NASDAQ:EQBK - Equity BancShares Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Equity BancShares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EQBK."

Equity BancShares Inc (NASDAQ:EQBK) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July, 20th. The bank reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.23. The bank had revenue of $35.51 million for the quarter. Equity BancShares had a net margin of 17.33% and a return on equity of 9.04%. View Equity BancShares' Earnings History.

Equity BancShares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Equity BancShares.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Equity BancShares' shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate Equity BancShares' stock price to reach $46.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Equity BancShares.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity BancShares in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Equity BancShares.

Some companies that are related to Equity BancShares include Great Western Bancorp (GWB), Independent Bank (INDB), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), United Community Banks (UCBI), TowneBank (TOWN), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Renasant (RNST), Premier Financial Bancorp (PFBI), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Banner (BANR), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), Hilltop (HTH), First Bancorp (FBP) and Eagle Bancorp (EGBN).

News stories about EQBK stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Equity BancShares earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the bank an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Equity BancShares.

Equity BancShares' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.06%), FMR LLC (3.38%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.96%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.50%), Resource America Inc. (2.48%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.97%). Company insiders that own Equity BancShares stock include Brad S Elliott, Craig L Anderson, Dan R Bowers, Harvey R Sorensen, Julie A Huber, Michael R Downing, Patrick J Harbert, Rolando Mayans, Scott A Smits, Shawn David Penner and Wendell Bontrager. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Equity BancShares.

EQBK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Northpointe Capital LLC, Resource America Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Capital Advisors Inc. OK and Millennium Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Equity BancShares company stock in the last year include Julie A Huber and Michael R Downing. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equity BancShares.

EQBK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., FMR LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Engineers Gate Manager LP and Wealth Alliance Advisory Group LLC. Company insiders that have bought Equity BancShares stock in the last two years include Craig L Anderson, Harvey R Sorensen, Scott A Smits and Wendell Bontrager. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equity BancShares.

Shares of EQBK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EQBK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.66.

Equity BancShares has a market capitalization of $637.01 million and generates $118.13 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $20.64 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.98 on an earnings per share basis. Equity BancShares employs 526 workers across the globe.

Equity BancShares' mailing address is 7701 EAST KELLOGG DRIVE SUITE 300, WICHITA KS, 67207. The bank can be reached via phone at 316-612-6000 or via email at [email protected]