---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000318300-23-000196"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEBO"
cik: "0000318300"
company_name: "PEOPLES BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T17:09:51.221611+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peoples Bancorp Q1 EPS $0.96; NIM up 9bps to 4.53%; Limestone close April 30

## Summary
- Net income $26.6M, diluted EPS $0.96 vs $0.95 Q4'22 and $0.84 Q1'22.
- Net interest margin 4.53%, up 9 bps linked quarter; net interest income up 3% vs Q4.
- Provision for credit losses $1.9M (vs $2.3M Q4'22); net charge-offs 0.13% annualized.
- Limestone acquisition expected to close April 30, 2023; all regulatory/ shareholder approvals received.
- Board declared quarterly dividend of $0.39 per share, unchanged from prior quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000318300-23-000196
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEBO
- cik: 0000318300
- company_name: PEOPLES BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000196/0000318300-23-000196-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000196/pebo-20230425.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-23-000196
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-23-000196.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-23-000196.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  PEOPLES BANCORP INC reported first quarter of 2023 results: net income $26.6 million, EPS $0.96.
  - Period: first quarter of 2023
  - Net income: $26.6 million
  - EPS: $0.96
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Peoples reported net income of $26.6 million for the first quarter of 2023, representing earnings per diluted common share of $0.96.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830023000196/0000318300-23-000196-index.htm

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