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

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

Equity BancShares Inc (NASDAQ:EQBK) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July, 20th. The bank reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.23. The bank earned $35.51 million during 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Equity BancShares' stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate Equity BancShares' share price to reach $46.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.8% 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 Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), TowneBank (TOWN), Renasant (RNST), ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), Banner (BANR), Heartland Financial USA (HTLF), Hilltop (HTH), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), First Bancorp (FBP), S & T Bancorp (STBA), First Busey (BUSE), 1st Source (SRCE) and Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF).

Press coverage about EQBK stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Equity BancShares earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the bank an impact score of 46.22 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Equity BancShares.

Equity BancShares' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.06%), FMR LLC (3.66%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.96%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.50%), Resource America Inc. (2.48%) and Millennium Management LLC (0.68%). Company insiders that own Equity BancShares stock include Brad S Elliott, 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 Brad S Elliott and Michael R Downing. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equity BancShares.

EQBK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., FMR LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Engineers Gate Manager LP, Wealth Alliance Advisory Group LLC and Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd. Company insiders that have bought Equity BancShares stock in the last two years include 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 $41.52.

Equity BancShares has a market capitalization of $602.02 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]