Financial Performance - Net income for Q1 2024 was 2.3million,adecreaseof28.23.2 million in Q1 2023[1][2] - Net income declined from 3,197thousandin2023to2,304 thousand in 2024[23] - Basic and diluted earnings per share decreased from 0.36in2023to0.26 in 2024[23] Interest Income and Expense - Loan interest income increased by 2.8millioninQ12024comparedtoQ12023,drivenbyhigheraverageinterestratesandloanportfoliogrowth[6]−Depositinterestexpenseincreasedby2.9 million in Q1 2024 due to higher market interest rates and customer shifts to higher-rate deposit products[6] - Net interest margin decreased to 2.13% in Q1 2024 from 2.32% in Q1 2023, primarily due to higher deposit rates exceeding rate increases on interest-earning assets[6] - Net interest income decreased from 11,669thousandin2023to10,906 thousand in 2024[23] - Total interest and dividend income rose from 17,196thousandin2023to20,111 thousand in 2024[23] Asset and Liability Changes - Total assets increased to 2.19billionasofMarch31,2024,up2.2 million from March 31, 2023, driven by loan growth and interest-bearing deposits[10] - Net loans increased by 4% to 1.27billionasofMarch31,2024,comparedto1.22 billion in the same period last year[11] - Deposits decreased by 1% to 1.87billionasofMarch31,2024,duetodeclinesinnoninterest−bearingaccountsascustomerssoughthigherinterestrates[12]−Otherborrowingsincreasedto90.3 million as of March 31, 2024, up from 78.6millioninthesameperiodlastyear,primarilyduetoloangrowthanddepositdeclines[13]−Totalassetsincreasedslightlyfrom2,189,651 thousand in 2023 to 2,191,842thousandin2024[20]−Totaldepositsdecreasedfrom1,896,793 thousand in 2023 to 1,872,123thousandin2024[20]−Loansreceivable,netincreasedfrom1,224,045 thousand in 2023 to 1,272,580thousandin2024[20]NoninterestIncomeandExpense−Totalnoninterestincomedecreasedslightlyfrom2,254 thousand in 2023 to 2,177thousandin2024[23]−Totalnoninterestexpenseincreasedfrom9,780 thousand in 2023 to 10,194thousandin2024[23]Stockholders′EquityandDividends−Stockholders′equityincreasedto165.5 million as of March 31, 2024, up from 159.1millioninthesameperiodlastyear,drivenbyreducedunrealizedlossesoninvestments[14]−Thecompanydeclaredaquarterlycashdividendof0.27 per share, payable on May 15, 2024[15] - Total stockholders' equity increased from 159,082thousandin2023to165,540 thousand in 2024[20]