• Net income of $73.4 million, or $0.77 per diluted share
• Return on average assets of 1.35%, return on average equity of 10.57%, and return on average tangible common equity of 16.74%⁽¹⁾
• Pre-provision net revenue (“PPNR”) to average assets of 1.85%, annualized, and efficiency ratio of 48.3%⁽¹⁾
• Net interest margin of 3.61%, and core net interest margin of 3.44%⁽¹⁾
• Cost of deposits of 0.22%, and cost of core deposits of 0.11%⁽¹⁾
• Loan-to-deposit ratio of 84.0%, compared with 83.2% in the prior quarter
• Noninterest-bearing deposits represent 38.2% of total deposits
• Nonperforming assets to total assets of 0.28%, and net charge-offs to average loans of 0.01%

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPBI) (the “Company” or “Pacific Premier”), the holding company of Pacific Premier Bank (the “Bank”), reported net income of $73.4 million, or $0.77 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2022, compared with net income of $69.8 million, or $0.73 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2022, and net income of $90.1 million, or $0.95 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2021.

For the quarter ended September 30, 2022, the Company’s return on average assets (“ROAA”) was 1.35%, return on average equity (“ROAE”) was 10.57%, and return on average tangible common equity (“ROATCE”)⁽¹⁾ was 16.74%, compared to 1.29%, 10.10%, and 16.07%, respectively, for the second quarter of 2022, and 1.73%, 12.67%, and 19.89%, respectively, for the third quarter of 2021. Total assets were $21.62 billion at September 30, 2022, compared to $21.99 billion at June 30, 2022, and $21.01 billion at September 30, 2021.

Steven R. Gardner, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of the Company, commented, “We produced solid results in the third quarter, increasing earnings per share and pre-provision net revenue⁽¹⁾, while producing higher returns and further enhancing our already strong capital position. These results reflect the Pacific Premier team's commitment to creating and maintaining long-term shareholder value, while proactively managing risk.

“During the quarter, we continued to benefit from the actions we took earlier this year to position our balance sheet for a higher interest rate environment, and when combined with our strategic actions throughout the year, contributed to a 12 basis point increase in our net interest margin and an $8.3 million increase in net interest income as compared to the prior quarter. Our disciplined approach to expense management further enhanced our efficiency ratio, which decreased to 48.3% for the quarter.

“Notwithstanding these positive results, the rising interest rate environment negatively impacted commercial real estate acquisition and refinancing activity, which resulted in overall lower loan production. In addition, the higher interest rate environment has led to deposit outflows in our commercial escrow and exchange business due to a decline in commercial real estate refinance and sales activity. We replaced these deposits with brokered time deposits of varying maturities and held our loan to deposit ratio at 84.0%. While incorporating brokered time deposits into our funding mix will increase our deposit costs in the near term, we believe that locking in this longer-term funding ahead of additional rate increases will reinforce our liquidity and help us control our overall funding costs going forward.

“We believe we are entering this current period of economic uncertainty from a position of strength. We will continue to focus on proactively managing risk across the enterprise, while at the same time growing existing and new client banking relationships.”

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⁽¹⁾ Reconciliations of the non-GAAP measures are set forth at the end of this press release.