---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000846617-26-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DCOM"
cik: "0000846617"
company_name: "Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/"
filed_at: "2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:44:55.391636+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dime Q1 2026 EPS $0.75 (+67% YoY); NIM expands to 3.21%; hires multiple bankers

## Summary
- Net income available to common $32.8M, diluted EPS $0.75 vs $0.68 Q4'25 and $0.45 Q1'25.
- Net interest margin 3.21% (up 10 bps QoQ); efficiency ratio improved to 50.8% from 52.6%.
- Business loans grew $123.8M linked quarter and $575.6M YoY; core deposits up $999.3M YoY.
- Hired Meyer Eichler, Cora Licht, John Paglia, and others from Flagstar/Signature and other banks.
- Redeemed $40M subordinated debentures; maintained quarterly dividend at $0.25 per share.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000846617-26-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DCOM
- cik: 0000846617
- company_name: Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/
- filed_at: 2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661726000024/0000846617-26-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661726000024/dcom-20260423x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000846617-26-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/ reported the quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: net income $32.8 million, EPS $0.75 per diluted common share.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Net income: $32.8 million
  - EPS: $0.75 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Part of Growth and Diversification Strategy ​ Hauppauge, NY, April 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dime (NYSE: DCOM) today reported net income available to common stockholders of $32.8 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, or $0.75 per diluted common share, compared to net income available to common stockholders of $30.0 million, or $0.68 per diluted common
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661726000024/0000846617-26-000024-index.htm

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