Stock Rating Downgrade
Reflecting eroding fundamentals and low Appreciation Potential, the Value Trend Rating for Lakeland Financial Corp (NASDAQ: LKFN) weakened during the last several trading days. LKFN’s current Value Trend Rating is C and the prior Rating was B. Details supporting this lower rating are included in our next report.
Recent Price Action
Lakeland Financial Corp (NASDAQ: LKFN) stock enjoyed a large increase of 4.3% on 4/19/24. The stock closed at $61.65. NORMAL trading volume accompanied the advance. The stock has been exceptionally strong relative to the market over the last nine months and has risen 5.3% during the last week.
Current PriceTarget Research Rating
Reflecting future returns on capital that are forecasted to exceed the cost of capital, LKFN is expected to continue to be a Value Builder.
Lakeland Financial has a current Value Trend Rating of C (High Neutral). This rating combines very contradictory signals from two proprietary PTR measures of a stock’s attractiveness. Lakeland Financial has a slightly negative Appreciation Score of 34 but a very high Power Rating of 88, resulting in the High Neutral Value Trend Rating.
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