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 Thursday, May 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Tuesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.67%. 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, July, 24th. The bank reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.09 by $0.05. The bank had revenue of $48.64 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $48.56 million. Live Oak Bancshares had a net margin of 12.24% and a return on equity of 7.11%. View Live Oak Bancshares' Earnings History.

Live Oak Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Live Oak Bancshares.

2 brokers 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 year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.3%. 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 headlines about LOB stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Live Oak Bancshares earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the bank a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Live Oak Bancshares.

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

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(LOB) raised $68 million in an initial public offering (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.

Live Oak Bancshares' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (12.76%), BlackRock Inc. (4.37%), Mendon Capital Advisors Corp (3.08%), Vanguard Group Inc. (3.08%), RMB Capital Management LLC (2.00%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.75%). 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 Jefferies Group LLC, Carroll Financial Associates Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Citadel Advisors LLC, Northern Trust Corp and NJ State Employees Deferred Compensation Plan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Live Oak Bancshares.

LOB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust, JPMorgan Chase & Co., RMB Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Mendon Capital Advisors Corp, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and Capital Impact Advisors LLC. 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 $17.99.

Live Oak Bancshares has a market capitalization of $723.74 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.