Construction   33,826     23,887     8,479  298.9%     15,811     16,842  100.8% 
Small Business Administration   14,405     20,004     18,479  -22.0%     14,485     10,591  36.0% 
Taxi medallion   6,225     6,617     6,834  -8.9%     18,165     18,303  -66.0% 
Commercial business and other   783,904     768,440     732,973  6.9%     674,706     644,262  21.7% 
Net unamortized premiums               
 and unearned loan fees   15,647     16,395     16,763  -6.7%     16,925     17,217  -9.1% 
Allowance for loan losses   (20,220)    (20,542)    (20,351) -0.6%     (25,269)    (22,157) -8.7% 
   Net loans$  5,313,587  $  5,292,322  $  5,156,648  3.0%  $  5,045,107  $  5,023,523  5.8% 

 

Net Loans Activity

  Three Months Ended 
  June 30, March 31, December 31, September, 30 June 30, 
(In thousands)  2018   2018   2017   2017   2017  
Loans originated and purchased$  255,410  $  341,824  $  328,819  $  182,925  $  261,155  
Principal reductions   (226,030)    (202,059)    (209,400)    (155,007)    (143,195) 
Loans transferred to held-for-sale   -      -      -      -      (30,565) 
Loans sold    (7,273)    (2,703)    (1,018)    (2,606)    (16,337) 
Loan charged-offs   (416)    (85)    (11,616)    (324)    (350) 
Foreclosures    -      (744)    -      -      -   
Net change in deferred (fees) and costs   (748)    (368)    (162)    (292)    381  
Net change in the allowance for loan losses   322     (191)    4,918     (3,112)    54  
 Total loan activity$  21,265  $  135,674  $  111,541  $  21,584  $  71,143  

 

 
FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES
NON-PERFORMING ASSETS and NET CHARGE-OFFS
(Unaudited)
 
   June 30, March 31, December 31, September 30, June 30,
(Dollars in thousands)  2018   2018   2017   2017   2017 
Loans 90 Days Or More Past Due          
 and Still Accruing:          
Multi-family residential $  -  $  -  $  -  $  415  $  - 
Commercial real estate    -     1,668     2,424     38     - 
One-to-four family - mixed-use property    -     -     -     129     - 
Construction    730     -     -     -     602 
Taxi medallion    -     -     -     1,147     727 
 Total    730     1,668     2,424     1,729     1,329 
            
Non-accrual Loans:          
Multi-family residential    2,165     2,193     3,598     1,309     1,537 
Commercial real estate    1,448     1,894     1,473     1,147     1,948 
One-to-four family - mixed-use property    2,157     2,396     1,867     2,217     2,971 
One-to-four family - residential    6,969     7,542     7,808     7,434     7,616 
Co-operative apartments    575     -     -     -     - 
Small Business Administration    -     41     46     50     53 
Taxi medallion(1)    743     906     918     -     - 
Commercial business and other    2     -     -     4     5 
 Total    14,059     14,972     15,710     12,161     14,130 
            
 Total Non-performing Loans    14,789     16,640     18,134     13,890     15,459 
            
Other Non-performing Assets:          
Real estate acquired through foreclosure    -     638     -     -     - 
Other asset acquired through foreclosure    35     106     -     -     - 
 Total    35     744     -     -     - 
            
 Total Non-performing Assets $  14,824  $  17,384  $  18,134  $  13,890  $  15,459 
            
Non-performing Assets to Total Assets  0.23%  0.27%  0.29%  0.22%  0.25%
Allowance For Loan Losses to Non-performing Loans  136.7%  123.5%  112.2%  181.9%  143.3%
            

(1)  Not included in the above analysis are troubled debt restructured taxi medallion loans totaling $5.5 million in 2Q18, $5.7 million in 1Q18, $5.9 million in 4Q17, $4.1 million in 3Q17 and $3.4 million in 2Q17.

 

Net Charge-Offs (Recoveries)

   Three Months Ended 
   June 30, March 31, December 31, September 30, June 30, 
(In thousands)  2018   2018   2017   2017   2017  
Multi-family residential $  28  $  51  $  (1) $  224  $  (53) 
Commercial real estate    -     -     (3)    (25)    4  
One-to-four family – mixed-use property    (79)    -     (37)    1     (67) 
One-to-four family – residential    (4)    (107)    212     (58)    170  
Small Business Administration    18     19     109     (17)    14  
Taxi medallion    353     -     11,229     -     -  
Commercial business and other    6     (1)    4     29     (14) 
  Total net loan charge-offs (recoveries) $  322  $  (38) $  11,513  $  154  $  54  
             

Core Diluted EPS, Core ROAE, Core ROAA, tangible book value per common share and core earnings before provision and income taxes are each non-GAAP measures used in this release. A reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures appears in tabular form at the end of this release. The Company believes that these measures are useful for both investors and management to understand the effects of certain non-interest items and provide an alternative view of the Company's performance over time and in comparison to the Company's competitors. These measures should not be viewed as a substitute for net income. The Company believes that tangible book value per common share is useful for both investors and management as these are measures commonly used by financial institutions, regulators and investors to measure the capital adequacy of financial institutions. The Company believes these measures facilitate comparison of the quality and composition of the Company's capital over time and in comparison to its competitors. These measures should not be viewed as a substitute for total shareholders' equity.

These non-GAAP measures have inherent limitations, are not required to be uniformly applied and are not audited. They should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of results reported under GAAP. These non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

 

 
FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP EARNINGS and CORE EARNINGS
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
  Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
  June 30,March 31,June 30, June 30,June 30,
   2018  2018  2017   2018  2017 
     
        
GAAP income before income taxes$  18,412 $  14,362 $  19,500  $  32,774 $  37,014 
        
Net loss from fair value adjustments   267    100    1,159     367    1,537 
Gain from life insurance proceeds   -    (776)   (6)    (776)   (1,167)
        
Core income before taxes   18,679    13,686    20,653     32,365    37,384 
        
Provision for income taxes for core income   4,573    2,982    7,129     7,555    12,149 
        
Core net income$  14,106 $  10,704 $  13,524  $  24,810 $  25,235 
        
GAAP diluted earnings per common share$  0.48 $  0.39 $  0.44  $  0.88 $  0.86 
        
Net loss from fair value adjustments, net of tax   0.01    -     0.02     0.01    0.04 
Gain from life insurance proceeds   -     (0.03)   -      (0.03)   (0.04)
        
Core diluted earnings per common share1$  0.49 $  0.37 $  0.46  $  0.86 $  0.87 
        
        
Core net income, as calculated above$  14,106 $  10,704 $  13,524  $  24,810 $  25,235 
Average assets   6,484,882    6,403,396    6,218,072     6,444,364    6,193,596 
Average equity   532,027    529,281    529,451     530,662    523,658 
Core return on average assets2 0.87% 0.67% 0.87%  0.77% 0.81%
Core return on average equity2 10.61% 8.09% 10.22%  9.35% 9.64%
        
        
(1)  Core diluted earnings per common share may not foot due to rounding. 
(2)  Ratios are calculated on an annualized basis. 
        

 

 
FLUSHING FINANCIAL CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES
CALCULATION OF TANGIBLE STOCKHOLDERS’
COMMON EQUITY to TANGIBLE ASSETS
(Unaudited)
 
      June 30,December 31,June 30,
(Dollars in thousands)   2018  2017  2017 
Total Equity  $  538,044 $  532,608 $  534,091 
Less:       
 Goodwill     (16,127)   (16,127)   (16,127)
 Intangible deferred tax liabilities     291    291    391 
  Tangible Stockholders' Common Equity$  522,208 $  516,772 $  518,355 
         
Total Assets  $  6,467,616 $  6,299,274 $  6,285,236 
Less:       
 Goodwill     (16,127)   (16,127)   (16,127)
 Intangible deferred tax liabilities     291    291    391 
  Tangible Assets  $  6,451,780 $  6,283,438 $  6,269,500 
         
Tangible Stockholders' Common Equity to Tangible Assets 8.09% 8.22% 8.27%

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