Financial Performance - Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2024, was 317,000,adecreaseof92,000 compared to 409,000forthesameperiodin2023[113]−Netincomedecreasedby92,000, or 22.5%, to 317,000forthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024,comparedto409,000 for the same period in 2023[133] - Total interest and dividend income increased by 1.3million,or28.55.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, driven by a 54 basis points increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets[134] - Net interest income decreased by 413,000,or13.62.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily due to increased interest expenses[143] - Noninterest income increased by 49,000,or35.5187,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to 138,000forthesameperiodin2023[148]−NetinterestincomeforthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024,was2,632,000, down from 3,045,000inthesameperiodof2023[155]−Thenetinterestmargindecreasedto2.4410.7 million, or 2.4%, to 450.4millionatMarch31,2024,from439.7 million at December 31, 2023[121] - Net loans receivable increased by 11.9million,or3.7333.3 million at March 31, 2024, from 321.4millionatDecember31,2023[122]−Grossloansincreasedby11.8 million, or 3.6%, to 338.4millionatMarch31,2024,from326.6 million at December 31, 2023[121] - Commercial real estate loans increased by 10.3million,or5.6195.1 million at March 31, 2024, from 184.9millionatDecember31,2023[123]−Consumerandotherloansincreasedby879,000, or 15.1%, to 6.7millionatMarch31,2024,from5.8 million at December 31, 2023[123] - Total commitments to originate loans were 32.6million,withunusedlinesofcredittotaling12.9 million[174] Deposits and Liquidity - Deposits rose by 15.4million,or4.6348.4 million at March 31, 2024, from 333.0millionatDecember31,2023[111]−Totaldepositsincreasedby15.4 million, or 4.6%, to 348.4millionatMarch31,2024,withanotableincreaseincertificatesofdeposit[130]−Cashandcashequivalentsincreasedby34.3 million to 66.8millionatMarch31,2024,from32.4 million at December 31, 2023[121] - Cash and cash equivalents totaled 66.8millionatMarch31,2024[171]−Thecompanymaintainedastrongliquidityposition,monitoringitdailytomeetcurrentfundingcommitments[172]−Theliquidityratioaveraged18.0753,000, or 19.8%, to 4.6millionforthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024,reflectinga48basispointsincreaseintheaverageyieldonloansto5.531.7 million, or 125.2%, to 3.0millionforthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024,duetorisinginterestrates[138]−Noninterestexpensesroseby33,000, or 1.3%, to 2,498,000forthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024,from2,465,000 in the same period of 2023[150] - Advertising and marketing expenses increased by 26,000,primarilyduetoasearchengineoptimizationcampaignandmediaadvertising[150]CreditLossesandAllowance−Theallowanceforcreditlossesisbasedonevaluationsofhistoricalloanlossesandcurrentconditions,withfutureadjustmentspossibleifeconomicconditionsdifferfromassumptions[120]−Theallowanceforcreditlossesonloanswas4.5 million, or 1.32%, of loans outstanding at March 31, 2024[146] - The allowance to total loans outstanding was 1.32% at March 31, 2024, slightly decreasing from 1.38% at December 31, 2023[165] - The provision for credit losses decreased by 267,000,or145.984,000) for the three months ended March 31, 2024[165] - Non-performing loans decreased to 1.3million,or0.391.4 million, or 0.44% of total loans, at the end of the previous quarter[162] Equity and Taxation - Stockholders' equity decreased by 220,000,or0.546.8 million at March 31, 2024, due to stock repurchases[132] - Income tax expense decreased by 38,000,or30.288,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, from 126,000inthesameperiodof2023[151]−Theeffectivetaxrateswere21.759.0 million to 370.5millionforthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024[140]−Totalassetsincreasedto443,907,000 as of March 31, 2024, compared to 388,818,000asofMarch31,2023[155]−Certificatesofdepositduewithinoneyeartotaled141.6 million, representing 87.5% of total certificates of deposit[172] - The company had the ability to borrow approximately 202.1millionfromtheFederalHomeLoanBankofPittsburgh,with50.8 million already advanced[166]