secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. /NY/ (DCOM)
CIK:        0000846617
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-20T10:15:32+00:00
Accession:  0000846617-26-000047
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Dime posts record $135M revenue, EPS $0.90 up 53% YoY; announces ES Bancshares acquisition
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- Net income available to common stockholders $39.7M, or $0.90 diluted EPS vs $0.59 a year ago; adjusted diluted EPS $0.91 vs $0.61.
- Net interest margin 3.35% vs 3.28% in Q2 2026 and 3.01% a year ago; net interest income $121.2M vs $103.4M in Q3 2025.
- Total deposits $13.14B, up $1.08B YoY; business loans $3.99B, up $346.6M linked quarter and $929.1M YoY; loan-to-deposit ratio 83%.
- Non-performing assets rose to $99.5M from $69.0M at June 30, 2026; $13.8M credit loss provision; ROAA 1.10%; efficiency ratio 48.4%.
- Repurchased 298,003 shares at a weighted-average $40.64; dividend $0.25 per share; separately announced intent to acquire ES Bancshares (Empire State Bank).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661726000047/0000846617-26-000047-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/846617/000084661726000047/dcom-20261020x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000846617-26-000047

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