Equity Bancshares (EQBK) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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1 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Equity Bancshares' shares. Their EQBK share price forecasts 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 a possible upside of 24.6% from the stock's current price.
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Equity Bancshares' stock was trading at $32.67 at the start of the year. Since then, EQBK stock has decreased by 26.3% and is now trading at $24.07.
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Equity Bancshares saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 139,800 shares, a drop of 13.3% from the August 31st total of 161,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 30,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.5 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 17th 2023.
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Equity Bancshares will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 18th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Equity Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQBK) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 18th. The bank reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.07. The bank earned $46.38 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $48.60 million. Equity Bancshares had a net margin of 20.01% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.88%.

Equity Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 29th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, October 16th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.99%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 28th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10.
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Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.00%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 15.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EQBK will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.44% 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 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EQBK."

Shares of EQBK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EQBK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.07.

Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) has a market capitalization of $370.92 million and generates $224.21 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $57.69 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.16 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 732 workers across the globe.

Equity Bancshares' mailing address is 7701 EAST KELLOGG DRIVE SUITE 300, WICHITA KS, 67207. The official website for the company is www.equitybank.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (316) 612-6000, via email at cnavratil@equitybank.com, or via fax at 316-681-2325.