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

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

Live Oak Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, May 29th will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Tuesday, June 12th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 25th. View Live Oak Bancshares' Dividend History.

Live Oak Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:LOB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 25th. The bank reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.03. The bank earned $57.66 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Live Oak Bancshares' shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate Live Oak Bancshares' stock price to reach $28.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.0%. 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 IBERIABANK (IBKC), Associated Banc (ASB), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Investors Bancorp (ISBC), Hancock (HBHC), Home Bancshares (HOMB), Chemical Financial (CHFC), United Bankshares (UBSI), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), First Hawaiian (FHB), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Bancorpsouth Bank (BXS) and Columbia Banking System (COLB).

(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.

Headlines about LOB stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Live Oak Bancshares earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the bank an impact score of 46.86 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Live Oak Bancshares.

Live Oak Bancshares' stock is owned by a variety of 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%), Cortina Asset Management LLC (0.58%) and Royce & Associates LP (0.42%). 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 purchased 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, Sheets Smith Wealth Management and Engineers Gate Manager LP. 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 $29.80.

Live Oak Bancshares has a market capitalization of $1.19 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.