NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLD) announced today financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2024. Three months ended December 31, 2024:Operating Revenue of $242.6 million, Operating Income of $1.0 million, Net Loss of $1.9 million and Basic Loss per Share of $0.02, Operating Ratio of 99.6% and 98.9% Non-GAAP Adjusted Operating Ratio(1), Total Assets of $1.3 billion, Stockholders’ Equity of $822.6 million.Twelve months ended December 31, 2024:Operating Revenue of $1.0 billion, Operating Loss of $20.2 million, Net Loss of $29.7 million, Basic Loss per Share of $0.38, Operating Ratio of 101.9% and 101.7% Non-GAAP Adjusted Operating Ratio(1), $100.3 million paid for debt reductions in 2024 ($295.9 million paid since acquisitions in 2022).Heartland...

EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Coastal Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CCB) (the “Company”, “Coastal”, “we”, “our”, or “us”), the holding company for Coastal Community Bank (the “Bank”), through which it operates a community-focused bank with an industry leading banking as a service (“BaaS”) segment, today reported unaudited financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, including net income of $13.4 million, or $0.94 per diluted common share, compared to $13.5 million, or $0.97 per diluted common share, for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and $45.2 million, or $3.26 per diluted common share, for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $44.6 million, or $3.27 per diluted common share for the year ended December 31, 2023. Management...

RENTON, Wash., Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Financial Northwest, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ GS: FFNW), the holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank (the “Bank”), today reported net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, of $1.2 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $608,000, or $(0.07) per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, and net income of $1.2 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2023. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, the Company reported net income of $1.1 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, compared to net income of $6.3 million, or $0.69 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2023. The improved performance in the current quarter compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2024, was due...

HOUSTON, Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) (“Sysco” or the “company”) today announced financial results for its 13-week second fiscal quarter ended December 28, 2024. Key financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025 include the following (comparisons are to the same period in fiscal year 2024):Sales increased 4.5%; U.S. Foodservice volume increased 1.4%; Gross profit increased 3.9% to $3.7 billion; Operating income increased 1.7% to $712 million, and adjusted operating income increased 5.1% to $783 million1; EBITDA increased 1.9% to $931 million, and adjusted EBITDA increased 4.4% to $969 million1,2; EPS3 was $0.82, in-line with the same period last year, and adjusted EPS1 increased 4.5% to $0.93; Reiterating FY25 guidance, with sales growth of 4-5% and adjusted EPS growth of 6-7%;...

TORONTO, Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Angus Gold Inc. (TSX-V: GUS | OTC: ANGVF) (“Angus” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce assay results from eleven (11) exploration holes that were completed on the Dorset Zone as part of its 2024 Fall drilling program at the Golden Sky Project in Wawa, Ontario. The new high-grade gold zone on Dorset’s west end, where Angus previously intersected 7.0 g/t Au over 12.4 metres in Hole GS-24-136, approximately 500 metres to the west of the historical Dorset resource (see News Release of May 7, 2024), is now defined over 100 metres of strike length. In addition, with these drilling results, the Dorset Gold Zone has now been intersected along 2 kilometres of strike length. Highlights:High-Grade Dorset West gold mineralization is now defined over 100m of strike length:13.7 metres of mineralization...

Net Income of $872,000 in the December 2024 Quarter, Down 54% from the Sequential Quarter and 59% from the Comparable Quarter Last Year Net Interest Margin of 2.91% in the December 2024 Quarter, Up Seven Basis Points from the Sequential Quarter and 13 Basis Points from the Comparable Quarter Last Year Loans Held for Investment of $1.05 Billion at December 31, 2024, Unchanged from June 30, 2024 Total Deposits of $867.5 Million at December 31, 2024, Down 2% from June 30, 2024 Non-Performing Assets to Total Assets Ratio of 0.20% at December 31, 2024, Unchanged from June 30, 2024 Non-Interest Expenses Remain Well Controlled RIVERSIDE, Calif., Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (“Company”), NASDAQ GS: PROV, the holding company for Provident Savings Bank, F.S.B. (“Bank”), today announced earnings for...

Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Jan. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. (“Company”) (NASDAQ: SMBC), the parent corporation of Southern Bank (“Bank”), today announced preliminary net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 of $14.7 million, an increase of $2.5 million, or 20.2%, as compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. The increase was attributable to increases in net interest income and noninterest income, partially offset by increases in noninterest expense, income taxes, and provision for credit losses. Preliminary net income was $1.30 per fully diluted common share for the second quarter of fiscal 2025, an increase of $0.23 as compared to the $1.07 per fully diluted common share reported for the same period of the prior fiscal year. Highlights for the second quarter of fiscal 2025:Earnings...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE:BRO) (the “Company”) announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2024. Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2024 under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) were $1.2 billion, increasing $158 million, or 15.4%, compared to the fourth quarter of the prior year, with commissions and fees increasing by 15.4% and Organic Revenue increasing by 13.8%. Income before income taxes was $275 million, decreasing 22.8% from the fourth quarter of the prior year with Income Before Income Taxes Margin decreasing to 23.2% from 34.7% as a result of a gain on disposal of certain third-party claims administration and adjusting services businesses sold in the fourth quarter of 2023. EBITDAC...

Quarterly EPS Increases 12% to $0.86 from $0.77 One Year Ago Quarterly Return on Average Assets Increases to 1.41% Quarterly Return on Average Equity Increases to 11.03% Quarterly Net Interest Margin Increases to 3.64%HOQUIAM, Wash., Jan. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Timberland Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSBK) (“Timberland” or “the Company”), the holding company for Timberland Bank (the “Bank”), today reported net income of $6.86 million, or $0.86 per diluted common share for the quarter ended December 31, 2024.  This compares to net income of $6.36 million, or $0.79 per diluted common share for the preceding quarter and $6.30 million, or $0.77 per diluted common share, for the comparable quarter one year ago. “We started off our 2025 fiscal year on solid footing, with net income, earnings per share and profitability metrics all...

Fourth Quarter 2024 ResultsNet Income of $7.5 million, or $0.45 per share, and return on average assets of 0.96%Net Income of $15.5 million, or $0.92 per share, and return on average assets of 1.97% as adjusted to exclude the impact of merger-related expenses, initial Integrated Financial Holdings, Inc. (“IFH”) Allowance for Credit Losses (“ACL”) provision, and a non-recurring legacy IFH equity and debt investment write-down (non-GAAP)(1)Tangible Book Value Per Share(1) of $18.77, decreased 6.8%, or $1.36 as compared to $20.13 (3Q 2024), resulting from the acquisition of IFH and related purchase accounting impacts Return on average equity of 8.50%, and return on average tangible common equity(1) of 9.47%Core return on average equity(1) of 17.68%, and core return on average tangible common equity(1) of 19.19%Net...