Revenues Increased 44.4% Year-Over-Year

Loans Increased 26.8% Year-Over-Year

Return on Average Tangible Common Equity1 of 16.7%

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (the “Company”) (NYSE: MCB), the holding company for Metropolitan Commercial Bank (the “Bank”), reported net income of $23.2 million, or $2.07 per diluted common share, for the second quarter of 2022 compared to net income of $13.3 million, or $1.55 per diluted common share, for the second quarter of 2021.

The Company will conduct a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, July 22, 2022, to discuss second quarter 2022 results. See “Conference Call” section below for further details.

Financial Highlights Year-Over-Year:

• Total revenues of $62.3 million, up 44.4%.
• Banking-as-a-Service (“BaaS”) revenues of $5.2 million, up 36.1%.
• Net income of $23.2 million, up 73.9%.
• Diluted earnings per share of $2.07, up 33.5%.
• Net interest margin of 3.27%, up 59 basis points.
• Loans totaled $4.4 billion, up 26.8%.
• Deposits were $6.2 billion, up 16.8%.
• Book value per share was $52.54, up 22.4%, and tangible book value per share1 was $51.65, up 23.7%.
• Return on average equity of 16.4% and return on average tangible common equity1 of 16.7%.
• Efficiency ratio2 improved to 42.2% compared to 50.3% for the prior year period.

Mark DeFazio, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented,

“I am pleased with the strong performance of MCB throughout the franchise. The solid balance sheet growth continues to generate strong financial returns while prior investments have made us more efficient and built for scale. Our sustained performance throughout the full economic cycle underscores the resilience of our business model and our focus on disciplined underwriting. Our strong market positioning and balance sheet strength position us well to serve existing and new clients at a time when the competitive landscape is fluid.

“Our Global Payments Group continues to deepen and expand its relationship with fintech clients who provide retail financial services to consumers and businesses nationwide. Together with our Fintech partners, the stage is set for GPG to be a best in class digital retail bank providing consumer financial services.

“Our continued performance would not be possible without the unconditional support and dedication of our staff and Directors.”

Balance Sheet

The Company had total assets of $6.9 billion at June 30, 2022, an increase of $1.1 billion, or 18.7%, from June 30, 2021, and an increase of $240.1 million, or 3.6% from March 31, 2022.

Total cash and cash equivalents were $1.3 billion at June 30, 2022, a decrease of $377.4 million, or 22.0%, from June 30, 2021 and a decrease of $72.1 million, or 5.1%, from March 31, 2022. The decrease from June 30, 2021, reflected the $1.4 billion deployment into loans and securities offset by the strong growth in deposits as well as the cash received from the issuance of common stock during the third quarter of 2021.

Total loans, net of deferred fees and unamortized costs, were $4.4 billion, an increase of $925.7 million, or 26.8%, from June 30, 2021, and an increase of $253.7 million, or 6.2% from March 31, 2022. Loan production was $512.8 million for the second quarter of 2022 compared to $265.4 million for the prior year period and $488.9 million for the prior linked quarter. The increase in total loans from June 30, 2021, was due primarily to an increase of $735.8 million in commercial real estate (“CRE”) loans (including owner-occupied) and $180.0 million in commercial and industrial (“C&I”) loans. The increase in total loans from March 31, 2022, was due primarily to an increase of $140.1 million in CRE loans (including owner-occupied) and $57.1 million in C&I loans.

Total securities were $998.5 million at June 30, 2022, an increase of 82.1% from June 30, 2021, and 2.3% from March 31, 2022, due primarily to the deployment of excess liquidity.

Total deposits were $6.2 billion, an increase of $890.1 million, or 16.8% from June 30, 2021, and an increase of $239.0 million or 4.0% from March 31, 2022. The increase in deposits from June 30, 2021, was primarily due to increases in digital currency and retail deposit customers. Non-interest-bearing demand deposits were 56.2% of total deposits at June 30, 2022, compared to 52.8% at June 30, 2021 and 53.5% at March 31, 2022.

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, was $34.8 million, an increase of $32.9 million, from June 30, 2021, and $11.0 million from March 31, 2022. The increases were due to the prevailing interest rate environment which increased the unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities, partially offset by increases in unrealized gains on cash flow hedges.

At June 30, 2022, the Company had available borrowing capacity of $477.4 million from the Federal Home Loan Bank and an available line of credit of $97.8 million under the Federal Reserve Bank of New York discount window. The Company and the Bank each met all the requirements to be considered “Well-Capitalized” under applicable regulatory guidelines. Total non-owner-occupied commercial real estate loans were 337.4% of total risk-based capital at June 30, 2022, compared to 442.6% and 350.9% at June 30, 2021 and March 31, 2022, respectively.

Income Statement

Financial Highlights

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(1) Total revenues equal net interest income plus non-interest income.
(2) Ratios are annualized.
(3) Non-GAAP financial measure. See Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures on page 12.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income for the second quarter of 2022 was $55.3 million, an increase of $8.7 million from the prior linked quarter and $18.3 million from the prior year period. This was primarily due to an increase in the average balance of loans and securities, the increase in prevailing interest rates and the shift in asset mix to higher-yielding interest earning assets. The average balance of loans increased $330.0 million and $897.3 million compared to the prior linked quarter and prior year period, respectively. The average balance of securities increased $16.7 million and $539.7 million compared to the prior linked quarter and prior year period, respectively. The average yield on loans increased 9 basis points and 22 basis points compared to the prior linked quarter and prior year period, respectively. The average yield on overnight deposits increased 66 basis points and 74 basis points compared to the prior linked quarter and prior year period, respectively.

Net Interest Margin

Net interest margin for the second quarter of 2022 was 3.27% compared to 2.71% and 2.68% for the prior linked quarter and prior year period, respectively. The 56 basis point increase in net interest margin from the prior linked quarter was driven largely by the increase in the average balance of loans, the increase in yields for loans and overnight deposits and the subordinated debt redemption in the first quarter of 2022. The 59 basis point increase from the prior year period was driven largely by the increase in the average balance of loans and securities, the increase in yields for loans and overnight deposits, and the subordinated debt redemption in the first quarter of 2022.

Total cost of funds for the second quarter of 2022 was 25 basis points compared to 28 basis points and 32 basis points for the prior linked quarter and prior year period, respectively. The 3 basis point decrease from the prior linked quarter was driven by the subordinated debt redemption in the first quarter of 2022. The 7 basis point decline from the prior year period was driven by the shift toward non-interest bearing deposits as well as a decrease in the cost of interest-bearing deposits.

Non-Interest Income

Non-interest income was $7.0 million for the second quarter of 2022, a decrease of $0.4 million from the prior linked quarter. Global Payments Group non transactional revenues were elevated in the prior linked quarter. Non-interest income increased $0.8 million for the second quarter of 2022, compared to the prior year period primarily driven by the increase in Global Payments Group client transaction volumes, offset by the $0.6 million decrease in the gain on the sale of securities.

Non-Interest Expense

Non-interest expense was $26.3 million for the second quarter of 2022, an increase of $1.7 million and $4.6 million from the prior linked quarter and prior year period, respectively. Non-interest expense increased from the prior linked quarter primarily due to charitable contributions and qualified CRA grants. Non-interest expense increased from the prior year period primarily due to an increase in full-time employees, and general expense growth in line with revenue growth and volume expansion in the global payments business.

Income Tax Expense

The estimated effective tax rate for the second quarter of 2022 was 31.0% compared to 27.0% and 31.8% for the prior linked quarter and prior year period, respectively. The effective tax rate increased from the prior linked quarter primarily due to discrete tax items recognized during the first quarter of 2022.

Asset Quality

Credit quality remains strong as there were no charge-offs during the second quarter of 2022 and non-performing loans to total loans was 0.00% at June 30, 2022 compared to 0.16% at June 30, 2021.

The Company recorded a provision of $2.4 million for the second quarter of 2022 compared to $3.4 million and $1.9 million for the prior linked quarter and prior year period, respectively. The provision was in line with loan growth during the respective periods.

Conference Call

The Company will conduct a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, July 22, 2022, to discuss second quarter 2022 results. To access the event by telephone, please dial 866-518-6930 (US), 203-518-9797 (INTL), and provide conference ID: MCBQ222 approximately 15 minutes prior to the start time (to allow time for registration).

The call will also be broadcast live over the Internet and accessible at MCB Quarterly Results Conference Call and in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at MCB News. To listen to the live webcast, please visit the site at least 15 minutes prior to the start time to register, download and install any necessary audio software.

For those unable to join for the live presentation, a replay of the webcast will also be available later that day accessible at MCB Quarterly Results Conference Call.

About Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. (NYSE: MCB) is the parent company of Metropolitan Commercial Bank (the “Bank”). The Bank is a New York City based commercial bank that provides a broad range of business, commercial and personal banking products and services to small, middle-market, corporate enterprises, municipalities, and affluent individuals. The Bank’s Global Payments Group is an established leader in BaaS (Banking-as-a-Service) to various domestic and international fintech, payments and money services businesses. The Bank operates banking centers in New York City and on Long Island in New York State, and is ranked as one of the 100 Fastest-Growing Companies by Fortune, one of the Top 50 Community Banks by S&P, and one of the Top 20 Commercial Lenders by ICBA for banks with an asset size of more than $1 billion. The Bank is a New York State chartered commercial bank, a member of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and an equal housing lender. For more information, please visit MCBankNY.com.

Forward Looking Statement Disclaimer

This release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Examples of forward-looking statements include but are not limited to the Company’s future financial condition and capital ratios, results of operations and the Company’s outlook and business. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts. Such statements may be identified by the use of such words as “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “continue” or similar terminology. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Factors which may cause our forward-looking statements to be materially inaccurate include, but are not limited to the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and results of operation, an unexpected deterioration in our loan or securities portfolios, unexpected increases in our expenses, different than anticipated growth and our ability to manage our growth, unanticipated regulatory action or changes in regulations, unexpected changes in interest rates, inflation, an unanticipated decrease in deposits, an unanticipated loss of key personnel or existing customers, competition from other institutions resulting in unanticipated changes in our loan or deposit rates, an unexpected adverse financial, regulatory or bankruptcy event experienced by our fintech partners, unanticipated increases in FDIC costs, changes in regulations, legislation or tax or accounting rules, the current or anticipated impact of military conflict, terrorism or other geopolitical events and unanticipated adverse changes in our customers’ economic conditions or general economic conditions, as well as those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement.

Consolidated Balance Sheet (unaudited)

Consolidated Statement of Income (unaudited)

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(1) Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current period presentation.

Loan Production, Asset Quality & Regulatory Capital

Performance Measures

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(1) Ratios are annualized.
(2) Non-GAAP financial measure. See Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures on page 12.

Interest Margin Analysis

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(1) Annualized.
(2) Amount includes deferred loan fees and non-performing loans.
(3) Determined by subtracting the annualized average cost of total interest-bearing liabilities from the annualized average yield on total interest-earning assets.
(4) Determined by dividing annualized net interest income by total average interest-earning assets.
(5) Determined by dividing annualized interest expense on deposits by total average interest-bearing and non-interest bearing deposits.
(6) Determined by dividing annualized interest expense by the sum of total average interest-bearing liabilities and total average non-interest-bearing deposits.