Byline Bancorp (BY) 26 Apr 192019 Q1 Earnings call transcript

Good morning and welcome to the First Quarter 2019 Byline Bancorp Incorporated Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded. I would like to now turn the conference over to Allyson Pooley of Financial Profiles. Please go ahead.

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ahead. Instructions] Terry with [Operator comes McEvoy go The first from Please question Stephens.

market. were it conversion just Alberto you about operating after talking were bumps prepared you in said remarks the the mentioned your you word, talking was and before right and about you the

something itself? mentioning of you with or were you were talking just the conversion market So kind and bumps some the about

that Obviously a just you the there you In government first is, thing shutdown. mean, in a was I I heightens know, go those something we that stuff conversion your - happened was - through quarter. other the the and mentioning and always lot of general, we that's focus as had

was operating the So generally just environment I talking the during quarter. just the about -

clearing out occur? for first any of then of And rates from XX I'm deposit done up. done on work has quarter. you've the a funds, not costs Thanks that Fed the in just assuming the kind to points cost here, maybe would that sure on when anticipated in you kind question of peek expect would basis any historical if level raising

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rate environment it's right at stays interest now. the where Assuming

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of the of maybe Lindsay, here. loan first that loan yields fourth and in about should trajectory risen NIM quarter, in Wanted yields saw kind and kind to of then quarter outlook forward? curious start maybe the on going with here down back the about core we just how core from that the the curious we came thinking NIM core core just think the

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take range out, to that that's you think that pretty when going consistent right we and going X% those So it's hovering forward. around be

put - expansion of we'll the that based With here yields balance see slight the loans on loan we'll mix mix. do a slight have do loan see we we forward going forward. going expansion on believe the the yield depending we sheet similar that the that upon But

gain terms just down if I like just kind on SBA then curious going secondary on fairly And sale at this year-over-year you and premiums of could were guys stable there then looks sequentially, what to ask are point? in just of forward so it more SBA seeing

If premium remain the remains healthy, market levels attractive.

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but pretty terms and all as of trading, of that loans market So in where the impact in kind remains has an market far as bidding good. activity are all

quarter? the the OPRF just close ask timing that precise perhaps thoughts the And more close just the could timing I second to when on in maybe expect you if one on of of of any

the first of the I be would will half quarter, second Nate. the - It in say

in end of April of timeframe. the So mid-May kind the kind of it'll be

And just operating pretty you by plan when guys the us expense system rate, have XQ imagine Lindsay? then you and convert remind a run should clean to

the - going honestly, to once that first cleanest through. Yes, period it's really quarter everything be flush of Nate XXXX

we're end - now or on fourth. third the right the quarter right plan at So beginning of conversion planning the

with Perito Michael comes next KBW. ahead. The from question Please go

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updated and a of increased status the of high You disruption? level whether you result the Chicago view new mentioned viewpoint seeing you're of any nature. kind some that lookout of you're us then local the still a just opportunities of market as and maybe give - talent on for that Can stuff an

pointed and that Mike transaction you closed. as are, out We

both We have as on front as organization. the done other some well lending of the hires in areas

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and that to a stand in But not think your is has creating the the to mean, guys of of about there. And capital be Chicago be three double-digits. from where talk kind moving point just somewhat about acquired. capital And updated at in terms in you lot obviously capital opportunities today we plan small retained growth Byline trend where given could standpoint. on other out quarters probably as ratio? at where And row seems earnings or good I four quarter. maybe still of a still opportunities it a almost capital those quarters recent banks But you're here and can you're your there's bigger it's the head you of was building a forward

been as if terms been it's as those place But that of nice for evident a because good see while it do people Right expire. takes ROTCE, a to out gives pipelines to flexibility you let not pursue to it front, quite actually get a building people, know it opportunities. Yes, to settle, teams flexibility. certainly us you nicely is from just you to it's you add have that's flexibility you that, what built. which non-solicitation us well point while it we flexibility of having up be the for that Usually look at at immediately when in takes to like - there kind in seeing we're organic creates add gives both now it

perspective - and organically gives our flexibility that us there. to at down there some doing road. But We think M&A I the road. said, obviously adjust flexibility the M&A front that in potentially from also the at it an having being capital So, something but standpoint it's potentially on addition look looking right like down now to

missed sorry think QX Lindsay maybe lastly I But just in incorporated seasonal of mentioned payroll expenses the if $XX.X it. there salaries slide sound the that kind specific of some little million base that also rate. expense - the you give Can remarks recently. like terms then was where of in Does institution? And you at you kind more rightsizing little you I in expect trend maybe broadly a on though run guys deck in the the bit was your all hiring overall to and in higher stuff expenses a yourselves us commentary speaking about where of activity of see more

So in in regard on in terms here on, there but are and quarters. some of benefits the spot to hirings there start was the that, seeing the subsequent salaries seasonality those you're coming you'll

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ahead. The Please next from go question with Liesch Sandler comes Andrew O'Neill.

mean release, there. million Focus commercial the looking the impressive the at about Page up loan originated $XX here on I the X estate some growth some quarter of real that's pretty press in of just growth the

growth? coming just kind also is economic share of the going it but curious curious it I of new on? I First up Is team from then probably gains. And market from. Evanston C&I saw that that's driving what's Just where activity that's this of Is CRE figured lending kind

of you that a variables Yes, Andrew. of bit little I the all mentioned think there,

at don't net, bit came and lower The that little I at so be if looking looking we to higher, this that you're in we obviously quarter a a lower gross at we certainly assuming - commented payoffs pay-ups other thing were or as than they net quarter but is, know surprised helped. last bit were you're expecting

team then combination on So well the our banking continues on on side I the SBC all commercial business. and good to to commercial of the spot think a certainly it's see opportunities of continues grow and is, you're you front, above to just do have lending the

commercial more lending. it, the as that as just component real it's have commercial commercial would on opposed occupied is there you well nature CRE thing owner as I in not an which estate view side, Another estate to true real call

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in bit I have doing business. would last we our that source a in financing add now and in terms industrial thing of warehouse the in originations, real past, terms of one type more than product are we estate just the distribution a significant we couple little quarters, commercial had of new pivoted been has

do the handy we have FDIC what then amount And quarter credit this the of was?

really touched to all you it'll FDIC basically we what depending saw is then here out that about that the we essentially nothing at that. through once back to get calculate hover various in the range $XXX,XXX this on just $XXX,XXX of it factors quarter and here So,

ahead. of Merrill comes America with go The Bank Ebrahim next Lynch. Please from Poonawala question

prospects quick release that see going in if What that. disclosed end you've question for was balance So the just quarter book I not color a around one, at just sure forward? like sponsor I'm the the growth of think the and didn't book

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quarter million you mentioned had But last $XXX here?

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And just share transaction I'm I updated us the close both think foreign the could other disruption your the terms target the market coming of end separately personnel thoughts about of this think on there? to changes some the consolidate some deals of you including love mentioned assuming pipeline opportunities would M&A, markets, and at But M&A of the in acquire? remind just you trying market of lenders some I the and it's from banks get I if like think. would you market but share all kind you to size potential in to the one, that of once

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next The ahead. Instructions] comes from go FIG question Partners. Brian [Operator with Martin Please

or much quarter? that see it impact government it guys in what we the at on was as was the this there given impacted - of you business was talk, SBA just looked with Alberto, that the numbers an not can you shutdown

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the I just the one to of of kind make income for Lindsay, numbers. want And kind just outlook. then the at sure on maybe big picture on just fee looking

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is you're the seeing on guess payoffs just about too this as guess loan any the the trends it things was year the thing and maybe quarter far going being then sounds payoffs? just it's bit of or other the around think you that's surprise wild I - two the And like I - is a a - a - that it was the unknown of balance forward the on way slowing but payoffs card as

the we forced just got that higher than - for what reason would we these are these we we payoffs that were expecting would we will some be quarter. payoffs cases I mean saw in Again another known that No, sense that were expect were continue surprised or this one in out.

then we anticipate that those think a see others and remains think we - or and will I view mean us our - perhaps it's the second I but that robust quarter that's later I activity in So impacting the marketplace. perhaps there. that's not headwind in changing we're

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So tell one performance with the whatever thing depending you portfolio. tell it's I will ebb and you of flow will the I it on perfect as not and the accretion that

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