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MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash., Feb. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FS Bancorp, Inc. (“FS Bancorp”) (NASDAQ: FSBW) and Pacific West Bancorp (“Pacific West”) (OTCPK: PWBK) announced today the signing of a definitive merger agreement and plan of merger (the “Agreement”) whereby Pacific West will merge into FS Bancorp in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $34.6 million. As of December 31, 2025, on a pro forma…

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash., Feb. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FS Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSBW), the holding company for 1st Security Bank of Washington (“1st Security” or “Bank”) announces the appointment of Matthew Mullet, Bank Chief Executive Officer, to the Seattle Branch Board of Directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (SF Fed).

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Although the revenue and EPS for FS Bancorp (FSBW) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended December 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

FS Bancorp (FSBW) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.1 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.13 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.92 per share a year ago.