Overview

* CF Bankshares ( CFBK ) Q3 net income falls due to $5.1 mln provision for credit losses

* Pre-provision, pre-tax net revenue rises 33% yr/yr to $7.8 mln

* Net interest margin increases 35bps compared to Q3 2024

Outlook

* Company anticipates net commercial loan growth to accelerate by early 2026

* Company expects expanding saleable residential mortgage loan volumes to add to fee income

* Company's commercial loan production and pipelines remain strong

Result Drivers

* CREDIT LOSSES - Q3 earnings impacted by $7 mln charge-off of a non-customer loan, increasing provision expense by $3.7 mln

* COMMERCIAL LOAN GROWTH - New Commercial Loan production totaled $155 mln YTD, offsetting considerable loan payoffs

* EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT - Efficiency ratio improved to 49.8% from 55.3% in Q3 2024

Key Details

Metric Beat/Mis Actual Consensu

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Estimate

Q3 Net $2.30

Income mln

Q3 Net $13.80

Interest mln

Income

Q3 Net 2.76%

Interest

Margin

Analyst Coverage

* The one available analyst rating on the shares is "buy"

* The average consensus recommendation for the banks peer group is "buy"

* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for CF Bankshares Inc ( CFBK ) is $29.00, about 20% above its October 31 closing price of $23.20

* The stock recently traded at 6 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 7 three months ago

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