Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lakeland Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" LBAI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LBAI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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1 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Lakeland Bancorp's shares. Their LBAI share price targets range from $16.65 to $16.65. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $16.65 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 39.3% from the stock's current price.
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Lakeland Bancorp's stock was trading at $14.79 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LBAI stock has decreased by 19.2% and is now trading at $11.95.
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Lakeland Bancorp saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,180,000 shares, a decrease of 9.2% from the March 15th total of 1,300,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 293,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.0 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 19th 2024.
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Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:LBAI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.30 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.30. The financial services provider had revenue of $72.09 million for the quarter. Lakeland Bancorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.43% and a net margin of 16.42%.

Lakeland Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.145 per share on Thursday, February 15th. This represents a $0.58 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.85%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 2nd.
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Lakeland Bancorp (NASDAQ:LBAI) pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.15%. LBAI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 45.31%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LBAI will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.43% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Lakeland Bancorp (NASDAQ:LBAI) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF (MARB).ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF (SMDV).

3 employees have rated Lakeland Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Thomas J. Shara Jr. on Glassdoor.com. Thomas J. Shara Jr. has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Thomas J. Shara Jr. in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Lakeland Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.27%), Park Avenue Securities LLC (0.05%) and Rise Advisors LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian Gragnolati, James E Hanson II, James E Hanson II, Mary Ann Deacon and Paul Ho-Sing-Loy.
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Shares of LBAI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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