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Morris State Bancshares, Inc. (OTCQX: MBLU) is the holding company for Morris Bank, a Georgia-based community bank that regularly reports detailed financial and strategic updates. This news page aggregates coverage of the company’s earnings releases, dividend announcements, balance sheet trends, and corporate transactions, giving readers a single place to review its disclosed developments.
Company news often focuses on quarterly and annual earnings, highlighting net income, net interest income, net interest margin, loan growth, deposit changes, and asset quality metrics such as the allowance for credit losses and adversely classified asset indexes. Releases also discuss noninterest income and expense, efficiency ratios, and changes in shareholders’ equity and tangible book value per share.
Morris State Bancshares frequently announces board decisions on regular quarterly dividends and special dividends, explaining how these payments relate to earnings performance and capital strength. The company has also issued news about retiring subordinated debt tranches, describing the expected impact on interest expense and overall capital management.
Strategic and recognition-related news includes the joint announcement with Pinnacle Financial Corporation of a planned combination of their community banking franchises, as well as the later announcement that Vallant Financial, Inc. will become the unified holding company name for the combined organization. Another notable item is Morris Bank’s recognition on the Forbes Best-In-State Banks 2025 list, which the bank cites as reflecting customer satisfaction and service quality.
Investors and observers can use this news feed to follow how Morris State Bancshares communicates its financial performance, dividend policy, capital actions, and the progress of its combination with Pinnacle Financial Corporation and transition to the Vallant Financial brand.
Morris State Bancshares (MBLU) reported Q3 2024 net income of $5.4 million, up 2.34% from Q2 2024 and 21.23% year-over-year. Net interest margin improved to 4.10%, with net interest income reaching $14.0 million. The company saw increased loan yields and noninterest-bearing deposits, while maintaining stable cost of funds. Total deposits declined by $16.6 million, but non-interest-bearing deposits grew by $21.5 million. Loans increased by $6.3 million, showing an annualized growth of 2.36%. The board declared a Q4 dividend of $0.092 per share.
Morris State Bancshares (OTCQX: MBLU) reported strong Q2 2024 results, with net income of $5.3 million, up 10.70% year-over-year and 8.82% quarter-over-quarter. The company's performance was driven by loan growth and improved yields, pushing the net interest margin to 4.06%. Key highlights include:
- Loan growth of $21.2 million (7.24% annualized)
- Net interest margin increased to 4.06% from 3.99% in Q1 2024
- Efficiency ratio improved to 57.97% from 61.48% in Q1 2024
- Tangible book value grew to $16.531, up 10.27% year-over-year
The company declared a Q3 dividend of $0.0921 per share and redeemed $8.25 million of subordinated debt. Management plans to retire the remaining $15 million subordinated debt in July 2025 when eligible.
Morris State Bancshares, Inc. announced a net income of $4.9 million for the first quarter of 2024, marking a 19.17% increase compared to the same period last year. However, net income decreased by 17.55% from the previous quarter. The company reported stable core earnings with a 3.99% net interest margin and a 17 basis point increase in the average yield on earning assets. Noninterest expense and provision for income taxes saw significant increases during the quarter. Shareholders' equity grew by 2.16% to $182 million, and a second quarter dividend of $0.461 per share was declared.
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Morris State Bancshares, Inc. (OTCQX: MBLU) reported strong financial results for Q4 and full-year 2022. Net income for Q4 was $6.6 million, up from $2.1 million in Q3 2022 and down from $7.1 million in Q4 2021. Diluted earnings per share reached $3.14, compared to $0.99 in Q3 2022 and $3.38 in Q4 2021. Full-year net income totaled $21.1 million, compared to $24.0 million in 2021. Total assets increased to $1.44 billion, while total shareholders’ equity rose to $165.0 million. Despite challenges, the bank achieved a return on average assets of 1.66% for the year. A quarterly dividend of $0.44 per share has been approved for Q1 2023.
Morris State Bancshares, Inc. (OTCQX: MBLU) reported a net income of $2.1 million for Q3 2022, down 69.11% from $6.8 million in Q2 2022. Diluted EPS also decreased by 69.47% to $0.98. The decline in earnings was attributed to a $3.1 million charge-off related to a loan with identified weaknesses, leading to a total provision expense of $3.8 million, compared to $375,000 in the previous quarter. Despite these challenges, loan growth was stable, increasing by $20.6 million, and tangible book value rose to $70.01 per share. A dividend of $0.44 per share was approved for Q4 2022.