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Lakeland Financial Corp (NASDAQ: LKFN) closed the day trading at $68.45 down -0.41% from the previous closing price of $68.73. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.41 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.18 million shares were traded. LKFN stock price reached its highest trading level at $69.4 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $68.13.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of LKFN, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.02 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.02.
On March 21, 2025, Hovde Group started tracking the stock assigning a Market Perform rating and target price of $66.
Raymond James Upgraded its Mkt Perform to Outperform on February 21, 2023, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $78.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 25 ’25 when Ottinger Eric H sold 4,635 shares for $67.07 per share. The transaction valued at 310,851 led to the insider holds 32,282 shares of the business.
O’Neill Lisa M sold 2,500 shares of LKFN for $166,789 on Jul 29 ’25. The EVP & CFO now owns 34,366 shares after completing the transaction at $66.72 per share. On Jul 30 ’25, another insider, Clark Kyra E, who serves as the Senior Vice President of the company, sold 300 shares for $67.00 each. As a result, the insider received 20,100 and left with 9,614 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LKFN now has a Market Capitalization of 1747542144 and an Enterprise Value of 1450155776. As of this moment, Lakeland’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 18.66, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.41. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.17 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.46. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.058.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LKFN is 0.64, which has changed by -0.0013130903 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16844666 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LKFN has reached a high of $78.61, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $50.00. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.03%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 6.56%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, LKFN traded about 165.78K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, LKFN traded about 158210 shares per day. A total of 25.53M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 24.71M. Insiders hold about 3.21% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 84.68% stake in the company. Shares short for LKFN as of 1755216000 were 2170551 with a Short Ratio of 13.09, compared to 1752537600 on 2263190. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2170551 and a Short% of Float of 10.31.
Dividends & Splits
LKFN’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.98, up from 1.98 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.02880838The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.58. The current Payout Ratio is 52.93% for LKFN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-07-25 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-07-25. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2016-08-08 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The current rating of Lakeland Financial Corp (LKFN) is the result of assessments by 5.0 analysts actively engaged in evaluating its market dynamics.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.06, with high estimates of $1.11 and low estimates of $1.04.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.99 and $3.88 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $3.91. EPS for the following year is $4.17, with 5.0 analysts recommending between $4.28 and $4.06.
Revenue Estimates
4 analysts predict $69.15M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $69.7M to a low estimate of $68.81M. As of the current estimate, Lakeland Financial Corp’s year-ago sales were $62.3MFor the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $69.79M. There is a high estimate of $70.1M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $69.5M.
A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for LKFN’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $272.2M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $270.4M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $271.34M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $258.21MBased on 4 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $284.85M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $288M and the low estimate is $282.2M.
