earnings
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.55
Waterstone Financial Q1 net income $3.0M, EPS $0.17; community banking pre-tax up 42%
Waterstone Financial, Inc.
2025-Q1 EPS reported
$0.17
- Consolidated net income $3.0M ($0.17 diluted EPS) vs $3.0M ($0.16) YoY; ROAA 0.57%.
- Community Banking pre-tax income $6.1M, up 42% YoY; net interest margin up 32 bps to 2.47%.
- Mortgage Banking pre-tax loss $2.2M vs income $0.37M YoY; originations down 20% to $387.7M.
- Mortgage banking legal expense elevated; final settlement of previously disclosed lawsuit with $1.3M accrual.
- Repurchased ~237,000 shares at $13.37/share during quarter; dividend $0.15 per share.