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 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" EQBK shares.
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1 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Equity Bancshares' stock. Their EQBK share price forecasts range from $33.00 to $37.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $35.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.7% from the stock's current price.
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Equity Bancshares' stock was trading at $33.93 at the beginning of the year. Since then, EQBK shares have decreased by 9.3% and is now trading at $30.79.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 18th 2022.
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Equity Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQBK) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 19th. The bank reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.17. The bank earned $49.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $47.21 million. Equity Bancshares had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.77% and a net margin of 25.90%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.09 earnings per share.

Equity Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, October 14th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.30%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 29th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.08.
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Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.29%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 12.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EQBK will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.83% 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."

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One share of EQBK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.79.

Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) has a market capitalization of $495.41 million and generates $190.21 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $52.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.28 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 702 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.