secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     PEOPLES BANCORP INC (PEBO)
CIK:        0000318300
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-21T10:15:47+00:00
Accession:  0000318300-26-000183
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Peoples Bancorp Q2 EPS $0.78, net income $28.0M; dividend $0.42; pending Citizens acquisition
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- Net income $28.0M ($0.78 diluted EPS) vs $29.0M ($0.81) linked quarter and $21.2M ($0.59) year ago.
- Net interest margin expanded to 4.23% from 4.16% linked quarter; net interest income $92.7M (+$2.3M QoQ).
- Provision for credit losses decreased to $4.7M from $9.7M linked quarter; net charge-offs $5.2M.
- Sold $135.2M of available-for-sale securities at $8.2M loss as part of balance sheet restructure ahead of Citizens merger.
- Declared quarterly dividend $0.42 per share; pending acquisition of Citizens Bank for ~$76.6M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830026000183/0000318300-26-000183-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318300/000031830026000183/pebo-20260721.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000318300-26-000183

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