How to buy Lakeland Bancorp stock

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc is a banks-regional business based in the US. Lakeland Bancorp shares (LBAI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Lakeland Bancorp employs 666 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Lakeland Bancorp share price

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Lakeland Bancorp shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-30.

52-week range	$8.51 - $18.60
50-day moving average	$17.48
200-day moving average	$14.29
Wall St. target price	$21.00
PE ratio	13.3433
Dividend yield	$0.5 (2.78%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$1.34

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Is Lakeland Bancorp under- or over-valued?

Valuing Lakeland Bancorp stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Lakeland Bancorp's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Lakeland Bancorp's P/E ratio

Lakeland Bancorp's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, Lakeland Bancorp shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Lakeland Bancorp's PEG ratio

Lakeland Bancorp's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.07. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Lakeland Bancorp's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Lakeland Bancorp financials

Revenue TTM	$224 million
Operating margin TTM	43.37%
Gross profit TTM	$207.6 million
Return on assets TTM	0.92%
Return on equity TTM	9.08%
Profit margin	30.49%
Book value	$15.18
Market capitalisation	$898.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Lakeland Bancorp shares

There are currently 1.1 million Lakeland Bancorp shares held short by investors – that's known as Lakeland Bancorp's "short interest". This figure is 0.6% up from 1.1 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Lakeland Bancorp shares can be evaluated.

Lakeland Bancorp's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Lakeland Bancorp's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Lakeland Bancorp shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Lakeland Bancorp shares traded daily (recently around 141401.40306122). Lakeland Bancorp's SIR currently stands at 7.84. In other words for every 100,000 Lakeland Bancorp shares traded daily on the market, roughly 7840 shares are currently held short.

However Lakeland Bancorp's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Lakeland Bancorp shares, or, against the total number of tradable Lakeland Bancorp shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Lakeland Bancorp's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Lakeland Bancorp shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0229% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Lakeland Bancorp shares, roughly 23 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Lakeland Bancorp.

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Lakeland Bancorp share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 32.48% of net profits

Recently Lakeland Bancorp has paid out, on average, around 32.48% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 3.03% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Lakeland Bancorp shareholders could enjoy a 3.03% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Lakeland Bancorp's case, that would currently equate to about $0.5 per share.

While Lakeland Bancorp's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Lakeland Bancorp may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Lakeland Bancorp's most recent dividend payout was on 16 February 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 5 May 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Lakeland Bancorp's shares ever split?

Lakeland Bancorp's shares were split on a 105:100 basis on 29 May 2014. So if you had owned 100 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 105 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Lakeland Bancorp shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 4.8% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Lakeland Bancorp shares which in turn could have impacted Lakeland Bancorp's share price.

Lakeland Bancorp share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Lakeland Bancorp's shares have ranged in value from as little as $8.5076 up to $18.6. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Lakeland Bancorp's is 1.0061. This would suggest that Lakeland Bancorp's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Lakeland Bancorp overview

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Lakeland Bank that provides various banking products and services for individuals and small to medium sized businesses. The company offers commercial banking services, including savings, money market, and time accounts, as well as demand deposits; lending solutions, such as short and medium term loans, lines of credit, letters of credit, inventory and accounts receivable financing, real estate construction loans, mortgage loans, small business administration loans, commercial real estate loans, commercial and industrial loans, and equipment financing, as well as merchant credit card services; and internet banking, mobile banking, wire transfer, night depository, and cash management services. It also provides consumer banking services comprising checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, secured and unsecured loans, consumer installment loans, mortgage loans, and safe deposit services. In addition, the company offers investment advisory services; and non-deposit products, which include securities brokerage services, including mutual funds and variable annuities, as well as commercial title insurance services and life insurance products. It operates 48 branch offices throughout Bergen, Essex, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union counties in New Jersey and Highland Mills, New York; six New Jersey regional commercial lending centers in Bernardsville, Iselin, Jackson, Montville, Teaneck, and Waldwick; and one commercial lending center in New York to serve the Hudson Valley region. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Oak Ridge, New Jersey.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Lakeland Bancorp is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 4.301% of Lakeland Bancorp shares are held by insiders and 59.639% by institutions.

• How many people work for Lakeland Bancorp?

  Latest data suggests 666 work at Lakeland Bancorp.

• When does the fiscal year end for Lakeland Bancorp?

  Lakeland Bancorp's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Lakeland Bancorp based?

  Lakeland Bancorp's address is: 250 Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge, NJ, United States, 07438-8906

• What is Lakeland Bancorp's ISIN number?

  Lakeland Bancorp's international securities identification number is: US5116371007

• What is Lakeland Bancorp's CUSIP number?

  Lakeland Bancorp's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 511637100