secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ECB Bancorp, Inc. /MD/ (ECBK)
CIK:        0001914605
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-047949
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

ECB Bancorp Q1 net income falls 31% to $621k; NIM compresses to 1.84%
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- Net income of $621k ($0.07 diluted EPS) vs $901k ($0.11) in Q1 2023, down 31%.
- Net interest margin fell to 1.84% from 2.38% due to higher funding costs and inverted yield curve.
- Total loans grew 3.0% to $1.07B; deposits increased 3.9% to $901.6M.
- Book value per share rose to $17.94; share buyback continued with $629k in repurchases.
- Asset quality remains strong: no net charge-offs; NPLs at 0.09% of assets.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1914605/000095017024047949/0000950170-24-047949-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1914605/000095017024047949/ecbk-20240425.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-047949

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