secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC (CZFS)
CIK:        0000739421
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000739421-25-000008
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Citizens Financial Services reports FY 2024 net income $27.8M ($5.86 EPS), up 56% vs 2023; dividend raised 1% to $0.49
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- Full-year net income $27.8M vs $17.8M in 2023; EPS $5.86 vs $4.02. Q4 net income $7.98M ($1.68 EPS) vs $7.54M ($1.59 EPS) YoY.
- Net interest income rose 7.7% to $86.4M in 2024; tax-effected NIM was 3.13% vs 3.21% in 2023.
- Non-performing assets surged to $28.6M at Dec 31, 2024, up $15.4M from Dec 31, 2023, driven by eight large commercial relationships (six from HVB acquisition).
- Braavo asset sale generated pre-tax gain of $1.1M on $7.2M proceeds; remaining Braavo loans $971K as of Dec 31, 2024.
- Quarterly dividend increased 1% to $0.49 per share, paid Dec 27, 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/739421/000073942125000008/0000739421-25-000008-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/739421/000073942125000008/fourthqtrearnings2024.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000739421-25-000008

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