NASDAQ:HAFC Hanmi Financial Q1 2025 Earnings Report $22.85 -0.20 (-0.87%) Closing price 05/22/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$22.86 +0.01 (+0.04%) As of 05/22/2025 04:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. ProfileEarnings HistoryForecast Hanmi Financial EPS ResultsActual EPS$0.58Consensus EPS $0.57Beat/MissBeat by +$0.01One Year Ago EPSN/AHanmi Financial Revenue ResultsActual Revenue$62.82 millionExpected Revenue$63.45 millionBeat/MissMissed by -$635.00 thousandYoY Revenue GrowthN/AHanmi Financial Announcement DetailsQuarterQ1 2025Date4/22/2025TimeAfter Market ClosesConference Call DateTuesday, April 22, 2025Conference Call Time5:00PM ETUpcoming EarningsHanmi Financial's Q2 2025 earnings is scheduled for Tuesday, July 22, 2025, with a conference call scheduled at 4:00 PM ET. Check back for transcripts, audio, and key financial metrics as they become available.Conference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptSlide DeckPress Release (8-K)Quarterly Report (10-Q)Earnings HistoryCompany ProfileSlide DeckFull Screen Slide DeckPowered by Hanmi Financial Q1 2025 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrApril 22, 2025 ShareLink copied to clipboard.PresentationSkip to Participants Operator00:00:00Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Hamney Financial Corporation's First Quarter twenty twenty five Conference Call. As a reminder, today's call is being recorded for replay purposes. At this time, all participants are in a listen only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. I would now like to turn the call over to Ben Brodkowitz, Investor Relations for the company. Operator00:00:27Please go ahead. Ben BrodkowitzInvestor Relations at Hanmi Financial00:00:29Thank you, operator, and thank you all for joining us today to discuss Omni's first quarter twenty twenty five results. This afternoon, Omni issued its earnings release and quarterly supplemental slide presentation to accompany today's call. Both documents are available in the IR section of the company's website at hominy.com. I'm here today with Bonnie Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hominy Financial Corporation Anthony Kim, Chief Banking Officer and Ron Santarosa, Chief Financial Officer. Bonnie will begin today's call with an overview. Ben BrodkowitzInvestor Relations at Hanmi Financial00:01:03Anthony will discuss loan and deposit activities. Ron will provide details on our financial performance. And then Bonnie will provide closing comments before we open the call up for your questions. Before we begin, I would like to remind you that today's comments may include forward looking statements under the federal securities laws. Forward looking statements are based on current plans, expectations, events and financial industry trends that may affect the company's future operating results and financial position. Ben BrodkowitzInvestor Relations at Hanmi Financial00:01:33Our actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by our forward looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties. Discussion of the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward looking statements can be found in our SEC filings, including our reports on Forms 10 ks and 10 Q. In particular, we direct you to the discussion of certain risk factors affecting our business contained in our earnings release, our investor presentation and in our Form 10 Q. With that, I would now like to turn the call over to Bonnie Lee. Bonnie, please go ahead. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:02:10Thank you, Matt. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us today to discuss our first quarter twenty twenty five results. We are off to a good start to the year with a strong deposit growth, another quarter of margin expansion and continued disciplined expense management. Our credit quality remains strong and we saw a healthy increase in deposits from our USKC customers. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:02:35These results reflect the strength of our relationship based banking model, a key differentiator for Hanmi in the markets we serve. Now, let me review key highlights of the first quarter. Net income was $17,700,000 or $0.58 per diluted share, an increase of seventeen percent and sixteen percent, respectively, compared to the first quarter of twenty twenty four. Our return on average assets was 0.94% and return on average equity was 8.92%. We achieved our third consecutive quarter of net interest margin expansion, which increased by 11 basis points to 3.02%, driven by our ability to lower funding costs. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:03:23Total loans grew to $6,280,000,000 or 0.5% on a linked quarter basis with a solid loan production across all of our loan categories. This is particularly notable since the first quarter is seasonally slower quarter for loan production. Non interest income grew 5% primarily due to the sale of SBA loans, which provides a hand me with the revenue diversification, enhanced risk management and capital deployment for loan growth. Deposits grew by 3% in the first quarter, by new commercial accounts and contribution from new branches. This growth reflects our success in continuing to build new relationships while deepening those with existing customers. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:04:12Non interest bearing demand deposits have increased by 7% over the past year and remain solid as a percentage of total deposits at 31.2%. Our operating expenses remain well managed and this results in an efficiency ratio of 55.69%, our best quarterly performance since the fourth quarter of twenty twenty three. Turning to our USKC initiative, one of our core growth strategies. Our USKC loan portfolio remains stable at approximately 15% of our total loans. However, deposits increased significantly and now represents 15% of total deposits, up from 13% at the end of twenty twenty four. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:04:59Since opening our representative office in Seoul, South Korea late last year, we have seen a growing level of interest in hot meat capabilities and services. Establishing a local presence has significantly increased activity levels, delivered the visibility we had hoped for. We see growing opportunities to establish new relationships, particularly among mid sized companies and believe we are well positioned to further expand our reach and strengthen our brand among Korean companies that are looking to establish or expand their footprint in The United States. As we continue to execute on our strategy of diversifying and growing our loan and deposit portfolio, we maintained strong asset quality. Our asset quality reflects our focus on high quality loans along with a disciplined underwriting and credit administration. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:05:57Our allowance for credit losses as a percentage of loans remained stable at 1.12%. In addition to upholding our asset quality, we made progress in further expanding our geographic footprint. In March, we successfully opened a branch in Duluth, Georgia, which is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan market. This is our first branch in this rapidly growing market, which is the home to the third largest Korean community in The United States. In just the first month, we have seen strong production and are pleased with the growing momentum. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:06:36The Metro Atlanta region is also a major center for Korean manufacturing investment, particularly in automobiles and clean energy. In fact, just last week, our new team there attended the World Korean Business Convention, an event that convinced the Korean business community from around the world in the heart of Duluth. This was a terrific opportunity to introduce Hanmi and our specialized USKC services to more than 15,000 attendees, raising from local businesses to multinational corporations. As we look ahead to the balance of 2025, we are continuing to focus on executing our growth strategy and our top priorities include the following. Generating loan growth in the low to mid single digit range with a focus on further expanding our C and I portfolio while reducing CRE as a percentage of the portfolio. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:07:33While our current loan pipeline is solid, like all banks, we will continue to monitor the macroeconomic environment closely given the elevated level of uncertainty that currently exists. We will continue to pursue residential mortgage sales to supplement our fee revenues and manage our balance sheet. We plan to hire additional banking talent to expand our C and I business in target verticals and increase our core deposit growth. And finally, we will maintain strong asset quality through our disciplined credit administration practices. In summary, we delivered strong operating performance in the first quarter, reflecting solid growth and ongoing momentum from 2024. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:08:19As always, we remain closely engaged with our customers to better understand how evolving market conditions are affecting their businesses. This approach ensures our team is providing exceptional service and market leading products our customers need. This combined with ongoing expense management, asset quality discipline, positions us well to drive growth and long term value to our shareholders. I'll now turn the call over to Anthony Kim, our Chief Banking Officer, to discuss first quarter loan production and deposit gathering in more detail. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:08:56Thank you, Bonnie, and thank you for joining us today. I'll begin by providing additional details on our loan production. First quarter loan production was $346,000,000 up $7,000,000 or 2% from the prior quarter with a weighted average rate of 7.35% compared to 7.37% last quarter. The increase in loan production was primarily due to an increase in residential lending, SBA, and equipment finance, while CRE was flat and C and I declined from the fourth quarter levels. We remain disciplined with our underwriting as we seek opportunities that meet our high quality standards in the current rate environment. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:09:41CRE production was 147,000,000 flat compared to the prior quarter with continued production from our California region. The elevated interest rate environment continues to impact the traditional and refinancing activity. We remain pleased with the quality of our CRE portfolio. At origination, it had a weighted average loan to value ratio of approximately 48% and a weighted average debt service coverage ratio of 2.2 times. SBA loan production increased 6,000,000 from the prior quarter to 55,000,000, exceeding the high end of our quarterly target range of 40 to 45,000,000. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:10:23This steady production highlights the impact of our key team hires and the growth we're driving among small businesses in our markets. During the quarter, we sold approximately $32,000,000 of SBA loans from our portfolio. C and I production during the first quarter was 42,000,000, a decrease of 18,000,000 or 30%. However, total commitments for our commercial lines of credit were over 1,000,000,000 in the first quarter, up 6% or 22% on an annualized basis. Outstanding balances declined by 6% resulting in an utilization rate of 38%, down from 43% last quarter. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:11:07Residential mortgage loan production was $55,000,000 for the first quarter, up 37% from the previous quarter due to higher demand for purchase transactions as interest rates declined from the elevated levels. Residential mortgage loans represent 16% of our total loan portfolio, the same as one year ago. As Bonnie noted, during the first quarter, we sold approximately 10,000,000 of residential mortgages from our portfolio and are currently exploring additional sales contingent on market conditions. Corporate Korea continues to contribute to our total loan production. However, production slowed from the previous quarter due to the heightened levels of economic uncertainty and the seasonality. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:11:58USKC loan balances were $932,000,000 down $5,000,000 or 0.5% from the prior quarter and represent approximately 15% of our total loan portfolio equivalent to last quarter. Turning to deposits. In the first quarter, deposits were up 3% from the previous quarter, driven by new commercial accounts and contributions from new branches. We continue to expand our partnership with our corporate Korea clients and saw a strong deposit production of 85,000,000 or 166 percent increase compared to the previous quarter. Our team is making good progress in adding new relationships that we believe can grow over time. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:12:41At quarter end, at corporate Korea, deposits represented 15% of our total deposits and 17% of our demand deposits. The competition of our deposit base remains stable, which reflects the success of our relationship banking model. During the first quarter, our mix of non interest bearing deposits remained healthy at 31% of total bank deposits. Our credit quality also remained stable during the first quarter. The provision for credit loss expense increased from the prior quarter due to a CRE loan that was downgraded to non performing status. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:13:21Although the ratio of non performing assets to total assets increased slightly, while other credit metrics were essentially flat versus the prior quarter. We are confident that the overall credit quality of our portfolio remains strong. And now I'll hand the call over to Ron Santorosa, our Chief Financial Officer for more details on our first quarter financial results. Ron? Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:13:45Thank you, Anthony, and a good afternoon to all. Beginning with net interest income, we generated a 3.1% quarter over quarter increase, posting $55,100,000 for the first quarter of twenty twenty five. Net interest margin also improved nicely to 3.02% for the first quarter, up 11 basis points from the prior quarter. The growth in our net interest income and net interest margin was principally due to a decrease in deposit interest expense and a decline in deposit rates. For the first quarter of twenty twenty five, deposit interest expense declined 6.6% from the previous quarter, and the average rate paid on interest bearing deposits fell 27 basis points to 3.69%. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:14:37Average loans increased to 1.4% for the first quarter as the average loan yield declined two basis points to 5.95%. Non interest income was $7,700,000 up 5% from the previous quarter, largely due to an increase in SBA gains. Gains from SBA loan sales were $2,000,000 up 39% from the previous quarter as the value of loans sold increased 49% to $3,200,000 while trade premiums declined 71 basis points to 7.82%. Noninterest expenses were $35,000,000 for the first quarter, up 1.3% from the previous quarter. However, our efficiency ratio improved to 55.7% on higher revenues. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:15:33The quarter over quarter increase in noninterest expense was primarily due to the twenty twenty four fourth quarter '1 point '6 million dollars OREO gain. In summary, pre provision net revenues for the first quarter increased 6% sequentially, reflecting growth in net interest revenues and margin. A solid contribution from our SBA business and disciplined expense management. Credit loss expense for the first quarter was $2,700,000 including a loan loss provision of $2,400,000 and a provision for off balance sheet items of $300,000 First quarter net charge offs were $1,900,000 or 13 basis points of average loans, and the allowance to loans remained constant at 1.12%. Our equity capital and capital ratios continue to be strong. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:16:29During the first quarter, we repurchased 50,000 shares at an average price of $22.49 In addition, lower interest rates drove a 15.2% decrease in our negative AOCI from the prior quarter. Tangible book value per share increased 2.6% to $24.49 and our tangible equity to tangible asset ratio was 9.59%. The company's preliminary common equity Tier one ratio was 12.13%, and the bank's preliminary total capital ratio was 14.48%. With that, I will turn it back to Bonnie. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:17:12Thank you, Ron. We are proud of the solid start we have delivered in 2025 and are energized by the long term opportunities we see ahead. While we are cautious about the current level of economic uncertainty, our focus remains on delivering personalized relationship driven banking that helps our customers achieve their goals while driving long term value for our shareholders. We are guided by a clear strategic compass, expand our core deposit base, deepen relationships within targeted markets, deposit rich verticals, and grow in key markets. This consistent disciplined approach has served us well through the cycle of change, and we remain confident in our ability to execute and deliver sustainable, profitable growth. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:18:04Thank you. We'll now open the call for your questions. Operator, please open the line up to the questions. Operator00:18:11Thank you. We will now be conducting a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate your line is in the question queue. You may press star two to remove yourself from the queue. Operator00:18:24For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up the handset before pressing the star keys. One moment please while we poll for questions. Our first question comes from the line of Gary Tanner with D. A. Davidson. Operator00:18:39Please proceed with your question. Ahmad HasanEquity Research Associate at D.A. Davidson Companies00:18:42Guys, Hamath Hassan on for Gary. Saw some really solid loan production this quarter. So just wondering how is the pipeline looking? And any potential tariff impacts to the clients you're seeing? Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:19:04Looking at the second quarter pipeline, it's pretty healthy because of a tariff and an uncertainty in the economic environment, loan demand may soften up in third quarter and fourth quarter, but at this time the pipeline looks solid. As far as the tariff goes, based on the conversation we had, particularly with our USKC customers, they appear to be in better position than domestic company in The US because they've been preparing themselves since Trump administration initially mentioned that tariff. And additionally, roughly one third of our corporate Korea customers are tier one and tier two of automotive industry in Georgia, Alabama corridor. So for obvious reason, they are producing domestically, so they are not impacted by tariff. So in general, our customers are more optimistic then and they think it's manageable and it's not detrimental impact. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:20:26Then we have ninety days hold on the tariff. So they're hoping for some type of negotiation between the nations. If that happens, then I think this will pass us. Ahmad HasanEquity Research Associate at D.A. Davidson Companies00:20:44Thank you. That is some great color. I saw some very well controlled expenses this quarter. I know there was a bit of noise in the last quarter. How should we model expenses for the rest of the year? Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:21:03So in the second quarter of each fiscal year, that's when our annual merits and promotions become effective. So we would anticipate for the second quarter probably the 3% to 4% idea increase in salaries and benefits. There's a small reduction, of course, because of the seasonality of payroll taxes, etcetera, that occur in the first quarter. So outside of that idea, the other expenses or expense components should behave, again, generally in line with inflation. Ahmad HasanEquity Research Associate at D.A. Davidson Companies00:21:44That sounds good. And just last one for me on the capital deployment front. I saw you repurchased some shares this quarter. And given the current depressed stock price, think you guys are trading under tangible book. Should we expect any elevated repurchases? Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:22:08As we've commented before in our prior investor calls, the Board looks at the dividend and looks at share repurchases each quarter. And based upon that analysis, which looks forward a bit in terms of what we can expect, you know, we lay out our plan. So with that said, we've demonstrated now I think at least four consecutive quarters, if I'm not mistaken, or close thereto of share repurchase at various amounts from I think a low of 25,000 to a high of 75,000. So that probably is not unreasonable. But again, the determination isn't made until the board meets and then we execute on that plan. Ahmad HasanEquity Research Associate at D.A. Davidson Companies00:22:59Great, thank you for taking my questions. Operator00:23:04Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Kelly Motta with KBW. Please proceed with your question. Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:23:13Hey, guys. Good afternoon. Thanks for the question. Maybe starting off on the margin, you you had some tremendous expansion here, and I appreciate the color and the depth about such as the cadence of the CD repricing over the next couple of quarters. Wondering if you could share, Ron, as you have in the past, the spot rate on deposits here in March, as well as where new CDs are coming on at this point. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:23:53Sure, Kelly. So you did make reference to the supplemental deck and on our footnote on that same page does indicate the price for the month of March. So the CDs for the month of March was 4.1% and the average sparing deposit cost for the month of March was 3.67%. So beginning with just the cost of time deposits at 4.1 for the month of March, If you look on that same page, you'll see that the average for the quarter was 4.17, so only off by about seven basis points, if you will. And then if you look at the maturing CDs for the second quarter, their average is four forty one. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:24:51And again, you're looking at about 30 basis points differential. So there'll still be some relief in the second quarter and again, probably in the third quarter, but the pace and the magnitude of the change continues to diminish. So I anticipate that the rate of change will continue to slow. So the margin expansion while it still may be present will probably subside to what we've experienced in the fourth quarter of last year and the first quarter of this year. When you look at the average cost of interest bearing deposits for the month of March at $3.67 that's right on top of the average for the quarter at $3.67. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:25:36So you can kind of tell even from that perspective, which takes into consideration our non maturity deposits, that the rate of change will continue to slow. So long way of saying there'll probably be margin expansion, all things being equal. But again, I anticipate the rate of change to be much, much slower than we experienced over the most recent quarters. Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:25:58Got it. That's helpful. And just a quick follow-up to close the loop on margin. Do you have it looks like new loans are still coming up on well above book yields. Do have the amount of loans that are maturing or adjustable rates resetting over the balance of the year here? Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:26:22Right. So again, referring to that same page, you can see that the average yield on the entire loan book is pretty much holding a six handle and when it drops to a five handle it really hugs six pretty closely. So even though the incremental addition to the loan book is coming at rates higher than the average, the percentage of that increment is fairly small given the 6,500,000,000 of the loan book. So it's probably more realistic to assume the loan book will continue its average with a slight upward bias. But again, I would emphasize slight. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:27:08So I think that's how I would start to think about loan yields. Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:27:13Okay, that's super helpful. I appreciate the color. Turning to credit, you did have the migration of that NPL. I think the release calls out that it's maybe a syndicated credit. Can you provide a bit more color as to what the borrower industry or type? Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:27:37I think might be in CRE, and then what kind of reserve you have put up against it? Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:27:47Sure. Yeah, it is a syndicated commercial real estate. It is office property in the Central Business District. It has been paid as agreed. However, as it matured in early January, the lender and the sponsor have been discussing the renewal or the extension of the loan, but they have not been able to come to an agreement as of yet. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:28:18So, we are continuously monitoring the progress. Based on the collateral shortfall that we have provided $6,200,000 reserve during the quarter. Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:28:35Okay, that's helpful. And last question from me about how large is the syndicated book as a percentage of your loan book? Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:28:48Sure. Our syndicated loan book total outstanding is about $255,000,000 Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:28:57Okay, so it's relatively small. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:28:59It's a very small percentage. Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:29:02Got it. Appreciate the color. I'll step back. Thank you. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:29:07Sure. Operator00:29:10Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Adam Butler with Piper Sandler. Please proceed with your question. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:29:17Hey, everyone. Good afternoon. This is Adam on for Matthew Clark. Thanks for taking the questions. If I could piggyback off of the credit question on the syndicated office CRE loan. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:29:31Just first, are you guys where are you guys in rank on the syndication? Are there banks above you? And how big is the overall loan itself? Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:29:46Yeah. So, the entire loan is $200,000,000 We are about 10%. There are other lenders, a couple of other lenders that obviously has a higher portion. I think the deep sink has over 40% interest. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:30:05Okay. That's helpful. And then just another question. Looking at your overall office CRE portfolio, I think in the slide deck you could see that it represents 9% of loans. I was just wondering if you could talk about some of the office loans that are coming due over the course of the next few quarters and how they're performing and how you're feeling about maturities and future repricing? Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:30:32I think a little over 200,000,000 is maturing in year 2025. We looked at it. We started talking to the customers Based on the conversation and the most recent operating statement, we don't see any potential issue at this time. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:30:55Okay. That's helpful. And then just moving back to the NIM. On your non maturity deposits, your money market and savings, you guys have been able to manage these costs down over the course of the past few quarters. Are you seeing greater ability to lower these costs still? Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:31:16Or I'm just curious how the conversations are going and how much flexibility you see with lowering those costs going forward? Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:31:24Yeah, in first quarter, I think a little less than like approximately $680,000,000 retail city rolled off at 4.69%. We're able to retain 88% of that and reprice that at 77 basis points lower, which is about 3.93. And I see at least in the Korean American banking space, our competitors start to lower their CD rates, which is good news for us. So hopefully in coming quarters for the maturing CDs, we'll be able to lower the CD and retain it at, reprice at high threes rather than low fours. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:32:12Okay. That's helpful color. And then another one from me on the loan yields. I guess, I mean, see in slide 10 your loan beta thus far this downward rate cycle has been I think it says 11%. I can calculate that. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:32:31But I'm just curious if we get more Fed rate cuts, do you expect that loan beta to kind of hover in the 10 to 20% range? Or do you kind of see a different outcome? Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:32:48So, guess you have to kind of think about it relative to the amount of change in a period. So, what we were trying to also illustrate in that particular slide, when you had a 500 basis point increase in the Fed fund rate, you could see how the loan book behaved in that kind of rapid upward idea. And so there's a chance for some symmetry again, but with a 20 if you move by 25 basis points, which is not all that large, we shouldn't anticipate a very high beta. It should be fairly low. When you get a deeper change, you know, 50 to 100 basis points, then that starts pushing on the idea of refinancing, prepays, things of that sort, which can then start to affect your beta and then probably push it to the higher side. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:33:50So remains to be seen, but as you can tell from the 100 basis points that we've declined, which has been fairly, with the exception of the first fifty basis point move, been fairly slow, the loan yields really haven't moved all that much. So I would put it into that context, Adam, and then allow you to kind of create the scenarios of the speed of change, the pace of change, you know, the volume of change, because that's really what's at foot. And you need to kind of have a sense of that or a view of that to kind of figure out where the loan yields may end up. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:34:30Okay. I appreciate that. Yeah, that's helpful. And then just one more for me on the fee side of things. It was nice to see FDA production step up again in 1Q. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:34:43Can you just provide some of your updated expectations for the level of production you're expecting to see going forward? Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:34:53Yeah, so we provide a guidance of quarterly production of $87,000,000 a quarter. So, that guidance stands and then just plusminus $5,000,000 from that. But going into the second Q, as Anthony mentioned, even our SBA, we do have a very solid SBA pipeline. In the first Q, we did notice the drop in the premium from the year end 2024. So, assuming that the premium market holds similar to the first Q, I think that we may be able to see the same type of whether the production or the expected premium income. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:35:58Okay. Yeah, that makes sense to me. And those were all my questions. I appreciate you guys taking the time. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:36:08Thank you. Operator00:36:14Thank you. And we have reached the end of our question and answer session. I would like to turn the floor back to Bonnie Lee for closing remarks. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:36:39Thank you for joining our call today. We appreciate your interest in Hanmi and look forward to sharing our progress with you throughout the year. Thank you. Operator00:36:49Thank you. This does conclude today's conference, and we thank you for your participation. You may disconnect your lines at this time.Read moreParticipantsExecutivesBen BrodkowitzInvestor RelationsBonita LeePresident & CEOAnthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking OfficerRomolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFOAnalystsAhmad HasanEquity Research Associate at D.A. Davidson CompaniesKelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler CompaniesPowered by Key Takeaways Strong Q1 performance: Reported net income of $17.7 million (up 17% YoY) with net interest margin expanding 11 bps to 3.02% and an efficiency ratio of 55.69%, the best since Q4 2023. Loan and deposit growth: Total loans rose 0.5% to $6.28 billion while deposits grew 3%, driven by new commercial accounts and branches, with non‐interest bearing demand deposits up 7% over the past year to 31.2% of total. USKC strategy gains traction: U.S.‐based Korean customer deposits climbed to 15% of total, and a new Seoul representative office plus a Duluth, GA branch have boosted visibility and relationship‐driven banking among Korean firms. Maintained asset quality: Allowance for credit losses remained stable at 1.12% of loans, with modest provision expense of $2.7 million and net charge‐offs at 13 bps, despite one syndicated CRE loan moving to non‐performing status. Disciplined growth outlook: Management targets low‐to‐mid single‐digit loan growth, plans further expansion of C&I lending, diversification into residential mortgage sales, and continued expense and credit discipline. AI Generated. 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PresentationSkip to Participants Operator00:00:00Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Hamney Financial Corporation's First Quarter twenty twenty five Conference Call. As a reminder, today's call is being recorded for replay purposes. At this time, all participants are in a listen only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. I would now like to turn the call over to Ben Brodkowitz, Investor Relations for the company. Operator00:00:27Please go ahead. Ben BrodkowitzInvestor Relations at Hanmi Financial00:00:29Thank you, operator, and thank you all for joining us today to discuss Omni's first quarter twenty twenty five results. This afternoon, Omni issued its earnings release and quarterly supplemental slide presentation to accompany today's call. Both documents are available in the IR section of the company's website at hominy.com. I'm here today with Bonnie Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hominy Financial Corporation Anthony Kim, Chief Banking Officer and Ron Santarosa, Chief Financial Officer. Bonnie will begin today's call with an overview. Ben BrodkowitzInvestor Relations at Hanmi Financial00:01:03Anthony will discuss loan and deposit activities. Ron will provide details on our financial performance. And then Bonnie will provide closing comments before we open the call up for your questions. Before we begin, I would like to remind you that today's comments may include forward looking statements under the federal securities laws. Forward looking statements are based on current plans, expectations, events and financial industry trends that may affect the company's future operating results and financial position. Ben BrodkowitzInvestor Relations at Hanmi Financial00:01:33Our actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by our forward looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties. Discussion of the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward looking statements can be found in our SEC filings, including our reports on Forms 10 ks and 10 Q. In particular, we direct you to the discussion of certain risk factors affecting our business contained in our earnings release, our investor presentation and in our Form 10 Q. With that, I would now like to turn the call over to Bonnie Lee. Bonnie, please go ahead. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:02:10Thank you, Matt. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us today to discuss our first quarter twenty twenty five results. We are off to a good start to the year with a strong deposit growth, another quarter of margin expansion and continued disciplined expense management. Our credit quality remains strong and we saw a healthy increase in deposits from our USKC customers. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:02:35These results reflect the strength of our relationship based banking model, a key differentiator for Hanmi in the markets we serve. Now, let me review key highlights of the first quarter. Net income was $17,700,000 or $0.58 per diluted share, an increase of seventeen percent and sixteen percent, respectively, compared to the first quarter of twenty twenty four. Our return on average assets was 0.94% and return on average equity was 8.92%. We achieved our third consecutive quarter of net interest margin expansion, which increased by 11 basis points to 3.02%, driven by our ability to lower funding costs. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:03:23Total loans grew to $6,280,000,000 or 0.5% on a linked quarter basis with a solid loan production across all of our loan categories. This is particularly notable since the first quarter is seasonally slower quarter for loan production. Non interest income grew 5% primarily due to the sale of SBA loans, which provides a hand me with the revenue diversification, enhanced risk management and capital deployment for loan growth. Deposits grew by 3% in the first quarter, by new commercial accounts and contribution from new branches. This growth reflects our success in continuing to build new relationships while deepening those with existing customers. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:04:12Non interest bearing demand deposits have increased by 7% over the past year and remain solid as a percentage of total deposits at 31.2%. Our operating expenses remain well managed and this results in an efficiency ratio of 55.69%, our best quarterly performance since the fourth quarter of twenty twenty three. Turning to our USKC initiative, one of our core growth strategies. Our USKC loan portfolio remains stable at approximately 15% of our total loans. However, deposits increased significantly and now represents 15% of total deposits, up from 13% at the end of twenty twenty four. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:04:59Since opening our representative office in Seoul, South Korea late last year, we have seen a growing level of interest in hot meat capabilities and services. Establishing a local presence has significantly increased activity levels, delivered the visibility we had hoped for. We see growing opportunities to establish new relationships, particularly among mid sized companies and believe we are well positioned to further expand our reach and strengthen our brand among Korean companies that are looking to establish or expand their footprint in The United States. As we continue to execute on our strategy of diversifying and growing our loan and deposit portfolio, we maintained strong asset quality. Our asset quality reflects our focus on high quality loans along with a disciplined underwriting and credit administration. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:05:57Our allowance for credit losses as a percentage of loans remained stable at 1.12%. In addition to upholding our asset quality, we made progress in further expanding our geographic footprint. In March, we successfully opened a branch in Duluth, Georgia, which is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan market. This is our first branch in this rapidly growing market, which is the home to the third largest Korean community in The United States. In just the first month, we have seen strong production and are pleased with the growing momentum. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:06:36The Metro Atlanta region is also a major center for Korean manufacturing investment, particularly in automobiles and clean energy. In fact, just last week, our new team there attended the World Korean Business Convention, an event that convinced the Korean business community from around the world in the heart of Duluth. This was a terrific opportunity to introduce Hanmi and our specialized USKC services to more than 15,000 attendees, raising from local businesses to multinational corporations. As we look ahead to the balance of 2025, we are continuing to focus on executing our growth strategy and our top priorities include the following. Generating loan growth in the low to mid single digit range with a focus on further expanding our C and I portfolio while reducing CRE as a percentage of the portfolio. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:07:33While our current loan pipeline is solid, like all banks, we will continue to monitor the macroeconomic environment closely given the elevated level of uncertainty that currently exists. We will continue to pursue residential mortgage sales to supplement our fee revenues and manage our balance sheet. We plan to hire additional banking talent to expand our C and I business in target verticals and increase our core deposit growth. And finally, we will maintain strong asset quality through our disciplined credit administration practices. In summary, we delivered strong operating performance in the first quarter, reflecting solid growth and ongoing momentum from 2024. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:08:19As always, we remain closely engaged with our customers to better understand how evolving market conditions are affecting their businesses. This approach ensures our team is providing exceptional service and market leading products our customers need. This combined with ongoing expense management, asset quality discipline, positions us well to drive growth and long term value to our shareholders. I'll now turn the call over to Anthony Kim, our Chief Banking Officer, to discuss first quarter loan production and deposit gathering in more detail. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:08:56Thank you, Bonnie, and thank you for joining us today. I'll begin by providing additional details on our loan production. First quarter loan production was $346,000,000 up $7,000,000 or 2% from the prior quarter with a weighted average rate of 7.35% compared to 7.37% last quarter. The increase in loan production was primarily due to an increase in residential lending, SBA, and equipment finance, while CRE was flat and C and I declined from the fourth quarter levels. We remain disciplined with our underwriting as we seek opportunities that meet our high quality standards in the current rate environment. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:09:41CRE production was 147,000,000 flat compared to the prior quarter with continued production from our California region. The elevated interest rate environment continues to impact the traditional and refinancing activity. We remain pleased with the quality of our CRE portfolio. At origination, it had a weighted average loan to value ratio of approximately 48% and a weighted average debt service coverage ratio of 2.2 times. SBA loan production increased 6,000,000 from the prior quarter to 55,000,000, exceeding the high end of our quarterly target range of 40 to 45,000,000. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:10:23This steady production highlights the impact of our key team hires and the growth we're driving among small businesses in our markets. During the quarter, we sold approximately $32,000,000 of SBA loans from our portfolio. C and I production during the first quarter was 42,000,000, a decrease of 18,000,000 or 30%. However, total commitments for our commercial lines of credit were over 1,000,000,000 in the first quarter, up 6% or 22% on an annualized basis. Outstanding balances declined by 6% resulting in an utilization rate of 38%, down from 43% last quarter. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:11:07Residential mortgage loan production was $55,000,000 for the first quarter, up 37% from the previous quarter due to higher demand for purchase transactions as interest rates declined from the elevated levels. Residential mortgage loans represent 16% of our total loan portfolio, the same as one year ago. As Bonnie noted, during the first quarter, we sold approximately 10,000,000 of residential mortgages from our portfolio and are currently exploring additional sales contingent on market conditions. Corporate Korea continues to contribute to our total loan production. However, production slowed from the previous quarter due to the heightened levels of economic uncertainty and the seasonality. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:11:58USKC loan balances were $932,000,000 down $5,000,000 or 0.5% from the prior quarter and represent approximately 15% of our total loan portfolio equivalent to last quarter. Turning to deposits. In the first quarter, deposits were up 3% from the previous quarter, driven by new commercial accounts and contributions from new branches. We continue to expand our partnership with our corporate Korea clients and saw a strong deposit production of 85,000,000 or 166 percent increase compared to the previous quarter. Our team is making good progress in adding new relationships that we believe can grow over time. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:12:41At quarter end, at corporate Korea, deposits represented 15% of our total deposits and 17% of our demand deposits. The competition of our deposit base remains stable, which reflects the success of our relationship banking model. During the first quarter, our mix of non interest bearing deposits remained healthy at 31% of total bank deposits. Our credit quality also remained stable during the first quarter. The provision for credit loss expense increased from the prior quarter due to a CRE loan that was downgraded to non performing status. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:13:21Although the ratio of non performing assets to total assets increased slightly, while other credit metrics were essentially flat versus the prior quarter. We are confident that the overall credit quality of our portfolio remains strong. And now I'll hand the call over to Ron Santorosa, our Chief Financial Officer for more details on our first quarter financial results. Ron? Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:13:45Thank you, Anthony, and a good afternoon to all. Beginning with net interest income, we generated a 3.1% quarter over quarter increase, posting $55,100,000 for the first quarter of twenty twenty five. Net interest margin also improved nicely to 3.02% for the first quarter, up 11 basis points from the prior quarter. The growth in our net interest income and net interest margin was principally due to a decrease in deposit interest expense and a decline in deposit rates. For the first quarter of twenty twenty five, deposit interest expense declined 6.6% from the previous quarter, and the average rate paid on interest bearing deposits fell 27 basis points to 3.69%. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:14:37Average loans increased to 1.4% for the first quarter as the average loan yield declined two basis points to 5.95%. Non interest income was $7,700,000 up 5% from the previous quarter, largely due to an increase in SBA gains. Gains from SBA loan sales were $2,000,000 up 39% from the previous quarter as the value of loans sold increased 49% to $3,200,000 while trade premiums declined 71 basis points to 7.82%. Noninterest expenses were $35,000,000 for the first quarter, up 1.3% from the previous quarter. However, our efficiency ratio improved to 55.7% on higher revenues. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:15:33The quarter over quarter increase in noninterest expense was primarily due to the twenty twenty four fourth quarter '1 point '6 million dollars OREO gain. In summary, pre provision net revenues for the first quarter increased 6% sequentially, reflecting growth in net interest revenues and margin. A solid contribution from our SBA business and disciplined expense management. Credit loss expense for the first quarter was $2,700,000 including a loan loss provision of $2,400,000 and a provision for off balance sheet items of $300,000 First quarter net charge offs were $1,900,000 or 13 basis points of average loans, and the allowance to loans remained constant at 1.12%. Our equity capital and capital ratios continue to be strong. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:16:29During the first quarter, we repurchased 50,000 shares at an average price of $22.49 In addition, lower interest rates drove a 15.2% decrease in our negative AOCI from the prior quarter. Tangible book value per share increased 2.6% to $24.49 and our tangible equity to tangible asset ratio was 9.59%. The company's preliminary common equity Tier one ratio was 12.13%, and the bank's preliminary total capital ratio was 14.48%. With that, I will turn it back to Bonnie. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:17:12Thank you, Ron. We are proud of the solid start we have delivered in 2025 and are energized by the long term opportunities we see ahead. While we are cautious about the current level of economic uncertainty, our focus remains on delivering personalized relationship driven banking that helps our customers achieve their goals while driving long term value for our shareholders. We are guided by a clear strategic compass, expand our core deposit base, deepen relationships within targeted markets, deposit rich verticals, and grow in key markets. This consistent disciplined approach has served us well through the cycle of change, and we remain confident in our ability to execute and deliver sustainable, profitable growth. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:18:04Thank you. We'll now open the call for your questions. Operator, please open the line up to the questions. Operator00:18:11Thank you. We will now be conducting a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate your line is in the question queue. You may press star two to remove yourself from the queue. Operator00:18:24For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up the handset before pressing the star keys. One moment please while we poll for questions. Our first question comes from the line of Gary Tanner with D. A. Davidson. Operator00:18:39Please proceed with your question. Ahmad HasanEquity Research Associate at D.A. Davidson Companies00:18:42Guys, Hamath Hassan on for Gary. Saw some really solid loan production this quarter. So just wondering how is the pipeline looking? And any potential tariff impacts to the clients you're seeing? Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:19:04Looking at the second quarter pipeline, it's pretty healthy because of a tariff and an uncertainty in the economic environment, loan demand may soften up in third quarter and fourth quarter, but at this time the pipeline looks solid. As far as the tariff goes, based on the conversation we had, particularly with our USKC customers, they appear to be in better position than domestic company in The US because they've been preparing themselves since Trump administration initially mentioned that tariff. And additionally, roughly one third of our corporate Korea customers are tier one and tier two of automotive industry in Georgia, Alabama corridor. So for obvious reason, they are producing domestically, so they are not impacted by tariff. So in general, our customers are more optimistic then and they think it's manageable and it's not detrimental impact. Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:20:26Then we have ninety days hold on the tariff. So they're hoping for some type of negotiation between the nations. If that happens, then I think this will pass us. Ahmad HasanEquity Research Associate at D.A. Davidson Companies00:20:44Thank you. That is some great color. I saw some very well controlled expenses this quarter. I know there was a bit of noise in the last quarter. How should we model expenses for the rest of the year? Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:21:03So in the second quarter of each fiscal year, that's when our annual merits and promotions become effective. So we would anticipate for the second quarter probably the 3% to 4% idea increase in salaries and benefits. There's a small reduction, of course, because of the seasonality of payroll taxes, etcetera, that occur in the first quarter. So outside of that idea, the other expenses or expense components should behave, again, generally in line with inflation. Ahmad HasanEquity Research Associate at D.A. Davidson Companies00:21:44That sounds good. And just last one for me on the capital deployment front. I saw you repurchased some shares this quarter. And given the current depressed stock price, think you guys are trading under tangible book. Should we expect any elevated repurchases? Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:22:08As we've commented before in our prior investor calls, the Board looks at the dividend and looks at share repurchases each quarter. And based upon that analysis, which looks forward a bit in terms of what we can expect, you know, we lay out our plan. So with that said, we've demonstrated now I think at least four consecutive quarters, if I'm not mistaken, or close thereto of share repurchase at various amounts from I think a low of 25,000 to a high of 75,000. So that probably is not unreasonable. But again, the determination isn't made until the board meets and then we execute on that plan. Ahmad HasanEquity Research Associate at D.A. Davidson Companies00:22:59Great, thank you for taking my questions. Operator00:23:04Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Kelly Motta with KBW. Please proceed with your question. Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:23:13Hey, guys. Good afternoon. Thanks for the question. Maybe starting off on the margin, you you had some tremendous expansion here, and I appreciate the color and the depth about such as the cadence of the CD repricing over the next couple of quarters. Wondering if you could share, Ron, as you have in the past, the spot rate on deposits here in March, as well as where new CDs are coming on at this point. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:23:53Sure, Kelly. So you did make reference to the supplemental deck and on our footnote on that same page does indicate the price for the month of March. So the CDs for the month of March was 4.1% and the average sparing deposit cost for the month of March was 3.67%. So beginning with just the cost of time deposits at 4.1 for the month of March, If you look on that same page, you'll see that the average for the quarter was 4.17, so only off by about seven basis points, if you will. And then if you look at the maturing CDs for the second quarter, their average is four forty one. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:24:51And again, you're looking at about 30 basis points differential. So there'll still be some relief in the second quarter and again, probably in the third quarter, but the pace and the magnitude of the change continues to diminish. So I anticipate that the rate of change will continue to slow. So the margin expansion while it still may be present will probably subside to what we've experienced in the fourth quarter of last year and the first quarter of this year. When you look at the average cost of interest bearing deposits for the month of March at $3.67 that's right on top of the average for the quarter at $3.67. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:25:36So you can kind of tell even from that perspective, which takes into consideration our non maturity deposits, that the rate of change will continue to slow. So long way of saying there'll probably be margin expansion, all things being equal. But again, I anticipate the rate of change to be much, much slower than we experienced over the most recent quarters. Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:25:58Got it. That's helpful. And just a quick follow-up to close the loop on margin. Do you have it looks like new loans are still coming up on well above book yields. Do have the amount of loans that are maturing or adjustable rates resetting over the balance of the year here? Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:26:22Right. So again, referring to that same page, you can see that the average yield on the entire loan book is pretty much holding a six handle and when it drops to a five handle it really hugs six pretty closely. So even though the incremental addition to the loan book is coming at rates higher than the average, the percentage of that increment is fairly small given the 6,500,000,000 of the loan book. So it's probably more realistic to assume the loan book will continue its average with a slight upward bias. But again, I would emphasize slight. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:27:08So I think that's how I would start to think about loan yields. Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:27:13Okay, that's super helpful. I appreciate the color. Turning to credit, you did have the migration of that NPL. I think the release calls out that it's maybe a syndicated credit. Can you provide a bit more color as to what the borrower industry or type? Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:27:37I think might be in CRE, and then what kind of reserve you have put up against it? Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:27:47Sure. Yeah, it is a syndicated commercial real estate. It is office property in the Central Business District. It has been paid as agreed. However, as it matured in early January, the lender and the sponsor have been discussing the renewal or the extension of the loan, but they have not been able to come to an agreement as of yet. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:28:18So, we are continuously monitoring the progress. Based on the collateral shortfall that we have provided $6,200,000 reserve during the quarter. Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:28:35Okay, that's helpful. And last question from me about how large is the syndicated book as a percentage of your loan book? Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:28:48Sure. Our syndicated loan book total outstanding is about $255,000,000 Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:28:57Okay, so it's relatively small. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:28:59It's a very small percentage. Kelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)00:29:02Got it. Appreciate the color. I'll step back. Thank you. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:29:07Sure. Operator00:29:10Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Adam Butler with Piper Sandler. Please proceed with your question. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:29:17Hey, everyone. Good afternoon. This is Adam on for Matthew Clark. Thanks for taking the questions. If I could piggyback off of the credit question on the syndicated office CRE loan. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:29:31Just first, are you guys where are you guys in rank on the syndication? Are there banks above you? And how big is the overall loan itself? Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:29:46Yeah. So, the entire loan is $200,000,000 We are about 10%. There are other lenders, a couple of other lenders that obviously has a higher portion. I think the deep sink has over 40% interest. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:30:05Okay. That's helpful. And then just another question. Looking at your overall office CRE portfolio, I think in the slide deck you could see that it represents 9% of loans. I was just wondering if you could talk about some of the office loans that are coming due over the course of the next few quarters and how they're performing and how you're feeling about maturities and future repricing? Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:30:32I think a little over 200,000,000 is maturing in year 2025. We looked at it. We started talking to the customers Based on the conversation and the most recent operating statement, we don't see any potential issue at this time. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:30:55Okay. That's helpful. And then just moving back to the NIM. On your non maturity deposits, your money market and savings, you guys have been able to manage these costs down over the course of the past few quarters. Are you seeing greater ability to lower these costs still? Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:31:16Or I'm just curious how the conversations are going and how much flexibility you see with lowering those costs going forward? Anthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking Officer at Hanmi Financial00:31:24Yeah, in first quarter, I think a little less than like approximately $680,000,000 retail city rolled off at 4.69%. We're able to retain 88% of that and reprice that at 77 basis points lower, which is about 3.93. And I see at least in the Korean American banking space, our competitors start to lower their CD rates, which is good news for us. So hopefully in coming quarters for the maturing CDs, we'll be able to lower the CD and retain it at, reprice at high threes rather than low fours. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:32:12Okay. That's helpful color. And then another one from me on the loan yields. I guess, I mean, see in slide 10 your loan beta thus far this downward rate cycle has been I think it says 11%. I can calculate that. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:32:31But I'm just curious if we get more Fed rate cuts, do you expect that loan beta to kind of hover in the 10 to 20% range? Or do you kind of see a different outcome? Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:32:48So, guess you have to kind of think about it relative to the amount of change in a period. So, what we were trying to also illustrate in that particular slide, when you had a 500 basis point increase in the Fed fund rate, you could see how the loan book behaved in that kind of rapid upward idea. And so there's a chance for some symmetry again, but with a 20 if you move by 25 basis points, which is not all that large, we shouldn't anticipate a very high beta. It should be fairly low. When you get a deeper change, you know, 50 to 100 basis points, then that starts pushing on the idea of refinancing, prepays, things of that sort, which can then start to affect your beta and then probably push it to the higher side. Romolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFO at Hanmi Financial00:33:50So remains to be seen, but as you can tell from the 100 basis points that we've declined, which has been fairly, with the exception of the first fifty basis point move, been fairly slow, the loan yields really haven't moved all that much. So I would put it into that context, Adam, and then allow you to kind of create the scenarios of the speed of change, the pace of change, you know, the volume of change, because that's really what's at foot. And you need to kind of have a sense of that or a view of that to kind of figure out where the loan yields may end up. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:34:30Okay. I appreciate that. Yeah, that's helpful. And then just one more for me on the fee side of things. It was nice to see FDA production step up again in 1Q. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:34:43Can you just provide some of your updated expectations for the level of production you're expecting to see going forward? Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:34:53Yeah, so we provide a guidance of quarterly production of $87,000,000 a quarter. So, that guidance stands and then just plusminus $5,000,000 from that. But going into the second Q, as Anthony mentioned, even our SBA, we do have a very solid SBA pipeline. In the first Q, we did notice the drop in the premium from the year end 2024. So, assuming that the premium market holds similar to the first Q, I think that we may be able to see the same type of whether the production or the expected premium income. Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies00:35:58Okay. Yeah, that makes sense to me. And those were all my questions. I appreciate you guys taking the time. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:36:08Thank you. Operator00:36:14Thank you. And we have reached the end of our question and answer session. I would like to turn the floor back to Bonnie Lee for closing remarks. Bonita LeePresident & CEO at Hanmi Financial00:36:39Thank you for joining our call today. We appreciate your interest in Hanmi and look forward to sharing our progress with you throughout the year. Thank you. Operator00:36:49Thank you. This does conclude today's conference, and we thank you for your participation. You may disconnect your lines at this time.Read moreParticipantsExecutivesBen BrodkowitzInvestor RelationsBonita LeePresident & CEOAnthony KimSenior EVP & Chief Banking OfficerRomolo SantarosaSenior EVP & CFOAnalystsAhmad HasanEquity Research Associate at D.A. Davidson CompaniesKelly MottaMD - Equity Research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW)Adam ButlerEquity Research Analyst at Piper Sandler CompaniesPowered by