Jan 23 (Reuters) - American National Bankshares Inc
AMNB.O :
* AMERICAN NATIONAL BANKSHARES REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER
EARNINGS
* Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.67
* Q4 EARNINGS PER SHARE ESTIMATE $0.76 -- REFINITIV IBES
DATA
* NET INTEREST INCOME FOR Q4 WAS $20.4 MILLION, A DECREASE
OF
$174,000 OR 0.8% FROM PRIOR QUARTER
* NET INTEREST MARGIN WAS 3.62% FOR QUARTER, DOWN FROM 3.75%
IN Q3
OF 2019
* MARGIN COMPRESSION CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE IN THIS LOW
RATE
ENVIRONMENT
* AMERICAN NATIONAL BANKSHARES - INCURRED SOME ADDITIONAL
MERGER
RELATED EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLETING HOMETOWN ACQUISITION
DURING QUARTER
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