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Issuer:     HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORP /WA/ (HFWA)
CIK:        0001046025
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001046025-25-000008
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Heritage Financial Q4 net income $11.9M ($0.34 EPS); loan growth 2.6%, margin expands; dividend raised to $0.24/share
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- Q4 2024 net income $11.9M ($0.34 diluted EPS) vs Q3 $11.4M ($0.33) and Q4 2023 $6.2M ($0.18).
- Annual net income $43.3M ($1.24 EPS) down from $61.8M ($1.75) in 2023; securities losses of $22.7M pre-tax reduced EPS by $0.51.
- Loans receivable up $122.6M (2.6% sequential); net interest margin expanded to 3.39% from 3.33% in Q3.
- Cost of total deposits decreased to 1.39% from 1.42%; quarterly dividend increased 4.3% to $0.24/share, payable Feb 20.
- Incurred $3.9M pre-tax loss on securities sale to fund higher-yielding loan growth; BOLI restructuring added $2.9M after-tax costs.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046025/000104602525000008/0001046025-25-000008-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046025/000104602525000008/hfwa-20250123.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001046025-25-000008

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