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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
$39.50
-0.7%
$38.44
$31.75
$50.85
$691.61M0.7556,800 shs38,720 shs
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
$89.68
+0.5%
$77.61
$44.55
$91.24
$756.18M0.5147,813 shs51,017 shs
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
$31.64
-0.8%
$30.55
$22.53
$40.32
$663.59M0.83108,295 shs70,986 shs
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
$19.54
+1.0%
$17.51
$14.60
$24.81
$191.90M0.5844,133 shs28,876 shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
+1.50%+2.73%+11.45%-10.27%+16.83%
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
+2.65%+7.44%+19.15%+5.07%+78.33%
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
+2.48%+3.95%+11.62%-12.01%+25.02%
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
-0.97%+2.22%+22.48%-0.57%+18.22%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
3.4889 of 5 stars
2.30.02.53.12.82.52.5
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
1.7547 of 5 stars
1.21.01.70.02.42.52.5
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
3.3361 of 5 stars
2.03.04.20.02.62.51.9
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
4.7666 of 5 stars
2.54.04.23.11.70.83.8
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
2.50
Moderate Buy$46.6017.97% Upside
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
2.33
Hold$92.503.14% Upside
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
2.00
Hold$36.6715.89% Upside
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
3.00
Buy$22.0012.59% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ISTR, EQBK, IBCP, and ESQ Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
4/29/2025
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
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Boost Price TargetMarket Perform ➝ Market Perform$85.00 ➝ $94.00
4/28/2025
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
Piper Sandler
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$38.00 ➝ $36.00
4/25/2025
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
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Lower Price TargetMarket Perform ➝ Market Perform$37.00 ➝ $35.00
4/22/2025
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
Piper Sandler
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UpgradeNeutral ➝ Overweight$21.00 ➝ $22.00
4/17/2025
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
DA Davidson
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$40.00 ➝ $39.00
4/17/2025
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
Piper Sandler
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$46.00 ➝ $44.00
4/7/2025
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
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Lower Price TargetMarket Perform ➝ Market Perform$46.00 ➝ $44.00
4/3/2025
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
Janney Montgomery Scott
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Initiated CoverageNeutral
2/21/2025
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
Piper Sandler
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Initiated CoverageNeutral$21.00
(Data available from 5/9/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
$225.03M3.07$3.72 per share10.63$29.32 per share1.35
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
$129.33M5.85$5.31 per share16.90$24.20 per share3.71
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
$216.83M3.06$3.16 per share10.00$19.41 per share1.63
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
$83.23M2.31$2.36 per share8.28$23.25 per share0.84
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
$62.62M$3.939.929.80N/A18.66%14.64%1.31%7/15/2025 (Estimated)
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
$43.66M$5.2917.3814.90N/A31.58%19.93%2.54%7/24/2025 (Estimated)
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
$66.79M$3.1410.019.65N/A20.67%15.43%1.27%7/24/2025 (Estimated)
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
$20.25M$2.199.588.28N/A12.81%8.00%0.67%7/28/2025 (Estimated)

Latest ISTR, EQBK, IBCP, and ESQ Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
4/24/2025Q1 2025
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
$1.30$1.33+$0.03$1.33$30.71 million$33.76 million
4/24/2025Q1 2025
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
$0.70$0.74+$0.04$0.74$46.25 million$54.11 million
4/21/2025Q1 2025
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
$0.35$0.64+$0.29$0.63$19.90 million$20.25 million
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
$0.601.52%+50.00%15.27%3 Years
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
$0.700.78%N/A13.23%4 Years
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
$1.043.29%+4.55%33.12%11 Years
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
$0.422.15%+9.77%19.18%10 Years

Latest ISTR, EQBK, IBCP, and ESQ Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
4/24/2025
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
quarterly$0.17500.82%5/15/20255/15/20256/2/2025
4/22/2025
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
quarterly$0.263.38%5/5/20255/5/20255/15/2025
3/19/2025
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
quarterly$0.10502.4%3/31/20253/31/20254/30/2025
3/19/2025
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
Quarterly$0.151.52%3/31/20253/31/20254/15/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
0.78
0.86
0.86
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
N/A
0.93
0.93
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
0.18
0.88
0.88
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
0.85
0.95
0.95

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
71.80%
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
54.66%
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
79.43%
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
50.17%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
6.60%
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
18.90%
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
5.68%
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
8.81%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
70017.51 million14.07 millionOptionable
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. stock logo
ESQ
Esquire Financial
1108.43 million6.75 millionNot Optionable
Independent Bank Co. stock logo
IBCP
Independent Bank
92020.97 million19.76 millionOptionable
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
ISTR
Investar
3409.82 million8.97 millionNot Optionable

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Investar (NASDAQ:ISTR) Cut to "Hold" at StockNews.com
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
Investar (NASDAQ:ISTR) Upgraded at StockNews.com
Investar Holding Co. stock logo
Investar (NASDAQ:ISTR) Upgraded at Piper Sandler
Investar Holding upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Sandler

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Equity Bancshares stock logo

Equity Bancshares NASDAQ:EQBK

$39.50 -0.29 (-0.73%)
As of 03:51 PM Eastern

Equity Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Equity Bank that provides a range of banking, mortgage banking, and financial services to individual and corporate customers. The company accepts various demand, savings, money market, and time deposits. Its loan products include commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, commercial lines of credit, working capital, term, equipment and aircraft financing, acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, real estate construction, homebuilder, agricultural, government guaranteed, and other loan products. The company's loan products also comprise 1 4 family residential mortgages, agriculture, consumer, residential real estate mortgage, and agricultural real estate and production loans. It also provides debit and credit cards; insurance brokerage; trust and wealth management; online banking solutions, such as access to account balances, online transfers, online bill payment, and electronic delivery of customer statements; mobile banking solutions comprising remote check deposits with mobile bill pay; ATMs; and treasury management, wire transfer, automated clearing house, and stop payment services. In addition, the company offers cash management deposit products, such as lockbox, remote deposit capture, positive pay, reverse positive pay, account reconciliation services, zero balance accounts, and sweep accounts, as well as banking services through telephone, mail, and personal appointments. It operates a network of branches in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Equity Bancshares, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.

Esquire Financial stock logo

Esquire Financial NASDAQ:ESQ

$89.68 +0.42 (+0.47%)
As of 03:51 PM Eastern

Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Esquire Bank, National Association that provides commercial banking products and services to legal industry and small businesses, and commercial and retail customers in the United States. The company offers checking, savings, money market, and time deposits, as well as certificates of deposit. It also provides commercial loans, such as short-term financing for inventory, receivables, the purchase of supplies, or other operating needs arising during the normal course of business, as well as loans to its qualified ISO customers; commercial lines of credit; consumer loans consisting of post-settlement consumer and structured settlement loans to plaintiffs and claimants, as well as loans to individuals for debt consolidation, medical expenses, living expenses, payment of outstanding bills, or other consumer needs; and real estate loans, such as multifamily, 1-4 family residential, commercial real estate, and construction loans, as well as merchant services. In addition, it offers cash management, cash sweep, online and mobile banking, individual retirement accounts, and working capital lines of credit. Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Jericho, New York.

Independent Bank stock logo

Independent Bank NASDAQ:IBCP

$31.64 -0.24 (-0.75%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

Independent Bank Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Independent Bank that provides commercial banking services to individuals and businesses in rural and suburban communities in Michigan. It offers checking and savings accounts, commercial lending, direct and indirect consumer financing, mortgage lending, and safe deposit box services. The company also provides title insurance services and investment services, as well as automatic teller machines, and internet and mobile banking services. In addition, it operates through branches, drive-thru facilities, and loan production offices. Independent Bank Corporation was founded in 1864 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Investar stock logo

Investar NASDAQ:ISTR

$19.54 +0.20 (+1.03%)
As of 03:55 PM Eastern

Investar Holding Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Investar Bank that provides a range of commercial banking products to individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in south Louisiana, southeast Texas, and Alabama in the United States. The company offers various deposit products and services, such as savings, checking, money market, and individual retirement accounts, as well as various certificates of deposit; debit and credit cards; internet, mobile, and video banking services; and reciprocal deposit products. It also provides commercial real estate loans; commercial and industrial loans, including working capital lines of credit and equipment loans; loans for the construction of commercial projects, and single family residential and multifamily properties; one-to-four family residential real estate loans, such as second mortgage loans; and consumer loans, such as secured and unsecured installment and term loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, and auto loans, as well as loans for personal, family, and household purposes. In addition, the company offers treasury management products, including remote deposit capture, lockbox payment processing, virtual vault, positive pay, ACH origination, wire transfer, investment sweep accounts, and business internet banking services. Further, it provides various other banking services, such as cashiers' checks, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, night depository, bank-by-mail, automated teller machines, electronic statements, interactive teller machines, online account opening, and mobile wallet payment services. Investar Holding Corporation was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.