{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"113058","rtpr_id":"nGNX4QSFTb","ticker":"KFFB","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["KFFB"],"title":"Kentucky First Federal Bancorp Reports Earnings","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-08-07T15:45:00.175Z","article_body":"HAZARD, Ky. and FRANKFORT, Ky. and DANVILLE, Ky. and LANCASTER, Ky., Aug. 07,\n2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (Nasdaq:  KFFB), the\nholding company (the “Company”) for First Federal Savings and Loan\nAssociation of Hazard and First Federal Savings Bank of Kentucky, Frankfort,\nKentucky, announced net income of $680,000 or $0.08 diluted earnings per share\nfor the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to net income of $176,000\nor $0.02 diluted earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2025,\nan increase of $504,000. Net earnings were $1.9 million or $0.24 diluted\nearnings per share for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026 compared to net\nearnings of $181,000 or $0.02 diluted earnings per share for the twelve months\nended June 30, 2025, an increase of $1.7 million.\n\nThe increase in net earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 was primarily\nattributable to higher net interest income.  Net interest income increased\n$780,000 or 33.9% to $3.1 million due to increased interest income and\ndecreased interest expense from period to period.  Interest income increased\n$319,000 or 6.4% to $5.3 million, while interest expense decreased $461,000 or\n17.2% to $2.2 million for the recently-ended quarter. Somewhat offsetting the\nhigher net interest income was an increase in provision for losses on loans of\n$183,000, which was partially in response to estimated loss on foreclosure of\na residential real estate loan and partially the result of management’s\ndecision that an increase in the company’s overall provision for loan loss\nwas prudent at the time due to overall upward repricing of loans, which may\nplace pressure on borrowers, inflation in the marketplace, a slight downturn\nin real estate prices in our markets, and overall uncertainty in the economy.\n\nInterest income increased for the comparable quarterly periods due to an\nincrease in the average rate earned on interest-earning assets, which\nincreased 62 basis points to 5.90%. An increase in the average rate earned on\nassets is responsible for the increase in interest income, as average\ninterest-earning assets decreased $7.2 million or 2.0% to $360.1 million for\nthe recently-ended quarterly period. The increase in average rate earned on\nassets was primarily related to an increase in the rate earned on loans, which\nresulted from new loan production carrying higher interest rates and\nadjustable rate mortgages continuing to reprice upward. Interest expense\ndecreased for the comparable quarterly periods due to decreases in both the\naverage balance of interest-bearing liabilities and decrease in the average\nrate paid on those funds. Average interest-bearing liabilities decreased $10.5\nmillion or 3.3% to $306.1 million for the quarterly period just ended, while\nthe average rate paid decreased 52 basis points to 2.91% for the period.\n\nNon-interest income increased $48,000 or 43.2% and totaled $159,000 for the\nthree months ended June 30, 2026, chiefly due to an increase in net gain on\nsale of loans, which increased $42,000 or 107.7% compared to the quarterly\nperiod ended June 30, 2025.\n\nNon-interest expense decreased $12,000 or 0.6% to $2.2 million for the three\nmonths ended June 30, 2026, primarily due to a decrease in FDIC insurance\npremiums, which decreased $34,000 or 59.6%. The Company benefited from lower\nFDIC insurance premiums that followed the previously announced termination by\nthe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of its formal written agreement\nwith the Company’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary First Federal Savings\nBank of Kentucky.  Management anticipates current FDIC insurance rates to\nremain stable.\n\nThe increase in net earnings on a twelve-month basis was primarily\nattributable to increased net interest income and higher non-interest income,\nwhich were partially offset by increased non-interest expense, increased\nprovision for credit losses on loans, and higher income tax expense.\n\nNet interest income increased $2.8 million or 33.2% to $11.1 million due to\nincreased interest income and decreased interest expense from period to\nperiod.  Interest income increased $1.6 million, or 8.1% to $20.8 million,\nwhile interest expense decreased $1.2 million or 11.2% to $9.7 million for the\nrecently-ended twelve month period.  Non-interest income increased $129,000\nor 25.8% year over year primarily due to increased net gains on sales of\nloans.\n\nIncome tax expense increased $538,000 as a result of higher pre-tax earnings,\nwhile non-interest expense increased $435,000 or 5.1% to $9.0 million for the\ntwelve months ended June 30, 2026, due primarily to increases in data\nprocessing expense and employee compensation and benefits. Data processing\nexpense increased $344,000 or 51.0% year over year due to increased rates,\nadditional expenses associated with servicing, and a change in provider for\ncertain services. Employee compensation and benefits increased $221,000 or\n4.6%, as a result of normal salary increases and additional executive and\ndeposit development staff. Provision for loan loss increased $198,000 to\n$237,000 during the period due largely to items referenced above for the\nquarterly period.\n\nAt June 30, 2026, assets totaled $362.4 million, a decrease of $8.8 million or\n2.4%, from $371.2 million at June 30, 2025, due primarily to a decrease in\nloans of $7.5 million or 2.3%, which totaled $320.6 million at June 30, 2026.\nCash and cash equivalents also decreased $3.0 million or 15.4% year over year.\nInvestment securities increased $1.1 million or 11.2% due to purchases made in\nthe year.  Total liabilities decreased $10.7 million or 3.3% to $312.1\nmillion at June 30, 2026. Deposits decreased $16.7 million or 6.0% to $260.8\nmillion primarily due to brokered deposits decreasing $14.3 million or 32.6%.\nFederal Home Loan Bank advances increased $5.8 million or 13.6% to $48.6\nmillion. \n\nAt June 30, 2026, the Company reported its book value per share as $6.22. \nShareholders’ equity increased $1.9 million or 4.0% to $50.3 million at June\n30, 2026 compared to June 30, 2025, which was primarily associated with net\nearnings during the period.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release may contain statements that are forward-looking, as that\nterm is defined by the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995 or the\nSecurities and Exchange Commission in its rules, regulations and releases. \nThe Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the\nsafe harbors created thereby. These forward-looking statements may be\nidentified by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,”\n“anticipate,” “plan,” “estimate,” “intend” and\n“potential,” or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs\nsuch as “should,” “could,” or “may.” Forward-looking statements\ninclude statements of our goals, intentions and expectations; statements\nregarding our business plans, prospects, growth and operating strategies;\nstatements regarding the quality of our loan and investment portfolios; and\nestimates of our risks and future costs and benefits. Kentucky First Federal\nBancorp’s actual results, performance or achievements may materially differ\nfrom those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Risks and\nuncertainties that could cause or contribute to such material differences\ninclude, but are not limited to, general economic conditions; prices for real\nestate in the Company’s market areas; the interest rate environment and the\nimpact of the interest rate environment on our business, financial condition\nand results of operations; our ability to successfully execute our strategy to\nincrease earnings, increase core deposits, reduce reliance on higher cost\nfunding sources and shift more of our loan portfolio towards higher-earning\nloans; our ability to pay future dividends and if so at what level; our\nability to receive any required regulatory approval or non-objection to pay\ndividends to shareholders; our ability to pay dividends from First Federal\nSavings and Loan Association of Hazard and First Federal Savings Bank of\nKentucky to the Company in order for the Company to pay dividends to\nshareholders; the ability of First Federal MHC to receive approval of its\nmembers to waive the payment of any Company dividends to First Federal MHC;\ncompetitive conditions in the financial services industry; changes in the\nlevel of inflation; the impacts of tariffs, sanctions and other trade policies\nof the United States and its global trading counterparts; changes in the\ndemand for loans, deposits and other financial services that we provide; the\npossibility that future credit losses may be higher than currently expected;\ncompetitive pressures among financial services companies; the ability to\nattract, develop and retain qualified employees; our ability to maintain the\nsecurity of our data processing and information technology systems; the\noutcome of pending or threatened litigation, or of matters before regulatory\nagencies; changes in law, governmental policies and regulations, rapidly\nchanging technology affecting financial services, and the other matters\nmentioned in Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the\nyear ended June 30, 2025.  Except as required by applicable law or\nregulation, the Company does not undertake the responsibility, and\nspecifically disclaims any obligation, to release publicly the result of any\nrevisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events\nor circumstances after the date of the statements or to reflect the occurrence\nof anticipated or unanticipated events.\n\nAbout Kentucky First Federal Bancorp\n\nKentucky First Federal Bancorp is the parent company of First Federal Savings\nand Loan Association of Hazard, which operates one banking office in Hazard,\nKentucky, and First Federal Savings Bank of Kentucky, which operates three\nbanking offices in Frankfort, Kentucky, two banking offices in Danville,\nKentucky and one banking office in Lancaster, Kentucky. Kentucky First Federal\nBancorp shares are traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol KFFB.\nAt June 30, 2026, the Company had approximately 8,086,715 shares outstanding\nof which approximately 58.5% was held by First Federal MHC.\n\n SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS \n Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets \n (In thousands, except share data) June 30, June 30, \n 2026 (Unaudited) 2025 \n ASSETS \n Cash and cash equivalents $ 16,485 $ 19,480 \n Investment Securities 11,040 9,928 \n Loans available-for sale 1,185 877 \n Loans, net 319,428 327,248 \n Real estate acquired through foreclosure 79 - \n Other Assets 14,181 13,678 \n Total Assets $ 362,398 $ 371,211 \n LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY \n Deposits $ 260,832 $ 277,563 \n FHLB Advances 48,592 42,760 \n Other Liabilities 2,680 2,519 \n Total liabilities 312,104 322,842 \n Shareholders' Equity 50,294 48,369 \n Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 362,398 $ 371,211 \n Book value per share $ 6.22 $ 5.98 \n Tangible book value per share $ 6.22 $ 5.98 \n \n Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income \n (In thousands, except share data) \n \n Twelve months ended June 30, Three months ended June 30, \n 2026 (Unaudited) 2025 2026 (Unaudited) 2025 \n Interest Income $ 20,792 $ 19,237 $ 5,307 $ 4,988 \n Interest Expense 9,681 10,896 2,224 2,685 \n Net Interest Income 11,111 8,341 3,083 2,303 \n Provision for Credit Losses 237 39 186 3 \n Non-interest Income 629 500 159 111 \n Non-interest Expense 8,999 8,564 2,161 2,173 \n Income Before Income Taxes 2,504 238 895 238 \n Income Taxes 595 57 215 62 \n Net Income $ 1,909 $ 181 $ 680 $ 176 \n Earnings per share: \n Basic and Diluted $ 0.24 $ 0.02 $ 0.08 $ 0.02 \n Weighted average outstanding shares: \n Basic and Diluted 8,086,715 8,086,715 8,086,715 8,086,715 \n \n\n\n\n Contact: Don D. Jennings, President, or Tyler Eades, Vice President \n (502) 223-1638 \n 216 West Main Street \n P.O. Box 535 \n Frankfort, KY 40602 \n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/23a82eeb-691f-48dd-8c54-29294a215d2e)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNX4QSFTb","title":"Kentucky First Federal Bancorp Reports Earnings","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"KFFB","created":"2026-08-07T15:45:00.175Z","tickers":["KFFB"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"HAZARD, Ky. and FRANKFORT, Ky. and DANVILLE, Ky. and LANCASTER, Ky., Aug. 07,\n2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (Nasdaq:  KFFB), the\nholding company (the “Company”) for First Federal Savings and Loan\nAssociation of Hazard and First Federal Savings Bank of Kentucky, Frankfort,\nKentucky, announced net income of $680,000 or $0.08 diluted earnings per share\nfor the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to net income of $176,000\nor $0.02 diluted earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2025,\nan increase of $504,000. Net earnings were $1.9 million or $0.24 diluted\nearnings per share for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026 compared to net\nearnings of $181,000 or $0.02 diluted earnings per share for the twelve months\nended June 30, 2025, an increase of $1.7 million.\n\nThe increase in net earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 was primarily\nattributable to higher net interest income.  Net interest income increased\n$780,000 or 33.9% to $3.1 million due to increased interest income and\ndecreased interest expense from period to period.  Interest income increased\n$319,000 or 6.4% to $5.3 million, while interest expense decreased $461,000 or\n17.2% to $2.2 million for the recently-ended quarter. Somewhat offsetting the\nhigher net interest income was an increase in provision for losses on loans of\n$183,000, which was partially in response to estimated loss on foreclosure of\na residential real estate loan and partially the result of management’s\ndecision that an increase in the company’s overall provision for loan loss\nwas prudent at the time due to overall upward repricing of loans, which may\nplace pressure on borrowers, inflation in the marketplace, a slight downturn\nin real estate prices in our markets, and overall uncertainty in the economy.\n\nInterest income increased for the comparable quarterly periods due to an\nincrease in the average rate earned on interest-earning assets, which\nincreased 62 basis points to 5.90%. An increase in the average rate earned on\nassets is responsible for the increase in interest income, as average\ninterest-earning assets decreased $7.2 million or 2.0% to $360.1 million for\nthe recently-ended quarterly period. The increase in average rate earned on\nassets was primarily related to an increase in the rate earned on loans, which\nresulted from new loan production carrying higher interest rates and\nadjustable rate mortgages continuing to reprice upward. Interest expense\ndecreased for the comparable quarterly periods due to decreases in both the\naverage balance of interest-bearing liabilities and decrease in the average\nrate paid on those funds. Average interest-bearing liabilities decreased $10.5\nmillion or 3.3% to $306.1 million for the quarterly period just ended, while\nthe average rate paid decreased 52 basis points to 2.91% for the period.\n\nNon-interest income increased $48,000 or 43.2% and totaled $159,000 for the\nthree months ended June 30, 2026, chiefly due to an increase in net gain on\nsale of loans, which increased $42,000 or 107.7% compared to the quarterly\nperiod ended June 30, 2025.\n\nNon-interest expense decreased $12,000 or 0.6% to $2.2 million for the three\nmonths ended June 30, 2026, primarily due to a decrease in FDIC insurance\npremiums, which decreased $34,000 or 59.6%. The Company benefited from lower\nFDIC insurance premiums that followed the previously announced termination by\nthe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of its formal written agreement\nwith the Company’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary First Federal Savings\nBank of Kentucky.  Management anticipates current FDIC insurance rates to\nremain stable.\n\nThe increase in net earnings on a twelve-month basis was primarily\nattributable to increased net interest income and higher non-interest income,\nwhich were partially offset by increased non-interest expense, increased\nprovision for credit losses on loans, and higher income tax expense.\n\nNet interest income increased $2.8 million or 33.2% to $11.1 million due to\nincreased interest income and decreased interest expense from period to\nperiod.  Interest income increased $1.6 million, or 8.1% to $20.8 million,\nwhile interest expense decreased $1.2 million or 11.2% to $9.7 million for the\nrecently-ended twelve month period.  Non-interest income increased $129,000\nor 25.8% year over year primarily due to increased net gains on sales of\nloans.\n\nIncome tax expense increased $538,000 as a result of higher pre-tax earnings,\nwhile non-interest expense increased $435,000 or 5.1% to $9.0 million for the\ntwelve months ended June 30, 2026, due primarily to increases in data\nprocessing expense and employee compensation and benefits. Data processing\nexpense increased $344,000 or 51.0% year over year due to increased rates,\nadditional expenses associated with servicing, and a change in provider for\ncertain services. Employee compensation and benefits increased $221,000 or\n4.6%, as a result of normal salary increases and additional executive and\ndeposit development staff. Provision for loan loss increased $198,000 to\n$237,000 during the period due largely to items referenced above for the\nquarterly period.\n\nAt June 30, 2026, assets totaled $362.4 million, a decrease of $8.8 million or\n2.4%, from $371.2 million at June 30, 2025, due primarily to a decrease in\nloans of $7.5 million or 2.3%, which totaled $320.6 million at June 30, 2026.\nCash and cash equivalents also decreased $3.0 million or 15.4% year over year.\nInvestment securities increased $1.1 million or 11.2% due to purchases made in\nthe year.  Total liabilities decreased $10.7 million or 3.3% to $312.1\nmillion at June 30, 2026. Deposits decreased $16.7 million or 6.0% to $260.8\nmillion primarily due to brokered deposits decreasing $14.3 million or 32.6%.\nFederal Home Loan Bank advances increased $5.8 million or 13.6% to $48.6\nmillion. \n\nAt June 30, 2026, the Company reported its book value per share as $6.22. \nShareholders’ equity increased $1.9 million or 4.0% to $50.3 million at June\n30, 2026 compared to June 30, 2025, which was primarily associated with net\nearnings during the period.\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis press release may contain statements that are forward-looking, as that\nterm is defined by the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995 or the\nSecurities and Exchange Commission in its rules, regulations and releases. \nThe Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the\nsafe harbors created thereby. These forward-looking statements may be\nidentified by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,”\n“anticipate,” “plan,” “estimate,” “intend” and\n“potential,” or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs\nsuch as “should,” “could,” or “may.” Forward-looking statements\ninclude statements of our goals, intentions and expectations; statements\nregarding our business plans, prospects, growth and operating strategies;\nstatements regarding the quality of our loan and investment portfolios; and\nestimates of our risks and future costs and benefits. Kentucky First Federal\nBancorp’s actual results, performance or achievements may materially differ\nfrom those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Risks and\nuncertainties that could cause or contribute to such material differences\ninclude, but are not limited to, general economic conditions; prices for real\nestate in the Company’s market areas; the interest rate environment and the\nimpact of the interest rate environment on our business, financial condition\nand results of operations; our ability to successfully execute our strategy to\nincrease earnings, increase core deposits, reduce reliance on higher cost\nfunding sources and shift more of our loan portfolio towards higher-earning\nloans; our ability to pay future dividends and if so at what level; our\nability to receive any required regulatory approval or non-objection to pay\ndividends to shareholders; our ability to pay dividends from First Federal\nSavings and Loan Association of Hazard and First Federal Savings Bank of\nKentucky to the Company in order for the Company to pay dividends to\nshareholders; the ability of First Federal MHC to receive approval of its\nmembers to waive the payment of any Company dividends to First Federal MHC;\ncompetitive conditions in the financial services industry; changes in the\nlevel of inflation; the impacts of tariffs, sanctions and other trade policies\nof the United States and its global trading counterparts; changes in the\ndemand for loans, deposits and other financial services that we provide; the\npossibility that future credit losses may be higher than currently expected;\ncompetitive pressures among financial services companies; the ability to\nattract, develop and retain qualified employees; our ability to maintain the\nsecurity of our data processing and information technology systems; the\noutcome of pending or threatened litigation, or of matters before regulatory\nagencies; changes in law, governmental policies and regulations, rapidly\nchanging technology affecting financial services, and the other matters\nmentioned in Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the\nyear ended June 30, 2025.  Except as required by applicable law or\nregulation, the Company does not undertake the responsibility, and\nspecifically disclaims any obligation, to release publicly the result of any\nrevisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events\nor circumstances after the date of the statements or to reflect the occurrence\nof anticipated or unanticipated events.\n\nAbout Kentucky First Federal Bancorp\n\nKentucky First Federal Bancorp is the parent company of First Federal Savings\nand Loan Association of Hazard, which operates one banking office in Hazard,\nKentucky, and First Federal Savings Bank of Kentucky, which operates three\nbanking offices in Frankfort, Kentucky, two banking offices in Danville,\nKentucky and one banking office in Lancaster, Kentucky. Kentucky First Federal\nBancorp shares are traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol KFFB.\nAt June 30, 2026, the Company had approximately 8,086,715 shares outstanding\nof which approximately 58.5% was held by First Federal MHC.\n\n SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS \n Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets \n (In thousands, except share data) June 30, June 30, \n 2026 (Unaudited) 2025 \n ASSETS \n Cash and cash equivalents $ 16,485 $ 19,480 \n Investment Securities 11,040 9,928 \n Loans available-for sale 1,185 877 \n Loans, net 319,428 327,248 \n Real estate acquired through foreclosure 79 - \n Other Assets 14,181 13,678 \n Total Assets $ 362,398 $ 371,211 \n LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY \n Deposits $ 260,832 $ 277,563 \n FHLB Advances 48,592 42,760 \n Other Liabilities 2,680 2,519 \n Total liabilities 312,104 322,842 \n Shareholders' Equity 50,294 48,369 \n Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 362,398 $ 371,211 \n Book value per share $ 6.22 $ 5.98 \n Tangible book value per share $ 6.22 $ 5.98 \n \n Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income \n (In thousands, except share data) \n \n Twelve months ended June 30, Three months ended June 30, \n 2026 (Unaudited) 2025 2026 (Unaudited) 2025 \n Interest Income $ 20,792 $ 19,237 $ 5,307 $ 4,988 \n Interest Expense 9,681 10,896 2,224 2,685 \n Net Interest Income 11,111 8,341 3,083 2,303 \n Provision for Credit Losses 237 39 186 3 \n Non-interest Income 629 500 159 111 \n Non-interest Expense 8,999 8,564 2,161 2,173 \n Income Before Income Taxes 2,504 238 895 238 \n Income Taxes 595 57 215 62 \n Net Income $ 1,909 $ 181 $ 680 $ 176 \n Earnings per share: \n Basic and Diluted $ 0.24 $ 0.02 $ 0.08 $ 0.02 \n Weighted average outstanding shares: \n Basic and Diluted 8,086,715 8,086,715 8,086,715 8,086,715 \n \n\n\n\n Contact: Don D. Jennings, President, or Tyler Eades, Vice President \n (502) 223-1638 \n 216 West Main Street \n P.O. 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