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CNB Financial Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Per Share Of $0.85 Compared To $0.76 For Second Quarter 2021
CLEARFIELD, Pa., July 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CNB Financial Corporation (“CNB” or the “Corporation”) (NASDAQ: CCNE), the parent company of CNB Bank,
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[{"type":"text","content":"CLEARFIELD, Pa., July 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CNB Financial Corporation (“CNB” or the “Corporation”) (NASDAQ: CCNE), the parent company of CNB Bank, today announced its earnings for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2022. Joseph B. Bower, Jr., President and CEO, stated, \"Loan growth continues to exceed our already robust projections for 2022, resulting in higher earnings and profitability. Through our multi-bank branding approach, shareholders and communities continue to benefit. Our Region Presidents’ autonomy and local decision making is truly community based banking.\" Executive Summary Net income available to common shareholders was $14.4 million, or $0.85 per diluted share, for the three months June 30, 2022, compared to $12.9 million, or $0.76 per diluted share, for the three months ended June 30, 2021, reflecting increases of $1.4 million, or 11.2%, and $0.09 per diluted share, or 11.8%. Earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 benefited primarily from growth in commercial loans and investment securities, stable credit quality, and an asset sensitive balance sheet supporting increased net interest income in the current rising rate environment. Processing fees on Paycheck Protection Program (\"PPP\") loans (“PPP-related fees”) totaled approximately $559 thousand for the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $1.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. At June 30, 2022, remaining deferred PPP-related fees totaled approximately $96 thousand. Net income available to common was $28.5 million, or $1.69 per diluted share, for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $26.0 million, or $1.54 per diluted share, for the six months ended June 30, 2021, reflecting increases of $2.5 million, or 9.7%, and $0.15 per diluted share, or 9.7%. PPP-related fees totaled approximately $1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $4.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. At June 30, 2022, loans, excluding the impact of (i) syndicated loans, and (ii) PPP loans, net of PPP-related fees (such loans being referred to as the \"PPP-related loans\"), totaled $3.8 billion, representing an increase of $290.5 million, or 8.4% (16.9% annualized), from December 31, 2021. The growth was primarily driven by the Corporation's ongoing expansion in the Cleveland and Southwest Virginia regi...