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Lakeland Financial Corp has a consensus price target of $68 based on the ratings of 4 analysts. The high is $70 issued by Stephens & Co. on January 26, 2024. The low is $66 issued by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on October 28, 2025. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Raymond James, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on October 28, 2025, October 28, 2025, and July 28, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $67.33 between Raymond James, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, there's an implied 18.21% upside for Lakeland Financial Corp from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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The latest price target for Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) was reported by Hovde Group on January 7, 2026. The analyst firm set a price target for $0.00 expecting LKFN to fall to within 12 months (a possible -100.00% downside). 6 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 downgraded their market perform 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.
The last downgrade for Lakeland Financial Corp happened on January 7, 2026 when Hovde Group changed their price target from N/A to N/A for Lakeland Financial Corp.
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 January 7, 2026 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around January 7, 2027.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Lakeland Financial (LKFN) rating was a downgraded with a price target of $0.00 to $0.00. The current price Lakeland Financial (LKFN) is trading at is $56.96, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.