Lakeland Financial Corporation (LKFN): Price and Financial Metrics

LKFN POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where LKFN ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 92.95% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for LKFN is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• LKFN ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 1st percentile.

LKFN Stock Summary

• With a one year PEG ratio of 1,141.61, LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP is expected to have a higher PEG ratio (a measure of how expensive a stock is relative to its expected earnings growth) than 97.75% of US stocks.
• For LKFN, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by just 0.47% of US equities we're observing.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -100%, LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP's debt growth rate surpasses only 0% of about US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP are PFHD, COLB, CLBK, BSVN, and TBK.
• Visit LKFN's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.lakecitybank.com.

LKFN Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Financial Services stock, LKFN's EV/EBIT ratio is 53.61% higher, now standing at 14.9.
• LKFN's price/sales ratio has moved up 6 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LKFN.

LKFN Growth Metrics

Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 258.29%.
• Its 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 16.61%.
• The year over year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -5.36%.

Over the past 67 months, LKFN's revenue has gone up $74,396,000.

The table below shows LKFN's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-06-30	224.591	145.862	97.717
2022-03-31	222.122	137.565	96.392
2021-12-31	221.731	113.768	95.733
2021-09-30	222.59	111.944	96.042
2021-06-30	218.313	105.553	94.699
2021-03-31	206.809	91.62	90.021

LKFN's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• LKFN has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 43.11% of graded US stocks.
• LKFN's asset turnover comes in at 0.037 -- ranking 237th of 430 Banking stocks.
• FCBC, CBTX, and WBS are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with LKFN.

The table below shows LKFN's key quality metrics over time.