earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.85
QNB Corp Q4 2023 EPS $0.31 vs $1.52; sells $26M securities, takes $1.8M loss
QNB CORP.
2023-FY EPS reported
$2.63
- Net income Q4 2023: $1.134M ($0.31 diluted EPS) vs $5.447M ($1.52) in Q4 2022, a 79% decline.
- Full year 2023 net income $9.483M ($2.63 EPS) vs $15.921M ($4.47 EPS) in 2022.
- Net interest margin fell to 2.36% from 2.72% YoY due to higher deposit and borrowing costs.
- Sold $26M book value of low-yielding securities, realized $1.8M pre-tax loss; proceeds reinvested in higher-yield cash.
- Non-performing loans improved to 0.52% of loans from 0.88% at year-end 2022.