Brief: First Defiance Financial Q4 earnings per share $0.81

Premier Financial (OHIO)

23/01/2017 22:30

Jan 23 (Reuters) - First Defiance Financial Corp  FDEF.O : 
    * First Defiance Financial Corp reports record full year 
earnings of $3.19 per share for 2016, up 13.1% from full year 
2015 
    * Q4 earnings per share $0.81 
    * Q4 earnings per share view $0.76 -- Thomson Reuters 
I/B/E/S 
    * Q4 revenue $922,000 versus $910,000 
    * First Defiance Financial Corp reports record full year 
earnings of $3.19 per share for 2016, up 13.1% from full year 
2015 
    * First Defiance Financial Corp - net interest income of 
$20.5 million in Q4 of 2016 was up from $19.0 million in Q4 of 
2015 
    * First Defiance Financial Corp - net interest margin was 
3.76% for Q4 of 2016, up from 3.69% in Q3 2016 
    * First Defiance Financial Corp - pending merger with 
Commercial Bancshares Inc is expected to close in Q1 of 2017 
 
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