First Hawaiian
First Hawaiian's revenue rose 8.9% to $881 million in fiscal 2025. Net income was $276 million, up 20.1%. Its return on equity was 10.3%, up from 9.0% a year earlier. Its efficiency ratio was 56.7%, down from 62.0% a year earlier. It paid out $231 million in dividends and buybacks. The diluted share count fell 2.2%.
Return on equity is net income as a share of shareholders' equity; return on tangible equity leaves out goodwill and other intangible assets. The efficiency ratio is operating costs as a share of revenue, so lower means the bank spends less to earn each dollar. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
What First Hawaiian does
First Hawaiian is a bank holding company based in Honolulu. Its subsidiary, First Hawaiian Bank, was founded in 1858 and says it is the largest bank headquartered in Hawaii by loans and leases and by net income. It runs 49 branches in Hawaii, Guam and Saipan.
The bank offers deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, and lends to consumers and businesses. For middle-market and large Hawaii businesses it makes commercial and industrial loans, including auto dealer flooring (financing dealers' inventory), commercial real estate and construction loans. For individuals and small businesses it offers residential mortgages, indirect auto financing and other consumer loans. It also provides trust, private banking and investment management services, credit cards and merchant processing.
It reports two segments, Retail Banking and Commercial Banking, and puts other activities, including Treasury, in Corporate/Other. It earns money from interest on its loans and securities and from fees.
Its biggest risks, as it describes them
- Weak financial markets or economic conditions in Hawaii, Guam and Saipan.
- A large share of its loans is secured by real estate, so a real estate downturn would hurt.
- Concentrated exposure to certain asset classes and large borrowers.
- Interest rate changes that could hurt its earnings.
- Losing deposits, which would raise its funding costs.
Income statement
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share grew 3.2% a year and net income 2.0% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 10%.
Return on equity
Balance sheet
Five years at a glance
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loans, net | 12,805 | — | — | — | — |
| Deposits | 21,816 | 21,689 | 21,333 | 20,322 | 20,516 |
| Loans to deposits | 58.7% | — | — | — | — |
| Provision for credit losses | −39 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Provision to average loans | −0.3% | — | — | — | — |
| Total assets | 24,992 | 24,577 | 24,926 | 23,828 | 23,955 |
| Shareholders' equity | 2,657 | 2,269 | 2,486 | 2,618 | 2,769 |
Cash flow
Projections
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Insider trades
Over the 12 months between November 7, 2025 and November 6, 2026, no insider bought First Hawaiian shares on the open market, and 2 insiders sold $1.1 million.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2026 | Craig Scott WoDirector | Sold | 500 | $26.94 | $13,470 | Form 4 |
| Feb 6, 2026 | Craig Scott WoDirector | Sold | 1,500 | $27.21 | $40,820 | Form 4 |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Alan ArizumiVice Chair | Sold | 43,026 | $25.35 | $1.1 million | Form 4 |
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| First Hawaiian | FY25 | 8.9% | 31.4% | 10.3% | 16.3% | 56.7% | |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 718 | 734 | 745 | 766 | 733 | 716 | 793 | 837 | 808 | 881 |
| Revenue growth | 5.5% | 2.3% | 1.5% | 2.8% | −4.3% | −2.4% | 10.8% | 5.5% | −3.4% | 8.9% |
| Net interest income | 492 | 529 | 566 | 573 | 536 | 531 | 614 | 636 | 623 | 664 |
| Noninterest income | 226 | 206 | 179 | 192 | 197 | 185 | 180 | 201 | 186 | 217 |
| Noninterest expense | 337 | 348 | 365 | 370 | 368 | 406 | 440 | 501 | 501 | 499 |
| Provision for credit losses | — | — | — | — | 122 | −39 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Net income | 230 | 184 | 264 | 284 | 186 | 266 | 266 | 235 | 230 | 276 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 1.65 | 1.32 | 1.93 | 2.13 | 1.43 | 2.05 | 2.08 | 1.84 | 1.79 | 2.20 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 140 | 140 | 137 | 133 | 130 | 130 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 126 |
| Payouts | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | 86 | 123 | 131 | 138 | 135 | 134 | 133 | 133 | 133 | 131 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 132 | 136 | 5 | 75 | 10 | 0 | 40 | 100 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Loans, net | 11,385 | 12,140 | 12,934 | 13,081 | 13,071 | 12,805 | — | — | — | — |
| Deposits | 16,794 | 17,612 | 17,150 | 16,445 | 19,228 | 21,816 | 21,689 | 21,333 | 20,322 | 20,516 |
| Total assets | 19,662 | 20,550 | 20,696 | 20,167 | 22,663 | 24,992 | 24,577 | 24,926 | 23,828 | 23,955 |
| Shareholders' equity | 2,476 | 2,533 | 2,525 | 2,640 | 2,744 | 2,657 | 2,269 | 2,486 | 2,618 | 2,769 |
| Ratios | ||||||||||
| Return on equity | 8.8% | 7.3% | 10.5% | 11.0% | 6.9% | 9.8% | 10.8% | 9.9% | 9.0% | 10.3% |
| Return on tangible common equity | 14.3% | 12.2% | 17.2% | 17.9% | 10.9% | 15.6% | 18.1% | 17.0% | 14.8% | 16.3% |
| Return on assets | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Efficiency ratio | 47.0% | 47.3% | 49.0% | 48.4% | 50.1% | 56.7% | 55.5% | 59.9% | 62.0% | 56.7% |