Century Next Financial Corporation announced unaudited consolidated earnings results for the year ended December 31, 2015. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the company had net income after tax of $1.6 million compared to net income of $1.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, an increase of $373,000 or 30.0%. Earnings per share (EPS) for the full year were $1.57 per basic and $1.54 per diluted share compared to $1.21 per basic and $1.19 per diluted share reported for the full year ended December 31, 2014.

Net interest income was $7.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to $6.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. This was an increase of $863,000, or 13.3%. The increase for the year was primarily from interest income earned on loans from increased volume.

Book value per share as at December 31, 2015 was $21.46 against $20.84 per share a year ago. Income before taxes was $2.385 million against $1.807 million a year ago.