earnings
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.75
Mercantile Bank Q4 net income $21.8M, EPS $1.37; full-year EPS $3.85; dividend raised to $0.33
MERCANTILE BANK CORP
2022-FY EPS reported
$3.85
- Q4 2022 net income $21.8M ($1.37 diluted EPS) vs $11.6M ($0.74) a year ago; net interest margin expanded to 4.30% from 2.74%.
- Full-year 2022 net income $61.1M ($3.85 diluted EPS) vs $59.0M ($3.69) in 2021; total revenue up 5.6% to $190M.
- Loans grew $463M (13.4%) in 2022, led by commercial and residential mortgage growth; nonperforming assets remained low at 0.2% of assets.
- Board declared Q1 2023 cash dividend of $0.33 per share, a 3% increase from the prior regular dividend of $0.32.
- Provision for credit losses was $3.1M in Q4 vs negative $3.4M a year ago; capital ratios remain well-capitalized.