Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc. announced unaudited consolidated earnings results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016. For the quarter, the company reported total interest income of $45,797,000 against $31,911,000 a year ago. Net income before income tax was $19,191,000 against $12,815,000 a year ago. Net income was $11,953,000 or $0.43 per diluted share against $8,065,000 or $0.37 per diluted share a year ago. For the three months ended December 31, 2016, the company’s return on average assets was 1.24% and return on average tangible common equity was 14.42% against for the three months ended December 31, 2015, the return on average assets was 1.18% and the return on average tangible common equity was 14.09%. For the year, the company reported total interest income of $166,605,000 against $118,356,000 a year ago. Net income before income tax was $65,318,000 against $40,724,000 a year ago. Net income was $40,103,000 or $1.46 per diluted share against $25,515,000 or $1.19 per diluted share a year ago. As at December 31, 2016, book value per share was $16.52 against $13.86 a year ago. As at December 31, 2016, tangible book value per share was $12.51 against $11.17 a year ago.