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About Lakeland Financial Corporation
Lakeland Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Lake City Bank that provides various banking products and services in the United States. The company accepts various deposit products, such as noninterest bearing, interest-bearing checking, savings, money market, NOW, and demand deposits. It also offers loan products, including commercial and industrial, commercial real estate and multi-family residential, construction, agri… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Banks-Regional
Exchange: NASDAQ
IPO Date: August 15, 1997
Headquarters: 202 East Center Street, Warsaw, IN, United States, 46581-1387
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$60.22
Market Cap
$1.50B
Float
24.1M
Shares Outstanding
24.9M
P/E (Forward)
20.08
P/E (TTM)
14.00
Price/Sales (TTM)
5.60
vs. Analyst Target
+8.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
40.97%
Operating Margin (TTM)
49.37%
Revenue (TTM)
$268M
Earnings Growth (YoY)
33.30%
Dividend Rate
2.1%
Analyst Target Price
$65.50 (5 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$228M
$84.3M
$183M
$111M
2021
$238M
$95.7M
$222M
$126M
2022
$281M
$104M
$235M
$132M
2023
$343M
$93.8M
$343M
$110M
2024
$430M
$93.5M
$237M
$118M
2025
$422M
$103M
$257M
$130M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$106M
$27.0M
Sep 2025
$108M
$26.4M
Dec 2025
$107M
$29.9M
Mar 2026
$105M
$26.5M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
2.9%
Institutional Ownership
87.2%
Short Float
8.1%
% of All Funds Holding
2.59%
Number of Funds Holding
213
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$59.68
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$60.12
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$61.91
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$62.84
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$60.08
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$62.12
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$60.80
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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