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Lakeland Financial Corporation LKFN

Has raised its dividend for 12+ straight years (at least; the streak began before our data starts).

Streak
12+ yrs
Price
$57.56
Fwd yield
3.6%
5y DGR
8.9%
Chowder
12.5
EPS payout
47%
Dividend Safety82 · Very Safefree score

Dividend history

Regular dividends per year, in USD.

1998
0.11
1999
0.14
2000
0.17
2001
0.19
2002
0.22
2003
0.25
2004
0.27
2005
0.30
2006
0.33
2007
0.36
2008
0.40
2009
0.41
2010
0.41
2011
0.41
2012
0.56

Dividend growth

1y
4.0%
3y
4.2%
5y
8.9%
10y
10.6%

Streak counted on the home listing's split-adjusted regular dividends in its declared currency; seeded past our data's start where noted. See /about for the full rule.

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