Live Oak Bancshares (LOB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Live Oak Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" LOB shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Live Oak Bancshares' shares. Their LOB share price targets range from $34.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $41.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price.
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Live Oak Bancshares' stock was trading at $45.50 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LOB stock has decreased by 18.4% and is now trading at $37.15.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2024.
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Live Oak Bancshares will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOB) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 24th. The bank reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.20. The bank had revenue of $119.68 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $119.36 million. Live Oak Bancshares had a net margin of 9.24% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.67%.

Live Oak Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 13th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 27th will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Tuesday, March 12th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.32%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 26th.
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Live Oak Bancshares (NASDAQ:LOB) pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.33%. The dividend payout ratio is 7.32%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LOB will have a dividend payout ratio of 4.10% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Live Oak Bancshares (NASDAQ:LOB) stock in their portfolio include MFAM Small-Cap Growth ETF (MFMS), Motley Fool Small-Cap Growth ETF (TMFS), BlackRock Future Financial and Technology ETF (BPAY), Harbor Corporate Culture Small Cap ETF (HAPS) and iShares US Small Cap Value Factor ETF (SVAL).IQ Chaikin U.S. Small Cap ETF (CSML).

17 employees have rated Live Oak Bancshares Chief Executive Officer Chip Mahan III on Glassdoor.com. Chip Mahan III has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Chip Mahan III in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Live Oak Bancshares (LOB) raised $68 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, July 23rd 2015. The company issued 4,000,000 shares at a price of $16.00-$18.00 per share. Sandler O�Neill & Partners, L.P served as the underwriter for the IPO and Keefe Bruyette & Woods (A Stifle Company) and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey were co-managers.

Live Oak Bancshares' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Salem Investment Counselors Inc. (0.28%), Chatham Capital Group Inc. (0.10%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.08%), Toth Financial Advisory Corp (0.01%), Independence Bank of Kentucky (0.00%) and Riverview Trust Co (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include David G Lucht, Diane Beth Glossman, Gregory W Seward, John W Sutherland, Micah S Davis, Miltom Emmett Petty, Neil Lawrence Underwood, Renato Derraik, Steve Smits, Susan N Janson, Tonya Williams Bradford, William C Losch III, William Henderson Cameron and William L Williams III.
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Shares of LOB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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