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Wintrust Financial Corporation Reports Record First Quarter 2021 Net Income of $153.1 million

April 19, 2021 4:41 PM EDT

ROSEMONT, Ill., April 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wintrust Financial Corporation (Wintrust, the Company, "we" or "our") (Nasdaq: WTFC) announced record net income of $153.1 million or $2.54 per diluted common share for the first quarter of 2021, an increase in diluted earnings per common share of 56% compared to the fourth quarter of 2020 and an increase of 144% compared to the first quarter of 2020.

Highlights of the First Quarter of 2021:Comparative information to the fourth quarter of 2020

Total assets increased by $601 million.Total loans, excluding Paycheck Protection Program... More