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First Hawaiian, Inc.
7/24/2026
Thank you for standing by and welcome to the first Hawaiian, Inc. second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you'll need to press star 1-1 on your telephone. If your question has been answered and you'd like to remove yourself from the queue, simply press star 1-1 again. As a reminder, today's program is being recorded. And now I'd like to introduce your host for today's program, Kevin Haseyama, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.
Thank you, Jonathan. And thank you, everyone, for joining us as we review our financial results for the second quarter of 2026. With me today are Bob Harrison, Chairman, President, and CEO, Jamie Moses, Chief Financial Officer, and Lea Nakamura, Chief Risk Officer. We have prepared a slide presentation that we will refer to in our remarks today. The presentation is available for downloading and viewing on our website at FHB.com in the investor relations section. During today's call, we will be making forward-looking statements. So please refer to slide one for our safe harbor statement. We may also discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures. The appendix to this presentation contains reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measurements to the most directly comparable gap measurements. And now I'll turn the call over to Bob.
Thank you everyone for joining us today. I'd like to focus on our strong second quarter results on today's call, but first would like to start with my excitement about our recently announced deal with Trico Bank Shares. And I'm looking forward to working with the Trico team to build a leading Pacific banking franchise. Starting with the local economy, Statewide employment rate remained relatively stable at 2.5% in May compared to the national unemployment rate of 4.3%. Through May, total visitor arrivals were up 2.9% compared to last year, primarily due to more visitors from the U.S. mainland and Japan. Year-to-date spending through May was $9.7 billion, up 7.5% compared to 2025 levels. The housing market remained stable. Median single-family home sales price on Oahu in June was $1.2 million, up 10.4% from the prior year. And the median condo sales price on Oahu in June was $528,000, up 3.5% from the prior year. Turning to slide two, we had a strong start to the year. Loans grew. Retail and commercial deposits were down slightly as expected. Credit quality remains solid and we remain well capitalized. Our profitability measures remain strong with a return on average tangible assets of 1.28% and a return on average tangible equity of 16.34% for the quarter. The effective tax rate in the second quarter was 22.9%. Turning to slide three, the balance sheet remains solid. We continue to be well capitalized with ample liquidity. Cash balances were lower in Q2, primarily due to the decline in public deposit balances. Based on our current outlook, we expect to maintain cash balances around this level for the rest of the year. The balance sheet remains asset sensitive and well positioned to benefit from a higher for longer rate scenario. During the quarter, we did not purchase any shares. Turning to slide four, total loans grew $137 million in the quarter, or about 3.6% on an annualized basis. Growth was led by CNI and CRE loans, partially offset by payoffs in the construction portfolio and lower residential loans, as payoffs exceeded production. The $98 million increase in CNI balances was primarily driven by growth in dealer flooring, as well as our Hawaii corporate portfolio. Completed construction projects led to the conversion of $95 million of construction loan balances to CRE loans. Now I'll turn it over to Jamie.
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