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

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

Live Oak Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 28th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Tuesday, September 25th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 10th. View Live Oak Bancshares' Dividend History.

Live Oak Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:LOB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 25th. The bank reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.03. The bank had revenue of $57.66 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $59.31 million. Live Oak Bancshares had a net margin of 35.16% and a return on equity of 13.41%. View Live Oak Bancshares' Earnings History.

Live Oak Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Live Oak Bancshares.

3 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Live Oak Bancshares' stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $31.00. On average, they expect Live Oak Bancshares' share price to reach $28.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Live Oak Bancshares.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Live Oak Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Live Oak Bancshares.

Some companies that are related to Live Oak Bancshares include Investors Bancorp (ISBC), Associated Banc (ASB), Hancock (HBHC), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Home Bancshares (HOMB), United Bankshares (UBSI), Chemical Financial (CHFC), First Hawaiian (FHB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), International Bancshares (IBOC), Bancorpsouth Bank (BXS) and South State (SSB).

(LOB) raised $68 million in an IPO 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 served as the underwriter for the IPO and Keefe Bruyette & Woods (A Stifle Company) and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey were co-managers.

Press coverage about LOB stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Live Oak Bancshares earned a daily sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the bank an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Live Oak Bancshares.

Live Oak Bancshares' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (4.02%), Emerald Advisers Inc. PA (1.94%), Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. (0.83%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.81%), Northern Trust Corp (0.74%) and Cortina Asset Management LLC (0.58%). Company insiders that own Live Oak Bancshares stock include Diane Beth Glossman, Glen F Hoffsis, James S Mahan III, 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 Cortina Asset Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Emerald Advisers Inc. PA, Bank of America Corp DE, Carroll Financial Associates Inc., Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. and US Bancorp DE. Company insiders that have sold Live Oak Bancshares company stock in the last year include S Brett Caines, Steve Smits and Thomas A Hill. View Insider Buying and Selling for Live Oak Bancshares.

LOB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, First Trust Advisors LP, Capital Impact Advisors LLC, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, Kaizen Advisory LLC, Northern Trust Corp and Sheets Smith Wealth Management. Company insiders that have bought Live Oak Bancshares stock in the last two years include Diane Beth Glossman, Glen F Hoffsis, James S Mahan III, Susan N Janson, William Henderson Cameron and William L Williams III. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LOB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.75.

Live Oak Bancshares has a market capitalization of $1.16 billion and generates $276.39 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $100.49 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.25 on an earnings per share basis. Live Oak Bancshares employs 528 workers across the globe.

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