Lakeland Financial Corporation (LKFN): Price and Financial Metrics

LKFN POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where LKFN ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 89.62% of US stocks.
• LKFN's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• LKFN ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 3rd percentile.

LKFN Stock Summary

• LKFN's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 153.51 -- higher than 84% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• LKFN's price/sales ratio is 8.66; that's higher than the P/S ratio of 83.07% of US stocks.
• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 9.21 for Lakeland Financial Corp; that's greater than it is for 89.87% of US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Lakeland Financial Corp are TBK, AX, HCCI, MNSB, and ADES.
• LKFN's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Lakeland Financial Corp's official web site, go to www.lakecitybank.com.

LKFN Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Financial Services stock, LKFN's EV/EBIT ratio is 18.6% higher, now standing at 10.2.
• Over the past 243 months, LKFN's price/sales ratio has gone up 5.6.
• LKFN's price/sales ratio has moved up 5.6 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LKFN.

LKFN Growth Metrics

The year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at -4.46%.
• The year over year price growth rate now stands at 54.1%.
• Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -20.87%.

LKFN's revenue has moved up $32,474,000 over the prior 15 months.

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
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
2020-12-31	195.081	87.228	84.337
2020-09-30	189.257	89.43	81.943

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.