Equity Bancshares - EQBK Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research 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 equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" EQBK shares.
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1 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Equity Bancshares' stock. Their EQBK share price forecasts range from $33.00 to $37.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $35.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.8%.
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Equity Bancshares' stock was trading at $33.93 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, EQBK stock has increased by 6.1% and is now trading at $36.00.
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Equity Bancshares saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 232,800 shares, an increase of 16.1% from the October 31st total of 200,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 43,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.4 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 25th 2023.
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Equity Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQBK) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 18th. The bank reported $0.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.14. The bank earned $50.91 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $48.44 million. Equity Bancshares had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.19% and a net margin of 26.62%.

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 1.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 29th. This is a positive change 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 1.11%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 11.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EQBK will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.05% 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."

Equity Bancshares' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.54%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.70%), Vanguard Group Inc. (4.28%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (2.72%), State Street Corp (1.80%) and EJF Capital LLC (1.33%). Insiders that own company stock include Brad S Elliott, Brad S Elliott, Brett A Reber, Edwin G Lawson, Gary C Allerheiligen, Gregory H Kossover, Gregory L Gaeddert, James L Berglund, John Blakeney, Julie A Huber, 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 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 $36.00.

Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) has a market capitalization of $573.77 million and generates $190.21 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $52.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.41 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.