secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HBT Financial, Inc. (HBT)
CIK:        0000775215
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-27T11:02:23+00:00
Accession:  0000775215-26-000063
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

HBT Financial Q2 net income $27.8M ($0.76 EPS); dividend raised to $0.25/share
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- Net income $27.8M, diluted EPS $0.76; adjusted net income $28.5M, adjusted EPS $0.78.
- Net interest margin (tax-equivalent) up 13 bps to 4.38% from Q1 2026.
- Quarterly cash dividend increased to $0.25/share from $0.23, payable Aug 18 to holders of record Aug 11.
- Tangible book value per share increased 3.5% to $17.60.
- Asset quality strong: NPAs to assets 0.15%, net recoveries to avg loans 0.01% annualized.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000077521526000063/0000775215-26-000063-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000077521526000063/hbt-20260724.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000775215-26-000063

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