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Exhibit 99.1

 

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RBB Bancorp Reports Second Quarter 2025 Earnings and Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.16 Per Common Share

 

Los Angeles, CA, July 21, 2025 – RBB Bancorp (NASDAQ:RBB) and its subsidiaries, Royal Business Bank (the “Bank”) and RBB Asset Management Company (“RAM”), collectively referred to herein as the “Company,” announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025.

 

Second Quarter 2025 Highlights

 

  Net income totaled $9.3 million, or $0.52 diluted earnings per share
  Return on average assets of 0.93%, compared to 0.24% for the quarter ended March 31, 2025
  Net interest margin expanded to 2.92%, up from 2.88% for the quarter ended March 31, 2025
  Net loans held for investment growth of $91.6 million, or 12% annualized 
  Nonperforming assets decreased $3.6 million, or 5.5%, to $61.0 million at June 30, 2025, down from $64.6 million at March 31, 2025
  Book value and tangible book value per share(1) increased to $29.25 and $25.11 at June 30, 2025, up from $28.77 and $24.63 at March 31, 2025

 

The Company reported net income of $9.3 million, or $0.52 diluted earnings per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, compared to net income of $2.3 million, or $0.13 diluted earnings per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. Net income for the second quarter of 2025 included income from an Employee Retention Credit ("ERC") of $5.2 million (pre-tax), which was included in other income, offset partially by professional and advisory costs associated with filing and determining eligibility for the ERC totaling $1.2 million (pre-tax).

 

“Another quarter of strong loan growth and stable loan yields drove increasing net interest income and margin expansion in the second quarter,” said Johnny Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer of RBB Bancorp. “We also benefited from the receipt of a $5.2 million ERC in the second quarter. We continue to work through our nonperforming assets and remain focused on resolving our nonperforming loans as quickly as possible while minimizing the impact to earnings and capital.”

 

(1)

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

 

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Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin

 

Net interest income was $27.3 million for the second quarter of 2025, compared to $26.2 million for the first quarter of 2025. The $1.2 million increase was due to a $1.9 million increase in interest income, offset by a $698,000 increase in interest expense. The increase in interest income was mostly due to a $2.1 million increase in interest and fees on loans. The increase in interest expense was due to a $433,000 increase in interest on borrowings and a $265,000 increase in interest on deposits.

 

The net interest margin (“NIM”) was 2.92% for the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 4 basis points from 2.88% for the first quarter of 2025. The NIM expansion was due to a 3 basis point increase in the yield on average interest-earning assets, combined with a 1 basis point decrease in the overall cost of funds. The yield on average interest-earning assets increased to 5.79% for the second quarter of 2025 from 5.76% for the first quarter of 2025 due mainly to a 2 basis point increase in the yield on average loans to 6.03%. Average loans represented 85% of average interest-earning assets in the second quarter of 2025, as compared to 84% in the first quarter of 2025.

 

The average cost of funds decreased to 3.14% for the second quarter of 2025 from 3.15% for the first quarter of 2025, driven by an 11 basis point decrease in the average cost of interest-bearing deposits, partially offset by a 75 basis point increase in the average cost of total borrowings. The average cost of interest-bearing deposits decreased to 3.66% for the second quarter of 2025 from 3.77% for the first quarter of 2025. The overall funding mix for the second quarter of 2025 remained relatively unchanged from the first quarter of 2025 with total deposits representing 90% of interest bearing liabilities and average noninterest-bearing deposits representing 17% of average total deposits. The average cost of borrowings increased as $150 million in long term FHLB advances matured during the first quarter of 2025, the majority of which were replaced and repriced at current market rates. The all-in average spot rate for total deposits was 2.95% at June 30, 2025.

 

Provision for Credit Losses

 

The provision for credit losses was $2.4 million for the second quarter of 2025 compared to $6.7 million for the first quarter of 2025. The second quarter of 2025 provision for credit losses reflected an increase in general reserves of $1.5 million due mainly to net loan growth, and an increase in a specific reserve of $924,000 related to one lending relationship. The second quarter provision also took into consideration factors such as changes in the outlook for economic conditions and market interest rates, and changes in credit quality metrics, including changes in loans 30-89 days past due, nonperforming loans, special mention and substandard loans during the period. Net charge-offs of $3.3 million in the second quarter related to loans which had these specific reserves at March 31, 2025. Net charge-offs on an annualized basis represented 0.42% of average loans for the second quarter of 2025 compared to 0.35% for the first quarter of 2025.

 

Noninterest Income

 

Noninterest income for the second quarter of 2025 was $8.5 million, an increase of $6.2 million from $2.3 million for the first quarter of 2025. The second quarter of 2025 included other income of $5.2 million for the receipt of ERC funds from the IRS. The ERC was a grant program established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and these funds relate to qualifying amended payroll tax returns the Company filed for the first and second quarters of 2021.

 

Upon receipt of the ERC funds, certain professional and tax advisory costs associated with the assessment and compilation of the ERC refunds became due and payable. These amounts totaled $1.2 million and are included in legal and professional expense in our consolidated statements of income for the second quarter of 2025. There were no such ERC amounts received or associated costs recognized during the first quarter of 2025 or the quarter ended June 30, 2024.

 

The second quarter of 2025 also included a higher gain on sale of loans of $277,000 and recoveries associated with a fully-charged off loan acquired in a bank acquisition of $350,000, the latter included in "other income."

 

Noninterest Expense

 

Noninterest expense for the second quarter of 2025 was $20.5 million, an increase of $2.0 million from $18.5 million for the first quarter of 2025. This increase was mostly due to higher legal and professional expense of $1.4 million, of which $1.2 million was attributed to the aforementioned ERC advisory costs, and a $437,000 increase in salaries and employee benefits expenses. The increase in compensation includes higher incentives related to sustained production levels, the impact of annual pay increases, and approximately $330,000 in costs related to executive management transitions, offset by lower payroll taxes. The efficiency ratio was 57.2% for the second quarter of 2025, down from 65.1% for the first quarter of 2025 due mostly to higher noninterest income related to the ERC, partially offset by higher noninterest expense related to the ERC advisory costs.

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Income Taxes

 

The effective tax rate was 27.8% for the second quarter of 2025 and 28.2% for the first quarter of 2025. 

 

Balance Sheet

 

At June 30, 2025, total assets were $4.1 billion, an $80.6 million increase compared to March 31, 2025, and a $221.9 million increase compared to June 30, 2024.

 

Loan and Securities Portfolio

 

Loans held for investment ("HFI") totaled $3.2 billion as of June 30, 2025, an increase of $91.6 million, or 12% annualized, compared to March 31, 2025 and an increase of $187.0 million, or 6.1%, compared to June 30, 2024. The second quarter of 2025 net loan growth included $182.8 million in new production with an average yield of 6.76%. The increase from March 31, 2025 was primarily due to a $57.3 million increase in single-family residential ("SFR") mortgage loans, a $28.0 million increase in commercial real estate ("CRE") loans, a $5.3 million increase in Small Business Administration ("SBA") loans and a $2.7 million increase in commercial and industrial ("C&I") loans. The loan to deposit ratio was 101.5% at June 30, 2025, compared to 100.0% at March 31, 2025 and 100.9% at June 30, 2024. 

 

As of June 30, 2025, available for sale securities ("AFS") totaled $413.1 million, an increase of $35.0 million from March 31, 2025, primarily related to purchases of $68.0 million, offset by maturities and amortization of $33.0 million during the second quarter of 2025. As of June 30, 2025, net unrealized losses totaled $23.1 million, a $1.9 million decrease, when compared to net unrealized losses of $25.0 million as of March 31, 2025.

 

Deposits

 

Total deposits were $3.2 billion as of June 30, 2025, an increase of $45.6 million, or 5.8% annualized, compared to March 31, 2025 and an increase of $164.6 million, or 5.4%, compared to June 30, 2024. The increase during the second quarter of 2025 was due to a $29.9 million increase in interest-bearing deposits coupled with a $15.7 million increase in noninterest-bearing deposits. The increase in interest-bearing deposits included increases in time deposits of $59.5 million, offset by decreases in interest-bearing non-maturity deposits of $29.5 million. Wholesale deposits totaled $183.8 million at June 30, 2025, an increase of $25.3 million compared to $158.5 million at March 31, 2025. Noninterest-bearing deposits totaled $543.9 million and represented 17.1% of total deposits at June 30, 2025 compared to $528.2 million and 16.8% at March 31, 2025.

 

Credit Quality

 

Nonperforming assets totaled $61.0 million, or 1.49% of total assets, at June 30, 2025, down from $64.6 million, or 1.61% of total assets, at March 31, 2025. The $3.6 million decrease in nonperforming assets was due to $3.3 million in net charge-offs and $1.7 million in payoffs and paydowns, partially offset by $1.4 million in additions from loans migrating to nonaccrual status in the second quarter of 2025. Nonperforming assets included one $4.2 million other real estate owned (included in “accrued interest and other assets”) at June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2025.

 

Special mention loans totaled $91.3 million, or 2.82% of total loans, at June 30, 2025, up from $64.3 million, or 2.05% of total loans, at March 31, 2025. The $27.0 million increase was primarily due to the addition of loans totaling $30.1 million and $1.6 million in balance increases, partially offset by the downgrade of two CRE loans totaling $4.0 million to substandard-rated loans and payoffs and paydowns totaling $660,000. As of June 30, 2025, all special mention loans were paying current.

 

Substandard loans totaled $91.0 million at June 30, 2025, up from $76.4 million at March 31, 2025. The $14.6 million increase was primarily due to the downgrades totaling $20.6 million, partially offset by net charge-offs totaling $3.3 million and payoffs and paydowns totaling $2.7 million. Of the total substandard loans at June 30, 2025, there were $34.2 million on accrual status.

 

30-89 day delinquent loans, excluding nonperforming loans, totaled $18.0 million, or 0.56% of total loans, at June 30, 2025, up from $5.9 million, or 0.19% of total loans, at March 31, 2025. The $12.1 million increase was mostly due to $15.5 million in new delinquent loans, offset by $2.2 million in loans returning to current status, $798,000 in loans migrating to nonaccrual status, and $427,000 in paydowns and payoffs. The additions include an $8.5 million CRE loan that has since been brought current. 

 

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As of June 30, 2025, the allowance for credit losses totaled $51.6 million and was comprised of an allowance for loan losses of $51.0 million and a reserve for unfunded commitments of $629,000 (included in “accrued interest and other liabilities”). This compares to the allowance for credit losses of $52.6 million, comprised of an allowance for loan losses of $51.9 million and a reserve for unfunded commitments of $629,000 at March 31, 2025. The $918,000 decrease in the allowance for credit losses for the second quarter of 2025 was due to net charge-offs of $3.3 million, offset by a $2.4 million provision for credit losses. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loans HFI decreased to 1.58% at June 30, 2025, compared to 1.65% at March 31, 2025, due mainly to net charge-offs of amounts included in specific reserves at March 31, 2025. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of nonperforming loans HFI was 90% at June 30, 2025, an increase from 86% at March 31, 2025. 

 

   

For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2025

   

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Allowance for loan losses

   

Reserve for unfunded loan commitments

   

Allowance for credit losses

   

Allowance for loan losses

   

Reserve for unfunded loan commitments

   

Allowance for credit losses

 

Beginning balance

  $ 51,932     $ 629     $ 52,561     $ 47,729     $ 729     $ 48,458  

Provision for (reversal of) credit losses

    2,387             2,387       9,233       (100 )     9,133  

Less loans charged-off

    (3,339 )           (3,339 )     (6,065 )           (6,065 )

Recoveries on loans charged-off

    34             34       117             117  

Ending balance

  $ 51,014     $ 629     $ 51,643     $ 51,014     $ 629     $ 51,643  

 

Shareholders' Equity

 

At June 30, 2025, total shareholders' equity was $517.7 million, a $7.3 million increase compared to March 31, 2025, and a $6.4 million increase compared to June 30, 2024. The increase in shareholders' equity for the second quarter of 2025 was due to net income of $9.3 million, lower net unrealized losses on AFS securities of $1.3 million and equity compensation activity of $1.1 million, offset by common stock cash dividends paid totaling $2.9 million and common stock repurchases totaling $1.5 million. The increase in shareholders' equity for the last twelve months was due to net income of $23.0 million, lower net unrealized losses on AFS securities of $4.9 million, and equity compensation activity of $2.5 million, offset by common stock repurchases totaling $12.5 million and common stock cash dividends paid totaling $11.5 million. Book value per share and tangible book value per share(1) increased to $29.25 and $25.11 at June 30, 2025, up from $28.77 and $24.63 at March 31, 2025 and up from $28.12 and $24.06 at June 30, 2024.

 

Dividend Announcement

 

The Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per common share. The dividend is payable on August 12, 2025 to shareholders of record on July 31, 2025.

 

 

Contact:

Lynn Hopkins, Chief Financial Officer

 

(213) 716-8066

  lhopkins@rbbusa.com

 

(1)

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

 

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Corporate Overview

 

RBB Bancorp is a community-based financial holding company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had total assets of $4.1 billion. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Royal Business Bank, is a full service commercial bank, which provides consumer and business banking services predominately to the Asian-centric communities in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and Ventura County in California, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan in New York, in Edison, New Jersey, in the Chicago neighborhoods of Chinatown and Bridgeport, Illinois, and on Oahu, Hawaii. Bank services include remote deposit, E-banking, mobile banking, commercial and investor real estate loans, business loans and lines of credit, commercial and industrial loans, SBA 7A and 504 loans, 1-4 single family residential loans, trade finance, a full range of depository account products and wealth management services. The Bank has nine branches in Los Angeles County, two branches in Ventura County, one branch in Orange County, California, one branch in Las Vegas, Nevada, three branches and one loan operation center in Brooklyn, three branches in Queens, one branch in Manhattan in New York, one branch in Edison, New Jersey, two branches in Chicago, Illinois, and one branch in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Company's administrative and lending center is located at 1055 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90017, and its operations center is located at 7025 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, California 90621. The Company's website address is www.royalbusinessbankusa.com.

 

Conference Call

 

Management will hold a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time/2:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, to discuss the Company’s second quarter 2025 financial results.

 

To listen to the conference call, please dial 1-888-506-0062 or 1-973-528-0011, the Participant ID code is 710803, conference ID RBBQ225. A replay of the call will be made available at 1-877-481-4010 or 1-919-882-2331, the passcode is 52690, approximately one hour after the conclusion of the call and will remain available through August 05, 2025.

 

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

 

Disclosure

 

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

 

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Safe Harbor

 

Certain matters set forth herein (including the exhibits hereto) constitute forward-looking statements relating to the Company’s current business plans and expectations and our future financial position and operating results. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance and/or achievements to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures; the potential for additional material weaknesses in the Companys internal controls over financial reporting or other potential control deficiencies of which the Company is not currently aware or which have not been detected; business and economic conditions generally and in the financial services industry, nationally and within our current and future geographic markets, including the tight labor market, ineffective management of the United States (U.S.) federal budget or debt or turbulence or uncertainly in domestic or foreign financial markets; the strength of the U.S. economy in general and the strength of the local economies in which we conduct operations; adverse developments in the banking industry highlighted by high-profile bank failures and the potential impact of such developments on customer confidence, liquidity and regulatory responses to these developments; possible additional provisions for credit losses and charge-offs; credit risks of lending activities and deterioration in asset or credit quality; extensive laws and regulations and supervision that we are subject to, including potential supervisory action by bank supervisory authorities; compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and other money laundering statutes and regulations; potential goodwill impairment; liquidity risk; failure to comply with debt covenants; fluctuations in interest rates; risks associated with acquisitions and the expansion of our business into new markets; inflation and deflation; real estate market conditions and the value of real estate collateral; the effects of having concentrations in our loan portfolio, including commercial real estate and the risks of geographic and industry concentrations; environmental liabilities; our ability to compete with larger competitors; our ability to retain key personnel; successful management of reputational risk; severe weather, natural disasters, earthquakes, fires, including direct and indirect costs and impacts on clients, the Company and its employees from the January 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires; or other adverse external events could harm our business; geopolitical conditions, including acts or threats of terrorism, actions taken by the U.S. or other governments in response to acts or threats of terrorism and/or military conflicts, including the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, in the Middle East, and increasing tensions between China and Taiwan, which could impact business and economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad; tariffs, trade policies, and related tensions, which could impact our clients, specific industry sectors, and/or broader economic conditions and financial market; public health crises and pandemics, and their effects on the economic and business environments in which we operate, including our credit quality and business operations, as well as the impact on general economic and financial market conditions; general economic or business conditions in Asia, and other regions where the Bank has operations; failures, interruptions, or security breaches of our information systems; climate change, including any enhanced regulatory, compliance, credit and reputational risks and costs; cybersecurity threats and the cost of defending against them; our ability to adapt our systems to the expanding use of technology in banking; risk management processes and strategies; adverse results in legal proceedings; the impact of regulatory enforcement actions, if any; certain provisions in our charter and bylaws that may affect acquisition of the Company; changes in tax laws and regulations; the impact of governmental efforts to restructure the U.S. financial regulatory system and increased costs of compliance and other risks associated with changes in regulation, including any amendments to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; the impact of changes in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") insurance assessment rate and the rules and regulations related to the calculation of the FDIC insurance assessments; the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices or accounting standards, as may be adopted from time-to-time by bank regulatory agencies, the SEC, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other accounting standards setters; fluctuations in the Company’s stock price; restrictions on dividends and other distributions by laws and regulations and by our regulators and our capital structure; our ability to raise additional capital, if needed, and the potential resulting dilution of interests of holders of our common stock; the soundness of other financial institutions; our ongoing relations with our various federal and state regulators, including the SEC, FDIC, FRB and California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation; our success at managing the risks involved in the foregoing items and all other factors set forth in the Company’s public reports, including its Annual Report as filed under Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and particularly the discussion of risk factors within that document. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements except as required by law. Any statements about future operating results, such as those concerning accretion and dilution to the Company’s earnings or shareholders, are for illustrative purposes only, are not forecasts, and actual results may differ.

 

 

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RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

   

June 30,

   

March 31,

   

December 31,

   

September 30,

   

June 30,

 
   

2025

   

2025

   

2024

   

2024

   

2024

 

Assets

                                       

Cash and due from banks

  $ 27,338     $ 25,315     $ 27,747     $ 26,388     $ 23,313  

Interest-earning deposits with financial institutions

    164,514       213,508       229,998       323,002       229,456  

Cash and cash equivalents

    191,852       238,823       257,745       349,390       252,769  

Interest-earning time deposits with financial institutions

    600       600       600       600       600  

Investment securities available for sale

    413,142       378,188       420,190       305,666       325,582  

Investment securities held to maturity

    4,186       5,188       5,191       5,195       5,200  

Loans held for sale

    -       655       11,250       812       3,146  

Loans held for investment

    3,234,695       3,143,063       3,053,230       3,091,896       3,047,712  

Allowance for loan losses

    (51,014 )     (51,932 )     (47,729 )     (43,685 )     (41,741 )

Net loans held for investment

    3,183,681       3,091,131       3,005,501       3,048,211       3,005,971  

Premises and equipment, net

    23,945       24,308       24,601       24,839       25,049  

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock

    15,000       15,000       15,000       15,000       15,000  

Cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance

    61,111       60,699       60,296       59,889       59,486  

Goodwill

    71,498       71,498       71,498       71,498       71,498  

Servicing assets

    6,482       6,766       6,985       7,256       7,545  

Core deposit intangibles

    1,667       1,839       2,011       2,194       2,394  

Right-of-use assets

    25,554       26,779       28,048       29,283       30,530  

Accrued interest and other assets

    91,322       87,926       83,561       70,644       63,416  

Total assets

  $ 4,090,040     $ 4,009,400     $ 3,992,477     $ 3,990,477     $ 3,868,186  

Liabilities and shareholders' equity

                                       

Deposits:

                                       

Noninterest-bearing demand

  $ 543,885     $ 528,205     $ 563,012     $ 543,623     $ 542,971  

Savings, NOW and money market accounts

    691,679       721,216       663,034       666,089       647,770  

Time deposits, $250,000 and under

    1,010,674       1,000,106       1,007,452       1,052,462       1,014,189  

Time deposits, greater than $250,000

    941,993       893,101       850,291       830,010       818,675  

Total deposits

    3,188,231       3,142,628       3,083,789       3,092,184       3,023,605  

FHLB advances

    180,000       160,000       200,000       200,000       150,000  

Long-term debt, net of issuance costs

    119,720       119,624       119,529       119,433       119,338  

Subordinated debentures

    15,265       15,211       15,156       15,102       15,047  

Lease liabilities - operating leases

    27,294       28,483       29,705       30,880       32,087  

Accrued interest and other liabilities

    41,877       33,148       36,421       23,150       16,818  

Total liabilities

    3,572,387       3,499,094       3,484,600       3,480,749       3,356,895  

Shareholders' equity:

                                       

Common stock

    259,863       260,284       259,957       259,280       266,160  

Additional paid-in capital

    3,579       3,360       3,645       3,520       3,456  

Retained earnings

    270,152       263,885       264,460       262,946       262,518  

Non-controlling interest

    72       72       72       72       72  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net

    (16,013 )     (17,295 )     (20,257 )     (16,090 )     (20,915 )

Total shareholders' equity

    517,653       510,306       507,877       509,728       511,291  

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

  $ 4,090,040     $ 4,009,400     $ 3,992,477     $ 3,990,477     $ 3,868,186  

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share and per share data) 

 

   

For the Three Months Ended

   

For the Six Months Ended

 
   

June 30, 2025

   

March 31, 2025

   

June 30, 2024

   

June 30, 2025

   

June 30, 2024

 

Interest and dividend income:

                                       

Interest and fees on loans

  $ 47,687     $ 45,621     $ 45,320     $ 93,308     $ 90,867  

Interest on interest-earning deposits

    1,750       2,014       3,353       3,764       8,393  

Interest on investment securities

    4,213       4,136       3,631       8,349       7,242  

Dividend income on FHLB stock

    324       330       327       654       658  

Interest on federal funds sold and other

    231       235       255       466       521  

Total interest and dividend income

    54,205       52,336       52,886       106,541       107,681  

Interest expense:

                                       

Interest on savings deposits, NOW and money market accounts

    4,567       4,468       4,953       9,035       9,431  

Interest on time deposits

    19,250       19,084       21,850       38,334       45,172  

Interest on long-term debt and subordinated debentures

    1,634       1,632       1,679       3,266       3,358  

Interest on FHLB advances

    1,420       989       439       2,409       878  

Total interest expense

    26,871       26,173       28,921       53,044       58,839  

Net interest income before provision for credit losses

    27,334       26,163       23,965       53,497       48,842  

Provision for credit losses

    2,387       6,746       557       9,133       557  

Net interest income after provision for credit losses

    24,947       19,417       23,408       44,364       48,285  

Noninterest income:

                                       

Service charges and fees

    1,060       1,017       1,064       2,077       2,056  

Gain on sale of loans

    358       81       451       439       763  

Loan servicing fees, net of amortization

    541       588       579       1,129       1,168  

Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance

    411       403       385       814       767  

Gain on OREO

                292             1,016  

Other income

    6,108       206       717       6,314       1,090  

Total noninterest income

    8,478       2,295       3,488       10,773       6,860  

Noninterest expense:

                                       

Salaries and employee benefits

    11,080       10,643       9,533       21,723       19,460  

Occupancy and equipment expenses

    2,377       2,407       2,439       4,784       4,882  

Data processing

    1,713       1,602       1,466       3,315       2,886  

Legal and professional

    2,904       1,515       1,260       4,419       2,140  

Office expenses

    405       408       352       813       708  

Marketing and business promotion

    212       197       189       409       361  

Insurance and regulatory assessments

    709       730       981       1,439       1,963  

Core deposit premium

    172       172       201       344       402  

Other expenses

    921       848       703       1,769       1,291  

Total noninterest expense

    20,493       18,522       17,124       39,015       34,093  

Income before income taxes

    12,932       3,190       9,772       16,122       21,052  

Income tax expense

    3,599       900       2,527       4,499       5,771  

Net income

  $ 9,333     $ 2,290     $ 7,245     $ 11,623     $ 15,281  
                                         

Net income per share

                                       

Basic

  $ 0.53     $ 0.13     $ 0.39     $ 0.66     $ 0.83  

Diluted

  $ 0.52     $ 0.13     $ 0.39     $ 0.65     $ 0.82  

Cash dividends declared per common share

  $ 0.16     $ 0.16     $ 0.16     $ 0.32     $ 0.32  

Weighted-average common shares outstanding

                                       

Basic

    17,746,607       17,727,712       18,375,970       17,737,212       18,488,623  

Diluted

    17,797,735       17,770,588       18,406,897       17,784,237       18,529,299  

 

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AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET AND NET INTEREST INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

   

For the Three Months Ended

 
   

June 30, 2025

   

March 31, 2025

   

June 30, 2024

 
   

Average

   

Interest

   

Yield /

   

Average

   

Interest

   

Yield /

   

Average

   

Interest

   

Yield /

 

(tax-equivalent basis, dollars in thousands)

 

Balance

   

& Fees

   

Rate

   

Balance

   

& Fees

   

Rate

   

Balance

   

& Fees

   

Rate

 

Interest-earning assets

                                                                       

Cash and cash equivalents (1)

  $ 163,838     $ 1,980       4.85 %   $ 194,236     $ 2,249       4.70 %   $ 255,973     $ 3,608       5.67 %

FHLB Stock

    15,000       324       8.66 %     15,000       330       8.92 %     15,000       327       8.77 %

Securities

                                                                       

Available for sale (2)

    399,414       4,189       4.21 %     390,178       4,113       4.28 %     318,240       3,608       4.56 %

Held to maturity (2)

    5,028       48       3.83 %     5,189       49       3.83 %     5,203       46       3.56 %

Total loans (3)

    3,171,570       47,687       6.03 %     3,079,224       45,621       6.01 %     3,017,050       45,320       6.04 %

Total interest-earning assets

    3,754,850     $ 54,228       5.79 %     3,683,827     $ 52,362       5.76 %     3,611,466     $ 52,909       5.89 %

Total noninterest-earning assets

    254,029                       260,508                       240,016                  

Total average assets

  $ 4,008,879                     $ 3,944,335                     $ 3,851,482                  
                                                                         

Interest-bearing liabilities

                                                                       

NOW

  $ 66,755       368       2.21 %   $ 61,222     $ 321       2.13 %   $ 56,081     $ 276       1.98 %

Money market

    482,669       3,774       3.14 %     463,443       3,625       3.17 %     431,559       3,877       3.61 %

Saving deposits

    141,411       425       1.21 %     155,116       522       1.36 %     164,913       800       1.95 %

Time deposits, $250,000 and under

    996,249       9,768       3.93 %     989,622       10,046       4.12 %     1,049,666       12,360       4.74 %

Time deposits, greater than $250,000

    922,540       9,482       4.12 %     864,804       9,038       4.24 %     772,255       9,490       4.94 %

Total interest-bearing deposits

    2,609,624       23,817       3.66 %     2,534,207       23,552       3.77 %     2,474,474       26,803       4.36 %

FHLB advances

    159,286       1,420       3.58 %     176,833       989       2.27 %     150,000       439       1.18 %

Long-term debt

    119,657       1,296       4.34 %     119,562       1,295       4.39 %     119,275       1,296       4.37 %

Subordinated debentures

    15,230       338       8.90 %     15,175       337       9.01 %     15,011       383       10.26 %

Total interest-bearing liabilities

    2,903,797       26,871       3.71 %     2,845,777       26,173       3.73 %     2,758,760       28,921       4.22 %

Noninterest-bearing liabilities

                                                                       

Noninterest-bearing deposits

    526,113                       520,145                       529,450                  

Other noninterest-bearing liabilities

    65,278                       66,151                       51,087                  

Total noninterest-bearing liabilities

    591,391                       586,296                       580,537                  

Shareholders' equity

    513,691                       512,262                       512,185                  

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

  $ 4,008,879                     $ 3,944,335                     $ 3,851,482                  

Net interest income / interest rate spreads

          $ 27,357       2.08 %           $ 26,189       2.03 %           $ 23,988       1.67 %

Net interest margin

                    2.92 %                     2.88 %                     2.67 %
                                                                         

Total cost of deposits

  $ 3,135,737     $ 23,817       3.05 %   $ 3,054,352     $ 23,552       3.13 %   $ 3,003,924     $ 26,803       3.59 %

Total cost of funds

  $ 3,429,910     $ 26,871       3.14 %   $ 3,365,922     $ 26,173       3.15 %   $ 3,288,210     $ 28,921       3.54 %

 


(1)

Includes income and average balances for interest-earning time deposits and other miscellaneous interest-earning assets.

(2)

Interest income and average rates for tax-exempt securities are presented on a tax-equivalent basis.

(3)

Average loan balances relate to loans held for investment and loans held for sale and include nonaccrual loans. Interest income on loans includes the effects of discount accretion and net deferred loan origination fees and costs accounted for as yield adjustments.

 

 

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RBB BANCORP AND SUBSIDIARIES

AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET AND NET INTEREST INCOME

(Unaudited)

 

   

Six Months Ended June 30,

 
   

2025

   

2024

 
   

Average

   

Interest

   

Yield /

   

Average

   

Interest

   

Yield /

 

(tax-equivalent basis, dollars in thousands)

 

Balance

   

& Fees

   

Rate

   

Balance

   

& Fees

   

Rate

 

Interest-earning assets

                                               

Cash and cash equivalents (1)

  $ 178,953     $ 4,230       4.77 %   $ 310,476     $ 8,914       5.77 %

FHLB Stock

    15,000       654       8.79 %     15,000       658       8.82 %

Securities

                                               

Available for sale (2)

    394,822       8,302       4.24 %     319,127       7,197       4.54 %

Held to maturity (2)

    5,108       97       3.83 %     5,205       94       3.63 %

Total loans (3)

    3,125,652       93,308       6.02 %     3,017,737       90,867       6.06 %

Total interest-earning assets

    3,719,535     $ 106,591       5.78 %     3,667,545     $ 107,730       5.91 %

Total noninterest-earning assets

    257,250                       243,178                  

Total average assets

  $ 3,976,785                     $ 3,910,723                  
                                                 

Interest-bearing liabilities

                                               

NOW

  $ 64,004       689       2.17 %   $ 57,513     $ 574       2.01 %

Money market

    473,109       7,399       3.15 %     421,655       7,403       3.53 %

Saving deposits

    148,225       947       1.29 %     161,070       1,454       1.82 %

Time deposits, $250,000 and under

    992,954       19,815       4.02 %     1,112,735       26,165       4.73 %

Time deposits, greater than $250,000

    893,832       18,519       4.18 %     778,713       19,007       4.91 %

Total interest-bearing deposits

    2,572,124       47,369       3.71 %     2,531,686       54,603       4.34 %

FHLB advances

    168,011       2,409       2.89 %     150,000       878       1.18 %

Long-term debt

    119,610       2,591       4.37 %     119,228       2,591       4.37 %

Subordinated debentures

    15,203       675       8.95 %     14,984       767       10.29 %

Total interest-bearing liabilities

    2,874,948       53,044       3.72 %     2,815,898       58,839       4.20 %

Noninterest-bearing liabilities

                                               

Noninterest-bearing deposits

    523,145                       528,898                  

Other noninterest-bearing liabilities

    65,711                       53,441                  

Total noninterest-bearing liabilities

    588,856                       582,339                  

Shareholders' equity

    512,981                       512,486                  

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

  $ 3,976,785                     $ 3,910,723                  

Net interest income / interest rate spreads

          $ 53,547       2.06 %           $ 48,891       1.71 %

Net interest margin

                    2.90 %                     2.68 %
                                                 

Total cost of deposits

  $ 3,095,269     $ 47,369       3.09 %   $ 3,060,584     $ 54,603       3.59 %

Total cost of funds

  $ 3,398,093     $ 53,044       3.15 %   $ 3,344,796     $ 58,839       3.54 %

 


(1)

Includes income and average balances for interest-earning time deposits and other miscellaneous interest-earning assets.

(2)

Interest income and average rates for tax-exempt securities are presented on a tax-equivalent basis.

(3)

Average loan balances relate to loans held for investment and loans held for sale and include nonaccrual loans. Interest income on loans includes the effects of discount accretion and net deferred loan origination fees and costs accounted for as yield adjustments.

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(Unaudited)

 

   

At or for the Three Months Ended

   

At or for the Six Months Ended June 30,

 
   

June 30,

   

March 31,

   

June 30,

                 
   

2025

   

2025

   

2024

   

2025

   

2024

 

Per share data (common stock)

                                       

Book value

  $ 29.25     $ 28.77     $ 28.12     $ 29.25     $ 28.12  

Tangible book value (1)

  $ 25.11     $ 24.63     $ 24.06     $ 25.11     $ 24.06  

Performance ratios

                                       

Return on average assets, annualized

    0.93 %     0.24 %     0.76 %     0.59 %     0.79 %

Return on average shareholders' equity, annualized

    7.29 %     1.81 %     5.69 %     4.57 %     6.00 %

Return on average tangible common equity, annualized (1)

    8.50 %     2.12 %     6.65 %     5.33 %     7.01 %

Noninterest income to average assets, annualized

    0.85 %     0.24 %     0.36 %     0.55 %     0.35 %

Noninterest expense to average assets, annualized

    2.05 %     1.90 %     1.79 %     1.98 %     1.75 %

Yield on average earning assets

    5.79 %     5.76 %     5.89 %     5.78 %     5.91 %

Yield on average loans

    6.03 %     6.01 %     6.04 %     6.02 %     6.06 %

Cost of average total deposits (2)

    3.05 %     3.13 %     3.59 %     3.09 %     3.59 %

Cost of average interest-bearing deposits

    3.66 %     3.77 %     4.36 %     3.71 %     4.34 %

Cost of average interest-bearing liabilities

    3.71 %     3.73 %     4.22 %     3.72 %     4.20 %

Net interest spread

    2.08 %     2.03 %     1.67 %     2.06 %     1.71 %

Net interest margin

    2.92 %     2.88 %     2.67 %     2.90 %     2.68 %

Efficiency ratio (3)

    57.22 %     65.09 %     62.38 %     60.70 %     61.21 %

Common stock dividend payout ratio

    30.19 %     123.08 %     41.03 %     48.48 %     38.55 %

 


(1)

Non-GAAP measure. See Non–GAAP reconciliations set forth at the end of this press release.
(2) Total deposits include non-interest bearing deposits and interest-bearing deposits.

(3)

Ratio calculated by dividing noninterest expense by the sum of net interest income before provision for credit losses and noninterest income.

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

   

At or for the quarter ended

 
   

June 30,

   

March 31,

   

June 30,

 
   

2025

   

2025

   

2024

 

Credit Quality Data:

                       

Special mention loans

  $ 91,317     $ 64,279     $ 19,520  

Special mention loans to total loans HFI

    2.82 %     2.05 %     0.64 %

Substandard loans

  $ 91,019     $ 76,372     $ 63,076  

Substandard loans to total loans HFI

    2.81 %     2.43 %     2.07 %

Loans 30-89 days past due, excluding nonperforming loans

  $ 18,003     $ 5,927     $ 11,270  

Loans 30-89 days past due, excluding nonperforming loans, to total loans

    0.56 %     0.19 %     0.37 %

Nonperforming loans

  $ 56,817     $ 60,380     $ 54,589  

OREO

  $ 4,170     $ 4,170     $  

Nonperforming assets

  $ 60,987     $ 64,550     $ 54,589  

Nonperforming loans to total loans HFI

    1.76 %     1.92 %     1.79 %

Nonperforming assets to total assets

    1.49 %     1.61 %     1.41 %
                         

Allowance for loan losses

  $ 51,014     $ 51,932     $ 41,741  

Allowance for loan losses to total loans HFI

    1.58 %     1.65 %     1.37 %

Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans HFI

    89.79 %     86.01 %     76.46 %

Net charge-offs

  $ 3,305     $ 2,643     $ 551  

Net charge-offs to average loans

    0.42 %     0.35 %     0.07 %
                         

Capital ratios (1)

                       

Tangible common equity to tangible assets (2)

    11.07 %     11.10 %     11.53 %

Tier 1 leverage ratio

    12.04 %     12.07 %     12.48 %

Tier 1 common capital to risk-weighted assets

    17.61 %     17.87 %     18.89 %

Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets

    18.17 %     18.45 %     19.50 %

Total capital to risk-weighted assets

    24.00 %     24.42 %     25.67 %

 


(1) June 30, 2025 capital ratios are preliminary.
(2)

Non-GAAP measure. See Non-GAAP reconciliations set forth at the end of this press release.

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(Unaudited)

 

Loan Portfolio Detail

 

As of June 30, 2025

 

As of March 31, 2025

   

As of June 30, 2024

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

$

 

%

 

$

   

%

   

$

   

%

 

Loans:

                                         

Commercial and industrial

  $ 138,263  

4.3%

  $ 135,538       4.3 %   $ 126,649       4.2 %

SBA

    55,984  

1.7%

    50,651       1.6 %     50,323       1.7 %

Construction and land development

    157,970  

4.9%

    158,883       5.1 %     202,459       6.6 %

Commercial real estate (1)

    1,273,442  

39.4%

    1,245,402       39.6 %     1,190,207       39.1 %

Single-family residential mortgages

    1,603,114  

49.6%

    1,545,822       49.2 %     1,467,802       48.2 %

Other loans

    5,922  

0.1%

    6,767       0.2 %     10,272       0.2 %

Total loans

  $ 3,234,695  

100.0%

  $ 3,143,063       100.0 %   $ 3,047,712       100.0 %

Allowance for loan losses

    (51,014 )       (51,932 )             (41,741 )        

Total loans, net

  $ 3,183,681       $ 3,091,131             $ 3,005,971          

 


(1)

Includes non-farm and non-residential loans, multi-family residential loans and non-owner occupied single family residential loans.

 

Deposits

 

As of June 30, 2025

 

As of March 31, 2025

   

As of June 30, 2024

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

$

 

%

 

$

   

%

   

$

   

%

 

Deposits:

                                         

Noninterest-bearing demand

  $ 543,885  

17.1%

  $ 528,205       16.8 %   $ 542,971       18.0 %

Savings, NOW and money market accounts

    691,679  

21.7%

    721,216       22.9 %     647,770       21.4 %

Time deposits, $250,000 and under

    848,379  

26.6%

    863,962       27.5 %     921,712       30.5 %

Time deposits, greater than $250,000

    920,481  

28.8%

    870,708       27.8 %     790,478       26.1 %

Wholesale deposits (1)

    183,807  

5.8%

    158,537       5.0 %     120,674       4.0 %

Total deposits

  $ 3,188,231  

100.0%

  $ 3,142,628       100.0 %   $ 3,023,605       100.0 %

 


(1)

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

 

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Non-GAAP Reconciliations

 

Tangible Book Value Reconciliations

 

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

 

                       

(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

June 30, 2025

   

March 31, 2025

   

June 30, 2024

 

Tangible common equity:

                       

Total shareholders' equity

  $ 517,653     $ 510,306     $ 511,291  

Adjustments

                       

Goodwill

    (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )

Core deposit intangible

    (1,667 )     (1,839 )     (2,394 )

Tangible common equity

  $ 444,488     $ 436,969     $ 437,399  

Tangible assets:

                       

Total assets-GAAP

  $ 4,090,040     $ 4,009,400     $ 3,868,186  

Adjustments

                       

Goodwill

    (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )

Core deposit intangible

    (1,667 )     (1,839 )     (2,394 )

Tangible assets

  $ 4,016,875     $ 3,936,063     $ 3,794,294  

Common shares outstanding

    17,699,091       17,738,628       18,182,154  

Common equity to assets ratio

    12.66 %     12.73 %     13.22 %

Tangible common equity to tangible assets ratio

    11.07 %     11.10 %     11.53 %

Book value per share

  $ 29.25     $ 28.77     $ 28.12  

Tangible book value per share

  $ 25.11     $ 24.63     $ 24.06  

 

Return on Average Tangible Common Equity

 

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

 

   

Three Months Ended

   

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

June 30, 2025

   

March 31, 2025

   

June 30, 2024

   

2025

   

2024

 

Net income available to common shareholders

  $ 9,333     $ 2,290     $ 7,245     $ 11,623     $ 15,281  

Average shareholders' equity

    513,691       512,262       512,185       512,981       512,486  

Adjustments:

                                       

Average goodwill

    (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )     (71,498 )

Average core deposit intangible

    (1,780 )     (1,951 )     (2,525 )     (1,865 )     (2,625 )

Adjusted average tangible common equity

  $ 440,413     $ 438,813     $ 438,162     $ 439,618     $ 438,363  

Return on average common equity, annualized

    7.29 %     1.81 %     5.69 %     4.57 %     6.00 %

Return on average tangible common equity, annualized

    8.50 %     2.12 %     6.65 %     5.33 %     7.01 %

 

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