Southside Bancshares, Inc (SBSI) Announces Record Annual Earnings
Southside Bancshares, Inc (SBSI) announced that the company has reported financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2007. During this period, Southside reported record net income of $16.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, an increase of $1.7 million, or 11.2% compared to the previous quarter. Net income also increased. During this period, net income increased by $655,000 to $4.8 million from $4.2 million, an increase of 15.7%. Earnings per fully diluted share increased $0.05, or 16.1%, to $0.36 for the three months ended December 31, 2007, compared to $0.31 for the same period…