Lakeland Bancorp Inc. (LBAI) saw an uptrend of 1.01% in the recent trading with $17.02 being its most recent. The current price level -14.99% lower than the highest price of $20.02 marked by the stock while trading over the past 52-weeks, whereas it is 22.36% higher than the lowest price of $13.91 the company dropped to over past 52-weeks. The latest news story on LBAI appeared in GlobeNewswire under the title “Provident Financial Services, Inc. and Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. Announce the Receipt of Shareholder Approvals in Connection with Proposed Merger” on Feb-01-23.
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Squeezing the time span to 30 day period shows us the stock is currently trading -13.95% below one month high and is +8.89% above of the lowest during that time. Looking into the simple moving average, Lakeland Bancorp Inc. (LBAI)’s stock stands at a SMA-50 of $18.68 while that of 5-day is reading $16.95.
Daily rise and fall of price influence many of the traders, and in order to overcome the fluctuating effect of that and to watch the stock closely, traders focus more on stock’s 200-day moving average. At various points in trading activity, investors are more likely to be making use of that measure as a strong indicator in figuring out their support and resistance levels, and LBAI’s SMA-200 as of now is $17.12.
Do analysts rate it as a buy, sell or hold?
Irrespective of recent performance, what’s important is what the future holds. In uncertain economic times, a clear picture is difficult to get. Analysts generally have a good understanding of the market works, which gives them a leg up in making predictions. Currently, the stock has been recommended as Moderate Buy by 4 of the brokerage firms. Analyst ratings are often compiled into a single score from 1 to 5. The score of 1 signifies buy or strong buy, the score of 2 signifies outperform, the score of 3 means hold, and the score of 4 indicates underperform. The simple numeric range of brokerage firm referenced at the scale of 1 to 5 reads a current average recommendation of 2.80 for the stock.
Lakeland Bancorp Inc. Earnings – What Happened With LBAI
Coming around sales and income figures on LBAI Stock Income Statement, public trading companies under normal circumstances post earnings and revenues near to average estimates by the Wall Street analysts, but those could came either above or below estimates and known as surprise factor. During the reported three-month period, company’s sales were $108.18 billion.
LBAI – Lakeland Bancorp Inc. Stock Earnings Estimates
Investors get the exact data about the key information of institutional ownership in a listed company through its 13F filings at the Stock Exchange Commission (SEC). The total number of common shares currently owned by the public is 64.86 million. LBAI does have institutional investors; and they hold 58.60% of the stock.
Lakeland Bancorp Inc. – Insider Activity and Holdings
Moreover, the latest SEC filings also revealed that stock came across 11 new insider purchases involving 18,520 shares. On the other hand, LBAI declared 47,117 shares have been sold in 7 insider transactions over the past three months.
Currently, the stock has been recommended as Moderate Buy by 4 of the brokerage firms. Analyst ratings are often compiled into a single score from 1 to 5. The score of 1 signifies buy or strong buy, the score of 2 signifies outperform, the score of 3 means hold, and the score of 4 indicates underperform. The simple numeric range of brokerage firm referenced at the scale of 1 to 5 reads a current average recommendation of 2.80 for the stock.
The liquidity is a key characteristic of any stock and is the main point of focus of both short-term as well as long term investors before start trading into a stock. In recently reported quarter, current ratio recorded by Lakeland Bancorp Inc. was 0.07 while posting a debt to equity ratio of 0.83.
Technical Analysis of Lakeland Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:LBAI) stock
To comprehend better with the trade moves and investors’ behavior, exploring the short, medium and long term technical indicators along with average volume of a stock is an effective way to make use of. When looking into those indicators for Lakeland Bancorp Inc. (LBAI), we notice that the stock’s 20-day average volume is at 308,515 shares. Medium term indicators at an average of 50% are spotting the stock at Buy with its 50-day average volume of 234,602 shares. And to end, LBAI’s 100-day average volume is 223,735 shares with 50% of the long-term indicators pointing towards Sell for the stock.
