secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Community West Bancshares (CWBC)
CIK:        0001127371
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-026843
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Community West Bancshares Q1 net income rises to $11.5M ($0.60 EPS), completes USB merger
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- Net income $11.49M ($0.60 diluted EPS) vs $8.29M ($0.44) in Q1 2025 and $11.17M ($0.58) in Q4 2025.
- Net interest margin 4.30% (up 6 bps QoQ); total deposits grew $46.3M (1.50%) from Dec 31, 2025.
- Merger with United Security Bancshares closed April 1, 2026; combined results will be reported in Q2 2026.
- Cash dividend $0.12 per share declared, payable May 22, 2026 to holders of record May 8, 2026.
- Provision for credit losses only $90k, down from $515k in Q4 2025; Tier 1 leverage ratio 9.94%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1127371/000162828026026843/0001628280-26-026843-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1127371/000162828026026843/cvcy-20260423.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-026843

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