Lakeland Financial Corporation
LKFN Financial Banks Regional
Lakeland Financial Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $421.7 million, down 1.93% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 1.75%, EPS grew 8.57%, free cash flow grew 36.2% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Lakeland Financial Corporation (LKFN) Piotroski F-score
Lakeland Financial Corporation's Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2025 is 6 out of 9: 6 of nine tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency passed, unchanged from fiscal 2024.
Piotroski F-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Piotroski F-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6 | 0.00 |
| FY2024 | 6 | 0.00 |
| FY2023 | 6 | 0.00 |
| FY2022 | 6 | 1.00 |
| FY2021 | 5 | (1.00) |
| FY2020 | 6 | (1.00) |
| FY2019 | 7 | 1.00 |
| FY2018 | 6 | 1.00 |
| FY2017 | 5 | 0.00 |
| FY2016 | 5 | — |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Test | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive return on assets | 1.51% | 1.42% | Pass | 1 |
| Positive operating cash flow | 114.89m | 102.49m | Pass | 1 |
| Rising return on assets | 1.51% | 1.42% | Pass | 1 |
| Cash flow above net income | 11.53m | 9.01m | Pass | 1 |
| Falling long-term leverage | 0.00 | 0.00 | Fail | 0 |
| Rising current ratio | 0.89 | 0.88 | Pass | 1 |
| No new shares issued | 25,687,000 | 25,677,000 | Fail | 0 |
| Rising gross margin | 63.79% | 58.96% | Pass | 1 |
| Rising asset turnover | 0.06 | 0.07 | Fail | 0 |
| Piotroski F-score | Mixed | 6 | ||
How the Piotroski F-score works
One point for each of nine tests, this fiscal year against the one before: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, a rising current ratio, no new shares issued, a rising gross margin and rising asset turnover. The ratios are the ones on this site, so each can be checked.
Joseph Piotroski (2000) called 8–9 high and 0–1 low; reading it in three bands is the common convention:
| 7–9 | Strong — most fundamentals improved |
|---|---|
| 4–6 | Mixed |
| 0–3 | Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated |
Where this differs from the paper: return on assets is on average rather than beginning-of-year assets, and weighted basic shares stand in for shares issued. The score is shown only when all nine tests can be worked out, which takes three fiscal years; banks and insurers, which report no current assets or gross profit, have none.
Piotroski F-score against peers
| Company | Piotroski F-score |
|---|---|
| CASH Pathward Financial, Inc. compare | 8 |
| WABC Westamerica Bancorporation compare | 6 |
| TMP Tompkins Financial Corporation compare | 6 |
| LKFN Lakeland Financial Corporation | 6 |
| TFIN Triumph Financial, Inc. compare | 5 |
| AMAL Amalgamated Financial Corp. compare | 5 |
| ESQ Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. compare | 5 |
| BHRB Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. compare | 5 |
| CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. compare | 5 |
What Piotroski F-score is
The Piotroski F-Score tells an investor how many signs of improving profitability, funding and efficiency a company shows against a year earlier.
One point for each of nine tests against a year earlier: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, and rising asset turnover