Preferred Bank · NASDAQ:PFBC

Preferred Bank — Raymond James 40th Annual Institutional Investors Conference 2019

29 slides from Preferred Bank's conference presentation, Mar 3, 2019

  1. Slide 1: Raymond James 40th Annual Institutional Investors Conference

    Raymond James 40th Annual Institutional Investors Conference March 3-6, 2019

  2. Slide 2: Forward Looking Statements

    Forward Looking Statements During the course of this presentation, management may make statements regarding events or future financial performance of the Bank. These statements may include comments with respect to our objectives and strategies, and the results of our operations and our business. How

  3. Slide 3: Company Overview

    Company Overview • Founded in December 1991 • $4.2 Billion commercial bank headquartered in Los Angeles, CA • High-performing community banking franchise with operations in San Francisco and New York • Strong insider ownership aligned with stakeholders – Directors and Officers collectively own over

  4. Slide 4: PFBC Stock Profile

    PFBC Stock Profile Ticker Symbol NASDAQ: PFBC Recent Price $51.54 (2/26/19) Shares O/S 15.31mm Market Cap $789.0mm Average Daily Volume 85.0m Raymond James & Co. Stephens, Inc. Annual Dividend: $1.20 B. Riley / FBR Current Yield: 2.33% Sandler O’Neill & Partners, LP FIG Partners D.A. Davidson & Co.

  5. Slide 5: Management Experience

    Management Experience • Management team averages 32 years of industry experience • Deep ties to the Chinese American and mainstream banking communities Years of Years With Name Position Experience PFBC Li Yu Chairman & CEO 35 28 Wellington Chen President & COO 34 8 Edward Czajka Chief Financial Offi

  6. Slide 6: Our Strategy

    Our Strategy • Stay True to Our Core Competencies – Business banking – Commercial and multi-family real estate lending – Letter of Credit Financing – Serving ethnic Chinese in the markets of: • San Gabriel Valley area of Southern California (Alhambra, Arcadia, Diamond Bar, City of Industry) • South

  7. Slide 7: Our Strategy

    Our Strategy • How We Execute – Business Model – Ultra high-touch service – our frontline personnel develop long lasting and deep relationships with their clients, fostering loyalty and word of mouth advertising – We place a large percentage of our personnel in frontline positions, (34% of total Ban

  8. Slide 8: Branch Locations

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  9. Slide 9: Loans and Deposits by Region – December 31, 2018

    Loans and Deposits by Region – December 31, 2018 Loans by Region 8% 10% L.A N.Y S.F. 82% Deposits by Region 7% 10% L.A N.Y S.F 83% 9

  10. Slide 10: Market Share Potential

    Market Share Potential Deposit Market Share - L.A. Long Beach MSA B of A 18.81% Wells Fargo 14.72% Chase 12.63% Union Bank 8.15% CIT Bank 5.69% Los Angeles County: City National Bank 4.93% Population, July 2017: 10.16 million CitiBank 4.22% NonFarm Businesses (Approx) 269,000 East West Bank 3.71% Un

  11. Slide 11: Consistent and Growing Profitability

    Consistent and Growing Profitability….. Diluted EPS $1.30 Quarterly EPS up $1.22 $1.20 $1.20 72% from two $0.80 years ago $1.09 $1.10 $1.00 $0.97 $0.94 $0.90 $0.80 $0.80 $0.71 $0.71 $0.70 $0.60 $0.50 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Q1 2017 results impacted by

  12. Slide 12: Higher Pre-tax Profitability vs Peers

    Higher Pre-tax Profitability vs Peers… Pre Tax ROA - VS FDIC Peers 3.00% 2.50% 2.00% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% 0.00% Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Pre Tax ROAA PFBC Pre Tax ROAA Peers Average is 2.32% pre-tax PFBC ROA vs Peer 1.62% Pre-tax ROA 12

  13. Slide 13: Higher Net Profitability vs Peers

    Higher Net Profitability vs Peers… ROA - VS FDIC Peers 2.00% 1.80% 1.60% 1.40% 1.20% 1.00% 0.80% 0.60% 0.40% 0.20% 0.00% Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 ROAA PFBC ROAA Peers Q4 2017 ROA Includes the effect of $6.0mm DTA charge 13

  14. Slide 14: Superior Operating Efficiency vs Peers

    Superior Operating Efficiency vs Peers Efficiency Ratio - VS FDIC Peers 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 PFBC Peers MRQ 35.7% vs 58.6% 14

  15. Slide 15: Consistent Loan Growth

    Consistent Loan Growth….. Total Loans $3,300,000 $3,100,000 $2,900,000 $2,700,000 $2,500,000 $2,300,000 $2,100,000 $1,900,000 $1,700,000 $1,500,000 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 15

  16. Slide 16: And Consistent Deposit Growth

    And Consistent Deposit Growth Total Deposits $3,750,000 $3,500,000 $3,250,000 $3,000,000 $2,750,000 $2,500,000 $2,250,000 $2,000,000 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 16

  17. Slide 17: Stock Performance

    Stock Performance • PFBC stock has significantly outperformed peers over the past 5 years Source: S&P Global. Market data as of February 25, 2019 17

  18. Slide 18: Regulatory Capital Position

    Regulatory Capital Position

  19. Slide 19: Capital Ratios – December 31, 2018

    Capital Ratios – December 31, 2018 PFBC Well Capitalized Regulatory Guidance 16.00% 14.00% 13.72% 12.00% 10.38% 10.38% 10.11% 10.00% 10.00% 8.00% 8.00% 6.00% 6.50% 5.00% 4.00% Tier 1 Leverage Ratio Common Equity Tier 1 Tier 1 Capital Ratio Total Capital Ratio Ratio 19

  20. Slide 20: Credit Overview

    Credit Overview

  21. Slide 21: Loan Portfolio Composition – December 31, 2018

    Loan Portfolio Composition – December 31, 2018 • Diverse loan portfolio – 31% of loans are C & I • High level of diversification among industries • Above-average number of Senior Lenders and Business Development staff allow PFBC to look at tremendous deal flow • Drives strong loan yields Loan Compos

  22. Slide 22: Real Estate Loan Portfolio – December 31, 2018

    Real Estate Loan Portfolio – December 31, 2018 Other Portfolio Characteristics 1-4 Family 12% 14% 20 Largest Relationships 32% of total CRE Wtd Average Maturity 3.0 Years Wtd Average Coupon 6.21% Hotel/Motel Average DCR 1.76x 10% Wtd Average LTV 56% Multi-Family 11% Industrial 12% Retail 22% Office

  23. Slide 23: C&I Portfolio Detail – December 31, 2018

    C&I Portfolio Detail – December 31, 2018 Other 15% Food Distribution 3% Service Related Electronics 38% 5% Merchant/Wholesaler 7% Professionals 6% Food Service Motion Pictures 10% Healthcare 8% 8% Portfolio Characteristics 20 Largest Relationships 31% of C&I Loans Line Usage % 64.0% Wtd Avg Maturity

  24. Slide 24: NPA's

    NPA’s Nonperforming Assets $60,000 $54,612 $54,514 $50,000 $44,834 $40,000 $30,000 $20,000 $11,913 $10,646 $10,612 $10,612 $10,000 $7,412 $- Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 24

  25. Slide 25: Other Real Estate Owned

    December 31, 2018 Other Real Estate Owned $20,000 $18,000 $16,000 $14,000 $12,000 $10,000 $8,000 $6,000 $4,112 $4,112 $4,112 $4,112 $4,112 $4,112 4112 $4,000 $2,000 0 $- Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 25

  26. Slide 26: Liquidity & Rate Sensitivity

    Liquidity & Rate Sensitivity

  27. Slide 27: Deposit Composition – December 31, 2018

    Deposit Composition – December 31, 2018 DDA CD's > $250k 20% 20% CD's < $250k 21% MMDA Savings 38% 1% Characteristics Percentage DDA 20.1% MRQ Cost of Deposits 1.29% MRQ Growth Rate 3.4% Core Deposits / Total Deposits 76% 27

  28. Slide 28: Rate Sensitivity Analysis – December 31, 2018

    Rate Sensitivity Analysis – December 31, 2018 % Change in NII 60.0% 55.6% 50.0% 41.7% 40.0% 27.9% 30.0% 20.0% 14.0% 10.0% 0.0% Up 400 Up 300 Up 200 Up 100 Down 100 Down 300 -10.0% -9.7% -20.0% -30.0% -24.0% EVE % Change 40.0% 28.4% 30.0% 22.5% 20.0% 15.9% 8.5% 10.0% 0.0% Up 400 Up 300 Up 200 Up 100

  29. Slide 29: Why PFBC?

    Why PFBC? • Focused on creating scarcity value in attractive markets • Superior earnings power and growth profile vs. peers ̶ Q4 2018 ROA of 1.83%, ROE of 18.5% • Experienced management team with deep ties to the community • The potential and discipline to acquire if organic growth slows • Asset-sen

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