Banc of California reported a second-quarter 2026 net loss available to common and equivalent stockholders of $251.3 million, or $(1.61) a diluted share, versus net income of $62.0 million, or $0.39 a share, in the first quarter and $18.4 million, or $0.12 a share, a year earlier.
The quarter’s headline results were dominated by three balance-sheet moves: a $2.3 billion securities repositioning, an $827.0 million targeted commercial real estate and multifamily construction loan sale process, and the retirement of $385.0 million of subordinated debt.
The securities repositioning produced a $256.7 million pre-tax loss. The loan sale process pushed provision for credit losses to $161.8 million, up from $9.8 million in the first quarter and $39.1 million in the second quarter of 2025. The debt retirement also lifted funding costs in the quarter as the company replaced higher-cost subordinated debt funding.
Net interest income was $250.5 million, down slightly from $251.6 million in the first quarter, but up from $240.2 million a year ago. Net interest margin fell to 3.13% from 3.24% in the prior quarter, but was above 3.09% in the year-ago period.
Average loans rose $556.1 million, or 2.3%, in the quarter to $25.27 billion. Average loan production and disbursements totaled $2.8 billion, at a weighted average interest rate of 6.39%.
Average deposits increased $299.1 million, or 2.9%, to $27.62 billion. Average interest-bearing deposits rose $323.5 million, while average noninterest-bearing deposits fell $24.4 million. Noninterest-bearing deposits made up 28.5% of average total deposits, down from 28.9% in the first quarter.
The loan-to-deposit ratio improved 235 basis points to 89.3%.
On the cost side, the average total cost of funds rose to 2.14% from 2.10% in the first quarter. The average cost of deposits increased to 1.80% from 1.78%, while the average cost of borrowings declined to 4.44% from 4.63%.
Average yield on interest-earning assets slipped to 5.18% from 5.25%, and the average yield on loans and leases fell to 5.63% from 5.74%.
For the first half of 2026, net interest income increased to $502.1 million from $472.6 million in the first half of 2025. Net interest margin widened to 3.18% from 3.09%.
Over that same six-month period, average loans rose to $24.99 billion from $24.15 billion, while average deposits climbed to $27.47 billion from $27.11 billion. Average noninterest-bearing deposits increased to $7.88 billion from $7.65 billion.
Credit metrics deteriorated in the quarter as the company moved $827.0 million of loans to held for sale, but the release said classified loans and special mention loans as a percentage of total loans held for investment declined by 99 basis points and 154 basis points, respectively.
Book value per share ended the quarter at $18.38, and tangible book value per share was $16.44. Capital ratios remained above “well capitalized” levels, including an estimated 11.67% tier 1 capital ratio and 9.25% CET1 ratio. The company said CET1 is expected to rise to about 9.45% to 9.50% after the targeted loan sale closes, and to about 9.50% to 9.60% by the end of the third quarter. As a result of these announcements, the company's shares have moved -9.04% on the market, and are now trading at a price of $19.265. Check out the company's full 8-K submission here.
