Company: NSTS
Filing Date: 2025-11-13
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001437749-25-034806
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Company: NSTS Bancorp, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-13
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
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 These benefits were partially offset by an increase in interest expense and noninterest expenses. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we had a net loss of $521,000, compared to a net loss of $743,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Similarly, the change is due to an increase in interest and noninterest income, and a reversal of provision for credit losses. These benefits were partially offset by an increase in interest expense and noninterest expenses.

Net Interest Income. Net interest income increased $116,000, to $1.9 million for quarter ended September 30, 2025. Our interest rate spread increased to 2.48% for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 from 2.39% for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. Our net interest margin increased to 3.08% for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 compared to 2.96% for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. The increase in interest rate spread and margin is driven by a reduction of higher cost other borrowings. Additionally, the Bank received a loan payoff from a previously charged-off loan, which included $30,000 in interest income.

Average interest-earning assets of $252.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 increased $5.7 million compared to $247.1 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. The increase in average earning assets was driven by an increase in loans and interest-bearing deposits at other banks, funded by an increase in average deposit balances during the period and a reduction in investment securities. The average outstanding balance of loans, net increased to $138.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $3.4 million from $135.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. Additionally, the average yield earned on those loans outstanding increased 37 basis points to 5.68% for the quarter ended September 30, 2025. This increase is a result of an overall increase in market rates on mortgage loans originated during 2024 and the first half of 2025, and still in our portfolio, the interest paid on a previously charged-off loan, as well as an increased loan demand for specialty portfolio products which are originated at higher interest rates and with additional origination fees.

The cost of interest-bearing liabilities increased