Lakeland Financial - LKFN Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lakeland Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" LKFN shares.
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1 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Lakeland Financial's shares. Their LKFN share price forecasts range from $78.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $79.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.1% from the stock's current price.
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Lakeland Financial's stock was trading at $72.97 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, LKFN shares have decreased by 14.2% and is now trading at $62.64.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 24th 2023.
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Lakeland Financial Co. (NASDAQ:LKFN) released its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 25th. The financial services provider reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.12. The financial services provider had revenue of $85.87 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $65.70 million. Lakeland Financial had a net margin of 36.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.38%. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.95 earnings per share.

Lakeland Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 10th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 25th will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share on Monday, February 6th. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 24th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40.
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Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.87%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 45.54%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LKFN will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.29% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Lakeland Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LKFN."

Lakeland Financial's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Neuberger Berman Group LLC (5.63%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.72%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.64%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.70%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.01%) and Copeland Capital Management LLC (2.21%). Insiders that own company stock include Blake Augsburger, Brian J Smith, Brok A Lahrman, Eric H Ottinger, James Rickard Donovan, Jonathan P Steiner, Kristin Pruitt, Lisa M O'neill, M Scott Welch, Michael E Gavin, Michael E Gavin, Michael L Kubacki, Michael L Kubacki, Robert E Bartels Jr, Stephanie R Leniski, Steven D Ross and Thomas Hiatt.
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One share of LKFN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.64.

Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) has a market capitalization of $1.62 billion and generates $281.43 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $103.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.04 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 585 workers across the globe.

Lakeland Financial's mailing address is 202 E CENTER ST, WARSAW IN, 46580. The official website for the company is www.lakecitybank.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (574) 267-6144, via email at tina.rensberger@lakecitybank.com, or via fax at 574-267-6063.