Flushing Financial Corporation Reports 4Q24 and 2024 GAAP Loss Per Share of $(1.61) and $(1.05), and Core EPS of $0.14 and $0.73, Respectively; Actions Taken to Improve Profitability and to Strengthen the Balance Sheet
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Restructuring Largely Complete. The Company reported fourth quarter and full year 2024 GAAP loss per share of $(1.61) and $(1.05), respectively. Core EPS for the fourth quarter and full year 2024 totaled $0.14 and $0.73, respectively. During the fourth quarter, the Company took several actions to improve profitability and strengthen the balance sheet, including raising $70 million of common capital, selling approximately $445 million of securities yielding 1.98%, purchasing $384 million of securities yielding 5.67%, terminating $200 million of a related investment securities swap for a $3 million pre-tax gain, prepaying $251 million of FHLB advances at a weighted average rate of 4.82%, replacing this funding at a rate of 4.54%, and moving $74 million of loans with a weighted average coupon of 3.91% to held for sale incurring an 100% interest rate mark of $3.8 million pre-tax. The net result of these transactions and other adjustments totaled $76.0 million (pre-tax) or $(1.74) per share, net of tax in 4Q24 and $(1.77) per share in 2024.

Asset Quality Stable, and Capital Improves. Asset quality metrics were stable as NPAs were down 6.5% QoQ, but criticized and classified loans totaled 107 bps of gross loans. Net charge-offs to average loans were 28 bps in 4Q24 primarily relating to loans that were already fully reserved. TCE/TA 1 increased to 7.82% at December 31, 2024, up 82 bps QoQ.

Key Financial Metrics 2

4Q24

3Q24

2Q24

1Q24

4Q23

2024

2023

GAAP:

(Loss) Earnings per Share

$

(1.61

)

$

0.30

$

0.18

$

0.12

$

0.27

$

(1.05

)

$

0.96

ROAA (%)

(2.17

)

0.39

0.24

0.17

0.38

(0.35

)

0.34

ROAE (%)

(29.24

)

5.30

3.19

2.20

4.84

(4.67

)

4.25

NIM FTE 3 (%)

2.39

2.10

2.05

2.06

2.29

2.15

2.24

Core:

EPS

$

0.14

$

0.26

$

0.18

$

0.14

$

0.25

$

0.73

$

0.83

ROAA (%)

0.19

0.34

0.25

0.20

0.35

0.24

0.29

ROAE (%)

2.54

4.59

3.27

2.58

4.51

3.25

3.69

Core NIM FTE (%)

2.25

2.07

2.03

2.06

2.31

2.10

2.21

Credit Quality:

NPAs/Loans & OREO (%)

0.76

0.81

0.82

0.68

0.67

0.76

0.67

ACLs/Loans (%)

0.60

0.59

0.61

0.60

0.58

0.60

0.58

ACLs/NPLs (%)

120.51

117.75

120.58

164.13

159.55

120.51

159.55

NCOs/Avg Loans (%)

0.28

0.18

(0.01

)

-

-

0.11

0.16

Balance Sheet:

Avg Loans ($B)

$

6.8

$

6.7

$

6.7

$

6.8

$

6.9

$

6.8

$

6.8

Avg Dep ($B)

$

7.4

$

7.5

$

7.2

$

7.1

$

6.9

$

7.3

$

6.9

Book Value/Share

$

21.53

$

22.94

$

22.89

$

23.04

$

23.21

$

21.53

$

23.21

Tangible BV/Share

$

20.97

$

22.29

$

22.24

$

22.39

$

22.54

$

20.97

$

22.54

TCE/TA (%)

7.82

7.00

7.12

7.40

7.64

7.82

7.64

Note: In certain circumstances, reclassifications have been made to prior periods to conform to the current presentation.