Doral Financial Corporation Reports Financial Results for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2011
Reports Net Income of $11.7 Million for the Quarter; Continues to Exceed Well Capitalized Benchmarks
(firmenpresse) - SAN JUAN, PR -- (Marketwire) -- 01/19/12 -- Doral Financial Corporation (NYSE: DRL) ("Doral," "Doral Financial" or the "Company"), the holding company of Doral Bank, with operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S., reported net income of $11.7 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, compared to a net loss of $30.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 and a net loss of $36.1 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2010.
For the year ended December 31, 2011, Doral reported a net loss of $10.7 million compared to a net loss of $291.9 million for the same period of 2010.
"Over the past year, Doral increased margins, reduced non-performing assets and lowered expenses, resulting in an increase in annualized earnings power of more than $100 million. As we report solid fourth quarter profits, we enter 2012 in a position to build on our success," said Glen Wakeman, CEO and President of Doral Financial Corporation.
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Increased net interest income $1.1 million from $48.3 million in the third quarter of 2011 to $49.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2011; net interest income increased $11.8 million compared to the fourth quarter of 2010.
Increased net interest margin by 7 basis points from 2.60% in the third quarter of 2011 to 2.67% in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Grew total net loans from the third quarter of 2011 by $145.9 million largely through growth in U.S. commercial loans.
Decreased the provision for loan losses by $31.8 million from the third quarter of 2011.
Increased retail deposits by $53.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 while reducing total deposits rates by 16 basis points compared to the third quarter of 2011.
Improved income taxes as the Company recorded an $8.6 million income tax benefit mainly due to the release of the deferred tax assets reserves due to the profitability of the mortgage subsidiary.
Reporting Tier 1 leverage ratio of 9.13%.
Doral will be hosting an earnings call for interested parties at 10:00 a.m. ET Friday, January 20, 2012.
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Net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 totaled $11.7 million, compared to a net loss of $30.2 million for the third quarter of 2011 and a net loss of $36.1 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2010. Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2011 totaled $10.7 million, compared to a net loss of $291.9 million for the same period in 2010.
The Company reported net income attributable to common shareholders of $9.2 million and income per common share of $0.07 for the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to net loss attributable to common shareholders of $32.6 million and loss per common share of $0.26 for the third quarter of 2011, and net loss attributable to common shareholders and loss per share of $38.5 million and $0.30, respectively, for the fourth quarter of 2010. The Company reported net loss attributable to common shareholders and loss per share of $20.4 million and $0.16, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to a net loss of $274.4 million and loss per share of $2.96, respectively, for the same period in 2010.
Net interest income for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $49.4 million, an increase of $1.1 million compared to the third quarter of 2011, and an increase of $11.8 million when compared to the fourth quarter of 2010. Net interest margin for the fourth quarter of 2011 increased 7 basis points to 2.67%, compared to 2.60% for the third quarter of 2011. The improvement in net interest income of $1.1 million was driven by a decrease in interest expense of $1.5 million, which was partially offset by a decrease in interest income of $0.4 million. The decrease in interest expense was mainly due to: (i) a decrease of $1.6 million on interest expense on deposits as the Company has decreased the volume of higher cost brokered certificates of deposits with lower cost brokered money market deposits and (ii) lower interest rates on retail deposit product offerings. This decrease in interest expense was partially offset by a decrease in interest income, resulting from the $1.4 million decrease in interest income from mortgage backed securities as the average balance of the MBS portfolio decreased, partially offset by an increase in interest income on loans of $1.3 million due to the continued increase in commercial loans in the US.
Provision for loan and lease losses for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $9.9 million, a decrease of $31.8 million over the third quarter 2011 provision, and a decrease of $11.2 million from the provision recorded in the fourth quarter of 2010. The $9.9 million provision for loan and lease losses in the fourth quarter of 2011 resulted from provisions to recognize increased delinquencies of $3.9 million, updated valuations of existing impaired loans of $4.7 million, $1.1 million due to modeling assumptions, and $0.3 million due to growth in the U.S. portfolio.
Non-interest income for the fourth quarter of 2011 of $25.3 million reflects a decrease of $4.3 million and $2.5 million compared to non-interest income of $29.6 million for the third quarter of 2011 and $27.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2010, respectively. The decrease in non-interest income when compared to the third quarter of 2011 was largely due to a decrease of $8.1 million in net gains on sales of investment securities available for sale as the Company had a significantly lower volume of sales during the fourth quarter of 2011 when compared to the third quarter of 2011, partially offset by a $3.6 million increase in insurance agency commissions as the insurance agency subsidiary earned $3.2 million during the fourth quarter of 2011 from the annual profit sharing distributions from the insurance carriers.
Non-interest expense for the fourth quarter of 2011 of $61.7 million decreased $2.3 million and $14.7 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The expense decrease in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the third quarter of 2011 was mainly driven by a decrease of $2.2 million in foreclosure expenses as short sales volume declined during the fourth quarter of 2011 and the Company recovered approximately $0.7 million in recoverable foreclosure expenses incurred on residential mortgages serviced for others that had been previously expensed.
Income tax benefit for the fourth quarter of 2011 of $8.6 million improved $10.9 million and $12.6 million compared with income tax expense of $2.3 million and $4.0 million in the third quarter of 2011 and the fourth quarter of 2010, respectively. The income tax benefit was mainly due to the release of deferred tax assets reserves due to profitability of the mortgage subsidiary.
Doral's loan production for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $446.6 million, a decrease of $25.5 million compared to $472.1 million for the third quarter of 2011, and an increase of $21.2 million from $425.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2010. The U.S. commercial non-real estate loan production represents 50.2% of the loan production for the fourth quarter of 2011.
Doral reported total assets as of December 31, 2011 of $8.0 billion compared to $8.6 billion as of December 31, 2010. The decrease is mainly due to the sale of $1.4 billion of mortgage backed securities in 2011 and amortization and prepayments of $286.9 million, partially offset by purchases of securities of approximately $905.4 million as well as a net growth in loans of $354.5 million. The net sales of mortgage backed securities were conducted pursuant to the Company's strategy to substitute lower yielding securities with higher yielding loans.
Total deposits of $4.4 billion as of December 31, 2011, decreased $241.7 million, or 6.0%, from deposits of $4.6 billion as of December 31, 2010. The Company's brokered deposits decreased $219.3 million while retail deposits decreased $22.4 million. This significant decrease in brokered deposits is the result of the Company's strategy to reduce interest expense by reducing high cost brokered deposits.
Non-performing loans ("NPLs"), excluding FHA/VA loans guaranteed by the U.S. government, as of December 31, 2011 were $580.8 million, an increase of $10.6 million from September 30, 2011 and a decrease of $46.6 million when compared to December 31, 2010. The increase in NPLs during the fourth quarter of 2011 was mainly related to residential mortgage loans and commercial real estate loans.
Fourth quarter 2011 charge-offs totaled $15.3 million compared to the third quarter 2011 charge-offs of $17.7 million and fourth quarter 2010 charge-offs of $17.3 million. Doral's charge-off policy is to reduce the reported balance of a collateral dependent loan (a loan is collateral dependent when the liquidation of collateral is considered the likely source of repayment of a delinquent loan) by a charge to the allowance for loan and lease losses upon receipt of (i) a current market appraised value, or (ii) the portion of the difference considered uncollectible between (a) the loan balance before charge-off and (b) an internally generated estimate of the property value collateralizing the loan's fair value.
The Company's capital ratios continue to exceed the well-capitalized standards established by the federal banking agencies with ratios of Tier 1 Leverage of 9.13%, Tier 1 Risk-based Capital of 12.15% and Total Risk-based Capital of 13.43%. The Leverage, Tier 1 and Total Risk-based Capital Ratios exceeded the well-capitalized standards by $326.3 million, $365.2 million and $203.5 million, respectively.
Fourth quarter 2011 vs. Third quarter 2011 -- Net interest margin increased 7 basis points to 2.67%, compared to 2.60% for the third quarter of 2011 due to an improvement in net interest income of $1.1 million driven by a decrease in interest expense of $1.5 million and partially offset by a decrease in interest income of $0.4 million. The reduction in interest expense was mainly due to a decrease of $1.6 million on interest expense on deposits as the Company has decreased the volume of higher cost brokered certificates of deposits with lower cost brokered money market deposits and lower interest rates on its retail deposit product offerings. These decreases in interest expense were partially offset by a decrease in interest income, resulting from a $1.4 million reduction in interest income from mortgage backed securities due to the decrease in average balance of the MBS portfolio of $31.7 million, partially offset by an increase in interest income on loans of $1.3 million due to the continued growth in commercial loans in the US.
Fourth quarter 2011 vs. Fourth quarter 2010 -- Net interest margin for the fourth quarter of 2011 increased 82 basis points to 2.67% from 1.85% for the quarter of December 31, 2010. The increase of $11.8 million in net interest income was due to a decrease in interest expense of $14.3 million partially offset by a decrease in interest income of $2.6 million. The decrease in interest expense is attributed to reductions of $6.6 million in interest expense on securities sold under agreements to repurchase and of $9.0 million in interest expense on deposits. Interest expense on securities sold under agreements to repurchase declined as the outstanding balance of securities sold under agreements to repurchase declined $734.5 million as Doral delivered. Deposits expense decreased as longer term high cost deposits renewed for like terms at lower rates, and also due to Doral's aggressive lowering of deposit rates in 2011. The decrease in interest income was driven by a decrease in interest income on mortgage backed securities of $6.1 million from the sale of securities, partially offset by an increase of $4.6 million in interest on loans related to the growth of the U.S. commercial loans portfolio.
Year Ended December 31, 2011 vs. Year Ended December 31, 2010 -- Net interest margin increased 63 basis points to 2.46% for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to 1.83% for the same period in 2010. An increase of $25.6 million in net interest income was driven by a decrease in interest expense of $62.2 million and partially offset by a decrease in interest income of $36.6 million. The reduction in interest expense was mainly due to (i) a decrease in interest paid on securities sold under agreements to repurchase of $31.5 million due to the strategic restructuring of Doral's FHLB borrowings during first and second quarter of 2011 to increase term to maturity and reduce rates, (ii) a decrease of $22.6 million in interest on deposits as the brokered deposits portfolio continued to decrease in size and interest rate as well as a reduction in interest rates of other interest bearing deposits, and (iii) a decrease of $10.0 million in interest on advances from FHLB. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in interest expense on notes payable of $2.7 million related to the $250.0 million debt issued under the CLO in July 2010. The decrease in interest income resulted mainly from a decrease in interest on mortgage backed securities of $39.7 million as Doral sold $1.4 billion of securities during 2011.
Doral's loans receivable are subject to credit risk. Doral's loan portfolio consists mostly of residential mortgage loans related to Puerto Rico real estate, commercial real estate, and construction and land, and U.S. commercial loans and commercial real estate.
The following table summarizes the changes in the ALLL for the periods indicated:
Historically, Doral reduced the reported balance of collateral dependent commercial, construction and land loans (a loan is collateral dependent when the loan collateral is considered the likely source of repayment of a delinquent loan) by recording a charge-off to the ALLL upon receipt of a current market appraised value. Beginning in the second quarter of 2011, Doral began charging off the portion of the difference between the loan balance before the charge-off and an internally generated estimate of fair value of the property collateralizing the loans considered uncollectible. The practice adopted in 2011 has accelerated the recognition of loss due to collateral value deterioration.
The following table summarizes key credit quality information for the periods indicated:
The loans receivable gross portfolio increased $136.5 million, or 2.4%, while NPLs increased $10.6 million, or 1.9% and the ALLL decreased $5.3 million or 4.5% as of December 31, 2011 compared to September 30, 2011, respectively. Accordingly, the loans receivable and NPL modified coverage ratios (ALLL plus partial charge-offs and discounts as a percentage of loans receivable and NPLs, respectively) decreased 17 basis points and 179 basis points, respectively, over the same periods.
During the past several years, Doral has made significant strides in reducing its credit risk by discontinuing new construction lending in Puerto Rico in 2007, new commercial real estate and commercial and industrial lending in Puerto Rico in 2008, and significantly tightening its residential underwriting standards in 2009. As the loan portfolio seasons, the problem loans emerge and are addressed while performing loans require less provision. In 2010, Doral sold $139.0 million in unpaid principal balance of construction loans, further reducing its credit exposure. As the Company is able to improve its asset quality, it reduces its costs to reserve, maintain and sell low quality assets.
Provision and Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses
The following tables summarize the effect of provisions and net charge-offs on the allowance for loan and lease losses by portfolio for the periods indicated:
The ALLL decreased $5.3 million compared to September 30, 2011 due to a $9.9 million provision, offset by net charge-offs of previously reserved loans of $15.2 million. The $9.9 million provision for loan and lease losses in the fourth quarter of 2011 resulted from provisions to recognize increased delinquencies of $3.9 million, updated valuations of existing impaired loans of $4.7 million, $1.1 million credit due to modeling assumptions, and $0.3 million due to growth in the U.S. portfolio.
The provision for loan and lease losses for the fourth quarter of 2011 reflected a decrease of $11.2 million compared to the fourth quarter of 2010 and was primarily all in the Puerto Rico loan portfolios.
Non-Performing Assets
The following table sets forth information with respect to Doral Financial's non-accrual loans, OREO and other NPA's as of the periods indicated:
Non-performing loans (excluding FHA/VA loans guaranteed by the U.S. government) as of December 31, 2011 totaled to $580.8 million, an increase of $10.6 million from September 30, 2011.
During the fourth quarter of 2011 Doral adopted two banking industry practices for estimating when a loan is considered non-performing. Previously, for loans whose terms were modified, Doral estimated that a residential loan returns to performing status upon receipt of three payments in accordance with the modified loan terms and placed the loan on probation for an additional three months in which missing a payment resulted in the loan immediately returning to non-performing status. This convention was changed to estimating that a modified residential loan returned to performing status upon receipt of six consecutive payments in accordance with the modified terms. In addition, in previous periods Doral estimated that income recognition of residential mortgage loans was terminated when it became ninety days delinquent. In the fourth quarter of 2011 this convention was changed to estimating that income recognition is terminated when the residential mortgage loan reaches four payments past due. These changes resulted in an increase in non-performing loans reported as of December 31, 2011 of $4.3 million.
After consideration of the changes described, the increase in non-performing loans (excluding FHA/VA loans guaranteed by the U.S. government) resulted from increases of $12.9 million in the residential mortgage portfolio and $9.8 million in the commercial real estate portfolio. The increase of $12.9 million for residential mortgages includes the $4.3 million impact from the two practices previously mentioned, and $8.6 from increases in mortgage loan delinquencies. These increases were partially offset by a reduction of $11.4 million on construction and land loans that were foreclosed during the fourth quarter of 2011 and are now recorded as OREO.
Non-performing assets, including non-performing loans, increased by $26.0 million, as of December 31, 2011 compared to September 30, 2011, and decreased $85.8 million compared to December 31, 2010. The increase in non-performing assets during the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to September 30, 2011 was mainly due to an $18.1 million increase in OREO, of which $9.6 million is from the construction and land portfolio and $7.1 million is from residential mortgages. Compared to December 31, 2010 the decrease in non-performing assets resulted mainly from a decrease in non-performing FHA/VA guaranteed loans of $61.3 million, partially offset by an increase of $20.9 million in OREO.
Fourth quarter 2011 vs. Third quarter 2011 -- Non-interest income of $25.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2011 reflected a decrease of $4.3 million when compared to non-interest income of $29.6 million for the third quarter of 2011. The decrease in non-interest income for the fourth quarter of 2011 when compared to September 30, 2011 was largely due to:
A decrease of $8.1 million in net gains on sale of investment securities available for sale as the Company sold $121.0 million of mortgage backed securities during the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the impact of sales of $452.8 million during the third quarter of 2011.
A decrease of $2.9 million in net gains on loans securitized and sold and capitalization of mortgage servicing rights, which was mainly driven by a decrease of $2.4 million in net gains on sale of securities held for trading partially offset by an increase of $0.8 million in losses on sale of mortgage loans and deferred origination fees.
Net losses of $0.3 million on trading assets and derivatives compared to a $1.9 million gain in the third quarter of 2011. The fourth quarter decrease was mainly due to a decrease of $3.0 million in the IO valuation and a decrease of $0.9 million on the MSR economic hedge offset by a gain of $1.7 million on hedging activities.
An increase of $3.3 million in servicing income, which includes a $2.7 million decrease in the amortization of the servicing asset and a $1.0 million decrease of interest losses on serial notes.
An increase of $3.5 million in commissions, fees and other income resulting from the $3.4 million annual profit sharing distribution received by Doral Insurance from the insurance carriers.
An OTTI loss of $1.0 million, which decreased $2.1 million when compared to the third quarter of 2011. The OTTI loss is related to the residual interest held in a 2004 securitization of Doral originated mortgages.
Fourth quarter 2011 vs. Fourth quarter 2010 -- The $2.5 million decrease in non-interest income in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the fourth quarter of 2010 was due to:
Net gains on trading assets and derivatives decreased $1.1 million due mainly to a $2.2 million loss on hedging derivatives. The negative variance was mostly due to a loss on hedging activities of $2.2 million offset by increases of $0.4 million and $0.6 million on IO valuation and the MSR economic hedge, respectively.
Servicing income decreased $2.9 million mostly due to a reduction of $1.8 million in late charges and prepayment penalties, respectively. The decrease was driven by the improvement of the collection efforts by the Company during 2011.
Net gains on loans securitized and sold and capitalization of mortgage servicing decreased $0.8 million mostly related to a $2.1 million in loss on sale of mortgage loans and deferred origination fees partially offset by a $1.9 million increase in net gains on sale of securities held for trading.
A reduction of $2.1 million on losses on early repayment of debt as the Company did not enter into transactions during the fourth quarter of 2011 that were subject to early repayment fees.
Year ended December 31, 2011 vs. Year ended December 31, 2010 -- Non-interest income of $122.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 increased by $136.5 million when compared to the same period in 2010. The increase in non-interest income was mainly due to:
An improvement in gain on sale of investment securities available for sale of $121.2 million. During 2010, the Company reported a loss on sale of securities of $93.7 million driven by a loss of $136.7 million from the sale of $378.0 million of certain non-agency CMOs, partially offset by the sale of certain agency securities that generated net gains of $43.5 million. During 2011, the Company reported a gain on sale of investment securities of $27.4 million as a result of its deleveraging of the balance sheet.
An increase of $13.7 million on net gains on loans securitized and sold and capitalization of mortgage servicing, which was driven by an increase of $14.9 million in net gains on sales of securities held for trading and an increase of $1.9 million in capitalization of mortgage servicing assets partially offset by decreases of $1.2 million in origination and discount fees and $1.9 million in gain on sale of mortgage loans and deferred origination fees.
An improvement in OTTI of $9.7 million. During 2010, the deterioration in estimated future cash flows of certain non-agency CMOs resulted in an OTTI of $13.3 million. These securities were sold during the second quarter of 2010 and the unrealized loss in OCI was realized.
A $4.7 million decrease in net losses on early repayment of debt. During 2010 the Company recorded net losses on early repayment of debt of $7.7 million due to the early payment of securities sold under agreements to repurchase resulting from the previously mentioned sale of $378.0 million of certain non-agency CMOs and retirement of callable certificates of deposit.
Net gains on trading assets and derivatives decreased $9.8 million mainly due to decreases of $6.0 million and $2.5 million in losses on the MSR economic hedge and hedging derivatives, respectively.
A decrease of $2.4 million in servicing income mainly due to a decrease of $2.6 million in late charges and prepayment penalties partially offset by a decrease of $1.0 million in the interest loss on serial notes. The decrease was driven by the reduction in servicing volume of $309.7 million and improved performance of the portfolio decreased late fee charges.
Fourth quarter 2011 vs. Third quarter 2011 -- Non-interest expense for the fourth quarter of 2011 of $61.7 million was down $2.3 million compared to the third quarter of 2011. The change was mainly driven by the following:
Foreclosure expenses improved by $2.2 million as: (a) there was a reduction in the volume of short sales, resulting in a decrease in related losses of $0.7 million, and (b) the Company recovered approximately $0.7 million in recoverable foreclosure expenses incurred on mortgage loans serviced for others that had been previously expensed.
A decrease of $0.5 million in taxes other than payroll and income taxes as the Company paid approximately $0.5 million in extraordinary property taxes during the third quarter of 2011.
A decrease of $0.4 million in FDIC insurance expense due to a lower deposit base and a change in the method of computing the assessment as prescribed by the regulator.
An increase of $0.9 million in OREO expenses. OREO expenses include a $1.1 million increase in the provision for OREO upon the receipt of recent appraisals, which was partially offset by a $0.1 million decrease in losses resulting from the sale of OREO.
Fourth quarter 2011 vs. Fourth quarter 2010 -- The $14.7 million decrease in non-interest expense in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010 resulted largely from the following:
A decrease of $3.5 million in compensation and benefits driven by the initiatives to right size the Company.
Lower FDIC insurance expense of $1.3 million related to a lower deposit base and a change in the method of computing the assessment as prescribed by the regulator.
A decrease of $2.0 million in foreclosure expenses due to the Company recovered approximately $0.7 million in recoverable foreclosure expenses from mortgage loans serviced for others that had been previously expensed and the efforts made by the Company to improve bankruptcy and claim processes.
A decrease of $1.9 million in OREO expenses due to (a) a $2.0 million decrease in losses from the sale of OREO as the Company sold $3.4 million in OREO during the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to $12.4 million during the fourth quarter of 2010, and (b) a $0.5 million decrease in general expenses related to the maintenance of repossessed properties, partially offset by a $1.0 million increase in the provision for OREO upon the receipt of recent appraisals.
A decrease of $3.3 million in other expenses mainly due to (a) a $1.4 million decrease related to the reserve for the Company's claim on Lehman Brothers, Inc. that was established in the second quarter of 2010, (b) a $1.4 million decrease in representation and warranty provision, and (c) a $0.4 million decrease related to efforts made by the Company to improve the management of banking cards and reduce fraud costs.
Year ended December 31, 2011 vs. Year ended December 31, 2010 -- Non-interest expense of $250.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2011 was down $74.5 million or 23.0% when compared to the same period of 2010. The decrease in non-interest expense was mainly due to:
OREO expenses totaling to $10.7 million in 2011 compared to $40.7 million for the same period in 2010, a decrease of $30.0 million. Higher OREO expenses in 2010 were mainly related to an additional provision for OREO losses of $17.0 million established during the second quarter of 2010 to recognize the effect of management's strategic decision to reduce pricing to stimulate property sales, market value adjustments driven by lower values of certain OREO properties, and higher maintenance costs to maintain the properties in saleable condition.
A decrease of $13.5 million in professional services was driven by lower defense litigation costs of $7.9 million, lower advisory services of $0.6 million related to the dissolution of Doral Holdings and Doral Holdings L.P., and lower advisory services of $7.0 million in 2011 compared to 2010 which were incurred during 2010 in relation to the sale of certain construction loans as well as expenses incurred for the Company's participation in bidding for FDIC assisted transactions.
A decrease of $12.4 million in the reserve for the Company's claim on Lehman Brothers Inc. that was established in the second quarter of 2010. The claim was subsequently sold to a third party.
Lower FDIC insurance expense of $5.5 million related to a lower deposit base and a change in the method of computing the assessment as prescribed by the regulator.
The Puerto Rico income tax law does not provide for the filing of a consolidated tax return; therefore, income tax expense on the Company's consolidated statement of income is the aggregate income tax expense of Doral's individual subsidiaries. Doral Money, Inc., a U.S. corporation, and the U.S. branches of Doral Bank, are subject to U.S. income tax on its income derived from all sources. Substantially all other of the Company's operations are conducted through subsidiaries in Puerto Rico.
Fourth quarter 2011 reflected an income tax benefit of $8.6 million compared with a $2.3 million and $4.0 million income tax expense for the third quarter of 2011 and fourth quarter of 2010, respectively. The decrease in tax expense was mainly due to the release of a portion of the deferred tax asset as Doral Mortgage's profitability increased significantly during 2011.
Income tax expense for the year 2011 was $1.7 million compared to $14.9 million in the year 2010. The decrease in income tax expense of $13.2 million is due mainly to the tax benefit recorded during the fourth quarter of 2011, as well as funding Doral Money lending activities by U.S. based funding sources and eliminating the withholding tax on debt payments from the U.S. based lending operations to the Puerto Rico based funding operations. Income tax expense also includes branch level interest tax of $0.2 million as a result of Doral Bank Puerto Rico operating as a U.S. Branch after the merger of Doral Bank FSB with Doral Bank. However, this represents a tax savings when compared to the past withholding tax on the debt payments from Doral Money to Doral Bank. Doral Bank may also be subject to branch profits tax in future tax years, but there was no branch profits tax in the current year as there was no dividend equivalent amount as a result of the merger transaction.
Doral's assets totaled $8.0 billion at December 31, 2011, compared to $8.0 billion at September 30, 2011 and $8.6 billion at December 31, 2010. Total assets at December 31, 2011 decreased by $39.3 million when compared to September 30, 2011. This decrease was largely due to a reduction of $185.9 million in securities available for sale and $17.8 million in cash and due from banks and other interest earning assets. These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $145.9 million in loans net of allowance for loan and lease losses. The increase in loans is due to the continued growth of the U.S. commercial loans portfolio offset in part by a decrease in the Puerto Rico net loans outstanding.
Total liabilities were $7.1 billion at December 31, 2011, compared to $7.2 billion at September 30, 2011 and $7.8 billion at December 31, 2010. The $50.1 million decrease in total liabilities as of December 31, 2011, when compared to September 30, 2011, was due to decreases of $102.1 million in advances from the FHLB, $8.7 million in brokered deposits and $5.0 million on loans payable. These decreases were partially offset by a $53.9 million increase in retail deposits.
Doral's loans receivable, gross portfolio consists primarily of residential mortgage loans (December 31, 2011 -- 56.4%, September 30, 2011 -- 58.2%, December 31, 2010 -- 62.0%). Approximately 78.6%, 80.8% and 87.6% of the total loans receivable, gross portfolio is secured by real estate as of December 31, 2011, September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The decrease in the percent of the portfolio collateralized by real estate is due to the increasing size of the syndicated loan portfolio (consisting of assigned interests in syndicated loans). The syndicated loan portfolio is generally secured by the general pledge of assets by the borrower. The total loan portfolio, net increased $145.9 million compared to September 30, 2011 and increased $354.5 million compared to December 31, 2010. The positive variance when compared to September 30, 2011 was mainly due to an increase of approximately $159.8 million in commercial and industrial loans in loans receivable, generally related to the purchase of assignments in the syndicated loans market in the U.S. operations, and an increase of $24.7 million in commercial real estate in loans receivable. This was partially offset by decreases in FHA/VA guaranteed residential in loans receivable of approximately $18.8 million and residential mortgages of $27.8 million. The increase of $354.5 million when compared to December 31, 2010 is mostly related to participation in syndicated commercial loans in the U.S. mainland.
Doral Financial's stockholders' equity totaled $840.2 million at December 31, 2011, compared to $829.3 million and $862.2 million at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The Company reported accumulated other comprehensive loss (net of tax) of $1.2 million, accumulated other comprehensive loss (net of tax) of $1.8 million and accumulated other comprehensive income (net of tax) of $4.2 million as of December 31, 2011, September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.
The Company's regulatory prescribed capital ratios exceed the published well capitalized standards established in applicable banking regulations. As of December 31, 2011 the Tier 1 Leverage, Tier 1 Risk-based Capital and Total Risk-based Capital ratios were 9.13%, 12.15% and 13.43%, respectively which represents approximately $326.3 million, $365.2 million and $203.5 million of Tier 1 Leverage, Tier 1 Risk-based Capital and Total Risk-based Capital in excess of the published well-capitalized standards of 5%, 6% and 10%, respectively.
The following table provides the regulatory capital ratios for Doral Financial:
Refer to Non-Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in United States ("GAAP") section for a reconciliation of stockholders' equity (GAAP) to Tier 1 common equity (non-GAAP).
This earnings press release contains GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP financial measures. Non-GAAP financial measures are set forth when management believes they will be helpful to an understanding of the Company's results of operations or financial position. Where non-GAAP financial measures are used, the comparable GAAP financial measure, as well as the reconciliation to the comparable GAAP financial measure, can be found in the text or in the attached tables of this earnings release.
Tier 1 common equity to risk-weighted assets ratio
The Federal Reserve began supplementing its assessment of the capital adequacy of bank holding companies based on a variation of Tier 1 capital known as Tier 1 common equity in connection with the Supervisory Capital Assessment Program. Tier 1 common equity is considered to be a non-GAAP financial measure since it is not formally defined by GAAP and, unlike Tier 1 capital, is not a federal banking regulatory requirement.
Ratios calculated based upon Tier 1 common equity have become a focus of regulators and investors, and management believes ratios based on Tier 1 common equity assist investors in analyzing Doral's capital position. This ratio is calculated by dividing Tier 1 capital less non-common equity items by risk weighted assets, which assets are calculated in accordance with applicable bank regulatory requirements.
This earnings release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of, and subject to the protection of, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition, Doral Financial Corporation may make forward-looking statements in its other press releases, filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") or in other public or shareholder communications and its senior management may make forward-looking statements orally to analysts, investors, the media and others.
These forward-looking statements may relate to the Company's financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business, including, but not limited to, statements with respect to the adequacy of the allowance for loan and lease losses, market risk and the impact of interest rate changes, capital markets conditions, capital adequacy and liquidity, and the effect of legal proceedings, tax legislation and tax rules, regulatory matters and new accounting standards and guidance on the Company's financial condition and results of operations. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts, but instead represent Doral Financial's current expectations regarding future events. Such forward-looking statements may be generally identified by the use of words or phrases such as "would be," "will allow," "intends to," "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimate," "project," "believe," "expect," "predict," "forecast," "anticipate," "target," "goal," and similar expressions and future or conditional verbs such as "would," "should," "could," "might," "can," or "may" or similar expressions.
Doral Financial cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements since they speak only as of the date made and represent Doral Financial's expectations of future conditions or results and are not guarantees of future performance. The Company does not undertake and specifically disclaims any obligations to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of those statements.
Forward-looking statements are, by their nature, subject to risks and uncertainties and changes in circumstances, many of which are beyond Doral Financial's control. Risk factors and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements can be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 which is available in the Company's website at , as updated from time to time in the Company's periodic and other reports filed with the SEC.
Institutional Background
Doral Financial Corporation is a bank holding company engaged in banking, mortgage banking and insurance agency activities through its wholly-owned subsidiaries Doral Bank ("Doral Bank"), with operations in the mainland U.S. (New York metropolitan area and northwest region of Florida) and Puerto Rico, Doral Insurance Agency, Inc. ("Doral Insurance Agency"), and Doral Properties, Inc. ("Doral Properties"). Doral Bank in turn operates three wholly-owned subsidiaries: Doral Mortgage LLC ("Doral Mortgage"), engaged in residential mortgage lending in Puerto Rico, Doral Money, Inc. ("Doral Money"), engaged in commercial and middle market lending primarily in the New York metropolitan area, and CB, LLC, an entity formed to dispose of a real estate project of which Doral Bank took possession during 2005. Doral Money consolidates two variable interest entities created for the purpose of entering into a collateralized loan arrangement with a third party.
Doral Financial Corporation's common shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DRL. Additional information about Doral Financial Corporation may be found on the Company's website at .
Christopher Poulton
EVP
212-329-3794
Lucienne Gigante
SVP Public Relations & Marketing
787-474-6298
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