---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-012777"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STLE"
cik: "0000779227"
company_name: "STEELE BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:25:22.427503+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Steele Bancorp Q1 net income $4.88M, EPS $1.43, up 170% YoY

## Summary
- Net income $4.88M vs $1.81M in Q1 2025; diluted EPS $1.43 vs $0.97.
- Net interest margin improved to 4.21% from 3.38% driven by loan and securities growth.
- Noninterest income up 167.9% to $1.57M, boosted by trust fees from Northumberland merger.
- Total assets $1.27B, deposits up $4.43M from Dec 31, 2025; equity ratio 9.63%.
- Merger with Northumberland Bancorp contributed to revenue and expense increases.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-012777
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STLE
- cik: 0000779227
- company_name: STEELE BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779227/000143774926012777/0001437749-26-012777-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779227/000143774926012777/miff20260415_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  STEELE BANCORP INC reported first quarter of 2026 results: net income $4.88 million, EPS $1.43.
  - Period: first quarter of 2026
  - Net income: $4.88 million
  - EPS: $1.43
  - Result: reported results
  source text: quarter of 2026. Unaudited Financial Information Net income, as reported under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, was $4.88 million compared to $1.81 million for the same period in 2025, a 170.1% increase. Basic and diluted earnings per share for the quarters ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 were $1.43 and
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779227/000143774926012777/0001437749-26-012777-index.htm

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