BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ Investar Holding Corp. (ISTR) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $8.9 million.

The Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based bank said it had earnings of 88 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were 62 cents per share.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 70 cents per share.

The holding company for Investar Bank posted revenue of $32.8 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $26 million, beating Street forecasts.

For the year, the company reported profit of $35.7 million, or $3.50 per share. Revenue was reported as $108.1 million.

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