Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. Q2 2026 Results

SEATTLE, July 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: SFBC), the holding company for Sound Community Bank (the "Bank"), today reported net income of $2.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, or $0.98 diluted earnings per share, compared to net income of $1.6 million, or $0.61 diluted earnings per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, and $2.1 million, or $0.79 diluted earnings per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. Consistent with the Company's commitment to deploy capital thoughtfully, the Company also announced today that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend on the Company's common stock of $0.21 per share, payable on August 21, 2026 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 7, 2026.

Comments from the Chief Executive Officer and President / Chief Financial Officer

“Our mid-year results reflect our continued focus on enhancing financial performance despite ongoing client concerns regarding economic uncertainty, inflation and interest rates. While commercial production slowed during the quarter, saleable residential production grew. As of June 30, 2026, our year-to-date originations of saleable residential loans nearly exceeded our total originations of those loans for all of 2025, representing significant improvement over both last year and 2024,” remarked Laurie Stewart, Chief Executive Officer.

"The second quarter represented a continued step forward in our profitability and balance sheet optimization initiatives. During the quarter, we meaningfully reduced low-rate loans held-for-portfolio, managed down higher-rate reciprocal deposits, repaid FHLB advances, and maintained a loans-to-deposits ratio at quarter-end of approximately 96%. These actions reflect our ongoing focus on profitability, liquidity, and prudent capital deployment,” said Wes Ochs, President and Chief Financial Officer. “We remain focused on generating profitable growth, improving operating efficiency, and deploying capital thoughtfully while maintaining strong liquidity and capital ratios.”

Operating Results

Net Interest Income after Provision for Credit Losses

Q2 2026 vs. Q1 2026

Interest income increased $296 thousand, or 2.0%, to $14.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared to $14.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. The increase was primarily due to a 16 basis point increase in the average yield on loans and an 18 basis point increase in the average yield on investments, partially offset by lower average balances of loans and interest-bearing cash.

Interest income on loans increased $470 thousand, or 3.5%, to $13.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared to $13.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. The average balance of total loans was $911.9 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared to $914.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. The decrease in the average balance of total loans was primarily due to declines in commercial and multifamily loans, one-to-four family loans and other consumer loans, partially offset by growth in construction and land loans. The average balances for home equity loans, floating home loans and commercial business loans remained relatively unchanged from the prior quarter. The average yield on total loans was 6.06% for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, up from 5.90% for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. This increase in yield was primarily due to new loan originations at higher rates during the current quarter and repayment of loans at lower yields, as well as the collection of a large prepayment penalty on a commercial loan, a non-recurring item of a magnitude that the company does not expect to repeat in future periods.

Interest income on investments was $102 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared to $97 thousand for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. The increase was primarily due to an 18 basis point increase in average yield, partially offset by a decrease in the average balance of investments. Interest income on interest-earning cash decreased to $882 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared to $1.1 million for quarter ended March 31, 2026, reflecting a lower average balance.

Interest expense decreased $163 thousand, or 3.0%, to $5.3 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2026. The decrease was primarily the result of lower average balances of savings and money market accounts, certificates of deposit and FHLB advances, together with lower funding costs on deposits. These decreases were partially offset by a higher average balance of demand and NOW accounts. The average cost of deposits declined to 2.15% for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, from 2.19% for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, as higher cost deposits repriced at lower rates in response to declining market interest rates from September 2025 through June 2026. Interest expense on FHLB advances also declined from the prior quarter, primarily reflecting the early repayment of an advance during the current quarter.

Net interest margin, annualized, increased to 3.73% for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, from 3.51% for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, primarily due to an increase in yields earned on loans receivable and investments and lower funding costs, as well as the collection of a large prepayment penalty on a commercial loan mentioned above.

A release of provision for credit losses of $223 thousand was recorded for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, consisting of a release of provision for credit losses on loans of $185 thousand and a release of provision for credit losses on unfunded loan commitments of $38 thousand. This compared to a provision for credit losses of $123 thousand for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, consisting of a provision for credit losses on loans of $49 thousand and provision for credit losses on unfunded loan commitments of $74 thousand. The decrease in the provision for credit losses for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2026 primarily reflects decreases in the balances of loans and unfunded commitments. Other qualitative adjustments were largely applied to the same segments at a similar risk adjustment compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2026. Expected credit loss estimates are based on a range of factors, including market conditions, borrower-specific information, projected delinquencies, and the anticipated effects of economic trends on borrowers' ability to repay.

Q2 2026 vs. Q2 2025

Interest income on loans increased $82 thousand, or 0.6%, to $13.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared to $13.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. The average balance of total loans was $911.9 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, up from $895.0 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. The average yield on total loans was 6.06% for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, down from 6.14% for the quarter ended June 30, 2025.

Interest income on investments was $102 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared to $123 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. The decrease was primarily due to a 30 basis point decline in average yield and a decrease in the average balance of investments. Interest income on interest-earning cash decreased $215 thousand to $882 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared to $1.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. The decrease was primarily a result of a lower average yield, reflecting lower market interest rates, and, to a lesser extent, a lower average balance of interest-earning cash.

Interest expense decreased $405 thousand, or 7.2%, to $5.3 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared to $5.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. The decrease was primarily the result of a $16.4 million decrease in the average balance of FHLB advances, a $7.9 million decrease in the average balance of interest-bearing demand and NOW accounts, and a $4.0 million decrease in the average balance of subordinated debt, as well as lower average rates paid on all categories of interest-bearing deposits and borrowings reflecting lower market interest rates, partially offset by a 398 basis point increase in the rate paid on subordinated debt, a $25.9 million increase in savings and money market account balances, and a $9.3 million increase in certificate account balances. During the current quarter, we repaid $10.0 million of FHLB borrowings that were scheduled to mature in January 2028 with an interest rate of 4.06%. During the fourth quarter of 2025, we paid down our subordinated debt by $4.0 million and repaid $15.0 million of FHLB borrowings that were scheduled to mature in January 2026. The average cost of deposits was 2.15% for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, down from 2.34% for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. The average cost of subordinated debt was 9.70% for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, up from 5.72% for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, due to the debt converting to a variable-rate instrument that reprices on a quarterly basis beginning in the fourth quarter of 2025 from the previous fixed-rate period. Subsequent to June 30, 2026, we paid down an additional $2.0 million in subordinated debt as part of our strategic objective to utilize our excess liquidity to pay down high costing debt. The average cost of FHLB advances was 4.21% for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, down from 4.28% for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, due to repayment of $15.0 million of advances during the fourth quarter of 2025 and repayment of $10.0 million of advances at the end of the current quarter.

Net interest margin, annualized, increased to 3.73% for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, from 3.67% for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, reflecting lower funding costs, partially offset by lower interest income.

A release of provision for credit losses of $223 thousand was recorded for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, consisting of a release of provision for credit losses on loans of $185 thousand and a release of provision for credit losses on unfunded loan commitments of $38 thousand. This compared to a provision for credit losses of $170 thousand for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, consisting of a provision for credit losses on loans of $164 thousand and a provision for credit losses on unfunded loan commitments of $6 thousand. The release of provision in the current quarter compared to the same quarter last year resulted primarily from a decrease in loan balances and from annual updates to the model assumptions, partially offset by additional qualitative adjustments applied to the commercial loan segment, reflecting increased uncertainty in market conditions surrounding geopolitical events, in addition to the uncertainty adjustment tied to the impact of tariffs and other external factors affecting our clients already applied to our consumer portfolio. Expected credit loss estimates consider various factors, including market conditions, borrower-specific information, projected delinquencies, and anticipated effects of economic trends on borrowers' ability to repay.

Noninterest Income

Q2 2026 vs. Q1 2026

Noninterest income during the second quarter of 2026 increased $604 thousand, or 66.4%, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2026. The increase was primarily due to the following changes in certain income categories:

Loans sold during the quarter ended June 30, 2026, totaled $7.3 million, compared to $6.1 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2026. The increase was primarily due to seasonal fluctuations in loan origination volume and the timing of loan sales.

Q2 2026 vs. Q2 2025

Noninterest income increased $394 thousand, or 35.2% during the current quarter compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2025, primarily as a result of:

Noninterest Expense

Q2 2026 vs. Q1 2026

The increase in noninterest expense during the current quarter compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2026 was primarily related to:

These increases were partially offset by:

Q2 2026 vs. Q2 2025

The increase in noninterest expense during the current quarter compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2025 was primarily related to:

These increases were partially offset by:

Balance Sheet Review, Capital Management and Credit Quality

Assets totaled $1.07 billion at June 30, 2026, down from $1.11 billion at March 31, 2026 and up from $1.06 billion at June 30, 2025. The decrease from March 31, 2026 was primarily a result of a lower balance of loans held-for-portfolio and lower balances of cash and cash equivalents. The increase from June 30, 2025 was primarily a result of higher balances of cash and cash equivalents and a new equity investment in the first quarter of 2026, partially offset by lower balance of loans held-for-portfolio.

Cash and cash equivalents decreased $17.9 million, or 13.0%, to $120.1 million at June 30, 2026, compared to $138.0 million at March 31, 2026, and increased $17.5 million, or 17.1%, from $102.5 million at June 30, 2025. The decrease from March 31, 2026 primarily relates to a decrease in deposit balances and early repayment of $10.0 million in FHLB borrowings that were scheduled to mature in January 2028, partially offset by a decrease in loans held-for-portfolio. The increase from June 30, 2025 was primarily due to higher deposit balances and a decrease in loans held-for-portfolio, partially offset by a new equity investment and the repayment of borrowings and subordinated debt during the fourth quarter of 2025 and the current quarter.

Investment securities increased $50 thousand, or 0.5%, to $9.5 million at June 30, 2026, compared to $9.4 million at March 31, 2026, and decreased $183 thousand, or 1.9%, from $9.6 million at June 30, 2025. Held-to-maturity securities totaled $1.9 million at both June 30, 2026 and March 31, 2026, compared to $2.1 million at June 30, 2025. Available-for-sale securities totaled $7.6 million at June 30, 2026, compared to $7.5 million at both March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2025. The changes in our available-for-sale and held-to-maturity portfolios from March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2025 primarily related to principal paydowns and maturities, partially offset by fair value adjustments on the available-for-sale portfolio.

Loans held-for-portfolio totaled $892.0 million at June 30, 2026, compared to $921.5 million at March 31, 2026 and $904.3 million at June 30, 2025. The decrease from March 31, 2026 was primarily due to a decline in commercial and multifamily loan balances, which consisted primarily of lower rate, long-term loans. The decrease from June 30, 2025 reflected declines in one-to-four family loans, driven by fewer new home loan originations and normal amortization, as well as decreases in commercial and multifamily loans, floating home loans, and other consumer loans. These decreases were partially offset by growth in construction and land loans and home equity loans.

Equity securities totaled $5.0 million at both June 30, 2026 and March 31, 2026, compared to zero at June 30, 2025. The increase primarily related to an investment made during the first quarter of 2026 in a higher yielding Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”)-eligible workforce housing equity investment. The investment represented a deployment of a portion of our interest-earning cash and partially replaced the reduction in our CRA-eligible available-for-sale debt securities. While equity investments generally carry greater risk than debt securities, the investment represents a relatively small percentage of our total assets.

Nonperforming assets (“NPAs”), which are comprised of nonaccrual loans (including nonperforming modified loans), other real estate owned (“OREO”) and other repossessed assets, increased $624 thousand, or 8.3%, to $8.1 million at June 30, 2026, from $7.5 million at March 31, 2026, and increased $4.4 million, or 121.0%, from $3.7 million at June 30, 2025. The increase from March 31, 2026 was primarily due to the placement of $850 thousand of loans on nonaccrual status, partially offset by loan payoffs, loans returned to accrual status, loan charge-offs, and OREO sales. The increase from one year ago was primarily due to $6.4 million of new nonaccrual loans, partially offset by loan payoffs totaling $1.0 million, loans returned to accrual status, and charge-offs.

Nonperforming loans totaled $8.1 million at June 30, 2026, with commercial and multifamily loans representing $4.2 million, or 52.0% of total nonperforming loans, reflecting a concentration of nonperforming loans within in larger relationships. One-to-four family nonperforming loans totaled $2.5 million, or 30.5% of total nonperforming loans, and the remaining balance of nonperforming loans was primarily comprised of manufactured home, home equity, and other consumer loans. OREO and other repossessed assets totaled $47 thousand in June 30, 2026, representing 0.6% of total NPAs.

NPAs to total assets were 0.76%, 0.67% and 0.35% at June 30, 2026, March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2025, respectively. The allowance for credit losses on loans as a percentage of total loans outstanding was 0.94% at June 30, 2026, March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2025. Net loan charge-offs were $30 thousand for the second quarter of 2026, compared to $19 thousand for the first quarter of 2026 and $21 thousand for the second quarter of 2025.

The following table summarizes our NPAs at the dates indicated (dollars in thousands, unaudited):

The following table summarizes the allowance for credit losses at the dates and for the periods indicated (dollars in thousands, unaudited):

Total deposits decreased $37.6 million, or 3.9%, to $930.9 million at June 30, 2026, from $968.5 million at March 31, 2026, and increased $31.4 million, or 3.5%, from $899.5 million at June 30, 2025. The decrease in total deposits from March 31, 2026 was primarily due to the managed reduction of higher cost reciprocal deposits. The increase from June 30, 2025 was primarily due to growth from new depositors and existing depositors increasing their balances. Noninterest-bearing deposits decreased $1.8 million, or 1.3%, to $129.3 million at June 30, 2026, compared to $131.1 million at March 31, 2026 and increased $5.1 million, or 4.1%, compared to $124.2 million at June 30, 2025. Noninterest-bearing deposits represented 13.9%, 13.5% and 13.8% of total deposits at June 30, 2026, March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2025, respectively.

There were no FHLB advances at June 30, 2026, compared to $10.0 million at March 31, 2026 and $25.0 million at June 30, 2025. The decreases from March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2025 were due to the early repayment of a $10.0 million FHLB advance during the current quarter, which was originally scheduled to mature in January 2028, and the early repayment of a $15.0 million FHLB advance during the fourth quarter of 2025, which was originally scheduled to mature in January 2026. FHLB advances are primarily used to support organic loan growth and maintain liquidity ratios in line with our asset/liability objectives. Subordinated notes, net, totaled $7.8 million at both June 30, 2026 and March 31, 2026, compared to $11.8 million at June 30, 2025. The decrease in subordinated notes reflects a $4.0 million paydown completed on the first scheduled repricing date of October 1, 2025, as part of a our ongoing efforts to reduce higher cost debt. Subsequent to June 30, 2026, we repaid an additional $2.0 million of subordinated debt.

Stockholders’ equity totaled $112.6 million at June 30, 2026, an increase of $2.2 million, or 2.0%, from $110.4 million at March 31, 2026, and an increase of $6.6 million, or 6.2%, from $106.0 million at June 30, 2025. The increase from March 31, 2026 was primarily the result of $2.5 million of net income earned during the current quarter, a $127 thousand decrease in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, and $49 thousand in share-based compensation, partially offset by the payment of $540 thousand in cash dividends to the Company's stockholders.

Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company, is the parent company of Sound Community Bank, which is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and has full-service branches in Seattle, Mountlake Terrace, Sequim, Port Angeles, Port Ludlow and University Place. Sound Community Bank is a Fannie Mae Approved Lender and Seller/Servicer with one loan production office located in the Madison Park neighborhood of Seattle. For more information, please visit www.soundcb.com.

Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer

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Factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements and from historical performance include, but are not limited to: adverse impacts to economic conditions in the Company’s local market areas, other markets where the Company has lending relationships, or other aspects of the Company's business operations or financial markets, including, without limitation, as a result of employment levels, labor shortages and the effects of persistent inflation, recessionary pressures or slowing economic growth; changes in interest rate levels and volatility, and the timing and pace of such changes, including actions by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, which could adversely affect the Company's revenues and expenses, the values of the Company's assets and obligations and the availability and cost of capital and liquidity; the impact of inflation and related monetary and fiscal policy responses, including their effects on consumer and business behavior; the effects of a federal government shutdown, debt ceiling standoff, or other fiscal uncertainty; the impact of bank failures or adverse developments at other banks and related negative publicity about the banking industry on investor and depositor sentiment; changes in consumer spending, borrowing and savings habits; fluctuations in interest rates; the risks of lending and investing activities, including changes in the level and direction of loan delinquencies and write-offs and changes in estimates of the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses; the Company's ability to access cost-effective funding; fluctuations in real estate values and both residential and commercial real estate market conditions; demand for loans and deposits in the Company's market area; secondary market conditions for loans; the Company's ability to implement key growth initiatives and strategic priorities; environmental, social and governance matters; results of examinations of the Company or the Bank by their regulators; increased competition; changes in management's business strategies; the ability to adapt to rapid technological changes, including advancements related to artificial intelligence, digital banking platforms, and cybersecurity; legislation or regulatory changes, including but not limited to changes in capital requirements, banking regulations, tax laws, or consumer protection laws; vulnerabilities in information systems or third-party service providers, including disruptions, breaches, or attacks; geopolitical developments and international conflicts, as well as the imposition of new or increased tariffs and trade restrictions, any of which may disrupt financial markets, global supply chains, commodity prices, or economic activity in specific industry sectors; the effects of climate change, severe weather events, natural disasters, pandemics, epidemics and other public health crises, acts of war or terrorism, domestic political unrest and other external events on our business; and other factors described in the Company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other documents filed with or furnished to the SEC, which are available at www.soundcb.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

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(1) Net interest income divided by average interest earning assets.

(2) Noninterest expense divided by total revenue (net interest income and noninterest income).

AVERAGE BALANCE, AVERAGE YIELD EARNED, AND AVERAGE RATE PAID

(Dollars in thousands, unaudited)

The following table presents, for the periods indicated, the total dollar amount of interest income from average interest-earning assets and the resultant yields, as well as the interest expense on average interest-bearing liabilities, expressed both in dollars and rates. Income and yields on tax-exempt obligations have not been computed on a tax equivalent basis. All average balances are daily average balances. Nonaccrual loans have been included in the table as loans carrying a zero yield for the period they have been on nonaccrual (dollars in thousands).

(1) Total funding is the sum of average interest-bearing liabilities and average noninterest-bearing deposits. The cost of total funding is calculated as total interest expense divided by average total funding.

(1) Total funding is the sum of average interest-bearing liabilities and average noninterest-bearing deposits. The cost of total funding is calculated as annualized total interest expense divided by average total funding.

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