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M Scott Welch bought $562k of LKFN

director at LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP. 10,000 shares at an average of $56.23, traded Mar 12, 2026, filed Mar 12, 2026.

Conviction score
43
Value
$562k
10,000 shares
Holdings after
212,006
+5% from before
From 52-week low
+14%
low $48.89, close $55.61
From 52-week high
-16%
high $66.43, as of Mar 12, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $562k at market
    +19
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 5.0%
    0
  • Price context
    16% below the 52-week high
    +4
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    3 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +7.6%, 3m +8.5%, 6m +8.8%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

LKFNOct 13, 2026 · close 56.87
Since filing Mar 12, 2026: +2.3%SPY +17.7% · excess -15.5%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001189422-26-000015, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Mar 12, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Spouse
+10,000$56.23$562k212,006Mar 12, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
28Weak
LKFNsell 2
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP
Donald Robinson-Gay
Senior Vice President
$32k
500 shares
-6%
23Weak
LKFNsell 2
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP
Kyra E Clark
Senior Vice President
$16k
250 shares
-2%
40Moderate
LKFNsell
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP
Bradley J Toothaker
director
$358k
5,900 shares
-29%
32Weak
LKFNsell 2
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP
Steven D Ross
director
$81k
1,300 shares
-5%
34Weak
LKFNsell 2
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP
Eric H Ottinger
Executive Vice President
$131k
2,136 shares
-6%
41Moderate
LKFNbuy
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP
M Scott Welch
director
$277k
5,000 shares
+10%
40Moderate
LKFNbuy
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP
M Scott Welch
director
$580k
10,000 shares
+26%
35Weak
LKFNsell
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP
Bradley J Toothaker
director
$332k
5,685 shares
-22%
52Moderate
LKFNsell 4
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP
David M Findlay
CEO
$189k
3,000 shares
-3%
49Moderate
LKFNsell 4
LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP
Lisa M O'Neill
EVP & CFO
$176k
2,900 shares
-8%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

M Scott Welch bought $562k of LKFN | InsiderTell