- Diluted Earnings Per Common Share of $0.97
- Net Income of $44.0 Million
- Net Interest Income $125.8 Million
- Net Interest Margin 2.32%
- Board of Directors Declares Dividend of $0.70 Per Common Share
Bank of Hawai‘i Corporation (NYSE: BOH) (the “Company”) today reported diluted earnings per common share of $0.97 for the first quarter of 2025, compared with $0.85 during the linked quarter and $0.87 during the same period last year. Net income for the first quarter of 2025 was $44.0 million, up 12.3% from the linked quarter and up 20.9% from the same period last year. The return on average common equity for the first quarter of 2025 was 11.80% compared with 10.30% during the linked quarter and 11.20% during the same period last year.
“Bank of Hawai‘i started 2025 with strong financial results,” said Peter Ho, Chairman and CEO. “In the first quarter, our net interest income and net interest margin both improved meaningfully for the fourth consecutive quarter. Average loan balances grew while average deposit balances held steady. We continued to optimize our balance sheet and our credit quality remained excellent.”
Financial Highlights
Net interest income for the first quarter of 2025 was $125.8 million, an increase of 4.7% from the linked quarter and an increase of 10.4% as compared to the same period last year. The increase from the previous quarter was primarily due to lower interest-bearing deposit rates and slowing of the shift from noninterest-bearing and interest-bearing accounts yielding less than 10 basis points to higher interest-bearing deposit accounts (deposit mix shift), partially offset by lower average balance of our earning asset balances and lower earning asset yields. The increase from the same period last year was primarily due to lower interest-bearing deposit rates, slowing of deposit mix shift, higher earning asset yields and higher average balance of our earning assets, partially offset by lower average balance of noninterest-bearing deposits.
Net interest margin was 2.32% in the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 13 basis points from the linked quarter and an increase of 21 basis points from the same period last year. The increase from the previous quarter was primarily due to lower interest-bearing deposit rates and slowing of deposit mix shift, partially offset by lower earning asset yields. The increase from the same period last year was primarily due to lower interest-bearing deposit rates, slowing of deposit mix shift and higher earning asset yields.
The average yield on loans and leases was 4.72% in the first quarter of 2025, down 1 basis point from the linked quarter and up 9 basis points from the same period last year. The average yield on total earning assets was 3.95% in the first quarter of 2025, down 2 basis points from the linked quarter and up 6 basis points from the same period last year. The average rate of interest-bearing deposits was 2.16% in the first quarter of 2025, down 21 basis points from the linked quarter and down 23 basis points from the same period last year. The average quarterly rate of total deposits, including noninterest-bearing deposits, was 1.60%, down 17 basis points from the linked quarter and down 14 basis points from the same period last year. The changes in yields and rates over the prior periods reflected the lower rate environment, including lower benchmark interest rates.
Noninterest income was $44.1 million in the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 2.3% from the linked quarter and an increase of 4.2% from the same period in 2024. The increase from the linked quarter was primarily due to a decrease in investment securities losses and increases in bank-owned life insurance income and annuity and insurance income, partially offset by decreases in trust and asset management income, service charges on deposit accounts and other income. The increase from the same period last year was primarily due to increases in trust and asset management income, service charges on deposit accounts, bank-owned life insurance income and annuity and insurance income.
Noninterest expense was $110.5 million in the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 2.3% from the linked quarter and an increase of 4.3% from the same period last year. The increase from the prior periods was primarily due to higher salaries and benefits and other expenses, partially offset by lower FDIC insurance and professional fees.
The effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2025 was 21.67% compared with 24.02% during the linked quarter and 24.76% during the same period last year. The lower effective tax rate in the current quarter as compared to the linked quarter was primarily due to a decrease in disallowed compensation and an increase in tax benefits associated with certain tax advantaged investments. Compared to the same period last year, the decrease was primarily due to an increase in tax benefits associated with certain tax advantaged investments and a decrease in tax expense from discrete items.
Asset Quality
The Company’s overall asset quality remained strong during the first quarter of 2025. Provision for credit losses for the first quarter of 2025 was $3.3 million compared with $3.8 million in the linked quarter and $2.0 million in the same period last year.
Total non-performing assets were $17.5 million at March 31, 2025, down $1.8 million from December 31, 2024 and up $5.6 million from March 31, 2024. Non-performing assets as a percentage of total loans and leases and foreclosed real estate were 0.12% at the end of the quarter, a decrease of 2 basis points from the linked quarter and an increase of 3 basis points from the same period last year.
Net loan and lease charge-offs during the first quarter of 2025 were $4.4 million or 13 basis points annualized of total average loans and leases outstanding and comprised of gross charge-offs of $5.7 million partially offset by gross recoveries of $1.3 million. Compared to the linked quarter, net loan and lease charge-offs increased by $1.0 million or 3 basis points annualized on total average loans and leases outstanding. Compared to the same period last year, net loan and lease charge-offs increased by $2.1 million or 6 basis points annualized on total average loans and leases outstanding.
The allowance for credit losses on loans and leases was $147.7 million at March 31, 2025, a decrease of $0.8 million from December 31, 2024 and flat from March 31, 2024. The ratio of the allowance for credit losses to total loans and leases outstanding was 1.05% at the end of the quarter, down 1 basis point from the linked quarter and down 2 basis points from the same period last year.
Balance Sheet
Total assets were $23.9 billion at March 31, 2025, an increase of 1.2% from December 31, 2024 and an increase of 2.0% from March 31, 2024. The increase from the linked quarter was primarily due to increases in cash and cash equivalents and investment securities. The increase from the same period last year was primarily due to increases in loans and investment securities.
The investment securities portfolio was $7.4 billion at March 31, 2025, an increase of 1.6% from December 31, 2024 and an increase of 2.2% from March 31, 2024. The increase from the prior periods was primarily due to the purchases of investment securities, partially offset by cashflows from the portfolio. The investment portfolio remains largely comprised of securities issued by U.S. government agencies and U.S. government-sponsored enterprises.
Total loans and leases were $14.1 billion at March 31, 2025, an increase of 0.3% from December 31, 2024 and an increase of 1.9% from March 31, 2024. Total commercial loans were $6.2 billion at March 31, 2025, an increase of 1.2% from December 31, 2024 and an increase of 7.3% from March 31, 2024. The increase from the linked quarter was primarily due to loan production within our construction portfolio. The increase from the same period last year was primarily due to loan production within our commercial mortgage portfolio. Total consumer loans were $7.9 billion at March 31, 2025, a decrease of 0.4% from the linked quarter and a decrease of 2.0% from the same period last year. The decrease from the prior periods was due to declines in our home equity and automobile portfolios.
Total deposits were $21.0 billion at March 31, 2025, an increase of 1.8% from December 31, 2024 and an increase of 1.6% from March 31, 2024. Noninterest-bearing deposits made up 26.1% of total deposit balances at March 31, 2025, down from 26.3% at December 31, 2024 and down from 26.8% at March 31, 2024. Average total deposits were $20.7 billion for the first quarter of 2025, down 0.4% from $20.8 billion in the linked quarter and up 0.6% from $20.5 billion in the same period last year.
Capital and Dividends
The Company’s capital levels remain well above regulatory well-capitalized minimums.
The Tier 1 Capital Ratio was 13.93% at March 31, 2025 compared with 13.95% at December 31, 2024 and 12.74% at March 31, 2024. The decrease from the linked quarter were due to increases in risk-weighted assets, partially offset by retained earnings growth. The increase from the same period last year was primarily due to the issuance of $165.0 million of Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B, at a rate of 8.00% in the second quarter of 2024. The Tier 1 Leverage Ratio was 8.36% at March 31, 2025, compared with 8.31% at December 31, 2024 and 7.62% at March 31, 2024. The increase from the linked quarter were due to a decrease in average total assets and an increase in retained earnings.
No shares of common stock were repurchased under the share repurchase program in the first quarter of 2025. Total remaining buyback authority under the share repurchase program was $126.0 million at March 31, 2025.
The Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.70 per share on the Company’s outstanding common shares. The dividend will be payable on June 13, 2025 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 30, 2025.
On April 4, 2025, the Company announced that the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend payment of $10.94 per share, equivalent to $0.2735 per depositary share, of Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, and a quarterly dividend payment of $20.00 per share, equivalent to $0.5000 per depositary share, of Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B. The depositary shares representing the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock are traded on the NYSE under the symbol “BOH.PRA” and “BOH.PRB”, respectively. The dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock will be payable on May 1, 2025 to shareholders of record of the preferred stock as of the close of business on April 16, 2025.
Conference Call Information
The Company will review its first quarter financial results today at 8:00 a.m. Hawai‘i Time (2:00 p.m. Eastern Time). The live call, including a slide presentation, will be accessible on the investor relations link of Bank of Hawai‘i Corporation’s website, www.boh.com. The webcast can be accessed via the link: https://register-conf.media-server.com/register/BI61ce682f562949d3b8f602272bc03f6e. A replay of the conference call will be available for one year beginning at approximately 11:00 a.m. Hawai‘i Time on Monday, April 21, 2025. The replay will be available on the Company’s website, www.boh.com.
Investor Announcements
Investors and others should note that the Company intends to announce financial and other information to the Company’s investors using the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.boh.com, social media channels, press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts, all for purposes of complying with the Company’s disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should monitor these channels, as information is updated, and new information is posted.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release, and other statements made by the Company in connection with it may contain “forward-looking statements” (as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different from expectations. Forecasts of our financial results and condition, expectations for our operations and business prospects, and our assumptions used in those forecasts and expectations are examples of certain of these forward-looking statements. Do not unduly rely on forward-looking statements. Actual results might differ significantly from our forecasts and expectations because of a variety of factors. More information about these factors is contained in Bank of Hawai‘i Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date made, and, except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events, new information or future circumstances.
Bank of Hawai‘i Corporation is an independent regional financial services company serving businesses, consumers, and governments in Hawai‘i and the West Pacific. The Company’s principal subsidiary, Bank of Hawai‘i, was founded in 1897. For more information about Bank of Hawai‘i Corporation, see the Company’s website, www.boh.com. Bank of Hawai‘i Corporation is a trade name of Bank of Hawaii Corporation.
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