Empire Bancorp, Inc. announced unaudited consolidated earnings results for fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2015. For the quarter, the company reported interest income of $5,553,000, net interest income of $5,048,000, net interest income after provision for loan losses of $4,798,000, income before income taxes of $1,028,000, net income of $657,000 or $0.1 diluted per share, return on average assets of 0.43%, return on average equity of 4.03%, compared to the interest income of $4,752,000, net interest income of $4,375,000, net interest income after provision for loan losses of $4,327,000, income before income taxes of $891,000, net income of $119,000 or $0.02 diluted per share, return on average assets of 0.1%, return on average equity of 1.08% for the same quarter a year ago.

For the year, the company reported interest income of $21,504,000, net interest income of $19,815,000, net interest income after provision for loan losses of $18,948,000, income before income taxes of $3,955,000, net income of $2,534,000 or $0.37 diluted per share, return on average assets of 0.47%, return on average equity of 3.98%, compared to the interest income of $18,540,000, net interest income of $16,863,000, net interest income after provision for loan losses of $16,620,000, income before income taxes of $3,828,000, net income of $1,844,000 or $0.41 diluted per share, return on average assets of 0.38%, return on average equity of 4.43% for the previous year.