Lakeland Financial Corporation (LKFN): Price and Financial Metrics

LKFN POWR Grades

• LKFN scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 90.14% of US stocks.
• LKFN's strongest trending metric is Value; it's been moving up over the last 31 weeks.
• LKFN ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 6th percentile.

LKFN Stock Summary

• LKFN's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 216.91 -- higher than 85.56% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• LKFN's price/sales ratio is 8.01; that's higher than the P/S ratio of 78.12% of US stocks.
• LKFN's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of 88.4% of US stocks.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Lakeland Financial Corp, a group of peers worth examining would be WABC, FCAP, FBNC, MBCN, and UCBI.
• 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 price/sales ratio is 491.67% higher, now standing at 7.1.
• LKFN's price/sales ratio has moved up 5.1 over the prior 243 months.
• LKFN's price/earnings ratio has moved up 6.8 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LKFN.

LKFN Growth Metrics

• The 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 35.19%.
• 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%.

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