Business
Heritage Financial Announces Second Quarter 2021 Results And Declares Regular Cash Dividend
- Net income was $32.7 million, or $0.90 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, compared to $25.3 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, for

About this update from Heritage Financial Corporation
[{"type":"text","content":"- Net income was $32.7 million, or $0.90 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, compared to $25.3 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, for the linked-quarter ended March 31, 2021 and a net loss of $6.1 million, or $(0.17) per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2020.\n - Reversal of provision for credit losses was $14.0 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 compared to $7.2 million for the linked-quarter ended March 31, 2021 and a provision for credit loss of $28.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2020.\n - The ratio of nonperforming assets to total assets decreased to 0.50% at June 30, 2021 compared to 0.75% at March 31, 2021 and 0.88% at December 31, 2020.\n - Noninterest expense to average total assets, annualized, was 2.06% for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 compared to 2.22% for the linked-quarter ended March 31, 2021 and 2.36% for the quarter ended June 30, 2020.\n - Capital remains strong with a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 9.1% and a total risk-based capital ratio of 15.1% at June 30, 2021.\n - Declared a regular cash dividend of $0.20 per common share on July 21, 2021.\n - Noninterest demand deposits represented 37.2% of total deposits at June 30, 2021 compared to 36.6% at March 31, 2021 and 35.4% at December 31, 2020.\n - Heritage announces plan to close and consolidate four branches on October 29, 2021, bringing the total branch count to 49, a reduction of 21% from 62 branches at September 30, 2020.\n\n\nOLYMPIA, Wash., July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ GS: HFWA) (the \"Company\" or \"Heritage\"), the parent company of Heritage Bank (\"Bank\"), today reported that the Company had net income of $32.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 compared to $25.3 million for the linked-quarter ended March 31, 2021 and a net loss of $6.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 were $0.90 compared to $0.70 for the linked-quarter ended March 31, 2021 and a loss per share of $0.17 for the quarter ended June 30, 2020.\nJeffrey J. Deuel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage, commented, \"We are appreciative the Governors of Washington and Oregon, where our branches are located, allowed us to open up the region at the end of June. Most of our remote employees will return to the ...