Margin is carrying this bank: net interest margin widened 10 basis points to 3.48%, lifting earnings past consensus even with revenue fractionally short. The catch is credit, with classified loans jumping to 1.63% of total loans from 0.95% on a single $14.1 million owner-occupied CRE downgrade.
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