NASDAQ:LKFNLakeland Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Lakeland Financial's stock was trading at $35.14 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LKFN shares have increased by 26.8% and is now trading at $44.56. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Lakeland Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 27th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Lakeland Financial.

Lakeland Financial Co. (NASDAQ:LKFN) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.08. The financial services provider had revenue of $49.63 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $47.41 million. Lakeland Financial had a return on equity of 14.04% and a net margin of 32.24%. View Lakeland Financial's earnings history.

Lakeland Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 14th. Stockholders of record on Saturday, April 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, May 5th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 23rd. View Lakeland Financial's dividend history.

Press coverage about LKFN stock has trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Lakeland Financial earned a media sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Lakeland Financial.

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

Lakeland Financial's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Cox Capital Mgt LLC (0.06%). Company insiders that own Lakeland Financial stock include Batty Jill A De, Brian J Smith, Daniel F Evans, Emily E Pichon, Eric H Ottinger, James Rickard Donovan, Jonathan P Steiner, Kevin L Deardorff, Kristin Pruitt, Lisa M O'neill, M Scott Welch, Michael E Gavin, Michael L Kubacki, Robert E Bartels Jr, Stephanie R Leniski, Steven D Ross and Thomas Hiatt. View institutional ownership trends for Lakeland Financial.

LKFN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cox Capital Mgt LLC. Company insiders that have bought Lakeland Financial stock in the last two years include Brian J Smith, Daniel F Evans, James Rickard Donovan, Kevin L Deardorff, Lisa M O'neill, M Scott Welch, Robert E Bartels Jr, and Thomas Hiatt. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $44.56.

Lakeland Financial has a market capitalization of $1.15 billion and generates $260.21 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $87.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.38 on an earnings per share basis. Lakeland Financial employs 556 workers across the globe.

The official website for Lakeland Financial is 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]