Lakeland Financial (Lakeland Financial) Debt-to-Equity : 0.08 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Lakeland Financial Debt-to-Equity?

Lakeland Financial's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.0 Mil. Lakeland Financial's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $50.0 Mil. Lakeland Financial's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $649.7 Mil. Lakeland Financial's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.08.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lakeland Financial's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

LKFN' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.08 Med: 0.27 Max: 0.49
Current: 0.08

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Lakeland Financial was 0.49. The lowest was 0.08. And the median was 0.27.

LKFN's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
92.46% of 1393 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.69 vs LKFN: 0.08

Lakeland Financial Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lakeland Financial's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Lakeland Financial Debt-to-Equity Chart

Lakeland Financial Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.28

0.13

0.11

0.48

0.08

Lakeland Financial Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.48	0.33	0.68	0.16	0.08

Competitive Comparison of Lakeland Financial's Debt-to-Equity

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Lakeland Financial's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Lakeland Financial's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Lakeland Financial's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lakeland Financial's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Lakeland Financial Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Lakeland Financial's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0	+	50)	/	649.704
	=	0.08

Lakeland Financial's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0	+	50)	/	649.704
	=	0.08

Lakeland Financial (NAS:LKFN) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Lakeland Financial (Lakeland Financial) Business Description

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Address

202 East Center Street, P.O.Box 1387, Warsaw, IN, USA, 46581-1387

Website

https://www.lakecitybank.com

Lakeland Financial Corp is a bank holding company. It provides commercial, retail, wealth advisory and investment management services. Lakeland offers a broad array of products and services throughout its Northern and Central Indiana markets. The company offers commercial and consumer banking services, as well as trust and wealth management, brokerage, and treasury management commercial services. It serves a wide variety of industries including, among others, commercial real estate, manufacturing, agriculture, construction, retail, wholesale, finance and insurance, accommodation and food services and healthcare.

Executives

Bartels Robert E Jr	director	LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION, P.O. BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581-1387
M Scott Welch	director	6 LONGWOOD COURT, ELKHART IN 46516
Jonathan P Steiner	officer: Senior Vice President	LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION, P.O. BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581-1387
Emily E Pichon	director	LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION, P.O. BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581-1387
Brian J Smith	director	LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION, P.O. BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581-1387
Donald Robinson-gay	officer: Senior Vice President	PO BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581
Kyra E Clark	officer: Senior Vice President	P.O. BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581-1387
Steven D Ross	director	LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION, P.O. BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581-1387
Brok A Lahrman	officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer	P.O. BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581
James Rickard Donovan	officer: SVP, General Counsel	P.O. BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581-1387
Stephanie R Leniski	officer: Senior Vice President	P.O. BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581-1387
Blake Augsburger	director	P.O. BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581
Michael L Kubacki	director, officer: President	LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION, P.O. BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581-1387
Lisa M O'neill	officer: EVP & CFO	LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION, P.O. BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581-1387
Michael E Gavin	officer: EVP & CCO	LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION, P.O. BOX 1387, WARSAW IN 46581-1387