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 Thursday, May 16th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 28th will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Tuesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 24th. View Live Oak Bancshares' Dividend History.

Live Oak Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:LOB) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 24th. The bank reported $0.06 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.05. The bank earned $43.63 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $42.99 million. Live Oak Bancshares had a net margin of 15.69% and a return on equity of 9.15%. View Live Oak Bancshares' Earnings History.

Live Oak Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Live Oak Bancshares.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Live Oak Bancshares' shares. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $18.00. On average, they anticipate Live Oak Bancshares' share price to reach $16.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Live Oak Bancshares.

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

News stories about LOB stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Live Oak Bancshares earned a news sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Live Oak Bancshares.

Some companies that are related to Live Oak Bancshares include Columbia Banking System (COLB), South State (SSB), Independent Bank (INDB), International Bancshares (IBOC), First Interstate Bancsystem (FIBK), Independent Bank Group (IBTX), United Community Banks (UCBI), First Bancorp (FBP), Renasant (RNST), TowneBank (TOWN), Eagle Bancorp (EGBN), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Great Western Bancorp (GWB), Hilltop (HTH) and Banner (BANR).

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. (0.67%), Carroll Financial Associates Inc. (0.32%), United Capital Management of KS Inc. (0.29%), Whitener Capital Management Inc. (0.17%), Marshall Wace LLP (0.13%) and Cetera Advisor Networks LLC (0.11%). Company insiders that own Live Oak Bancshares stock include Diane Beth Glossman, Glen F Hoffsis, 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 Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust, Marshall Wace LLP, Marshall Wace North America L.P., TD Asset Management Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY, Cetera Advisor Networks LLC and Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Live Oak Bancshares.

LOB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Group One Trading L.P., Whitener Capital Management Inc., Arcus Capital Partners LLC, Legacy Advisors LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Carroll Financial Associates Inc., United Capital Management of KS Inc. and NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan. Company insiders that have bought Live Oak Bancshares stock in the last two years include Diane Beth Glossman, Glen F Hoffsis, Gregory W Seward, H K Landis, Huntley Garriott, James S Mahan III, Neil Lawrence Underwood, 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 $17.38.

Live Oak Bancshares has a market capitalization of $698.33 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.