Regional banking company Lakeland Financial (NASDAQGS:LKFN) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2025, with sales up 8.9% year on year to $66.36 million. Its GAAP profit of $1.04 per share was 7.7% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Wall Street’s bearish price targets for the stocks in this article signal serious concerns.
Such forecasts are uncommon in an industry where maintaining cordial corporate relationships often trumps delivering the hard truth.
Small-cap stocks in the Russell 2000 (^RUT) can be a goldmine for investors looking beyond the usual large-cap names.
But with less stability and fewer resources than their bigger counterparts, these companies face steeper challenges in scaling their businesses.
Investors looking for hidden gems should keep an eye on small-cap stocks because they’re frequently overlooked by Wall Street.
Many opportunities exist in this part of the market, but it is also a high-risk, high-reward environment due to the lack of reliable analyst price targets.
Companies Reporting Before The Bell • Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.52 per share on revenue of $7.65 billion.
By the close of today, February 05, 2024, Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) will issue a dividend payout of $0.48 per share, resulting in an annualized dividend yield of 3.02%. This payout is exclusively for shareholders who held the stock before the ex-dividend date on January 24, 2024.
Investors eagerly anticipate the dividend payout from Lakeland Financial (NASDAQ:LKFN) on November 06, 2023. With a payout of $0.46 per share and an annualized dividend yield of 3.85%, this reward is exclusively for shareholders who held the stock before the ex-dividend date on October 24, 2023
