Meta Financial Group, Inc. provided preliminary unaudited earnings guidance for the first quarter ended December 31, 2014. The company's management expects to report net income for the three months ended December 31, 2014 between $3.5 million and $3.6 million, and between $4.7 million and $4.8 million excluding approximately $1.3 million ($0.85 million after tax) in net losses on sales of investment securities and approximately $0.5 million ($0.35 million after tax) in expenses related to the company's acquisition of AFS/IBEX Financial Services which occurred in the company's fiscal 2015 first quarter.