Pioneer Bancorp Q3 profit falls to $85K from $4.3M
Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. (PBFS) reported net income of $85,000, or approximately $0.00 per basic and diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2026, compared with $4.3 million, or $0.18 per basic and diluted share, in the year-earlier quarter.
Sentiment and the balance of points
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Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. (PBFS) reported net income of $85,000, or approximately $0.00 per basic and diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2026, compared with $4.3 million, or $0.18 per basic and diluted share, in the year-earlier quarter. Nine-month net income was $8.9 million, compared with $16.5 million.
Net interest income rose 16.9% to $23.6 million for the quarter and 14.1% to $67.2 million for the nine months. Net interest margin was 4.26% in the quarter and 4.21% for nine months. Quarterly noninterest expense increased 57.4% to $27.7 million, primarily due to professional fees, litigation-related expense, and salaries and employee benefits.
At September 30, 2026, assets were $2.60 billion, net loans receivable $1.94 billion, and deposits $2.13 billion. Quarterly net charge-offs were $1.1 million, compared with $4,000 in the year-earlier quarter. In October, Pioneer and Pioneer Bank, National Association, reached agreements in principle with Southwestern Payroll Services, Inc., Granite Solutions Groupe, Inc., and National Payment Corp. to resolve claims in pending litigation. The resolutions remain subject to execution of definitive settlement agreements and filing of stipulations of dismissal of the actions in their entirety with prejudice.
How this balance works
Rhea-AI gives every point it takes from this document a weight. Minor counts 1, Moderate 3 and Major 9, so one Major point outweighs several Minor ones. The bar adds up the weights on each side, and when neither side holds more than 65% of the total the balance reads Mixed.
It reads the document as published, with the same rules for every company, and it does not look at what the market expected or at how the stock traded, so a point can be objectively good on a day the stock falls.
Rhea-AI Sentiment measures something else, the tone of the wording.
Positive
- Moderate pointQuarterly net interest income increased 16.9% to $23.6 million.
Negative
- Major pointQuarterly net income fell from $4.3 million to $85,000.
- Minor pointNine-month net income fell from $16.5 million to $8.9 million.
Filing Explained
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