 Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Oct. 26, 2020 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. Company NASDAQ: SMBC, the parent corporation of Southern Bank Bank, today announced preliminary net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2021 of 10.0 million, an increase of 2.2 million, or 27.6, as compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. The increase was attributable to increases in net interest income and noninterest income, and a decrease in provision for loan losses, partially offset by increases in noninterest expense and provision for income taxes. Preliminary net income was 1.09 per fully diluted common share for the first quarter of fiscal 2021, an increase of .24 as compared to the .85 per fully diluted common share reported for the same period of the prior fiscal year. 