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$64.26 -0.66 (-1.02%)
Closing price 07/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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LKFN vs. BUSE, FFBC, FRME, NWBI, OBK, STBA, UBSI, WSBC, CBU, and PFS

Should you be buying Lakeland Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Financial include First Busey (BUSE), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Origin Bancorp (OBK), S&T Bancorp (STBA), United Bankshares (UBSI), WesBanco (WSBC), Community Financial System (CBU), and Provident Financial Services (PFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Lakeland Financial vs. Its Competitors

First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) and Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

56.5% of First Busey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Lakeland Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of First Busey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Lakeland Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Busey presently has a consensus price target of $27.17, suggesting a potential upside of 16.45%. Lakeland Financial has a consensus price target of $68.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.60%. Given First Busey's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than Lakeland Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Busey
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Lakeland Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Lakeland Financial has a net margin of 21.08% compared to First Busey's net margin of 9.48%. Lakeland Financial's return on equity of 12.71% beat First Busey's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Busey9.48% 9.76% 1.11%
Lakeland Financial 21.08%12.71%1.30%

In the previous week, First Busey had 14 more articles in the media than Lakeland Financial. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for First Busey and 9 mentions for Lakeland Financial. Lakeland Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat First Busey's score of 0.79 indicating that Lakeland Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Busey
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lakeland Financial
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

First Busey has higher revenue and earnings than Lakeland Financial. Lakeland Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Busey$663.36M3.15$113.69M$1.0721.80
Lakeland Financial$430M3.82$93.48M$3.5018.36

First Busey has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Financial has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

First Busey pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Lakeland Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. First Busey pays out 93.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lakeland Financial pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Lakeland Financial has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Summary

First Busey and Lakeland Financial tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LKFN vs. The Competition

MetricLakeland FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.66B$2.45B$12.31B$9.47B
Dividend Yield3.08%3.53%5.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio18.3611.5319.0619.95
Price / Sales3.822.4026.22100.93
Price / Cash16.5410.8321.8458.97
Price / Book2.401.192.275.90
Net Income$93.48M$174.52M$998.01M$258.42M
7 Day Performance-1.43%-1.78%0.88%2.11%
1 Month Performance6.98%3.74%4.39%12.44%
1 Year Performance-9.17%6.45%540.85%19.55%

Lakeland Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LKFN
Lakeland Financial
2.6564 of 5 stars
$64.26
-1.0%
$68.50
+6.6%
-7.8%$1.66B$430M18.36650News Coverage
BUSE
First Busey
4.9223 of 5 stars
$24.14
-0.9%
$27.67
+14.6%
-14.7%$2.18B$663.36M22.561,548Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.4278 of 5 stars
$24.59
-1.1%
$28.75
+16.9%
-9.4%$2.38B$1.62B9.352,090News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
FRME
First Merchants
4.7254 of 5 stars
$40.90
+0.7%
$46.40
+13.4%
+0.3%$2.37B$1.07B11.492,120News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.6734 of 5 stars
$13.25
-0.5%
$15.00
+13.2%
-7.2%$1.70B$545.45M14.722,027Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.4806 of 5 stars
$37.87
-0.7%
$42.20
+11.4%
+3.6%$1.19B$358.20M15.391,010News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.8058 of 5 stars
$38.96
-0.4%
$42.00
+7.8%
-12.9%$1.50B$564.96M11.231,206Trending News
Earnings Report
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.9422 of 5 stars
$37.15
-0.4%
$40.63
+9.4%
-1.2%$5.30B$1.07B13.812,553News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9547 of 5 stars
$32.67
-0.5%
$38.71
+18.5%
-4.0%$3.14B$953.62M13.572,195Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CBU
Community Financial System
4.6394 of 5 stars
$57.92
-0.9%
$71.00
+22.6%
-9.5%$3.09B$940.71M16.042,918Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.3047 of 5 stars
$18.42
-1.1%
$23.60
+28.1%
+1.6%$2.43B$1.14B16.601,801News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:LKFN) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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