Year‐to‐Date Record Net Income Improves by 9% to $77.8 million

Lakeland Financial Corporation (Nasdaq Global Select/LKFN), parent company of Lake City Bank, today reported record third quarter net income of $28.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of 18%, or $4.4 million, versus $24.1 million for the third quarter of 2021. Diluted earnings per share increased 18% to $1.11 for the third quarter of 2022, versus $0.94 for the third quarter of 2021. Both the net income and diluted earnings per share represent the highest quarterly performance in the company’s 150‐year history. On a linked quarter basis, net income increased 11%, or $2.9 million, from the second quarter of 2022 in which the company had net income of $25.7 million, or $1.00 diluted earnings per share. Pretax pre‐provision earnings, which is a non‐GAAP financial measure, were $34.8 million for the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 13%, or $3.9 million, from $30.9 million for the third quarter of 2021. On a linked quarter basis, pretax pre‐provision earnings increased 11%, or $3.5 million, from $31.3 million for the second quarter of 2022. Read more.