Raymond James lowered the price target for the Lakeland Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:LBAI) stock from “a Strong buy” to “an Outperform”. The rating was released on July 07, 2022, according to finviz. We previously noted in another research note published on April 28, 2021 by Raymond James that upgraded the stock from an Outperform to a Strong buy with a price target of $23 for LBAI stock. The research report from Raymond James has upgraded the stock from Mkt Perform to Outperform, with a price target set at $13. The stock was upgraded by Piper Sandler, who disclosed in a research note on May 01, 2020, from Neutral to Overweight and set the price objective to $13.
The latest trade, Performances and Moving Averages give us the following Picture
The share price of Lakeland Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:LBAI) dipped -4.08% to close Friday’s market session at $16.44, lower as compared to yesterday’s close. The stock price fluctuated between $16.23 and $16.93 throughout the trading session with the volume trading being 989715 shares, which represented a significant variation when compared to the three months average volume of 225.48K shares. The firm’s stock price fluctuated -4.25% within the last five trades and -15.56% within the last 30 trades, which was a significant change from the beginning of this year. Despite the fact that the share price decreased -1.56% in the last 6 months and -6.70% was subtracted to its value over the previous 3 months. LBAI stock is trading at a margin of -11.03%, -11.93% and -4.00% apart from the 20-Day, 50-Day and 200-Day Simple Moving Average prices.
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As of the close of trading, LBAI deals in the Financial domain. The stock is trading -17.88 percent below its 52-week high and 18.19 percent above its 52-week low. For example, looking both at the price and the high and low measurements of 52 weeks will give you a clearer picture of the direction the price is heading. The firm’s Weighted Alpha is -7.75. A positive weighted alpha indicates the firm has done well over the course of the year, whereas one below 0 indicates that the firm has done poorly.
What Does Lakeland Bancorp Inc.’s Profitability and Valuation Ratios Tell Us About the Stock?
With regard to the profitability of the company, the operating margin is currently at 82.70 percent and the profit margin is 28.90 percent. The profit margin, also known as the revenue ratio or gross profit ratio, is an efficiency figure used to estimate the business’s profitability by comparing net income and sales. The higher the number, the more profits are generated for the company and vice versa.
The stock’s market cap achieved a total value of $1.08 billion as of the last trading session. Market capitalization is the total value of all outstanding shares of a corporation and it is used to measure a company’s market value. The price-to-earnings ratio for Lakeland Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:LBAI) is 10.09. The price-to-earnings ratio is a method of assessing corporate values by comparing them to their per-share profit. Forward P/E stands at 8.12. Forward price-to-earnings is calculated using predicted earnings for the next financial year’s P/E determination. The stock has achieved an effective Price-to-Sales Ratio of 2.94 that mirrors the cost to be found for sales by the market. The firm managed a Price-to-Book ratio of 0.96, which equates the market value of a stock with its book value.
Is Insider Trading a Real Thing?
Almost all investors and traders prefer to invest in shares controlled by the management of a corporation as a management company will be more likely to run the business itself and to never conduct things against the management’s desires and will always try to do what is best for their shareholders. Currently, 0.30 percent of Lakeland Bancorp Inc. shares are owned by insiders, and 58.60 percent are held by financial institutions. Hanson James E. II, the Director at Lakeland Bancorp Inc. (LBAI) has bought 1,400 shares of firm on Mar 01 at a price of $19.07 against the total amount of $26698.0.