earnings
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.70
First BanCorp Q1 net income $70.7M ($0.39 EPS); net interest margin 4.34%; pauses share buybacks
FIRST BANCORP /PR/
2023-Q1 EPS reported
$0.39
revenue$233,403,000
- Net income $70.7M ($0.39 diluted EPS) vs $73.2M ($0.40) in Q4 2022 and $82.6M ($0.41) in Q1 2022.
- Net interest income $200.9M, down $4.7M QoQ; net interest margin 4.34% vs 4.37%.
- Total loans grew $28M to $11.6B; core deposits (ex-brokered/govt) fell $142.7M to $13.1B.
- Borrowings increased $347.8M to $1.3B as precautionary liquidity measure; core liquidity $3.2B (16.77% of assets).
- Repurchased $50M in shares in Q1; raised quarterly dividend to $0.14/share; paused buybacks in Q2, expects to resume H2 2023.