secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/ (DCOM)
CIK:        0000846617
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000846617-26-000024
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661726000024/0000846617-26-000024-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661726000024/dcom-20260423x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000846617-26-000024

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