LKFN LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP
Last updated: Mar 17, 2026
Execution Consistency
Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?
Bought back stock in 4/4 quarters. Q3 2025: $0M, Q2 2025: $0M, Q1 2025: $0M, Q3 2024: $0M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $0M vs trailing avg $0M (+30%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Negative FCF ($-26M), cannot compute buyback ratio
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Missing shares repurchased or outstanding data
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
10 open-market purchases by 4 insiders
- WELCH M SCOTT () bought 10,000 shares at $56.23 on 2026-03-12
- WELCH M SCOTT () bought 5,000 shares at $55.45 on 2026-03-09
- WELCH M SCOTT () bought 10,000 shares at $57.95 on 2026-02-27
- BARTELS ROBERT E JR () bought 296 shares at $67.77 on 2025-09-08
- Truex Melinda Jo () bought 8,309 shares at $60.11 on 2025-05-22
- WELCH M SCOTT () bought 5,000 shares at $61.40 on 2025-03-11
- WELCH M SCOTT () bought 9,396 shares at $61.29 on 2025-03-10
- WELCH M SCOTT () bought 604 shares at $62.15 on 2025-03-07
- BARTELS ROBERT E JR () bought 802 shares at $72.32 on 2024-11-08
- Leniski Stephanie R (Senior Vice President) bought 4,500 shares at $65.04 on 2024-09-13
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?
Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 1 of 4 quarters
- Q3 2025: Leniski Stephanie R bought while company spent $0M
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $3M, sold $7M (net selling)
Red Flag
Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.
No buyback-insider divergence detected