earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.70
First Bancorp Q1 net income $8.0M ($0.72 EPS) down 18% YoY; loans up $68M
First Bancorp, Inc /ME/
2023-Q1 EPS reported
$0.72
- Net income $8.0M ($0.72 diluted EPS) vs $9.7M ($0.88) in Q1 2022; margin pressure and lower fee income cited.
- Net interest margin fell to 2.78% from 3.24% YoY as cost of funds rose; PTPP income down 16.5%.
- Loans grew $68.2M to $1.98B (14.4% annualized); deposits up $87.8M to $2.47B.
- Adopted CECL; allowance for credit losses increased to 1.18% of loans from 0.87% at Dec 2022.
- Quarterly dividend $0.34/share declared; non-performing assets remain at 0.06% of total assets.