Premier Financial Corp. announced its fourth quarter and full year 2022 results. The company reported net income of $25.3 million, or $0.71 per diluted common share, for the fourth quarter of 2022, which was the same as the fourth quarter of 2021. Full year loan growth exceeded 20% with core customer deposits up 7.7%.
Loan growth of $239.0 million (up 15.1% annualized) including $131.5 million for commercial loans excluding PPP (up 12.8% annualized)
Customer deposits growth of $100.4 million (up 6.0% annualized) including $43.0 million of non-interest-bearing (up 9.4% annualized)
Net interest income (tax equivalent) of $62.8 million or $62.2 million excluding PPP and acquisition marks accretion, up 9.3% and 17.0%, respectively, from 2021 fourth quarter
Declared dividend of $0.31 per share, up 3.3% from prior year comparable period
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