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

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

Lakeland Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 14th. Stockholders of record on Saturday, January 25th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Wednesday, February 5th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 24th. View Lakeland Financial's Dividend History.

Lakeland Financial Co. (NASDAQ:LKFN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.78 by $0.05. The financial services provider earned $50.31 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $48.43 million. Lakeland Financial had a return on equity of 15.57% and a net margin of 33.08%. View Lakeland Financial's Earnings History.

Lakeland Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 27th 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.

News headlines about LKFN stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring 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 media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage 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 impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Lakeland Financial.

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Lakeland Financial's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.47%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.23%), BKD Wealth Advisors LLC (0.20%), Clean Yield Group (0.20%), Uncommon Cents Investing LLC (0.09%) and Cox Capital Mgt LLC (0.06%). 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 Clean Yield Group, Uncommon Cents Investing LLC and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cox Capital Mgt LLC, Boston Trust Walden Corp and BKD Wealth Advisors LLC. 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 $49.06.

Lakeland Financial has a market capitalization of $1.26 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]