NASDAQ:LOB - Live Oak Bancshares Stock Price, Forecast & News

Live Oak Bancshares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LOB."

Live Oak Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Tuesday, December 17th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 2nd. View Live Oak Bancshares' Dividend History.

Live Oak Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:LOB) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The bank reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.06. The bank earned $56.16 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $50.65 million. Live Oak Bancshares had a net margin of 7.88% and a return on equity of 4.50%. View Live Oak Bancshares' Earnings History.

Live Oak Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Live Oak Bancshares.

Live Oak Bancshares will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 22nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

1 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Live Oak Bancshares' stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate Live Oak Bancshares' stock price to reach $22.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Live Oak Bancshares.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Live Oak Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Live Oak Bancshares.

News articles about LOB stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Live Oak Bancshares earned a news sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Live Oak Bancshares.

Live Oak Bancshares saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 2,670,000 shares, a decrease of 10.1% from the November 28th total of 2,970,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 162,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 16.4 days. Currently, 10.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View Live Oak Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Live Oak Bancshares include CVB Financial (CVBF), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), South State (SSB), Columbia Banking System (COLB), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Independent Bank (INDB), International Bancshares (IBOC), First Interstate Bancsystem (FIBK), United Community Banks (UCBI), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), First Bancorp (FBP), Hilltop (HTH), Renasant (RNST) and TowneBank (TOWN).

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(LOB) raised $68 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, July 23rd 2015. The company issued 4,000,000 shares at a price of $16.00-$18.00 per share. Sandler O�Neill & Partners, L.P acted as the underwriter for the IPO and Keefe Bruyette & Woods (A Stifle Company) and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey were co-managers.

Live Oak Bancshares' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Carroll Financial Associates Inc. (0.10%). Company insiders that own Live Oak Bancshares stock include Diane Beth Glossman, Gregory W Seward, H K Landis, Huntley Garriott, James S Mahan III, Neil Lawrence Underwood, S Brett Caines, Steve Smits, Susan N Janson, Thomas A Hill, William Henderson Cameron and William L Williams III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Live Oak Bancshares.

LOB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Carroll Financial Associates Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Live Oak Bancshares.

Shares of LOB 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LOB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.88.

Live Oak Bancshares has a market capitalization of $760.60 million and generates $266.41 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $51.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.32 on an earnings per share basis. Live Oak Bancshares employs 493 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Live Oak Bancshares.

The official website for Live Oak Bancshares is http://www.liveoakbank.com/.

Live Oak Bancshares' mailing address is 1741 TIBURON DRIVE, WILMINGTON NC, 28403. The bank can be reached via phone at 910-790-5867.