James O. Donnelly, President and Chief Executive Officer of Norwood Financial Corp (NASDAQ Global Market - NWFL), and its subsidiary Wayne Bank, announced that the Board of Directors declared a $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, payable February 1, 2024, to shareholders of record as of January 12, 2024. The $0.30 per share represents an increase of 3.5% over the cash dividend declared in the third quarter of this year and the fourth quarter of 2022. During 2023, total cash dividends declared were $1.17 per share, compared to the $1.13 per share declared in 2022.
Mr. Donnelly commented, "The Board is extremely pleased to provide our shareholders with this increase in their quarterly dividend. It reflects the Company's financial strength and strong capital position which has contributed to our solid performance. We are also very proud that 2023 marks the thirty-second consecutive year of dividend increases for the Company."
Norwood Financial Corp, through its subsidiary, Wayne Bank operates fourteen offices in Northeastern Pennsylvania and fifteen offices in Delaware, Sullivan, Ontario, Otsego and Yates Counties, New York. As of September 30, 2023, the Company had total assets of $2.180 billion, loans outstanding of $1.611 billion, total deposits of $1.747 billion and total stockholders' equity of $164.7 million. The Company's stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "NWFL".