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, February 12th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Tuesday, March 12th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 25th. View Live Oak Bancshares' Dividend History.

Live Oak Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:LOB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 23rd. The bank reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.14. The bank had revenue of $46.86 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $48.76 million. Live Oak Bancshares had a return on equity of 11.60% and a net margin of 19.31%. View Live Oak Bancshares' Earnings History.

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

2 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Live Oak Bancshares' shares. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $18.00. On average, they anticipate Live Oak Bancshares' stock price to reach $16.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.6%. 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.

Headlines about LOB stock have been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Live Oak Bancshares earned a media sentiment score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the bank a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

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

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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 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Carroll Financial Associates Inc. (0.32%) and Legacy Advisors LLC (0.01%). 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Legacy Advisors LLC and Carroll Financial Associates Inc.. 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 $16.60.

Live Oak Bancshares has a market capitalization of $666.64 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.

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.