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Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. Reports 3Q2023 Earnings of $0.24 Per Share Reflecting Tax Changes; Lower Future Effective Tax Rate Expected; Non-Performing Assets Decline: Net Interest Margin Expands
EAU CLAIRE, Wis., Oct. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CZWI), the parent company of Citizens Community
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[{"type":"text","content":"EAU CLAIRE, Wis., Oct. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CZWI), the parent company of Citizens Community Federal N.A. (the “Bank” or “CCFBank”), today reported earnings of $2.5 million and earnings per diluted share of $0.24 for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, compared to $3.2 million and $0.31 per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, and $4.0 million and $0.38 per diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, respectively. For the first nine months of 2023, earnings were $9.4 million, or $0.89 per diluted share, compared to earnings of $13.1 million, or $1.24 per diluted share for the first nine months of 2022. The Wisconsin state budget, signed by Governor Evers on July 5, 2023, provides financial institutions a tax exemption on income earned on Wisconsin commercial and agricultural loans less than $5 million retroactive to January 1, 2023. The change is expected to lower the Company’s future effective tax rate. The Company’s third quarter 2023 operating results reflected the following changes from the second quarter of 2023: (1) a one-time $1.8 million tax expense related to a reduction in the carrying value of the net deferred tax asset due to the impact of the Wisconsin taxation change decreasing the incremental tax rate, partially offset by a $0.6 million tax benefit due to a lower tax rate; (2) higher net interest income due to the recognition of $0.4 million of interest income on the payoff of a nonaccrual loan, with positive asset repricing and higher non-interest bearing checking balances offsetting the impact of higher liability costs; (3) a negative provision for credit losses resulting from a recovery related to a nonaccrual loan payoff and two other larger loan payoffs; (4) $0.3 million lower non-interest income, primarily due to lower gains on sale of loans. Absent the Wisconsin state tax law change, earning per share for the three-month and nine-month periods ending September 30, 2023, would have been $0.36 and $1.02, respectively. “We continue efforts to improve franchise value notwithstanding a challenging economic climate and yield curve inversion. During the third quarter, we decreased special mention, substandard and non-performing loans. The decrease in nonperforming loans helped increase net interest income and increased the...