Kroll Bond Rating Agency Assigns BBB/K3 Senior Long-Term & Short-Term Ratings to WashingtonFirst Bankshares, Inc.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) has assigned a senior unsecured long-term rating of BBB, a subordinated debt rating of BBB-, and a short-term debt rating of K3 to WashingtonFirst Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFBI) (WashingtonFirst or “the Company”), a bank holding company headquartered in Reston, Virginia. In addition, KBRA has assigned a senior unsecured debt/deposit rating of BBB+, and a short-term rating of K2 to the subsidiary bank, WashingtonFirst Bank (“the Bank”). The outlook on all ratings is stable.

The ratings are supported by WashingtonFirst’s financial fundamentals as indicated by strong and improving asset quality, balance sheet and revenue growth, and trend towards higher earnings metrics. In addition, WashingtonFirst’s profitability through the crisis years, experienced management team, and stability of home market underpin the ratings. These strengths are balanced by concerns surrounding WFBI’s spread-reliant earnings streams, moderately below peer average returns, and relatively low but growing market share.

The ratings are based on KBRA’s Global Bank and Bank Holding Company Rating Methodology, published on January 28, 2015.

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