---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000708781-23-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CASS"
cik: "0000708781"
company_name: "CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T01:38:49.580416+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cass Q1 2023 EPS falls 15% to $0.51; revenue up 17% on higher NIM

## Summary
- Net income of $7.1M ($0.51 diluted EPS) vs $8.3M ($0.60) in Q1 2022, down 13.8% and 15%.
- Total revenues up $7.2M (+17.2%); net interest margin expanded to 3.23% from 2.36%.
- Total expenses rose 26.8%, including ~$1.5M nonrecurring tech transition costs.
- Average loans increased 12.1%; ending loans down 1.2% from Dec. 31, 2022.
- Short-term investments $210.5M; no borrowings; CET1 ratio 13.76%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000708781-23-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CASS
- cik: 0000708781
- company_name: CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708781/000070878123000015/0000708781-23-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708781/000070878123000015/cass-20230417.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708781-23-000015
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708781-23-000015.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000708781-23-000015.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC reported financial results for first quarter of fiscal 2023.
  - Period: first quarter of fiscal 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 17, 2023, Cass Information Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2023. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/708781/000070878123000015/0000708781-23-000015-index.htm

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