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

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

Live Oak Bancshares declared 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 2nd. View Live Oak Bancshares' Dividend History.

Live Oak Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:LOB) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 23rd. The bank reported $0.26 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.14. The bank earned $46.86 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $48.76 million. Live Oak Bancshares had a return on equity of 4.50% and a net margin of 7.88%. 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.

1 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Live Oak Bancshares' shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate Live Oak Bancshares' share price to reach $22.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.5% 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.

Media stories about LOB stock have trended negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Live Oak Bancshares earned a media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Live Oak Bancshares.

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

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

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(LOB) raised $68 million in an IPO on Thursday, July 23rd 2015. The company issued 4,000,000 shares at $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 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 $18.56.

Live Oak Bancshares has a market capitalization of $747.78 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.