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HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE: HTB) is the holding company for HomeTrust Bank, a North Carolina state‑chartered community bank headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina. The bank operates over 30 locations across North Carolina, South Carolina, East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and Georgia, and focuses on regional retail and commercial banking. The HTB news feed highlights official announcements, financial updates, and other material events that the company discloses through press releases and SEC filings.
Investors and followers of HTB stock can use this page to review company‑issued news on quarterly and annual financial results, dividend declarations, and stock repurchase activity. Recent releases have covered preliminary net income for successive quarters, changes in diluted earnings per share, net interest margin trends, and the provision for credit losses under the current expected credit losses model. The company also reports on its quarterly cash dividend history and periodic increases in the dividend rate, as well as the completion and authorization of stock repurchase programs involving a defined percentage of outstanding shares.
News items also provide detail on the bank’s operating performance, including loan and deposit trends, noninterest income components such as gains on the sale of loans held for sale, service charges and fees on deposit accounts, operating lease income, and gains on the sale of branches and premises. Management commentary in these releases offers additional context on balance sheet management, geographic footprint adjustments such as branch sales and market exits, and responses to broader economic conditions and events like Hurricane Helene.
In addition to financial metrics, the HTB news stream may include leadership updates and market‑focused appointments, such as the designation of a Market President for the Charlotte metropolitan area to grow commercial and treasury management market share. By reviewing this news page, readers can follow how HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. describes its performance, capital actions, and strategic focus across its regional community banking markets.
HomeTrust Bancshares (NYSE: HTB) reported strong financial results for Q1 2025, with net income increasing to $14.5 million ($0.84 per diluted share) from $14.2 million ($0.83 per share) in Q4 2024. The company's performance showed improvements in key metrics:
- Net interest margin expanded to 4.18% from 4.09%
- Return on assets (ROA) increased to 1.33% from 1.27%
- Return on equity (ROE) rose to 10.52% from 10.32%
The company maintained its quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share, totaling $2.1 million. During Q1, HTB repurchased 14,800 shares at an average price of $33.64. The company also announced its transition to NYSE listing and plans to exit the Knoxville market by selling two branches to optimize its geographic footprint and improve branch efficiencies.
HomeTrust Bank (NYSE: HTB) has appointed Robert 'Rob' McCain III as Market President of the Charlotte metropolitan area, effective March 31, 2025. McCain, who will report to Executive VP of Commercial Banking John Sprink, will focus on expanding the Bank's presence by growing commercial and treasury management market share.
McCain brings extensive experience in Charlotte's commercial banking sector, having served in key positions at First Citizens Bank and SunTrust since 1989. His previous roles include Market Executive, Manager of Commercial Banking, and Line of Business Manager for Commercial Real Estate Lending in the Carolinas.
A native of the area, McCain holds a BS in Business Administration from UNC Chapel Hill, an MBA from UNC Charlotte, and is a graduate of the School of Banking at Louisiana State University.