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. Investors of record on Saturday, January 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Wednesday, February 5th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.50%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 24th. View Lakeland Financial's Dividend History.

Lakeland Financial Co. (NASDAQ:LKFN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.83 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' 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 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.

Press coverage about LKFN stock has trended very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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 news impact score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock'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 a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 $47.94.

Lakeland Financial has a market capitalization of $1.23 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]