---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000318300-24-000176"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEBO"
cik: "0000318300"
company_name: "PEOPLES BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T12:37:29.129115+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peoples Bancorp Q1 2024 EPS $0.84, net income $29.6M; dividend raised to $0.40

## Summary
- Net income $29.6M ($0.84 diluted EPS) vs $33.8M ($0.96) in Q4 2023 and $26.6M ($0.94) in Q1 2023.
- Net interest income $86.6M, down 2% linked quarter; NIM 4.27% vs 4.44% linked quarter.
- Provision for credit losses $6.1M (EPS impact -$0.14) vs $1.3M linked quarter, driven by macro deterioration and loan growth.
- Quarterly dividend raised to $0.40 per share from prior amount, marking ninth consecutive annual increase.
- Period-end loans grew $43.6M (3% annualized) vs Dec 2023; deposits increased $174.3M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000318300-24-000176
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEBO
- cik: 0000318300
- company_name: PEOPLES BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830024000176/0000318300-24-000176-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830024000176/pebo-20240423.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-24-000176
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-24-000176.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-24-000176.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  PEOPLES BANCORP INC reported first quarter of 2024 results: net income $29.6 million, EPS $0.84.
  - Period: first quarter of 2024
  - Net income: $29.6 million
  - EPS: $0.84
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net income totaled $29.6 million for the first quarter of 2024, representing earnings per diluted common share of $0.84.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830024000176/0000318300-24-000176-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tyler J. Wilcox was elected as Director at PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 22, 2024, the Board of Directors of Peoples elected Mr. Wilcox as a director of Peoples to serve for an initial term ending at Peoples’ 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 25, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830024000176/0000318300-24-000176-index.htm

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