NASDAQ$EBC

Eastern Bankshares Inc · Q2 2021 earnings

Q2 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported second quarter financial results and declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share.

Eastern Bankshares, Inc. reported net income of $34.8 million, or $0.20 per share, for the second quarter of 2021. Excluding merger-related and overdraft litigation expenses, operating net income was $37.1 million, or $0.22 per share. Total assets reached $17.0 billion, and total loans were $9.6 billion. The company saw growth in residential and commercial loans, excluding PPP loans, and an increase in net interest income.

  • Total loans excluding Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans grew $116.9 million, or 5% on an annualized basis from the prior quarter.
  • Net interest income increased $4.5 million from the prior quarter due to growth in the Company’s securities portfolio and higher loan income, primarily attributable to higher PPP fee recognition.
  • An improving economic outlook coupled with strong asset quality led to a $3.3 million release of loan loss reserves. Nonperforming loans were $41.6 million, or 0.43% of total loans at the end of the second quarter.
  • The second quarter saw solid fee generation with insurance, wealth management and debit card revenues up 4%, 17% and 36%, respectively, from the prior year quarter.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$150M

Previous: $146M+2.7%
EPS (adj)

$0.22

Previous: $0.14+54.8%
Net interest margin - FTE

2.7%

No prior period
Efficiency ratio

71.4%

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$1.81M

Previous: -$2.15M+15.7%
Free Cash Flow

$33M

Previous: $27.7M+19.1%
Net Income

$34.8M

Previous: $29.9M+16.6%
Operating Income

$130M

Previous: $108M+21.0%
Gross Profit

$147M

Previous: $138M+6.7%
Cash & Equivalents

$1.56B

No prior period
Total Assets

$17B

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$4.68M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Eastern Bank · Revenue · Quarterly

$150M

Q2 2021+2.7%vs Q2 2020
Beat estimate in 6 of 10 quarters(60%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Eastern Bank · $8.07M total across 2 segments · Q2 2023

  • Service charges on deposit accounts
    $7.24M
  • Interest rate swap income
    $825K

Forward guidance

Eastern Bankshares is working towards integrating Century and expects continued growth, driven by integration efforts.

Tailwinds

  • Organic growth
  • Strong fee income generation
  • Sound asset quality
  • Focus on long-term profitability
  • High COVID-19 vaccination rates in core markets

Headwinds

  • Merger and acquisition expenses
  • Expenses related to the anticipated settlement of overdraft litigation
  • Seasonally lower insurance revenues
  • Lower loan-level interest rate swap revenue due to lower market interest rates
  • Continued pressure on net interest margin due to the low interest rate environment and excess liquidity

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q2 2021

Historical avgQ2 2021

-1.0%

Avg return

Earnings day

-1.4%

Avg return

5 days after

+1.9%

Avg return

30 days after

36%

8 / 22 earnings

Positive

+5.6%

Q1 2023

Best reaction

-8.6%

Q4 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-2.7%-3.0%-3.3%
Q4 2025-1.5%-2.1%+5.2%
Q3 2025-3.8%-8.9%-0.8%
Q2 2025-2.0%-1.1%+8.1%
Q1 2025-6.5%-5.5%-6.4%
Q3 2024-4.6%+0.8%+12.9%
Q2 2024+4.8%+2.9%+3.4%
Q1 2024-0.7%-4.3%+3.4%
Q4 2023-0.2%+5.9%-5.6%
Q3 2023-2.6%-4.4%+4.9%
Q2 2023+1.3%-1.1%-8.0%
Q1 2023+5.6%-5.0%+2.5%
Q4 2022-8.6%-7.7%-9.6%
Q3 2022-8.4%-10.6%-8.8%
Q2 2022+2.4%+0.9%+0.8%
Q1 2022-2.0%-2.0%-0.3%
Q4 2021+0.3%+2.6%+6.3%
Q3 2021+2.6%+4.5%-0.9%
Q2 2021-1.4%-1.2%+7.6%
Q1 2021+0.4%+2.4%+5.4%
Q4 2020-0.4%+1.3%+10.1%
Q3 2020+5.1%+5.0%+15.9%
Q2 2020
Q1 2020
Q4 2019
Q3 2019
Q2 2019
Q1 2019

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