---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-002007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBT"
cik: "0000775215"
company_name: "HBT Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T19:37:17.517666+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HBT Financial Q4 net income $18.4M ($0.58 EPS); dividend raised to $0.19

## Summary
- Adjusted EPS of $0.60; adjusted ROATCE of 19.81%.
- Net interest margin (tax-equivalent) 3.99%; loan growth 1.8% QoQ.
- Nonperforming assets only 0.17% of total assets.
- Quarterly dividend increased by $0.02 to $0.19 per share; payable Feb 13.
- Tangible book value per share up 9.3% QoQ on higher AOCI and retained earnings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-002007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBT
- cik: 0000775215
- company_name: HBT Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000162828024002007/0001628280-24-002007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000162828024002007/hbt-20240123.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-002007
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-002007.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-002007.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HBT Financial, Inc. reported the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023 results: net income net income of $18.4 million, EPS $0.58 diluted earnings per share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Net income: net income of $18.4 million
  - EPS: $0.58 diluted earnings per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On January 24, 2024, HBT Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter ended and year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Earnings Release”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/775215/000162828024002007/0001628280-24-002007-index.htm

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