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Lakeland Financial (LKFN) Competitors

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$68.88 +0.62 (+0.91%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

LKFN vs. ONB, BPOP, COLB, GBCI, HOMB, UMBF, FFIN, FNB, UBSI, and ABCB

Should you be buying Lakeland Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lakeland Financial include Old National Bancorp (ONB), Popular (BPOP), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB), UMB Financial (UMBF), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), F.N.B. (FNB), United Bankshares (UBSI), and Ameris Bancorp (ABCB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Lakeland Financial vs.

Old National Bancorp (NASDAQ:ONB) and Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Old National Bancorp received 7 more outperform votes than Lakeland Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.60% of users gave Lakeland Financial an outperform vote while only 54.60% of users gave Old National Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Old National BancorpOutperform Votes
380
54.60%
Underperform Votes
316
45.40%
Lakeland FinancialOutperform Votes
373
56.60%
Underperform Votes
286
43.40%

In the previous week, Old National Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than Lakeland Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Old National Bancorp and 2 mentions for Lakeland Financial. Lakeland Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Old National Bancorp's score of 0.90 indicating that Lakeland Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Old National Bancorp
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lakeland Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Old National Bancorp has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lakeland Financial has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

83.7% of Old National Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Lakeland Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Old National Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Lakeland Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Old National Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Lakeland Financial. Old National Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lakeland Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Old National Bancorp$1.86B3.69$581.99M$1.6513.03
Lakeland Financial$255.76M6.87$93.77M$3.8517.89

Old National Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $24.38, indicating a potential upside of 13.37%. Lakeland Financial has a consensus target price of $71.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.08%. Given Old National Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Old National Bancorp is more favorable than Lakeland Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Old National Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Lakeland Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Lakeland Financial has a net margin of 22.85% compared to Old National Bancorp's net margin of 17.93%. Lakeland Financial's return on equity of 13.64% beat Old National Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Old National Bancorp17.93% 10.10% 1.12%
Lakeland Financial 22.85%13.64%1.37%

Old National Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Lakeland Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Old National Bancorp pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lakeland Financial pays out 49.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lakeland Financial has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Lakeland Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Old National Bancorp and Lakeland Financial tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LKFN vs. The Competition

MetricLakeland FinancialState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.76B$3.10B$10.83B$9.08B
Dividend Yield2.65%3.53%9.98%4.21%
P/E Ratio17.8916.4829.5717.14
Price / Sales6.873.28186.79116.85
Price / Cash16.7211.2830.5337.88
Price / Book2.701.262.724.78
Net Income$93.77M$406.76M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-5.33%-4.73%-2.87%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-6.63%-4.98%-2.83%3.07%
1 Year Performance5.60%14.29%11.21%16.48%

Lakeland Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LKFN
Lakeland Financial
2.1564 of 5 stars
$68.88
+0.9%
$71.00
+3.1%
+6.1%$1.76B$255.76M17.89650Positive News
High Trading Volume
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.6667 of 5 stars
$22.60
+0.3%
$24.25
+7.3%
+28.8%$7.21B$2.54B13.593,940Analyst Forecast
BPOP
Popular
4.9757 of 5 stars
$95.76
+0.1%
$106.00
+10.7%
+14.8%$6.83B$2.75B13.079,237Analyst Forecast
Positive News
COLB
Columbia Banking System
3.2378 of 5 stars
$29.63
+0.9%
$28.19
-4.9%
+3.3%$6.21B$1.96B12.715,114Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
GBCI
Glacier Bancorp
2.1476 of 5 stars
$54.49
-0.4%
$48.83
-10.4%
+20.3%$6.18B$784.58M33.783,358Positive News
HOMB
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)
3.2404 of 5 stars
$30.51
+0.5%
$30.50
0.0%
+12.2%$6.07B$987.40M15.642,819
UMBF
UMB Financial
4.7503 of 5 stars
$122.71
+0.4%
$124.00
+1.1%
+40.5%$5.99B$1.41B15.393,599Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
FFIN
First Financial Bankshares
3.8438 of 5 stars
$40.75
+0.7%
$40.00
-1.8%
+20.8%$5.82B$509.47M27.911,500Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.619 of 5 stars
$15.79
-0.8%
$17.67
+11.9%
+6.7%$5.68B$2.23B14.604,228Analyst Revision
Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
2.9492 of 5 stars
$40.97
+0.7%
$40.25
-1.8%
+1.3%$5.54B$1.03B15.582,635Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.0334 of 5 stars
$66.70
+0.1%
$69.17
+3.7%
+22.0%$4.61B$1.08B13.882,765Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:LKFN) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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