Lakeland Financial (LKFN) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, LKFN or BOKF?

Lakeland Financial has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BOK Financial has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LKFN or BOKF?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lakeland Financial	$257.30M	6.02	$93.48M	$3.50	17.31
BOK Financial	$1.98B	3.11	$523.57M	$8.70	11.04

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LKFN or BOKF?

81.2% of Lakeland Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of BOK Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Lakeland Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.1% of BOK Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor LKFN or BOKF?

In the previous week, Lakeland Financial and Lakeland Financial both had 5 articles in the media. BOK Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Lakeland Financial's score of 1.29 indicating that BOK Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lakeland Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BOK Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is LKFN or BOKF a better dividend stock?

Lakeland Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. BOK Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Lakeland Financial pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BOK Financial pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lakeland Financial has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and BOK Financial has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate LKFN or BOKF?

Lakeland Financial currently has a consensus price target of $68.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.07%. BOK Financial has a consensus price target of $111.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.55%. Given BOK Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BOK Financial is more favorable than Lakeland Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lakeland Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
BOK Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Is LKFN or BOKF more profitable?

Lakeland Financial has a net margin of 21.74% compared to BOK Financial's net margin of 15.32%. Lakeland Financial's return on equity of 13.31% beat BOK Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lakeland Financial	21.74%	13.31%	1.35%
BOK Financial	15.32%	9.86%	1.06%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LKFN or BOKF?

BOK Financial received 25 more outperform votes than Lakeland Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.41% of users gave Lakeland Financial an outperform vote while only 46.45% of users gave BOK Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lakeland Financial	Outperform Votes 374 56.41%	Underperform Votes 289 43.59%
BOK Financial	Outperform Votes 399 46.45%	Underperform Votes 460 53.55%

Summary

BOK Financial beats Lakeland Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.