---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000737875-23-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FKYS"
cik: "0000737875"
company_name: "FIRST KEYSTONE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-09-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T23:07:06.566827+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Keystone declares $0.28 dividend; Q2 net income down 66% YoY to $0.41/share

## Summary
- Q2 2023 net income $2.5M, -66.1% YoY; EPS $0.41, -66.9%.
- Net interest income fell 22.5% to $14.9M; total deposits down 5.8% to $935.8M.
- Total net loans grew 8.6% to $864.1M; assets slightly decreased 0.3%.
- Cash dividend of $0.28/share payable Sept 29, 2023 to holders of record Sept 7, 2023.
- Year-to-date dividends total $0.84/share, unchanged from prior year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000737875-23-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FKYS
- cik: 0000737875
- company_name: FIRST KEYSTONE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-09-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787523000053/0000737875-23-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787523000053/fkys-20230907x8k.htm

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