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Micro-Caps — page 4

First National's Margin Expansion Accelerates

Tax-equivalent net interest margin widened 23 bps to 4.38% as earning-asset yields rose 24 bps and acquisition accretion added 18 bps.
Earnings · October 23, 2026

First Capital's Tax-Equivalent Margin Expansion Slows

The Indiana community bank's tax-equivalent net interest margin reached 4.08% in the third quarter, a 10 bps step-up after a 17 bps expansion in the second quarter.
Earnings · October 23, 2026

Utah Medical Products Lifts Third-Quarter Operating Income

Operating income rose 7.0% to $2,795 thousand as sales fell 12.1% to $8,621 thousand.
Earnings · October 22, 2026

Alpine Lifts 2026 Investment Outlook After Record Deal Flow

Alpine Income Property Trust raised 2026 AFFO guidance to $2.20–$2.22 a share after year-to-date investment activity exceeded $300 million, including a pending $117.3 million industrial portfolio.
Earnings · October 22, 2026

OP Bancorp's Net Interest Margin Rebounds After Fed Accrual

Net interest income rose 11% to $22.21 million and the margin expanded 19 bps to 3.27% as loan growth and a Federal Reserve account normalization more than offset higher deposit costs.
Earnings · October 22, 2026

National Bankshares Margin Reaches 3.21% After MBS Swap

Net interest income rose to $13.85 million as the taxable-securities yield jumped 54 bps to 3.34% after a second-quarter portfolio repositioning.
Earnings · October 22, 2026

First Western's Net Interest Margin Expansion Slows

Net interest income rose 5.5% to $23.0 million as the margin widened 5 bps to 2.95% after a 9 bps gain in the second quarter.
Earnings · October 22, 2026

FVCBankcorp CRE Concentration Reaches Recent Low

Net interest income was $18.4 million in the third quarter as the margin held at 3.32% and CRE-plus-construction loans reached 275% of risk-based capital.
Earnings · October 22, 2026

Eagle Financial Extends Net Interest Margin Expansion

Net interest margin reached 3.95% in the third quarter as the holding company for Bank of Clarke posted $17.6 million of net interest income and announced a merger with John Marshall Bancorp.
Earnings · October 22, 2026

BayCom Completes Bond-Book Repositioning After a Loss

Net interest margin reached 4.11% as the bank booked a $6.8 million loss on $106.8 million of securities sold.
Earnings · October 22, 2026

Climb Global Solutions Acquires NeoVAD for $18.0 Million

The IT reseller adds about 300 French resellers and deeper Cato Networks, DataCore and Netwrix ties as it expands its European platform.
Deals · October 22, 2026

GoPro Revises First- and Second-Quarter Losses in Amended Accounts

The amendments reduced the first-quarter loss and slightly increased the second-quarter loss.
Earnings · October 21, 2026

FS Bancorp Completes Pacific West Deal, Lifts Deposits

Third-quarter net income was $4.9 million, or $0.63 a share, as merger costs and a Home Lending loss offset the Pacific West close.
Deals · October 21, 2026

Fidelity D & D's Net Interest Margin Widens to 3.30%

Net interest income reached $21.8 million in the third quarter as FTE net interest margin expanded 35 bps year over year to 3.30%.
Earnings · October 21, 2026

First Community Extends Margin Expansion for a Tenth Quarter

Net interest margin reached 3.59% tax-equivalent as net interest income rose to $20.238 million and loans grew $32.1 million.
Earnings · October 21, 2026

Teledyne to Buy Varex Imaging in $1.1 Billion Cash Deal

The aerospace and defense electronics maker will fold the X-ray imaging company into its Digital Imaging segment after stockholder and regulatory approvals.
Deals · October 21, 2026

Smith & Wesson Completes $160 Million Savage Arms Purchase

The handgun maker closed a mixed cash-and-stock deal that it said combines two iconic American firearm manufacturers and expands its hunting rifle lineup.
Deals · October 21, 2026

HomeTrust to Buy Blue Ridge in $448 Million Stock Deal

The Asheville community-bank holding company said the combination would create a Southeast commercial bank with more than $7 billion in assets and over 60 locations.
Deals · October 21, 2026

Tariffs, Freight, and Volumes Squeeze Margins

Helen of Troy, Oil-Dri, Village Super Market, and Ennis each described different margin pressures, from tariffs and freight to rebates, mix, and weak volumes.
Filing Trends · October 19, 2026

Micro-Cap Earnings Roundup for Week of Oct. 12, 2026

Ames National’s third-quarter net income rose to $7.0 million, Enovix reported preliminary quarterly revenue of $11.0 million, and Better’s preliminary total net revenues missed its earlier guidance.
Weekly Earnings · October 18, 2026

Micro-Cap Deals Roundup for Week of Oct. 12, 2026

Bumble signed a $1.3 billion all-cash acquisition agreement with Ithaca Holdings, while Clear Channel Outdoor completed its approximately $6.2 billion acquisition by Mubadala Capital. Gibraltar agreed to sell D.S. Brown for $208 million in cash, and Faraday Future signed an all-stock robotics transaction.
Weekly Deals · October 18, 2026

Microcap Insider Buying: Week Ending October 16, 2026

The week’s reported purchases, buying relative to company size, and persistent buying.
Insider Signal · October 18, 2026

Fairmount Funds holds 19.99% of Alaunos after Velaris deal

The fund’s stake includes common stock and Series C conversion rights, with preferred conversions capped at the 19.99% beneficial-ownership limit.
Stake Watch · October 16, 2026

NioCorp Turned a Preliminary Profit on Noncash Liability Gains

NioCorp reported preliminary quarterly net income of $3.7 million, primarily reflecting noncash gains, while development work continued to consume cash.
Earnings · October 16, 2026

Ladder Capital Posts Second Consecutive Distributable Earnings Increase

The commercial real estate lender reported September-quarter distributable earnings of $0.35 a share after a credit-loss charge, while an office sale lifted accounting profit.
Earnings · October 16, 2026

Ames National’s Margin Expansion Quickened

The Iowa banking group’s net interest margin reached 3.38% in the third quarter, extending a recovery supported by investment reinvestment and lower funding costs.
Earnings · October 16, 2026

Nano Nuclear Clarified Reactor Rights After SEC Challenge

The company revised its account of acquired Canadian reactor assets and expanded launch warnings after staff questioned ownership, licensing milestones and staffing.
SEC Correspondence Focus · October 16, 2026

Gibraltar Industries to Sell D.S. Brown for $208 Million

The building-products maker said the asset purchase will fund debt reduction as it narrows the portfolio around residential, agtech and infrastructure.
Deals · October 15, 2026

Ocugen to License OCU400 to Roots Pharmaceutical

The gene-therapy company locked in MENA commercial rights to its retinitis pigmentosa program with a 22% royalty and $255 million in potential sales milestones.
Deals · October 15, 2026

Daily Journal Completes All-Cash Purchase of Revir Technologies

The closed deal adds Scout, an AI platform for managing and searching digital evidence, to Daily Journal’s courts and justice technology stack.
Deals · October 15, 2026