---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-012741"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ISTR"
cik: "0001602658"
company_name: "Investar Holding Corp"
filed_at: "2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:19:54.474264+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Investar Q1 net income $11.5M ($0.77 EPS) vs $5.4M ($0.51) in Q4 2025

## Summary
- Net income available to common shareholders of $11.5M ($0.77 diluted EPS) up from $5.4M ($0.51) in Q4 2025 and $6.3M ($0.63) year-ago.
- Core (non-GAAP) diluted EPS was $0.87, compared to $0.58 in Q4 2025 and $0.65 in Q1 2025.
- Core earnings exclude items like gain on sale of securities, losses on fixed assets and OREO, severance, and acquisition expense.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-012741
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ISTR
- cik: 0001602658
- company_name: Investar Holding Corp
- filed_at: 2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774926012741/0001437749-26-012741-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774926012741/istr20260407_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-012741.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Investar Holding Corp reported quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: net income $11.5 million, EPS $0.77 per diluted common share.
  - Period: quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Net income: $11.5 million
  - EPS: $0.77 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Investar reported net income available to common shareholders of $11.5 million, or $0.77 per diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1602658/000143774926012741/0001437749-26-012741-index.htm

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