Financial Performance - Net income for Q4 2024 was 1.6million,or0.45 per share, compared to a net loss of (4.0)million,or(1.14) per share in Q4 2023[4] - Full year 2024 net earnings were 6.4million,or1.83 per share, up from 1.4million,or0.40 per share in 2023[5] - Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024, was 30,599,000,comparedto23,347,000 in 2023, marking a 31.2% increase[26] - Net earnings for the year ended December 31, 2024, were 6,397,000,comparedto1,395,000 in 2023, reflecting a substantial increase of 358.4%[26] Interest Income and Margin - Net interest income (tax-equivalent) increased to 7.0millioninQ42024,a146,969,000, an increase from 6,059,000inQ42023,representinga15.00.5 million, or 0.05% of total assets, at December 31, 2024, down from 0.09% at December 31, 2023[9][12] - The allowance for credit losses was 6.9million,or1.22503,000 in Q4 2024 from 911,000inQ42023,indicatinga44.8(48,000), a decrease from (127,000)inQ32024,indicatingimprovedassetquality[26]DividendsandEquity−TheCompanypaidcashdividendsof0.27 per share in Q4 2024[20] - Cash dividends declared remained stable at 0.27pershareforQ42024,consistentwiththepreviousquarters[26]−Totalstockholders′equityincreasedto83,325,000 in Q4 2024 from 60,372,000inQ42023,representingagrowthof38.1567.6 million, a 3% increase from Q4 2023[8][12] - Total assets were 977.3millionatDecember31,2024,comparedto975.3 million at December 31, 2023[17] - Noninterest income for Q4 2024 was 845,000,asignificantrecoveryfromalossof5,429,000 in Q4 2023[26]