$FFWM
First Foundation Inc. Stock $ffwm

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2014 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000156459016014870 Filed on March 15, 2016

Income Statement

Concept	2014 Q4	2013 Q4	2013 Q3
Revenue	$13.41M	$10.30M	$9.524M
YoY Change	30.14%	12.17%	19.47%
Cost Of Revenue
YoY Change
Gross Profit
YoY Change
Gross Profit Margin
Selling, General & Admin
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$280.0K	$320.0K	$270.0K
YoY Change	-12.5%	68.42%	68.75%
% of Gross Profit
Operating Expenses
YoY Change
Operating Profit
YoY Change
Interest Expense	$1.307M	$947.0K	$886.0K
YoY Change	38.01%	12.07%	6.11%
% of Operating Profit
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$5.151M	$2.444M	$2.343M
YoY Change	110.76%	-16.93%	49.43%
Income Tax	$2.145M	-$1.044M	$890.0K
% Of Pretax Income	41.64%	-42.72%	37.99%
Net Earnings	$3.006M	$3.488M	$1.453M
YoY Change	-13.82%	27.53%	47.06%
Net Earnings / Revenue	22.42%	33.85%	15.26%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.19	$0.47	$0.20
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.18	$0.44	$0.19
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding			7.415M
Diluted Shares Outstanding			7.756M

Balance Sheet

Concept	2014 Q4	2013 Q4	2013 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments
YoY Change
Cash & Equivalents	$29.69M	$56.95M	$50.35M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$2.187M	$3.249M	$3.000M
YoY Change	-32.69%	62.45%
Goodwill
YoY Change
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$10.00M	$12.00M	$10.00M
YoY Change	-16.67%	20.0%
Total Long-Term Assets
YoY Change
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets
Total Long-Term Assets
Total Assets	$1.355B	$1.037B	$962.0M
YoY Change	30.66%	24.83%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$10.00M	$7.000M	$8.000M
YoY Change	42.86%	0.0%
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$10.00M	$7.000M	$8.000M
YoY Change	42.86%	0.0%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$20.00M	$7.000M	$7.000M
YoY Change	185.71%
Other Long-Term Liabilities
YoY Change
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$20.00M	$7.000M	$7.000M
YoY Change	185.71%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$10.00M	$7.000M	$8.000M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$20.00M	$7.000M	$7.000M
Total Liabilities	$1.256B	$950.6M	$884.0M
YoY Change	32.12%	25.57%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$20.38M	$11.99M
YoY Change	70.01%
Common Stock	$78.21M	$8.000K
YoY Change	977550.0%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$99.50M	$86.76M	$78.00M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$1.355B	$1.037B	$962.0M
YoY Change	30.66%	24.83%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2014 Q4	2013 Q4	2013 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$3.006M	$3.488M	$1.453M
YoY Change	-13.82%	27.53%	47.06%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$280.0K	$320.0K	$270.0K
YoY Change	-12.5%	68.42%	68.75%
Cash From Operating Activities	$2.020M	-$1.060M	$3.850M
YoY Change	-290.57%	-127.97%	67.39%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$20.00K	-$450.0K	-$750.0K
YoY Change	-95.56%	7.14%	4.17%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$68.09M	-$65.13M	-$57.26M
YoY Change	4.54%	1704.16%	-1764.53%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$68.11M	-$65.57M	-$58.00M
YoY Change	3.87%	1527.05%	-2240.22%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	66.94M	73.23M	64.24M
YoY Change	-8.59%	-683.51%	-345.57%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	2.020M	-1.060M	3.850M
Cash From Investing Activities	-68.11M	-65.57M	-58.00M
Cash From Financing Activities	66.94M	73.23M	64.24M
Net Change In Cash	850.0K	6.600M	10.09M
YoY Change	-87.12%	-151.6%	-147.71%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$2.020M	-$1.060M	$3.850M
Capital Expenditures	-$20.00K	-$450.0K	-$750.0K
Free Cash Flow	$2.040M	-$610.0K	$4.600M
YoY Change	-434.43%	-114.49%	52.32%

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CY2015	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations	-916471000
CY2014	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations	-340306000
CY2013	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations	-213801000
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Deposit On Loan PaymentsForProceedsFromDepositOnLoan	-439381000
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Deposit On Loan PaymentsForProceedsFromDepositOnLoan	-160917000
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Deposit On Loan PaymentsForProceedsFromDepositOnLoan	-152296000
CY2015	us-gaap	Proceeds From Federal Home Loan Bank Advances ProceedsFromFederalHomeLoanBankAdvances	533000000
CY2014	us-gaap	Proceeds From Federal Home Loan Bank Advances ProceedsFromFederalHomeLoanBankAdvances	129000000
CY2013	us-gaap	Proceeds From Federal Home Loan Bank Advances ProceedsFromFederalHomeLoanBankAdvances	34000000
CY2015	us-gaap	Proceeds From Notes Payable ProceedsFromNotesPayable	10114000
CY2014	us-gaap	Proceeds From Notes Payable ProceedsFromNotesPayable	15000000
CY2013	us-gaap	Proceeds From Notes Payable ProceedsFromNotesPayable	7500000
CY2015	us-gaap	Repayments Of Notes Payable RepaymentsOfNotesPayable	30000000
CY2014	us-gaap	Repayments Of Notes Payable RepaymentsOfNotesPayable	2177000
CY2013	us-gaap	Repayments Of Notes Payable RepaymentsOfNotesPayable	437000
CY2015	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Or Sale Of Equity ProceedsFromIssuanceOrSaleOfEquity	136163000
CY2014	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Or Sale Of Equity ProceedsFromIssuanceOrSaleOfEquity	949000
CY2013	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Or Sale Of Equity ProceedsFromIssuanceOrSaleOfEquity	6322000
CY2015	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations	1088658000
CY2014	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations	303689000
CY2013	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations	199681000
CY2015	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInContinuingOperations	186056000
CY2014	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInContinuingOperations	-27262000
CY2013	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Continuing Operations NetCashProvidedByUsedInContinuingOperations	-6154000
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	56954000
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	63108000
CY2015	us-gaap	Interest Paid InterestPaid	6082000
CY2014	us-gaap	Interest Paid InterestPaid	4585000
CY2013	us-gaap	Interest Paid InterestPaid	3506000
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	10050000
CY2014	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	5394000
CY2013	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	3490000
CY2015	us-gaap	Transfer Of Portfolio Loans And Leases To Held For Sale1 TransferOfPortfolioLoansAndLeasesToHeldForSale1	102026000
CY2015	us-gaap	Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses Write Offs AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesWriteOffs	2223000
CY2013	us-gaap	Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses Write Offs AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesWriteOffs	820000
CY2014	us-gaap	Transfer To Other Real Estate TransferToOtherRealEstate	1834000
CY2015	us-gaap	Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment Description PriorPeriodReclassificationAdjustmentDescription	<div> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Reclassifications </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:6.67%;">Certain amounts in the 2014 consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the 2015 presentation. </p></div>
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CY2015Q4	dei	Entity Number Of Employees EntityNumberOfEmployees	295
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Deposit To Federal Reserve Bank DepositToFederalReserveBank	200900000
CY2015	us-gaap	Impairment Of Long Lived Assets Held For Use ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse	0
CY2014	us-gaap	Impairment Of Long Lived Assets Held For Use ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse	0
CY2015	us-gaap	Loans And Leases Receivable Impaired Description LoansAndLeasesReceivableImpairedDescription	When the fair value of the collateral is based on an observable market price or a current appraised value, we measure the impaired loan at nonrecurring Level 2. When an appraised value is not available, or management determines the fair value of the collateral is further impaired below the appraised value and there is no observable market price or a discounted cash flow has been used to determine the fair value, we measure the impaired loan at nonrecurring Level 3.
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Investment In Federal Home Loan Bank Stock Fair Value Disclosure InvestmentInFederalHomeLoanBankStockFairValueDisclosure	21492000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Fair Value Disclosure CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure	215748000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Loans Receivable Fair Value Disclosure LoansReceivableFairValueDisclosure	1779941000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Deposits Fair Value Disclosure DepositsFairValueDisclosure	1522104000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings Fair Value Disclosure FederalHomeLoanBankBorrowingsFairValueDisclosure	796000000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Fair Value Disclosure CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure	29692000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Loans Receivable Fair Value Disclosure LoansReceivableFairValueDisclosure	1186408000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Deposits Fair Value Disclosure DepositsFairValueDisclosure	962848000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings Fair Value Disclosure FederalHomeLoanBankBorrowingsFairValueDisclosure	282886000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost	567351000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost	136740000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain Before Tax AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax	1385000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain Before Tax AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax	1881000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss Before Tax AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax	3601000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss Before Tax AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax	351000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than Twelve Months Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsFairValue	426537000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than12 Months Accumulated Loss AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12MonthsAccumulatedLoss	3601000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue	426537000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Accumulated Loss AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss	3601000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities Remainder Of Fiscal Year Amortized Cost Basis AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesRemainderOfFiscalYearAmortizedCostBasis	300000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After One Through Five Years Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost	12760000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Five Through Ten Years Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost	2748000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Ten Years Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost	600000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Debt Securities Amortized Cost Basis AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis	16408000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities Within One Year Average Yield AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAverageYield	0.0045
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After One Through Five Years Average Yield AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAverageYield	1.50
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Five Through Ten Years Average Yield AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAverageYield	0.0194
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Ten Years Average Yield AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAverageYield	0.0286
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Available For Sale Securities Weighted Average Yield AvailableForSaleSecuritiesWeightedAverageYield	0.0160
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities Remainder Of Fiscal Year Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesRemainderOfFiscalYearFairValue	300000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After One Through Five Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue	12692000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Five Through Ten Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue	2725000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Ten Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue	596000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities	16313000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Loans And Leases Receivable Gross Carrying Amount LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount	1765469000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Loans And Leases Receivable Gross Carrying Amount LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount	1166426000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Unamortized Loan Commitment And Origination Fees And Unamortized Discounts Or Premiums UnamortizedLoanCommitmentAndOriginationFeesAndUnamortizedDiscountsOrPremiums	14000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Unamortized Loan Commitment And Origination Fees And Unamortized Discounts Or Premiums UnamortizedLoanCommitmentAndOriginationFeesAndUnamortizedDiscountsOrPremiums	-34000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accounted For As Available For Sale Debt Securities Carrying Amount Net CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsAvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesCarryingAmountNet	2800000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accounted For As Available For Sale Debt Securities Carrying Amount Net CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsAvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesCarryingAmountNet	800000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableRecordedInvestment	8950000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableRecordedInvestment	2457000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Un Accreted Discount On Purchased Credit Impaired Loans UnAccretedDiscountOnPurchasedCreditImpairedLoans	2291000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Un Accreted Discount On Purchased Credit Impaired Loans UnAccretedDiscountOnPurchasedCreditImpairedLoans	651000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Loans And Lease Receivable In Unaccreted Credit Component Other Loan LoansAndLeaseReceivableInUnaccretedCreditComponentOtherLoan	85293000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses Collectively Evaluated For Impairment FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesCollectivelyEvaluatedForImpairment	9438000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Individually Evaluated For Impairment FinancingReceivableIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment	11536000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Collectively Evaluated For Impairment FinancingReceivableCollectivelyEvaluatedForImpairment	1153084000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Loans And Lease Receivable In Unaccreted Credit Component Other Loan LoansAndLeaseReceivableInUnaccretedCreditComponentOtherLoan	30987000
CY2015	ffwm	Percentage Of Allowance On Purchase Impaired Loans PercentageOfAllowanceOnPurchaseImpairedLoans	0.0086
CY2014	ffwm	Percentage Of Allowance On Purchase Impaired Loans PercentageOfAllowanceOnPurchaseImpairedLoans	0.0086
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Additional Allowance On Credit Impaired Loans AdditionalAllowanceOnCreditImpairedLoans	300000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Additional Allowance On Credit Impaired Loans AdditionalAllowanceOnCreditImpairedLoans	300000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable With No Related Allowance Unpaid Principal Balance ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance	13809000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Accretable Yield CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAccretableYield	581000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Recorded Investment90 Days Past Due And Still Accruing FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestment90DaysPastDueAndStillAccruing	8497000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Accretable Yield CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAccretableYield	130000
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Accretable Yield CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAccretableYield	2349000
CY2015	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Accretable Yield Accretion CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldAccretion	529000
CY2014	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Accretable Yield Accretion CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldAccretion	1076000
CY2015	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Accretable Yield Reclassifications To From Nonaccretable Difference CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldReclassificationsToFromNonaccretableDifference	175000
CY2014	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Accretable Yield Reclassifications To From Nonaccretable Difference CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldReclassificationsToFromNonaccretableDifference	-391000
CY2015	ffwm	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Accretable Yield Acquisition CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldAcquisition	805000
CY2014	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Accretable Yield Disposals Of Loans CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldDisposalsOfLoans	752000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Nonaccrual Status FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentNonaccrualStatus	4136000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentPastDue	18939000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Current FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentCurrent	1746530000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Recorded Investment90 Days Past Due And Still Accruing FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestment90DaysPastDueAndStillAccruing	2188000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Nonaccrual Status FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentNonaccrualStatus	1101000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentPastDue	6475000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Current FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentCurrent	1159951000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Percentage Of Loans Due30 To59 Days PercentageOfLoansDue30To59Days	0.0026
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Percentage Of Loans Due30 To59 Days PercentageOfLoansDue30To59Days	0.0018
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Percentage Of Loans Due60 To89 Days PercentageOfLoansDue60To89Days	0.0009
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Percentage Of Loans Due60 To89 Days PercentageOfLoansDue60To89Days	0.0009
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Percentage Of Loans Due90 Days Or More PercentageOfLoansDue90DaysOrMore	0.0048
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Percentage Of Loans Due90 Days Or More PercentageOfLoansDue90DaysOrMore	0.0019
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Percentage Of Loans Nonaccrual PercentageOfLoansNonaccrual	0.0023
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Percentage Of Loans Nonaccrual PercentageOfLoansNonaccrual	0.0009
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Percentage Of Loans PercentageOfLoans	0.0107
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Percentage Of Loans PercentageOfLoans	0.0056
CY2015	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Modifications Number Of Contracts2 FinancingReceivableModificationsNumberOfContracts2	2
CY2014	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Modifications Number Of Contracts2 FinancingReceivableModificationsNumberOfContracts2	2
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Modifications Recorded Investment FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestment	300000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Modifications Recorded Investment FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestment	500000
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Loans And Leases Receivable Allowance LoansAndLeasesReceivableAllowance	9915000
CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Loans And Leases Receivable Allowance LoansAndLeasesReceivableAllowance	8340000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses Individually Evaluated For Impairment1 FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1	30000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses Collectively Evaluated For Impairment FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesCollectivelyEvaluatedForImpairment	10570000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Loans And Leases Receivable Allowance Impaired LoansAndLeasesReceivableAllowanceImpaired	10600000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Allowance For Loan Losses In Unaccreted Credit Component Other Loans AllowanceForLoanLossesInUnaccretedCreditComponentOtherLoans	732000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Individually Evaluated For Impairment FinancingReceivableIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment	12038000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Collectively Evaluated For Impairment FinancingReceivableCollectivelyEvaluatedForImpairment	1746772000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses Individually Evaluated For Impairment1 FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1	712000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Loans And Leases Receivable Allowance Impaired LoansAndLeasesReceivableAllowanceImpaired	10150000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Allowance For Loan Losses In Unaccreted Credit Component Other Loans AllowanceForLoanLossesInUnaccretedCreditComponentOtherLoans	268000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable With No Related Allowance Unpaid Principal Balance ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance	7821000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable With No Related Allowance Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment	11688000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable With No Related Allowance Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment	7821000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable With Related Allowance Unpaid Principal Balance ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance	590000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable With Related Allowance Unpaid Principal Balance ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance	3715000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable With Related Allowance Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment	350000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable With Related Allowance Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment	3715000
CY2015	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Average Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment	14469000
CY2015	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Interest Income Accrual Method ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeAccrualMethod	677000
CY2014	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Average Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment	7539000
CY2014	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Interest Income Accrual Method ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeAccrualMethod	406000
CY2013	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Average Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment	5263000
CY2013	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Interest Income Accrual Method ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeAccrualMethod	222000
CY2015	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Interest Income Cash Basis Method ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeCashBasisMethod	0
CY2014	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Interest Income Cash Basis Method ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeCashBasisMethod	0
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Leasehold Improvements Gross LeaseholdImprovementsGross	1473000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Leasehold Improvements Gross LeaseholdImprovementsGross	1202000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Information Technology Equipment Gross InformationTechnologyEquipmentGross	4358000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Information Technology Equipment Gross InformationTechnologyEquipmentGross	3073000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Furniture And Fixtures Gross FurnitureAndFixturesGross	2230000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Furniture And Fixtures Gross FurnitureAndFixturesGross	1969000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	8061000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	6244000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	5408000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	4057000
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Real Estate Investments RealEstateInvestments	375000
CY2015	ffwm	Real Estate Owned Acquired In Merger RealEstateOwnedAcquiredInMerger	3702000
CY2014	us-gaap	Other Real Estate Disposals OtherRealEstateDisposals	3160000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Noninterest Bearing Deposit Liabilities NoninterestBearingDepositLiabilities	299794000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Noninterest Bearing Deposit Liabilities NoninterestBearingDepositLiabilities	246137000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Interest Bearing Deposit Liabilities InterestBearingDepositLiabilities	260167000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Interest Bearing Deposit Liabilities InterestBearingDepositLiabilities	291509000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Deposits Money Market Deposits And Negotiable Order Of Withdrawal Now DepositsMoneyMarketDepositsAndNegotiableOrderOfWithdrawalNOW	492015000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Deposits Money Market Deposits And Negotiable Order Of Withdrawal Now DepositsMoneyMarketDepositsAndNegotiableOrderOfWithdrawalNOW	171958000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Certificates Of Deposit Liabilities CertificatesOfDepositLiabilities	470200000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Certificates Of Deposit Liabilities CertificatesOfDepositLiabilities	253350000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Interest Bearing Demand Deposits Weighted Average Rate InterestBearingDemandDepositsWeightedAverageRate	0.00359
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Interest Bearing Demand Deposits Weighted Average Rate InterestBearingDemandDepositsWeightedAverageRate	0.00502
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Weighted Average Rate Of Money Market And Savings Deposits WeightedAverageRateOfMoneyMarketAndSavingsDeposits	0.00531
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Weighted Average Rate Of Money Market And Savings Deposits WeightedAverageRateOfMoneyMarketAndSavingsDeposits	0.00626
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Weighted Average Rate Of Certificates Of Deposits WeightedAverageRateOfCertificatesOfDeposits	0.00554
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Weighted Average Rate Of Certificates Of Deposits WeightedAverageRateOfCertificatesOfDeposits	0.00619
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Weighted Average Rate Of Deposits WeightedAverageRateOfDeposits	0.00404
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Weighted Average Rate Of Deposits WeightedAverageRateOfDeposits	0.00427
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Time Deposits250000 Or More Maturities With In One Year TimeDeposits250000OrMoreMaturitiesWithInOneYear	137800000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Time Deposits250000 Or More Maturities With In One Year TimeDeposits250000OrMoreMaturitiesWithInOneYear	96900000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Time Deposits250000 Or More Maturities After One Year TimeDeposits250000OrMoreMaturitiesAfterOneYear	11400000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Time Deposits250000 Or More Maturities After One Year TimeDeposits250000OrMoreMaturitiesAfterOneYear	20100000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Time Deposits250000 Or More TimeDeposits250000OrMore	149200000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Time Deposits250000 Or More TimeDeposits250000OrMore	117000000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Time Deposits Less Than250000 Maturities With In One Year TimeDepositsLessThan250000MaturitiesWithInOneYear	292500000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Time Deposits Less Than250000 Maturities With In One Year TimeDepositsLessThan250000MaturitiesWithInOneYear	127100000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Time Deposits Less Than250000 Maturities After One Year TimeDepositsLessThan250000MaturitiesAfterOneYear	28500000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Time Deposits Less Than250000 Maturities After One Year TimeDepositsLessThan250000MaturitiesAfterOneYear	9300000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Time Deposits Less Than250000 TimeDepositsLessThan250000	321000000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Time Deposits Less Than250000 TimeDepositsLessThan250000	136400000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Federal Home Loan Bank Advances FederalHomeLoanBankAdvances	796000000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Federal Home Loan Bank Advances FederalHomeLoanBankAdvances	263000000
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CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Options Exercisable Intrinsic Value1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableIntrinsicValue1	7272000
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CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Options Exercisable Intrinsic Value1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableIntrinsicValue1	7527000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Employer Discretionary Contribution Amount DefinedContributionPlanEmployerDiscretionaryContributionAmount	500000
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CY2015	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	8620000
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CY2013	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	2505000
CY2015	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	2700000
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CY2013	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	392000
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CY2013	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	992000
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CY2013	ffwm	Benefit Of Net Operating Loss Carryforwards BenefitOfNetOperatingLossCarryforwards	-172000
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CY2014	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Adjustments IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments	194000
CY2013	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Adjustments IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments	183000
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CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due Current OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent	3951000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Two Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears	4637000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Three Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears	4419000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Four Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears	4330000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due Thereafter OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter	12026000
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue	29363000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Commitments To Fund New Loans CommitmentsToFundNewLoans	51887000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Commitments To Fund New Loans CommitmentsToFundNewLoans	18217000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Commitments To Fund Under Existing Loans Lines Of Credit CommitmentsToFundUnderExistingLoansLinesOfCredit	153606000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Commitments To Fund Under Existing Loans Lines Of Credit CommitmentsToFundUnderExistingLoansLinesOfCredit	104881000
CY2015Q4	ffwm	Commitments Under Standby Letters Of Credit CommitmentsUnderStandbyLettersOfCredit	8617000
CY2014Q4	ffwm	Commitments Under Standby Letters Of Credit CommitmentsUnderStandbyLettersOfCredit	5402000
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CY2015Q4	ffwm	Common Equity Tier One Capital Required To Be Well Capitalized Ratio CommonEquityTierOneCapitalRequiredToBeWellCapitalizedRatio	0.065
CY2015	us-gaap	Regulator Expenses Cost Assessed On Federal Home Loan Bank RegulatorExpensesCostAssessedOnFederalHomeLoanBank	1105000
CY2014	us-gaap	Regulator Expenses Cost Assessed On Federal Home Loan Bank RegulatorExpensesCostAssessedOnFederalHomeLoanBank	788000
CY2013	us-gaap	Regulator Expenses Cost Assessed On Federal Home Loan Bank RegulatorExpensesCostAssessedOnFederalHomeLoanBank	650000
CY2015	us-gaap	Noninterest Expense Directors Fees NoninterestExpenseDirectorsFees	558000
CY2014	us-gaap	Noninterest Expense Directors Fees NoninterestExpenseDirectorsFees	522000
CY2013	us-gaap	Noninterest Expense Directors Fees NoninterestExpenseDirectorsFees	604000
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CY2015Q1	us-gaap	Interest And Dividend Income Operating InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating	13158000
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CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	1647000
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