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Lakeland Financial CorporationLKFNCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Regional Banks

Northern Indiana community bank (Lake City Bank) offering commercial, agricultural and retail banking.

Momentum strong 60
Mkt cap
$1.51B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
97%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$14.0M
20-day average traded
P/B
2.07×
price to book
ROE
15.4%
delivered
Implied ROE
14.8%
what the price asks
Next earnings
82 days
27 Jan 2027
Close · USD$61.15
1D-0.4%
1W+1.8%
1M+6.4%
3M+0.2%
6M-0.7%
YTD+7.2%
1Y+4.9%
ATR %2.7%
Beta0.36
52w lowhigh5.3% off high

What Lakeland Financial does

Northern Indiana community bank (Lake City Bank) offering commercial, agricultural and retail banking.

Earns mostly from interest on loans to local businesses, farmers and property owners, funded by deposits from its branch network, with fees from payments, treasury services and trust work adding a smaller share. Commercial lending carries the bank. Headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, it has also extended into Indianapolis.

Products and services

  • Commercial banking
  • Agricultural lending
  • Retail banking

Customers

  • Northern Indiana small businesses, farmers and con

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banks
  • Northern Indiana community banking

What could go right

  • Regional commercial/agricultural loan growth

What could go wrong

  • Net interest margin compression
  • Regional economic slowdown

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Long-standing Northern Indiana branch franchise and conservative underwriting.

Headquarters: Warsaw, Indiana, US · Founded: 1872 · Employees: 701

Named competitors

Lakeland Financial at a glance

Size Lakeland Financial (LKFN) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $1.51B, the 1986th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $61.15 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 0.7%, against +0.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 2.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.2%); the operating margin is 49.1% (peer median 31.5%).

Valuation It trades at 2.07× book value against a peer median of 0.92× (most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 14.8%; Lakeland Financial delivers 15.4%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 9.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 27 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 102LKFN 102
Six months, rebased to 100: Lakeland Financial against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Lakeland Financial financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$429M$422M$430M$393M$281M
Revenue growth—-2%+9%+40%—
Net income$114M$103M$93.5M$93.8M$104M
Free cash flow$121M$104M$93.9M$109M$157M
Capital expenditure$14.0M$24.0M$8.96M$6.25M$15.6M
Total debt$108M$191M$6.78M$54.7M$302M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Lakeland Financial competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%-20%-10%0%1578603323279570AMAL25968336LOB73818544J&KBANKRBCAA601528TMP002839BHRBNBHCCNOB601860OBKLKFN6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Lakeland Financial is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%7.5%10%12.5%15%0.50×10×1.50×20×1578603323279570AMAL25968336LOB7381J&KBANKRBCAA601528TMPBHRBNBHCCNOBBFC601860LKFNReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Lakeland Financial is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

5%10%15%20%10%20%1578603323AMAL25968336LOB73818544J&KBANKRBCAA601528TMP002839BHRBNBHCCNOBBFC601860OBKLKFNROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Lakeland Financial is the large dot.

Lakeland Financial competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (LKFN vs SRCE vs ONB vs HBNC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Lakeland Financial LKFN$1.51B-1%+2%15%2.07×14.8%
1st Source SRCE$2.09B+18%+4%14%1.59×10.5%
Old National Bancorp ONB$9.43B+3%+18%12%1.17×10.3%
Horizon Bancorp HBNC$1.07B+13%+424%16%1.52×12.0%

How Lakeland Financial compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Lakeland Financial against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureLKFNPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+6.4%-1.3%2nd highest of 21
6-month return-0.7%+0.1%10th lowest of 21
Return on equity15.4%10.1%2nd highest of 21
Price / book2.07×0.92×most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E13.7×11.8×6th most expensive of 19
ROE the price implies14.8%7.0%2nd most demanding of 21
ROE delivered15.4%10.4%2nd highest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Lakeland Financial LKFNUnited States$1.51B-1%+2%15%2.07×14.8%15.4%
Bank of Tianjin 1578.HKHong Kong$1.52B-22%-4%5%0.14×3.3%5.2%
Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank 603323.SSChina$1.50B-1%-7%11%0.49×2.3%10.7%
K Bank 279570.KSSouth Korea$1.53B-18%0%6%0.93×5.3%n/a
Amalgamated Financial AMALUnited States$1.47B+18%+12%15%1.77×13.0%15.3%
Yibin City Commercial Bank 2596.HKHong Kong$1.55B+2%+6%6%0.91×5.1%5.5%
Musashino Bank 8336.TJapan$1.47B-3%+31%6%0.82×6.0%5.8%
Live Oak Bancshares LOBUnited States$1.57B-10%+9%11%1.30×17.1%11.1%
CCI 7381.TJapan$1.44B+7%+49%7%0.83×4.1%7.1%
Keiyo Bank 8544.TJapan$1.58B-1%+19%6%0.78×6.9%5.7%
Jammu & Kashmir Bank J&KBANK.NSIndia$1.44B-12%+6%15%0.77×12.1%14.5%
Republic Bancorp RBCAAUnited States$1.59B+17%-2%12%1.52×10.1%11.5%
Zhejiang Shaoxing Ruifeng Rural Commercial Bank 601528.SSChina$1.60B+4%-8%10%0.51×3.4%9.9%
Tompkins Financial TMPUnited States$1.43B+16%-15%21%1.52×11.5%20.9%
Jiangsu Zhangjiagang Rural Commercial Bank 002839.SZChina$1.61B-4%-10%11%0.54×2.6%10.6%
Burke Herbert Financial Services BHRBUnited States$1.41B+10%+14%10%1.23×7.1%10.5%
National Bank NBHCUnited States$1.63B-14%+14%4%1.01×9.0%3.6%
ConnectOne Bancorp CNOBUnited States$1.63B+8%+24%10%1.10×10.7%9.6%
Bank First BFCUnited States$1.64B+1%+33%12%1.98×10.9%11.9%
Jiangsu Zijin Rural Commercial Bank 601860.SSChina$1.39B-6%-9%6%0.43×2.9%5.7%
Origin Bancorp OBKUnited States$1.64B+14%+5%10%1.29×10.1%10.4%

Questions

Who are Lakeland Financial's main competitors?
Named competitors: 1st Source Corporation (SRCE), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Horizon Bancorp (HBNC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Bank of Tianjin (1578.HK), Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank (603323.SS), K Bank (279570.KS), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Yibin City Commercial Bank (2596.HK), Musashino Bank (8336.T).
Is Lakeland Financial expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 2.07× against a peer median of 0.92×, most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 14.8%; Lakeland Financial delivers 15.4%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Lakeland Financial stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -0.7% against +0.1% for the median peer; over one year +4.9%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.