Equity Bancshares (EQBK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity Bancshares in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" EQBK shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EQBK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Equity Bancshares' stock. Their EQBK share price targets range from $30.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $30.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.5%.
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Equity Bancshares' stock was trading at $33.90 at the beginning of the year. Since then, EQBK stock has decreased by 4.3% and is now trading at $32.43.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 16th 2024.
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Equity Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQBK) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 24th. The bank reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.12. The bank had revenue of ($3.95) million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $47.67 million. Equity Bancshares had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.27% and a net margin of 3.88%.

Equity Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.48%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 27th.
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Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.51%. The dividend payout ratio is 80.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, EQBK will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.24% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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45 employees have rated Equity Bancshares Chief Executive Officer Brad Elliott on Glassdoor.com. Brad Elliott has an approval rating of 56% among the company's employees. This puts Brad Elliott in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 61.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Equity Bancshares to a friend.

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Equity Bancshares' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Denali Advisors LLC (0.09%). Insiders that own company stock include Brad S Elliott, Brett A Reber, Craig L Anderson, Edwin G Lawson, Eric R Newell, Gary C Allerheiligen, Gregory H Kossover, Gregory L Gaeddert, James S Loving, John G Creech, Julie A Huber, Krzysztof Slupkowski, Patrick J Harbert and Tina Marie Call.
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Shares of EQBK 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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