Ponce FinancialNASDAQ: PDLB

NEW YORK, June 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ponce Financial Group, Inc., (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PDLB), the holding company for Ponce Bank (the “Bank”), today reported that the Bank exceeded the dividend rate reduction threshold for Qualified Lending targets  designated by the U.S. Treasury Department pursuant to the Emergency Capital Investment Program ("ECIP"). The Bank's “qualified lending” as measured pursuant to ECIP totaled $1.162 billion from June 8, 2023 through March 31, 2024. This critical milestone of the ECIP program reduces the dividend obligation on Ponce Financial Group's $225.0 million Senior Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock payable to the U.S. Treasury Department from 2.0% to 0.50% for the quarterly dividends payable through June 2025, resulting in a one-year annualized savings of  $3.375 million.

Ponce Financial (PDLB) reported quarterly earnings of $0.11 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.03 per share. This is an improvement from earnings of $0.01 per share in the same quarter last year.

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Ponce Financial (PDLB) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.12 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.07 per share. This compares to loss of $0.03 per share a year ago.