secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/ (RBCAA)
CIK:        0000921557
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-008308
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Republic Bancorp Q4 net income $22.8M (+20% YoY); record full-year net income $131.3M
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- Diluted EPS $1.17 in Q4 vs $0.98 YoY; full-year EPS $6.72 vs $5.21 (+29%).
- Core Bank NIM expanded to 3.87% from 3.64%; net interest income rose 11% to $63.7M.
- Provision for credit losses jumped to $6.4M from $0.4M, driven by $4.8M specific reserve on a $16M C&I participation.
- Agreed to sell St. Louis RBF operations; expects Q1 2026 close and ~$6M net gain.
- Core Bank credit quality strong: NPLs 0.45%, net charge-offs 0.03% annualized; equity surpassed $1B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000110465926008308/0001104659-26-008308-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921557/000110465926008308/rbcaa-20260130x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-008308

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