NASDAQ:LKFN - Lakeland Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lakeland Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LKFN."

Lakeland Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 8th. Investors of record on Friday, October 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, November 5th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 24th. View Lakeland Financial's Dividend History.

Lakeland Financial Co. (NASDAQ:LKFN) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.83 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.05. The financial services provider earned $50.31 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $48.43 million. Lakeland Financial had a net margin of 33.08% and a return on equity of 15.57%. View Lakeland Financial's Earnings History.

Lakeland Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Lakeland Financial.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lakeland Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Lakeland Financial.

Media headlines about LKFN stock have trended neutral on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lakeland Financial earned a news sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Lakeland Financial.

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Lakeland Financial's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (4.01%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (2.57%), State Street Corp (2.04%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.67%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.44%) and Voya Investment Management LLC (1.25%). Company insiders that own Lakeland Financial stock include Batty Jill A De, Brian J Smith, Emily E Pichon, Eric H Ottinger, Jonathan P Steiner, Kevin L Deardorff, Kristin Pruitt, Lisa M O'neill, M Scott Welch, Michael E Gavin, Michael L Kubacki, Steven D Ross and Thomas Hiatt. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Lakeland Financial.

LKFN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., State Street Corp, Stifel Financial Corp, Systematic Financial Management LP, Keybank National Association OH, BKD Wealth Advisors LLC and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. Company insiders that have sold Lakeland Financial company stock in the last year include Batty Jill A De, Emily E Pichon, Eric H Ottinger, Jonathan P Steiner, Kevin L Deardorff, Kristin Pruitt, Michael E Gavin and Michael L Kubacki. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lakeland Financial.

LKFN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Copeland Capital Management LLC, Voya Investment Management LLC, Clean Yield Group, Bridge City Capital LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., California Public Employees Retirement System and Synovus Financial Corp. Company insiders that have bought Lakeland Financial stock in the last two years include Brian J Smith, Kevin L Deardorff, Lisa M O'neill, M Scott Welch and Thomas Hiatt. View Insider Buying and Selling for Lakeland Financial.

Shares of LKFN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LKFN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.38.

Lakeland Financial has a market capitalization of $1.21 billion and generates $239.08 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $80.41 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.13 on an earnings per share basis. Lakeland Financial employs 556 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Lakeland Financial.

The official website for Lakeland Financial is http://www.lakecitybank.com/.

Lakeland Financial's mailing address is 202 E CENTER ST, WARSAW IN, 46580. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 574-267-6144 or via email at [email protected]