Thursday, July 30, 2009

Bank of Hawaii reports Q2 profits


Bank of Hawaii in the second quarter earnings by 36 percent over the last year that your ready quarter was four times higher than a year ago.

Bank of Hawaii (NYSE: BOH) on Monday reported a net profit of 31 million U.S. dollars or 65 cents per share for the quarter ended on 30 June from $ 48.6 million in the second quarter of 2008, or $ 1 per share.

Analysts had notified the bank to gain 54 cents per share, excluding Einzelanfertigungen according Reuters Estimates. Stock closed $ 38.48 Monday in the New York Stock Exchange, an increase of nearly $ 3 Friday in the vicinity.

Honolulu bank reported its provision for claims totaling $ 28.7 million in the third quarter compared to U.S. $ 7.2 million in the same quarter of 2008. The Bank has also increased its provision for loan loss reserves $ 137.4 million, an increase of $ 102.5 million at the end of the second quarter of 2008, and 3 million U.S. dollars more than at the end of the first quarter of this year.

The results of the second quarter of the cost of FDIC insurance of 9 million U.S. Dollar and a significant increase in costs and losses of 13.6 million U.S. dollars from the sale of a loan to a major shopping center owner, restructuring of a lease of leverage that a car in bankruptcy and the reduction of a loan has been sold.

"We worked with our guidelines for short-term liquidity reserves and capital markets in the second quarter of 2009," said Allan R. Landon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Our profitability in the third quarter has been the increase in income from interest."

The net interest for the second quarter stood at $ 103.2 million, representing a decrease of USD 107.4 million in the second quarter of 2008, but an increase of 5.9 million U.S. Dollar of U.S. $ 97.3 million in first quarter of this year.

The bank pointed out that the increase of deposits of 471 million U.S. dollars in the third quarter to 9.2 billion U.S. Dollar.

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