Bank First Corporation ($BFC) Quarterly Profit Outplays Market Expectation, Declares Quarter Dividend

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Today, after the trading day wraps up, Bank First Corporation (NASDAQ: BFC) released its earnings report, offering investors a glimpse into the company’s -third quarter performance.

The market is abuzz with the news that the top line and bottom line have surpassed market forecasts.

The enterprise closed the quarter with a adjusted income of $1.65 per share, gone beyond the street forecasted $1.54 profit per share by $0.11.

Despite that, the revenues for the quarter adding up $40.78 million, gone beyond analysts predicted $39.2 million by $1.576 million.

According to GAAP, the company saw a quarterly profit of $1.65 per share, which is a 15.4 percent advance from the previous year.

Period EPS
Actual
EPS
Growth*
Revenue
Actual
Revenue
Growth*
Q3 2024 $1.65 +13.0% 40.78 M +3.7%
Historical Earnings Insight
Q2 2024 $1.56 +9.9% 38.88 M +1.4%
Q1 2024 $1.51 +0.7% 37.75 M -0.7%
Q4 2023 $1.44 -7.1% 75.37 M +118.4%
Q3 2023 $1.46 -13.6% 39.31 M +19.5%
Q2 2023 $1.42 -8.4% 38.34 M +31.7%
*Growth on year-over-year basis

The diluted earnings grew 13.01 percent, besides revenues accelerated 3.72 percent when looking at the corresponding quarter of prior year.

The board of directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.45 per common share, payable on January 6, 2025, to shareholders of record as of December 23, 2024.

This dividend represents a 12.5% increase over the previous quarter’s dividend and a 50.0% increase over the dividend declared one year earlier.

The day’s trading saw Bank First (BFC) shares hit a low of $88.63 and a high of $93.40, with a day volume of 23.40 thousand shares. The stock closed the regular trading session at $91.20, marking 1.90 percent upturn.