Live Oak Bancshares Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Live Oak Bancshares in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating, 1 buy rating and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Live Oak Bancshares stock.
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Live Oak Bancshares saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,990,000 shares, a decrease of 22.9% from the June 15th total of 2,580,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 281,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.1 days. Currently, 6.4% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Live Oak Bancshares is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 20th 2021.
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Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOB) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 20th. The bank reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.57 by $0.84. Live Oak Bancshares had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.81% and a net margin of 33.72%.
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Live Oak Bancshares' stock was trading at $11.28 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LOB shares have increased by 433.6% and is now trading at $60.19.
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Live Oak Bancshares declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 11th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Tuesday, June 8th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 24th.
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Live Oak Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.20%. Live Oak Bancshares does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Live Oak Bancshares is 8.28%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Live Oak Bancshares will have a dividend payout ratio of 4.30% next year. This indicates that Live Oak Bancshares will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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3 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Live Oak Bancshares' shares. Their forecasts range from $56.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Live Oak Bancshares' share price to reach $69.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.9% from the stock's current price.
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17 employees have rated Live Oak Bancshares CEO Chip Mahan III on Glassdoor.com. Chip Mahan III has an approval rating of 94% among Live Oak Bancshares' employees. This puts Chip Mahan III in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 $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 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LOB."

Live Oak Bancshares' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.29%), Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust (1.28%), Emerald Advisers LLC (0.99%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.48%), Vivid Financial Management Inc. (0.02%) and NEXT Financial Group Inc (0.01%). Company insiders that own Live Oak Bancshares stock include David G Salyers, H K Landis, Huntley Garriott, James S Mahan III, Steve Smits and William L Williams III.
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LOB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including NEXT Financial Group Inc. Company insiders that have sold Live Oak Bancshares company stock in the last year include H K Landis, and Steve Smits.
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LOB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust, Emerald Advisers LLC, Vivid Financial Management Inc., Baldwin Brothers Inc. MA, and Cutler Group LP. Company insiders that have bought Live Oak Bancshares stock in the last two years include David G Salyers, Huntley Garriott, James S Mahan III, and William L Williams III.
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Shares of LOB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LOB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.19.

Live Oak Bancshares has a market capitalization of $2.59 billion and generates $374.41 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $59.54 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.45 on an earnings per share basis.

Live Oak Bancshares employs 630 workers across the globe.

The official website for Live Oak Bancshares is www.liveoakbank.com.

Live Oak Bancshares is headquartered at 1741 TIBURON DRIVE, WILMINGTON NC, 28403.

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