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Lakeland Financial Corp has a consensus price target of $71 based on the ratings of 4 analysts. The high is $78 issued by Raymond James on January 26, 2024. The low is $65 issued by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on April 28, 2025. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on April 28, 2025, January 27, 2025, and July 29, 2024, respectively. With an average price target of $68 between Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, there's an implied 14.69% upside for Lakeland Financial Corp from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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05/06/2025 | Buy Now | — | Hovde Group | Brendan Nosal37% | — | Upgrade | Market Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
04/28/2025 | Buy Now | 9.63% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Damon Delmonte54% | $69 → $65 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
01/27/2025 | Buy Now | 24.81% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Damon Delmonte54% | $73 → $74 | Reiterates | Market Perform → Market Perform | Get Alert |
07/29/2024 | Buy Now | 9.63% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Damon Delmonte54% | $64 → $65 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
01/26/2024 | Buy Now | 18.06% | Stephens & Co. | Terry McEvoy64% | $67 → $70 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
01/26/2024 | Buy Now | 31.56% | Raymond James | David Long68% | $60 → $78 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
10/26/2023 | Buy Now | 1.2% | Raymond James | David Long68% | $64 → $60 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
07/24/2023 | Buy Now | 7.94% | Raymond James | David Long68% | $66 → $64 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
04/26/2023 | Buy Now | 11.32% | Raymond James | David Long68% | $74 → $66 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
04/06/2023 | Buy Now | 24.81% | Raymond James | David Long68% | $78 → $74 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
02/21/2023 | Buy Now | 31.56% | Raymond James | David Long68% | → $78 | Upgrade | Market Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
The latest price target for Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) was reported by Hovde Group on May 6, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $0.00 expecting LKFN to fall to within 12 months (a possible -100.00% downside). 4 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) was provided by Hovde Group, and Lakeland Financial upgraded their outperform rating.
The last upgrade for Lakeland Financial Corp happened on May 6, 2025 when Hovde Group raised their price target to N/A. Hovde Group previously had a market perform for Lakeland Financial Corp.
There is no last downgrade for Lakeland Financial.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Lakeland Financial, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Lakeland Financial was filed on May 6, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around May 6, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Lakeland Financial (LKFN) rating was a upgraded with a price target of $0.00 to $0.00. The current price Lakeland Financial (LKFN) is trading at is $59.29, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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