---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000737875-24-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FKYS"
cik: "0000737875"
company_name: "FIRST KEYSTONE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-11-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T17:22:53.909697+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Keystone declares $0.28 quarterly dividend; Q3 net income up 17.5% YoY

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.28 per share declared; record date Dec 12, 2024, payable Dec 31, 2024.
- Year-to-date dividends of $1.12 per share unchanged from prior year.
- Q3 2024 net income of $1,507,000, up 17.5% YoY; diluted EPS $0.25 (+19.0%).
- Net interest income rose 18.4% to $8,154,000; assets grew 9.0% to $1.44B.
- Total net loans increased 6.1% to $927.5M; deposits up 2.8% to $1.02B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000737875-24-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FKYS
- cik: 0000737875
- company_name: FIRST KEYSTONE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-11-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787524000053/0000737875-24-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787524000053/fkys-20241127x8k.htm

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