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confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.70
First Western Q1 earnings drop: EPS $0.39 vs $0.57 YoY; NIM falls 37bps to 2.93%
First Western Financial Inc
2023-Q1 EPS reported
$0.39
revenue$25,689,000
- Net income available to common shareholders $3.8M, down 30% from $5.5M in Q4 2022 and Q1 2022.
- Net interest margin 2.93%, down 37bps QoQ; efficiency ratio worsened to 78.3% from 67.7%.
- Deposits $2.39B stable (-0.6% QoQ); borrowings increased to $261M from $147M; liquidity $1.5B.
- Adopted CECL on Jan 1, reducing retained earnings by $5.3M net of tax; provision release of $0.3M.
- Non-performing assets $12.5M (0.42% of assets), up from $4.3M (0.17%) a year ago.