---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000737875-26-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FKYS"
cik: "0000737875"
company_name: "FIRST KEYSTONE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T21:54:57.325415+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Keystone declares $0.28 Q1 dividend; FY2025 net income up 158% to $7.6M

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.28/share, unchanged YoY; payable March 31, record March 12, 2026.
- FY2025 net income $7.6M ($1.22 EPS), up 157.7% from $2.96M ($0.47 EPS) in 2024.
- Net interest income +16.8% to $37.7M; deposits +8.8% to $1.14B; assets +7.3% to $1.53B.
- Loans grew only 0.1% to $949M; balance sheet reached record levels.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000737875-26-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FKYS
- cik: 0000737875
- company_name: FIRST KEYSTONE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787526000006/0000737875-26-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/737875/000073787526000006/fkys-20260304x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000737875-26-000006.txt

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