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Columbia Financial Q2 net income plunges 93% to $1.7M on securities loss, margin compression
Columbia Financial, Inc.
2023-Q2 EPS reported
$0.20
- Q2 net income $1.7M ($0.02 EPS), down 93% from $23.0M ($0.22); core net income $11.7M, down 50.7% YoY.
- Net interest margin fell 84 bps to 2.17%; interest expense surged 585% to $45.0M on higher deposit and borrowing costs.
- Sold $234.4M of AFS securities at a $9.6M loss; booked $1.6M severance from workforce reduction.
- Repurchased 1.2M shares for $69.3M under sixth buyback program; total assets fell 3.1% to $10.1B.
- Non-performing loans increased to $11.1M (0.14% of loans) from $6.7M; uninsured deposits reduced to 24.1% of total.